Bam!Harvey York suddenly stepped forward before grabbing Kurtis Lee’s hand.“You like blackmailing, don’t you?Harvey swung the back of his palm across Kurtis’ face, slapping him down.Then, he kicked Kurtis in the stomach.“Come on then!“Which body part are you going to accuse me of breaking?“Don’t worry! I’m pretty precise!“I’ll break the exact spot you name without fail, and I won’t play any tricks about it, either!”“You…”Kurtis stood frozen.He had been doing whatever he wanted. Everyone had no choice but to pamper him here.And yet, what happened?A man came out of nowhere just to slap him in the face before threatening him.Kurtis felt a little sluggish, having never experienced such a thing before. He could not come to his senses at that moment.After all, he was a prominent figure who represented thousands of people. He was also arrogant and would seek the Lloyd family’s support when unsatisfied.Along with the fact that he did not have children to care fo
Naomi Stanton glared at Kairi Patel.“Do you think you can do whatever you please just because you’re the government’s second-in-command?“Let me tell you something! We’re living in a lawful age!“Even the king has to suffer the consequences for committing a crime!“I don’t care who you people are!“You need to pay the price for hurting people!”Naomi waved her hand before a few young men stepped up, ready to take action at any moment.“Naomi, right? Does your real father know about your godfather?” Kairi asked calmly.“Don’t you know that your real father would get furious if he discovered this?”Naomi’s face instantly darkened.“Sharp tongue!”“Even if Harvey slapped your real father down…“I’ll stand right beside him here!“Let alone your mere godfather!“I do want to see how you’d fare against us!“Don’t forget, I’m also the lady of the Patel family!“If you anger me, I don’t need to remain the second-in-command to crush you either!”Naturally, nobody could go agai
“You! You’re shameless!Naomi Stanton quickly jumped forward.‘How is this bastard that shameless?!’Harvey York gave a chuckle.“Me, shameless? You can’t just say that!“I screwed up after only trying to help…“But you can’t spout nonsense like that either!“I was just doing this out of the kindness of my heart!“I have good intentions!“I’ll sue you for slander if you accuse me of something I didn’t do!“After all, it’s a huge crime to slander the consultant of the city’s government!Then, Harvey smiled at Kurtis Lee, still lying on the ground.“Is anywhere else broken for you, Mr. Kurtis?“We’ll definitely help you with it!“Don’t worry!“Even if I can’t perfectly fix your problem, I’ll get an ambulance here to help!“Oh, right. Pardon my memory.“Ambulances can’t even get inside here! What are we supposed to do now?”Kurtis’ body shivered after hearing Harvey’s words.“You little bastard!” he exclaimed after stuttering for the longest time.Naturally, he was alr
“At this point, it doesn’t matter if I break both your arms or just one, right?”Harvey York’s smile was utterly sinister in Kurtis Lee’s eyes.He gritted his teeth for a moment before finally speaking again.“Don’t you dare cross the line, Harvey!”“Cross the line?“I would never.“If I’d end up the same anyway…“Why wouldn’t I just break both your arms instead?“Right?”“You want to break both?!“Don’t you know I’m the sworn brother of Mr. Keegan from the Lloyd family?!“How dare you even lay a finger on me?!“Other than him, I still have other countless people supporting me!“Those who go against me will always suffer a horrible fate!“There’s no point in regretting now!”Kurtis’ speech was getting more and more illogical at that moment.Harvey sighed.“You’re right about that.“Then again, I’m not going to do that anyway.”Harvey stepped forward before stomping on Kurtis’ other arm.“Aaagh!”Screams of pain were heard as Kurtis rolled on the ground with a horri
Only the driver, Harvey York, and Kairi Patel were in a minibus on the way back.Kairi sighed, seeing Harvey’s calm expression.“I’m afraid Kurtis Lee wouldn’t just let you go scot-free this time…“Keegan Lloyd’s a prominent figure of Gangnam’s martial arts world.“It’s said that he’s considered a hero there.“He’s a righteous man who has helped many.“It’d be quite troubling if a person like that were to stand for Kurtis.”“He wouldn’t dare.”Kairi froze before she stopped talking.She believed Harvey did not understand his dire situation and that she would stand with him no matter the case.-On the next day, early in the morning.Harvey and Kairi received word that they would attend the meeting on time.When the two arrived at the meeting room, dozens of people were seated properly.In addition to Chanse Foster and the higher-ups of different departments, a few deputies also attended the meeting.An elderly man in a robe resembling Blaine John sat in the middle seat.
“I’m dissatisfied with Consultant York, but I still want the project done as soon as possible!“That was why I went to beg for Kurtis Lee’s support!“I wanted to offer Consultant York a chance!“Kurtis only joked with Madam Kairi because he adored her!“Yet, Consultant York broke both of Kurtis’ arms because of that!Chanse seemed as if he was terrified.“He was the government’s consultant, and yet he was beating people up without regard!“He knew it was a crime, and he still committed it!“What’s more, he even threatened Kurtis after all that!“He said he’d break Kurtis’ legs if the relocation contract weren’t sent here!“This is the government! We work for the people!“How could we side with a person who acts like a damn gangster?!“Madam Kairi has no right to be our second-in-command either since she’s such a bad judge of character!“I suggest we remove these two from their positions effective immediately!”The people from the land department cheered loudly, clamoring
“Kurtis Lee was once a romantic young man!“He can’t help being flirty every once in a while!“He was joking with you because he thought you looked pretty!“Not only are you completely ungrateful, but you also got your subordinate to take action against him?!“Do you think you’re actually being reasonable here?“Besides, even if Kurtis was planning to take advantage of you, why didn’t you just let him?!“You could’ve secured the deal with just being a few minutes with him!“What’s wrong with that?!“As the second-in-command, so what if you suffer a little for the sake of the land department?“You won’t die from it anyway!“I’m not a woman…“But if I am, and Kurtis is interested in me…“For the sake of the government, not only would I play along with him, I’d even acknowledge it if he wants me to be with him for the rest of his life!“Countless people had sacrificed themselves for the benefit of the country!“So what if someone flirted with you?“If you don’t even have th
“That’s right! Us government officials will swallow our pride for the sake of the public!“We’re different compared to you half-baked people!“We’re professionals!“So what if we do everything for the government?!”Chanse Foster knew Harvey York was only trying to provoke everyone, but he could not refute his insults either.All he could do was put up a righteous front.Damon John nodded.“Us government officials must always think of the bigger picture.“For that, there are some things we can and should sacrifice!“Even the death of a few people is necessary if that’s the case…“Let alone other things.“If you can’t even do that, then you’re simply unfit to work for the government.”Naturally, Damon was deliberately trying to force Kairi to resign herself.“We’re unfit?Harvey put on a smile.“In my eyes, we’re the exact opposite!“After all, we never compromise for the sake of unruly people!“We do everything by the books!“This is the way of a true upperclassman!“I
Linus almost wanted to slap the secretary out of fury. "I'm warning you! This is something we have to deal with ourselves. If we can, Emery will ally with us and help us deal with the small problems that we might encounter. But if we can't… Let me tell you what'll happen. Emery will kick us when we're down and will never offer us a helping hand!"Linus's expression became even darker after he said that. Those who were able to become one of the highest ranking members of the family, it didn't matter how arrogant they were or how materialistic they were, their basic judgment wouldn't stray too far away from being accurate. He was already able to guess Emery's personality. It was said that there was no love within a royal family. It was the same for wealthy families.The beautiful secretary nodded and whispered, "But Mr. Linus, our biggest problem is we're running out of resources. Without powerful locals from the country to help us right now, we're nothing when we're facing Yvonne
Wolsing Grand Hospital. Midnight.Linus was covered in bandages, looking in extremely bad shape. While he had plenty of bodyguards, the Islanders refused to stop no matter what. After the clash, they had beaten him up thoroughly. While there was no permanent injury, he was still covered in bruises.He used his right hand to pick up a cigar as he cursed, "Bastard! All these traitorous Islanders… They took my money… Not only did they do nothing, but they even attacked me! I will kill them after this!"He gritted his teeth. "And that witch Yvonne! She better not think this is over! One day, I'll find a way to kill all of you! Not only you, I will kill your whole family and that man of yours too!"At this time, Linus was no different from a woman scorned. All that was left for him to do was to take out his little book of grudges and start recording. As for how Yvonne managed to retaliate… Though Linus was furious with her, he was also terrified of her.The plot he had so meticulousl
Everything was over. Whether it was the Xaviers, the Islanders, or someone else, they couldn't do anything about this case anymore. With this video, no one could undo anything.On the second floor, Journi looked at what happened with shock. Only after a long time did she whisper, "All we needed to spend is 5,000?""I guess," Harvey said with a shrug. "But I needed to prepare some money beforehand. My subordinates found out that Linus bribed Nomura and the Islanders 100 thousand per head. Nomura and his ilk are greedy, so they agreed to it. I told my subordinates to leak the news that after the negotiation, Linus could gain a lot more benefits."The Islanders naturally wouldn't accept the fact that they'll only be able to gain a little profit, so our men approached them again and pretended to be part of Linus' men. They agreed to hike the price. I even transferred the money to them, so the Islanders had to give today's performance their all. If they had to go as far as to commit suic
"All of us were ready to commit suicide for the 50 million A dollars!""We even sold out our country, meaning we could never return to the Island Nations!""You either give us all the money back, or we'll never stop hounding you for it!" All the Islanders were extremely furious.In truth, the Islanders who were paragons of unity and love were ordinary people in the end and could be swayed by profit. Without the money, they wouldn't have given such a performance.Linus couldn't help but shudder when he saw all the Islanders looking at him with murderous intent, as if a pack of wolves were glaring at him, with the intent to kill. "Stop making such wild accusations!" he cried. "While I really did pay to tell you to work, all I did was give you 10,000 dollars! And that's not A dollars, but H dollars. As for paying all of you 50 million dollars per person… Do you think I'm stupid? Do you think I'm willing to pay so much just so you'll frame Yvonne? Why don't you consider if you're w
The phones of all the Islanders who were willing to commit suicide started to vibrate. All the Islanders who were in their righteous fury took out their phones. When they saw the content on the screen, they roared—they were so angry that they almost went mad.They instantly got up from the ground, their eyes bloodshot. All of them glared at Linus, as if wanting to tear him apart. The reporters and spectators were a little shocked, and instinctively took a few steps back. It was obvious that they felt a murderous intent.Before anyone could react, Nomura waved his hand. All the Islanders surrounded Linus and his men. Linus frowned slightly. "What do you all want?""Fools!" Nomura immediately aimed his longsword at Linus. "Don't you people from Country A call yourself a civilized world? That obeying the contract is important to you? Why did you suddenly break the contract when we've done everything you asked us to do?"The other Islanders all looked at Linus with a murderous expres
Linus wore a victor's smile. The reason he looked for Tojo Nomura earlier was to accuse Yvonne and the Xavier family on the spot, to make sure they would be accused of being traitors.He didn't expect a little money to be enough to make them act. Good, good. All he could say was that no matter how powerful or barbaric the Islanders were, they were nothing before the great people of country A. Not to mention, he had already given them their rewards. Even if he didn't, the Islanders still had to act as he ordered.Yvonne frowned. Of course, she knew that nothing the Islanders said was true—merely defamation. The problem was that she couldn't understand why someone like Nomura, who was a disciple of Shinto Way, had to make up such lies.The moment that thought crossed her mind, Yvonne looked coldly at Linus and said, "Just how much did you give them to the point they're willing to sell their country?""Tsk! You think that's enough to scare me?" Linus smiled wryly. "Everybody knows h
Very quickly, many Islanders ran to the stage. All of them were wearing the Islanders' traditional summer garb. The way they stood and the way they lifted their beard made them easily identifiable as Islanders.According to how unified Islanders were, everything they said would most likely be true.When Linus saw what was happening, sat down and folded his legs. His sexy secretary helped him light up a cigar. He took a deep breath, then looked at the unfolding scene with interest.Very quickly, the Islander leading the men took a step forward and said angrily, "Everyone! I'm Shinto Way's disciple, Tojo Nomura. I'm also the leader of the disciples still in Country H. "A few days ago, the Xaviers of Wolsing requested a marriage with our Young Master, Shingen. They have also signed a lot of contracts with us. Some of them include how Shinto Way will transfer the shares of our assets in Country H to them, while they will have to transfer ownership of their business on the Island Natio
When Yvonne saw Linus pulling out things they shouldn't and even giving them to the reporters, she instantly realized that he cared little about the consequences anymore.What he did was to ensure the Xaviers were blamed for everything. Even if he gained nothing from it, he still wanted to do it just so the Xaviers would have a hard time in Country H. He even wanted to use this to make both Country H and the Island Nation to force them to publicly deal with Shingen's death.Harvey, who caused all of this, would be in a lot of trouble. Yvonne looked at Linus coldly. "Linus, you know that taking things out of context and making up stories won't be beneficial to you. Where's your conscience?""Conscience? What's that?" Linus said with an exaggerated expression. "I'm not the one who killed Shingen. It's you Xaviers of Wolsing and the prospective son-in-law you wanted. Are you afraid others will find out? I'm just someone who knew the truth with a righteous heart!"I can't bear to see
The faces of Yvonne and the others from the Xaviers all shifted a little. It was obvious they didn't expect an Islander to appear. Meanwhile, Harvey simply looked at all of this coldly.Journi, who was a little bit surprised, turned to Harvey subconsciously. "What's going on?""We're simply giving the full package. The most difficult part of all of this was to explain why the Islanders would give up. Rather than waiting for others to expose the truth, why don't we give everyone the truth?" Harvey said calmly."What do you mean?" Journi said with a frown. "Simple. While these people are Islanders, they'll work for money. In this situation, the words of an Islander are more effective than the words of a hundred people from Country H…"Journi was curious about what Harvey wanted to do, but then some of the reporters realized what was happening. "Are these allegations from the Islanders true? Did you really assassinate Mr. Shingen Tokugawa, who wanted to improve the relationship