The Rise of Dragon Temple By Wu Xia

looking a little tired. After she left, Joseph frowned. He felt that she must have hidden something from

him. Thus, he looked at Serena doubtfully and asked, “Is Paige okay?”

With a complicated expression, Serena sighed and shook her head. “My father wants her to return to our

family’s company. After all, both of you are now back, and it will be more convenient for her to work

there. But my grandfather gave her three conditions. He didn’t ask her to complete all of them, though.

Just one is enough. It’s just… it’s just that those three conditions are too challenging.” Joseph continued

to ask calmly, “What exactly are those? Can you tell me?” Being asked, Serena went on to say, “Firstly,

she will have to collect two million dollars debt from the Porter family in Guplyae. Secondly, she is

required to expand three new sales channels. And lastly, she has to take down one of the problems that

our family finds difficult to solve. None of them are possible to achieve. I think they are just making things

difficult for her…” Just then, Chloe, who was in Serena’s arms, also quickly interrupted, “Dad, Mom is in

trouble. You have to help her. I hate to see her suffer…” When Serena heard Chloe’s words, her eyes lit

up, and she stared at Joseph intensely. However, Joseph nodded with a smile and apologized, “I’m sorry,

Chloe. I just came back, and I don’t know anyone here, so I’m afraid I can’t help. But you have to believe

in your mom. You know she can do it, right?” For a moment, Chloe tilted her small head and pondered

before she finally gave a cute nod. “Of course. I believe in Mom. She is powerful, and I know she can do

it. When the time comes, Grandpa and Great Grandpa will finally accept us…” Upon hearing that,

Joseph nodded. Then, he checked out the room with Serena and took Chloe to find a house outside. As

Serena grew up in Oplen, she was well familiar with the city. At three o’clock in the afternoon, through the

introduction of her classmate, she found a house with two rooms for Joseph and Paige. Since it was not

located in the heart of the city, the rent was quite affordable. Besides, she and the owner knew each

other well, so the rent was only 1,500 dollars a month. Without hesitation, Joseph paid the rent. Later,

under the lead of Serena, the three bought a lot of daily necessities. As for the rooms, Serena took one

while Joseph, Paige, and Chloe shared the other. At six o’clock in the evening, Joseph had finished

cooking, but Paige hadn’t returned home. After he called her, he had dinner with Serena and Chloe.

Later, when it was eight o’clock in the evening, Paige finally came back. However, there was a faint palm

print on her right cheek, which was slightly swollen. Moreover, her eyes were red and swollen. It seemed

like she had cried once again. Seeing this, Joseph narrowed his eyes, and subconsciously, a killing

intent rose in his heart. Nevertheless, no matter how he asked, Paige kept insisting that she was fine and

was just a little tired before going back to her room to sleep. After cleaning up the kitchen, he was about

to call Alpha 1 and ask him to investigate when Serena came out of Paige’s room.

“Serena, what happened to your sister? Did she tell you anything?” Joseph asked Serena. With hatred,

Serena gritted her teeth and fumed, “This afternoon, she went to the Porter family’s company in Guplyae

to ask for the two million dollars. But instead of the Porters, she only met their manager. Then, when I

realized her face was a little swollen, I asked her repeatedly, and she finally told me that a manager

named Isa Murray slapped her and drove her out…” Once she finished, she glanced at Joseph and

sighed, “Well, don’t think too much. The Porters have owed us for almost eight years, and they will never

pay us back. I think I should persuade Paige to give up…” With that, she went back into the room and

continued to persuade Paige. After the room door was closed, Joseph slowly turned his head to look at

Paige’s room. Once again, the killing intent in his body rose. Originally, he planned to let Alpha 1 solve

the Mooney family’s issues swiftly. Nonetheless, it did not occur to him that Paige would be so anxious

that she went there today. “You’re so dead, Porters!” he cursed inwardly. At that time, he had the urge to

go to Guplyae right away, but Paige and the others were still awake. If he chose to leave now, he

wouldn’t be able to explain himself. Thus, he sent a message to Alpha 1 instead. Hour by hour, the time

slowly passed, and soon, it was midnight. Paige and Chloe were sleeping soundly. Just then, Joseph-

who was lying on a bed on the other side

-opened his eyes. The next moment, he got up cautiously, opened the door slowly, went downstairs, and

walked into the darkness in the distance. While he was walking down the stairs, his rage could no longer

be concealed. Since Isa dared to bully his wife, there was no way he would spare Isa’s life. But what he

didn’t know was that just as he got downstairs and walked to the distance, Serena’s bedroom’s window

curtain was slightly pulled open, and her eyes emerged behind the small gap…