‘Mr. Hoffman?Was he here for Fred?Everyone in the hospital room was stunned momentarily when they saw the middle-aged man standing at the door.Particularly the Cadman family members who had promised to drink toilet water if Fred managed to get the help of a doctor with the seniority of a hospital’s director. ‘He can’t possibly have succeeded, could he?’ they wondered to themselves.After giving the middle a good look-over, someone suddenly jeered in disdain. “Don’t tell me this is the experienced doctor you were talking about, Fred!”Everyone else laughed mockingly when they heard him.While this middle-aged man looked well put together, his clothes were worn down and he looked pitiful.Most importantly, any doctor with the seniority of a hospital director was usually around their sixties. This middle-aged man was only in his forties, and therefore too young.“Oh, Fred! This is the doctor you were talking about? Hmph, do we look like idiots to you? As if we would believe any
“Oh, Mr. Walls! You’re here!”No one was happier than Henry about Mr. Walls’s arrival. After all, Mr. Walls was acknowledged by all as the best there was in Sea City’s medical field. He was someone even the country’s higher-ups took note of.‘The Cadmans questioned Fred, right?‘Let’s see what they can say now that Mr. Walls is here, then!’Having thought so, Henry quickly introduced Mr. Walls to Fred, “Mr. Hoffman, this here is Mr. Walls, the leader of our team of consultants. Mr. Walls…”“You’re still keeping this up?”Before Henry could finish introducing the two, Valerie’s mother Karen interrupted mockingly, “First, you come in here with a fake management officer, and now you’ve brought in a fake director? I’ve truly underestimated you, Fred. Who would have thought that you’d spend so much money just to act like you’re some powerful bigshot in front of us?”With that, Karen made a beeline for the director of The First Hospital, Mr. Walls, and harrumphed contemptuously. “Yo
The room was silent.Dead silent.The Cadmans seemed to be petrified by what they heard and were rooted in place.“Valerie… Who, who did you say that man was?”Elmer, head of the Cadman family, had an expression of disbelief on his face as he turned to Valerie to clarify.“I-It’s… Stellar Walker!” Valerie shouted. “Stellar Walker of Fantastic Group? The man you asked to help solve our family’s crisis?” Elmer asked again, refusing to believe it.“I-It’s him!”Elmer fell to the floor right after Valerie nodded. His expression was one of dejected understanding when he murmured, “How? How is this possible?”The other members of the Cadman family looked aghast as well.The Fantastic Group was a super financial group with influence in a great portion of Somerland. Its assets were priceless and its status was unparalleled!As a representative of Fantastic Group in charge of the matters in Sea City, Stellar’s social standing was much much higher than the Cadmans. In fact, not even
At the north border of SomerlandAt this moment, there was a military battalion dressed in Somerland military garb fighting for their country. However, no matter how powerful they were, they were heavily outnumbered by their enemy and were slowly being surrounded. On the other hand, a blond-haired and blue-eyed Caucasian advisor stood in the enemy headquarters and turned to ask the commander beside him, “What do we do, Sir? They’re refusing to surrender.”“This attack on Somerland is only the first step. There’s a chain of attacks in other aspects prepared!”The bearded commander continued, “If they’re refusing to surrender, kill them all.”“Yes, Sir!”The Caucasian advisor licked his lips and immediately prepared to give the order.Suddenly, there was a deafeningly loud rumble of thunder, stunning everyone. Then, the calm and collected bearded man suddenly shouted in terror, “Retreat! Everyone f*cking retreat! Do not hurt a single Somerman or I will kill you myself!”“Sir, w-
“Fred!”“F-Fred?”Alan was just talking about Fred when the man appeared at the doors of Graham Group Tower.Alan’s cold expression was immediately filled with ferocity.Unlike Alan, Three’s voice had a sliver of fear.Not that it was his fault, though.Anyone who saw Fred make his opponent fly a few dozen meters away with just a slap would be as wary as Three was now.The man that barged into the room to announce the news was also there when Three brought his men to surround Fred, and he looked afraid as well.Then, Three’s complexion paled even further as he saw Alan turn to look at him.“The Grahams family do not accept wimps.”Alan looked at Three and continued speaking in an icy tone. “I can ignore your blunder before, but now that the brat has decided to appear at my office building, you will cripple him no matter the costs! Or else…”“I…”Three knew what Alan was implying.If he did not manage to cripple Fred today, there would be no place for him among the Graham f
‘Mr. Walker?‘Which Mr. Walker?’ Alan frowned at Three’s sudden exclamation, but when he turned to look in the direction Three was staring at… “M-M-Mr. Walker!” As the head of the Grahams who was selected by Fantastic Group to manage their businesses in Sea City, Alan knew that Stellar was the person in charge of the Sea City region. As Alan’s focus had been on Fred ever since he walked out of the building, Alan did not realize that Stellar was present as well. Now that he saw him, the wretched expression he wore vanished immediately and was replaced with a flattering smile. He rushed over to Stellar’s side and asked, “So… Mr. Walker, w-what brings you here? I’m terribly sorry for what happened just now. I was too focused on dealing with a little wimp, you see! My sincere apologies for making you wait!” Alan did not have the energy to care about Fred anymore as he tried to usher Stellar toward the building respectfully. Stellar’s expression remained calm, and he
“No!” Suddenly, Alan roared and interrupted the discussions that were going around. Gone was his shocked expression. Now in its place were red-rimmed eyes and a fierce gaze as he turned to Fred and Stellar. “No longer manage? Do you think you can just take what belongs to the Grahams anytime you want to? “I’m telling you right now that things are different! The Grahams family is much stronger than we were five years ago! Our roots are strong here in Sea City, and those properties you gave us belong to us now! Without my approval, you’ll never get them back!” Then, Alan turned to look at Fred, whose expression had been calm the entire time. Icily, Alan continued, “I never expected that you’d be Fantastic Group’s Great One! But in my eyes, you’ll always be a good-for-nothing wimp! You can keep dreaming if you think you can suddenly go from a wimp to the owner of the Graham family!”“Alan Graham, are you trying to rebel?” Stellar shouted. “Rebel? Hah! I’m going to do mor
“It’s over for the Grahams!” Gossip had always spread like wildfire, and within Sea City’s upper class, most news just could not stay hidden.Merely one hour after the fiasco in Graham Group Tower, news of it as well as of Alan, the head of the Grahams family, falling to the floor in despair had spread to the Hanks villa all the way on the other end of Sea City.Neville, Yousef’s father, the head of the Hanks family, and the chairman of Hanks Group, was notified at the same time.“Already? Fantastic Group?” Yousef was rushing home when he heard his father and asked in surprise, “D-Does this have anything to do with that wimp?”“I don’t know!”Neville shook his head, but his eyes narrowed slowly. “But this is a matter of our family’s future. We must prepare accordingly and make haste!”‘The family’s future!’Those three words gave Yousef immense pressure. The Grahams had met their end too quickly, and Yousef had yet to get his head around it.His father, Neville, might not