Chapter 436


    Hawthorne and Myles looked at each other with shock in their eyes. They all knew who Rufus was. It


    was not too much to call him the Big Brother of W City. His public assets were 670 billion dors. If his


    private assets were included, then it might be worth hundreds of billions. It was unbelievable that Rufus


    was so loyal to Tom!


    And most importantly, Rufus was still a person at the Extrinsic Peak. If he submitted to Tom like this, it


    meant that Tom''s value was far beyond their expectations!


    So the way they looked at Tom now became even more different.


    So Tom really didn''t take the 20 billion dors seriously.


    Hawthorne thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Howard, we didn''t think it through. We took the liberty


    of disturbing you. I''m sorry. Since Mr. Howard wants to rest, we''ll take our leave first."


    Tom nodded and went into the bedroom without a response.


    Myles sighed regretfully. If they hadn''t chosen to draw a line with Tom, it would be apletely


    different situation now. s!


    Isabe, who had not spoken for a long time, bit her lips. Instead of following Hawthorne and the


    others, she stayed and looked at Tom''s figure. Then she gritted her teeth and walked in.


    Elliot was stunned and said quickly, "Hey, what are you doing? Stop!"


    The other the Paynes people who were about to leave were also shocked.


    Isabe bit her lips and said firmly, "I have something to say to Tom!"


    Elliot said with a cold face, "How dare you call Mr. Howard by his name?!"


    Myles also quickly came up, grabbed Isabe, and said in a low voice, "Isabe, what are you doing?


    Pay respect to Mr. Howard!"


    Isabe said seriously, "I''m not disrespectful to him. I just want to talk to him alone."


    "Well..." Myles didn''t know what to say for a moment.


    As Elliot was about to scold her with a cold face, Tom''s voice came from the bedroom. "Let her in."


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    "Yes, Mr. Howard." Elliot nodded immediately, not daring to say anything more. He stepped aside and


    let Isabe in.


    After a while, the others left the office, leaving only Isabe in Tom''s office.


    "Go ahead." Tom said faintly.


    Isabe looked at Tom now, feeling he was very strange and distant.


    In retrospect, she was in a veryplicated mood. When she first met Tom, she still looked down on


    him at that time. But now, she looked up to Tom.


    Taking a deep breath, Isabe said, "I''m sorry about what happenedst time. Our the Paynes let you


    down, but I hope you can give us a chance to make up for it, okay?"


    Seeing that Tom was still expressionless, Isabe took two more steps forward, bent down, lower her


    profile, and said in a pleading tone, "Brother Tom, for the sake that we are friends..."


    "Is that enough?" Tom didn''t let her continue. He interrupted her directly. Isabe''s face froze. "If you


    finish your speaking, go out. I want to rest."


    From the beginning to the end, Tom''s attitude was very cold, and he did not take Isabe seriously at


    all. It was not that he was mean, but because that the Paynes'' approach really broke his heart.


    Now that the Paynes saw that he had risen up, they tried to curry favor with him. But how could he


    respond to them again? His principles were not that cheap!


    Isabe felt Tom''s cold. Hepletely ignored her, which made her extremely sad!


    "What if I''m willing to be your woman?" Isabe bit her lips tightly and asked him. When she said this,


    even she herself was frightened. Ever since she was a child, she had always been extremely arrogant


    and cold to everyone. Now for the first time, she gave in to Tom!


    Tom was also a little surprised. He finally looked at Isabe. Seeing Isabe''s arrogant and unwilling


    expression, he smiled again and said, "I''m sorry, but I''m not interested in you."


    "You!"


    Isabe was immediately irritated. She behaved like this, putting down all her dignity and pride. But


    Tom still ignored her, which was a great blow to her character!


    An unprecedented grievance swept through her heart. Finally, her nose couldn''t help but ache and


    tears flowed down her face.


    Stomping her feet, she red at Tom and scolded, "Tom, you bastard!"


    After that, she turned around and ran away.


    Tom was a little surprised. He didn''t expect Isabe to react sorgely. Then he shook his head and


    smiled. He didn''t take it to heart. In his opinion, Isabe was just an immature girl.


    After closing the door, he rested in the bedroom for a while and woke up refreshed.


    The next day, the Cloud and Sky Pavilion sent their people here. They were also willing to pay


    Because the Cloud and Sky Pavilion''s attitude was sincere enough and they lower their profiles, Tom


    did not make things difficult for them and expressed his goodwill.


    Over the next few days, people kepting to visit Tom. Tom didn''t refuse anyone who came. He


    expressed his intention to the outside world through this action that he, Tom, could forget the past


    grudges, but they must provide enough gifts. And this could only happen once. If something simr


    happened, he wouldn''t have this attitude!


    As for the Paynes, Tom did not continue to make things difficult for them. After all, the Paynes was also


    a big family in G State. It would not be good for him if they really formed a bad rtionship.


    So a weekter, Tom took the initiative to bury the hatchet with the Paynes. Of course, he took the 20


    billion from the Paynes aspensation.


    Now, all of Tom''s assets added up to 150 billion! This still didn''t count what Rufus gave him. If it was


    included, his personal assets would break through 200 billion dors. It would be enough for him to


    enter the richest people list of H Country!


    Of course, Tom didn''t care much about this. Money was already a number to him, and it didn''t mean


    much.


    Not long after, Rufus also took the time toe to H City. He prepared a first-ss Purification Pill to


    step into the Innate Realm.


    With Tom''s protection this time, his confidence was greater than ever.


    In fact, it was true. Tom personally protected him for ten days. Every time he couldn''t hold on, Tom


    helped him mitigate the effects of the Purification Pill. In thest ten days, Rufus finally stepped into the


    Innate Realm!


    However, his Innate Realm was much lower than Tom''s. They were not at the same level.


    In the past, Rufus was still at the Extrinsic Peak. What he only knew was that Tom was powerful. But


    he could not fully feel how powerful Tom was. Now that he had broken through the Innate Realm, he


    finally realized what a realm Tom had reached!


    For a moment, he was more in awe of Tom.


    Tom''s life resumed to simplicity. For the next month, Tom lived a very leisurely life. He practiced every


    day and nothing big happened.


    This kind of life made him feel veryfortable, but he knew that with his current status and cultivation,


    it would notst for long.


    Sure enough, not long after, an incidentpletely broke his peaceful life.