Claire Wilson’s words gave Elaine a new understanding of her own intelligence and judgement.
She immediately put on a face of “I knew it” and sighed regretfully. “Actually, I had long felt that Charlie wade, that kid, wasn’t being honest. He spent all day looking at feng shui for people and taking large sums of money from them, how could he avoid trouble forever?”
Jacob Wilson also sighed in agreement. “Ah! I should have thought of that earlier! I should have thought of it! So many nationally famous so-called masters who could summon wind and rain, didn’t they all eventually crash and burn? Some ended up in prison in disgrace, some couldn’t even keep their lives, and some were just retaliated against!”
With that, he asked Claire Wilson. “Claire, tell us quickly, what’s the situation with Charlie wade exactly?”
Claire Wilson looked at her parents’ expressions as if they had seen through everything and sighed helplessly. Then she said, “Dad, Mum, Charlie wade really did offend someone. It was trouble from looking at feng shui, and the trouble is quite big. It seems like it even caused a death. People are now looking everywhere to settle accounts with him. He’s afraid of implicating us, so he arranged for us to hide in the South Pacific. He’s gone to another country to lie low.”
“The reason he took your phones away is to stop you contacting others. If Charlie wade’s enemies find out, we’ll be in trouble. They can’t find Charlie wade, but they can find us. If they really come looking, it could be a matter of life and death.”
Jacob Wilson asked nervously, “Then Charlie wade arranged for us to go to the South Pacific. He won’t come over in the future, will he?”
Claire Wilson said, “Charlie wade said that until the matter is resolved, he won’t come to find us. He also told us not to look for him, not to go back, not to contact old friends and relatives. We should just live quietly in the South Pacific under assumed names.”
Elaine asked nervously, “We left without bringing anything! How will we live in the South Pacific? No money, no connections. Won’t we end up begging on the streets?”
Claire Wilson said, “Mum, don’t worry. Charlie wade has arranged everything. He quietly sold the villa in Tomson Riviera long ago and negotiated with the buyer to let them take possession after the second of February, when the dragon raises its head. He just didn’t tell you.”
“And the car Dad drives has also been sold. Our villa has appreciated a lot now. Converted to dollars, it’s worth over thirty million. Plus the car, and the money Charlie wade saved from looking at feng shui over this time, it’s about seventy or eighty million dollars in total.”
“So much money!” Elaine immediately asked nervously, “Where did all this money go? He didn’t run off with it all, did he?”
Claire Wilson said, “Charlie wade used this money to buy an island for us in the South Pacific. He also hired some bodyguards and servants so we can live there peacefully. The cost of living is low there. Even if this matter doesn’t blow over, we can live without worries for the rest of our lives.”
Elaine’s expression changed immediately, and she asked in surprise, “Charlie wade bought us an island?! So the whole island is ours?”
“Yes.” Claire Wilson nodded and said, “Charlie wade has arranged everything. We just need to go and live well. It can ensure we have no worries about food and clothing, but you must remember, absolutely, absolutely do not let anyone know where our family of three is. Otherwise, all this will be taken away.”
Elaine breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Okay, okay, okay. Don’t worry. Even if it’s my own mum and dad, I absolutely won’t contact them!”
With that, she urged Jacob Wilson, “You remember too! Don’t tell anyone! No matter what, don’t reveal our family’s whereabouts to anyone!”
Jacob Wilson nodded repeatedly. “Such a big matter, I’d rather die than say anything!”
With that, he suddenly felt a bit emotional and said, “Charlie wade still has some loyalty. He even left all this money for us after scamming it.”
Elaine nodded and sighed. “It’s worth it that our family raised him all these years.”
Jacob Wilson thought about how he might never see Charlie wade again and felt a bit melancholic. He sighed and said, “To be honest, Charlie wade is a good kid. It’s just that after being hyped up as Master Ye these past two years, he got a bit carried away. If he had stayed down to earth like before, our days would definitely have gotten more prosperous.”
Elaine recalled the past and suddenly had some new insights. She said depressedly, “Ah, speaking of that, there’s something I’ve never told you two…”
Jacob Wilson asked, “What is it?”
Elaine said a bit embarrassedly, “Ah, a few years ago, I once found a bank card in Charlie wade’s pocket. At that time, weren’t we on bad terms with that old lady, your mum? I was short on cash, so I thought I’d check if there was money in Charlie wade’s card and get some to go to a beauty salon for a facial or something. Bloody hell, I was unlucky enough to actually guess the password on that bank card…”
