Taken in as a son-in-law, he led a miserable life. The moment he gained power, both his mother-in-law and sister-in-law kneeled down in front of him.His mother-in-law begged him, “Please don’t leave my daughter.”His sister-in-law said, “Brother-in-law, I was wrong…”

At Zimmer’s Villa in Niumhi. It was beaming with lights.

That night was Senior Zimmer’s seventieth birthday party, and it was filled with numerous guests.

All of his children and grandchildren presented him with gifts and said in unison, “We wish that Senior Zimmer is always blessed with good health and long life.”

Senior Zimmer appeared quite rosy and energetic as he sat on his chair. He replied, “Good. All of you are indeed quite obedient. I’m very happy today, so I’ll grant each and everyone of you a wish! Just tell me what you want.”

“Grandpa, I want an apartment near the ocean. It’s not expensive and it’s only over a million dollars…”

“Grandpa, I want a Chanel limited edition bag…”

“Grandpa, I want a BMW sports car…”

“Grandpa, I want a Rolex watch…”

“...”

“Fine. I’ll grant every one of your wishes!” Senior Zimmer gave them his promise without any hesitation.

The young children who asked for the gifts were overjoyed. They nearly kneeled down on the floor in gratitude.

Looking at their facial expressions, Senior Zimmer was delighted too. He was feeling gratified.

At that moment, a son-in-law from the Zimmers—Harvey York, stepped forward all of a sudden. He said, “Grandpa, could you please buy me a scooter? It’s more convenient for me to go and buy some vegetables…”

In that instant, everyone from the Zimmers was shocked. Almost everyone was stunned as they looked at Harvey in disbelief.

Had the son-in-law lost his mind? What kind of occasion was that? How could a son-in-law ask for something?

Besides, he did not even prepare a present for Senior Zimmer during the birthday party. How could he be so shameless to ask for something from Senior Zimmer? He even asked for nothing but a scooter. Did he want to humiliate Senior Zimmer intentionally?

Three years ago, they did not know where Grandma Zimmer found a man called Harvey. She forced her eldest granddaughter to marry him. At that time, Harvey was a poor man and was no different from a beggar.

However, on the day of their marriage, Grandma Zimmer passed away. Since then, everyone from the Zimmers looked down on him. For the past three years, Harvey did all kinds of menial work for the Zimmers. He had to prepare water for the others to wash their feet. Besides that, he was in charge of cooking too. He indeed led quite a pathetic life there.

Now, he voiced out and asked for a scooter. It was indeed the best of a bad bunch.

The scooter at home was stolen by someone when he went and bought the vegetables the day before. He was poor and had no money, so he could only voice out his wish at that moment.

Since Senior Zimmer was quite happy, Harvey felt that he would certainly grant his wish since it was such a small matter.

Senior Zimmer appeared quite happy just now but his face darkened all of a sudden.

He threw the glass from his hand and it shattered on the floor. He then shouted angrily, “B*stard! Did you come to attend the birthday party or did you come to ruin it for everybody?”

Harvey’s wife, Mandy Zimmer rushed forward and explained, “Grandpa, Harvey is insensible. Today is a happy day. Don’t be angry because of him.”

Then, she dragged Harvey aside.

At that moment, Mandy’s cousin, Quinn Zimmer sneered. “Mandy, take a look at your useless husband! What occasion do we have today? It’s grandpa’s seventieth birthday party. He came empty-handed. How dare he ask for something from grandpa? When did he become so daring?”

“That’s true. He has no manners. How could he ask for something? Didn’t he see so many guests here today? It’s indeed humiliating!” The person who voiced out was Senior Zimmer’s most beloved grandson—Zack Zimmer. He always disliked Mandy. Now he found the chance to mock her.

“What a useless b*stard! What right does he have to stay in our family?”

“Yes! He humiliated us!”

“I see it now. He did it intentionally to annoy us! He wanted to ruin grandpa’s happy mood!”

“What a useless person! We have so many servants here in the family. Do we need you to go and buy vegetables?”

“You don’t even work hard for it. How shameless! Do you think that you’re significant to us?”

“Get lost this instant! I’ll beat you up if you humiliate us more!”

“...”

Listening to the condemnation and accusations from the Zimmers, Harvey could not help but look down.

Three years ago, Harvey might have died a violent death if Grandma Zimmer had not taken him in. It was also why he never complained about doing all kinds of menial tasks for the Zimmers for the past three years.

“Grandpa, the manager from York Enterprise—Don Xander has come to wish you on your birthday!” Somebody said at the door.

Soon, a tall and handsome man entered the hall with a smile.

York Enterprise was a family business that belonged to the most influential family—the Yorks in South Light.

Moreover, Don was one of the project managers working for York Enterprise. He came from a good family background, and held an important and prestigious position in the company. A lot of families in Niumhi wanted to get close to him, but they never found any good chance. Surprisingly, he came to wish Senior Zimmer on his birthday.

“Senior Zimmer, this is my gift for you!”

Don smiled and said. When he opened the gift box, a lot of people were stunned.

There was a cheque in the box, and it was worth eight hundred and eighty thousand dollars.

In Niumhi, that amount of money was used for a marriage proposal.

“Senior Zimmer, I came today to make a marriage proposal. I have admired Mandy for a long time now. I hope that she could accept my proposal and marry me!”

The others gasped in amazement.

In that instant, everyone was shocked.

Mandy was Harvey’s wife. Did Don care not for that? He did not show Harvey any respect at all.

But after much consideration, Harvey was just a useless son-in-law who was adopted. Why did Don have to respect him? Don was not even afraid that he might offend Harvey.

“I know that what I said might be too abrupt but I couldn’t bear to see my beloved Mandy living with a useless man. Senior Zimmer, I hope that you can consider my offer properly.” Don smiled and said. He then turned around and flashed a smile at Mandy before he turned and left.

Up until that time, Don never threw a glance at Harvey. He did not bother about Harvey.

After he left, everyone fell into a heated discussion.

“Mr. Xander is a department manager at York Enterprise. He has great power. I heard that his one decision could decide the fate of a small company, ruining it or letting it prosper.”

“Mandy is so lucky! If she marries Mr. Xander, it would be so much better than being with that useless Harvey!”

“If they marry each other, our family will certainly benefit from it too.”

Mandy’s younger sister, Xynthia Zimmer stepped forward all of a sudden and said, “Harvey, don’t you want a scooter? If you’re willing to agree to divorce my sister, I’ll buy a scooter for you tomorrow. How about that?”

“Good! What Xynthia said is wonderful!”

“Doesn’t this useless man want a scooter? We’ll give it to him! Let him agree to the divorce!”

Senior Zimmer’s eyes fluttered. He gave Harvey a meaningful look and said, “Harvey, if you’re willing to divorce Mandy, I can certainly give you more than just a scooter. How about a million dollars?”

At first, Harvey lowered his head. But now, he threw a glance at Mandy beside him. He then shook his head and said, “Grandpa, I won’t ever divorce Mandy.”

Senior Zimmer’s facial expression worsened. He pointed at Harvey and scolded him angrily, “B*stard! Don’t you reject such a great offer! Get lost! Get lost this instant! I don’t want a bad egg to attend my birthday party!”

Harvey was stunned for a short while. It surprised him to see Senior Zimmer being so unfriendly toward him, disregarding his feelings. At that moment, he could only shake his head subconsciously and left.

“Harvey…” Mandy seemed hesitant. She did not know whether she should go after him.

Seeing that, Senior Zimmer said coldly, “Mandy, if you dare to leave with him today, I’ll disown you and never admit that you’re my granddaughter!”

Mandy soon stopped walking. She did not expect to see her grandpa being so cruel.

Harvey said immediately, “Stay. Don’t bother about me.”

Before Mandy could react, Harvey turned and left.

Zack burst into laughter. “My dear brother-in-law, how do you plan to head home? Don’t tell me that you planned to walk all the way home. Come, I have a dollar here. Let me be so generous and give it to you so that you could pay for your bus fare. Don’t be ashamed to take it!”

Then, he fished out a dollar and threw it at Harvey.

The Zimmers broke into a roar of laughter.

Harvey gritted his teeth slightly, but he remained speechless. After that, he left Zimmer's Villa directly.

At that moment, his phone rang all of a sudden.

He took out his old phone and glanced at it. It was a contact number that ended in six digits of eight.

Harvey frowned slightly. He then clicked on the message and glanced at it.

“Sir, the York Enterprise is in great trouble. Please come home to deal with it.”

“It’s a message from the Yorks.” Harvey frowned slightly.

The Yorks was the most influential family in South Light. At first, Harvey had been the rightful heir.

But three years ago, somebody in the family wrongly accused him and claimed that he had embezzled the company’s funds. Therefore, his identity as their heir was eliminated.

The entire York family had the same opinion and Harvey was disowned instantly. Furthermore, his parents were directly sent abroad and he had never met them since.

“Bullsh*t! The truth is I have nothing but only twenty dollars in my pocket. The family needs financial support. What's the point of looking for me?”

As he was thinking about that, he received another message on his phone.

“Sir, I’m begging you now. Please help us! Didn’t you purchase some stocks of a gold mine three years ago? Recently, someone found that there’s a great amount of gold in that gold mine. Now, the stock price of that gold mine has increased tremendously!”

“Now, the company’s funding has been cut off and we need your help immediately. Otherwise, our family will be ruined!”

Harvey was confused.

He was stunned for a short while. During that year, he did invest tens of millions of dollars on that gold mine. It was also the reason why the Yorks claimed that he had embezzled the company’s funds, and he was disowned consequently.

It had not even been three years, and they found out that that gold mine was loaded with a substantial amount of gold, and hence tremendously increasing it’s stock price too. “WTF, is that real?!”

The next moment, Harvey swiftly fished out a black bank card faster than ever.

That black card had been abandoned for three years. It was a tool which could signify one’s prestige all over the world. It was said that whoever owned that card, would have all their requests granted no matter where they were.

He soon contacted the 24-hour customer service hotline on the card. He heard a sweet female voice at the other end of the phone. “Dear Mr. York, good day. May I know if there’s anything I can help you with?”

“Please help me to check the balance in my account!”

“No problem. Please hold on for a moment,” she said politely. The next moment, her voice clearly faltered and she sounded shocked. “Mr. York… the balance in your account is so tremendous that it’s been locked away for safety purposes. I couldn’t check for you given my position. I’ll go and apply for it now. May I call you back in a short while?”

“No problem.” Harvey hung up at once.

‘The amount of money is so huge that the account is locked away for safety purposes.’

He burst into laughter. Unexpectedly, he casually took tens of millions of dollars and invested in that just for fun. He never thought that that kind of investment could provide him with such a huge surprise. Harvey did not even know how much money he owned now.

***

Harvey walked home at a leisurely pace. When he reached home, Mandy had long driven home by then.

On the other hand, there were two other ladies in the living room. From afar, he could see that one of them was charming and sexy while the other was cute and lovely. Furthermore, Mandy was exceptionally beautiful and elegant.

It was Mandy and her two best friends. The sexy lady was called Cecilia Zachary while the cute lady was called Angel Quinn.

The three of them ignored Harvey as he entered the living room.

Angel who sat at the side sighed at that moment. She then said, “Mandy, let’s talk about serious matters. I heard that your company is having some issues?”

Mandy rubbed her temples. She replied, “Yes. A few days ago, my company faced some funding issues. Now we’re in need of five million dollars. If I don't get the money soon, I’m afraid that my company…”

Angel sighed and said, “But Mandy, it’s not easy to obtain five million dollars in such a short time…”

The sexy lady—Cecilia who sat beside them nodded slightly too.

Mandy looked at their responses and realized that they were of no help to her. When she saw Harvey standing there, she became quite flustered. She could not help but glaring at him. She scolded, “Harvey, what the f^ck are you doing here? Can you please just get f^ck out of my way! Go and do the laundry! Remember to hand wash them with warm water. If their colors fade, I’ll make sure you sleep in the hallway tonight!”

He was about to go and wash the clothes obediently when his phone suddenly rang. Surprisingly, it was a call from the 24-hour customer service of the black card.

Harvey answered the call and he heard the sweet lady’s voice again. “Dear Mr. York, after looking into it, we found that your entire property is held in an offshore account. If we dig deeper into it, we might breach your privacy. We suggest that you give us a call when you’re free. Then we’ll send someone to invite you to the headquarters of Niumhi immediately, so that you can check the account balance yourself. Do you agree to that?”

Harvey muttered. “Alright, but why do I have to get into so much trouble just to check the balance of an offshore account?”

As he said that, he hung up the phone.

“Mandy, your husband is indeed amusing.” Angel could not help but burst into laughter. “He wants to check the balance of his offshore account. Did he watch a lot of TV shows? Does he even know what an offshore account is?”

Hearing that, Mandy smiled too. She then said, “He might have overheard that when I was talking on the phone with Dad a few days ago. Does he assume that all bank accounts are called offshore accounts? But I always give him a hundred dollars as his pocket money every day. I wonder he should have saved quite a lot of money since it's been three years.”

“Mandy, you have a good pet with you. He’s quite thrifty!” Cecilia smiled faintly. In fact, they could not help but be amused.

At that moment, Harvey became quite anxious and rushed towards Mandy. He said to his wife seriously, “Dear, is your company in need of five million dollars? Why don’t… you let me help you resolve that?”

Cecilia burst into a roar of laughter. She was indeed a sexy woman, so when she moved around vigorously, she seemed particularly energetic and charming. At that moment, she threw a glance at Harvey and said, “Harvey, do you even know how much five million dollars is? Don’t you mix it up with five hundred dollars. Even if you saved your 100 dollars pocket money everyday, how could you even be able to have five millions dollars?”

Harvey sneered. “What if I can?”

Cecilia scoffed. “If you’re able to take out five millions dollars, I’ll kneel down in front of you and address you as my dad!” She burst into laughter.

“Is that so?” Harvey smiled. He then said meaningfully, “Then please remember what you said. Don’t you break your promise.”

Mandy rubbed her temple beside them. She then waved her hand and said, “That’s more than enough. Stop daydreaming here. It’s really embarrassing.”

Harvey said lightly, “Fine.” He did not dare to defend himself.

***

That night, Harvey still slept in the study room. He did not quite believe that sudden good news, and was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night.

“This is indeed not a dream!” Harvey could not help but pat his face slightly. “I’ll need to go to the bank tomorrow to check just how much money I own.”

He had a restless night. The next day, Harvey pushed his electric bike out early in the morning. Surprisingly, he found that someone had thrown a battery there for him. After thinking about it for a while, he knew that it was Mandy who had done that. The others from the Zimmers were not so kind as to do such a thing.

After installing the battery, Harvey prepared to go to the bank.

“Harvey, where the hell are you going early in the morning?” At the balcony on the third floor, he saw a young lady who was wearing a set of cute pyjamas. Her appearance resembled Mandy. At that moment, she was staring at Harvey in an unruly manner. It was Xynthia.

“Sister, good morning.” Harvey nodded and greeted her politely.

“Who is your sister? How could my sister marry such a useless person like you? If it was me, I would have strangled you to death at the night of the wedding!”

Xynthia appeared cold. She casually threw a document folder down to him. “My sister forgot to take this document for her meeting. Send it to her. If you’re late, you do know what will happen to you!”

Undeniably, although Xynthia was only an unruly senior in high school, she still inherited the excellent genes from the Zimmers. She had a slim waist with slender legs. She was indeed quite charming.

Harvey picked up the document folder from the ground in a daze. Being married to Mandy for three years now, she had never allowed him to go and meet her at the company for fear that she might be embarrassed by him. Now she asked him to send her the document. Was it a dream?

“Get lost immediately!” Seeing that Harvey was in a daze, Xynthia was infuriated. The others’ brother-in-laws were tall and handsome. Some of them were even gentle and elegant. But why was her brother-in-law such a cowardly good-for-nothing? She could not even bear to look at him.

Further, he was unwilling to agree to the divorce. Who did he think he was?,

Half an hour later, Harvey reached Mandy’s company. As he was about to enter through the entrance, a bodyguard stopped him with a stun baton all of a sudden. The bodyguard said coldly, “Get lost! We don’t welcome beggars here.”

Harvey had just woken up, and he did not manage to clean himself up first. Besides, he was wearing a T-shirt and a pair of shorts with patches all over them. He did seem just like a beggar by the road.

However, Harvey was used to that kind of thing. He smiled and said, “Mister, I’m here to send a document to my wife.”

“Do you have a wife given the way you look?” The bodyguard was suspicious. “Is it the cleaning lady—Zara or the worker who works at the back kitchen—Lily?”

“My wife is Mandy,” said Harvey.

The bodyguard was stunned. Soon, he broke into laughter. “I see. You’re the son-in-law of the Zimmers.” He could not cease laughing.

Harvey shook his head. It never occurred to him that he was quite famous.

“That’s enough. Hand me the document. Miss Zimmer asked me to take the document from you if you’re here,” said the bodyguard.

“No.” Harvey shook his head in determination. “My sister-in-law said that it’s quite important, so I need to hand it to my wife in person. Could you please step aside…”

“You!” The bodyguard pointed at Harvey helplessly. ‘Is he crazy? Doesn’t he know how the Zimmers dislike him? Besides, he’s dressed up like this. Isn’t he afraid of ruining the company’s image?'

While they were talking to each other, they heard a loud blaring sound of a car engine from behind them all of a sudden. Soon, a BMW 5 series was seen parked beside Harvey’s electric bike after a high-speed drift maneuver. Then, they saw Don getting out of the car with a bouquet of roses in his hand.

“Great to see you here, Mr. Xander!” Noticing Don, the arrogant bodyguard soon appeared cordial and flattering. He soon said, “Mr. Xander, please walk this way. Miss Zimmer has been waiting for you in the office for a long time now.”

Don nodded at him. He then turned and walked into the company without even glancing at Harvey.

Harvey was about to enter the company too. However, the bodyguard raised his stun baton and blocked Harvey’s way again.

“What do you mean? Why is he allowed to enter the company and I’m not?” Harvey stared at the bodyguard and asked.

The bodyguard sighed and said, “Harvey, you’re just a son-in-law. How could you be compare to Mr. Xander? See, the perfume and roses in his hand certainly cost more than a few hundred bucks. Do you have that kind of money? From what I can see, you’ll cease to be their son-in-law soon.”

Harvey was stunned for a short while. He then frowned and asked, “What do you mean?”

“What do I mean? Are you stupid or are you putting up a show here? The incident which happened the night before is spread all over the city. Everyone knows that Mr. Xander is pursuing Miss Zimmer. They are a good-looking pair. They belong with each other. Take a look at yourself! You seem so pathetic and useless. I wonder why did Miss Zimmer agree to marry you in the first place?” The bodyguard chided him.

...

Meanwhile, the elevator in the lobby of the company opened. Mandy walked out of the elevator in a floral dress, looking so charming and beautiful.

At that moment, she saw Don. She smiled and nodded at him. She then said, “Mr. Xander, I’ve been waiting for you for some time.”

Don narrowed his eyes, and a flash of greed was seen deep in his eyes. It was almost indiscernible.

He licked his lips unconsciously and handed her the bouquet of flowers gracefully. He smiled and said, “Some people said that wonderful gifts should be given to people who deserve them. Mandy, you’re just as beautiful as a flower. So only you could deserve to be gifted with this bouquet of flowers.”

Mandy frowned slightly. She still remembered the incident which had happened the night before. Don had proposed to her in front of everybody, and now the entire incident was known in Niumhi. Now, he even pursued after her in such an outrageously daring manner.

At first, Mandy was reluctant to meet Don. But her company was in dire need of some funds now, so she had no choice but to ask Don for help.

Thinking about that, Mandy smiled and said, “Mr. Xander, you flatter me. I invited you over today with such cordiality because I would like to negotiate a business deal with you. How could I take gifts from you?”

Don smiled happily and said, “It’s not a big deal, and it doesn’t mean much. Mandy, you said that you don’t want my gift. Are you thinking that it’s not good enough? How about this? I’ll ask somebody to send some airflown flowers over from Prague. How about it?”

“You don’t have to do that. The production of roses in Prague is not good this year. I heard that the roses they grow there cost more than a thousand dollars per rose. It isn’t worth that much…” Mandy shook her head. Although she adored the roses there, she could not help but find the price unreasonable.

“More than a thousand dollars per rose…” Don’s eyes twitched slightly. ‘Certainly, I cannot present only a rose to her. I’ve more than a hundred roses here in my hand. If I do want to give her a present, I need to have as much as this. Therefore, it’ll cost more than two million dollars.’

As Don thought of that, he could not help but appear slightly awkward although he was a man who always appeared condescending in front of the others because of his wealth.

However, at that moment, Harvey who was standing outside of the lobby got past the bodyguard and barged into the lobby all of a sudden. He snatched away the bouquet of flowers in Don’s hand and threw it on the floor.

“Dear, don’t take things from others. If you do like roses, I’ll buy it for you. It’s just mere roses!” Unknowingly, Harvey became quite bold. He grabbed Mandy’s gentle and small hand and dragged her towards the elevator.

“Harvey, let go of me. What kind of nonsense did you say?” Mandy rebuked him softly.

They were currently in the lobby of the company, and it was crowded. Certainly, she could not make a fool of herself given that she was the CEO there. So she unconsciously wanted to release her hand, but it was held tightly by Harvey.

“B*stard! Come back here!” At first, Don was feeling slightly awkward. Now, he was engulfed in deep wrath. In fact, he picked that bouquet of flowers with much care as it cost him more than a thousand dollars. He would certainly be outraged given that it was thrown on the floor just like that.

‘What’s more important here is that b*stard is holding my goddess’s hand! I didn’t even get to hold her hand yet!’

“You ruined my flowers! Are you able to compensate for that? Who the hell are you?” Don slapped the door of the elevator with his left hand and forced the door to open again.

“B*stard! You better give me an explanation now. Otherwise, you'll have to pay a heavy price for it!”