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Marcus got up on his feet and glared at Andy as the young man walked away. “Stop right there!” Andy turned a deaf ear and continued walking. Ethan took a sip of tea. “I see your choice of students needs to be improved. I’ve told you before that it’s not just about someone’s abilities—character matters most.” Lowering his head, Marcus muttered in embarrassment, “I’m sorry. Andy is still young and foolish. I apologize on his behalf. Please don’t mind the boy’s temper. I’ll teach him better from now on. Please excuse me.” He then went after Andy and found the boy inside the car. “I told you to apologize. Why are you being so stubborn?” Marcus said, exasperated.Andy replied, “I did nothing wrong. Give me time, and I will surpass him. I don’t need to apologize to him.” Marcus could only sigh. “Surpass him? Do you have any idea what he’s done in the past? One word from him and the nine infamous assassins beyond the borders were taken down, with seven dead and two crippled.“
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The South Regent owning a company in Riveria was unacceptable. It was disrespectful to Stephen and the others. That would be a chance for Andy to prove himself. Stephen asked, “Why do you ask?” Andy chuckled and said, “Nothing. I have something else to do. Talk to you later.” With that, he got up and left. As soon as he left Stephen’s place, he booked a ticket to Hill City. He did not ask Stephen which company belonged to the South Regent, but he believed he could easily locate it by asking around. After Andy got onto the plane, Marcus realized the young man was gone. He tried calling Andy but could not get through since the phone was turned to airplane mode. “Where is he?” He sent someone to find out where Andy had gone earlier. A while later, he dropped by Stephen’s place as it was the last place Andy had been seen. When Stephen saw Marcus at his house, he furrowed his brows. He had never seen the man before. “Who are you?” “I’m Andy’s mentor, Marcus West.” “Y
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“Release me!” Andy bellowed as soon as he saw the South Regent. “Do you know who I am?” The South Regent nodded. “The son of the Whites, Andy White.” Andy grunted and said coldly, “If you know who I am, release me now! If anything happens to me, my family will come after you!” The South Regent nodded. “I know.” The Whites were one of the more influential families in the capital, possessing extremely powerful authority. If something happened to Andy while in captivity, the South Regent might also face severe consequences. However, it did not mean he could not do anything to Andy. Having lost to Ethan too many times, he understood something. No matter how powerful someone was or how many followers they had, no one could ever be all-powerful. Andy said, “Release me now. Apologize and I can let this slip.” The South Regent gestured at his man to release Andy. When Andy regained his freedom, he grinned with delight and was in awe of how powerful his family’s reputation was
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The South Regent gulped nervously, shaken by what Ethan said. He asked, “Are those the reasons you came up with?” “Not all of them.” Ethan had more than three ways to save his men. The three options he provided were simply selected after considering himself, the South Regent, and the South Regent’s opponents. They might not be the best option, but they were more than enough to deal with the South Regent. Ethan said, “I don’t need reasons to take them back.” The South Regent stiffened, his whole body tensing up. “What do you mean?” “I’ll just beat you up.” “You think you can take me?” The South Regent found it amusing, but he dared not laugh. The three options Ethan provided had pressured him immensely. He got up and asked, “Why don’t we have a little spar?” He did not want to miss the opportunity to fight Ethan. He might not be as eloquent as the man, but he might still stand a chance to beat him physically. It might be his only chance at victory. “Sure.” Ethan
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“I surrender! Stop it! I surrender!” The South Regent was afraid. He quickly surrendered so that the humiliation would stop. As a matter of fact, when Ethan kicked him the first time in the chest, he already knew he could not win, but he was too proud to admit defeat. Now, after three humiliating slaps, he was forced to face the truth. If he did not, he would not be able to show his face in public anymore. Ethan put his hand down. When dealing with stubborn people, sometimes the best way was to settle it with fists. The South Regent covered his face as he looked at Ethan in fear. He never thought he would lose to Ethan not only on tactics but also physically. He was no match for Ethan. His men, standing around him, were all left speechless. The South Regent was slapped three times, consecutively, in front of them! The most surprising thing was that the South Regent dared not fight back. He could only cover his face and admit defeat. The man ruled as the strongest leader bey
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What followed were screams of pain as Andy was thrown to the ground over and over again. Yet, throughout it all, the South Regent stood perfectly still. “It has been more than ten moves. To be honest, if you weren’t a White, you wouldn’t be here,” the South Regent said. Andy lay flat on the floor, his eyes staring into the blank space above him in disbelief. He had lost. He was no match for the South Regent. After twelve moves, he could not even lay a finger on the South Regent’s shirt and was knocked down repeatedly. Andy felt despair. He felt like there was no way he could beat the South Regent, so how could Ethan have beaten the South Regent? It did not make sense.“Did Ethan really defeat you in ten moves?” he asked, clinging to a thread of hope. “Those are just rumors,” the South Regent explained. Andy’s eyes lit up with hope. “I knew it! I knew he could not have beaten you, let alone in ten moves!” If even Ethan could not defeat the South Regent, then it made sense
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In Hill City, Marcus tracked Andy’s phone location to determine where he went and then got someone to bring up the surveillance footage, eventually tracing Andy to a company under the South Regent. About ten minutes later, Andy left and went to a hotel. The surveillance footage, however, did not show Andy leaving. Marcus and his men went to the hotel to look for Andy, but Dylan was nowhere to be found. He requested the hotel’s security footage, only to discover that several cameras had malfunctioned.Alerted to the situation, the hotel manager called technicians over to fix them and was told that the security cameras had only recently gone down. Marcus had a bad feeling about it. When the cameras were fixed and the security footage was restored, it only showed Andy entering a room, but there was no record of what happened after that. Andy’s phone was also in the room. Marcus had someone hack into the phone, but after a thorough search, he did not find anything useful. “Wher
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Stone Village plunged into chaos after Nico’s death, and there were few villagers left in the village. “No. Why are you asking?” Stephen asked. “Andy is missing.” “What? How?” Stephen was shocked. “I don’t know. We’re still investigating it. I suspect some organization or faction has taken him. That’s why I am calling you,” Marcus explained. Stephen frowned. Two days ago, Andy had come to him, asking if he knew anyone related to the South Regent, and at his wedding, the South Regent had presented him with a bullet, the bullet that shot his man to death. Now, Andy was missing, and Stephen started to feel nervous. Could the South Regent be targeting the people around him? If the bullet he received was the one that was used to shoot the South Regent’s man to death, would the South Regent use it to take out his friends? He could not wait any longer. He had to get to Hill City. When Stephen arrived, he rendezvoused with Marcus and headed to the company owned by the South
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Stephen couldn't believe what he just heard. He asked in disbelief, "Dad, what did you just say?"Simon spoke gravely, "Lily Ford is dead. She poisoned herself.”Clatter.Stephen’s phone fell to the floor. At that moment, he felt all his strength drain away.Just a short while ago, Lily had called him, wanting to see him one last time. Now the next news he heard of her was that she had taken her own life!"No! It's impossible! She wouldn't do something so foolish. You're lying, you're all lying!" He clutched his head, his whole body shaking."What's wrong?" Rachel was startled by Stephen's reaction and quickly got up to ask.Stephen came to his senses. Ignoring Rachel, he quickly picked up his phone. "Where is she? Where is she now?"Simon answered, "In the capital. She seems to have been on Drakthorn Ridge."Whoosh.Stephen immediately got out of bed, hastily put on his clothes, and rushed out of the room."Where are you going?" Rachel shouted. However, she got no response.
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Lily smiled and reached out her hand, gently stroking Jason's face. "It's nice here, but there's somewhere else I want to go now."Jason grabbed her hand. "Lily, don't go. I promise you won't have to marry Sebastian. I won't agree with anyone! Please don't go. Stay with me, please!"Lily smiled brightly at these words. She still thought Stephen was speaking to her.The bodyguards nearby were also getting teary-eyed.Lily held Jason's hand. "When you're old, will you dream of me? I won't wait for you. By then, I'll surely be reborn into a good family. But if I have the chance, I'll definitely come find you. When that time comes, make sure you manage Riveria well and become a well-known figure, so I can find you more easily."It's getting a bit cold. Stephen, hold me tight... I'm a little scared."Only then did Jason realize she was mistaking him for Stephen, but he still held her tightly. He sobbed, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. I’m here!"Lily's gaze seemed to look past him
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Meanwhile…Rachel had pulled Stephen into their room.Unable to find any trace of Lily at the foot of the mountain, Jason felt that something was amiss. After asking around, he learned that no one was seen driving down. At this point, alarm bells started ringing in his head.He quickly led his men up to the summit where he found Lily."Lily!" Seeing her standing at the cliff's edge, his heart lurched, and he cried out, "Calm down! Get away from there!"Lily turned to look at him, her face already streaked with tears. She had wanted to see Stephen one last time but was unable to. Instead, it was Jason, her brother who wanted to drag her back, who found her."We can talk about the marriage. Just come here first.” Jason inched forward carefully. "Come to me. I'll make things right."Lily shook her head, knowing these were just lies to trick her. Once they got her back to the Fords, these words would mean nothing."Brother, don't lie to me," she responded. "I know that you’re only
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Jason could not understand the conversation between Lily and Ethan, but he had not forgotten why he came here. He said to Lily, "Come back with me right now. Everyone's been looking for you since you ran away. Go home and apologize to Mom and Dad, and don't run off like this again. You're getting married in just over a month. Stay home and learn how to be a proper wife."Hearing this, Lily's heart grew heavier. She became more convinced that her gut feeling was correct."I'm not going," Lily said."Stop being ridiculous!" Jason grabbed her arm. "You're coming back with us right now. If the Katz family finds out you're running around like this, it won't be good for any of us. The Fords raised you for all these years. It's time for you to repay them."Lily's last hope died. She finally understood why the Fords were forcing her to marry into the Katz family—they had never seen her as a person. Just like in Cora and Scott's story, both she and Cora were merely bargaining chips for thei
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Jason’s eyes widened. “Who wiped them out?”“Ethan Rivers! This name keeps coming up.”Jason froze, taken aback. The bodyguards around him and Lily also looked terrified because the man named Ethan Rivers was right before their eyes! Just moments ago, Jason had arrogantly demanded that Ethan apologize to them.The bodyguards could not help but stumble backward.Jason’s mind raced. Those powerful forces were not much weaker than his family, yet Ethan had wiped them all out.What did that mean? It meant it would be no problem for Ethan to wipe out the entire Ford family!“You should understand now,” said Ethan, “that in my eyes, your family and all other families have no dignity or honor to speak of.”Jason turned paled, and his body trembled uncontrollably. “Who exactly are you?”He never knew that such a terrifying figure existed in Riveria.Suddenly, he understood why Stephen had changed so drastically after coming to Riveria. The place was far more terrifying than the powe
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"You're alone with him in his house. Just the two of you, a man and a woman. Aren't you worried about what people will say? And don't forget your place—you’re still the Katzes’ future daughter-in-law!"Lily lowered her head in despair. Only Ethan remained seated, his expression calm as he looked at Jason.“I can assure you that I don’t find Lily attractive. I can also assure you that the Katzes would not dare to say anything even if they found out she spent the night here. Also, a family that sells off their own daughter has no dignity to speak of.”Jason frowned. “Is that your justification? Do you think you can avoid apologizing with that and simply brush the matter aside?”“No,” said Ethan. “I have just one answer. Your family has a vast intelligence network and access to the largest database. Find out who caused the chaos in Riveria three years ago.”Jason did not understand what Ethan was up to. However, he was curious, especially since Stephen had encountered a series of set
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“Mr. Rivers.” Lily lowered her head.Ethan looked at her calmly.“I was reckless and irrational yesterday. Please forgive me, Mr. Rivers.”Then, she bowed toward him.In the span of a day, she had experienced Stephen leaving her and her own family locking her up, demanding that she cut ties with Stephen. She had thought things through and came to a realization that the only person in the world who could help her now was the person in front of her—Ethan Rivers. She also understood that she could not walk away unscathed.Her visit today had two purposes. The first was to apologize to Ethan sincerely and earn Ethan’s forgiveness. As for the second...Lily raised her head and looked at Ethan. “I have an unreasonable request. I can’t let him go. Please help me move on from him, Mr. Rivers.”She knew she had to marry Sebastian, so she wanted to move on from Stephen. That way, it would be better for both her and Stephen.Ethan said calmly, “You should go to a psychologist or neurolo
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Everyone was surprised. In the past, Stephen would always find excuses to avoid responsibility, but now, he was openly admitting to his mistakes.“He’s actually facing all the issues head-on.”“This doesn’t seem like Stephen’s usual style. Is this a PR tactic?”“Who cares what it is? Just criticize him as usual. None of the previous problems have been solved yet.”“That’s true. He still deserves to be criticized!”“A rotten apple will always be rotten. No matter how nice his words sound tonight, he’ll go back to his old tricks tomorrow.”The public was only slightly surprised at his behavior, but they had no doubt as to what he would do in the future—he would continue to destroy the city’s peace.Stephen was prepared for that reaction.“I’ve made too many mistakes in the past. It’s impossible for everyone to believe in me immediately. However, as long as I keep working hard, they’ll slowly change their opinions of me.”After getting everything off his chest, he felt lighter, l
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“You sure like joking around, Dad,” Rachel responded, trying not to show how much she actually cared about the situation.Then, she added, “It’ll happen naturally.”Simon did not expose her either and simply said, “Do as you please.”He stood and left. He still had a lot to handle, such as the companies leaving in droves and the problems with the development zone.After he was gone, Rachel immediately stood up and went upstairs to look for Stephen. She wanted to take action immediately.When she walked into the room, she saw Stephen sitting at his desk, reading through some documents.“Stop reading that.” Rachel stepped forward and tried to drag him to bed.However, Stephen was not in the mood. His mind was a chaotic mess, consumed by the proposals in front of him and the haunting image of Lily breaking into tears when he left her.“Don’t bother me.” Stephen pushed Rachel away.Rachel was stunned. Stephen had always cared deeply for her. Since their marriage, she had not even
