Slade made his way to the bank to make some withdrawals, get a new phone, and buy some clothes.
He rode a cab to the bank and joined the queue. Once it was his turn, the banker looked down on him. She had known Slade for two years, since he married Sophia and became the son-in-law of the Collins family. To her, Slade was a jobless bum who was senseless and behaved like a fool. " How may I help you?" she asked, her tone condescending. From the look in her eyes to the attitude she was emitting, Slade already knew that she was looking down on him. But one thing she wasn't aware of was that he was no longer a jobless bum, a foolish man, but someone with great medical skills who was also a millionaire. " I'm here to make some withdrawals." Slade replied, handing her his card. The banker snorted. " If not a hundred dollars, then what?" she murmured to herself, but Slade heard her and kept quiet. " I'm here to withdraw a million dollars." he intentionally drew his words, causing the banker's eyes to snap towards him. " I think you're mistaken, Mr. Ryan." she started. " I don't think you've lost your memory, but you don't withdraw more than two hundred dollars. I'm not sure you even have up to a thousand dollars in your account." The banker's words were laced with sarcasm and mockery. " I am aware." Slade replied calmly. " I'm here to withdraw a million dollars, and I would appreciate it if you could make the withdrawal. I'm in a hurry." " I just hope you're not drunk." she said, her voice filled with disdain. " Can you move to the left side? I need to attend to other customers." " What about me?" Slade's brow creased. " I was here before them. And moreover, it's supposed to be my turn." " The customers behind you are prestigious ones. They are the ones who hold this bank, so you can as well move aside. Once I'm done with them, I will attend to you." Slade was mad. He had already seen this coming, because it had happened in his past life. Exactly the same way it happened in his first life. But then, he wasn't withdrawing a huge amount of money; it was only two hundred bucks. He had been calm and collected and had to move as the banker said, but not this time. " I won't leave until you attend to me. I was here before them." Slade was adamant, and he wasn't ready to leave until he was attended to. " Aren't you here to withdraw the usual two hundred bucks? You can at least wait for the prestigious customers who are here to withdraw huge amounts of money to leave, only then will I be able to attend to you and give you the two hundred bucks you want." Her voice was filled with disdain as she continued to glare and look down on Slade. " Didn't you hear what I said?" Slade asked. " What is that? you're here to withdraw a million? You and I should know that you can never have such an amount of money in your entire life, except you stole it." Slade couldn't believe it. He was speechless at how she looked down on him and wrote him off even before checking if he had such an amount of money. The banker was indeed arrogant and an unethical lady who needed to be disciplined. Slade was about to speak up when he heard a feminine voice from behind him. " What is my foolish brother-in-law doing here?" Her voice carried a hint of mockery. Slade already knew who it was, and as a matter of fact, he had already seen it coming! He knew that his sister-in-law, Sophia's younger sister, would be coming to the bank with her rumored boyfriend, Levi. Selina had come to make a withdrawal with her boyfriend and happened to come across Slade. At first, she doubted that it was him. He was supposed to be among the people in the queue for two hundred bucks, but no! He was standing where she and her boyfriend queued for a million-dollars withdrawal. Selina knew that Slade could never have a million dollars, even if he stole it! " I guess you're ashamed to admit the fact that you're here to withdraw the money you stole from my sister!" Selina glanced at Slade with disgust. Though he was aware that she would be coming to the bank, he never knew that he would be accused of stealing a million dollars from Sophia, his wife. He never saw that coming! The banker smirked and turned to Slade. " I knew it! You're a poor rat who can't afford a million dollars, so you stole it?" The banker wasted not even a second to taunt Slade. " I didn't steal it from Sophia! How about we call and ask if her money is missing?" Slade challenged, and Selina nodded. " Deal. And if it turns out that you stole it, I will personally throw you into jail, bum!" Selina took out her expensive phone and put a call across to Sophia, who picked up after the third ring. " Dear sister, did you lose any money? Like a million dollars?" Selina asked. " No, I didn't. Why did you ask?" Sophia replied. " Because I'm suspecting Slade of stealing a million dollars. I just caught him trying to withdraw a million dollars from the bank. He seems in a hurry!" Selina said. " Where did he get such a huge amount of money from? I never gave him such, and I doubt his job as an errand doctor could generate him such an amount." " Don't worry, Sis. I will take care of him. I will make sure to force the truth out of his mouth!" Selina smirked and hung up. The banker's mouth hung open. While Selina was making the call, she had inserted Slade's bank card and decided to check his account balance. Upon seeing the numbers, her mouth hung open, and her eyes widened like the size of an orange. He had a whopping $10,000,000 in his account! " This... how did you get such an amount of money?" She stuttered, while Slade remained calm, his eyes searing into hers. " If you love your job, withdraw a million dollars for me," Slade's eyes held seriousness. "Now!”The banker began to panic as she withdrew a million dollars and handed it over to Slade. He received the money and was about to leave the bank when the banker fell to her knees, right in front of Selina and her boyfriend, Richard. " I... I'm sorry, Mr. Ryan, please forgive me." she begged. Slade halted in his tracks while Selina's mouth opened in disbelief. She couldn't believe that a banker would fall to her knees in front of Slade, a man she considered useless. " Why are you kneeling for him? Is he a god or something?" Richard spoke up for the first time since he arrived with Selina. " I don't know, baby. He's a waste, and I can't wait for my sister to divorce him!" Selina glared at Slade, her eyes burning with hatred and disgust. " Will you stand up and attend to us?" Richard said, but the banker remained on her knees, her eyes staring at Slade's back, hoping he would forgive her. If words got out about how she treated a VIP customer, she would definitely lose h
By the time Slade was done with the young master, he was barely breathing. He stopped hitting him, exhaled, and returned to his meal while the manager and waiters rushed to the young master." Young Master Chen!" they called, trying to wake him up, but he was already unconscious." You!" The manager stood up and walked towards Slade. " What have you done?" He pointed at Slade, who totally ignored him." I'm talking to you! Do you have any idea who he is? He is the young master of the Chen family, one of the biggest families in Capital M City!" The manager yelled, trying to get a reaction from Slade, but unfortunately, he got none." With just one phone call from them, you'd be as good as dead!" The manager was still speaking when the door to the restaurant pushed open, and a few people rushed in. One of them was an old man." Young Master Chen!" he called, rushing towards the unconscious Chen. " Who did this to him?"At first, the restaurant turned silent, except for the noise fr
“ What are you going to do about him?” a feminine voice said, her eyes filled with worry, as she took occasional glances at the man lying on the bed.“ I’m going to kill him, of course. You belong to me. I won’t let this wimp take you and Goshen Medical Centre from me!” A masculine voice followed, filled with disdain and a bitter taste of hatred.“ What if the forensic pathologist finds out about the cause of his death?” The female in the room was clouded in sweat, and her face was pale with fear. “I don’t want to go to jail for the death of your step brother. He is my husband.”“ Can you shut up for once?” Caleb yelled at the female beside him. “I need you to trust me, Sophia. I won’t leave a trace. The forensic pathologists won’t find the cause of his death, no matter how hard they try.”Caleb smirked callously as he dragged his gaze from Sophia to Slade, the man lying unconsciously on the bed.“ But first, before I kill him, I have to get the code for the research he is working
" Are you okay, Doctor?" a feminine voice asked, causing Slade's eyes to peel open almost immediately. He blinked a few times and looked around, only to find himself in the operating room with a scalpel in his hand and a patient undergoing surgery in front of him. " Are you okay, Doctor?" another voice asked when they saw Slade blinking rapidly. " Yes...yes, I'm fine," he said and turned to one of the surgical assistants before asking, " What is today's date and what year are we in?" At first, they were all surprised and shocked at the same time, but one of them spoke up. " Today's date is 24th September 2022." " Are you sure?" Slade asked, making them even more surprised, but no one dared to say a word. " Yes, Doctor," the surgical assistant replied. Slade inhaled slowly, his mind drifting to his past life and how he was killed by his stepbrother, Caleb, and his wife, Sophia. He was given a second chance and was brought back two months before his death. He took a dee
Slade had never in his entire life tried to fight against his stepmother. He had so much respect for her, despite her despising him with every drop of blood in her body. Rita would always blame Slade for her son's wrongdoing and would stop at nothing to taint his image in front of Mr. Ryan, Slade's father, so he would also consider him worthless. Everyone in Capital M City knew Slade to be a worthless piece of trash who didn't deserve Rita's love and attention. Whereas, she would waste no time in abusing and hitting him, once they were out of public sight. For the first time, Slade defended himself. He didn't let his stepmother hit him for the very first time, and the reaction from Rita was priceless. Slade could spend millions of dollars to watch her shocked expression over and over again. "You!" she yelled, her eyes blazing with anger. She didn't care if passersby were looking; all she wanted at that moment was to beat the hell out of him. He had disrespected
Sophia was so shocked that she didn't realize she had been standing like a statue for over five minutes. Once she jolted out of the shock, she frowned. " What happened to him? Why is he transferring aggression? That wimp!" She scoffed and walked out of the hospital. …… The door to the surgical conference room pushed open, and all eyes fell on Slade as he walked into the conference room filled with professional doctors and veterans professors. Whispers and murmurs followed, as it was a shock to them. He had never attended a conference meeting. In fact, after the incident in the operating room where a patient died due to excessive bleeding, he was never allowed to participate in any surgical conference meeting, let alone conduct surgery on any patients. Then, it was in his past life. " What are you doing here?" a masculine voice boomed in the room, while every other doctor and professor kept quiet. " What do you mean?" Slade shrugged as he took his seat, placed h
COLLINS MANSION The Collins mansion was aglow with bulbs and neon lights, and soft music played inside. A celebration was underway, as Granny Victoria Regina, the matriarch of the Collins family, marked her seventy-fifth birthday tonight. She sat on a special seat that once belonged to her late husband. With a warm smile, she welcomed prestigious guests to her party. " Grandma Victoria, I've brought a jade hairpin worth $30,000." someone said. " Happy birthday, Granny. I've brought you a gift. This box contains the most expensive medical skincare, which will make you look even younger." another person added, and many more gifts followed. Granny Victoria has two sons and a daughter, with many grandchildren, including Sophia, Slade's wife. Sophia is the daughter of Granny Victoria's first son. As Granny Victoria looked around, she couldn't find Slade anywhere, causing a frown to appear on her face. With a stern look and cold voice, she turned sharply towards Sophi
“ Why would I do that? You aren't even worth it,” Nathan chuckled, but Slade could tell that he was damn nervous.However, others couldn't see what he saw.“ Why would I want you out of your father's medical center when you're nothing but an errand doctor?” Nathan mocked, and the guests burst into laughter. Sophia's cheeks flushed with embarrassment, so did her family's. Her mother was already seething with anger.“ Enough!” Granny Victoria raised her hand, and the argument stopped immediately. She exuded an aura of power. “ You!” She pointed at Slade. “ Go join the maids and do all the dishes the guests used."Nathan and Mulan smiled, but Slade's next words shocked them to their core.“ Grandma, why should I do the dishes when there are enough maids and butlers to do them?” Everyone gasped and held their breath, waiting for Granny Victoria's response. She was also shocked, her eyes widening and her mouth parting.“ Did...did you just go against Grandma's words?” Nathan stuttere