"Don't tell me they were rude to you? Liam, it seems that both of them are not competent enough. Just fire them," Elena said, making the two bodyguards anxious.They wanted to speak up to plea but didn't know where to start. If they lost their job at SOHO, they didn't think they would find a better one with as many benefits.They knew how many privileges they enjoyed while working at SOHO. No other company could afford them.Ivan was also shocked and couldn't help but speak up for them."It was just a misunderstanding, Mom," he said, but his explanation made Elena even more furious."A misunderstanding? Why should there be a misunderstanding when you are the one involved? So, that means they were rude to you?" she asked, and Ivan shook his head helplessly.Elena's logic was a bit twisted, but Ivan didn't really mind. He knew it was just her way of showing that she cared."No, Mom, just let them be. I'm here, right?" Ivan said, and Elena finally relaxed, dropping the matter."Be gratef

"You guys are joking, right? A week after you left, the woman kicked me out of the house with the excuse that you guys had not paid the rent for years," Ivan said simply, and Liam opened his eyes wide in shock."What?!" he exclaimed."How is that possible? Even though we were not okay then, we made sure that we did not owe her any money for rent. We also never borrowed money from her, so how could she do something like that? We trusted her because she was older, but could she stoop that low?" Elena might look like a gentle mother with a gentle voice, but her temperament was like a firecracker."The old woman said that she needed money urgently, and since you guys were not around and she felt that no one would pay the rent that you owe, she thought I was too young to handle it. So, she said she could not wait anymore and heartlessly kicked me out, without even considering how I would live without a roof over my head.""I tried begging her, no, I did not try, I begged her countless time

"How come? How is this possible? How did you guys do it? Both of you are the owners of SOHO, how does that work? How is it even possible? You guys are not pulling my leg, right? How could it be? SOHO has been in existence for years, even before I was born, so how did you both do it? If what you are saying is true, then it means that you guys have been the CEOs of SOHO for years, so why did we have to live like we were poor? What happened? What exactly is going on?"Ivan questioned in confusion. A look of sheer disarray washed over his face. It was as if someone had pulled the rug away from under him, leaving him suspended in a condition of bewilderment.The truth of the matter was so far-fetched, so unfathomable, that it seemed like a riddle with unaccounted-for parts, and he struggled to connect the dots and come to an obvious conclusion.Questions tumbled through his brain, each one more baffling than the last. How is this possible?His confusion was palpable as he searched for answ

"Thankfully, before I left, I made sure to increase the security around your mother. I just did it in case, but I never expected that those people would really attack her when we were so vulnerable. But at least, she was able to escape, although not without some wounds.""The security around her was very tight, and even though the assassins were martial artists, they were still outnumbered. The bodyguards were very skilled, but they could not take on any of the assassins head-on, so they just used their numbers to defeat them. Elena was only able to escape then purely due to luck.""When I got back from the business trip, we also started hiring martial artists for the first time. I was not really scared of those people, but I was anxious about Elena's safety, so I had to be cautious and less reckless because I knew that it would affect both mother and son. She also had some wounds, but they were superficial ones and did not affect the baby.""After this attack, we got tired of it all.

"Our lives went on normally, and Robert, oh sorry! I forgot to tell you about him. Robert is your mother's younger brother, so he is also your uncle." Ivan was slightly surprised that his mother had a younger brother because he had always thought that his parents did not have any family members. Hearing that he had been mistaken and believed in another incorrect assumption was enough to make him feel numb.He also did not know that his dad had a foster brother at all. He had been kept in the dark for years, and he felt unsettled by this fact. However, he still continued to listen attentively to Liam's detailed explanation because he did not want to miss any important information."Because Alex froze our accounts, we could not use them or withdraw the money we had. Moreover, we did not even dare to because if we did, Alex would surely track us and find our location. It was something he could do without stress. We also lost contact with many of our friends and family, but Robert was dif