Leon's tone was cold when he said this. "Thank you, mighty one. We promise that this won't happen a second time…" After hearing this, Wilfred and the rest finally dared to get up. At this point, the backs of their shirts were utterly soaked with cold sweat. Wilfred was the most anxious out of all of them since he had heard from his father that when Jared crossed Leon, not only did he have to get on his knees to beg for mercy, but he even ended up breaking his own arm to compensate. The fact that Leon did not force him to break his own arm and instead chose to forgive him on the spot was a miracle! Unbeknownst to Wilfred, however, Leon had chosen to forgive him simply because he was an ordinary man and not a martial artist. Not only that, but since his apology had arrived early, Leon did not want to use his martial arts expertise as leverage over Wilfred, which was why he had chosen to let them off the hook. "Also, please pay Miss Shirley's salary right now, and since she go
Shirley was very grateful for their aid; she gave them both a bow to express her gratitude. "No need to thank us. It's all in a day's work." Leon smiled. He never expected Shirley to catch up with them just to thank them. "Please, I really want to repay the two of you for your help. I want to buy you lunch tomorrow to thank you for this. Will you be free?" Shirley asked rather sheepishly, her eyes glimmering with anticipation. "There's no need…" Leon shook his head. He could tell that Shirley was a poor but hardworking college student and did not want her to spend her hard-earned money on him. "But…" Shirley was insistent. "Shirley, you don't have to do that. The two of us need to be somewhere now, so we can talk about having lunch in the future," Ariel said, smiling. Shirley's integrity and kindness had touched her, and she could not help feeling fond of this hardworking young girl. "Oh…alright." Shirley was disappointed, to say the least. "Shirley, this is my name car
"Didn't you say you wanted to buy out Elegante Group? Well, if you can say it, you better mean it! Hand over the money, and I'll finally believe you!" Ariel rolled her eyes at him. She was more than familiar with Leon's financial situation, and thus she did not think Leon would be able to cough up 650 million dollars! This was not realistic at all! "I'll try my best, and I'll give you an answer latest by tomorrow." Leon sighed. "Alright, I'll be waiting! Let me tell you this—if you can't come up with the money to buy out Elegante Group, you have to promise me that you'll help me convince Iris to change her mind!" Ariel said slyly. The truth was, she did not have many expectations of Leon being able to buy out the company. Her only wish was that Leon would help her persuade Iris, but whether Leon could successfully convince Iris or not was a set of problems for another day! The two of them left the hotel and returned to their respective homes. Shear Mansion. Leon found Cyn
"Iris and I are competitors, so how can I possibly help her?" Cynthia said sulkily and rejected Leon's request. "Cynthia, don't be so eager to turn me down. Please think of it as doing me a favor. I know that 650 million isn't a small number, but I'm willing to put my share in Cynthion Group on the line and loan this money from you. In the future, once Cynthion Group gets on track, I'll return the money to you with the interest!" Leon said earnestly. "Have…have you gone insane? Cynthion Group is your foundation—Iris and the Youngs kicked you out, yet now, you're willing to use everything you built up to help them! How stupid are you?" Cynthia was absolutely fuming at this. "I'm not stupid. I just don't want to leave any regrets…" Leon sighed. The reason he wanted to buy out Elegante Group was that for one, he wanted to help Iris, and for two, Elegante Group was where a lot of his shared memories with Iris lay, and he did not wish for this company to end up in someone else's han
Besides this, Leon managed to take out 130 million dollars from Cynthion Group's funds, and combined, he had about 780 million dollars, which was more than enough to buy out Elegante Group! It began to drizzle the next morning, and because of the bad weather, Ariel did not leave the house and instead chose to await Leon's news at home. Of course, she did not think Leon would be able to hold up to his promise, thus she was mostly just waiting for him to admit defeat and help her change Iris' mind. She waited an entire morning, and just as she was beginning to lose patience, she finally received Leon's call. He invited her to meet at a fancy restaurant near the city center. When Ariel arrived, Leon was already sitting in one of the booths, waiting. "What's wrong, Leon? Are you going to admit defeat to me for failing to acquire the funds?" Ariel said jokingly as she sat down across from him. "What do you mean, I failed to acquire the funds? I've already got 780 million dol
"OK, don't make any more wild guesses. I'll tell you the truth... after leaving Elegante Group, I started a new company called Cynthion Group, which has been doing quite well recently..." Leon finally decided to tell her the truth after seeing how determined she was to find out what was going on, but she interrupted him before he could finish. "Did you start a business? Don't try to trick me! You don't have any money or connections, so how are you going to pull that off?" Ariel expressed skepticism. She was familiar with the business world as a member of Elegante Group's higher management, but because Cynthion Group had yet to make a name for itself, she had never heard of it before and thus had no idea that Leon was, in fact, the president! She was still under the impression that he was bragging! "I'm not deceiving you; I'm telling you the truth. I co-founded this company with another person. They are in charge of the cash flow, whereas I am in charge of the technical sector...
"Yes, that sounds fine. Iris had intended to sell Elegante Group at 650 million, so you don't need to pay that much…" Ariel admitted. "That's okay, I insist on paying 780 million! I think Elegante Group's potential is worth this," Leon replied calmly. "You…" Ariel froze at this. She had been working in this industry for years now, and this was the first time she had ever come across someone who not only did not ask for negotiation but even volunteered to raise the price of a company! However, on second thought, she understood that this was Leon's way of trying to help Iris. "Ariel, there's something else I need your help with. I hope you can be in charge of everything regarding the buy-out, including the processing and transaction. I don't want Iris to find out that I was the one who bought out the company…" Leon said hesitantly. Now that Albert was gravely ill and yet Iris did not approach him for help meant that she and the Youngs were determined to draw the line with him
He loved Iris so much that he could not stand the idea of taking over Elegante Group—all he wanted was to protect Elegante Group so that it would not fall into the wrong hands. Once the Youngs regained their wealth, he was willing to sell the company back to Iris again. This was the only thing he could do for Iris at such a time! "Leon, have you…have you gone insane? Doing this serves no benefit for you at all and in fact, might harm you!" Ariel widened her eyes in shock as her jaw dropped. She never thought, not even in her wildest dreams, that Leon would want to buy out Elegante Group just to help Iris tide over this difficult time of her life! "I'm not insane. I'm just giving my all so that I don't leave any regrets behind…" Leon smiled. "Well…okay then." Ariel glanced at him with a strange expression as she began to mope. Iris was her best and only friend, and Leon was doing all this for Iris' sake. Since Leon was asking her, Ariel would never say no to him, but she had