Troy finally reaches an agreement with William and leaves where they meet each other with the
account book.
A month later, the shareholders' meeting is finally held as scheduled. Emmanuel comes to Charlie
Group early in the morning in high spirits. Ever since the moment he steps into the company's door, he
has been smiling brightly. It makes sense that he is so happy. His only rival has disappeared for three
days in a row. And the shareholders, who are full of grievances, have long decided to vote for his son
with their precious votes in their hands. Emmanuel has been waiting for this day for a decade. If he
wasn’t happy today, he probably wouldn’t be happy for the rest of his life.
The shareholders will come to the meeting room one after another. Troy’s three sisters show up as
well. Staring at the three nieces of his, Emmanuel is slightly surprised in his heart. The expressions on
their faces seem to be the same as those on usual days. Could it be that they hadn’t noticed that their
brother had disappeared?
Although Emmanuel is quite puzzled, he doesn’t spend too much time figuring out the truth. He is now
overwhelmed by joy. Yesterday, he specially went to visit the grave of the woman he loved and told her
the good news that she had been avenged and that from now on, the Charlie family will be completely
his.
For the world he gets today with his blood-stained hands, he has no remorse at all, believing that this is
what the Charlie family owes him and that God just makes up to him for what he deserves.
The meeting officially begins. William slowly walks towards the podium. Amid a round of applause, he
begins to speak, "Thank you all for the support and trust towards my work during this period. It is
because of your trust that I understand the great responsibility on my shoulders. Through continuous
self-promotion, I finally made the company's performance booming. This isn’t my credit. It is the credit
of everyone here. "
“Slap…”
The large conference room resounds with thunderous applause. William's brief speech makes the
shareholders overjoy. Emmanuel can’t be happier, feeling proud for his promising son.
"Although I made some achievements, I don’t consider myself successful. Because these
achievements are still far from my goal. If it were anyone else in my position, they probably could do
better than I do. I also want to achieve the achievements set up in my goal. Unfortunately, I am of
limited capability. Therefore, I solemnly announce that I give up the campaign for the position of the
President."
"What?"
Everyone in the conference room suddenly seems to be panic-stricken. And the whole room is in an
uproar. Emmanuel stands up in shock and angrily questions, "Do you know what you are saying?"
"To make everyone hear my words enough, I reaffirm that I give up the campaign for the CEO of
Charlie Group."
“Bang!” Emmanuel slams his fist on the conference table. He, who originally was happy, has a gloomy
look on his face now. And he glares at his son in shock and anger as he says to the shareholders,
"Sorry, there surely is some kind of misunderstanding. Let's suspend the meeting today for now and
continue it in the afternoon or tomorrow."
"No need. There is no misunderstanding. I decided after careful consideration. Shareholders, you can
choose someone else."
“Snap…”
Emmanuel, who can’t stand him anymore, rushes forward and slaps him. And his body is shaking
violently from anger. Gritting his teeth, he says, "Are you crazy? Or are you possessed by a ghost?"
In the meeting room, except for the three sisters of Troy who hold an attitude of watching a good show,
others are in a heated discussion. One of the shareholders questions angrily, "You are acting
irresponsibly. Who else can we pick up to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Charlie Group now
except you?"
"The original real owner of Charlie Group is Troy Charlie. Naturally, it should be him who should
shoulder the responsibilities."
"Are you talking in your dream? Troy has disappeared. As for whether he is dead or not, it is unknown.
How can he shoulder the responsibilities?"
"No one will disappear for no reason. It's time that we should let everything go back to the original
position."
As soon as he finishes his words, the door of the conference room is pushed open. Then a scene
making everyone on the scene dumbfounded appears. Someone that they originally thought to have
died suddenly appears alive in front of their eyes. And he is as strong and indifferent as ever cold. As
he glances at the crowd, all the shareholders lower their heads in guilt, thinking that Troy’s gaze is
much sharper than it used to be.
Compared with the shareholders who are dumbfounded and astounded, Emmanuel is surely the one
that changes the expression on his face constantly. The moment the door is pushed open, his face
turns livid. Glancing at his son, he seems to understand everything in a moment. And his heart is filled
with great anger and disappointment. Looking like a statue, he is petrified on the spot like a statue and
completely devoid of any consciousness.
"It seems that during my absence, everyone has found a good backer. It is very good. Originally,
considering that you are the founding heroes of this company, I couldn’t bear to lay my hands on you.
Now your choice finally dissolves all my worry."
Wearing a black formal suit, Troy stands formidably in the middle of the conference room. And Robert,
who is also dressed in a formal outfit, follows him. Besides, there are several bodyguards. After
enduring hardships for a month, once again, he has won.
With a confident and slightly mocking smile on his face, Troy has a pair of indifferent eyes that are as
sharp as a knife. He announces in a stern voice, "The most turbulent period has passed. Starting from
tomorrow, great change will take place in Charlie Group. For the ones who are unloyal and unrighteous
to the Charlie family, I, Troy, will never show mercy to them."
After he finishes his words, he reaches to the back with his hands. Robert hands him a document.
Then he walks to Emmanuel, approaches, and whispers in his ears, "More than ten years ago, you
wanted to kill your biological brother, only to be preempted by others. Over ten years later, you killed
your elder brother and rushed to frame your nephew. Seeing that your nephew didn’t die, you killed
someone that was mentally ill and continued to frame your niece-in-law. it turns out that the two of us
are still living in this world safe and sound. Then you had to turn to an extreme way and personally sent
two of us into heaven. These are all your glorious deeds. I haven’t wronged you, right? As for these
deeds, the information in my hands has clear records of them, including the time, place, and the
statement of the ones working for you. And they are attached with photos. All of these can make you
go to jail. While I still have an account book providing your tax evasion and drug trafficking records.
With all these together, you can never rise again. For the sake of past love, I can give you two choices.
Do you choose to live in a paradise in peace? Or do you choose to spend the rest of your life in prison?
Choose now. This is the last and the best choice I can give you..."
“Bang!” Emmanuel feels that his brain explodes. He falls on his butt off a chair in disillusionment.
Originally, he thought what he had taken great pains to build was an empire. But he never thinks it will
be just a mirage. He loses. And he loses completely.
William goes forward to help his father up without saying anything. After that, they silently left the
conference room.
He drives his father back home after leaving the Charlie Group’s building. On the way home,
Emmanuel doesn’t say a word. And the expression on his face is so complicated that William can't tell
whether he feels sorrowful or reluctant.
They arrive at the Charlie family’s villa. As soon as they get out of the car, the housekeeper hurriedly
runs up to report to them, "Master, something goes wrong. Missy just left with the luggage. I couldn’t
stop her. She didn’t say where she would go. I was about to call you to inform you about this..."
Emmanuel smiles indifferently, walks into the living room as if he were a walking corpse, and shuts
himself in the study.
On the table in the study, there is a letter left by his daughter. He stares at it for a long time before he
opens the letter with trembling hands. There are only a few short sentences on the letter. However,
every sentence stabs his heart like a knife.
"Dad, I'm leaving. This is the last time I call you like this. I overheard your conversation with Secretary
Kim last night and realized that you had killed your nephew and niece-in-law. I'm completely
disappointed in you. From now on, I won't admit to be Emmanuel’s daughter. You can also pretend that
you don’t have a daughter like me. Our family kinship is severed. I won’t come back to this bloody
place. Never will we see each other..."
The letter falls gently to the floor. Emmanuel leans helplessly against the back of the chair while staring
at the ceiling and shedding tears of heartache or remorse.
“Knock! Knock…”
Someone knocks on the door of the room. And William's voice comes from outside the door, "Dad, can
I come in?"
He answers hoarsely and wipes the tear marks from the corner of his eyes, "Come in."
William gently pushes open the door of the room and slowly walks towards him. “Bang!” Then he
kneels down in front of him directly, "I'm sorry, Dad..."
Emmanuel looks at him blankly for a long time before asking, "Why did you betray me?"
"As your son, it is not by helping you do evil things that I will be filial. Instead, it is by guiding correctly
that can I be filial. Dad, I can’t pull back you who have gone astray. So I can only choose to betray you.
Because only in this way can I stop you from going astray further and further. Even though I know how
sad you are in your heart at this moment, I don’t regret my choice."
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