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Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Chapter 1 Awakening
“Sir, you are Mr. Xavier Cavanaugh, right?”
A black limo with the license plate number “7777” slowly came to a stop, and a middle-aged man in a suit stepped out. At that moment, the middle-aged man seemed so excited that he cried tears of joy. “Yes, you are Mr. Xavier! You must be Mr. Xavier! Finally!”
Xavier frowned, his expression turning cold as he asked, “Who are you?”
“Mr. Xavier, it’s been five years. Your resentment… should have dissipated by now, right?”
As Xavier looked at the middle-aged man’s face, fragments of memories flashed through his mind, but he couldn’t recall anything. “You’ve mistaken me for someone else, sir.” With that, he turned and walked away.
Seeing Xavier about to leave, the middle-aged man became anxious. “Mr. Xavier, I’m Edward Hernandez! Don’t you remember me? When you were a little boy, I taught you to steal other people’s chickens, catch fish, and bathe in the river… Have you… forgotten all that?”
“That’s bullshit,” Xavier muttered under his breath and, without turning back, headed toward the hospital.
His sister had married into the wealthy Vanderbilt family of Oceanheim two years ago, and her pregnancy was due today. The thought of becoming an uncle filled him with excitement.
“Mr. Xavier, please don’t hold a grudge against Mr. Robert any longer. You are always part of the Cavanaugh clan. Nothing can change that. You are the heir to the Cavanaugh family of Starhaven, and
the billion-dollar fortune of the Cavanaugh family will be yours…” Edward kept talking as he followed behind Xavier, seemingly not ready to give up.
“Should we save the mother or the child?”
In the hospital corridor, the doctor’s cold words reached Leopold Vanderbilt’s ears. “Save the child,” he responded without a moment’s hesitation.
Leopold was the second son of the Vanderbilt family and Xavier’s brother-in-law.
The woman in labor in the operating room was Xavier’s sister, Samantha Cavanaugh.
At this moment, a baby could be heard crying in the operating room.
As Xavier arrived on the fifth floor, he heard a loud cry. Then, the door to the operating room swung open, and a nurse, looking utterly exhausted, stepped out and said, “Congratulations, it’s a boy.”
The Vanderbilt family members all smiled, eagerly moving forward to take turns holding the baby.
Xavier hesitated for a moment before asking the nurse, “Excuse me, Miss, how is my sister?”
The nurse took a deep breath and replied slowly, “The patient had a difficult labor with severe bleeding… We could only save one, and her family chose to save the child, so the patient… didn’t make it…”
“No… no… no, this is impossible! This isn’t real! How… How could my sister die?”
Struck as if by lightning, Xavier rushed into the operating room. On the operating table, Samantha’s face was deathly pale, her brows tightly furrowed, and crystal tears hung at the corners of her eyes. Her fingers clutched desperately at the white sheet under her body, her pupils filled with bloodshot
veins as if unable to bear the immense pain. Her once beautiful face twisted into a grimace. Even so, a faint smile still lingered on her lips.
Xavier touched Samantha’s body, and it was ice cold. He struggled to pry his sister’s hand open, and a small note fell out, reading, “Doctor, if something happens to me, please, you must save me. I’m the only family my brother has.”
“NO… NOOO!” Xavier knelt on the ground as if his heart was ripped and cut open by a knife. He then let out a piercing scream. A man’s tears were not easily shed, some said, unless his heart was broken.
Holding his sister’s cold hand, Xavier felt heartbroken. “Sammy, don’t be afraid. I’m here. I’ll take you home…”
Outside the operating room, the Vanderbilt family members were all smiles, still playing with the newborn baby. From start to finish, not a single one of them entered the operating room.
Xavier clenched his fist and rushed outside, shouting angrily, “Leopold, why didn’t you tell the doctors to save my sister?”
At the sound, everyone turned around. A flicker of disgust crossed Leopold’s eyes as he said nonchalantly, “Xavier, it’s your sister’s honor to bear a child for the Vanderbilt family. If only one of them could live, of course, we had to save the child.”
“How could you do this to Sammy, you son of a Bch? I’ll kill you!”
In a fit of rage, Xavier lunged at Leopold, and the two grappled on the ground. Amidst the chaos, Leopold managed to get up from the ground and, in disbelief, bellowed, “Xavier Cavanaugh, you worthless piece of trash, how dare you hit me?”
With a “thud,” he kicked Xavier to the ground before Xavier came to his senses. Then, with a wave of his hand, he commanded, “Boys, beat him! Beat this piece of trash to death!”
The Vanderbilt family’s bodyguards rushed over and began to pummel Xavier with a flurry of punches and kicks. The blows landed on him like a storm, quickly leaving him battered and bruised.
Xavier resisted with all his might, but against the well-trained bodyguards, all his resistance was futile.
“Stop!”
A figure descended from above like a wolf swooping on sheep, effortlessly knocking down all the Vanderbilt family’s bodyguards.
It was Edward.
“Mr. Xavier, are you alright?” Edward helped Xavier up, his eyes blazing with fury.
Xavier seemed to have lost his mind, his eyes staring into nothingness, muttering to himself, “You basterd… Give me my sister back… Give me my sister back…” As he spoke, he began to cry.
“Hmph, you just want to extort some money from us, don’t you?”
At that moment, a woman decked out in heavy makeup approached. She was Beatrix Vanderbilt, sister to Leopold.
“It’s a mere life,” she said with disdain. “The Vanderbilt family has plenty of money. How about this? I’ll give you 200 thousand dollars. Is it enough?” As she spoke, she flung a check for 200 thousand dollars directly at Xavier’s face.
Upon witnessing this, Edward became furious. Although he did not know why Xavier had lost his memory, Xavier was the heir to the Cavanaugh family of Starhaven, one of the prestigious Eight Clans.
Such an insult to the dignified Cavanaugh family was definitely unacceptable. A dense killing intent began to permeate from Edward.
Beatrix glanced at Edward indifferently and said, “Looks like you’re quite arrogant, old man. How dare you show off your lousy skills in front of the Vanderbilt family?” She paused for a moment and then added coldly, “Kneel and apologize to me, or else, you and that piece of trash won’t leave here alive today.”
At Beatrix’s signal, the Vanderbilt family’s bodyguards readied themselves, eager to strike again.
Edward stood firm like an iron gate in front of Xavier, confronting the Vanderbilt family’s bodyguards.
Just then, something unexpected happened.
Xavier clutched his head, veins bulging at his temples as if something was trying to burst forth from his mind.
Boom…
With the influx of his memories, Xavier suddenly recalled everything. He was the heir to the Cavanaugh family of Starhaven. Six years ago, he had committed a mistake and was subsequently banished from the Cavanaugh family by the head of the family, his grandfather, Robert Cavanaugh. He had been cast out to the fringes of Avaloria, where he became a soldier.
Four years had passed, and from an unknown soldier, he had risen to become the commander of the renowned Heavenrage Legion, known as the Heavenrage Warlord. Moreover, he owned a mine overseas, which was the world’s largest diamond mine.
Afterward, he single-handedly built a vast business empire, the Diamonds Group.
Two years ago, he was betrayed by someone he trusted and was hunted down by enemies, narrowly escaping death to Oceanheim, where he was saved by Samantha.
When he awoke, he acknowledged Samantha, who had been an orphan since childhood, as his sister.
A year ago, he had saved the son of Lucretia Pemberley, the eldest daughter of the Pemberley family. In gratitude, she offered to marry him. Following that, he became the live-in son-in-law of the Pemberley family.
Unnoticed by anyone, the emotions in Xavier’s eyes, now with his memory restored, began to fade away.
“The Vanderbilt family… for the debt you owe me… I will have your blood in repayment!”
At that moment, Xavier, who was like a great dragon that had long been asleep, awakened…