Chapter 1163
She widened her eyes and stared at Egbert before saying, "Grandpa, I already have someone in
mind. I..."
"Are you talking about Fade?" Egbert said with a long face.
Momo nodded and admitted, "That''s right."
"Grandpa, Fade is a pretty good guy. He is very capable in terms of business and martial arts. He
also..."
Momo wanted to praise Fade in front of Egbert more, but she was interrupted harshly, "Momo, you
can stop here. I know who this man is. He has a smallpany in Bay City and is quite capable."
"However, he is still way out of your league. He is nothingpared to the Soo family," Egbert said
firmly, "Momo, do not forget that the Soo family is the most powerful and influential family in South
Bay City. We can''t open our doors and wee everyone thates to us."
"Furthermore, the marriage between us and the Yao family would bring great benefits to our family,
more so than what that Fade Chen could ever provide," Egbert replied calmly and somewhat
mercilessly.
Momo teared up when she heard that and asked, "Grandpa, am I just a pawn for you to reap
benefits for the family?"
Egbert sighed, "Momo, of course not. It''s just that marrying Hector would be beneficial to both you
and the family. You wille to understand my intentions in the future. End of discussion."
After that, Egbert got up and left the study.
Only Momo was left alone in the room. She began to cry uncontrobly. Her shirt was dampened by
her tears.
She originally thought that Egbert wouldn''t be as heartless and cold as Somoset. She thought that
she would have a chance to refuse the marriage, but it turned out that Egbert was the mastermind
behind it all.
Somoset and Egbert were just ying good cop bad cop. One of them would be heartless and
cruel, while the other would be kind and give her hope. In the end, she would be slowly convinced
to ept the idea.
At that point, Momo''s final glimmer of hope in her heart was extinguished by her very own
grandfather.
"I can''t stay here anymore," Momo left the study. She wanted to run away from this cold, deste
ce called home.
However, as soon as she walked out of the study, two guards came along and followed her closely
from behind.
Momo sensed something was up. She turned around and roared, "What are you doing?"
The guard said respectfully, "Miss, the Old Master told us to protect you."
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"I don''t need any protection, You may leave," Momo waved her hand and said.
However, the two guards just stood there and replied calmly, "Miss Momo, the Old Master has
commanded us to protect you. We can’t do otherwise unless he asks us to."
"Why you..." Momo was furious. She raised her hand and wanted to smack them.
However, she froze mid-air. She knew that it was pointless even if she beat up these guards. It
seemed like Egbert was adamant about marriage to Hector. This was just a form of imprisonment.
Thinking of that, her whole heart felt cold and deste. She sighed and didn''t say another word.
After that, she went back to her room.
In another room in the Soo Manor, Egbert, Somoset and L were sitting around a table. Egbert
announced, "I have resolved the matter with Momo." "The two of you better keep an eye on Ernest.
He dotes on Momo and I''m worried that he will do something to ruin our n," He instructed.
Somoset and L nodded quickly and agreed.
Egbert then added, "And about that neer, you have to put more effort into getting on their
good side. If we can establish a strong partnership with them, it would do the Soo family good."
"Okay, I will do that. I will make sure that we treat them as our distinguished guests," Somoset
nodded and responded.
L was a little excited and eximed, "If we can establish an alliance with them, the Soo family
would overpower the Yao family and East Deer Academy. We would be the most powerful
family in South Bay City."
Egbert''s gaze was sharp as he heard that. He said, "My goal is not to be the most powerful family in
South Bay City, but the most powerful family in the entire country."
"The most powerful family in the country?" L was shocked and said, "Dad, are those people
really that strong? Valko from East Deer Academy is one of the strongest fighters on the Dragon
List. I don’t think we can defeat them so easily."
Egbert had a look of madness in his eyes as he said, "They are amazing and they can definitely
outss East Deer Academy. All in all, we have to make sure that we treat them with the utmost
respect and satisfy their every request, understood?"
Somoset solemnly nodded after sensing Egbert''s change in expression, responding, "I understand."
"Okay, then we are done here," Egbert waved his hand and dismissed the both of them.
L returned to the courtyard, only to have her husband greet her with a serious expression, "L,
something happened..."
"What''s the matter?"L roared back at him. She was initially delighted by the thought of her family''
s great ambition, but was abruptly interrupted by Nash. She was quite unhappy with this husband of
hers.
Nash married L back then and became a matrilocal husband. Therefore, he didn''t have the
power to throw his temper or go against his wife. Once L roared at him, he immediately fell silent.
L was annoyed at how weak and cowardly Nash was. She didn''t understand why she even fell
for him in the first ce. She waved her hand in contempt and growled, "What is it?"
Nash was anxious but he still said cautiously, "L, Harper and Momo went to Jade City and
haven''t returned since. I haven''t heard anything from them as well. That’s why I sent for someone
from Jade City to look for them."
"They came back and said Harper had offended some people in Jade City. He''s been detained."
L was enraged. She mmed the coffee table and screamed, "Who the hell dares to detain
someone from the Soo family?"