Everyone’s gaze shifted to the entrance as a young man, around Sheila and Roman’s age, and an older man, around Drake’s age, stepped in. They were none other than Asher and his father, George. Behind them followed a few members of the Aldrige family.“It’s the Aldrige family!” After a brief silence, one of the guests finally blurted out.The crowd, who had seemed momentarily dazed, snapped back to their senses. It really was the Aldrige family! But why George and Asher? Shouldn’t it have been Sebastian and Arthur?“So the rumors weren’t baseless after all,” Shawn said, looking at the father and son duo, a faint, knowing smile tugging at his lips.“Mr. Morningstar,” Asher greeted with a mild smile. “Your information network is as impressive as ever. Well, as you might well already know, it was all thanks to that boy, Robin, for giving me this chance. I should thank him. Where is he?” His eyes swept the hall, but Robin was nowhere in sight. “Hmm?” his brows knit slightly.Shawn let ou

Caught off guard, Sheila couldn't help but shudder with fright. But she quickly shook it off. Lifting her head, she said curtly, "This is the Dunns' turf, do I need to report my actions to you?"“Hmph!” Shawn had no interest in pointless exchanges. His voice turned cold. “If you don’t want your grandfather’s birthday celebration to be ruined, you’d better stay away from that phone. That lad must show up to this banquet, and I will take him away. Don’t cross my bottom line.”Sheila’s grip on her phone loosened a little. Her expression flickered as her gaze moved from her grandfather, to the family guards, to the other members of the family, and then back to the phone in her hand. She didn’t know what to do.“I’m here for that punk as well. Unless the Dunns can face both my family and the Abyssal Dominion, go ahead and make that call if you want,” Asher added. Though he was very wary of Shawn, there was a saying: the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Joining forces with Shawn was the best

“Boss!”“Young Master!”Seeing who it was, though surprised by his sudden arrival, the assassins and the driver greeted at once.“Good job, everyone,” Jace said as he stepped forward, a pleased smile on his face as he nodded at them.He completely ignored Robin.“It was nothing, boss. If we, as assassins of this level, couldn’t even handle something like this, then we might as well dig a hole and bury ourselves,” one of them said plainly. “Actually, the real credit should go to the driver. He handled the most crucial part.”“Oh, no, I can’t take that,” the driver quickly waved it off modestly. “Young Master planned everything. I only drove the car.”“Alright, enough with the modesty. Everyone did well. Excellent job.”“Thank you, boss!”“Thank you, Young Master!”“Uhm… boss, you came quite early. Did something happen?” one of the assassins, the same one Robin had singled out, asked.Jace’s eyes flickered slightly, but he shook his head. “Nothing much. The birthday celebration was bori

Huh?The assassins paused in their tracks, glancing around. What was that sound?They glanced at each other."Did you hear that?" one of them asked.“Yeah… so you heard it too? I thought I misheard.”“I heard it as well. It sounded like something tearing apart. Like a c—” He couldn't finish his words, his eyes widening in horror as they shot toward Robin.The others followed his gaze. Even without him finishing, they already knew what he meant.Jace's heart skipped a beat. It couldn't be, right? He quickly looked at Robin as well.One glance and he let out a breath of relief. Robin was still bound. He must have misheard. They must have misheard.The assassins exhaled as well, including the driver. And as they did, one of the assassins couldn't help but fly into a rage.“Hmph! Punk, what the hell was that? Trying to mimic the sound of the coil breaking to scare us?” he snapped. “If you’re that scared, why not just treat the boss instead of playing tricks?”If he said anything, Robin d

Jace froze mid-step, his body going stiff like a statue. Did this guy have eyes at the back of his head? he cursed inwardly.“We’re not done here yet and you’re already leaving?” Robin’s voice sounded again.Jace’s fists clenched at his sides. “You… what do you want?” he forced out, swallowing hard. “I don’t need your treatment anymore. I just want to leave!”“You kidnapped me, planned to kill me after forcing me to treat you… and now you just want to walk away?” Robin chuckled darkly. “Is it that easy anywhere?”“Stop talking nonsense! I never planned to kill you!” Jace snapped. “I only wanted to force you to treat me. After that, I would’ve let you go!”The assassins exchanged glances.That was obviously a lie… right?But they understood. In this situation, who would admit they planned to kill Robin?Maybe Jace wasn’t completely brainless after all.“Haha… you didn’t plan to kill me?” Robin laughed lightly. “Do you take me for a fool?”Even the assassins and the driver had said it e