"What? Dad, how can you?" Shocked, Hugo gaped at Josiah in disbelief. He did not expect his father to side with Jayden and doubt him. This completely caught him off guard, but before he could process the situation, Josiah's voice rose once again. "Father, Jayden wants evidence, and it's simple. The southern region isn't that far away from here. We just need to send a few men to the southern region to look into this company's background. That way, we'll know if Hugo is telling the truth right away!" Josiah said calmly. "Yeah. Dad's right! Grandpa, if you don't believe what I said, you can send someone to the southern region to investigate. That way, you will know for sure!" Hugo beamed, realizing that his father was backing him up indirectly. "Josiah's right! Instead of debating here, we might as well just send someone over to conduct a detailed investigation on Cynthion Group! That's the safest option!" ... The elders nodded and agreed with Josiah's suggestion. After all,
Meanwhile, on Leon's end. Accompanied by Renee, he arrived at the best five-star hotel in the area and reserved a presidential suite. Inside the room, he set his luggage down and turned to look at Renee. "Miss Morrison, thank you. I'm all settled here, so you can go home now." "There's no hurry! Mister Wolf, there's something I'd like to ask you; Jaxon Feaks from the Feaks will host a business banquet tonight. He invited a lot of elite members of the community, so I'm wondering if you are interested in attending that," Renee said hesitantly. "Business banquet? I'm not interested!" Leon was taken aback and instinctively shook her head. Though he did not know what kind of business banquet Renee was speaking of, he could imagine that the elites merely had to socialize or discuss business. He did not know many people in the western region, let alone members of the western region elite community, so he had no interest in participating. "Hold that thought! The Feaks are one of
"What? Did you just say that there will be spiritual herbs selling in the banquet? Really?" Leon was shocked and could not believe what he just heard. Spiritual herbs were extremely rare, regardless of their grades. To his bewilderment, he was told that spiritual herbs would be sold at the banquet, and it caught him by surprise. For a moment, he could not tell if Renee was telling the truth. "Of course! What's wrong? Finally interested in the banquet, huh?" Renee smiled. She learned from Hugo that Cynthion Group needed a tremendous supply of precious herbs to produce alchemical pills. Assuming that the herbs sold at the banquet might be of use to Leon, she informed him about it to see if he would like to participate. "Yeah, I'm interested. Miss Morrison, where will this banquet be held and how do I get in?" Leon asked, his interest piqued as he was desperate to see what kind of spiritual herbs would be sold. If there was a spiritual herb, that would be ideal. "The banquet
After spotting one another, the young woman looked shocked and dragged the man next to him over. "Hey, isn't that Renee?" "Ariella! Why are you here?" Renee was equally shocked. The young woman before her was Ariella Oxford, the second unwed daughter of the Oxfords and one of the few friends Renee had in the elite community. The Oxfords had a long history of producing martial artists, but they were not as powerful as the major families. However, the Oxfords' ancestors were related to the Morrisons so the two families were friends for decades. Since Ariella and Renee were around the same age, they grew up together and considered each other sisters. "Oh, I'm here to dine with my boyfriend," Ariella said, pointing at the man next to him. The man was Joshua Hacket, the eldest son of the Hackets. Like the Oxfords, the Hackets were also an ancient lineage of martial artists and were business partners with the Oxfords for years. A little over a year ago, Joshua and Ariella met
"I-" Renee was utterly stunned. Both she and Leon indeed just reserved a hotel room, but she was only doing so to help Leon settle down, so what Ariella imagined was far from the truth. "Ariella, you're mistaken. Hugh here is my family's business partner and I'm here to help him settle down." Renee snapped out of it and explained, only to realize that her words were not helping. "It's fine, Renee. You don't have to explain. It's normal to have a boyfriend at your age, so you don't have to lie. Besides, we are all adults and intimacy is normal. I can understand," Ariella said with a smile, clearly not believing what Renee said. "She knew that the Morrisons were the most powerful family in the western region and Renee held a high status as the eldest unwed daughter of the family. If Leon was truly a business partner, Renee would never tend to his needs given how proud she was. It was unrealistic to consider that. In all of the western region, no one in any of the powerful f
As Renee and Leon were speechless, Ariella changed the subject. "Renee, are you and Mister Wolf going to dinner now? Why don't we all go together?" "Well," Renee glanced at Leon. Ariella was her best friend and it has been a while since they last met, so she wanted to spend some time with her. However, Leon was the first to ask her to dinner and she already accepted his invitation. Hence, she needed Leon's permission if she wanted Ariella to join them. "I don't mind!" Leon shrugged. He knew that Ariella was Renee's friend and he could tell that Renee wanted her to join, so he saw no point in stopping her. "You're asking permission to dine with your friend, yet deny that you're dating. How stubborn," Ariella noticed Renee's glance and chuckled. "Seriously," Renee was slightly irritated, but could not argue. After all, Ariella already jumped to a conclusion and it was indeed quite odd for them to be seen in a hotel together. No matter how hard she tried to explain, it w
"I'm the vice president of Cynthion Group in the southern region." Leon was not Renee's boyfriend and did not know what Joshua and Ariella were thinking. Hence, he did not think much of it and told the 'truth'. "Vice president of Cynthion Group? What is that?" Both Joshua and Ariella snapped out of it and exchanged confused glances. Neither of them heard about this budding enterprise and they had no clue as to what the company was about. Most importantly, they assumed Leon was at least an extremely wealthy and powerful figure if he was not from any powerful family. To their bewilderment, he was merely a vice president of a small business in the southern region. This meant that he was miles away from being Renee's equal and none of them could understand why Renee fell for such a man. "It's no wonder!" Realization dawned on Ariella. She was confused at first as to why Renee refused to acknowledge that Leon was her boyfriend. However, with such a difference between their s
"Cynthion Group is great? I haven't even heard of it before! How great can it be?" Joshua scoffed in contempt. He did not hear of Cynthion Group before, which meant that it was not owned by any major family. Hence, he assumed that it was merely a small business and felt that both the company and its vice president were beneath him. "If you haven't heard of it, it only means that you lack knowledge! Cynthion Group is a unique pharmaceutical firm and the alchemical pills they make can boost martial artists' strengths and help them with their training." Renee snorted. Hugh was the Morrisons' guest and Hugo entrusted the mission of taking care of him to Renee, hoping that this could salvage the business deal between Cynthion Group and the Morrisons. However, Joshua kept disrespecting Cynthion Group and Hugh. If Hugh took the insults personally, the Morrisons would only suffer losses in return. With that thought in mind, she glared at Joshua. "Here I thought it's more than tha