Chapter 747: Embarrassing Oneself?
In the presence of Maximus’ scrutiny, Amos knelt on the ground with a look of genuine fear on his face and admitted to knowing about Lachlan’s existence.
If there were any selfish motives in Amos before, they were gone now. With the change of ownership in the Ancient Willis family and faced with Maximus’ presence, he felt a sense of unease.
Before, the former head of the family, Hayden, was relatively lenient, but Maximus was different. His methods were ruthless and his thoughts were dark, leaving Amos no room for carelessness.
“Oh? How did you find out, Amos?” Maximus asked in a deep voice, emanating the aura of a late-stage Void Reclusion, pressuring Amos.
It seemed like Amos would be extinguished with a single word, bringing about a major change in the Reclusive Willis family.
Anxious, Amos quickly explained the whole situation to Maximus.
This included Silas’s initial visit to the Elder of the Wicked Bone for reprisal, where he heard from the Elder about Lachlan being the inheritor of a dragon-shaped jade pendant.
Then, the Reclusive Willis family discovered an island with a Spiritual Vein, which Lachlan “colluded” with the Sun Moon Sect to seize from them, causing significant casualties in the Reclusive Willis family.
Finally, Amos knelt and humbly spoke, “Lord Former Master, I was thinking of capturing this Lachlan and then presenting him to you as a surprise. After all, as an Ancient Realm entity, it is inconvenient for you to directly deal with Lachlan or those around him. I hope you will take into consideration my good intentions.”
Upon hearing this, a sneer crept across Maximus’ face. “Oh? Is that so? Are you planning to give the Ancient Willis family a surprise, or do you have other motives, Amos? You know best. But I won’t hold it against you this time. You should be well aware of the consequences next time.”
“Understood! Thank you for your magnanimity, Lord Former Master,” Amos hastily replied.
“Hmph!” Maximus gave a cold snort and then changed his tone, “But there’s something you said that’s correct. Our family members can’t directly lay hands on those around Lachlan, but the Reclusive Willis family can! I command you to send people to capture those around Lachlan. As long as his loved ones are in our hands, even if he hides in the Broken Pulse Sect or the Sun Moon Sect, he won’t dare show his face!”
Once upon a time, Maximus acted with some restraint, not daring to directly use the power of the Reclusive Willis family to avoid raising Hayden’s suspicion.
He had to take risks and send his trusted men.
Now, with the entire Ancient Willis family under his control, he no longer needed to hide anything, directly issuing orders to the Reclusive Willis family.
“Fine!” Amos’ expression flashed with embarrassment.
The next moment, he humbly said, “Lord Former Master, in fact… I have already sent people! My men will surely capture Lachlan’s family, luring Lachlan into a trap and bring him to justice!”Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.
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Edoland!
The former Lowe’s Pharmaceutical building had become the headquarters of the entire Lowe Group.
There was no choice, as the primary business of the Lowe Group now was the production and sale of pharmaceuticals and various health products. The other industries of the Lowe family had become subsidiary.
Although Emmanuel was the head of the Lowe family and the nominal helm of the Lowe Group, the real person in charge was Miranda.
When she was in Edoland, Miranda would generally stay at the company while not practicing.
Today, when Cara came to the company to see her daughter, she happened to meet Miranda at the entrance.
“Mom? What are you doing here?” Miranda was a bit surprised to see her mother and asked with a smile.
“Don’t I have the right to come and see my daughter when I have nothing else to do? I’m worried you might be alone at the company, so I made some soup and steamed dumplings for lunch today. Let’s have this,” Cara said, showing the thermos in her hand. Cara had been experimenting with cooking lately.
Miranda felt her mother’s concern and was moved and touched, but she smiled and said, “Mom, that’s really awkward! Hazel and I are going out for lunch today! How about you join us?”
“Hazel? The daughter of the richest man in the Slocmore, the female president of Heroland Biotech Pharmaceuticals?”
Cara was a bit baffled. Of course, Cara knew about her daughter’s dealings with Hazel and how she had saved Hazel in Slocmore and made connections with the Beckman family, the richest family in Slocmore.
“Yes! Hazel came all the way from Slocmore to visit me. I can’t stand her up,” Miranda nodded and smiled.
“Alright, then you go ahead. I won’t tag along and get in the way of your business negotiations,” Cara said sensibly.
However, Miranda grabbed her mother and said, “Mom, we’re not talking business this time. Hazel just wants to hang out with me.
She told me she has a friend with her. You are more than welcome to join us. Let’s go, Mom. It’s been a while since we went shopping together.”
Hearing her daughter’s words, Cara happily agreed. Then, Miranda drove and her mother went with her to the location arranged with Hazel.
Just after 11 AM!
Inside a VIP room on the second floor of a high-end Western restaurant in Edoland.
When Miranda and Cara arrived, they saw several brown-haired, high-nosed foreigners guarding the door to the VIP room.
They were all dressed in black suits, wore black sunglasses, and had a tough appearance. At first glance, they looked like bodyguards.
As Miranda and Cara approached, one of the bodyguards stopped them and asked in a cold tone with not-so-fluent Priociania, “Halt! Who are you people?”
“Is this the room Miss Beckman booked? I’m Miranda Lowe. I’ve made an appointment with Miss Beckman,” Miranda frowned slightly and expressed some dissatisfaction.
But she didn’t want to argue with a bodyguard and stated her name.
“Oh, so you’re Miss Lowe! Please come in,” the black-clad bodyguard nodded expressionlessly and gestured for them to enter. However, when Cara followed behind and wanted to enter together, she was stopped.
“Who are you, madam?” the bodyguard asked coldly.
This made Cara quite annoyed, and she pointed at Miranda, saying in an irritated tone, “What’s wrong with you? I’m her mother! Let me in!”
Miranda also frowned and said in a cold voice, “This is my mother, who came with me. Is there a problem?”
The bodyguard shook his head and said harshly, “Sorry, we only know that a Miss Miranda can enter! Others cannot, no matter who they are.”
Hearing this, Cara’s face turned red with anger. Miranda’s expression looked uglier, and a hint of anger rose in her. What did Hazel mean by this?
Was she trying to embarrass her?
That shouldn’t be the case!