"Is that what Curtis bought you for your birthday? I can't accept that."It's just a piece of emerald. Old Master Lake, don't take it to heart. Everyone in Ocean City knows you like antiques and paintings. I won't take away what you love."I won't take Moon Lake Painting."Mr. Winters waved his hand and said with a smile.Kennedy froze slightly, looking a little anxious as if he wanted to say something, but Mr. Winters interrupted him with a wave.Kennedy said nothing more.With Mr. Winters' position, he could get anything he wanted.That imperial emerald and the Moon Lake Painting were precious to everyone else, but it was nothing much to Mr. Winters."The patriarch of the Willard family, Chester Willard, presents an emerald pendant and a pair of bracelets to Old Master Lake, wishing him happiness and a long life!"The chairman of Tiara Group, Benjamin Settler, presents a pair of antique vases for Old Master Lake, wishing him a long life!"The patriarch of the Xavier family,

Everyone there had a clear idea of what was going on, so they all sat quietly in their places. No one got up.At Lake Residence's courtyard, Curtis, who came out first, looked hostilely at the four people before him.Sean stood at the front, while Michael, Theodore, and Jadon stood behind him.The three most famous patriarchs in Ocean City were standing behind Sean as if they were his sidekicks.Next to the four men stood four coffins as tall as men.The coffins were coarse, so you could tell they were cheap. The coffins were sent at this time purely to insult the Lake family."Sean! What are you trying to do?"Curtis glared at Sean and asked through clenched teeth.Although the Lake family was powerful, Ocean City's dignitaries sat in Lake Residence. Even with the Lake family's power, they could not shut everyone's mouth.Word about today was bound to get out, and soon everyone in Ocean City would know.Sean chuckled and said, "As you can see, we sent your dad coffins!"Hea

Mr. Winters only smiled, neither agreeing nor refusing.Seeing his reaction, Kennedy stopped talking and waved to the dozens of the Lake family's bodyguards behind him.The bodyguards immediately nodded and surrounded Sean and his gang.Vroom vroom.Suddenly, a great roar came from the distance, and the crowd only felt a slight tremor in the ground beneath their feet.The sudden situation made the Lake family's bodyguards automatically stop.Kennedy and Curtis looked in the direction of the sound in shock.Even Mr. Winters showed a hint of interest."Is this how the Lake family treats their guests?"The four of us were kind enough to give birthday gifts to Old Master Lake, yet the Lake family sent their guards on us."I've lived most of my life and never suffered such treatment!"Theodore made an angry face and shouted at Kennedy.Kennedy's gaze fell on Theodore, his eyes filled with disbelief.The look in Kennedy's eyes seemed to express that there was no way he would res

Sean's smiling voice rang behind him.Before leaving, Elton glared at Kennedy and said coldly, "If you threaten Mr. Lennon again, I'll make sure you won't see tonight's moon!""Y-You f*cking...""Hm? I haven't even mentioned you, yet you seem to have a big opinion of me."Curtis tried to speak but was rudely interrupted by Elton.Looking at Elton's hostile gaze, Curtis immediately fell silent.The usually arrogant heir of the Lake family was like a frightened little sheep. He was even too scared to make a sound."Hmph! Good!"Elton snorted coldly and turned around to go back to Daniel's side.Daniel patted his brother on the shoulder and said with a laugh, "Those slaps felt so good. Hahaha!"For a moment, Optimus' members burst into laughter.The unbridled laughter pricked Kennedy and Curtis' hearts.Sean was smiling too.The two parties dared not do anything more. They stayed in a stalemate in front of Lake Residence's gate.Seeing that the sun was already high up in the

The patriarchs there understood what Sean meant about change.The Lake family rose to power suddenly a few years ago. Their experience and foundation were incomparable to their families.The Lake family was lucky. It was said that they got involved with a big shot from Janestown. That was how they rose from a family at the bottom of Ocean City's social hierarchy and became the top family in Ocean City after several years.Theodore and Michael were already old, so they did not care so much about the struggle for power and profit.However, the Lake family had become increasingly aggressive over the years as their influence grew. Even some of the Lake family's younger members did not take Theodore and Michael seriously.The Lake family was indeed strong. With Janestown's big shot backing them up, Theodore and Michael could only swallow their pride.The Quartz family was in a similar situation. Therefore, after Sean revealed his plan, the three resolutely followed Sean to deliver cof