"Yara, what are you talking about.""How can you talk nonsense when Grandma is here.""Shooting your mouth off like that. What nonsense."Although the relatives present did not have a favorable opinion of Yvonne, they knew how much the old lady paid attention to how the family carried itself. It was normal to put Yvonne down, but it was not good to talk about such things.Yara also understood the old lady’s attitude toward such a thing. She never dared to joke about it before, but she believed she had evidence that Yvonne had fallen into Gareth’s hands. Surely there was nothing wrong in speaking the truth?"Why are you all so anxious? Will I joke about this kind of thing?" Yara said nonchalantly.Upon hearing that, the other relatives were so shocked that they could not keep their mouths shut.She was not joking? Was it true?Yvonne did those things with a wild man!"Yara, make yourself clear if you have something to say." The old lady had a gloomy disposition toward Yara’s question. S
Affair!Yvonne was immediately incensed. The slander was wholly uncalled for and it was an insult to her innocence."Yara, what did you put in your mouth? You stink when you talk," Yvonne chided angrily.With confidence in her beliefs, Yara stood up confidently and said, "You dare to do it but you don’t dare to bear the consequences? Tell us then. Has the trouble been resolved?""Of course," Yvonne answered."Hmph." Yara smiled coldly. "How did you solve it? How much did it cost?""No... No money was spent." Samuel handled that matter for her, and as far as his methods were concerned, Yvonne herself had not the slightest idea, though she was sure that he did not spend a single cent."Hahaha!" Yara laughed, and said, "You were able to solve it without spending money? Not bad of you. I’m sure you used other tricks.""Yvonne, the other party is Gareth, someone who’s extremely shady. You were able to solve everything without spending any money?" Harvey was certain of what happened between
Two people walked into the conference room; one of them was Johann, and the other had a sack over his head.Although the Sue family was not yet one of Cloud City’s great families, they would never allow anyone to make trouble in the company. The old lady asked coldly, "Who are you and how dare you come to our company to cause trouble?"After Johann glanced at Yvonne, he said, "Old Madam, my name is Johann Lynn. I’m sure you’ve heard of me before?"Johann Lynn!Everyone in the Sue family became agitated inside the conference room. Johann was no small figure in Cloud City, and the Sue family—with its current strength—could not afford to provoke him. Despite that, why would he come to the Sue family and cause trouble there?"It’s you, Brother Johann. I wonder if something’s the matter for you to come to our company?" The old lady's tone changed suddenly and she respectfully addressed him as Brother Johann.Social status was not determined by age.The old lady held high authority in the Su
Grandma Sue’s expression turned stony. How was she supposed to wrap everything up neatly when the situation had been blown into such monstrous proportions? It would be too obviously biased if she did not try to appease Yvonne. However, she could not bring herself to throw Harvey out of the house.Yvonne had raked in quite a tidy fortune for the Sues, but to Grandma Sue, her worth would never surpass that of Harvey’s. Furthermore, only Harvey could carry on the Sue legacy.“Brother Johann, I'm very grateful for your help with our family matter,” Grandma Sue told him. “Just tell me how much you want.”Johann’s intention of making extra profit was a mere excuse. Samuel had instructed him to do this, and he merely followed orders. “Seeing that you’re an upstanding citizen, Grandma Sue, and I'm not an insensible person, I’ll see you again when you have settled the matter.”He left the office with Gareth after he finished speaking.Silence suffocated the air of the meeting room. Harvey kneel
Samuel went to the general store at 4.30pm, but the store still had not opened. He had a bad feeling about this. Has something terrible happened to the owner’s family? Why would they suddenly close up shop without a single word otherwise?After he picked Yvonne up, he noticed that her face was puffed up like a goldfish. It was obvious that she was fuming. “What’s wrong?” he asked, smiling. “The matter is solved, no? Or did Grandma not praise you?”Yvonne harrumphed icily. “Today, when Johann brought Gareth to expose everything Harvey did, Grandma just let him get away,” she said. “All she did was tell him to go back home and reflect upon himself.”Samuel could only express a mirthless smile at her words. Sure, Grandma Sue would always have a bias toward Harvey, but he should have been demoted no matter what. At the very least, she had to make an example of him. The words ‘reflect upon himself’ sounded laughably ridiculous in this case.Additionally, it was not just a simple case of Gra
Samuel nodded without hesitation.“Go ahead if you have something to do. But…” Yvonne’s voice suddenly trailed off.“But what?” Samuel asked, curious.“Nothing.” Yvonne quickly returned to her room. She wanted to tell him to not go around seeing other women, but those words made her feel strange.The two were husband and wife, but they did not live like husband and wife. Yvonne was still not used to delving into Samuel’s extremely personal affairs.She sat on the bed and lifted the pillow. There was a pair of scissors hidden beneath it. She had placed it there three years ago.During their first year of marriage, Yvonne had clutched onto the scissors every night to sleep. She only gradually let her guard down later. Now, she thought that it was time to keep the scissors.“I have no idea how you resist a beauty like me,” she muttered to herself. She was not aware of her reddening cheeks and kept the scissors in the closet.She stood in front of the mirror, evaluating her figure, her por
The Longman Club was publicly known as a massage parlor. In reality, the ‘Longman Club’ was merely a cover; people who frequented it knew that it was actually called the Longman Underground Den.There was a sprawling casino on the club’s first floor. Gamblers from all walks of life immersed themselves there, unable to peel themselves away. Some appeared haggard with disappointment, others were flush with victory. The former group was the majority though. After all, the only winner in a casino was the casino house itself. The probability of winning in a casino was no higher than winning a lottery.At this moment, a hubbub was brewing before the baccarat table. A young man had won ten games in a row. A mountain of chips was piled before him. The people gathered around the man were cheering him on.This young man was Samuel Hannigan; Johann was by his side, cold sweat perspiring down his brow.They would definitely attract the casino house’s attention if they continued to win like this. I
“How could you do something like that, Blake?” Manfred glared at him with reddening eyes. He roared, “If she’s dead, I’ll take you to the grave with me!”Blake was not the least bit frightened by Manfred’s threat. “What can trash like you do against me? You’re like an ant to me. I can crush you anytime I want,” he said lightly. “Don’t worry though. I’m not done playing with you. It’ll be granting you mercy if I just killed you right now.”When he finished speaking, he punched Manfred once more before leaving the office.It did not take long for Blake to appear in the VIP room after Samuel had arrived there.Blake smiled when he noticed Johann in the room. “Here I was wondering who it is. It’s an honor to have you here, Brother Johann,” he said. “Since when did you have the free time to hang out in my little space?”Johann did not dare to make a single peep. This was Blake’s territory. If he accidentally offended Blake, he would die here with no one knowing anything.Samuel had high hop