The Rise of Dragon Temple By Wu Xia

Chapter 49 In Gempoint Group president's office, Joseph continued to make arrangements with Alpha 1. “After this, go to the Municipal Administration Department, Police Department, and the other departments to exchange information....” With a smile, Alpha | nodded and assured, “Don’t worry, Mr. Dawson. | have talked to all the departments in Oplen. They not only expressed their full support, but they are also grateful that you held your wedding here as it greatly benefits Oplen...” To that, Joseph nodded. Then, when he wanted to say something, his phone rang. It was Paige who called. “Hey Paige, what's up?”Joseph answered the call. Paige hesitated for a while before she whispered, “Joseph... Grandpa wants to have lunch with you. Are... Are you free?” When Joseph heard that, his eyes turned, and a few thoughts cacross his mind. He thought Leonard was indeed quick-witted enough to suspect him. After all, he bought Estella a car and a house in Paragon Villa yesterday. Through this, Leonard must have caught on to something.

However, to him, it didn’t matter as the wedding was driving near. Thus, he nodded and agreed, “Sure. | will cto you later...” After hanging up the phone, Joseph looked at Dennis and Ernie. “Alright. That's all from me.

You may go back to work.” With that, Dennis and Ernie left with great respect. Then, Alpha 1 smiled at Joseph and said, “Oh, it seems like Leonard is suspicious of something. Speaking of him, he is also a big shot. In recent years, he single-handedly expands Aceshine Group to what it is today. It's just that he is too old, and | heard that he is now supporting his grandson, Maxton Mooney, who is serving in the military. Also, he has great expectations for Maxton, saying that Maxton will definitely lead his family to glory in the future...” However, Alpha 1 soon paused for a while and added in a playful tone, “Haha, but he is short-sighted after all. Perhaps he has been in a small town for too long, so he has no idea how big the outside world is. Why would he care about Maxton when he has a grandson-in-law that is way more powerful than the god of war?” Hearing that, Joseph chuckled and waved his hand, “Well, you also said that he is old and short-sighted. Whatever. | have been giving them chances all the time, and the choice is in their hands. Alright, you should also go ahead and do your work.

The wedding must not go wrong. As for me, | will go and meet the old Patriarch of the Mooney family...” A smile flashed across his eyes. There was more than an hour before noon. When Joseph got downstairs and saw the cars passing by on the road, he was dazed for a while before he monologued, “I should buy another car. | no longer plan to hide anyway.” Thus, he went to the Mercedes-Benz 4S outlet again, bought another Mercedes S, and drove it away. As for Halle and the other saleswomen there, they were all astounded. That was because he had bought three luxury cars in three consecutive days. Besides, he voluntarily gave up all the promotions, so Halle’s commission was also shockingly high. At noon, Paige, Leonard, Lily, and Rory were sitting in a private room of a grand restaurant next to Aceshine Group. For the whole time, Lily never stopped smiling, while Paige just sat silently with her hands secretly clenching under the table. As Lily had gotten Gempoint Group's collaboration agreement, Paige felt somewhat unwilling. With that, she sighed inwardly, and a trace of helplessness flitted through her eyes. “Paige, where is Joseph? Have you contacted him?” Leonard—who was sitting by the window-asked Paige. “He just calledand said that he will arrive soon. Right now, there are straffic congestions. Sorry, Grandpa...” Paige explained. “It’s alright. Let's wait. We are not in a hurry anyway...” Leonard nodded without any hard feelings. Then, he opened the window, looked at the scenery outside, and breathed in sfresh air. But just at this time, a brand new black Mercedes pulled up abruptly in front of the restaurant entrance downstairs. Following that, the handsand refined Joseph in a black suit got down from the car. At once, Leonard-who was looking down from upstairs-narrowed his eyes. When Joseph looked up, he saw Leonard standing by the window in a daze. Right away, he smiled at Leonard, threw the car key to the valet, and went upstairs. “What's wrong, Grandpa?” Lily asked when she saw Leonard spacing out by the window.

Leonard turned around and ordered, “Ask the waiter to serve the dishes. Joseph is here...” “Humph! So, that wastrel is here. Grandpa, why did you bother waiting for him? None of us have accepted him as a part of our family, and even if he marries Paige, he is nothing but a grandson-in-law...” Lily mocked with disdain. Anyway, there was nothing she liked about Joseph. Upon hearing that, Leonard frowned and reprimanded, “Enough! Didn't you see that Paige is still here? Is this how you treat your cousin?” After sneering, Lily stopped talking. She didn’t take Leonard’s words seriously at all. While she was sipping tea, Rory-who was next to her-said in a faint tone, “Haha, Grandpa, you shouldn’t blLily. These days, she has been working hard to secure Gempoint Group's collaboration. Besides, she has been traveling around during the day and staying up late to work overtime. So, she might be saying that out of exhaustion. Don’t take her words seriously...” When Leonard listened to Rory’s words, his face changed. Rory was right. Lily was now in charge of the cooperation between Aceshine Group and Gempoint Group. In other words, she now had greater importance than Leonard in the company. That was because the collaboration with Gempoint Group alone could replace a lot of small cooperations. Nevertheless, Leonard still had doubts about Lily's ability to win the contract with Rory’s help. He somewhat felt that something was off, Since several years ago, Aceshine Group had always wanted to cooperate with Gempoint Group. However, they couldn't achieve it throughout these times. Moreover, Rory and Lily were together for more than three years. If Lily got the contract only with the help of the Shelton family, she should have gotten it long ago. Therefore, Leonard couldn't help feeling something was amiss. Even so, this wasn’t the right tto say anything. Hence, he only nodded and replied. “Alright, thanks for being considerate, Rory. The Mooneys are grateful for what you did this time. Thank you.” Hearing that, Rory also responded with a nod before he looked at Paige insultingly and stopped talking. Just then, Joseph cin, sat next to Paige, and apologized to her, “Sorry, I'm late.” Paige nodded and muttered, “You should greet Grandpa too...” Hence, Joseph also said to Leonard, “Grandpa, I'm sorry for being late. There was a traffic jam.” With a nod, Leonard stared deeply at Joseph. “Joseph, | heard you bought a car and a house in Paragon Villa for Estella yesterday.” “What? Did you say he bought a house for Aunt Estella? No way. That's Paragon Villa. The housing price there is even higher than the villas in the main town. You must be joking, Grandpa.” Lily spat out the tea, and her face was full of disbelief. Her parents always wanted to buy a house in Paragon Villa, but it was too expensive.

Ignoring Lily, Joseph smiled at Leonard and nodded. “You're right, Grandpa. News travels fast. | bought the house yesterday afternoon...” “Great...” Leonard nodded and continued, “How considerate of you. | heard you bought a car for Paige too. How about the car you parked downstairs? Did you buy another one?” Leonard stared intensely into Joseph's eyes, wanting to see through Joseph's thoughts. Nonetheless, he soon got disappointed because he couldn’t see anything The moment Leonard finished speaking, not only was Lily stupefied but Rory and Paige were also bewildered. Then, Rory ran to the window and looked down. Sure enough, he saw two similar brand-new Mercedes-Benzs parked at the entrance of the restaurant! “How is this possible? There are two cars indeed! If we include Aunt Estella’s, that makes three! Three Mercedes-Benz! And it's S-Class at that! This...” Rory-who saw the cars with his own eyes-still found this unbelievable. How much money did Joseph own to afford a house and a few cars at once? Needless to say, the Shelton family’s company was huge and had a huge capital too. However, that was capital, not pure profit!!! Therefore, Rory was thunderstruck.