CHAPTER 525 FOR THE FUTURE PATRIARCH

They were as elusive as ghosts. No one knew when they showed up in the yard.

They looked identical, but one was in white, and the other was in black.

They each held a wicked long saber in their arms, eyes closed.

However, although they were closing their eyes, everyone around had the feeling that the two could still

detect their micro-movements.

Leo narrowed his eyes at the two newcomers.

Nadine had already taken out a dagger, ready to fight the seemingly formidable enemy.

Judging from Nadine's reaction, the two must be one of the few strongest powerhouses.

“The twin killers!" Someone exclaimed, with horror in his trembling voice.

Later, another guy in the crowd started to explain. "The twin killers lived around Sallton and Winham

most of the time. They only work for the money. It's said that they have a close connection with

Nathaniel of the Hopkins Budo Association. Their eyes were always closed when they were not in the

mission."

Compared to Nadine’s serious and anxious look, Leo only landed his eyes on them for two or three

seconds. Only a top martial art master deserved Leo's attention for more than a second.

The twins hadn't moved an inch, sitting cross-legged on the roof; neither had their eyelids ever opened.

From Leo's aura, they learned that he was no more than an ordinary man.

Ayan said through hysterical laughter, “How’s this now? Are you scared? We've cultivated the twin

killers for decades and sent them around sometimes. They’re the real ace cards. They made money

and spied on other prestigious families for us. That's how we got the Wilson family of Emerdale."

Leo put on a ridiculing smile and said, “That explained everything. So, they’re the spies you put in the J

Group?"

"How dare you!" Ayan got irritated, but he still hadn't commanded the twin killers to take action. Today

was his birthday, and it was supposed to end up nicely – no drops of blood, no kills. So, it would be

best if he could just scare Leo away.

"Leo, it’s my birthday today, and for that, I'm not going to lower myself to your level. Now take your

guard and get the hell out of my sight. You still have a chance to live then."

But Leo smiled playfully and satirized, "You'll give me the chance to live? But I wouldn’t if I were you. Original from .

Remember what Nadine just said? Forget about your birthday party. Let's make this your funeral."

These words finally stirred up Ayan’s anger, and some guests felt Leo was insane.

How could he still talk wildly with the twin killers guarding this place?

"Who gives you the guts to make the mess here? Kneel down and apologize to Grandpa now, or you’ll

never leave alive." Lane suddenly pointed at Leo and yelled, and then his peers like Albie and Hollie

followed suits.

"We know your wife is Lydia, but that's not your excuse to go against our family!"

"Grandpa, why don't we just kill him?"

They became fearless with the twin killers behind their backs.

But Ayan was conservative. He cherished his reputation more than his life. The 70th birthday party was

a once-in-a-lifetime celebration. He didn't want to end it in such an indecent way.

"Leo, your daughter is not here with us. You should leave now! I swear I won't give you a hard time."

Ayan glared at Leo and growled.

"Don't get yourself killed for something meaningless." Jonah chimed in to echo.

As much as he wanted to kill Leo, Jonah knew what he should do in this position. He would always be

a candidate before Ayan's retirement.

This position could be stolen away at any time. So, he had to win his grandfather's favor.

The faint smile on Leo's face faded bit by bit, and it was replaced by a touch of gloom. "I gave my

daughter to Laura, and she came here. Now I can't get through to her. Tell me where Laura is, and I'll

leave." Leo said matter-of-factly, not taking a step back.

The Watts were gripped by a feeling of raw anger.

They had already grounded Laura, and if they gave her to Leo, they might as well admit that they had

kidnapped Emilia. The poor lie would give them away, so they would never admit it.

"Really? So you want to get this done in a hard way."

Ayan remained silent, coldness flickering in his eyes. His patience had been worn out.

Leo gave them an amused glance. Judging from their reactions, Leo believed he was right.

"Then I’ll call it a deal breaker."

Leo then continued expressionless, "Then there will be no Watts family in Hopkins." No one doubted it.

Everyone knew the rises and falls of the four prestigious families were inextricably linked to Leo.

However, they just thought it was because Leo relied on Lydia.

They wanted to know what Leo had that could destroy the Watts family by himself.

Ayan's wrinkled face was full of anger and disdain. "Leo, let me tell you something. If you insist, I'll take

the J Group and the branch of the L Group down in no time!"

It seemed that there would be an upheaval in the business world of Hopkins.

The J Group had been evergreen in the business world of Hopkins for many years, tying up with many

smaller groups’ fates.

Moreover, the L Group, which originated in Emerdale, had already become a well-known "upstart"

shortly after it started to march into the Hopkins market.

They understood how the Watts family was at this moment, but they still couldn't believe that Ayan had

just decided to move against the two business giants.

Jonah, however, knew why his grandpa said so.

Even at this point, Ayan still didn't want anyone to shed blood on his 70th birthday.

Even Jonah couldn't wait. He wanted Leo to die right here, right now.

Other people just wanted to see how Leo would respond, but to their disappointment, Leo didn't seem

surprised at all. Later, he even put on a smile with a hint of mockery in it.

"Are you sure it's the J Group and the L Group that will go bankrupt, not the Watts family?"

Soon after that, the Watts burst into laughter as if they had heard the funniest joke in the world.

Everyone was looking at Leo with ridicule.

"Looks like you don’t know about the Watts family? Even the Palmers and the Grants failed to beat us.

Do you really think you can cut our economic chain off just with the J Group and the L Group?"

"Grandpa, he's not a local. I guess he didn't know how influential we are at Hopkins. All the wealthy

families in Emerdale were paper tigers. They were no match for the prestigious families in Hopkins."

Jonah said with a smile on his face.

Even some guests in the yard wouldn’t believe Leo. Although the J Group and the L Group were large

enterprises, it would still be impossible for them to break the economic chain of the Watts family.

Leo was completely daydreaming!

Just by then, Leo chucked, "The Lawsons and the Wilsons looked down on me, just like you. Now, one

of them had been turned upside down, and the other has already been destroyed."

The laughter stopped abruptly.

Ayan and Jonah felt that they had been offended, their faces full of anger.

"That was because they were all too weak. The Watts family would never end up like them!" Ayan

sounded very confident when he said that.

Others agreed with Ayan. Emerdale was just a rising star in Salton and Winham, but Hopkins was the

capital city of a province.

There were disparities between the prestigious families from the two places.

Generally speaking, almost all the prestigious families from Hopkins were more powerful than those

from Emerdale.

The Watts family had the reason to believe that the tragedy of other families from Emerdale wouldn't

happen to them.

"Is that so?" Leo asked. He didn't seem worried at all.

"I see. You'll never stop until you hit on real hard rock, right?" Ayan asked Leo with a sneer.

Then Ayan took out his phone. "It will just take me one call to get both the J Group and the L Group in

trouble by tomorrow. Do you believe that?"

All the guests were shocked when Ayan finally decided to fight back.

Enterprises came and went in the business world. That was natural. If the J Group and the L Group

went bankrupt, it would be a huge blow to Leo.

That would be the subtlest and yet the cruelest way to destroy Leo.

However, Leo only shook his head and smiled at it. "Okay, I’ll believe it when I see it."

Ayan immediately dialed a number.

Everyone's hearts were almost in their mouths.

Just by then, another Limo drifted and rushed into the Watts family's courtyard.

The noise here attracted Ayan's attention.

He didn't dial the number, and instead, his eyes were fixed on the Limo.

At the same time, a man's loud and clear questioning voice came out of the Limo.

"Who said he wanted to make the J Group go bankrupt?"

"That voice is that..."

People in the yard dropped their jaws in astonishment.

The faces of all the Watts family members changed dramatically.

However, Leo's lips arched into a smile. A middle-aged man in suit and leather shoes got out of the

Limo, with a beautiful girl in a black dress beside him.

"Alan!" The eyes of all the Watts family members were fixed on him.

They didn't expect the abandoned brat of the family to show up here.

Lane and Jonah's expressions changed drastically.

Ayan's facial muscles were twitching violently, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Alan, the unacknowledged abandoned heir to the Watts family, dropped by out of everyone's surprise.

They wondered what he was here for.

"You still have the nerve to come back? Have you no shame?" Ayan asked Alan as he glared.

Ayan was gnashing his teeth and looked as if he would eat Alan alive. On the contrary, Alan looked

much calmer.

"They say the good always die young, while the harms done by the bad always last forever. Today is

your 70th birthday. I would be damned to be absent."

Alan was also filled with emotions as he took his first step back into this family.

Other members of the family were boiling with anger. They knew Alan was back for no good.

Just as they had thought, Alan provoked all of them with the first sentence he spoke.

Ayan couldn't move his eyes away from the girl beside Alan.

"Who is this?" Alan looked at Lizzie with gentle eyes and answered loudly,

"She's my daughter!"

The crowd burst into an uproar upon hearing that.

They all knew that 20 years ago when Alan was driven out of the Watts family, his wife died in a car

accident.

His daughter had been separated from him ever since.

They were stunned when hearing Alan say this was his daughter, and they were surprised to see that

the little girl had grown into a young lady.

All members of the Watts family looked sullen.

Ayan asked Alan in a deep voice, "You and we have nothing to do with each other. Why are you back

now?"

Alan looked at Leo and laughed.

"I'm back for three things this time; to save Mr. Cohen's daughter, to take what I deserve, and at last...

to end your pathetic life!"