The Charismatic Charlie Wade

The two first lovers continued working hard in the kitchen and they finally came out with a table full of dishes after more than one
hour.
Jacob came out and told Charlie and Paul, “Get ready! We can eat soon.”
After that, Jacob asked Paul, “By the way, Paul, would you like to have a drink or two with me tonight?”
Paul smiled slightly before he took out a gift box and said, “Uncle Wilson, it so happens that I’ve also brought two bottles of 30-
years old Kweichow Moutai liquor. This bottle of Kweichow Moutai isn’t just any ordinary Moutai. This is the exported version of
the liquor from over twenty years ago. This liquor was exported to the United States and it was kept and preserved by collectors
in the United States until now. Each bottle weighs about two kilograms.”
Jacob was very surprised and he said, “Thirty years aging after being exported more than twenty years ago? Wouldn’t it be more
than fifty years now?”
“Yes!” Paul smiled before he said, “I believe that it’s about fifty-six years now.”
Jacob sighed as he said, “Oh, this bottle of liquor is simply too precious. It would be a waste for you to give this to me. You
should keep it for yourself.”
Paul hurriedly replied, “Uncle Wilson, you don’t have to be so polite with me. I originally brought this here as a gift for you
anyway. If you want to, we can open a bottle and drink it together tonight. If you don’t want to, we could drink some other liquor
instead.”
When Jacob heard Paul’s words, he smiled before he said, “Thank you! If that is the case, then we should just open a bottle
tonight!”
As he spoke, Jacob said to Charlie, “Charlie, why don’t you go upstairs and ask Claire to come down for dinner?”
Charlie nodded slightly before he said, “Alright then, I’ll go upstairs to get her now.”
After that, Charlie stood up and went upstairs immediately. When he came to their bedroom, he saw that Claire was lying on the
bed with her back facing the door.
He said, “My dear wife, it is time for dinner.”
As he spoke, Charlie was about to walk into the bedroom but he heard his wife saying, “Oh, don’t come over here yet.”

Immediately afterwards, Claire stood up with her back facing Charlie. After that, she reached out her hands as though she was
wiping the tears off her eyes.
Charlie hurriedly walked towards Claire at this time. When he saw her red and swollen eyes, he asked, “Wife, why are you crying
again?”
Claire shook her head as she stubbornly denied, “I was not crying. My eyes are just a little uncomfortable.”
Charlie felt very distressed and he said, “Why are you still trying to lie to me? Your eyes are already so red and swollen so how
could you possibly not be crying?”
After he spoke, Charlie asked softly, “Is it because of Mom?”
Claire was silent for a moment before she sighed and said, “It has already been more than thirty hours now and there’s still no
news about Mom at all. I am really afraid that something bad has already happened to Mom.”
As she spoke, Claire could not hold back her tears and she burst out into tears as she said, “Furthermore, since such a big thing
has already happened at home, I thought that Dad would have the same thought as me. However, I really didn’t expect him to...”
Claire could not even finish her sentence. She could no longer hold back the anger and grievances that she was feeling inside so
she started to sob and cry out loud.
Charlie hurriedly stretched out his hand before he took her in his arms. After that, he patted her back gently as he comforted her
and said, “My dear wife, stop crying. Mom will definitely be fine. Don’t worry. I can assure you that she’s definitely alright...”
Claire sobbed as she asked, “How can you assure or promise me anything? You don’t even know where my mom is now. You
don’t know what she is going through or if she’s in any danger at all...”
Charlie replied seriously, “Don’t worry, Claire. Since I’ve already promised you, then I won’t let anything happen to her. I’ll ask
some of my very capable and powerful friends to help me to figure out a solution to this matter, okay?”
Claire hurriedly asked, “Are you serious? Will your friends really be willing to help you?”