BXBX NOVEL Chapter 351 Who Offended Someone Recently?
The moment that Jack decided to make a move, that was the moment that the two families suddenly realized that there was a force that was trying to mess with them. And, they couldn\'t even know who it was.
All of a sudden, the business deals that were supposed to have gone through, suddenly failed. The cooperation that had been going on for a very long time, had suddenly been canceled.
Those people that they had thought of as friends, suddenly kept their distance away from them.
Several projects, business deals and so on suddenly failed. And for that reason, the two families suddenly began to encounter one loss after another.
This had already agitated the family heads of the two families. They began their investigation about the cause of the matter, but no matter how hard they tried, they found nothing.
The response that they always got was that, they had offended someone that they should not have.
Their minds began spinning, as they tried to remember if there was anyone that they had offended recently. Although it was true that they offended many people as days went by, but they always chose the people that they could offend, and those that they could not.
All the people that they had ever offended were people of a very low class as compared to their families. If they wanted to deal with them, it was just something that could happen with a snap of their fingers.
This was the way that these families had always survived. They had always been cruel and merciless, but flattering to those that they could not defeat.
The matter of the businesses that they owned declining had already caused them to get restless. The family heads were the ones that were facing much trouble, considering that their predecessors were already making things difficult for them.
They kept on saying, "You have to find the solution to the problem that you created. There is no way that I am going to allow the family to decline the moment that you take over. If the family continues getting more losses, then I am definitely going to skin you alive."
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Ancient city.
This was a city that was located within the central province of Azima. This was also the place where the main gravy family was located.
Inside a majestic mansion, there was a family meeting that was ongoing. The family head, and all those that held important positions in the family were present. But of course, those of the previous generation were not.
At the head of the table, there was a man whose hair had already turned gray. He had green eyes, that shone with light and spirit that did not belong to an old man. Wrinkles had already appeared on his face, a mark that had already been left by time.
Well, forget about the matter of someone from the previous generation not being present. This man was definitely from the previous generation.
But even so, his majestic aura immediately made all those people around him to gaze at him with respect and fear.
This man was none other than the current family head of the gravy family, Owen Gravy. He had decided not to hand over the position of the family head to his son, although he had already been confirmed, because he was a strict person.
He was planning to hand over the position of the family head, as long as his son succeeded in the mission that he had sent him. But, even before the mission was completed, and the cooperation between the two families was formed, another wave of bad news hit them.
That was the main reason as to why they were holding a meeting on this day. They wanted to take counter measures and find methods on how to handle the situation.
"Can anyone of you tell me if you have ever offended someone that you don\'t know their background recently? Even if you are afraid, you will have to say it, rather than letting me investigate it myself. If I come to find out that you did something, then, believe it or not, I\'m going to punish you harshly." Owen said as he looked at the crowd that was surrounding the conference table with scrutinizing eyes.
The group of people felt a chill running through their spines as they felt his gaze landing on them. At this moment, all of them began thinking about their actions, and all the people that they had ever offended.
Although it was true that Owen had simply asked about recently, they had already began thinking about all the people that they had ever offended since they were born.
They knew Owen all too well. If Owen decided to investigate, and came to a realization that they were the ones that had offended someone that they should not have, the punishment that they were going to face was definitely going to be unbearable.
"Eh, family head, when I was 5 years old, I bullied one of my classmates and took away her candy." After a long period of silence, finally, someone raised his hand and spoke.
The moment that he said these words, he felt that everyone\'s gaze landed on him. Although he was an adult, he suddenly felt uneasy.
"Me too. There is a time that I beat up one of my classmates because he looked at me when I performed poorly in the tests."
"I snatched my friend\'s girlfriend, even though I knew that he loved her deeply. And after \'that\', I dumped her away."
"Family head, I…."
After the first person, the others also began reporting themselves about all the people that they had ever offended. Since they themselves were not sure about who it was that they had offended and they should not have, they decided to reveal all the information that they could.
Veins immediately began popping on Owen\'s forehead. At this moment, he had already been angered, and had it not been for the fact that he was holding it back, he would have already spewed fire.
Bang!
"Shut it up already! I f*ck*ng asked all of you to tell me who you offended recently, and you don\'t know their background! Who the heck asked all of you to tell me all the stupid actions that you have been taking all these years?! Do you think that I have all the time to listen to all of that?"
Not able to bear it anymore, Owen slammed on the table as he shouted furiously. At this moment, he was completely infuriated by the actions that had been taken by all these people.
Although it was true that he was a vicious person, that only applied during the moment that he found something that was deemed important.
But what the heck was this with offending someone simply because of a candy? And, snatching other people\'s girlfriends? How many girls out there would have wanted to throw themselves to them, and they didn\'t have anybody with them?
Didn\'t these people know about the fact that they were not supposed to burn bridges without enough reasons? It was no wonder several people that they considered their allies kept their distance the moment that they came to a realization that their family was encountering a problem.
The conference room immediately fell into silence, as nobody dared to even breathe loudly. Although they were afraid of Owen, they were mostly terrified of the angry Owen.
After seeing that the room had finally descended into silence, Owen began speaking again. "Now, I will ask once again, who offended someone that they didn\'t even know about their background recently? Mark my words again, recently!"
This time, Owen made sure to emphasize on the word \'recently\'. He wasn\'t ready to hear another round of stupid things that this group of juniors had done.
At this moment, everyone remained silent as they began thinking about the matter seriously. But no matter how they thought about it, nobody could find about anybody that they had offended recently, and they didn\'t know about their background.
When he didn\'t receive any response even after a long while, Owen could only shake his head. It was not that he had not done enough investigations, but, no matter how much he did, there was nothing that he could find.
The only reason as to why he had decided to ask this group was simply because, he didn\'t know if there was any one of them that offended someone in secret. After all, it was a hard thing to keep a tab on every member of the family at every moment.
The only reason as to why he had said that he was going to do some investigation about the matter was simply because, he wanted to scare them, to make sure that if there was any one of them that had done that, to reveal themselves.
And if they came to know whom it was that they had offended, they would also have to look for other means that they could deal with the matter. Otherwise, the family was going to fall, and he was the one that was supposed to take the blame for the matter.
But, even after waiting for over 20 minutes, there was no response at all. That implied that his efforts this time wasn\'t going to bear any fruit.
"Since that is the case, then I hope that nobody blames me once I find out that you are the one who was involved." After saying that, he immediately left the conference room.
Just as he got out of the conference room, his phone suddenly rang. Irritatedly, he took it out, and found out that the person that was calling him was Collins.
It was only at this moment that he suddenly remembered that he had actually sent Collins to the capital city to bring back his granddaughter. But surprisingly, something that was supposed to take a very short time was almost taking a week now.
"What is going on? Why is it that you have not completed the task that I gave you?" Owen asked in an angry voice.
"Father, things are difficult. I need your help in this." Collins hoarse voice replied.