Eleanor looked a bit panicked, and Alexander gently squeezed her hand, smiling as he said: “Paddy, are you courting death?”“Me, courting death? Hahaha, that’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. Do you really think I look like I’m courting death? Can’t you see everyone here is on my side? If you, worthless piece of trash, make me unhappy, I’ll make sure everyone here is even more miserable.”Paddy threatened blatantly; everyone here was under his command, his words akin to orders from a tyrant—if he wanted someone dead, they would die.Cisco and the others immediately turned pale, horrified at the thought of being implicated by Alexander’s reckless words.“Alexander! Stop running your worthless mouth! This isn’t your place to speak! How dare you talk back to this boss? Who the hell gave you that kind of nerve? Do you want me to spit in your face? If you want to die, don’t drag us down with you!” Cisco shouted in panic.Jean nodded frantically: “Yes, yes, Cisco’s right. This pie

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Two days later.In the conference room, Tommy looked smugly at the documents in his hands, sent by Cisco after having his subordinates contact him.Upon being discharged from the hospital, Cisco had thought things over and decided that if he wanted to salvage his dignity, he needed to start from within the Marshall family, uniting them on his side. This way, facing ostracism from the family, Eleanor would likely choose to abandon Alexander.The fastest way to win over the Marshall family was through benefits from cooperation.Thus, Tommy found himself sitting here with a look of smug satisfaction.Walden cleared his throat and let his gaze drift over everyone—Tommy, Eleanor, and Laurie—using the moment to underscore his authority and position.“The company's growth rate has been disappointing lately, especially with the recent contract orders. Not only have we not seen an increase, but there are signs of decline. Eleanor, what’s going on?”Walden slammed his hand on the table as he sp

Eleanor firmly shook her head: “Even in business cooperation, you can't humiliate others. You're helping him coerce us like this; don't you feel any pangs of conscience?""Insolent! Conscience? Asking you to kneel is hardly coercion! Are you going to tell Alexander to kneel or not? If not, you'll become sinners of the Marshall family!"Cisco lifted his chin, looking down his nose at Alexander, and said leisurely: “Your Marshall family's etiquette is really lacking; you can't even command a live-in son-in-law. I truly doubt your ability to manage an enterprise; perhaps I should find someone else to cooperate with.""Please wait, Director; I will make Alexander kneel before you.” Walden said in panic.After speaking, Walden looked toward Eleanor: “Eleanor, this is a great opportunity for the Marshall family to develop; quickly tell Alexander to kneel before the Director.""No!"Eleanor said firmly."Eleanor, are you crazy? Sacrificing our family's development opportunity for a useless m

After Alexander and Eleanor left the company, they drove leisurely down the road.“Alexander, I just feel like everything isn’t real. Why would those real estate moguls gift us such a large plot of land?” Eleanor said, feeling somewhat bewildered.“It’s not that big, only about 500 acres. It’s not nearly enough to build a few high-rises.” Alexander replied casually.“You sound like a real estate tycoon! What do you mean, ‘only 500 acres’? Such a large piece of land is useless to us. The uncles are bound to be watching us like hawks, they might even stir up trouble later.” Eleanor expressed her concern, worried that it could bring further turmoil at home. Besides, with such a large piece of land, she didn’t have the capital to expand the factory.“No rush. Today they’re giving us land, maybe tomorrow, someone will give us factories and equipment. It’ll all come in time.” Alexander said with a smile, then looked out the window: “Let’s go visit Mary and check with the doctor about her con