“What do you mean by that?”Harvey frowned.He could tell that there was another meaning in Kairi’s words. Quite a lot must have happened recently.“To prevent Blaine from suspecting your skills and true purpose, there’s something I’ve been hiding from you.“In reality, many major things have been happening behind the scenes.”Kairi had no intention of hiding anything anymore. She pulled out her flask and poured a cup of black tea for Harvey, smiling.“The Hermit Families have been going against Faceless for quite a while.“He found himself quite a few experts to assassinate the families, too.“I suspect he’s involved with what happened to the Braff family.“But since you managed to deal with it swiftly, that means you’ve foiled his plans.“You’ll be under Faceless and Blaine’s scrutiny from now on. So, there’s no point in hiding anything from you anymore.”Harvey smiled.“I see.“So you guys just sat still while he kept sending assassins after you?”Kairi chuckled.“Of
“It doesn’t matter how impressive Faceless is and how many people Evermore has. Judging from the country’s situation, they aren’t able to just launch attacks with impunity.“Their resources are limited, too.“With what Faceless has right now, he can’t even compare to his peak while he was in Golden Sands.“The assassination attempts are probably all he has left.“Against the Patel family and the six Hermit Families, he’s probably on his last legs. “If he goes against us for a few more weeks, Evermore will probably decide to get rid of him. We won’t even need to do anything.“No matter how impressive Evermore is, they won’t allow themselves to keep losing. “Blaine looks like he’s doing all this for the city…“But if you think about it, it’s obvious he’s picking a side right now.”Harvey was pleased; all his effort to lure out Blaine finally started to pay off. Blaine wasn’t able to hold himself back anymore, and was finally showing his tail.“I expect no less from you, Sir Y
The next day, Harvey showed up at Fortune Hall as usual.His reputation in the city had risen quickly, and his name became more and more well-known.Many prominent figures would always visit the hall to tell their fortune. Harvey couldn’t be bothered to serve these people, but he had no choice. Anyway, he had to compromise for the sake of his mission.After running around till the afternoon, a group of people in robes entered. These people carried terrifying auras, but they quickly held themselves back as soon as they came here, as if to show respect.Darwin and his daughter Shay were leading the group.Harvey glared at them and signaled for them to sit, then went back to his work.“Are you busy, Master York?”Darwin gave Harvey a fawning smile. It was completely different from his high and mighty attitude in the past.“We’ll come back later if you are!”He pulled Shay aside, and they sat on the couch while waiting quietly for Harvey.Shay, who was quite an arrogant pers
“This isn’t my money—this is just a small gift from my daughter.“She said she’s planning to use this money for her marriage. She wanted you to keep it.”Darwin smiled brightly; the amount wasn’t that much—it was just 1.2 million. The neat signature on the check made Harvey’s mouth twitch. If he really took the money, he’d be keeping Shay’s betrothal gift!‘This sly old fox!’Harvey quickly reached out to check for Shay’s pulse. He couldn’t be bothered to talk anymore.Shay trembled; her face turned bright red. It was her first time being so close to a man.Harvey pulled away soon after.“There shouldn’t be a big problem anymore. Make sure to take salt baths in the next few weeks. Also, remember not to use your energy. You’ll be back to normal after that.“Another thing: you better not take advantage of other people with your martial arts ever again!“As long as you’re cordial with everyone, you won’t get another relapse.“But if you’re still going to try showing off after
Shay gritted her teeth after hearing her father’s words.“I’ll do what I must, Sir York…” she said quietly.“I won’t make things harder for you. Just treat me as your maid.”Harvey had a sudden headache.Shay had a beautiful face, but she really wasn’t someone who should be pampered and spoiled. “Oh, Sir York! Are you heartbroken to let a beautiful woman like my daughter do labor work? Well then, how about this?”Darwin looked as if he was thinking for Harvey’s sake.“I heard you’re divorced. Do you have any plans to get married again?“Shay’s pretty headstrong, but she has a good body. She’s beautiful, too. I only have this one daughter…“I’ll leave all my wealth—”“Enough. Enough already…”Harvey’s head started twitching, and he quickly cut off Darwin.“For your sake, I’ll let Shay work here.“I don’t want to take advantage of you two, either. I’ll pay her just as much as I pay Castiel.“I’ll treat her like a man. She can stay as long as she works. If not, I’ll kick he
Darwin thought for a moment.“I think that may be the case.“He believes that there’s a problem causing the family to lose its descendants early.“The adults never managed to get past their sixties…“That said, this is just my speculation.“Mr. Gibson only wanted me to tell you that he finds you an interesting man, and that he wanted to see you because of that. “He’s probably not going to stand up for Prince Gibson.“If that was the case, he wouldn’t tell me to invite you.“He could’ve just ordered his best fighters to take you away.”Harvey nodded without saying a word.Whether Quill Gibson was planning to make friend or foe out of him, Harvey knew that he could take it.That said, he believed that a smart man like Quill wouldn’t go against such a prominent figure just because of a rich playboy.If that was the case, Quill wouldn’t be able to live up to his name.An hour later, the car arrived at an old villa on the side of Hulroy Lake.The villa was at least a few doze
Fearsome strength, a powerful family, and great support…Quill had everything at his disposal.People like him would naturally have high status and many admirers. Quill looked over, as if he had felt Harvey’s gaze.A strong aura seeped out of Quill and enveloped Harvey completely, trying to test him.Harvey crossed his arms, and smiled faintly. Quill froze; he started to add more of his aura.No matter how hard he tried, his aura would always collapse despite Harvey not doing anything.Quill was shocked. His aura went away like a receding tide.Bam!The young woman threw another punch, breaking a wooden dummy in two. She then excitedly turned around, as if she wanted to show off her skill.Harvey looked over, and chuckled bitterly.What a small world—the woman was none other than Penny.After thinking for a moment, Harvey finally understood.The Hermit Families were always banded together. Penny could walk freely around the Braff family’s residence, so it was only natur
Penny was boiling with anger.Before, she had already been embarrassed in the Braff family’s residence.When she was just about to give herself to Harvey…He stumbled out of the place without any warning.She didn’t know whether he was shy or a coward, but in her eyes, this was outright humiliating.Whenever she thought of him, she would grit her teeth in anger. She planned to look for Harvey at Fortune Hall a few times, but every single time, she gave up as soon as she stood at the entrance.Despite her education in the West, she was still quite timid.Her heart had been going through all sorts of conundrums for the past few days. Naturally, she blamed it all on Harvey.Seeing him show up with a pitiful sigh, she wanted to strangle him to death so badly.When Harvey saw her vengeful glare, he instinctively shivered. He quickly went behind Darwin to avoid her.This woman was just too troublesome. He didn’t want anything to do with her at all.Since he couldn’t afford to go