Chapter 17
However, Marcus decided not to reveal Andrius‘ true identity.
The reason was simple.
His daughter, Noelle, had come back from abroad, and her looks rivaled Luna’s.
Three to four months later when Luna officially announced her divorce, Marcus would seize the chance to introduce his daughter to Andrius.
The Wolf King was busy defending the Western Frontline, so there were only so many women around him.
Marcus believed his plan had a high chance of success.
Moreover, his daughter always admired a strong and rigid soldier, so the Wolf King would be the perfect man for her.
With that in mind, Marcus simply came up with an excuse. “When I was serving at Western Frontline, I got shot and hid in the mountains. It was Andy who saved me.”
“I see.” Luna nodded. She added, “So, you gave us the project because you want to thank Andrius?”
“Not entirely true.”
Marcus reached into his pocket and revealed a medal in his hand. “I gave you the project because of this. Andy gave me a very special present on behalf of your family.”
Luna glanced at the medal in the mayor’s hand. Her eyes gleamed as she was shocked. “Isn’t this the medal the army presented to my grandfather?”
“It is.”
Marcus held the medal tightly and strongly said with excitement, “The monetary value of this medal might be close to nothing, but its memorial value symbolizes something important. It represents the revolution that our country has gone through in the past.
“When I saw the medal, it reminded me of my days fighting in Western Frontline and how my brother–in–arms and I fought our way through the enemies. This is the main reason why I decided to give your family the project.”
The sudden epiphany rushed into Luna’s head.
Aside from saving the mayor, the medal played a big part in winning them the project. The main Teason was Master Crestfall’s medal, and Andrius saving the mayor’s life was just a little boost. Nevertheless, Andrius was a lucky man for saving the mayor.
Luna looked around and asked, “Mayor Freely, where’s Andrius?”
“He…”
Marcus looked at the table but did not see Andrius.
Where would he be?
Where could the Wolf King have gone?
As he pondered, Marcus‘ phone rang. He pulled it out to check on the text he received.
His eyes widened in disbelief!
The honorable Wolf King was arrested by local police officers!
Anxious, Marcus immediately contacted his driver to prepare the car for the police station.
“Huh?”
Marcus leaving in a hurry baffled Luna. She asked, “Mayor Freely, you haven’t told us where Andrius is…”
Master Crestfall stopped his granddaughter. “Just let Andrius explore the city for a while.”
“Your grandfather is right. He’s still new in this city. Let him have a stroll around to see how rich people in the city live their lives,” Harry echoed.
“Okay.”
The three of them then went on mingling with other guests.
All the invited guests were influential figures, so mingling with them would only benefit their family.
On the other hand, Andrius was arrested and locked up in an interrogation room.
A series of footsteps from leather shoes broke the silence, followed by the door opening.
Andrius looked at the person at the door. It was the female officer who had arrested him at the village.
The woman seemed to have received rigorous training based on her lifted chest and straight posture. She would easily pass as a professional soldier in the army.
However, the more he looked at her, the more familiar she seemed. He believed he had seen the woman before but just could not remember where.
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Then, another female officer came in. “Noelle, the injury report is here.”
The woman named Noelle took the report.
Andrius noticed the calluses on her hand. They were proof that she was skilled with a gun.
Noelle then slammed the report on the table. She wore a strict look on her delicate face and asked, “What’s with that smile on your face?”
“What? Smile? I’m not smiling.” Andrius shook his head.
“Hmph! Andrius Moonshade?”
“Yes?”
“You are hereby suspected of starting a gang fight, injuring eight men in the skull, causing internal bleeding and severance of their veins. You will be charged for your crime.”
“Madam, I just stood there and did nothing,” Andrius explained with a sincere look.
Noelle pressed her hands on the table. Her huge breasts lowered and heaved strongly. “You are saying that you simply stood there and these eight men injured themselves?”
“It is what it is.” Andrius nodded.
Bang!
Noelle slammed the table once more. “This is your last chance to confess!”
Andrius sighed helplessly. He did not lie; he had just stood there, and it was Noir who had taken
out the men.
It seemed like the woman before him could not be reasoned with. Now he had to wait for the higher–ups to send someone over to deal with the matter.
Andrius‘ silence fueled Noelle’s anger. “Fine! Having tight lips, are we? Great! My toolbox.”
The female officer then handed her the ‘toolbox‘.
Noelle opened the toolbox in front of Andrius and took out a ‘nail clipper‘.
“Look at this. The pain that this thing can cause is not something that you can endure. I’ll see how long you can keep your mouth shut!”
Noelle slowly moved the ‘nail clipper‘ closer to Andrius. She was never going to use it on him; she simply wanted to scare a confession out of him.
As the top student who graduated from a famous military school abroad, she majored in criminal psychology and was skilled in breaking suspects‘ mental defense with all kinds of methods. She was particularly fond of the ‘nail clipper‘ because it had never failed.
It had only been three months since she came back and joined the local law enforcement team. Her methods helped her solve multiple cases and made her the fastest newbie to be promoted to captain.
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She believed Andrius would not be able to handle the mental torture.
Andrius‘ expression turned cold all of a sudden, and his gaze turned sharp.
The honorable Wolf King was being tortured by some woman?
He could not allow that to happen!
As Noelle approached him, he started to clench his fists to break out of the cuffs. It would only take him less than three seconds to break the cuffs and subdue Noelle.
Right before he could exert his strength, the door was kicked open from the outside.
Bang!
Marcus dashed in nervously. His forehead was glistening with sweat.
When he saw Noelle approach Andrius with the ‘nail clipper‘, he shouted at the top of his lungs,” NOELLE, STOP THIS RIGHT NOW!”
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Noelle looked back and saw Marcus. She asked coldly, “What are you doing here?”
“If I weren’t here, were you going to use that on him?”
Marcus’ heart pounded wildly. If he was half a second late, things would have gone terribly.
Aside from the fact that he could never arrange for his daughter to meet the Wolf King, torturing the Wolf King alone would put his daughter in a dangerous position as the million Lycantroops would certainly retaliate.
The thought fueled his nervousness. His forehead was glistening with sweat and his expensive
shirt was drenched.
“Why are you two standing there? Release him!” Marcus shouted at the other two officers in the
room.
“Release him?” Noelle glared at Marcus and grumbled. “He is a suspect in a gang fight. Eight men have been injured…”
“Nonsense!” Marcus stopped her right away. “He is someone with a special identity. He did not do whatever you claimed he did, so release him immediately!”
“Special identity?” Noelle scoffed. “Tell me, how special is his identity?”
“He’s the W-”
The words were stuck in his throat.
“Heh! What’s wrong? Can’t speak?” Noelle continued provoking Marcus. “Or did he bribe…”
Slap!
Before Noelle could finish, Marcus slapped her on the face.
The loud slap silenced the noisy interrogation room immediately.
Everyone looked towards them in disbelief.
“You slapped me?” Noelle covered her swollen face and questioned him with a trembling voice.
“I…”
Marcus was helpless. His stammering prevented him from speaking properly.
“I thought you were just an unqualified husband and father, but now it seems that you are also unqualified as mayor!” Noelle shouted at him. “You have failed this city!”
She then strode out of the interrogation room furiously.
Marcus signaled the others to give him the room. He uncuffed Andrius personally and explained,” Sir, I am so sorry about this. I apologize on behalf of my foolish daughter. It is my fault for not teaching her well.”
“Punish me instead if you want to,” Marcus bowed and apologized.
“Marcus, you don’t seem to get along well with your daughter,” Andrius said as he exercised his wrist.
“Sigh. I left her and her mother when she was just five to serve the country at the Western Frontline. In the second year after I was in service, my wife passed away due to illness, and I didn’t get to send her away. Then, I sent Noelle abroad to study and she just came back recently.”
Marcus sighed again and continued with a bitter expression, “The girl has always hated me. To her, I was never a good husband or a good father. It’s difficult to handle family affairs despite being mayor of the city.”
Andrius tapped on Marcus‘ shoulder. “I’ll let this go for now.”
“Thank you, sir.”
Marcus ordered his driver to drive Andrius back to Dream’s Waterfront. When he arrived at the gate, he saw Luna standing at the door.
“Mayor Freely sent you back himself?”
“Yeah.” Andrius nodded.
Luna went in and sat on the couch. She looked at Andrius who was removing his shoes and said, “I already know what’s going on between you and Mayor Freely.”
“You do?” Andrius frowned.
“Yes. I have to admit that you are a lucky guy, saving Mayor Freely in the mountains,” Luna explained.
Andrius chuckled. He tacitly knew that Marcus did not reveal his true identity to the Crestfalls.
“Now that Mayor Freely has helped us once, don’t go to him anymore for any more favors.”
“Why?”
“The more powerful the person, the heavier they viewed debts of gratitude. You saved Mayor Freely once, and he introduced you in front of some of the most influential figures in the city. I take it as his way of returning the favor, so there won’t be anything between you two anymore.”
Andrius was not overly bothered. “Marcus and I are quite close. You are thinking too much.”
“Andrius, this is how city people do things. It’s not like in the mountains,” Luna said seriously. She despised Andrius‘ frivolous attitude.
Only someone who had never experienced the harsh realities of the modern world could think so simplistically about human nature. He really thought that saving Mayor Freely’s life made them friends.
How naive!
“It’s up to you whether you believe me or not.”
Luna then took a card from her purse and tossed it to Andrius.
Andrius caught it with only two fingers and asked, “What is this?”
“I know the main reason for us getting the project is because of Grandfather’s medal, but the mayor being in debt to you made things easier. Consider this a reward for your effort. There’s twenty grand on the card.”
Luna then headed upstairs.
Looking at the card clamped between his fingers, Andrius smiled slightly.
She was a fair and righteous woman who could separate right and wrong. Her unreasonable side seemed to have disappeared for the night.
However, if his troops learned that a favor from the Wolf King was worth only twenty thousand, they would have caused an uproar.
Many people spent a fortune and even their entire savings just to ask for a favor yet failed.
As the night fell, the lights in Castlerock Corporation’s chairman office were still on.
The chairman, Solomon, was smoking an expensive cigar in front of the ceiling–to–floor window. His expression was as gloomy as the dark clouds outside the window. His gritted teeth left a mark on his expensive cigar.
A while later, his personal secretary came into the office. There was a mix of beauty and professionalism on her face.
“Mr. Stormbrew. We got news from the Dragon Gang, saying that all the men were hospitalized,” she reported.
“Huh?” Solomon looked back at his secretary. “Dragon Gang’s hitters are all well–trained men, and you are telling me they are all hospitalized?”
The secretary nodded. “Yes, sir. I sent men over to the police department to gather some news, and they said the men were defeated by a man called Andrius Moonshade.”
Bang!
Solomon threw a heavy punch to the window. He grunted with gritted teeth, “It seems like this Andrius Moonshade guy is tougher than I thought. Run checks on his background. If we can scout him to our side, maybe things will work out; if we can’t, then…”
Solomon put his finger across his neck.
The secretary caught on to him immediately. She asked, “What about the Valiant Institute project?”
Solomon curled his lips into an evil grin. “We’ll let the Crestfalls have the project for now, but I will make sure they give it to me when I want it!”
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Early the next morning, when Andrius woke up, Luna had already gone out.
He then went out to buy breakfast and headed to the New Moon Corporation office.
When he arrived at the CEO’s office, he grabbed a spotless cloth and started cleaning. Luna somehow made him her personal janitor of her office.
After cleaning, Andrius sat on the couch and started scrolling through military news.
Bang!
All of a sudden, the door flew open.
Luna stormed in furiously. Her expression spelled anger.
Her secretary, Danni, followed in with a cup of Americano.
The expensive Americano could help to burn body fat, which was why Luna would have several cups in a single day.
Slam!
Luna flung the coffee off her table and snapped, “Out! Everybody out!”
Andrius frowned as he walked out of the office.
“What’s wrong with her?”
Danni sighed and said with a bitter expression, “Ms. Crestfall had a meeting with the board and suggested changes to the Valiant Institute project, but the board members unanimously rejected her suggestions.”
“Why?”
“Because the Valiant Institute is a project for the discharged soldiers, Ms. Crestfall tried to persuade the board members to lower the profit margin since it is for a good cause, but the members, especially, Mr. Seaview, disagreed.”
“Hmmm…”
Andrius hummed a reply before he left. He seemed calm, but deep down, he felt uneasy and restless.
The reason why he made Marcus choose the Crestfalls for the project was because of the discharged soldiers he saw in the Recovery Camp.
With Master Crestfall being a discharged soldier himself, Andrius believed the Crestfalls would do a good job. Now that New Moon Corporation had secured the project, the board members tried to give Luna a hard time.
There was no way Andrius would turn a blind eye to it.
In the spacious meeting room, the meeting was forced to pause with Luna leaving.
The board members of New Moon Corporation filled the seats, except for the main seat in the
front.
Next to the main seat was a middle–aged man, the leader of the other board members, Donovan Seaview. He was the second largest shareholder of the company other than the Crestfalls.
A soft screech was heard as the door opened, and Andrius came in. Under everyone’s surprise gazes, he sat down in the main seat.
Baffled, Donovan narrowed his eyes and sized Andrius up. “Who might you be?”
“Me? I’m just Ms. Crestfall’s office assistant.”
Donovan was displeased and uttered, “If you know who you are, who gave you the right to come
in?”
“I came in of my own accord,” Andrius said as he glanced at Donovan.
Bang!
Donovan slammed the table. He bellowed, “Boy, you’d better get out of the room immediately!”
Andrius ignored Donovan’s threats. He scanned everyone at the table in an imposing manner and said, “I am aware that Ms. Crestfall is in a sour mood, so I think I should come in and talk to you people about it.”
“This is a board meeting for shareholders only! An assistant to the CEO has no right to speak here!
say this again: get the hell out of this room immediately,” Donovan yelled.
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Andrius glared at him coldly and stated without haste, “I am not here to meddle with New Moon Corporation’s business, I am here about the Valiant Institute project. All of you should listen to Ms. Crestfall and accept her suggestion.”
“What if we refuse?” Donovan argued.
“I am not here to warn you. I am here to threaten you.” Andrius smiled. His tone grew heavier as he continued, “If all of you refuse to listen to Ms. Crestfall, then Sumeria has no place for you and I will make sure of that myself.”
“Hahaha!”
It was as though Donovan heard the funniest joke in the world. He cackled and almost burst into
tears.
“Boy, are you drunk? Who do you think you are, telling me that I have no place in this city? If you can do that, a pig can fly in the sky!”
“Hahaha.”
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