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My Dreamy Old Husband Chapter 1141

After saying that, Sophia did not wait for Lucy’s response. She quickly picked up her bag and hurriedly rushed outside. It seemed as if Lucy was determined to tie her fate to Sandra’s. Still, it was to be expected. When it came down to it, she was Jordan’s daughter. The Yard Family belonged to Jordan now, so it was natural for her to help the Yard Family. Sophia initially had no intention of confronting the Yard Family, but they were taking things too far! Don’t blame me for this!

After Sophia left, Lucy got up to leave too. When she walked to the door of the bar, someone was already there to pick her up.

“You’re here!” When she saw that person, she smiled as brightly as a shy, young maiden that had just fallen in love. Her gaze was tender—it was a tenderness no man had ever seen before…

On the other hand, Sandra began expanding her business and the targeted market after receiving the money. She intended to compete against Sophia and persistently acted as Sophia’s business rival. Since Pourl was thriving recently, it became one of her main targets. Thus, King started recruiting personnel and worked with the Ronney Group to aggressively take down Sophia’s Pourl. Once that was done, she planned to target Sophia’s other businesses, including Cooper’s company, Mitchell International Energy and Technology. However, Mitchell International Energy and Technology was engaged in the clean energy industry—it was a unique business. Neither the Mitchell Group nor the Yard Group was involved in that business. So, it wasn’t easy to bring it down.

Plum Technology was also one of the businesses under Sophia. It was a listed company operating on a large scale. After Sandra assessed her own abilities, she decided to go for an easier target for now. Thus, she decided to target Pourl, which was smaller in scale. Still, Pourl was no longer what it was in the past. It wasn’t just involved in the niche pet luxury goods business; it had also created a name for itself across the world. Moreover, it had built up a stable customer base and a strong brand reputation in Bayside City’s luxury goods industry.

If the Yard Family’s luxury brands wanted to enter the Cethosian luxury goods industry, they had to first surpass Pourl. Therefore, Sandra was racking her brains and thinking about ways to bring down Pourl. Unfortunately, she discovered that it was not as easy as it had been back then. Even if she had the money, she wasn’t sure where to start. All aspects of Pourl were unimaginably comprehensive—there was no room for Sandra to take advantage. Hence, she could only continuously ‘poach’ their staff.

At the same time, she continued to come up with various mandates for the departments under her. She also stipulated how many tasks needed to be completed within the specified time. Those that couldn’t complete them on time were dismissed immediately. Consequently, everybody working in King was disgruntled over her mandates. Even so, the lucrative salary Sandra was offering was too attractive to turn down. Moreover, the Ronney Group sent over many designers and marketing talents—so much so that it could be considered one of the businesses under the Ronney Group. As a result, it attracted many talents within the luxury goods industry to the company in a short time. With the support of the Ronney Group, the business would not remain stagnant even if it wanted to.

“Billy, I brought you in to give me results! I didn’t bring you here to laze about! Look at this! I handed the reins of so many talented marketing personnel and designers to you, yet what did you give me in return?!” Sandra viciously threw the latest sales record documents in Billy’s face.

On the other hand, Billy did not dare to refute her words. As the director of King, he held the highest authority when Sandra wasn’t around. Therefore, he answered directly to her. After the scandal, he was forced to lay low for a year or two. Now that he finally returned to the design industry, he wanted to produce some results too. Sandra had placed the talents sent over by the Ronney Group under his command, and he had passionately thrown himself into his career. In particular, he wanted to defeat Pourl and Ivan. However… the results of his efforts were a far cry from his expectations. Therefore, he didn’t dare to say a word despite being dressed down by her.

Sandra was so furious that she paced about the office while ripping into Billy. How am I supposed to bring down Cooper if I can’t even take down Pourl?! “I’m giving you a month. I want to see results by then! If I don’t see satisfactory results within a month, I will make sure you won’t be able to take another step into the design industry again. I don’t care whether you are part of the Edwards Family or the Mitchell Family! Even Lucy will not be able to protect you!”

Billy nodded reluctantly before walking out of the office. Outside the office, he felt cold sweat dripping down his back. Sandra’s temperament was becoming more and more tyrannical by the day—so much so that he was starting to regret taking this position. I shouldn’t have been greedy for the salary Sandra offered me back then. The salary was truly attractive. He would not be able to find something similar anywhere else in the world. Due to that, King managed to gather a large number of talents within a short period. Even so, they still couldn’t beat Pourl.

Inside the office, Billy scolded the designers and marketing personnel under him. After he finished shouting at them and sent them away, he became extremely distraught. Why?! King has such a strong team, abundant funds, and a powerful backer! We even poached so many of Pourl’s core members! Why are we still no match for Pourl?! He worried about it throughout the night until his eyes became bloodshot. Then, a name floated into his head—Ivan Snowden. That’s right! Pourl has Ivan! He’s the one who taught me all about designing! Even if he didn’t want to admit it, he knew in his heart that Ivan’s talent in designing was leagues better than his. All my designing abilities were taught to me by Ivan. I’m nothing in front of him. Even the designs that made me famous back then were stolen from Ivan! Pourl is so amazing because it has Ivan! Pourl is nothing without Ivan!

Suddenly, a crazy idea formed in Billy’s head. This plan had been implemented once, a long time ago. However, it failed. I’m going to make Ivan vanish off the surface of the earth! Now that he was backed into a corner, this desperate idea began to take over his rationality!

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It was Friday. As usual, Sophia gave the company a holiday and invited some friends over to her house to celebrate. The pre-sales performance of Pourl’s new product featured in its autumn/winter collection had achieved a new record. Pourl was now firmly established as the number one pet luxury goods brand in Cethos. Moreover, it was starting to emerge in the entire luxury goods industry as a dark horse. Even if the Ronney Group was entering the market, they were no longer afraid.

Ivan had been invited to the party too. He was one of the oldest members of Pourl. He wasn’t just the head of design, but he was a shareholder in the company. Besides, he played a huge role in the success Pourl was enjoying today.

Right now, he was a completely different man compared to the man Sophia had first brought back. He managed to conquer his past and move forward. His hair was kept neat and short; he shaved his beard. He finally had a rather handsome appearance again. Moreover, he had a wife and a kid that was already two years old. He also adopted a black dog from Sophia to raise. Nowadays, he not only designed pet luxury goods but he also designed jewelry.

After petting all the cats in Sophia’s house, he leisurely left for home after dinner. The place he lived in was located in a relatively remote area. He liked the quiet and enjoyed the one-hour commute to and from work every day. It gave him enough time to unwind while he was driving. Avoiding the evening rush hour, he drove along the quiet highway. Not many cars were on the road by this time. Listening to the music, he thought about the cats at Sophia’s house and his two-year-old angel at home. He was in a good mood. When he entered the inner ring expressway, the number of cars on the road became even fewer. However, he failed to notice that two motorbikes were gradually approaching him…

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Smash! An object shattered the car window as it came in. Just then, Ivan thought he could smell a pungent odor—it was the smell of gas! At the same time, he saw two motorcycles closing in on him on either side and happened to spot two cigarette lighters through the rearview mirror. Sadly, it was too late. The lighters flew in, and his entire car was set on fire in an instant.

Oh no!

Ivan felt the scorching heat on his back as he was being enveloped in the fire. Not too far away, those motorcycles were still following behind him.

He was too afraid to stop the car because the four people on the motorcycles were clearly going to come for him, and he was unable to outrun them. Meanwhile, the flames were getting bigger. He had to get out of the car soon as it could explode at any moment.

There were no other cars or people in the area. Whether he stopped the car or not, it was a dead-end for him. He did not know who was trying to kill him, but he could not die!

Inside his bag was an autograph from Taylor that his little angel at home had begged him for. He still had not given it to her yet. His wife and child were still waiting for him! I can’t die!

With that immense desire to live, he was unwilling to die just like that, but reality left him without a choice. There was a small river at the side of the road. Stepping on the gas pedal, he ran right through the railing and left his car dangling at the edge of the cliff. Once his car came to a stop, he quickly unfastened his seatbelt and opened the car door. With a leap, he threw himself into the river. Behind him, a loud explosion went off—the car had blown up!

The sound of gunshots followed the explosion, stirring up the neighboring residents and garnering much fear. A number of them were calling the police on their phones to report the incident.

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For some reason, Michael felt uneasy all day. He did not sleep well at night and even had a nightmare. Sitting up in bed, he looked behind him to find his wife and daughter sleeping soundly. He had a premonition, but he did not know what the problem was.

Suddenly, a call from Gary came. “Sir! Ivan is in trouble!”

That was when he realized what was the source of his uneasiness. Something had happened to Ivan! Michael changed out of his clothes and left right away.

The next day, Sophia went to see Ivan at the hospital and got to know the whole story. After he jumped into the water to save himself, he stayed hidden in the darkness of the night and washed up on the riverbank further down. Even after the jump, his Dragon Eye still functioned normally. He called 911 desperately and was rescued. Fortunately, his hands were spared. If his heavily insured hands had suffered damages, the design community would lose a major talent.

Once Sophia knew that he was safe, and his hands were intact, she felt relieved but also angry. She started to investigate the person behind this immediately.

At the mention of this person, Ivan scoffed. “It’s definitely him! Billy Kim! A few days ago, King called me personally to ask me to work for them, but I refused. Then, Billy called later and threatened to break my hands!”

Sophia was doubtful. “Are you sure?”

Ivan nodded firmly. “I’m positive.”

He and Billy were long-time enemies. The apprentice whom he had personally taught was not just ungrateful. When a problem arose in Ivan’s family, Billy took the chance to use Ivan’s designs and ideas as his own, even winning many awards with his works.

At the Edwards’ annual meeting one year, Billy even schemed against Ivan. Later, the two had many confrontations in their line of work.

Especially during the two years that Sophia was missing, Billy became even more outrageous with the financial backing from Sandra. He desperately tried to get rid of all the people at Pourl and used various unjust ways to ruin Pourl’s business. Ivan was not skilled at running a business. That was also the time when Plum Technology was growing the fastest, and several big names had their eyes on the company. Ivan was holding up Pourl all by himself when he suffered a crushing defeat to Billy.

Fortunately, after Sophia returned, she was able to salvage Pourl and force King out of the pet luxury goods industry. Billy was also exposed for plagiarizing a dog’s face. That had unexpectedly resurfaced again recently.

When this happened to Ivan, Billy was also the first person that came to Sophia’s mind.

Even if it was not Billy himself who did it, it was definitely the people from King. Since King obtained capital from the Ronney Group, they had set aside the highest amount to poach people. They were being especially aggressive, even causing a great stir in the luxury goods industry in Bayside City.

A number of people also resigned from Pourl, and most of them ended up working at King. It was a losing battle as King offered a generous paycheck that made it difficult for most people to refuse. But who would have thought that they were willing to physically harm someone as well?

After finding out that it was Billy, Sophia was enraged but also somewhat delighted. Just when she was looking for something to use against Sandra, an opportunity had come right to her.

During this time, King had been acting very aggressively. They stood on their abundant capital to suppress those in the same industry. Unfortunately, Pourl bore the brunt of it all. All this while, Sophia had been collecting evidence and loopholes in order to ruin their name, but with Ronney Group’s funding, it was not going to be easy unless there was a huge flaw.

Billy’s attempt to kill Ivan was that flaw. Sophia did not expect Billy to make such a careless mistake. How daring! In that case, he should have the guts to own up to it too.

At this moment, the power of being on home ground became evident.

“Sofie, I got someone to look into it. The underworld in Bayside City did not receive such a task.” Sarah quickly rushed in to tell Sophia.

The Winston Family was in charge of the underworld. As of today, many groups were still operating in the underworld—local groups, out-of-state groups, and even some foreign ones. It was a complicated network of power, but they were all inferior to the Winston Family.

The difficulty and risk were too high for Billy to have done this himself. Letting his own people do the work would have exposed them too easily as well. Hence, their best option was to hire some people from the underworld to do it.

But currently, none of the mobs admitted to it. The case even made it on the news and became the biggest security issue in Bayside City this season. The police force was also on high alert, and the pressure was placed on Harry to find the culprit. Harry had been feeling troubled, but after searching around, he confirmed that none of the people in the underworld had done it.

If it was not them, could it be Billy’s own people? Sophia did not think it was possible. Billy could not have been that foolish. But after some investigation, they found that it was indeed his own people!

Even though Billy was considered a young master in the Edwards Group, he did not have a lot of people around him that he could order around. Following the clues, they quickly identified the person responsible and waited for the right time to make their move. Sophia wanted to seek justice for Ivan and use this to bring King down!

Meanwhile, at the Edwards Residence, Billy was now terrified after finding out that Ivan survived. Ivan must know by now that I’m the one behind it and is going to follow the clues that will lead to me. He could already imagine Ivan coming to his door with the police. I don’t want to go to prison!

Quickly making his way home, he went to Lucy for advice.

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Lucy was shocked to hear that Billy had done such a thing.

“I can’t believe you did that during this critical time, Bill! What were you thinking?”

The strife between Pourl and King was getting very messy and disoriented. Both Sophia and Sandra were practically looking at each other through a magnifying glass in order to find and exploit any flaws that the other might have, but Billy had just handed it to them on a silver platter now.

Callum and Cade have really succeeded in choosing a group of useless brats for their brothers!

Sophia was certainly going to use this to bring King down and ensure that King vanished from the fashion world in Bayside City for good. Neither the Mitchell Family nor the Yard Family could save them!

Billy was also filled with regret. Kneeling in front of Lucy, he wept and begged, “Lucy, you have to help me. We’re family. You can’t forsake me!”

Lucy took a sip of tea, and a glimmer of light flashed across her eyes.

She had no intention of getting in the middle of Sandra and Sophia’s fight.

This time, however, she did not have a choice as Jordan would force her to take action even if she did not want to.

After staying silent for a moment, she said, “Turn yourself in before the police get to you.”

Billy was stunned. She wants me to turn myself in?

As if she hadn’t seen the shock in his eyes, she continued, “Once you’ve turned yourself in, take responsibility for everything. Emphasize that you did it in the spur of the moment because of a personal grudge. Tell them that you felt immense regret after doing it. You haven’t acquired citizenship yet, and it was attempted murder. If you behave well, you’ll be released with a bit of money. I’ll send you abroad for a few years, and things will die down after that.”

That was the best solution she could think of. It protected both Billy and King.

She figured that Sophia had probably already discovered something. After all, Sophia had Michael behind her while Michael had the Winston Family. The Winston Family was in charge of the underworld. How could they be unaware of something that happened in Bayside City? Since it was already noon, and the incident took place last night, they would have gotten the gist of things by now.

In spite of that, they were not doing anything.

That meant that Sophia was waiting for a chance.

Lucy emphasized, “Go right now. You have to hurry. The sooner, the better. You just have to confess to everything once you’re in there, and remember to put on your best behavior. I’ll find a capable lawyer, so getting you out won’t be a problem.”

Billy stepped out of the Edwards Residence, but he looked back one more time with spite.

She wants me to turn myself in? Huh! She clearly has a way to shield me from this, but she’s not willing to do it! She even wants me to go abroad to lay low?

He had already spent a year overseas in hiding which was the same as being dead for a year. He did not want to leave Bayside City. He had put in his utmost effort to set up his business here. How could he leave now?

Since Lucy was unwilling to help him, he decided to go to Sandra. King still needs me! Sandra will protect me!

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At the Mitchell Group, when Sandra found out that Bill had failed to finish off Ivan, she was so infuriated that she kicked him a couple of times. “All you do is create more problems! You couldn’t even handle this small matter?”

He cried, “I didn’t think he would survive. Miss Mitchell, you have to help me. Lucy is adamant about abandoning me. You’re the only one I can count on now! King can’t go on without me!”

He was grasping onto her leg as he sobbed.

Sandra was furious. This moron can’t even kill one person. How useless!

Sophia was going to find out his whereabouts in no time.

But, he was the chief designer at King. They could not do without him!

Sandra was pacing around the room anxiously with a gloomy expression on her face.

“What did Lucy say?” she asked suddenly.

Billy ranted, “She wants me to turn myself in. Isn’t that sending me to my death?”

Telling me to turn myself in is just absurd!

Once Billy was exposed, King would be exposed too!

When the time came, the power of public opinion would certainly affect both King and Sandra’s reputations. Sophia was going to take advantage and make a big issue out of it.

It took a minute for Sandra to make her decision. She stared straight at Billy and asked, “Where are the people you sent out to do the job?”

Wiping his tears, he answered, “I already arranged to send them on the earliest flight out of the country. They should be on their way to the airport now.”

She said decisively, “At this point, the best thing to do is to silence them for good. Only a dead person can keep a secret!”

Billy was startled, but he still accepted it.

As long as those few people were dead, all the blame could be placed on them. The dead could not bear witness. He would be able to free himself!

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In the early morning, an unassuming Santana was on the highway heading toward the airport. Inside the car, there were four men of foreign nationalities with blank expressions on their faces. They were all blonde.

The Santana was going at full speed; it was almost flying in a straight line on the empty highway.

A while later, a pop went off and the car started to jolt. The man who was driving felt it and cursed, “Sh*t!”

They burst a tire!

The driver tried to stabilize the car, then brought it to the side of the road. When he went down to look, he saw that the front tire had burst. The four of them got out of the car to retrieve the spare tire and car jack from the trunk, and quickly changed the tire.

Just then, in the darkness of the night, a Jeep pulled over silently and stopped right next to them.

The guy who was fixing the tire looked back. He found a gun poking out of the window and aimed right between his eyebrows.

Bang!

Once he fell to the ground, a trickle of blood flowed out from between his eyebrows. The other three people were dumbfounded. They quickly tried to run for cover, but it was too late. Consecutive gunshots were heard and two more people fell. The last guy managed to hide behind the car where he also hurriedly pulled out his gun to counter their attack.

Four to five people in black came out of the Jeep. Each of them carried a gun. Splitting themselves up, they surrounded the guy and made it impossible for him to escape.

The guy was cursing on the inside, knowing that he had been betrayed.

Only Billy knew their location!

He wants to shut us up! Very well. When the day comes, I’m going to kill him with my own hands!

The foreigner had his gun out and was ready to attack when all of a sudden, police sirens closed in on them from a distance. A big police force came out of nowhere and surrounded the place in an instant with several roadblocks set up and countless guns pointed in their direction.

“We are the Cethos Police. Please put down your weapons and raise your hands above your heads if you want to seek clemency.”

When the last remaining foreigner saw the police, he couldn’t be more relieved. He immediately tossed his gun aside and lifted his hands. The other people in black were startled. They turned around swiftly to get back into their car and drove off, running through the roadblocks to escape.

Several police cars began chasing after them. The sound of police sirens filled the night.

Because they were armed, it put the special forces team on high alert. Finally, the police were able to take down all of them with four dead and one sustaining light injuries.

Joel personally came to investigate the situation.

When he heard about everything, anger rose up within him and made the veins on his head pop.

When Sophia looked for him to report the incident, he still could not believe that someone would do something so atrocious on his land. How dare they cause a ruckus in Bayside City? I don’t care who the Yard Family or the Mitchell Family is. They better not fall into my hands!

 

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Early in the morning, King company headquarters had begun business operations. Since King partnered with the Ronney Group, their office was also located inside the Ronney Group’s headquarters in Cethos. The previously well-known L/K and Ido were also running their businesses there.

As soon as they started their work day, however, a swarm of police arrived downstairs and surrounded the entire building. They sealed off the scene and stopped anyone from entering or leaving while a group of police officers rushed in.

Sandra had gone to work early that day and was not expecting to see so many police officers.

No, don’t tell me… This can’t be!

Everything was done seamlessly. They could not have gotten exposed!

The twins were not at the Yard Group today, so Sandra hurried to the lobby to greet the police. Billy also rushed out to observe the situation.

When they got to the lobby, they did not expect to see Sophia with a group of police officers coming onto them aggressively. The police also had a young foreigner in their hands. It was one of the hitmen Billy had sent out to kill Ivan.

The moment Sophia saw Billy and Sandra, she yelled, “It’s him, Mr. Policeman! He’s Billy, the one who hired the hitmen!”

The foreigner also became worked up when he saw Billy.

The last surviving person in black from last night would not open his mouth in spite of everything. He kept insisting that it was done out of a personal grudge. But, the person standing in front of them now was the mastermind behind everything.

Since none of them were free from guilt, the foreigner planned to drag Billy down with him and force Billy to tell them the truth about the attempted murder.

Billy was scared out of his wits when he caught sight of the guy. Once the police spotted him, they took him away in handcuffs in front of everyone.

In an instant, the police cleared off and left without a trace. Flustered, Sandra quickly followed after them.

“Idiot,” Sophia cursed from behind her.

Turning around, Sandra glared at Sophia, who had her hands crossed in front of her chest.

Sandra did not think that she would get caught this time.

Still, she kept her nose in the air. “Sophia, do you think you can take me down by targeting Billy? In your dreams!”

She was the one who hired those people.

She was not as foolish as Billy to use her own people.

Those people were part of a foreign killer gang. They charged a high price and were very tight-lipped. Even if they got caught, they would not expose their clients and would rather have their people go to prison.

Moreover, they were of foreign nationality. If things went wrong, it would lead to an international dispute.

The Bayside City Police would not dare to touch them either.

Nonetheless, it was a losing battle for Billy this time.

What’s the big deal with losing Billy? We still have millions of other Billys!

Sandra stormed off. Sophia couldn’t help but chuckle as she watched her from behind.

Back at the Edwards Residence, Lucy had just received news on the matter.

Billy… That idiot!

At this point, it was certain that he hired those hitmen. It was not going to be easy to get him out now, and Lucy did not want to either.

No, there’s still a way to get him out. But, those two gangs were very daring to draw out their guns on Bayside City’s airport highway. Were they eager to get themselves killed?

A standoff that involved firearms was often seen overseas, but in Bayside City, it would cause a major security issue; one that was enough to garner the attention of the higher ups.

Apparently, Joel was personally handling this matter.

How interesting…

All of a sudden, it dawned on Lucy that they had still fallen into Sophia’s trap.

She had kept watch on them in the dark all this time and waited for their reaction.

If Billy had listened to Lucy and turned himself in voluntarily, it would not have been as easy for Sophia to send him to prison.

But that idiot still had the guts to kill off those hitmen to shut them up! Trying to free himself from this is out of the question now. Sophia must still have more cards under the table. She is definitely not going to stop here.

As expected, the moment Billy was arrested, the internet started to fill with short video clips of the day Ivan’s car exploded, and the killing on the airport highway. Those two events were enough to instill fear in the citizens of Bayside City and lead to countless complaints being poured into the police station.

The official news was also broadcasted very quickly. The revelation that the chief designer of King, Billy Kim, hired hitmen over a dispute in his line of work spread like wildfire.

The person behind the scenes controlling public opinion was very capable. At every mention, they did not fail to include ‘the chief designer of King’ behind Billy’s name, and ‘the chief designer of Pourl’ behind Ivan’s name. The wording roughly implied that King wanted to kill the chief designer of Pourl.

It was no longer a simple personal grudge, but an underhanded and unjustified industry dispute.

Out of nowhere, someone brought up the time when the Ronney Group first came into Cethos, and how the head of Ido was changed immediately. The head of the L/K branch in Cethos, Kenny, happened to get into a car accident and was still missing to this day.

Thinking of these events was very disturbing.

This year, many of the heads of fashion brands or designers in Bayside City had either been killed or had to step down for some reason. Was it a coincidence?

Or, was there someone behind all of it? To contain those in the same industry, they were willing to murder their opponent’s designers.

The public and the fashion industry were all looking at the giant Ronney Group.

Everything started when they barged into Cethos!

However, there was no evidence. People were only speculating and having anonymous discussions about it online.

Because the Ronney Group was too powerful, it would not be good to cross them.

At the height of it all, another big issue surfaced. The previous head of L/K, Kenny, who was nearly declared dead after he went missing in the accident, suddenly came back alive. He even personally went to the police to report that Henry and Ryan Yard of Ronney Group were the ones who tried to murder him!

Undoubtedly, that caused a great stir in the fashion industry.

The Yard Family had attacked him!

A victim had spoken up. Because public opinion already had time to brew, everyone automatically tied the cases involving harm inflicted on designers, including Ivan’s case, to the Ronney Group.

The Ronney Group wanted to establish themselves in Cethos. The local fashion brands in Cethos were unstable to start with and were on guard all the time. Now, word had gone out that the Ronney Group tried to murder the chief designer of their competitor!

At once, everyone in the fashion industry in Bayside City became nervous. Every big designer of local street wear kept looking over their shoulder for fear that they would be next.

Terror seized both the fashion industry and the public.

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In front of a police station in Bayside City, Sophia, as the head of Pourl, accompanied Ivan and Kenny to give their statements. They were very cooperative with the investigation.

But, Billy continued to deny that he hired those hitmen, and even brought a lawyer to reverse the verdict. He also pulled out his foreign citizenship and requested diplomatic immunity.

At the same time, there was even less proof of Kenny’s accusation against the Yard Family. The Yards also had a capable team of lawyers which made his accusation against Henry and Ryan useless.

All in all, things were not going very well.

Ivan was exceptionally furious when he met Billy at the police station, but there was no other alternative.

They pressed him all day but got nothing out of him.

As Sophia comforted Ivan, she came out to find Sandra waiting for her.

Sandra was very proud of herself.

“Sophia, did you waste your time again?”

She watched Sophia running in there constantly, and leaving empty handed each time.

Such a stupid woman for daring to go against the Yard Family!

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A sports car was parked next to Sandra, and the two brothers were sitting inside.

“Hey, doll. Do you want to play a game with us? It’s a sandwich game. You’re welcome to join anytime!”

Henry whistled softly at Sophia, but she did not even spare them a glance.

They were still too immature.

One of them thought he could live off the title of world champion for the rest of his life while the other thought he could do as he pleased because he was part of the Yard Family.

With a turn, Sophia went straight into her car. On the other hand, Kenny was burning with indignation.

He almost lost his life.

Because Callum and Cade were the ones who promoted him, and Callum had appointed him as the main representative in Cethos, the first thing that Henry and Ryan did when they took over was to get rid of all of Henry’s people, which included Kenny.

Kenny had built the foundations of L/K in Cethos from the ground up and was unwilling to simply hand everything over. Little did he know, though, that he would get into an accident right after he refused them.

Henry even took a step further by threatening and harassing his family. Fortunately, Stanley heard about it and immediately moved his family somewhere else before anything could have happened!

Henry still seemed relentless. Getting down from the car, he leered at Sophia. “I heard that a designer of yours almost died. Tsk. Tsk. That’s unfortunate.”

Ignoring him, she said to the driver, “Let’s go.”

With that, her car quickly left the area.

Then, Sandra also left along with the Yards.

Sandra was beyond pleased to see how defeated Sophia looked this time.

She had not expected things to go that well.

It’s so nice to have the sturdy Yard Family behind my back.

In all sectors of Bayside City, whether it was the underworld, the police, the military, the government, or the business world, people had to give them the upper hand.

It was said that the Yard Family nearly caused Cethos to perish one year. Over the years, the power of one family made it difficult for Cethos to advance forward on the international platform.

Since having the Yards behind her back, she became invincible, not just in Bayside City, but in all of Cethos!

Inside Sophia’s car, Michael was currently reading the news beside her.

Pictures of the killing that took place on the airport highway were plastered all over the internet.

Ivan and Kenny’s assault and the killings that took place on the airport highway were not just confined to the fashion industry. They also stirred up the general public, easily gaining the attention of the higher authorities in Cethos.

This was Cethos’ capital after all!

Cethos was a country that banned guns and drugs. In terms of security, they ranked in the top ten in the world. If they caught anyone who dealt with drugs and illegal firearms, they would execute those people by shooting without hesitation. The underworld controlled by the Winston Family of Bayside City also acted under the control of higher authorities.

The person at the top tacitly consented to the existence of the underworld, but he did not allow them to meddle in the lives of citizens or create fear in the city. Most of the time, they tied up loose ends that the police were unable to.

All these years, the Winston Family had worked conscientiously in the underworld of Bayside City, which was essentially Cethos’ underworld. People still had to sleep with their doors locked at night, but with the combined efforts of those on both sides of the law, heinous crimes rarely happened in the city. The last time a major incident had happened was when Quinton held Mark hostage.

It was hard to believe that someone actually had the audacity to firearms and injure others repeatedly in the capital of Cethos, leading to a security issue and instilling terror. It was a silent declaration of war, not just against Bayside City, but against the entire nation.

The higher authorities were enraged.

The Yard Family had an intricate relationship with Cethos. Their capital gave them the means to become a tyrant in the world. In the past, they had tried to suppress Cethos several times by stopping them from joining the United Nations and World Trade Organization. They even banned Cethosian athletes from participating in the Universal Games.

In economy and politics, Cethos and the Yards locked horns with each other numerous times before. But, following Cethos’ power and the rise of economic globalization, the Yards and Cethos slowly began working with each other. Cethos also allowed one or two of the Ronney Group’s brands to enter the country’s market. It was only when Anna personally went to Cethos that the prolonged enmity was put to an end.

The relationship between the two parties was always a sensitive one. Undoubtedly, the higher authorities in Cethos were infuriated by the mess that the fool from the Yard Family had created.

They had no control over the Ronney Group’s actions overseas, but they were in Cethos now! This was the only place where the Yards would not dare to act out!

Nonetheless, Anna had just donated a substantial amount of cultural artifacts and even participated in a focus interview. With the attention that she had gained, Cethos could not mess with the Ronney Group that easily either.

They were not allowed to take official measures, but Michael was already instructed by higher authorities to allow civil forces to attack the Ronney Group.

The government could not control commercial competition, but they still gave their tacit consent.

After Michael finished looking through all the information from various outlets, he laughed and looked over at Sophia.

She might have looked adorable on the outside, but there was a darkness inside of her.

Not only did she have her father’s finesse, but she also had her mother’s malignancy.

This time, it seemed like she was set on kicking the Yard Family out of Cethos.

Sophia and Michael returned home together. After making the fruitless trip to the police station and rushing home, they had gotten a sip of water to drink and were feeling famished, so they went out to look for something to eat.

The Ronney Group did, indeed, prove themselves. They had hired globally known lawyers who were well-versed with the law and who applied it wherever they could in this case. Since Billy and the Yard twins were of foreign nationality, there was surely a way for them to escape. Calvin Fields, the lawyer Michael hired, was completely beaten.

Nonetheless, Calvin was not to blame. Sophia now understood why the protagonists in Hollywood blockbusters always told the antagonists to pray that they can find a better lawyer.

With a good lawyer, they could even get away with murder.

As long as they had money, like the capitalistic Yard Family did, they had the license to kill.

As long as they had money, they could control the country’s economic lifeline. Not to mention, the only currency being used nationwide came from the private bank that they founded.

Apart from currency, the electricity, public transport, and others in many countries were all run by private companies. It was no wonder capitalists were so aggressive overseas.

While Cooper was in Africa, a number of presidents were at his mercy because he had control over the mines, electricity, munitions, medicine, and other livelihood resources. Several of the main roads were financially sponsored by the Michel Group. Because they were private property, he could have decided to close off the roads and play golf if he was not happy. In turn, that would cause chaos in the whole country.

Cooper was equivalent to an uncrowned king in Africa since he owned all the mines and resources there, but he did carry out the work that the king of a nation was responsible for—building roads and cities and maintaining public order. He even provided a few docile countries with the latest special vaccines for free.

No matter how great he was overseas, however, he still had to lay low in Cethos. He did his best to form amicable relationships with anyone he met, paid his taxes on time without making any careless mistakes, and never delayed in his disaster relief funds. He was so well-behaved that it was unlike him. Aside from having a hundred-year-old godfather still watching over him, he also understood that every country had its own conditions and laws—even an underdog could win on home ground.

The use of marijuana was legal in some countries, but in Cethos, the penalty for drug trafficking was death. In some countries, munitions were being sold at vendors, but such a blatant move would also result in death in Cethos. Overseas, money was issued by private enterprises, but in Cethos that was not allowed.

In some countries, the rich controlled everything and were the rulers, but that was also met with death in Cethos.

But, it seemed like the Yard Family still did not understand that yet.

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Most of the wealthy people in Cethos had migrated out of the country. The rich had no say in official matters as rights were placed above capital, but in some foreign countries, capital was placed above rights. Naturally, the rich knew where paradise was.

Anna, Callum, and Cade had a firm understanding, but the two newbies did not seem to have grasped the idea yet. Thinking that they were above everyone else, they caused trouble as soon as they arrived. Even though Sophia had a part to play in blowing up the issue, and they were not fully responsible for it, all the blame would still be put on the Yard Family.

Suffering a loss to capitalism, Sophia had another fruitless day and was starving by the end of it. After grabbing something to eat, she looked at the time and saw that it was almost time for Carmen to come home from kindergarten.

Michael had the kitchen staff prepare salamander today to help Sophia replenish her energy.

Meanwhile, Sophia quickly sent someone to the Harper Residence to bring their pig home and clean it up before Carmen returned.

Raising a child was a struggle. Every time Michael brought Carmen to film ‘Where Are We Going, Dad?’, she insisted on bringing a memento home, and it was usually a living creature. They were about to run out of space at home.

The last time they went up northeast, they brought several Siberian roe deers back to raise at their farm outside of the city.

These days, Carmen had even been begging Michael to bring back the water buffalo from the farm to raise at home.

Sitting there, he felt the hairs stand on the back of his neck as he watched a rooster in diapers walk across his magnificent golden living room. Suddenly, Sophia cried out, “Oh no! Our pig is gone!”

Michael almost wanted to clap with joy, but he still put on a concerned face and asked, “How did it go missing? Did you forget to lock the door before leaving the place?”

The pig was kept at the house that the Harper Family used to live in. They sent the pig there every morning and brought it back every night. Someone would go there to clean the place every day. No one was stationed there permanently, but the door was always kept locked.

To their dismay, when they went to pick the pig up today, they found that the door had been pried open, and the pig was gone.

Cooper frowned. “How did it just disappear?”

It was just wrong for someone to steal a pig in broad daylight!

Sophia was in a panic. When Carmen doesn’t see the pig later, she is going to be devastated.

Even after Carmen got home, however, they were unable to find the pig. Looking at the surveillance footage, they found that someone had pried open the door and abducted the pig in a car, but the car had vanished.

Because it was just a pig, Sophia did not take great steps to search for it. She thought it was a bit much to start a search party for a missing pig, and that it was better for them to just lay low.

Nonetheless, Carmen began crying when she realized that the pig was gone, and Sophia had to spend quite some time consoling her.

By nighttime, Carmen had stopped crying. Sophia was now famished and began gobbling down all the food on the table.

At the same time, Michael was holding Carmen in his arms as he fed her. The loss of her beloved pig put her in a depressed mood today. While she ate, she looked sad and anguished with tear stains still on her cheeks.

In the end, the case of the missing pig came to naught.

They discussed all night, but still had no clues to pick up from. The pig was still missing.

However, the next day, Sophia received an unexpected video call from Callum.

“Hi, Sophia!” He greeted her in the video call. The background showed that he was in the Yard Family’s garden. Cade also appeared in the frame and was seen petting a pig.

The pig was clothed extravagantly and had a presumptuous look on its face—even the diaper it was wearing was golden. It was currently playing with Anna’s cat, the cat that had its own shares in the Ronney Group.

It was Carmen’s pig!

“You… really stole my pig!”

Sophia was so angry that the veins in her head were popping out.

Callum was carried away by his own success. With a bright grin, he said, “That’s right. I stole your pig! I even sent a private plane out just to bring the pig here. Are you mad? Come and beat me up then! Hahaha!”

Cade added, “Sophia, don’t you think you’ve been raising your pig too poorly? Look. I even put Pourl’s jewelry on it and it looks so good!”

Oink!

The Yard Family was filthy rich and also had a cat for the pig to play with. Surely, it was not going to leave their place now.

On the other side of the video call, Sophia was about to burst.

How bold of them to steal my pig right under my nose!

“Return the pig to me!” She stamped her foot.

Petting the pig on the head, Callum provoked, “Return it to you? Stop joking around, Sophia. We took a big risk stealing this pig. We can’t give it back!”

Sophia was boiling with rage.

Callum and Cade were trying to infuriate her.

They wanted to use her as a marksman to attack their two younger brothers!

She took a deep breath. “You will pay for the consequences of your actions one day. I’m going to kick your whole family out of Cethos!”

Callum put a hand on his chest and pulled his brows together. “Oh, I’m so scared. Aren’t you scared, Cade? Sophia wants to kick us out of Cethos! Haha!”

Cade was grinning and was even more brazen. “We’ve taken over all the markets in the world. Losing the Cethosian market won’t affect us! What is Cethos in comparison to the whole world?”

Callum added, “Keep an eye on your pets, Sophia. I might send someone to steal them again!”

Sophia hung up the call out of anger.

The pig was a small matter, but their provocation was apparent.

The Yard Family really went too far in pushing people.

But, it seemed like she was able to gather some clues from their conversation—to destroy their younger brothers, they were willing to lose the big Cethosian market!

It looks like they have a rather big grudge against their brothers.

They were not up to any big schemes. They only wanted to steal some irrelevant animals to provoke Sophia.

Callum continued to send pictures to her every day to flaunt the lavish lifestyle the pig had at the Yard Residence.

Even though Sophia was boiling with rage, there was nothing she could do. Moreover, she had to become a marksman for them to destroy their younger brothers who were threatening their share of the inheritance.

Once Michael knew about Callum and Cade’s infuriating actions, he urged, “We have to keep a close eye on the livestock at the farm and the pets at home to stop the Yards from stealing from us again!”

It was not just an animal-theft issue now; their pride was also at stake.

Even though Michael kept watch and increased manpower, many of the livestock that Carmen had at the farm was stolen—the cows, sheep, deer, and most importantly, the water buffalo. Sophia had promised a heartbroken Carmen that they would bring the water buffalo home and raise it in the fountain to make her happy. She did not think that it would get stolen right after the promise was made.

The workers at the farm called to inform them. They had never seen someone steal such a big draft animal before.

“They came in a helicopter to steal the animal! Goodness! They made such a big scene just to steal a buffalo!”

When Carmen heard about it, she was upset for several days.

Sophia was so exasperated that she did not have an appetite for a while.

The Yards are too atrocious!

“Just wait until I catch those twins. I will strangle them to death!”

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Sophia spat those harsh words out.

Sooner or later, she was going to catch each of the four Yard brothers and make them pay!

At the side, Linus and Cooper had grown quiet as they looked at Michael who was trying to comfort Carmen in his arms.

Michael also looked back at them.

The three pairs of eyes met but none of them spoke up.

They felt like Sophia was spoiling Carmen. The mother and daughter practically brought home anything they found outside to raise.

Cats and dogs were one thing. They also put up with alpacas, lions, pigs, and chickens. But now, the two even wanted to raise a buffalo! A water buffalo!

They wanted to say no to them each time but could not bear to do it when they were so lovable.

Perhaps it was a good thing that the animals got stolen.

Suddenly, they felt grateful toward the Yard Family.

Cooper still thought that it was a bit unusual. He had a feeling that the Yard Family might not have been behind all of it. Nevertheless, stealing a buffalo in a helicopter was only something that the wealthy and extravagant Yard Family could do.

It was possible that this was an inside job.

In the current situation, though, the theft seemed like a good thing.

Cooper did not want to wake up the next day to find a giant water buffalo in their garden fountain.

If that were to happen, he would also find a pair of sheep on the balcony a few days after that, and an alpaca on the overhead roof in the days to come.

Callum still dropped in to provoke Sophia every now and then. Meanwhile, the pig looked like it was living a life of nobility, traveling around in sports cars and airplanes. It even had the chance, every day, to play with the noble cat that owned 1% of the Ronney Group’s stocks. The pig was living a very content life.

Callum even threatened to steal the chicken and alpaca.

When Michael found out, he was delighted for several days. But, even after the excitement wore off, the Yards still had not come to steal the chicken.

Pfft. That coward. He’s too scared to steal a chicken! Such a liar!

To get back at the Yard Family for stealing her pig, Sophia invested in opening the biggest seafood market next to the ancestral hall that the Yards had chosen. Just two days after their opening, the fishy smell spread across the vicinity and ended up lowering the prices of nearby houses by a few percent. People were also pinching their noses as they walked by.

The Yard Family’s ancestor plaques were also enveloped by the fishy smell.

Shortly after, Professor Hill, a professor from Bayside University’s history department who specifically did research on modern history, published a thesis that stunned other historians. Professor Hill uncovered the actions of the Yard Family when foreign allied forces invaded Cethos a hundred years ago. It caused a great stir among other historians. Domestically, many history professors came together and appealed to include the truth about this historical event in mandatory education and textbooks.

Apart from the community of historians, this also brought a great shock to the general public.

Who would have thought that the Yard Family had done something like that before?

Sophia was able to honor her word in making the Yard Family a test question in history textbooks.

She managed to tarnish the Yards’ eighteen generations of honor.

At the mention of the Yard Family now, there was only a stench to their name; one with a blend of fishy odors!

Michael kept feeling that Sophia’s tactics were no different from Callum and Cade’s.

When Sophia helped Sandra replace Natasha back then, and even locked Natasha up, the public kept replaying Sandra’s life as a noble lady after replacing Natasha. It was torture to Natasha and it eventually drove her to commit suicide.

Presently, Callum had stolen Sophia’s pig and was sending her pictures to show off whenever he pleased, making her almost explode with anger.

Thus, she tarnished eighteen generations of honor in the Yard Family.

After all, they did come from the same mother.

But, Michael still prayed that Callum would take his next step soon—like stealing one of their chickens!

The alpaca can wait, but Carmen is about to introduce a mate to that big rooster. If he doesn’t come and steal it now, it will be too late!

At the Yard Residence in Ronney City, Callum was keeping a close eye and intended on provoking Sophia. But, it did not seem like he had to intervene anymore because she was already ready to tear his younger brothers to pieces to avenge their pig.

After Callum stole the pig, he still wanted to steal a chicken and mess with the dogs just to aggravate her further. To his surprise, the pig was enough to get her riled up. A series of actions had already taken place on her end.

The Yard Family’s reputation in Cethos had been ruined.

It seemed like that was Sophia’s retaliation from being provoked.

Without approval from the relevant department, however, who would dare to do such a thing?

It showed that Cethos had already started to deal with the Yard Family. But, of course, the people in charge did not have to do it themselves; they just had to pay someone behind closed doors to take action.

Tarnishing the Yard Family’s name was the first step. It laid the foundation for a more precise follow-up attack.

Nevertheless, Callum did not panic. Let them deal with us if they want to. For the time being, he had given up on the market in Cethos.

But, his two younger brothers who had offended the locals would not have it easy!

In fact, it was so much fun to watch.

He did not care about the stench at the ancestral hall anymore. Once his two younger brothers were gone, Anna would show up to help them. As long as the Yard Family was sincere, lucrative, well-behaved, and showed their generosity through the donation of cultural artifacts, Cethos would still be willing to accept them back.

After Sophia ruined their name, she continued to take more action.

First off, she disclosed the agreement with Kenny and purchased several local fashion luxury brands in Bayside City all at once. Then, she reorganized and upgraded the current Pourl, and founded the JNS Group. She appointed Kenny as the art director while publicly signing over a group of employees that used to work at the Yard Group.

Furthermore, she took the lead in building the luxury goods industry in Bayside City with the government by uniting local luxury brands, the High Fashion Association, the Jewelry Association, and other officials. She wanted to revive the Bayside Fashion Week that had been neglected for years and create a Cethosian fashion week where they would announce and promote their local fashion goods to the world.

It looked like she wanted to consolidate the overall strength of Cethos’ local fashion industry and have a face-off with the Ronney Group.

Would she succeed?

As Callum petted the pig, he watched Sophia carry out her big plans. That’s impressive. I hope she doesn’t get too disappointed!

Both Sandra and the younger Yard twins also saw through Sophia’s actions.

“She wants to compete with the Yard Family in fashion. Sophia, you’re overestimating yourself!”

Sandra could not contain her laughter after hearing the news.

Henry and Ryan also thought that Sophia was only indulging in her own imaginations.

The fashion week was not a simple matter. It was an event that everyone knew about. There were four major classic fashion weeks in the world that were impossible to topple. One of which was the Ronney Fashion Week. It was a grand occasion in the global fashion industry. It ranked at the top of the four fashion weeks and bore down on the other three fashion weeks.

Bayside Fashion Week?

It had never been heard of before.

Just the idea of buying Cethos’ luxury goods sounded so unsophisticated.

Moreover, the supposed Bayside Fashion Week was very old. Some unrefined ‘luxury goods’ business owners had created a knock-off of the Ronney Fashion Week. It was terrible. They were unable to hire even a single big name from the fashion industry. Even those that were invited refused to attend as it was humiliating.

 

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After the first year, it was so unrefined that they could not continue because of complaints from people. Then, they rushed through to complete the second one before they stopped altogether.

Sophia was only someone that sold dog collars and yet she dared to host a fashion week; it was an embarrassment.

“Since they want to outdo us at the fashion week, let’s just wait and see!” Henry laughed.

Shortly after, the Ronney Group announced that the world-renowned Ronney Fashion Week fall/winter exhibition would be held in Cethos next year.

Bayside Fashion Week, hosted by JNS Group, was going to take place in February next year. Their fashion week was also going to happen in the same month!

The announcement that Ronney Fashion Week was going to take place in Cethos shook the global fashion industry. It was the first time in a hundred years that the Ronney Fashion Week was going to happen outside of Ronney City!

It seemed like the Ronney Group had their eyes on the Cethosian market and were set on taking over it.

After all, it was a country that took up one-fifth of the world’s population. Who wouldn’t covet it?

The news of the Ronney Fashion Group taking place in Cethos buried news of the Bayside Fashion Week in an instant. The latter did not stand a chance against the former.

A sense of fear grew in the Cethosian fashion industry.

Fashion was a hobby for the rich. Cethos overcame poverty less than three decades ago and had just begun developing its fashion industry and luxury goods. They started late and were slow to advance. Their fashion industry was still considered a newborn baby. How could they compare to the Ronney Group’s two-century-old fashion empire?

Wasn’t Bayside Fashion Week just asking to be made fun of?

They had been around for two centuries. While they were already in fashion, Cethos was still being bombarded by foreign countries. Innocent people were massacred, the people could never fill up their tummies, and it was hard to survive. Fashion was far from a priority!

Cooper was very doubtful.

“Darling, do you really want to participate in fashion week?”

Sophia was so deeply buried in work these days that he only ever saw her at the dinner table. When she returned home that day, he decided to ask her right away.

“Yes, Dad. Why?” she replied as she was stuffing food in her mouth.

Cooper frowned.

He was not opposed to it, but neither the Mitchell Family nor the Michel Family had the talent for fashion.

The Mitchells used to work as diplomats, then they ventured into electronics later on. On the other hand, the Michel Family worked in creating the latest technologies, munitions, medicine, as well as dabbled in the mining industry, but they had never done fashion before. They did produce a couple of luxury goods. Did the gold phone count?

If Sophia had chosen one of the fields that Cooper was familiar with, he could still help her out when she needed it, but fashion was not a field that Linus or Cooper was familiar with.

Not to mention, she was facing the Yard Family in their expertise. She was really overestimating her own strength!

Michael was also doubtful.

He had the resources for fashion, but even if he brought them over, would Sophia know what to do with them?

She had even set the scale this big. If she failed in surpassing the Ronney Group, wouldn’t she end up making a fool of herself?

Money was a minor issue. Her family had mineral deposits which were the source of their financial income. Once they used all their money, they simply had to dig out some more.

They were just worried that she would be depressed if she lost. If she was unhappy, then the whole family would be too.

She did not have to take it upon herself to bring them down as the Cethosian government was already going to destroy the Ronney Group, and so were Cooper and Linus. She could just focus on making her dog collars, playing with the pets, and raising her child.

Now that she formed the JNS Group and wanted to dabble in the fashion week, Michael was worried that she would be exhausted from it all.

But, Sophia did not want to remain idle. She swore to cook up something great with Kenny and did not care about being exhausted.

Michael was unable to stop her. Who gave her such a burning passion?

The only thing her family could do for her was provide money and power to support her.

Clink! In another small unknown bar at midnight, Sophia and Lucy brought their wine glasses together.

“You’re not going to join in anymore?”

Sophia took a sip of wine before slowly putting the glass back down. The fragrance of the martini still lingered in her mouth and gave out a sweet scent when she spoke.

She was asking Lucy out for a drink pretty often these days, and it was because she wanted to get Lucy to join her.

Lucy was not someone who liked being under someone else’s control, even if that someone was her father.

Therefore, Sophia had been actively trying to get her on board, but Lucy was even tougher than she had expected. If she had Lucy with her, she could also save herself a lot of trouble.

When she founded the JNS Group, she received a lot of valuable advice from Lucy.

Still, Lucy rejected her.

“No, I’ve been spreading myself too thin lately, so I won’t join you. You should do it yourself. I don’t know much about the fashion industry, but I do have some knowledge. I have invested in several brands before. If you need references, I can give them to you.”

Sophia was not surprised to hear a rejection from Lucy. Even though she did not know why Lucy was still so wary, she did not want to get into a fight with her.

After that, the two started talking about other things.

“The three brands I recommended to you last time are all well-known in Cethos. They have top-notch quality, good reputations, good backgrounds, and are capable. They all have the potential to enter the international market for luxury goods, but their weakness is in their packaging. Luxury goods need to be wrapped up. Some brands are just helpless when it comes to packaging. It all depends on you. I’m only giving you suggestions. Working in fashion not only requires a lot of money, but it also requires a sharp sense of fashion that is accumulated over time; it’s not something that can be gathered overnight.”

Sophia nodded. “I bought two of the three brands that you recommended last time. We’re in the process of discussing contracts.” She smiled. “I have money. My fashion sense may be lacking, but I have a talented individual in that department.”

At the mention of that individual, Lucy thought of Kenny right away. “Kenny is not bad. He has a business mindset and an extremely sharp fashion sense. A lot of brands under the Ronney Group wanted to enter Cethos, but only two shone through. One is L/K, the brand that Kenny single-handedly brought up, and the other is Ido.”

“I have the heads of both of those brands with me,” Sophia quickly added.

They smiled at each other briefly, then continued to talk about business.

Lucy also mentioned the Mitchell Family and Sandra.

“Taking down the Mitchell Family and Sandra won’t be easy. The Michel Group is an aggressive force. No one in the local electronics industry can beat them. There was no way Cethos would let a foreign-invested company monopolize the whole Cethosian electronics industry. When Cethos imposed restrictions on them, they inevitably had to support a local electronics enterprise. The Mitchell Family had the foundation that Cooper had built. It was a no-brainer. The higher authorities in Cethos won’t let the Mitchell Family fall from power anytime soon.”

Sophia nodded. She was already aware of all of this. The Mitchell Family was living off of Cooper’s past merits, but they still could not beat the Michel Group. The Michel Group could get rid of the Mitchell Family easily.

Nonetheless, they were in Cethos. The higher authorities would not let Michel Group overpower the Mitchell Family and the whole electronics industry. Thus, the Mitchell Family was still around to this day. The higher authorities gave them various subsidies and green lights in order to keep them competitive in the industry against the Michel Group.

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Sophia replied, “The Michel Group’s business in Cethos is already saturated and my brother isn’t going to expand it any further. This slows down the strike against the Mitchell Family. Since the country only wants to keep a company in the high-tech electronics industry to compete with the Michel Group, it doesn’t necessarily have to be the Mitchells. As long as it can compete with the Michels, anyone will do, like… Plum Technology.”

Lucy nodded in response.

Plum Technology started the company developing online games, so it had long since begun to involve itself in the high-tech electronics industry. It had also released a series of gaming computers and office computers, and owned a number of independent high-tech intellectual property rights. The market response toward their electronic products was good. The Mitchell Family had a lot of shares in the company, and that was why those talented in this field, who had left Alex’s company to join Cooper’s, were arranged to work in Plum Technology.

The Mitchells, including Sean, Vincent, and Derek, were all working for Plum Technology. The company even paid a lot of staff from Alex’s company to work for them, threatening Alex’s status one step at a time.

If the Mitchell Family was taken down, Plum Technology would act as a backup to support the high-tech electronic industry of Bayside City. By then, the existence of the Mitchells would be greatly threatened.

But, it really didn’t matter whether the Mitchell Family was taken down or not because the country was very much looking forward to Plum Technology taking over as the top local brand. This was the best opportunity for Plum Technology to take over the national market.

“You’ve made a good move. What about Sandra? How are you going to deal with her? After all, she’s the pride of Cethos; she created many world records in the past. No one has been able to break her records up till today,” said Lucy with concern.

Sophia had already thought about this problem.

“It’s true that Sandra is difficult to handle. I’ve tried a few times before, but the plans did not go well. She’s too famous in Cethos and has long become the face of the country. Even the relevant department doesn’t want her to be overthrown. So, we have to give the matter some more thought and discuss it later. If we fail this time, we might screw up the plan. But, I was the one who put her up to the place she’s sitting now, so I can also take her down.”

Sophia knew a lot about Sandra’s dark history.

However, the point was that Sandra had many achievements and had a good reputation. The records she set when she participated in the Universal Games as a swimmer had never been broken. She was the pride of Cethos. Although she was quite foolish, to take her down would be disgracing the face of Cethos, and the country would not allow them to do so.

No one should wash their dirty linen in public.

And that was why Lucy settled the issue with the dual contract without making a fuss.

She was not the only one who had lent a hand in settling the matter. It was naturally because someone else had given her the green light to do so in order to protect Sandra’s, the pride of Cethos, reputation.

Sophia retired from the discussion after it ended early in the morning. When she was out at the entrance of the pub, she was feeling tipsy. But, somehow, she saw a car parking in front of the entrance, and a familiar form was standing by the car smoking.

With a staggered pace, she walked toward the car.

When she came near the figure, she noticed that the person had a slender figure and they were wearing casual men’s clothes. The person had one of their hands in their pocket while the other was lighting a cigarette. The sky was still dark, but the person still wore sunglasses. Even so, the drunken Sophia could still recognize the person. “What the hell… Aren’t you the one from the Winston Family… Dana Winston? What are you doing here?”

Sophia was a little drunk and she couldn’t speak eloquently.

Stepping onto the cigarette, Dana threw Sophia a glance and said harshly, “What are you looking at? Have you never seen people pick up bodies in front of the pub?”

To pick up bodies in front of the pub was an argot that meant taking advantage of drunk girls who were leaving the pub.

“Ugh! How disgusting!”

Sophia was drunk to the point that she was flushing. Gemma helped her into the car and sent her back home.

Back at home, because Sophia had been out all night, Michael was sleepless the whole night. He was watching ‘My Fair Princess’ in the living room.

Cooper and Linus couldn’t fall asleep either.

Even Carmen, who had just lost her pig and buffalo, was restless. Sitting by the side, she was braiding the dog’s fur to relieve her boredom.

Feeling bored, Michael held Carmen high up in the air. As he looked at her, he said, “Tell me, Carmen. Your dad, your mother, and your grandpa are twins. How come there is only one of you?”

When Michael found out that there was only one child back when Sophia took her first ultrasound scan, he was disappointed for a few days.

Even now, he still couldn’t figure out why there was only one.

Pouting her lips, Carmen was annoyed. Due to the earlier trip she took to the northeast for the shoot of ‘Where Are We Going, Dad?’, she had picked up a mouthful of northeastern accent. “I’m your one and only precious little daughter. How can you despise me?”

Immediately, Michael denied, “I wouldn’t dare.”

Carrying Carmen upstairs, Michael put her to sleep. When he came down, Sophia had already come home. Her face was painted red from the alcohol and she was eating the noodles she had told the kitchen to prepare for her when she came home complaining that she was hungry.

Cooper and Linus were sitting on both sides, watching as she consumed the food.

They looked like they were intoxicated with satisfaction—as if watching Sophia eating noodles was way more interesting than watching a panda eating bamboo.

One was a siscon.

Another one was a daughter addict.

Disgusting! Psycho!

Joining them, Michael took a seat by the dining table and watched Sophia as she ate the noodles.

How pretty! Why does she look so good even when she’s eating noodles?

Oh! How I wish I was the noodles she’s eating right now.

Subconsciously, he also started looking at her with a mesmerizing gaze.

Seeing that Sophia had finished her meal, Linus handed her a cup of water and said gently, “Eat slowly. There’s more if this isn’t enough.”

Michael was annoyed looking at Linus’ behavior.

Linus’ business in Cethos was saturated. If he were to continue with the developments, the relevant department would start checking his fire control, taxes, and business license every now and then. Thus, Linus decided to stop expanding his business in the Cethos market. He should have returned to Africa as planned, but he had been hanging around in Bayside City and was unwilling to leave. Looking at the situation now, it seemed like he was ready to settle down here.

Not only did he not want to leave, but he was even residing in Villa No. 2. As long as it was Sophia’s mealtime, he would make sure to come over and visit her, and even have his meal with her.

Is he afraid of me treating Sophia poorly and not giving her a full meal?

Why is he coming over to watch her at every meal?

Michael had never seen such an arrogant brother-in-law before!

Cleaning her mouth, Sophia started reporting the results of her talk with Lucy excitedly.

After the talk, everyone fell into their own thoughts.

They really needed time to take down Sandra, the sports hero of Cethos…

However, they would not know if they could take her down until they actually tried.

The following day, Sophia went out and brought someone back.

The moment Cooper, who was feeding his rooster in the living room, saw the person she had brought home, something cold flashed before his eyes.

“Isn’t this Master Levine?”

The last time they met, Daniel was trying hard to fool Cooper to take Michael as his son-in-law. Even though Cooper was smart, it took him a while to realize that he had been fooled.

When Daniel saw Cooper, he smiled. Sophia was very excited as she said, “Dad, I’m going to ask Master Levine to change the Feng Shui of the Ronney Group! I’m not only going to strike them economically but also metaphysically! I’m turning the headquarters of the Ronney Group in Cethos into stigmatized property!”

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Knitting his brows, Cooper felt that things weren’t as simple as Sophia described.

Is she trying to get this demon Daniel Levine to curse the twins to death?

As Sophia continued talking, she was very excited.

“Master Levine was the one that suggested I build the seafood market next to the Yard Family’s ancestral hall. The Yards’ reputation is so bad right now and my next move is to kick them out from Cethos!”

Cooper was rendered speechless.

I’m afraid that you’ve been fooled, darling!

Shamelessly, Daniel laughed and said, “Still, Feng Shui is very important. Many people in Bayside City hire me to look for the best date for them to move into their new property. I’m quite proficient in this kind of thing.”

But, Cooper found it hard to believe Daniel’s words.

He still remembered the last time Daniel told him to open his household registry and wait for his son to fall from the sky.

Yet, all this while, his son was by his side. What nonsense was he saying when he said that his son would fall from the sky!

Daniel was simply conspiring with Michael to trick his daughter!

However, Cooper had to admit that Daniel was really good at fooling people. It was no wonder that he could become the head of the Levine Family. The Levines had mastered the art of bamboozling since the previous dynasty. Even their enormous family business was a product of the tricks they played. Cooper was also fooled by him last year.

He was indeed the first one who could fool Cooper to that extent.

And there was no way Daniel could hide the fact that he had fooled Alice into giving birth to a baby for him.

Indeed, he was a talented man.

But, how would these tactics be useful against the Yard Family?

After an afternoon of discussion with Sophia in the study, Daniel promised that as long as he was paid handsomely, he could make sure that the Yard Family would be ruined.

In the evening, Cooper tore open a tiny hole in the study’s door and he saw that they had started to draw up a contract.

They talked about the price Sophia would pay if Daniel could overthrow the Yard Family.

Cooper had never seen anyone sign a contract for a shady deal like that.

They were even talking about taxes and wanted to transfer funds via the company’s account.

After Daniel accepted the money from Sophia, he left.

A while later, Cooper was looking at Sophia as if he wanted to say something to her. He felt that she had been cheated. Although they had enough money for her to spend, they could not afford to be fooled by Daniel too!

But, because Sophia seemed very happy throughout dinner, Cooper couldn’t get himself to say anything to her.

After dinner, Sophia went up to Cooper. Mysteriously, she announced, “Dad, Carmen’s dad and I have big news to tell you!”

Cooper’s brows tensed up and loosened within seconds.

They have happy news?

Could it be that Carmen is going to have a younger sibling?

Both Cooper and Linus were thrilled!

Suddenly, Sophia let out a chuckle. “Haha! Michael and I got into graduate school at Bayside University!”

The smile on Cooper and Linus’s faces froze in unison.

When did Sophia take the graduate school entrance exams?

“You’re already so busy and you’re still trying to further your studies? Do you have the time?” Linus was very skeptical.

But, Sophia was very satisfied and content with herself. She said, “We have to make the time, don’t we? Michael and I will go to campus together and we can keep Nate company. Am I right, Nate?”

Nathan, who was still eating, grimaced.

He was enrolled into Bayside University when he was five and it had been almost ten years since then. Meanwhile, he had started working in Plum Technology and was already well-known as a genius of the campus. He even represented the university to participate in a number of basketball tournaments due to his impressive skills in the sport.

Carmen was petting the alpaca after finishing her dinner while Justin was holding his daughter as he fed her with a bottle of milk. However, Celine was shocked and she called out, “Graduate entrance exam?”

Since the last time Sophia was looked down on due to her educational background when she went to an interview for Carmen’s kindergarten, she realized that her bachelor’s degree alone did not cut it. The parents at the kindergarten were all graduate students, and even all of Sophia’s staff had at least a master’s degree.

So, she had spent the year studying and finally passed Bayside University’s graduate entrance exams.

“We’re both majoring in financial management!”

Knowing that she would become classmates with Michael soon, Sophia felt extremely happy.

But, Copper’s frown deepened.

Are the two of them trying to experience the youthfulness of university life that they had missed out on?

They are entering their thirties and forties! What youth is it that they are still trying to experience?

However, since this was still considered good news for Sophia, the family decided to celebrate it with some alcohol.

The news of Sophia getting into graduate school soon spread abroad. Even Callum had made a video call to ‘congratulate’ her.

“I heard that you’ve passed your graduate entrance exams. Congrats!”

Sophia stared at Callum, who was on the other side of the phone, viciously.

It looked like Callum was on a beach vacation because she could see chilled red wine, beach babes, and a pig in the background.

The pig was walking around in silver and gold, and there was even someone over there giving it a manicure!

Why would a pig need a manicure?

However, Callum seemed to have missed out on the vicious gaze Sophia was giving him, and said, “I heard that you are holding a fashion week in Bayside City. Sis, mind telling me where you found the courage to go head to head with the Ronney Group in fashion?”

Cade, who was in a pair of pink swim trunks, seemed to be ready to go underwater as he held the pig, who was done with the manicure. When he saw Sophia video-calling Callum, he raised his sunglasses and greeted her from afar, “Hey there, Sophia!”

With orchid fingers, Callum raised his chilled red wine and took a sip. Lying comfortably on the recliner, he said, “Sophia, what were you thinking when you decided to compete against my two little brothers in the fashion industry? Do you think that your Bayside Fashion Week will be able to rival Ronney Fashion Week? Our Yard Family has been in the luxury fashion industry for over two hundred years!”

There was no doubt that Callum had called to keep himself up with Sophia’s progress.

It seemed like Callum and Cade were eager for Sophia to take down their two little brothers as soon as possible.

Gloomily, Sophia answered, “Yeah. It seems like I’m incomparable to your brothers. I’m about to be overthrown by them! What do I do now? I’m so scared! If your brothers were to take over the Cethos market, they would be able to use that as a springboard to join the Ronney Group officially and compete with the two of you, right?”

“It’s okay. Your father and brother won’t let them do that to you,” chuckled Callum.

Sophia hung up the phone angrily.

What the hell is wrong with Callum? Is he trying to let my family deal with his two little brothers on their behalf?

Now that there was still time before she officially started graduate school, Sophia wanted to take down the Yard Family as soon as possible.

Soon, she took Daniel to a place near the Ronney Group.

Daniel was dressed in a priest’s robe, looking like a wise man. Under the lead of Sophia, he marched into the Ronney Group and gestured around the building while holding a compass.

In the president’s office located on the 32nd floor of the Ronney Group building, Henry had been notified that Sophia had brought over a man, who was dressed as a priest. Observing via binoculars, his brows knitted as he handed the binoculars back to Ryan.

“I know this man. He’s Daniel Levine, a fraudster who has been running rampant in the celebrity circle in Bayside City for years! He’s merely a joker!” said Sandra. She had been in the Ronney Group all this time preparing for the Ronney Fashion Week with the Yard brothers.

This was a global fashion event. After the grand ceremony, Ronney Group’s business in Cethos would be unstoppable. As soon as the Cethos market stabilized, the brothers would take the opportunity to join the Ronney Group with the reputation they established—to compete with their older brothers. By then, Sandra would be promoted to become the director of their branch in Cethos.

What a sight that would be!