“What are you waiting for, punk?” Harry yelled angrily and faced Justin to try and ask him to call the security when he froze on the spot as he noticed how breet red his uncle's face was.
“What's going on, uncle? Are you feeling sick? Do you have a fever?” He muttered as he tried to check up on him but Justin lost it and sent a slap at him.
“You are the one that is sick! Get out of here before I send you to jail, you moron!” He cursed angrily then quickly turned towards Evan shaking profusely.
“What? Uncle what are you doing?” Harry frowned. He ignored the stinging pain on his left cheek as he was confused with what his uncle was doing.
He was about to say something when he suddenly noticed something admiss. He frowned and turned towards the other families only to see how red their faces were…. They were furious!
“You little punk! Did you lose home training in your previous life?” The mayor boomed.
“Get this brat out of here before I lost it,” He added. He was already sweating profusely.
What if Evan got angry and leave this place?
How are they going to invite him!
Thinking of this made their blood roar more in rage.
Harry stood there reluctantly as he never expected to be humiliated like that. He turned towards Evan with deep resentment and was stunned to see the young man eating.
“What?” Harry gasped.
“What do you mean by ‘what?’ Get out!” Justin slapped his face and Harry's legs gave way to the floor.
He tried to get up but it felt as though the world was spinning around him. He shook his head and got up again.
“Uncle?” He muttered but the next thing he knew, he was outside the room and the door was shut hard on his face.
'Damn it!’ He cursed angrily as he laid there on the floor with great resentment.
‘I don't know what you did to get there but I will make sure you don't get on their good side.’
At the same time. Silence finally returned to the room and Justin slowly turned towards Evan with shaky legs.
“Please sir. Do not take that silly actions of my nephew in heart,” He begged.
Evan stared at him for a while but didn't say a word.
“Please sir. I don't have anything to use and make you forgive him but just know that he still has a child's brain. Just overlook his actions,” He begged profusely.
How was he going to get away from this?
‘I swear Harry, if I missed this business opportunity because of you. I'll make sure I skin you alive!’
He cursed profusely in his mind but still kept on apologizing.
“I'll let this slide once because of you, but if you don't know how to keep your nephew in check. I am afraid he might bring disaster to your family,” Evan calmly replied then faced his meal.
Seeing this Justin felt as though the world had crashed before him. He bowed slightly then turned and sat on his chair.
The mayor on the other hand felt like history was repeating itself.
'First it was one crazy woman and now it's one crazy nephew.’ He shook his head and kept on eating.
The atmosphere suddenly went from bad to worse as the big shots suddenly had a terrible feeling that Evan was going to cancel this meeting soon.
Evan on the other hand didn't notice this as his eyes were fixed on the message sent to him.
<I'll be in Santo city soon!>
'What?’ Evan's eyes widened slightly then a soft expression appeared on his once cold eyes.
He was about to send a reply when his phone started ringing.
“Hello?” He calmly replied.
“Hello brother! What's up? It's has been so long I heard your calm, cold and indifferent voice! I thought Claus and William would change you but I guess I was wrong!” A cheerful and vibrant voice sounded from the phone.
“Vera,” Evan muttered then stared at the big shots in the room.
“I saw your message. When are you coming?” He asked.
“Is that why you ignored my first sentences?” She sneered.
Evan kept quiet, an indication that he doesn't want to answer that.
“Whatever. I'll be in Santo city soon… very, very, soon. So just be on alert anytime you hear a big news that I conquered a city,” She laughed out loud.
“Don't cause any trouble, Vera,” Evan shook his head then said, “I'll be waiting for you. When your flight arrive at the airport. I'll come over to pick you up,”
“Okay dokey! I've noted that. Oh my, my number is next, see yah!” She giggled then hung up the call.
Evan slowly placed the phone on the desk then paused and stared at the men.
“What's wrong?” He frowned. He noticed how strangely they stared at him.
“Oh my. We are very sorry, but we were stunned by the smile on your face. We wonder who that person might be,” The mayor muttered and all the big shots sent glares at him.
'Must you speak everything that comes to your mind?’
Evan stared at them then back at his phone.
The lady who called him brother was Vera Anderson. Her father was Evan's father's best friend. She lived in Mongolia.
After their parents disappeared, she managed the company with Claus for him.
Until one year ago after Evan had got a grasp on how to do business she let it go and left the country.
“Ahem, sir!” Jordan stood up with a cigar in hand.
“Do you mind joining us?” He asked.
Evan stared at the cigar then back at him. He shook his head then took out a pack of cheap cigarettes.
“We can work on this one,” He muttered and the men in the room laughed out loud.
They took the cigarettes from him and smoked it like street gangsters.
“I heard the news about what happened in your banquet sir Mayor,” Jordan smirked.
“Ah, same here. Those little families are really arrogant. Do they really think that someone with rag clothes can't change their lives?” David shook his head.
“Now they have missed a golden opportunity that could have changed their lives,” The mayor said, then took a deep long drag of the cigarettes then puffed it out.
“How unfortunate,”
Time flew by in a flash and soon it was morning. Evan jogged his way to the park by the river to calm himself.He looked around and noticed how desolated it was.“This place had been abandoned for as long as I can remember,” he muttered as he took a seat beside the river. He crossed his legs and sat there with his eyes closed, listening to the calm of the river and the whispers of the wind.What he was about to do was cultivating. He started this when he was six years old and always does it every morning and along with his great talent his cultivation speed differs from that of his peers.‘Shut all senses and listen to the energy from the heavens and earth,’’ He thought, then took a deep breath and released it and soon it felt like a soft glow surrounded him.The trees stopped swaying and the river turned extremely still and quiet. It suddenly felt as though he was isolated from the world and was in his own small world created for him.He took in deep breaths then sent out his senses
“Hun?” Vera gasped then hurriedly went back to pack her loots.“I thought you weren't coming over to pick me up, so why are you here?” She pouted as she held a golden necklace and raised it in the air to have a clear view of it.“This is real gold,” She then smirked at the naked man in the hall. “Thank you for this. You are so generous,”The man lowered his head in shame as he didn't have the courage to look at her. He brought this upon himself and now he must endure the shame.Evan stared at the man for a while then faced Vera. “I thought you promised that you wouldn't make any problem?” “Ah… No,” Vera gasped then ran towards him. She clasped her hands tightly together then pouted.“He challenged me for a bet and I won. Had it been that I lost, I would have been the one who will stay here half naked,” She poured cutely and her cat-like eyes turned teary.“What a fake,” Claus scoffed.He knew better than anyone that such cheap baby tricks don't work on Evan, unless he wants to preten
Evan's gaze hardened slightly and he slowly looked behind Vera, only to see Jane standing there with an ugly expression.“Oh my eyes. I thought this place was meant solely for shopping? When did it turn to a hypocritical show place?” She sneered coldly, her eyes eying Vera who was still in Evan's embrace.Evan's gaze never left her and one could see the amount of disgust they held towards her. He was about to leave but noticed Christel and Harry behind her.“What's going on?” Harry gasped. Christel's gaze fixed on Vera who's back was faced towards them, then she stared at Evan. She gazed coldly at him but didn't say a word.Evan noticed this then patted Vera's head lightly, “You can let go now, Vera,” He said.Vera frowned but still let go of him. She grumbled and was about to yell at the intruder when she suddenly paused and sized Jane up and down.“Who's this?” She frowned. She tilted her head sideways and was stunned by the beauty behind Jane.“Evan, do you know that lady over the
The both of them stepped out of the shopping mall then proceeded to return home.‘' The sky is dark already,” She frowned.She turned towards Evan and noticed that he was completely distracted. A thought crossed her mind and she quickly linked her hands around his.“What are you thinking about?” She beamed. Evan shook his head but didn't look at her, “Nothing,” “What do you mean nothing? Don't tell me you are thinking about her? Is she more beautiful than I am?” She pouted.Evan didn't say a word and instead kept moving.“Evan, you didn't answer me,”she frowned.“Your silence means she is,” She added.“The same,” He calmly replied.“What? I didn't hear that,” She frowned and leaned against him.“Who is beautiful between your ex wife and me?” She asked.“You,” He frowned. She scoffed and removed her hands from his.“I see that you still love her,” She said, slightly enraged by it. She sighed heavily then totally ignored him.Evan couldn't do anything about the situation and instead st
“Do you have any more excuses?” The man glared at the assistant.“I am sorry sir,” She bowed slightly then left to package the necklaceEvan frowned and then stared at Vera. He noticed that her gaze never left the necklace and he frowned and then kicked her shoes.'What?’ Vera glared at him. “Pay up,” He mouthed. He knows that she has more than $30,000 in her account but why she doesn't want to pay up is what baffles him.“What?!” Vera screamed frantically and all heads turned toward her direction, even Evan was stunned by her sudden outburst.‘ What's wrong with her?’ He frowned.“Ma'am, did something happen?” The assistant ran over worriedly.Vera pointed at Evan and then started crying, “I can't deal with him anymore. He is a cheat and now he wants me to pay up to $30,000. How can I afford that type of amount? He promised me that he would buy me jewelry in this shop and that was the reason I came here,”She held her chest then placed a hand on her forehead, “He made a fool out of
“What is going on here?” A cold voice resonated in the hall and everyone's gaze turned towards the place it came from. A tall broad-shouldered man stepped out from an office with quick strides. I brushed off the strands of hair from his face and then stared at the chaos before him.“Who's causing the noise here?” He boomed. The assistant quickly walked forward and bowed her head.“I am so sorry sir. I tried to stop them but-” She tried to explain but the man didn't allow her to finish the word.He flicked his fingers and she froze in place.“I didn't hire you to give me excuses. If this is how you take care of the shop when I am around how much worse would it be when I am absent?” He said in disapproval.“I am so sorry sir,” She said sincerely.The man shook his head and then lost interest in her. “Get ready to resign, that would be after I am done taking care of the mess before me,”He said coldly then walked past her. Surprisingly, she didn't try to stop him but instead went silen
The car came into an abrupt halt and silence fell inside the car. “What was that?” Vera asked with a tight frown on her face.“I don't know, please give me a few minutes to check it out,” William hurriedly replied, then stepped out of the car.Vera walked out after him and so did Evan. They both made their way to the front of the car and frowned when they saw William squatted in front of… Someone.“Goodness, get her inside the car quick!” Vera exclaimed and rushed over.“Be careful, please. Her legs are fractured,” William hurriedly said and then gently carried the young lady towards the car.Her long golden hair covered her bloody face and it was impossible to see who she was.Thank goodness there weren't too many people around, else it would have been a lot of headache trying to get out of the scene.“Take us to the nearest hospital,” Evan calmly ordered. “Yes sir,” William shakingly replied, then turned on the engine and stepped on the accelerator.“Please no!” But just as he was
“Fine, do your thing. I won't disturb you about it,” Vera said softly then turned and left him alone.Evan stood there for a while then returned to his room with an indifferent expression on his face.Vera has always been known for being compassionate to victims of slavery and no matter how hard Evan had tried to make her view things in the other way, she doesn't listen.It's good to help those who are victims of those local mafias but at the same time, what if everything was just a facade and they are trained spies sent to assassinate?Evan slowly flipped through the documents and signed them one after the other.And just like that time flew by in a flash and it was 8:30 am. A light knock sounded in Evan's study room and he closed the documents before him gently.“Come in,” He said and the knob turned slightly before the door opened and Claus walked in.“I have something important to show you,” Claus said, then placed the tablet he held on the table.Evan's gaze hardened slightly as