CHAPTER 173 A WARNING TO THE OTHERS

Listening to Tang Chao's words, Roman's pupils shrank, and Barnaby was even more frightened than

before.

He had never expected that the last thing that Leo wanted was his death.

Only Nadine kept a calm face, since it was not at all surprising for her that Leo would ever make such a

request.

She knew that for Leo, the less people knew the relationship between him and Lydia, the better it would

be.

However, for Barnaby, who had heard of this thing from the young master of the Stewart, not only did

he use this matter as a topic to chat about more than once, but he also insulted Lydia frivolously and

ignominiously. He really deserved to die for his sins!

However, such a nonentity did not deserve to be killed by Leo himself. Thus, Roman had naturally

become the one who was responsible for doing that.

The air was cold and filled with hostility at the moment. When Roman brought himself back to reality,

he offered an awkward laugh and smiled, “Mr. Cohen, there must be another way out. How about

we….”

“If your answer is no, then you should be ready for the devastation of your family.”

At the same time, the faces of Roman and Barnaby turned pale.

“Please, Mr. Cohen……”

It was at the moment when Roman was about to implore for his mercy, Leo stared at him with cold

eyes and said, “I shall see you kill him in one minute. If you can’t, then all people here shall die!”

“Pleases, help me! I don’t want to die, grandpa!”

With frightened eyes, Barnaby quickly crawled to Roman's feet and grabbed his sleeve with

desperation.

However, surprisingly, Roman said nothing in response. As the look on his grandpa’s face turned

gloomy, Barnaby was dumbfounded and looked at Roman with confusion, “Grandpa?”

“You still have thirty seconds.” Looking at his watch, Leo reminded.

“Grandpa, please, don’t listen to him! He don’t have the guts to kill me!” Frightened, Barnaby held

Roman’s hands and shuddered in fear.

Suddenly, Roman heaved a sigh and looked at Barnaby with a helpless expression on his face.

Looking into his grandpa’s eyes, Barnaby was seemingly aware of something, and turned frozen.

“I have told you that you should beware of your tongue and remain silent as much as you can. While

you never listen to my words.” He looked at Barnaby, and then continued, “You think that our family is

already strong enough, and thus you become increasingly unscrupulous and reckless. However, you

never know that our family can never be counted as strong enough, not even here in Emerdale, where Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

there still exists people who can wipe out our whole family as easily as a pocket in a shirt.”

“Please, stop it, grandpa. I need your help…”

“Our family could originally stay safe and sound if you could watch your tongue and make no trouble.

Now, you put all of us at risk.” Said Roman, as if he was deaf to Barnaby’s words.

The look on his face was quite benign and grandfatherly, which Barnaby had once seen in his

childhood.

“Only ten seconds left.” Leo lowered his arms and walked towards Barnaby. If ever, Roman failed to do

so, he would destroy the whole Brown family himself.

“I still remember the time when you and Raymond were still young and playing around together

lightheartedly. Do you think that Raymond would ever feel lonely up there in heaven?”

As he said so, Roman’s eyes began to turn red, and his voice began to choke with sobs.

At the next moment, he held a pistol in his hand, raised it and targeted at Barnaby’s head.

“What are you doing, Grandpa? Stop it!” Seeing that, Barnaby was extremely terrified and began to

uncontrollably step backwards.

“Please, you don’t have to do this, Mr. Nicholson!” The other men of the Brown came up in haste and

tried to persuade him.

However, in a sudden, Roman turned to them with wrath, “Stay away from me!”

Everyone was frightened by him, and they had no choice but to fearfully look at the savage look on his

face.

“There are already three generations in the Nicholsons, and I shall never allow my family to ruin in my

hands! Otherwise, I will be ashamed to go to our ancestors!”

“Please, I’m your grandson!” Barnaby looked at Roman with disbelief. He had never expected that his

grandpa would ever make up his mind to kill him for the whole Browns.

“Five, four, three…” Leo began to count down.

Roman looked at Barnaby, and said, “I’m sorry, but you have to die for the family, my kid.”

As his voice faded, Roman closed his eyes, and pulled the trigger.

Turning around in fear, Barnaby was about to run away without any hesitation.

However, with a noisy sound of gunfire, Barnaby stopped running after stepping forwards for a few

steps.

His movements became stiffened and sluggish, and as he turned around, everyone found that there

was a big bloody hole on his forehead

As blood shed from the hole on his head, Barnaby collapsed to the ground.

“Oh, god! No, no! My kid, my grandson!” With his head up, Roman burst into tears, and the pistol in his

hands had also fell to the ground.

All members of the Nicholsons remained in dead silence. The death of Barnaby exactly allured to that

the whole family would lose its offspring forever.

The grieved look on Roman’s face made him look as if he was aged by more than a decade. He then

turned to Leo with cloudy eyes, “Mr. Cohen, I have done what you asked. Please, show some mercy to

my family.”

Leo offered a thin nod, and then winked at Darcey.

Darcey strode forwards and presented Roman with a piece of paper, “Please write your signature on

this contract, Mr. Nicholson. After that, Mr. Cohen will take over all the industries under the name of the

Nicholsons.”

The old man’s spirit had already been torn apart by the death of his own grandson. He signed up his

name and then turned to his family, “Now, go back home and pack your things up. We shall leave

Emerdale before the next sunrise.”

The death of Barnaby and the downfall of the Nicholson family aroused the melancholy inside everyone

of the Nicholsons. However, no matter how reluctant they were to face the fact, they had no other

option but to go back and pack their things up.

Wallace casted a glance at the body of Barnaby lying on the ground and asked, “What should I do

about his body, Mr. Cohen?”

Without even looking at it, Leo turned around together with Nadine and said in a plain tone, “Pack it

with a white cloth and send it to the house of the Fords.”

“Aye!” Wallace answered and realized that Leo was going to make an example out of the Nicholsons as

a warning to others.

“Wait, Wallace!”

It was the moment when Wallace was about to leave that Millie stopped him and asked, “Are you

familiar with that penny pincher?”

“What…?” Terrified by what his sister said, Wallace then stared at her with a serious look in his eyes,

“You should call him Mr. Cohen, you’ve got it?”

Looking at the back of Leo with a flirtatious look in her eyes, Millie said seriously, “I’m somehow

attracted by this man.”

Stunned, Wallace covered her mouth with his hand and said in haste, “For the god sake, watch your

tongue! He’s already married!”

“So what?” Millie pulled his hand away and then continued, “I’m not going to marry him, after all.”

Looking at his sister with worrisome eyes, Wallace was afraid that she might bring trouble on herself

sometimes in the future.

In the house of the Fords family, Jayden, Rebecca, Patricia and Caroline were all gathered around in

the living room, with worrisome looks on their faces.

According to what Roman said, Leo would be sent back to the house of the Fords. However, time was

flitting, and there was still nothing heard from either Roman nor Leo.

Caroline stood up and said, “It’s meaningless to just stay here. I’m going to the Nicholsons to check

what’s going on.”

Grabbed her by her arms, Rebecca stared at her with a sullen look and said, “How many times do I

need to tell you that he had sinned against the Nicholsons? We’d better just leave that good-for-nothing

to the Fords, which is nothing bad for us.”

Jayden also ordered, “No one is allowed to leave here before the Nicholsons knock on our door! It’s our

chance to use that fool to earn the trust of the Fords!”

“But…” At the moment when Caroline was about to say something, a loud noise of car whistle sounded

outside the house.

A car pulled over by the gateway of the Fords, and there were a few men getting out of the car and

throwing a big black sack into the yard of the Fords. After that, they left.

The black sack looked heavy, and it could tell from its outline that there was a man inside.

Jayden stood up immediately and laughed, “Ha, look what we have here! A stupid wretch is now sent

back to us!”

Sucking in a breath, Caroline seemingly began to worry, and went up to the sack together with the

Fords.

“Let’s have a look at this stupid dumbass…” Excitedly, Rebecca opened the black sack in haste.

However, he didn’t expect that the one lying inside was Barnaby, whose head was punctured by a

bullet and eyes still remained open.

As the empty look of Barnaby’s body fell on Rebecca, Rebecca was scared, collapsed to the ground

and screamed, “Oh my gosh!”