Chapter 377 - No Excuses (1/2)

“Is it fun to try to a.s.sa.s.sinate me while the Golden Sons are in conflict?” asked Roland with a smile.

The muscles on John Junior’s face cramped. Staring at Roland, his eyes were bloodshot, and his body was shaking.

Eventually, he stood up furiously and threw the book in his hand to the desk with all his strength.

He panted heavily; the veins on his neck were bulging. He roared like a lion, his hair and his beard rising. “Roland, that’s outrageous! I’ve been at home every day. What do you want from me? You’re still blaming me when you’ve humiliated me like this? Are you not going to be satisfied until I’m dead?”

“I’ve never wanted you to die.” Roland smiled and said, “But it suddenly occured to me that it wouldn’t be bad if you were dead.”

John Junior’s hands were shaking and he was gnas.h.i.+ng his teeth.

His wrath and his frustration seemed to be overflowing.

Seeing how the man was enraged but too scared to do anything, Roland sneered and said, “Don’t take others for fools. You want to instigate conflict among the Golden Sons so that you’ll have a chance to rise again. But don’t forget that other people are no more stupid than you.”

“I never did that!” John Junior finally couldn’t hold back anymore and roared in exasperation.

“I can forgive you this time. You should feel lucky that it was not my family and friends that you set up.” Roland stood straight, and his eyes turned cold. “But if it ever happens again, you should know the consequences.”

“Heh!”

Roland sneered and left.

The door closed, and darkness was restored in the study.

Inside the room, the muscles on John Junior’s face kept s.h.i.+vering, which made it look twisted and hideous.

The anger and hate on his face were gradually replaced by helplessness.

In the end, he fell back on his chair in frustration, all his spirit gone.

When Roland left the castle, he saw that the mayor’s wife and his daughter were still having afternoon tea.

They stood up again the moment they saw Roland.

Roland walked to them and said with a smile, “Sorry for the disturbance.”

They were rather anxious to see Roland, but the mayor’s wife managed to offer an invitation. “Mr. Roland, would you like to have afternoon tea with us?”

“Thank you.” Roland declined. “But there’s something I have to do. Maybe I can chat with you beautiful ladies next time.”

“What a shame.”

After turning them down, Roland left the courtyard.

The mayor’s wife sat down in relief. “He doesn’t have that ruthless vibe. He can’t be here for trouble.”

“As a matter of fact, he’s quite nice to us. At least, he didn’t kill us, and he has given us the money we deserve,” the young daughter of the John family said. “Also, didn’t his deputy stop Old Ford from seizing the remaining properties of our family? He said that he made the rule and whoever disagreed with it must crush the Magic Tower first.”

After a brief silence, the mayor’s wife said, “But I’m scared that your brother will do something! After all, men are not as easily content as women.”

The daughter heaved a long sigh. “I wish that my brother wouldn’t do anything, not after my father failed.”

Roland, walking on the street, wasn’t aware of their conversation.

Actually, he felt kind of guilty just now. He was not as calm as he seemed when he was faced with a widow that he made and the daughter of his victim.