Chapter 229


    Chapter 229 Xavier Struck by His Angry Father


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    The trio instantly turned to look at Matthew. They noticed that he was seated upright and he had one


    hand on the table while the other hand, which was bandaged, held on to a wooden spoon. Suddenly,


    there was a ‘crack’ sound and the wooden spoon broke into two. Frightened, everyone else didn’t even


    dare to make a sound.


    However, Veronica pretended to be oblivious to the situation. “Oh my gosh, Matthew! How did you even


    break your spoon? Gosh! Seriously?! This restaurant is a lousy one. This is uneptable. How can a


    wooden spoon break so easily just like that?”


    As she spoke, she reached out and took the wooden spoon from his hand before throwing it into the


    trash bin.


    Subsequently, she took another spoon from the table and handed it to him. “This spoon here is fine.


    Okay, let’s eat. Don’t starve yourself to death because where else would I be able to find someone to


    freeload off?”


    Her brazen words were intended to trigger his anger.


    The other three guys looked from Veronica to Matthew. All of them felt that she was exceptionally brazen


    but for someone who was generally quite stern, he continued to condone her behavior.


    Well, regardless of the situation, he was willing to ept such treatment from her, so it was entirely up to


    him.


    Matthew ced the spoon down and he lost his appetite by then.


    He stopped eating, so the other three guys silently ced their cutleries down and they didn’t say


    anything either.


    As for Veronica, she was busy chewing on her food and she looked at them with a confused expression


    at the same time. “Why have the four of you stopped eating? Is it because the food from Delisio


    Restaurant tastes bad?”


    “I’m not hungry. Hehehe. I don’t have much of an appetite.”


    “Yeah. Likewise, I don’t have an appetite either.”


    “I ate too much in the afternoon so I’m too full.”


    …


    Each of them came up with quite feeble excuses.


    She held her utensils and served herself a croissant. She took a bite out of it and smacked her lips while


    tilting her head to look at Matthew, who sat there without moving an inch with a cold look on his face


    before aplicated look shed across her clear eyes.


    Doesn’t have an appetite, huh? Since they’re not feeling hungry, then I’ll finish everything.


    In the end, Veronica ate as the four of them watched on and she enjoyed the sumptuous meal all by


    herself quite joyfully.


    Generally, one tended to be grumpy when hungry so once satiated, naturally, their grumpy feelings would


    disappear too.


    After finishing more than half of the food on the table under the watchful eyes of the four men, she finally


    set aside her cutlery and grabbed some napkins to wipe her mouth. Subsequently, she burped quite


    uncouthly.


    “Blergh.”


    The embarrassing sound reverberated in the room as she revealed an awkward smile. “Excuse me. I


    must have eaten too much.”


    The three guys looked at Veronica with shell-shocked expressions and subsequently, they turned in


    unison to look at Matthew. Their expressions indicated their thoughts. The woman that you like is indeed


    extraordinary. She’s so uncouth and rough. You’ve strange tastes.


    He was the typical person who enjoyed a refreshing and different type after being used to encountering


    too many ssy and elegant women.


    Matthew sensed the odd looks from his buddies and he coldly returned the stare with a warning look.


    Frightened, they quickly lowered their heads to look at their phones as they tried to hide their presence.


    Meanwhile, Veronica was satiated, so she stood up and she nced at the leftover food on the table with


    a slight shake of her head. “Look at you guys behaving so wastefully! We should appreciate our meals


    and live frugally but here you are wasting so much food. This is such bad behavior!”


    They felt quite perplexed to be med for something that wasn’t even their fault.


    Miguel looked at her innocently. “I told you that I wasn’t hungry in the first ce.”


    Caleb touched the side of his nose. “I’m vegetarian.”


    As for Skyler, he looked at Miguel and Caleb with a troubled look in his eyes. It was as if he was trying to


    say, You guys have said all that can be said. What else can I use as an excuse?


    He racked his brains quickly and came up with the words, “Now that you’ve mentioned it, I’m starting to


    feel hungry right now. I could have some.”


    However, as soon as his words were said, three voices rang out in unison…


    “Finish everything!”


    Matthew, Caleb, and Miguel looked at him and entrusted him with the tough job.


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    As for Veronica, she nodded her head in approval. “Drew, you look quite gaunt and your bones are


    sticking out. I reckon that you must be the unwee child in your family just like what’s written in the


    novels about affluent people having a least loved child. Your parents must only dote on your brother and


    they don’t love you. They must have mistreated you so you’ve been deprived of food to the point of being


    so horribly gaunt-looking.”


    She had jumped to the conclusion based on the novels she had read before that were the typical cliché


    romance novels about a rich and powerful man. In such stories, there would normally be a pitiful


    character thatcked attention.


    At that point, Skyler grimaced. “Heh! Heh! Veronica, you’ve such an overactive imagination. You’re so


    great at this it’s a shame that you’re not working for Lenovo.”


    “My immense talents would not be fully utilized there.”


    She realized that Skyler was mocking her, but she took it lightly and smiled at him. “Hurry up and finish


    the food. Don’t waste anything. I’ve eaten too much so I need to go for a walk.”


    After Veronica had said that, she stretched her hand and rubbed her full belly, and walked out of the


    room for a stroll outside.


    As soon as he saw her walking out of the room, he mmed his spoon on the table. “Miguel, Matthew,


    and Caleb, you guys are such big bullies!”


    “How has this got to do with us? Veronica’s the one who bullied you.”


    “Yeah, Miguel’s right.”


    “Roni wanted you to eat more for your own good.”


    The final sentence was spoken by Matthew and after he had said that, he turned to look at Skyler with a


    slightlyplicated look in his eyes. Theplicated look in Matthew’s eyes caused a shiver to run


    down Skyler’s spine.


    “Uhuk! Matthew, stop looking at me with such an expression. I’m not interested in a woman like Veronica.


    I’m serious about that. Trust me.”


    As a man, he had an exceptionally great sixth sense. He could tell what was on Matthew’s mind with just


    a nce so Skyler quickly exined to save himself.


    “Finish your meal.”


    Matthew slowly retracted his gaze and took his utensils in his hand. He was not bothered by the fact that


    the food on the table was leftovers and he started to dig in.


    His actions were very shocking to his other three buddies and they were ck-jawed.


    After all, the Matthew whom they were familiar with was a stickler for hygiene and he would never touch


    anyone’s leftover food. However, he had made an exception for Veronica.


    At the moment, Veronica was taking a stroll in the corridor and she felt bored upon reaching the end of


    the corridor so she made her way down the stairs quite naturally.


    She strolled mindlessly and arrived four floors down.


    At this moment, she heard a voice ring out in the corridor of the floor below her.


    “Konig Company has been taken over by your brother. Once you’re discharged, you can start work at


    Crawford Corporation right away.”


    The voice sounded strong and full of energy. As soon as Veronica heard the voice, she knew that the


    person talking must be Xavier’s father—Hendric.


    “Why?”


    Xavier, who was currently leaning against the corner of the wall, lost his temper. “I was the one who


    started Konig Company from scratch, so who are you to take over thepany just like that?! Hendric


    Crawford, do you think that being my father gives you the right to do whatever you want?!”


    “Well, the most your stupid littlepany makes in a year is merely ten million. It’s peanuts so do you


    n on getting by in life through achieving nothing? I’m so embarrassed by you!”


    “Since you find me embarrassing, then you could just announce to the public that you’ll sever all ties with


    me from now on.” Xavier snorted. “Isn’t this what you’ve always intended to do?”


    “Shut up!”


    Hendric roared at Xavier, “Do you actually think that I enjoy showing my concern for you?! If it wasn’t for


    yourte mother, I would not even bother to deal with a despicable thing like you!”


    “I’ve arms and legs, so I can fend for myself. I don’t need your concern.”


    “You couldn’t even protect your sister well, so what’s the point in you having arms and legs for? You’re


    just a useless piece of trash! Your foolish actions resulted in your sister being crippled by the Kings. I


    don’t even know how you’re able to live on with this knowledge!”