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The Secret Successor CHAPTER 384
Tom returned home hours after he had left, only to see Russell talking with the same girl that had come the other day. Tom put the gun box away and smiled, “How are you doing, miss?”“I’m not doing good because a glass piece in your yard had pierced my foot,” Jessica purposely said these words to prick his heart. “Now, I’m not even in a position to go home. Is it alright if I stay here at your house?”“I-I’m so sorry that you got hurt,” Tom quickly said, “but… how can you stay here alone where two men live? We’re not even your relatives.”“It’s okay. This guy is my best friend,” Jessica said, secretly pinching Russell’s thigh.“Y-Yeah, teacher. Since we’re not using the tuition hall right now, I think she can stay there,” Russell suggested, while rubbing his thigh.“Ah, that’s a good idea,” Tom gave her a thumbs-up. “You can stay here until your wound heals. Don’t worry about meals because Russell is good at cooking.”“Oh?” Jessica gave him a surprised look. “I didn’t know you could c
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 385
The next morning.Jessica woke up in the tuition hall. She had slept on the mat without much of a problem, even with the wound she had on her foot.For a second, she was surprised because she forgot that she hadn’t slept in her house last night. “That’s right. I’m now staying at Russell’s teacher’s house.”Just then, Russell brought her molten chocolate and biscuits, but he teased her by dipping the long biscuits in the chocolate and eating them himself.Jessica drooled visibly. Her greatest weakness in life would probably be her addiction to chocolate. “R-Russell, if you eat all of it yourself, you’re going to get diarrhea!”“No. I won’t.”“Don’t you know that sharing is caring? Give me some of that!” Jessica raised her voice.“If you want your injury to heal fast, you should avoid anything that has sugar in it,” Russell replied. “That’s why my teacher is preparing a special herbal decoction for you. You should look forward to it.”“Then why are you eating chocolate biscuits in fron
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 386
“Haha,” Tom laughed a bit. “I guess they’re more than just friends?” But it seems that they need some outside help to build a bridge between them.” He got up and went into the hall. “How are you feeling today, young one?”“Jessica pulled the blanket down. Seeing Tom, she sat up as quickly as she could. “I won’t know until I get up and walk, which I don’t think I can do just yet.”“Then you just have to take Russell’s help with everything,” Tom suggested. “For instance, you can ask him to read stories for you or something. Since youth love romantic stories, I’m going to go and buy a couple of good books.”“E-Eh? W-Wait, sir,” Jessica hurriedly said. “You don’t have to do that.”“But I have to do something,” Tom stated, looking at her, “to bring you two closer.”Jessica’s heart fluttered for a second. “W-What?”“Why do you look so surprised?” Tom sat down in a chair. “I can see that both of you are not good at expressing your feelings, so I’m saying I’ll help you. Is it that difficult t
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 387
“I-I never had the opportunity to learn how to drive,” Jessica lowered her gaze and scratched her cheek. “So…”Tom went silent for a bit. He put some pieces together and realized that Jessica was probably from a poor background. Otherwise, it just wouldn’t make sense that she wasn’t able to learn how to drive a car when that would be the first thing any growing teenager from a decent family would do. “If you don’t know how to drive, then you just have to ask Russell to teach you.”Jessica’s eyes brightened. “Y-You really are super smart, sir. H-How could I not think of that? I will definitely ask him to teach me!” She could already imagine Russell holding her hand while helping her change the gears in the car, and she blushed in return.“Then I’ll leave you to your devices,” Tom said and walked away. “If you need help, then just ask.”“Thank you,” Jessica said.Tom just raised his hand without looking back. He walked out of the house and spotted Russell sitting on a bench in the dista
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 388
Russell’s body reacted instantly the moment he saw the man in the van holding a gun, currently aimed at Tom. Russell pushed the bench backward. It was a heavy wooden bench, but against Russell’s strength it turned over, making both Russell and Tom fall back. BANG~! BANG~! The man in the van shot two times at once. The bullets hit the bench. He shot again from an angle and hoped that the bullets hit at least one of them as the van didn’t stop. Russell quickly got up and looked for the vehicle’s number plate, but the words ‘fuck you’ were written on them. “Which bastard is behind this?” He then returned to Tom and checked upon his condition. None of the bullets hit him, but his shoulder was dislocated from the fall. Russell learned about fixing the shoulder during his martial art training, so he fixed his teacher’s shoulder in no time. “Do you feel better now?” Russell asked, helping him get up. “I think I’ll live,” Tom’s face was still a bit rigid. “Which motherfucker attacked us
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 389
Tom came back into the house and couldn’t sit still after knowing that Russell had gone out to deal with a drug cartel all alone.He didn’t know if staying in this house was a good idea or not, but would these gangsters really dare to come into the house and attack in broad daylight?He came into the hall to talk to Jessica.Jessica was looking at the female photo in the hall. “Is that your wife’s?”“Yes.” Tom smiled and said.“She’s so beautiful,” Jessica said because the picture was of when Rachel was young. “Her curly hairstyle… is very attractive.”Tom’s smile stayed on his lips for a little longer. “Your hairstyle is cool, too.”“Thanks. Russell told me about her,” Jessica said. “I’m sorry for what happened.”Tom’s smile somewhat dwindled. “Many adults over 60 are getting Alzheimer's these days for various reasons such as avoiding cholesterol by eating only egg whites or skinless chicken and whatnot. But the thing is… most of our brain is made up of cholesterol, and so it is need
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 390
In a supermarket store, with a closed-for-today sign at the door, Zhero and his men were injecting liquids into fruits and were mixing powder in drinks after unsealing and then sealing them with the help of certain machinery devices.The manager of the store was cooperating with Zhero, but he still looked anxious because he was doing it without receiving permission from his boss.“Be careful. Don’t mix too much in anything,” the manager worriedly said. “If some customer were to spot something wrong, they’d come and cause ruckus at my store. If it starts at one store, it’ll soon spread to other stores as well.”“Ah, c’mon, friend,” Zhero put his arm around the manager’s shoulder. “We’ve been selling plastic vegetables and grains to your customers for over a year, and yet these people are too dumb to notice it.”“Well, that’s because we’re maintaining the right ratio. If we mix too much plastic, then they’ll definitely find out,” the manager replied. “And we normally don’t do this in th
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 391
Russell casually entered the supermarket through the back door and closed it. It wasn’t dark inside the storeroom, but there wasn’t enough light either because of minimum ventilation. Without being seen by Zhero, two men were exchanging a single cigar made with a potent drug. They were too involved in what they were doing to bother about Russell who smashed their heads in.The smell of the cigar made Russell feel strange, but he didn’t have the time to worry about it because the other workers heard the noise of the men falling to the floor. Russell made use of the display racks to hide himself and target either one or two workers at a time. Grabbing one’s mouth from behind and landing a knuckle punch on the temple did the trick. While walking around, Russell saw all the powder and liquids they were mixing with the grocery products. “Mixing drugs in food products? What the hell are these bastards up to?” What he saw motivated him even more to take these gangsters down.After Russell t