Chapter 600 - Night Conversation (2/2)

At this time, his heart grew cold. It didn't take a genius to understand that Kanae was on the side of the other person.

”I'm not making them because I want to but because I don't have any choice,” Alan replied. ”My father wants us to repay the debt we have to the Wells Family from this report, so I'm doing my best to finish them.”

Kanae was not surprised to hear that. Jason had told her about what Ivan may do, so she came here with the intention of clarifying the matter. It turned out, their conjecture was rather correct.

”If you provoke the Wells Family for the sake of debt, you're just throwing your life.”

”What are you talking about?” Alan raised his head. For the first time, he was looking at Kanae's direction.

”The debts towards one's family should only be claimed by the family head and not their future family head. As the one who delved into many matters of this city, I'm sure you can find out more about this.”

Alan's eyes widened. While it was true that there might be new regarding this matter, he had never tried to search for it. After all, they were too worried about what Ivan would do if they didn't follow his order.

Kanae looked back at Alan for a few seconds. She turned around with the intention to leave.

Allan snapped back to reality and shouted, ”wait!”

Kanae stopped in her tracks. ”What do you want?”

”What should I do? He has the protection of the government, and if I make news against him, my family will be in danger,” Alan asked.

Kanae didn't answer immediately. She knew for sure that it would be hard to go against the government and Alan's words were not wrong. However, Ivan alone was not enough to make the government make their movements.

”You should fight them back. If you don't try, you will never know,” Kanae replied calmly. ”Try to understand your enemies fully. Know your enemy and know yourself, that way you'll be able to win in every battle*.”

Alan was stunned. Did this person think they were in the midst of war? However, her words were true. He didn't know much about Ivan's relationship with government and the power that man might hold behind him. All that he knew was the man's skill and achievement in the past.

There were still so many things he could study if he wanted to win this battle.

”I see. Thank you,” Alan muttered. ”May I know your name…?”

The person before him had disappeared into thin air. Alan blanked for a moment before pinching his cheek, making sure that he was not dreaming. Feeling the pain, he sighed to himself.

'I guess, it means I'll have to convince Father to release the news that's not according to his wish.'

It wouldn't be easy, but he wouldn't back down before trying.

…

After Kanae dealt with Alan, she gathered the information that she had collected and sent them to Jason, who gladly accepted them. When he saw the long list and detailed matter, he nearly cursed out loudly.

'Why the Family allowed Ivan to get a lot of work?'

This would make him work harder, but he didn't have any other choice. As the time for the court drew nearer, he didn't have much time left to finish the preparation. This was the case that he didn't want to lose no matter what.

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*It's from the art of war.