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Chapter 529 The Short Family is Busted

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Upon seeing who called, Christian complained, "You must help me out here, Dad. Someone's looking down on our family—"

Before Christian could finish his sentence, Norman roared, "Where are you?"

Christian's hands started to shake. "Dad—"

"Don't call me that! Answer my question! Where are you?" Norman was going mad.

Christian realized that something had gone wrong. "I-I'm at this place serving baked seafood—"

"Bastard!" Norman clutched at his chest. "Why did I give birth to you when you do nothing but give me trouble? All thanks to you, our family is done for!"

Norman's voice was so loud that Christian's friends heard him. "Who did you cross? Tell me, you useless good-for-nothing!"

Norman suddenly received countless calls on his phone. The family's business dealings in the gray area were under investigation. Everything had happened within minutes, and Norman hadn't even had time to enlist someone else's services.

The authorities had directly issued an order suspending the family
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