Chapter139.
Although Arthur allowed Jade to enter the Campbell family, deep down, he still looked down on her as a homewrecker.
After Andrew registered his marriage with her, Arthur immediately cut off his credit cards.
Arthur made it clear. If they wanted to have a wedding, they could do it in secret somewhere else. But under no circumstances could they use the name of the Campbell family or gain any benefits from it!
Later, Arthur went even further, ordering Andrew to move out of the main house and into a smaller adjacent building. He was not allowed to take any of the valuable collectibles from the old residence but only the clothes from his walk–in closet.
Although Andrew’s standard of living dropped drastically after his remarriage, for an average person, he still lived comfortably.
The other side of the small building housed the servants, and it was identical in design and layout to where Andrew lived.
Even the wages of the servants assigned to his building had to be covered by him, and his daily expenses came from a separate account.
As for Jade, Arthur never gave her a cent.
Whoever married her was responsible for supporting her.
The Campbell family would only cover Tina’s education expenses. However, Arthur explicitly stated that Andrew was not allowed to send her to a private school, nor could she inherit any of the Campbell family’s assets when she came of age.
Because of this, Tina attended regular schools growing up. Though she ended up in a terrible university, she managed to meet some wealthy heirs from small cities and made money through dating.
On the day Gabriel officially took over the Campbell Group, Andrew was forced out of the headquarters and reduced to receiving fixed monthly dividends.
As for the loyal subordinates under him, Gabriel purged them all decisively.
Now, the Campbell Group belonged only to Gabriel.
Naturally, Andrew was unwilling to be kicked out just like that. He tried to resist and fight back, but Gabriel crushed him effortlessly, forcing him to settle down as a powerless shareholder living off his dividends.
For Andrew, who had always spent extravagantly, his current life felt like a fall from heaven to rock bottom, for the money was tight.
So, when Gabriel issued just one order, Andrew, who was enjoying his vacation abroad and about to make a payment, suddenly discovered that his card had been frozen!
He pulled out another card but found that it was also frozen. Furious, he called the bank, only to learn that his son was behind it.
He immediately called Gabriel, but no one answered. On the second attempt, the phone was already turned off.
As Gabriel’s father, he did not even have his son’s personal number. If it was known by others, he would be laughed at.
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Left with no choice, he called the president’s office at the Campbell Group.
The who answered was Ezra, who just so happened to have Gabriel’s work phone sitting right next to him.
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Upon confirming that Gabriel had indeed frozen his accounts, Andrew erupted in fury.“What right does Gabriel have to freeze my cards?”
Ezra replied, “Mr. Campbell, I don’t know the reason, but you might want to ask your wife and daughter. Perhaps they do.”
Andrew immediately hung up.
He then called Jade, and as soon as she picked up, he started yelling at her, “Jade, what did you do to provoke my son this time?
“And you even dragged Tina into this! Do you
of two?! This is all
you
your
fault!
have
any
idea that Gabriel froze
my
cards because.
“Go to the company and apologize to Gabriel! Now! Tell him to unfreeze my accounts, or I will not let you off when I get back!”
Back in the day, Andrew had been in his prime. While his first wife was still in postpartum confinement, he got drunk and ended up in bed with the caretaker.
From then on, he lived a life with his mistress outside.
Until one day, his first wife, unable to endure the humiliation of the mistress showing up at her doorstep, died from sheer anger. While he stood by, indifferent. This entire scene was witnessed by his son, who had come home early to surprise his mother on her birthday. From that moment on, a seed of hatred was planted.
Under Andrew’s leadership, the Campbell Group remained stagnant for decades. But once Gabriel took over, he restructured everything, rapidly expanding the company several times over and securing its place at the top of the business world.
The first thing he did after rising to power was slash the living expenses that Arthur had promised Andrew by cutting them in half.
Previously, Andrew would still send money to Jade from time to time, but now, he did not give her a single cent. This was also why Jade was so desperate for her own family to rise in status.
Jade was still lying in a hospital bed when all of this happened. A nurse was disinfecting and dressing her injured ankle and knee.
She had planned to put on a pitiful act for Andrew and complain about her grievances. But before she could even start, he cursed her out so badly that her eyes turned red. His voice was so loud that everyone in the hospital room could hear it. Even the nurse looked at her a few times in surprise.
“What are you looking at? If you keep staring, I will file a complaint against you!”
The nurse called her crazy in her mind and deliberately pressed a little harder while cleaning the wound. Jade winced in pain, baring her teeth, and raised her hand, trying to slap the nurse.
But in the next second, the nurse abruptly pressed down hard on her wound. “Well, you startled me,” the nurse said.
Jade had driven away three nurses. The hospital was overwhelmed with patients that day, and after this one left, her half–treated wounds were left exposed for hours.
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Looking at the plain single–patient hospital room, Jade was SO furious! The Campbell Group owned a private hospital, but Gabriel refused to let them in.
He even had them permanently blacklisted!
In the next hospital room, Tina had finished getting her injuries treated. Remembering how Jade had pushed her at the Robinson’s villa, she felt bitter. So, instead of checking in on Jade, she simply lay down and went to sleep.
At the laboratory in Seattle…
Hazel had assembled a research team of six or seven people, all from different age groups.
She had been in the lab all day, so focused that she even forgot about lunch.
Noticing the now–cold takeout beside her, she reheated it in the microwave and ate quickly.
Everyone else had left for home, leaving her alone to wrap up.
By the time she stepped out of the lab, it was already past 9 p.m.
Hazel grabbed her car keys and walked toward the parking lot. But before she got far, she heard footsteps behind her.
Glancing at a nearby security camera, she slowed her pace, listening closely. Judging by the sound, she knew it was a man.
The moment the man swung a metal pipe at her, Hazel turned around swiftly and kicked him, fast and hard, right where it hurt the most.
A sharp scream echoed through the night.
The man collapsed on the ground, his body twisting in agony.
Yusuf, who had not yet recovered, had his wound wrapped in bandages in the shape of triangular underwear. Now, the wound had burst open again, blood flowing profusely, filling his eyes with despair.
It was only when he lifted his head and glared at her that Hazel recognized him under the streetlight. It was Yusuf, his face swollen and bruised beyond recognition. He hunched over, clutching his crotch, his eyes filled with hatred.“Hazel, you bitch! I’ll kill you!”
Hazel pursed her lips and felt speechless at his threat.
He and Jade were truly cut from the same cloth. Their tone of voice was exactly the same.
She smirked.“Oh no, I’m so scared. Please don’t kill me.”
She handled it sarcastically, perfectly playing it out.
Yusuf has been laughed at by the people around him these days, and he has completely lost his dignity as a man. The main culprit of all this is the beautiful woman in front of him. Yusuf forced himself to stand, gripping the metal pipe, blood dripping down his legs. “It’s either you or me tonight!”
He lunged at her.
Hazel loosened her ankle a bit, and just as he got close, she kicked him away again.
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This time, she didn’t give him another chance to get up.
She controlled her strength precisely, allowing Yusuf to lift the iron pipe in his hand, only to knock him down over and over again, until he finally passed out.
Hazel called the police, and they coordinated with emergency services to send an ambulance.
The security footage showed Yusuf approaching her with a weapon and attempting to assault her first.
As the victim, every kick Hazel landed was in response to him raising the iron pipe. Everything she did was in legitimate self–defense.
So, Hazel was allowed to go home quickly, while Yusuf was taken into custody.
His actions constitute attempted murder, with penalties ranging from a fixed–term imprisonment of more than three years but less than ten years, to the death penalty or life imprisonment.
The specific punishment would depend on the final judgment.
Due to the severity of Yusuf’s injuries, which put his life at risk, he was rushed to the nearest hospital for emergency treatment. As he was being wheeled out of the ambulance, he happened to see Jade walking of the hospital.
Jade froze in shock at the sight of him, feeling as if her world had just collapsed.
When Hazel arrived back at her residential complex, she spotted a Rolls–Royce parked at the
entrance.
Under the soft glow of the streetlights, a tall and strong man leaned against the car door, arms crossed over his chest. His slightly long hair was loosely tied back, and he gazed up at the third–floor window of the villa.
Hazel stared at him in surprise, wondering what he was doing here all the way from Los Angeles,
