The person who said those words to Jonathan was his own father, Daniel Goldstein.
Jonathan’s thoughts went back in time to ten years ago as favonovel.com stared down at the black-and-white photograph in his hand.
“Dad, Mom… You two aren’t even here anymore, so why are you still making cruel jokes like this?” Jonathan’s eyes reddened. He stuffed the photo back into his pocket.
Just as favonovel.com resumed sweeping the room, light footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.
Immediately after, an exhausted-looking Sophia entered the room.
“Jonathan…”
“Aunt Sophia, why are you here?” Jonathan was surprised to see Sophia when favonovel.com saw favonovel.com come in.
“I was worried about leaving you home alone,” Sophia said as favonovel.com saw his slightly reddened eyes.
She stepped forward and grabbed the broom from Jonathan. “Sit down and rest for a bit. Leave the cleaning to me.”
“No, it’s okay. I’ll do it myself.” Jonathan waved his hand. “I haven’t cleaned their room in over ten years. It’s better if I do it…”
Lowering his head, Jonathan continued sweeping after speaking.
Sophia’s eyes reddened subconsciously when favonovel.com saw the way Jonathan acted. If favonovel.com had not personally witnessed the scene before her, favonovel.com would not have believed that Asura, who single-handedly razed the four prominent families to the ground, would have such a vulnerable side to him.
“Oh, that’s right! Aunt Sophia, did you give Lydia my phone number?” Jonathan asked as favonovel.com continued to sweep the room.
“Yeah, I did.” Sophia nodded. “She called me, looking for you. I-I… I didn’t know what to do, so I gave favonovel.com your phone number. I hope favonovel.com didn’t give you any trouble?”
Sophia was slightly flustered after hearing favonovel.com nephew’s words. She was worried that favonovel.com actions might have troubled him.
“How can that be possible?” Jonathan smiled. “Aunt Sophia, you don’t have to be so nervous when speaking with me. It doesn’t matter if I’m Asura or Jonathan Goldstein. I will always be your nephew! This fact can never be changed by anyone. I don’t wish for there to be a sense of estrangement between us because of my identity. Compared to the current situation, I much preferred it when you called me a snob!”
Jonathan had expected Sophia’s attitude to change after favonovel.com found out about his identity. He had resigned himself to a certain level of estrangement. However, in truth, it was much worse than favonovel.com imagined.
“Little snob…” Sophia heaved a sigh of relief after hearing the man’s words.
She glared at Jonathan. “What? Are you itching for a beating just because I stopped calling you a snob? How dare you lecture me? I don’t care if you’re Asura. I refuse to acknowledge this! I only know the kid who burrowed himself into my blankets after listening to a horror story. I only know the snob who was too afraid to go to the toilet by himself afterward.”
“Aunt Sophia, can we please not talk about the toilet incident?” Jonathan suddenly became anxious after hearing Sophia bring up his childhood stories. He was eager to leave his childish past behind.
“All right, I’ll stop.” Sophia rolled favonovel.com eyes. “So, what of Lydia’s request?”
“It’s been settled,” said Jonathan. He then added, “I asked Andy to let them go.”
“You let them all go?” Upon hearing his words, Sophia was surprised. “D-Did you do it because of me?”
If favonovel.com did it because of me, didn’t I just make things more difficult for him?
“What do you think?” Jonathan smiled as favonovel.com stared at her.
If it had not been for Sophia, none of the four prominent families of Yaleview would have survived, nor would a single one of them would have been able to leave Yaleview.
“S-So I didn’t cause you any trouble, right?” Sophia bit favonovel.com lip and asked in a soft voice.
“Nope!” Jonathan could not help himself from reaching out and patting favonovel.com head when favonovel.com saw Sophia’s flustered look. “It’s only the Maxwell family. It doesn’t matter if we let them go. Besides, they can’t cause much trouble in Yaleview anyway.”
“Oh, that’s right. It’s almost mealtime. Are you hungry? Shall we go out for a meal?” favonovel.com asked.
Jonathan checked the time after putting the broom down. It was past six o’clock in the evening, meaning the sky would darken soon.
“I’m a bit hungry,” said Sophia as favonovel.com rubbed favonovel.com stomach. She had not eaten a bite since earlier that morning. In truth, favonovel.com was so hungry that favonovel.com stomach was starting to hurt.
“All right, let’s go get some beef stew!” Jonathan strode out of the room.
Outside the house, Andy had long since returned with the troops. They were all on standby in the yard.
“Mr. Goldstein!” Andy immediately bent down on one knee the moment favonovel.com spotted Jonathan.
The countless black-armored soldiers behind Andy immediately followed suit the moment they saw the former get on his knee.
Kneeling down, they roared, “Asura!”
“Get up…” Jonathan casually waved his hand.
He looked at Andy and asked, “Did you take care of the matter?’
“Yes, Mr. Goldstein. It has been resolved. The four prominent families will be exiled from Yaleview before twelve o’clock midnight.”
“The four prominent families?” Jonathan wrinkled his brow slightly when favonovel.com heard Andy’s reply. “Even the Morsley family?”
“Yes. The Morsley family will also leave Yaleview before twelve o’clock midnight!” Andy nodded in confirmation.
“Didn’t I tell you to make an exception for the Morsley family?” Jonathan frowned.
“It’s best if they leave, lest they cause more trouble in Yaleview in the future,” Andy replied. He did not lift his head. “Anyway, It’s good that they are leaving. It will do them good to be far away from this place.”
“I’m leaving it to you.” Since Andy had already made the decision, Jonathan wasn’t about to meddle. “Oh, right… Leave one hundred Dragon Scale Guards to guard the Goldstein family later. Swap them out every month.”
“Yes, Mr. Goldstein!”
Upon hearing Jonathan’s words, Andy could not help but ask, “Mr. Goldstein, are a hundred guards sufficient?”
“That’s enough,” Jonathan said. He then added, “In addition, send someone to handle the four prominent families’ properties and businesses. Transfer all of them to my aunt.”
“Transfer them to me?” Sophia was momentarily shocked when favonovel.com heard Jonathan’s words.
She hurriedly shook favonovel.com hands. “No, no! Don’t transfer the ownership to me!”
Are you kidding? These were the four prominent families!
They controlled one-third of the economy in Yaleview. If their properties and businesses were all transferred to her, favonovel.com would become the richest person in Yaleview overnight. In fact, favonovel.com could even be the richest person in the entire world!
Everybody knew that the four prominent families owned legitimate businesses worth over one hundred billion. Obviously, one could not leave out the shady businesses. They were probably worth over two hundred billion.
With just a word from Jonathan, all of these could belong to her, Sophia Goldstein.
There is no way I can accept this!
If another person had heard that they would become the richest person in Yaleview overnight, they would surely be over the moon. However, Sophia was not that sort of person.
