Ch. 1201..1210
Life at the Top Chapter 1201
Julian would not go easy on whoever decided to step up now.
Prince crawled up from the floor and wiped off the alcohol on his face. He roared, “You killed someone in Waterhoof City, Henry. Forget your Dad, even if your grandfather came he’d still need to make up for your actions.”
“I won’t back down on this at all, Henry. I won’t let this go until I watch you get sent to jail! ”
“Then get to it, would you?” Henry stared at Prince. “You taking all this time to talk instead of acting is making me look down on you.”
Prince had initially believed that Henry would surrender to him in utter fear. The stark difference of reality had Prince feeling like a stranger in this world.
Henry was the one who got into big trouble, yet the man was acting more arrogant than Prince was.
Prince wondered if Henry was an idiot or if he was truly fearless.
Prince thought back to how this was Conrad ’s idea but his own plan. While simple, this plan was effective and without any loopholes. So Prince believed that Henry was being too arrogant and confident.
“Fine. You can’t blame me if you’ve got a death wish. I’ll immediately contact the authorities to have you thrown in jail tonight!”
“You think that just because you’re from the Law family it means you can be as arrogant as you want?”
“You’ll always have to pay for taking others’ lives no matter where you go. Not to mention that I’m here making sure it happens! If you have to blame someone then blame your own arrogance for all of this!”
“Who’s arrogant?”
A voice interrupted the scene.
Henry’s expression turned joyful and Julian sighed in relief when they heard the voice.
Prince was the only one whose expression darkened. The man tensed as if faced with a powerful enemy, as if there was some mythical monster that had rushed into the room.
The private room door was pushed open and in strolled Jasper.
Jasper swept his gaze over the scene and pushed through the crowd to stand next to Henry. Then he turned to look at Prince and said calmly, “How free of you to join Henry for wine, crown prince.”
Prince chuckled wretchedly and replied, “Free your f*cking foot. I’m here to kill Henry!”
“Okay.”
Jasper nodded calmly and moved so that Henry was exposed to Prince.
“Come on, then. He’s right here, kill him.”
Prince was stunned by Jasper’s words.
How was he supposed to continue this conversation?
“What are you doing just standing there? Go on, then. Kill him. Isn’t that what you wanted to do?” Jasper urged.
Prince took in a deep breath, he felt like his chest was about to explode from infuriation. He glared at Jasper and said icily, “Don’t give me this sh*t, Jasper. Henry’s in for murder this time and you won’t be able to save him even if you’re extremely powerful!”
Jasper turned his head to look at Henry. “Did you kill someone?”
“No. This stupid f*cker set me up and framed me!” Henry replied.
Jasper nodded and looked back at Prince. “Did you hear him?”
Stunned, Prince nodded instinctively. “I did.”
“So if he didn’t kill anyone, then what are you still standing here for?” Jasper asked calmly.
Prince seemed to have woken up from his stupor with Jasper’s question and the man was furious.
“Stop f*cking acting, Laine. Henry beat my friend up earlier today and he’s lying in the morgue right now. The autopsy states that the man was beaten to death. You can dream on if you think Henry can walk out of this unscathed!”
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It would be wrong to assume that trust-fund children could do whatever they wished without fear.
In truth, trust-fund children are actually under more limitations than ordinary people in various aspects. Especially renowned families like the Law family.
Of course, nouveau riche families were another story altogether.
Truly renowned and wealthy families actually set extremely high standards for their children. People like Kayden were more different than the norm.
However, be it the Langdon, the Law, or any other family, as long as there was one reasonable elder within it, there was no way they would let their descendants get involved in some things.
Murder, for example.
The children could plot and scheme, but they could not get blood on their hands.
Even if they had to get rid of a person, it must be done through hiring gangsters or ordering their lackeys to carry it out. No matter what, their descendants themselves could not get their own hands dirty.
This was the reason why Prince’s exploitation posed quite some trouble to Henry.
Murder was very much illegal in the country, and not even God could save you if you got involved.
It was the same for the Law family.
“Go on, then. Keep acting arrogant, why don’t you? Huh?”
Prince thought that he had caught onto Henry’s weakness and he was extremely arrogant.
“You were the one who hit him, surveillance cameras clearly caught you. There’s no arguing out of this. And the autopsy too! Hahaha! You’ll lose to me this time, Young Master Law!”
Prince felt extremely gleeful as he looked at Henry whose expression was dark as the void.
Taking revenge was surely among the proudest things he had done in life.
He thought back to Henry’s arrogance just now and how forceful the b*stard still was just now.
However, now that Prince had truly turned against Henry, he refused to believe that the latter could remain fearless.
Framing Henry for murder was a huge bombshell that could completely screw Henry over.
“All I did was slap him a few times. You’re telling me that’s howl killed a man?”
“How do you even have the gall to pull out that bullsh*t autopsy too? You think some random child’s play framing can get rid of me?” Henry looked at Prince and said icily.
Despite what Henry said, it did not change the fact that the situation was not in Henry’s favor. This was something anyone with eyes could tell.
No matter who you were or how deep your family’s roots went, it would be extremely difficult to extract oneself once one was involved in something like this.
Prince must have been fully prepared to rush over so openly.
Henry might be arrogant but the man was not stupid. So he immediately called Jasper over once he realized that this was not a situation he could deal with by himself.
Prince chortled when he heard Henry and said, “Frame? Everything you say has to have evidence, Young Master Law. Did you see me frame you? What evidence do you have?”
“But I have a whole load of evidence against you! The surveillance footage alone is conclusive evidence. How can you explain yourself?”
With that, Prince smiled wretchedly and made a slicing gesture with his hand over his neck.
“You’re dead!”
Jasper narrowed his eyes and his brain quickly analyzed the situation before him.
Concluding the information he knew with the analysis of the current situation, Jasper made an assessment of the incident, unresolvable.
Yes, it was unresolvable.
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There was no question that this was a setup by Prince.
Jasper knew Henry very well and while the latter was arrogant and paid no one any respect, he was not a bad person at heart. More importantly, Henry was smart enough not to kill someone.
The most Henry would do was beat the person up. If the person was powerful, then Henry would just use his family’s power to end his opponent’s family, but he would never kill a man.
Prince’s setup was hasty and the methods used were rough, but the man had fulfilled the aspects required to form a chain of evidence. His argument was solidly backed.
It would be very difficult for Henry to walk out from this unscathed.
Jasper immediately felt that Prince was not the person who came up with this plan.
Having dealt with Prince before, Jasper knew that the other had the ability to scheme and plot. However, this setup was too formal and presumptuous, and too unrefined enough for Prince to come up with right now.
The scheme seemed brash but it was filled with danger. A few moves and Henry ended up extremely cornered.
“Turn yourself in, Henry,” Jasper suddenly said.
The four words had Henry stunned. Even Prince looked at Jasper with eyes widened in disbelief as if an alien had descended on Earth.
Even Julian looked at Jasper with utter confusion and shock.
Meeting Henry’s stunned gaze, Jasper said calmly, “Turning yourself in is a mitigating factor and they’ll be lenient with their murder charges. I’m doing this for your own good.”
Henry barely held back the urge to throttle Jasper.
After his stupor, Prince let out a loud laugh. “Hahahaha. This is hilarious. Do you see this, Henry? Even Jasper’s given up on you! How’re you going to keep fighting?”
Prince turned to Jasper after laughing out loud and said, “Haha! I have to say, Jasper. Even if you’re very annoying, at least you can read the room. You know that there’s no way to fight back, so why not just surrender, right?”
Prideful, Prince felt extremely elated.
As if he could already see the scene of Henry lying face down on the ground and calling him Daddy.
At this moment, Prince could not help but think of the man who always wore a faint smile on his face.
‘Tsk. This Conrad’s status might be a little low, but the man’s got a good plan. He’s even managed to hold Jasper back. Not bad. Not bad at all!’
However, Prince had no idea how many times Conrad had lost horribly to Jasper. Prince would not think this way if he knew.
Just then, Henry glared at Jasper and seemed to have understood the intention behind the latter’s gaze and expression.
“Follow my lead!”
While confused and suspicious, Henry decided to follow Jasper’s lead out of his trust for the latter.
“Fine, then I’ll tum myself in.” Henry pouted.
“It’s just a small issue. It’s not like they can execute me by shooting over this.”
“They won’t. It’s stated in our national law that turning yourself in is a mitigating factor. Suspects will be charged leniently,” Jasper replied calmly.
Prince’s smile slowly fell at the duo’s cooperative performance.
He narrowed his eyes and Jasper and Henry, suddenly feeling that his plan was not going as smoothly as planned.
Jasper’s next words then had Prince’s heart skipping a beat
“But this is a huge problem and there’s no way we’d be able to hide it. How about this, Henry, do you want to call your dad or should I? We should at least tell the elders about the situation.”
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If anyone was curious about what risking everything for victory entailed. Then this was it.
Once Jasper realized that the current situation was difficult to solve, he made the riskiest as well as the most correct choice…
“You want to blow this situation out of proportion, right?”
“Then I’ll blow it up with you. We’ll make as big a deal as possible out of this situation.”
“I’d like to see who gets pushed past their limits first.”
Jasper planned to escalate the importance of this situation beyond a point Prince was willing to accept.
“A murder charge, right?”
“Sure.”
‘Then I’ll have Henry turn himself in. ‘And pull the entire Law family into play.’
‘I’d like to see how long you can hold on, Prince Chavez.’
Jasper’s biggest support in all this was his belief that Henry had nothing to do with this murder. By then, as long as the entire Law family was involved, the truth would naturally be revealed as well.
No matter how arrogant Prince was, the man would not be able to endure the pressure of the entire Law family. However, all of this was based on the most important condition that Henry had nothing to do with the victim’s death.
As expected, Prince was stunned.
He did not expect this at all.
‘Instead of thinking about how to compromise with me and exchange benefits or how to get Henry to surrender to me, Jasper decided to turn Henry in directly! How could people like this exist?’
“Are you sure? The situation would be beyond what you can control once you really turned yourself in, haha,” Prince mustered up the courage to say.
Both Jasper and Henry took in his behavior. They could tell that Prince was afraid.
“It’s alright. A life for a life, right?” Henry chuckled, his eyes gleaming with fury and something cold.
“Weren’t you the one who kept telling me to pay the price? Sure. I’ll pay the price and turn myself in.”
“Thought before that, I’m going to have to tell my dad and my grandfather first. After all, I am the Law family’s only son.”
“By then, the Law family will definitely do everything to investigate the truth behind all this.”
“I’ll tell you now, Prince, that my family’s temper isn’t the best.”
“You better run to your dad and ask him to come up with a plan fast if my family finds out that there’s something off. Too slow and my family might just crush you straight away.”
Prince bit the inside of his cheek silently at Henry’s words. He stared at Jasper and said grimly, “Are you really going to blow this incident beyond what can be resolved?!”
Jasper chuckled and sat on the sofa. He crossed his legs and said, “You’re the one who brought this up, crown prince.
You’re the one who wanted Henry and me to pay the price. So why am I suddenly blowing this ‘beyond what can be resolved’ now?”
“Or perhaps you thought that you could keep Henry compliant under your control here? Is that right?”
Prince barked out an angry laugh at Jasper’s words.
“Fine, then. Go turn yourselves in. I have conclusive evidence and the truth, yet here you are threatening me instead. So what if you’re the Law family? You think you can overpower and control the Chavez family?”
“This is the mainlands, not Harbor City. No matter how powerful the Law family is, they’re still not invincible!”
Henry had always been the most powerful trust-fund child.
This incident had caught him off guard and Henry was extremely pissed about this. Hearing Prince’s claim now, he did not think any further and pulled out his phone angrily.
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“Fine, then. The Law family may not be invincible, but getting rid of your Chavez family is child’s play! Come on, then. Whoever surrenders first is a f*cking idiot!”
Henry then dialed the number.
Prince narrowed his eyes and stared as Henry made the call. It would be a lie if he said he was unafraid. He was well aware of what he did.
This had been a setup ever since the beginning but the situation would be extremely difficult to control once the Law family was enraged and the higher-up’s power came into play.
His methods were meant to pressure and make Henry surrender. The goal of this was just to take revenge. This did not mean he had the courage to cause a huge war between the Law and the Chavez family.
‘Since this incident involves murder, there’s no way the Law family would let Henry go to prison. So they’ll definitely investigate and find out the truth. By then, they’d know that this was a setup too!’
Prince felt lightheaded at the thought.
The incident had gotten out of his control ever since Jasper arrived and this infuriated Prince.
Prince turned his head to stare at Jasper only to see the same calm and small smile on the man ever since the beginning. As if he was not afraid to blow the incident out of proportion.
Prince gave it some thought before he scoffed and told Jasper, “Don’t blame me for what happens when this gets out of hand, Jasper.”
Jasper glanced at Prince and said calmly, “With your level of intellect, you wouldn’t be able to come up with such a plan. Meaning you have someone planning for you. Let me think, Fabian Atticus?”
Prince’s limbs felt numb when he heard Jasper.
‘What kind of monster was Jasper? How could he see through the truth with one sentence?’
Still, Prince could not admit it.
“Cut your bullsh*t. As if I’d need others’ help to get rid of you!”
Jasper smiled and replied, “You’d know best if you needed external help.”
“Henry, do you know the victim’s identity?”
Henry stopped dialing and nodded. “I do, the son of a coal company’s owner. His family’s pretty wealthy.”
“Contact the victim’s family too. You’ve got to say something since their son’s dead.”
Henry frowned slightly. “Do I have to? There’s nothing for me to say anyway, I wasn’t the one who killed his son.”
“I’ll just tell my dad directly then I’ll go and tell the authorities next. I’m sure they’ll investigate the truth.”
Prince felt a vein on his head throb, and said, “It’d be good to tell the victim’s family too. That way the situation won’t go beyond what cannot be salvaged.”
Jasper chuckled too and replied, “Is this crown prince showing rare kindness?”
Prince clenched his jaw and balled his fists. He really wanted to punch Jasper across the face.
Prince’s gaze flickered between something bright and dark as he said, “It’s one of my friends that died. I’m just speaking for his sake.”
After he finished talking, a loud commotion sounded outside the door and a group of people rushed into the private room noisily.
The one leading was a middle-aged man, and from the clamor, Jasper came to know who the man was. It was Timothy Burke, the victim’s father.
Once entering the doors, Timothy glared with bloodshot eyes at everyone in the private room. He roared, “Who’s Henry Law?”
“I’d risk my life today as long as it means I’ll take revenge for my dead son!”
Even Prince was stunned to see Timothy and the latter’s group of men.
Evidently, the appearance of the Burke family was beyond what he and Conrad had expected.
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In truth, Jasper had been watching Prince’s expression and reactions since Timothy entered the room. From Prince’s reaction, Jasper had some gained valuable information.
Prince did not expect Timothy’s appearance. In fact, Prince was extremely shocked.
Just as Jasper thought about how the situation would change with Timothy’s appearance, Henry spoke up.
“I am…”
While Timothy was overcome with utter rage and resentment, Henry was completely unafraid.
As far as he was concerned, there was no reason for him to be afraid when he did not kill Timothy’s son.
Timothy immediately glared at Henry when the latter replied.
“Henry!”
Timothy clenched his jaw, his voice sounded extremely pitiful.
“My son’s been spending time with you people all this while. Even if he was ignorant and accidentally offended you, then couldn’t you just have scolded him? The Law family is powerful and wealthy, we can’t afford to offend you.”
“But you shouldn’t have killed him! I’ll make you pay with your life for this!”
Henry frowned and replied patiently, “I know that you’re very angry, but you have to listen to my explanation. This has nothing to do with me.”
“Nothing to do with you?!” Timothy smiled in extreme anger.
“My son is now a cold body lying in the morgue. You think a mere ‘nothing to do with you’ will let you get out of this unscathed? You’re going too far!”
Timothy shouted. The group of people he brought over seemed to be well prepared and each of them had a cold look in their eyes as they each pulled out a machete from their waists.
From the way things looked, it seemed like these people would do anything to take Henry’s life today. There was no going back once that happened.
Julian’s gaze was serious and he looked ready to move anytime.
Just then, Jasper walked out.
“Mr. Burke, there really is a misunderstanding.”
Jasper’s tone was calm. “Just think about it, everyone knows that it’s big trouble to be involved in a murder. Not to mention the murder of someone from the Burke family. What deep hatred must Henry have toward your son to kill him without regard?”
“Even if he’s got some irreconcilable hatred with your son, there’s no need for him to kill your son himself and leave evidence behind, right?”
“He could’ve just found some random people to kill your son in secret. There’s no promise that he would get away, but at least he wouldn’t leave such obvious evidence, correct?”
“More importantly, even if Henry had killed your son, there’s no way he would wait for you to come after him here. It’s not logical.”
Jasper’s words were sensible, but Timothy was driven by the pain of losing his child and he did not care.
“I don’t care who you are but get lost right now. I don’t need to hear your explanation all I want right now is to make Henry pay for killing my son!”
Timothy had just finished speaking when the dozen or so men immediately surrounded them with gleaming blades in hand.
Just then, Prince took two quiet steps backward and narrowed his eyes as he watched the scene unfold.
Regardless of why Timothy appeared here, Prince could tell that Timothy’ s appearance had helped to break the impasse Jasper caused. This was something good for him.
Once Jasper realized that a conflict could not be avoided, he no longer hesitated.
“Jul, disarm them.”
Julian immediately carried out Jasper’s instruction. While there were more than a dozen people and they were all evidently fighters from their fierce faces, these people were no match for Julian.
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Knives gleamed and people shouted. It had only taken Julian a few moves before the man held four to five machetes in each hand and tossed them onto the ground. The machetes hit the ground with a clang.
Of the dozen or so men, those who were smarter still stood while those who fought back against Julian were now lying on the ground.
Timothy was stunned.
He had never seen someone as powerful as Julian.
Seeing that Timothy had calmed down, Jasper asked calmly, “Can you listen to me now, Mr. Burke?”
Timothy’s gaze turned cold and his chest still heaved in anger.
“I won’t say much, Mr. Burke. But give me one day. I promise I’ll bring you the true murderer.”
Jasper’s words finally got a reaction out of Timothy. Timothy stared at Jasper and said, “The murderer is Henry. What more is there to say?”
Jasper shook his head and replied, “I understand that you’ve lost your son and you’re going through a lot of pain right now, Mr. Burke, that’s why I’m going so far to explain it to you. I also don’t want to watch you being used to carry out someone’s dirty work. But if you’re adamant about Henry being your son’s murderer, then I won’t waste time explaining so much with you either.”
Timothy clenched his jaw and replied, “Alright. Then I’ll give you one day. I’ll look for you again this time tomorrow and ifyou can’t fulfill your end of the deal, then it’s as I said before. I don’t care how powerful the Law family is, but I will risk my life if it means I make Henry pay!”
With that, Timothy then turned and left with his people in tow.
Once Timothy left, Jasper immediately turned to look at Prince and asked indifferently, “Are you ready, Your Highness?”
“What?” Prince was stunned.
“For a full-out war with the Law family and my JW,” Jasper replied coldly.
Prince reacted as if he heard a huge joke.
“Who do you think you are? You think you can attack me without preparing? Do you have a death wish or something?”
Jasper smiled faintly and turned to Henry. “Call your dad and tell him.”
Henry did not hesitate and dialed the number.
While Prince continued to sneer at Jasper.
The corner of Jasper’s lips curled upward slightly and he said, “You’ve really been used this time, Your Highness. It’s a hefty price you’re going to have to pay.”
Jasper then called Jake who was far away in Harbor City.
“Gather the funds and prepare to attack Clear Seas.”
Jasper then hung up the phone. Soon later, Henry passed his phone to Jasper.
Zachary wanted to talk to Jasper.
Looking at Prince’s darkening expression, Jasper took the phone.
“Uncle Law,” Jasper greeted.
“What happened?”
Zachary’s tone was extremely stern on the other end of the line.
“Basically Henry’s been framed and it involves murder. There’s no way we’re leaving this be when Clear Seas is coming for Henry’s life.”
Prince felt his head throb at Jasper’s words.
“Will you attack or should I?” Zachary asked.
Jasper glanced at Prince and replied to Zachary calmly, “I plan to attack Clear Seas.”
“Alright.”
Zachary paused for a bit before he continued, “I’ll leave Henry’s safety to you, then. Call me if the situation gets worse, the Law family will do everything to protect Henry.”
Jasper nodded and replied, “Leave it to me, Uncle Law.”
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Jasper was unsurprised by Zachary’s reaction.
Even he was certain that Henry did not kill anyone, let alone someone in the Law family.
As parents, they would know their own child’s character best.
It was also expected that the Law family would do everything to protect Henry.
Not to mention that the situation had not even been investigated yet. With how the Law family were, there was no way they would just stand and watch as Henry was put behind bars.
Prince, who watched and heard Jasper’s conversation with the Law family, was in a horrid mood right now. He did not expect Jasper and Zachary to be so headstrong and willing to start a huge war with the entirety of Clear Seas over this.
Prince stared at Jasper, the corner of his lips twitching, and said resentfully, “And you’re so confident that you’ll win, Jasper? Clear Seas is much more powerful than you could ever imagine!”
“I know.”
Jasper replied immediately.
As one of the earliest and biggest privately-owned capitals, there was no doubt that Clear Seas was extremely strong in terms of their capital or any other aspects.
“But so what?”
Jasper looked at Prince and said coldly.
“Timothy is nothing more than just another weapon against me. The moment you decided to join in was when you became a mere weapon too. Don’t you get it?”
“I might not be some wealthy or renowned family, but I have my limits. You can pick a fight with me but I will not allow you to use the people around me as a bargaining chip to threaten me. Or else, what’s the point of me making so much money and establishing so many companies?!”
“If you’re so willing to be someone else’s pawn, then I’ll just eat you and move on. So what if it’s Clear Seas I’m dealing with? So what if it’s Fabian Atticus?”
“I don’t care who you are, but cross my boundaries and I will do everything I can to get rid of you!”
Prince’s expression soured further at Jasper’s words.
While Henry now looked at Jasper with excitement.
“Holy sh*t. Hell yeah! Assert dominance!” Henry cheered.
No matter what would happen to Henry in the future, the man was extremely grateful that there was still someone choosing to stand with him unwaveringly at this moment.
At this moment, Jasper seemed to be glowing brightly through Henry’s eyes. Henry truly believed… ‘It sure is great to have a sister.
‘Without a great sister, how would I have a great brother-in-law like Jasper?’
“Stop acting so arrogant, Jasper!”
Frantic, Prince glared at Jasper furiously. Fundamentally, Prince and Henry were the same kinds of people.
They were both sons of wealthy families, both arrogant trust-fund children. The only difference was that Prince was more selfish and was willing to do anything just to achieve his goal, while Henry had boundaries and this made the latter much more sophisticated.
However, Prince was naturally fearless and he had never surrendered to anyone before.
The scene was supposed to be much in his favor, yet Jasper had still managed to easily turn the tables and force him into a corner. Furious and indignant, Prince let go of all his inhibitions.
“You think that just because you have a few bucks and the Law family’s support you’d be able to get rid of Clear Seas? Do you know why Clear Seas is the chain of business it is?”
“Clear Seas Industrial is backed by extremely strong capital stemmed from its group. No one in the country can claim that they’re strong enough to oppress Clear Seas! Let alone you!”
Prince roared wretchedly and resentfully while pointing at Jasper.
“Don’t blame me when you’re the one with a death wish! Worse come to worst I’ll just go back and tell my dad. Nothing will happen to me, but you’re screwed if you dare to fight against Clear Seas yourself! Haha! Do you even know how futile that is? You’ve overestimated yourself!”
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Prince was not baselessly arrogant.
Since Clear Seas was indeed one of the strongest within the country’s capitalists.
However, right after Prince arrogantly shouted, a young man suddenly rushed into the room.
“Something bad happened, crown prince. The share prices of the three major stocks under your name, Sandxibit Technologies, Soaring Dragon Telecommunications, and Purple Seas Pharmaceuticals have plummeted across the board!”
“The contracts in the two funding organizations you host are also suddenly faced with the one-sided termination of contracts by many partners. The Securities Regulatory Commission is requesting an explanation from us.”
“If this continues, the Securities Regulatory Commission will likely revoke our funding organization’s financial practice license and we’ll be facing a lot of trouble now.”
The series of news had Prince stunned, the man’s arrogance and prideful expressions still frozen on his face.
He turned his head harshly and stared fiercely at the person who ran into the room. Prince asked in an icy tone, “What happened?”
The man replied sorrowfully, “I don’t know. Everything happened so suddenly and the company’s in a mess. The worst part, the worst part is that…”
“Tell me!” Prince raged.
“The worst part is that the headquarters seems to be aware of it already. They called just now and asked us to explain the situation to them. Your Highness, it’s possible, it’s possible that the old master already knows about this. There’s no way we can hide it from them at this point”
As if to prove the young man’s words, Prince’s phone rang at the same time.
Prince glanced at the caller ID and the corner of his eyes twitched, but the man still immediately accepted the call.
A gentle voice sounded on the other end of the line. “Mr. Chavez, the old master would like me to ask if you’ve gotten into trouble.”
Prince let out a sigh of relief and forced a smile to reply, “It’s alright, Uncle Fleming. It’s just a small issue, I can deal with it myself.”
Uncle Fleming on the other end replied kindly, “That’s good, then. The old master has been busy signing a partnership with Great Britain’s nationally owned energy group lately. He does not have the time to take care of business within the country.”
“It would be best if you do not add to the old master troubles at such a time, young master.”
“I understand,” Prince took a deep breath and replied.
“You’re welcome to look for me if there are any further issues, young master. But if there’s nothing more, please hang up the phone first.”
Prince ended the call and stared at Jasper with resentment and shock.
“What a powerful man you are, Jasper! It’s only been a few minutes and you’ve already started attacking?” Prince narrowed his eyes slightly.
There were countless companies that Clear Seas had invested in or was the holding company of. However, the core strength of this group lies in Clear Seas Industrial.
Be it the subsidiary properties held by Clear Seas or Clear Seas Industrial itself, they were not easy to attack. The former was too spread out and easily triggered, while the latter was just too powerful.
That was why Jasper texted Jake to directly attack the properties under Prince’s name.
It was highly effective.
However, a call from Jasper was not enough to have Jake cause the termination of contracts in Prince’s funding organizations.
This was evidently the Law family’s handiwork.
“This is only the beginning.”
Prince was enraged when he heard Jasper.
“Fine! Don’t blame me when you’re the one with a fcking death Wish, Jasper! I’ll take on your fight today, let’s see who dies first! Fck you!”
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A dull thud sounded in the room.
That was the sound of Henry kicking Prince in the stomach.
These past few hours had Henry going crazy with all the bottled up fury.
He had always been the one framing others, not the one being set up.
With this incident of being set up involving such a sensitive subject, Prince was truly trying to get rid of Henry for good.
Henry had no option but to suppress his anger before since the situation was murky and not in his favor.
However, now that both parties were clearly going into war and Henry had Jasper and his family supporting him, he no longer held back his distaste for Prince.
“Fck you! You motherfcking b*tstard! I’ve had enough with you already!”
Henry ran after him to kick Prince a few more times.
“You really think I’m something you can mold and control as you wish? What the f*ck?”
Henry looked down at Prince from above and his eyes gleamed with the desire to devour Prince alive.
Henry pointed at Prince who was yelping pitifully and shouted, “Watch your words, stupid. Or I’ll kill your entire family!”
This was the second time Prince was getting beaten up by Henry and the resentment on the former’s face almost seeped out of it.
Still, no matter how much he hated Henry, Prince had no other option but to swallow his fury.
This was because he could not beat Henry in a fight, and a fighter like Julian was also present.
Lying on the ground, Prince’s fingers scraped the carpet beneath him and clenched his fists tightly.
He slowly climbed up from the ground and wiped the blood off the corner of his mouth. Then he glared at Henry and Jasper.
“I’d like to see how much longer you two can act proud!”
Then, Prince left the private room with a limp.
Henry was furious and was about to run after Prince to continue beating him up, only for Jasper to help him back.
“Let him go. He’s not the most important person in this fight anymore.”
Henry frowned when he heard Jasper. “This f*cker’s full of bad news. He won’t just let this go if we let him run free.”
Jasper replied with a smile, “We’re already fighting to the death. Unless you plan to kill me right here and now?”
Henry waved Jasper off.
Beating Prince up to vent his anger was something insignificant.
Yet to kill Prince right here would escalate the situation into something extremely huge. No matter how powerful the Law family was, Henry would not be able to walk out of this unscathed if that happened.
Henry was a trust-fund child, but he was not stupid.
Two parties of substantial strengths and statuses would not engage in battle lightly. However, once engaged, it would certainly be a huge war. Fistfights between the two parties were no more than an outlet to vent.
“The most important thing now is to deal with your murder charge.”
Jasper glanced at Julian as he spoke.
“I’m going to need you to do the legwork, Jul.”
Naturally, Julian had no qualms and he replied solemnly, “What do I need to do?”
Jasper gave it some thought before pulled out a check from his breast pocket and filled it in. Handing it to Julian, Jasper said, “Take this money and go look for a few trustworthy people to follow you from the company. First things first, find everyone involved in the incident this morning.”
“Be it through threats or bribes, find leads.”
“Then go to the morgue in the hospital and look for the doctor or coroner that identified the victim.”
“There’s no way someone would die from getting slapped twice, so find out his true cause of death. This has to be investigated thoroughly because only with this truth will Henry be cleared of suspicion.”
Julian nodded and replied, “I’ll get to it immediately. But Jasper, if we can come up with this, they should have made preparations too, right?”
Jasper replied calmly, “The timing’s too hasty. There’s no way their planning is flawless.”
“Worse come to worst we’ll just do another autopsy. A living person can be bribed and threatened, but the dead doesn’t lie. As long as the body’s still there, there’ll be evidence.”