All Chapters of From Campus Trash To Tycoon: Chapter 51
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Chapter 51
Chapter Fifty-OneThe neighbors peeked through their curtains and whispered in awe. They saw Martha strutting out, draped in an expensive fur coat that Beatrice had gifted her, followed by a somber Andrew and Lina looking weary.Adrian walked behind them carrying an old tattered duffel bag."Adrian, look at this car!" Martha hissed, stroking the leather seats of the Maybach. "This is how we were meant to live! No more scholarship talk, no more hiding in back alleys of this Cape City. We are going to be a part of the Main Branch now!"Adrian leaned back as the car sped toward the private airfield. "Auntie, remember that the bigger the car, the faster it can drive you off a cliff.""Oh, hush! You’re just jealous because your client only gives you work assignments, while the Vales have offered to give us royalty!"At the private terminal, a Gulfstream G650 waited, its engines humming a low, expensive tune. Beatrice stood at the top of the stairs, her silver hair perfect despite the early
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Chapter Fifty-TwoThe Vale Villa was a sprawling fortress of white marble and iron gates, a symbol of two centuries of ruthless power in the Capital. As the motorcade swept through the gates, Martha was pressed against the window, her mouth hanging open."Look at those fountains, Andrew! They have statues made of real silver!" she squealed, her eyes gleaming with greed. "I told you, the Main Branch knows how to treat family! Adrian, you better not embarrass us with your scholarship student attitude here." She warned from her car staring at the truck Adrian was sitting in through the rearview.The cars came to a halt, but not in front of the grand steps of the main villa. Instead, they stopped at a side entrance near the gravel paths used by the gardening staff and waste disposal.Silas Vale was waiting there, wearing a smirk that suggested he had been practicing it all morning. Beside him was a girl around Lina's age, Tracey Vale, who looked at Lina’s department-store coat with visibl
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Chapter Fifty-Three The transition of Andrew and his family from the Historical Wing to the Imperial East Wing was the most humiliating ten minutes in Silas Vale’s life. Martha stood on the porch of the servant's shack, her hands on her hips, watching with a predatory smugness as Silas and Tracey struggled to lift the heavy suitcases. "Be careful with that one, Silas!" Martha barked, buffing her fingernails. "Lina’s new trekking boots are in there. If you scratch the leather, I’ll have to report your poor service to the Patriarch." "I can't believe this," Tracey hissed, her face flushed red as she dragged a trunk across the gravel. "We’re the Main Branch! We’re royalty, and this is our space what has gotten into Grandpa, why is Grandpa making us do this?" "Because," Adrian said, walking past them with his hands in his pockets, not carrying a single thing. "Your royalty just had its credit cards declined. If you want the bank to let you buy a cup of coffee tomorrow, I suggest you s
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Chapter Fifty-FourThe air in the Grand Hall was suffocating. Director Vance was still trembling, his eyes fixed on Adrian like a rabbit staring at a wolf.The Patriarch, sensing his grip on the room slipping, slammed his hand on the table. "Vance! What is the meaning of this? Why are you calling this scholarship student young master?"Vance opened his mouth to speak, but before a sound could come out, the heavy oak doors of the banquet hall were thrown open.A young man walked in, flanked by four men in grey suit, he wore a traditional silk robe, white as bone, with a crimson hawk embroidered on the chest."The Vales are getting noisy," the young man said, his voice cold and melodious. "I could hear the bickering from the front gates."The Patriarch, Beatrice, and even the arrogant Silas stood up instantly. They quickly bowed to the young master dressed in silk robe."Young Master Long!" the Patriarch stammered, his face pale. "We didn't expect a representative from the Long Clan tod
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Chapter Fifty-FiveAdrian pulled out a burner phone—the one encrypted with the Grand Azure Sovereign Protocol. He dialed it and the phone started to ring at the other end."Master," Lawson’s voice crackled through the speaker, instantly alert. "The satellite feed showed Long Wei leaving the Villa. His team was armed. My men are three minutes away from flattening that estate if you give the word.""Stand down, Lawson," Adrian said, watching a hawk circle the moonlit sky, the same hawk symbol Long Wei wore on his robe. "The Long Clan isn't a problem you solve with soldiers. You solve it with the Ledger.""The Ledger, Master, what do you mean?""Long Wei mentioned his father, Long Chen, wants the Founder’s Key," Adrian’s voice dropped to a chill. "Run a deep-trace on the Long Clan’s offshore holdings. Specifically, look at the Red Hawk Maritime Fund. I remember a report from three years ago about a massive liquidity injection they received when their shipping fleet was impounded in the M
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Chapter Fifty-SixLina gasped at what Adrian wrote across the coffin, she knew Adrian had been reckless and loyal and his client had been on his side but she didn’t expect the extent to which the recklessness would lead him.“Adrian are you out of your mind. You’re challenging the Long family. I don’t know what kind of trust you have in your client but I’m afraid it’s way out of hand. Your are going to get us all killed,”The black lacquer coffin sat in the center of the Vale villas courtyard, a grim reminder of the forty-eight-hour timer ticking down and ADRIAN name giving a golden glow under the moonlight, every servant who walked past it did see it despite their head bowed, as if the house were already a tomb.Inside the Imperial Suite, the atmosphere was chaotic. Martha had packed six suitcases, only to unpack them, then pack them again."Andrew! We have to leave Adrian here!" Martha shrieked, her voice cracking. "If we give the Long Clan the boy and the Key, maybe they’ll let us
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Chapter Fifty-SevenAt the main gates of the Vale Villa, the Long Clan’s blockade was a wall of white steel. Fifty high-end SUVs were parked in a staggered Tiger Jaw formation, guarded by men in polo uniform holding heavy-duty batons.The lead guard, a man with a scar on his throat, saw the rusty van speeding toward them. He smirked signaling his men to stand their ground.“Look at this trash,” he said. “The Vales are so desperate they’re trying to escape in a delivery truck. Throw the spikes!”“Adrian, stop!” Lina screamed as metal spikes were pushed onto the road. “The tires the spikes will flatten them!”Adrian did not panic. He calmly pressed a switch on the dashboard labeled Sovereign Pressure.“Lawson’s team made these tires,” Adrian said. “They are run flat tires made with strong polymer and titanium weave, Lina.”The van hit the spikes at eighty kilometers per hour. There was no pop, no hiss from the tires. The vehicle didn't even shudder."WHAT?!" the guard yelled, his smirk
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Chapter Fifty-eightThe man in the white suit didn’t just walk, director Lawson commanded the very air in the room. To the public, he was a financial titan. To Adrian, he was simply the man who handled the paperwork."Who dares suggest that a Sovereign-tier transaction is anything less than absolute?" Lawson’s voice boomed, silencing the murmurs of the elite.Martha’s jaw hit the floor. "That’s him! That’s Adrian’s client! The one who gave Andrew the promotion! Who would think he'd actually come here in person?!"Lawson ignored the gasps. He walked straight to the back of the hall, stopping right beside the Debtor's Row where Adrian sat with his feet up. He didn't bow but his protective stance spoke volumes."Young Master Long," Lawson said, turning his cold gaze toward the front. "You question the card? And you also question the liquidity? This scholarship student, as you call him, is my authorized proxy. Every cent he bids is backed by the Grand Azure Trust. Do you have a problem wi
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Chapter Fifty-Nine“Ofcourse young master, I will head on to the task right away.” the governor hurried out of the hall before the Vales could understand what was happening. Adrian sighed, turning to Mr Lawson.To think that Mr Lawson will work with Adrian after the encounter at the loan office the other day, Martha was not only happy she was belated.“Mr Lawson so you were my dear Adrian benefactor, you are really powerful,” she swatted her hand across Adrian's arm, “you should have let me know sooner Adrian, I wouldn't have protested that day, we could have talked about it over dinner.”“Auntie, Mr Lawson is just one of my clients. Once I'm of no service to him, he won't bear an eye on me twice. So be careful around him.”Adrian warned Martha coldly, Martha coiled back then forced a laughter. “Who cares at least he thought that arrogant Long family a lesson and we get to stay in a palace, that is enough.”So right now eyes were pointed at Mr Lawson they didn't know that Lawson was j
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Chapter SixtyChloe let out a sharp, condescending laugh, her manicured fingers brushing a stray strand of hair behind her ear. She looked at Adrian’s mud stained luggage van with the same expression one might use for a cockroach found in a five-star kitchen."A termination clause? Darling, I drafted the bylaws for the Andrews' Global Holdings before I even learned how to drive," Chloe sneered, stepping aside and waved the the family into the foyer like she owned the place. "You might be the consultant who fetched the keys, but in the world of high society, keys are just metal. I hold the legal mandate. Uncle Andrew, Auntie Martha, the third floor suites are yours. Lina, stay with them.”Then her eyes landed on Adrian.“And the scholarship student…”She pointed toward a small side door beside the huge marble staircase.“The staff quarters are over there with a nice view of the gravel pits. You should start there.”Martha was too busy staring at the massive crystal chandelier hanging