NovelUpdateChapter158, The mockery in Evan's eyes deepened. "His epiphany is a little late, don't you think?" Luo Xiuyan shook his head wearily, a careless smile playing on his lips. "Late? If there really is a hell, when they reunite, the mother and son could tear him limb from limb and it wouldn't be enough." Evan: "Why wait for him? Give him a chance to repent?" Luo Xiuyan:"..."(My brother, you're as cold as ever.) They continued discussing the Crowe and Luo families, much of which was lost on me. The Luo family... I didn't know much about Yan City, or the Luos, other than they were the city's most prominent family. Mrs. Gu had surprising connections, and her cousin seemed to be a key figure in the Luo family... like an evil stepmother in a fairy tale. But if their cousin relationship was so strong, why hadn't she asked for help sooner? I hadn't forgotten Caffrey's groveling in the restaurant last week.
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"You might want to wait. If Mrs. Gu is really making this trip because of Crowe Group's current predicament, simply bringing her problems to the table might not buy her mountains of gold." "What could the Crowe family possibly offer her?" Luo Xiuyan scoffed.
"It depends on what she wants. If it doesn't strike a chord, Mrs. Gu's trip will have been for nothing. But if it does..." Evan's fingers trailed lightly across the tabletop,"...then you need to be wary." Luo Xiuyan's face grew serious.
Evan warned him again, "Something the Crowe family can't provide, paired with the Shaw family, might be just the ticket." "Aren't those two families at odds?" "That doesn't mean they can't collaborate for survival." "..." Luo Xiuyan frowned.
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A moment later, a frustrated smile returned to his lips. Leaning back in his chair, he sighed, "Being born into the Luo family is exhausting. I've had eight lifetimes of bad luck. I'm the one playing Battle Royale! This damn inheritance, whoever wants it, can have it. I don't want it!" Evan responded understandingly, "Yeah, your dream is to be a wild man in the Amazon, I know."
"..." Luo Xiuyan kicked his chair in amusement, "Damn! You've om remembered something I said at age six! You must be deeply in love with me!"
Hearing them start their playful banter, I turned my attention away. The Shaw and Gu families teaming up? 1 pursed my lips, popping a piece of cantaloupe into my mouth. < Chapter159.
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