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2024-10-29 19:42:56No one knew what this beautiful card represented. The crowd fell silent as they looked at the serious face of this middle-aged man.
Even the operator froze. Jamie Rice, the director of this branch, was a middle-aged man. He also held an influential position at headquarters. He was more than just a branch director, but why was he so surprised?
Jamie didn’t have time to worry about others’ attention, so he looked at the card in Gilbert’s hand. While maintaining a poker face, Gilbert assumed this middle-aged person knew about it.
“Boom!”
Gilbert knew what Jamie was thinking, so he gave him enough time to figure out about this card.
“Thank you, sir!”
Jamie bowed and reached out with both hands carefully retrieve that card. It was as if he were treating this card like a treasure.
Instead of plastic, it felt warm, like a fine diamond in the rough
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“Bill... Billions!”“And just the change...”The saleswoman looked and murmured.“Ew! Come on, come on, come on!”“Hundreds of millions; the odd ones are hundreds of millions. Let’s go!”“We can’t stay here. Let’s go!”Instantly, people left, and the room was empty. All the people who had been in a long line exited the room. The saleswoman remained silent, unable to utter a word.The billion was just the change. How could she count that?Even though she couldn’t do that, she wore out her palm. She clenched her hand until she couldn’t finish counting!“Mr. Huxley, I made a mistake. Please forgive me.”Her arrogance vanished instantly, and she bowed deeply before Gilbert. However, Gilbert didn’t even look at her. He didn’t want to talk to
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At the honk, Azalea unconsciously tried to lift her head. However, Mae didn’t care at all and kept talking.“I told you, it’s just a toy card.”“You’re so possessed that you’re willing to believe it. Only Mr. Dylan can help you with this.”Mae mentioned Dylan again, but this time with a hand on her waist. “Mom, can you stop?”Azalea looked at Mae, then gritted her teeth and said, “I want to be alone.”“Oh, Azalea, Mrs. Mae, are you all here?” At that moment, a voice came from outside the door. Shortly after, Dylan, dressed in a slim suit, stepped in. He shook his car keys between his hands and smiled faintly. Azalea was filled with doubts upon seeing Dylan. Was Dylan’s car just outside? She even thought it was Gilbert who had just returned, but she didn’t expect it to be Dylan.“Mr. Dylan!”Mae quickly turned and greeted Dylan with a smile. “Yes, I’ve heard that Azalea and her company are in trouble. So I put everything aside and hurried.”Dylan glanced at Azalea and expressed his ser
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“Break my leg?”“So, I can sit in a wheelchair like you, right?”“Haha!”Dylan laughed, leaned slightly, and shook in front of Gilbert, imitating his wheelchair posture.“I’m telling you. Even if you have something, it won’t work.““In this society, speak with money and power. And you have none of them.”Remember, Azalea will be and can only be mine. The only option is to leave the Cadenns and become a street beggar.Dylan looked down at Gilbert, laughing coldly.“Maybe when the time comes, I’ll throw you another piece of stale bread, haha.”Gilbert’s eyes froze, and the next second he raised his arms.“What are you doing, loser?”At that moment, Mae came out the door and yelled at Gilbert.“Mrs. Mae, I helped Azalea, so he tried to hit me,” Dylan immediately stepped back and said with a mocking smile.Gilbert slowly turned his head and looked at Mae.Then he turned his gaze to Azalea, who was standing behind Mae. Azalea also looked at Gilbert, but her eyes were filled with disappoint
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Azalea gave Gilbert a serious look while biting her lip. Gilbert paused for a moment and calmly replied, “The money was mine, and I stole nothing from him.”“How can you have so much money? This... This is impossible!” Exclaimed Azalea, shaking her head in disbelief.“Money is just a number to me,” Gilbert responded calmly.As he spoke, he remembered his days as a Major General with Nine Stars. He was in command of tens of thousands of fearless fighters. One could barely imagine the number of resources needed just to maintain that formidable combat force. In a battle, the number of resources could easily double. However, after winning their battles, the loot would be extremely rewarding for them. Therefore, money was nothing to Gilbert.“Just take the money. Look, it was got through legal means, so you don’t have to worry about it,” Gilbert explained as he stared at Azalea.“But Dylan has already taken the money...” Azalea murmured with her head down. It seemed like she had been hones
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