Chapter 1778
"No, I didn''t. I just..." Thamar was obviously terrified of the man, so he hurriedly exined.
However, the dark shadow just chuckled mysteriously, "You don''t need to exin anything to me. I
just wanted to tell you that if your grandson continues to investigate the matter, he will follow in your
son''s footsteps. Don''t me me for being ruthless when it reaches that point."
"No, it won''t happen. Jenski won''t investigate any further. I''ll make him stop," Thamar replied at
once.
When the dark shadow heard that, heughed, "That better be the case. This will be myst
warning towards the Geng family. If there is a next time, I won''t show any mercy."
As soon as he finished speaking, Thamar felt a gust of cold wind, and then the dark shadow
disappeared into thin air.
However, he just stood where he was in a daze, without moving a muscle until ten minutes had
passed before he copsed to the floor. Tears streamed down his wrinkled face, and it looked as if
he had aged overnight.
After Fade returned from the visit to the Geng family, he stayed in the hotel for a day. The next day,
Ernest sent him a message, asking him if he had time to spare and invited him to the East Coast
business reception.
Fade knew that Ernest was still trying to find a solution to their newpany''s problem, so he didn''t
refuse and agreed to the invitation to attend the business reception with him.
The time of the reception was set for the evening. He specially changed into a suit and walked into
the hotel with Ernest.
The hotel was crowded with people, and most of East Coast''s business magnates were present.
Groups of people were seen chatting with each other and it was quite a lively scene.
However, the excitement and liveliness had nothing to do with them.
Although Ernest had been in East Coast for some time and he had tried his best to acquaint himself
with some of the local businessmen, he didn''t have many connections with the ce and the
people.
In addition, the conflict between him and the Qin family had gradually begun to spread throughout
the city and a few businessmen that had a good rtionship with him also started to have a change
in attitude.
Those who were still sentimental shared a few words with Ernest, but the rest didn''t even
acknowledge him, and they acted as if they were strangers.
Due to these circumstances, the atmosphere around the two of them was especially cold and
deserted.
It was not until Jenski arrived that the situation took a turn for the better. He didn''t care about all
these things and brought some wine over to drink a toast to the two of them. His actions caught the
attention of some of the other guests, and they couldn''t help but inquire about the rtionship
between the two of them and the Geng family.
Suddenly, the bustling scene quietened down, and everyone looked in the same direction.
Fade and the others couldn''t help but look over too, and they noticed that a few young men and
women were walking over.
At the sight of those people, Fade''s pupils constricted, and he narrowed his eyes.
That was because there were a few familiar faces in the group of people walking over.
Evelyn, the eldest daughter of the Qin family, and Hiro, the second young master of the Geng
family.
At that moment, other than the two of them, there was also a man of about twenty four or five
beside Evelyn. Through Jenski''s introduction, he knew that the man was Evelyn''s cousin, Houston,
who was the young master of the Qin family.
Houston had his arms around a young woman wearing a revealing outfit, and she was surprisingly a
familiar face to Fade as well. She was Anatasia.
On the other hand, there was also a fierce-looking man who seemed to be in his thirties wearing a
robe beside them. From what Jenski told him, Fade knew that the man was the cousin of the
President of the Martial Arts Society, Gellert, whom he taught a lesson to a few days ago outside
East Coast University. He was Eckhart Zuo, thest disciple of Master Tuan.
It was clear that those few people had outstanding statuses. It wasn''t a wonder that their
appearance caught everyone''s attention.
However, they were not the most attentiongrabbing figures. The one that stood out was a man who
walked in the middle. He was a man about twenty six or twenty seven years old, with a smile on his
face.
The man didn''t dress fashionably as how usual rich yboys would, but instead, he wore a in
shirt with a pair of leather boots and had neat short hair. He was well built and walked with an aura
around him, letting out a different pressure to others.
As Jenski saw that the man had captured Fade''s attention, he immediately introduced the man to
Fade.
"That''s Yaakov, the young master of the Hsiang family, and Daemyn''s older brother. Yaakov served
in the army and retired after three years, but he performed very well. I heard that he gained a third-
ss merit and is quite profound in martial arts as well."
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"Initially, Daemyn was supposed to walk the same path as Yaakov and establish merits in the army
before retiring, but..."
Jenski didn''t continue, but Fade got the gist. Apparently, what he meant was that Yaakov would be
Fade''s greatest threat.
As Fade was looking at Yaakov, thetter turned to look at him at the same time.
"Hiro, isn''t that your cousin! Who''s the person with him?" Yaakov asked.
Before Hiro could speak, Evelyn sneered and spoke first, "That''s Fade Chen. We were acquainted
while at Dragonville."
"Fade Chen. Dragonville. As in the Fade, who killed my younger brother Daemyn?" Yaakov asked in
a deep voice.
"That''s him." Evelyn nodded before she added, "That guy''s very arrogant. He apanied
someone to discuss a coboration with the Qin family a few days ago, but he was so proud that
the coboration didn''t work out, and he left both parties upset."
Hearing this, Hiro continued, "He really is very arrogant. He looked down on everyone when he
visited my home the day before yesterday. He even said that he didn''t care about business dealings
with the Qin family.
"What an impertinent guy," Houston sneered and curled his lips as he heard this.
Eckhart listened for a while before speaking up, "I have an impression of this guy."
"What? Has he even offended you, Eckhart?" Yaakov asked.
He shook his head with disdain, "He isn''t qualified to offend me."
"It''s a cousin of mine. It was a few days ago at the East Coast University when he got into a conflict
with that guy over a woman and was beaten up by him."
When he said this, Anatasia didn''t dare utter a sound as she was worried that Eckhart would know
that the woman he was referring to was herself.
When Hiro heard all this, he couldn''t help speaking up, "That b*stard doesn''t know what''s good for
him. He has just arrived in East Coast City and has already offended the Hsiang family, Qin family
and Eckhart. He''s really courting death."
"Your Ceng family seems to have a good rtionship with him. Jenski seems to be quite close to
him?" Yaakov looked at Hiro.
Hiro hurriedly exined, "Yaakov, don''t misunderstand. We of the Ceng family aren''t on good terms
with this fellow. It''s Jenski who approached that fellow of his own ord. My grandfather even flew
into a rage over this matter a few days ago when he visited my home!"
"I see! Since the Ceng family has nothing to do with him, let''s go meet him," Yaakov said.
"Let''s go and see what he''s got!" The rest of the bunch agreed, and they walked over in Fade''s
direction together.