Outside Eastcliff, the Damron Family members gathered in a remote mansion, and everyone’s face was writ with fury.
When they entered Eastcliff, they were flattered by countless people, and they enjoyed extremely luxurious and warm hospitality.
The wealthy and influential families and tycoons in Eastcliff had spared no effort to curry favor with the Damrons in order to establish a connection with them.
Prominent families like the Sonnet Family and the Fowlers gained the opportunity to get in touch with the high-level members of the Damron Family, so they also spent quite a pretty penny to pave their ways to gain the Damrons’ favor.
However, some forces or families in a lower rank of the social-class pyramid didn’t have such an exclusive privilege, so they decided to stick their noses into the bottom-level members of the Damrons’ businesses. Therefore, the nameless lackeys in the Damrons were treated as guests of honor by these affluent families in Eastcliff.
Although these thugs had no sway in the Damron Family at all, the people in Eastcliff didn’t care as long as they had a chance to ride on the Damron Family’s coattails.
So, in their minds, these nobodies’ entire purpose was to show the Damrons their sincerity and efforts, nothing else. Hence, when the members of the Damrons came to Eastcliff, they enjoyed the best quality hospitality Eastcliff had to offer.
Some of the people in the Damrons were insignificant in Bainbridge, yet in Eastcliff, the rich and powerful showered them with flattery and wealth. These special treatments made them prideful over time.
Unfortunately, they had only managed to fully enjoy such treatment for a short time before they were booted out of Eastcliff. Because of this, they were all in a black mood.
The dozen or so high-ranking members of the Damron Family were sitting in the living hall of the mansion.
Aurelius sat at the head seat while Harper, who sat next to him, cursed indignantly, “B*stards! I’m so pissed! How dare they gather so many people to fight against us! They came after us and kicked us out just because we were outnumbered! D*mn it, I’m so pissed! Aurelius, why don’t we call the family now and ask them to assign more people here? I want to go to f*cking Eastcliff now to kill them all!”
The high-ranking family members nodded in agreement as they were furious.
On the other hand, Aurelius shook his head, glanced at Harper, and frowned. “Just stop, will you? Are you really going to fight them?”
Harper was taken aback and quickly muttered, “W-What? Are you giving up? No, we can’t do that! The selection of the new Ten Greatest Families of Cathay is about to begin. We’ve accumulated our forces for so many years, and we will have a marriage arrangement with the Nolans.”
“This is our best chance to enter the list. All the other families are keeping an eye on us because of Matthew. If we give up now, they will think we are incompetent and lose our only chance to be listed!”
“Yes, Mr. Aurelius,” A man next to Harper nodded. “Harper is right. We are at a critical moment now. We can’t give up just like that!”
The others also nodded in agreement since the said selection was essential to the Damron Family.
They had wanted to be selected as one of the Ten Greatest Families of Cathay decades ago, but they had been thwarted every time. Because of this opportunity, the family had plotted for several years and even spent a considerable price to have a marriage arrangement with the Nolan Family just for the selection.
If they failed again, the family’s hard work over the years would be in vain.
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