Chapter 1598


    "Ahh? So soon? You''re not going to stay in Eastcliff for a few more days?"


    "I have already settled all of my business, and there is nothing left for me to do here. I will be


    leaving tomorrow." 7


    When Loreen heard this, she said without any hesitation at all, "In that case, I will also leave


    Eastcliff tomorrow. Let''s go back to Aurous Hill together, okay? We can take the same ne back."


    Charlie wanted to turn her down. However, when he saw the pleading expression on her face, he


    could not bring himself to turn her down, s


    After all, it was normal for friends to take the same flight together. So, he could not intentionally


    avoid taking the same flight as her.


    So, Charlie said, "Okay. We can go back together, then."


    Loreen hurriedly said, "Then, you can give me your identity card detailster. I will buy our flight


    tickets together!" 6


    "Okay."


    While the birthday banquet was still in progress, Dn''s eldest uncle and second uncle had already


    made the preparations for him for his cycling trip to


    Aurous Hill.


    They had arranged for someone to purchase an old Phoenix 28 bicycle and installed a luggage rack


    on the back of the bicycle so that they could tie his luggage there. After that, they bought him a


    helmet, a thick down jacket, a sleeping bag, a tent, a water bottle, and s o forth. 8


    In truth, they were not all that worried about their nephew. Instead, they wanted him to leave as


    soon as he was done eating. Otherwise, if he continued dillydallying, Charlie might get angry again.


    If the Thomas family was implicated in this matter because of Dn, they would truly suffer a big


    loss. 6


    Sylvia was not even angry when she found out about this. Instead, she hurriedly called her


    husband, Leonard, who was just done with his work and was preparing to rush over to the birthday


    banquet. She quickly told him about this matter before she asked him to go home and pack up


    some luggage for their son so that he would be able to have some clothes and canned food for his


    journey.


    When Leonard heard about this incident, he could not help but feel angry and frightened at the


    same time. Fortunately, they had not offended the Golding family because of this incident.


    Otherwise, the Koch family would certainly be in trouble.


    Hence, he did not care about rushing over to attend his mother-inw’s birthday banquet anymore.


    Instead, he hurried home to pack some luggage for his


    son.


    He only drove over there in a hurry when the birthday banquet was about to end.


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    When Dn saw his father, he did not say anything and simply cried bitterly as he hugged his


    father.


    He was about to go to Aurous Hill to undergo a selfreformation for one whole year. He could already


    foresee how difficult it would be and how much suffering he would have to endure in this one year.


    Thus, he could not help but feel extremely sad as soon as he saw his father.


    Leonard also felt very anxious and helpless.


    Although he felt very sorry for his son, he had already lived in Eastcliff for so many years, and he


    was very clear about the essence of the upper-ss society here.


    In this upper-ss society, anyone who had more money would always be able to crush the other


    party t o death.


    Although the Koch family was usually very great and morous, they would not dare to do anything


    at all i n front of a wealthy and powerful family like the Golding family. Since his son had already


    offended someone from the Golding family as well as their most distinguished guest, he would


    unmistakably have to pay for the price and consequences of his actions, then. Otherwise, the Koch


    family would have to suffer the wrath of the Golding family.


    There had been a family like this in the past. Their son had gotten into trouble, and the parents were


    very protective of their son, insisting on using the strength of their whole family to protect him. As a


    result, the other party had dealt with them until their family had almost gone bankrupt. At the end of


    the day, they were still unable to protect their son, and the other party had turned their son into a


    cripple. 11


    The wealthy and powerful families were basically walking on a tightrope when they did business


    nowadays.


    If they wanted to engage in arge transaction that cost more than one hundred million dors, they


    would have to make use of their financial leverage. Otherwise, it would bepletely impossible for


    them to develop at all.


    Even the Wanda Group owed arge amount of money to the bank because they had been taking


    loans to ensure their rapid development. Rumour had it that even arge enterprise like the Garden


    Enterprise also owed nine hundred billion dors in debts.


    If everything went smoothly, the speed of making money would be greater than the speed of paying


    back the debt. That way, they would not encounter any major situations at all.


    However, if the capital chain broke, thepany might be beyond redemption. 7


    The three top families in Eastcliff had arge number of rtionships and connections in the


    banking and capital industries. If they truly wanted to deal with apany, they could just withdraw


    all forms of capital and loans from thepany, and thepany would definitely go bankrupt


    because of a break in their capital. 6


    Therefore, Leonard was even more afraid of the


    Golding family''s strength than Dn ever would be. i


    It was also precisely because of this that he felt very relieved. He felt that it was really fortunate that


    his son would be the only one who would have to suffer and pay the price and consequences for his


    own actions. Otherwise, if he had also implicated the Koch family, Leonard was afraid that Lord


    Koch would surely scold him!