After that, the birthday banquet officially began. 7
Charlie was enshrined as a most distinguished guest and he sat beside Lady Thomas with Loreen and Wrigley.
After that, the Thomas family members took turns to offer him a toast. Their expression, tone, and actions were all full of compliments and flattery.
Charlie did not have much to say. When someone came to offer him a toast, he would simply drink in return. He also drank readily even when it was Dylan who came to offer him a toast.
At this time, Wrigley also cautiously offered Charlie a toast as he flattered him and said, "Mr. Wade, there is something that I would like to ask of you..."
Charlie already knew what he wanted to ask him even before he started speaking. He obviously wanted him t o restore his ability and make him potent again.
However, in view of all the bad things that their family of four had done towards Yule’s family of three, Charlie was certain that he would never allow them to recover right now.
An adult would have to pay the price and consequence for their own actions. Otherwise, how much they possibly learn their own lesson then? s
So, he did not wait for Wrigley to finish speaking and h e interrupted him lightly, "Wrigley, you have witnessed this incident today from the beginning to the end. You should also understand why I asked Dylan to go to Aurous Hill to undergo a selfreformation for a year, right?”
"Yes! Yes!" Wrigley nodded repeatedly and said, "Mr. Wade, it is because you are upright and fair. Therefore, I naturally have the utmost trust in you. However, for this matter...can you at least give us a timeline as you did with Dylan? Why don't you set a timeframe for us s o that we can look forward to it and feel hopeful too? What do you think of that?"
Charlie nodded before he said, "You should also know that Dylan did not do anything evil or outrageous. He simply speaks without thinking. That is the reason why I asked Dylan to undergo a self-reformation for a year. However, the four of you were too much. The four of you were even using someone's life to threaten your uncle before this. So, in comparison, the nature o f your acts is much worse compared to Dylan!"
Wrigley’s face was covered in cold sweat.
He knew what Charlie meant.
Dylan simply shot his mouth off in front of him and h e had to undergo a self-reformation for one year.
On the other hand, his father, third uncle, cousin, and himself tried to force his uncle to hand over trillions o f dollars’ worth of assets to them and they even threatened to deal with and take the lives of his aunt and cousin sister after Yule's death. They had really committed a much greater sin compared to Dylan. 9
Moreover, his eldest uncle was Charlie’s father, Curtis's good brother and his aunt was Charlie's mother's good sister. His cousin was also Charlie's fiancee ever since they had a marriage contract when they were still young. Since Charlie had such a close relationship with his eldest uncle's family, then he would certainly hate the four of them even more! 4
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