Houry House.
Most people were still in the living room with two holes in the walls, having no mood to call tilers to fix them.
In fact, they felt terrible.
The Houry family owned hundreds of millions of dollars, but a live-in son-in-law broke into the house. Moreover, none of them had the guts to fight back.
They felt frustrated and ashamed.
All of them looked stern, especially David in the host’s seat. His face was dark. Only then did Gordon arrive after receiving the news. Frowning, he snapped, “He broke in without anyone else. How dare you not fight back?”
He had never thought his offspring to be so worthless.
None replied, lowering their heads in silence.
They had thought they could easily win against Robin in a fight. However, when the opportunity came, their legs weakened, and they had no guts to be against him.
Some even collapsed on the ground, almost wetting their pants.
Robin’s invisible pressure scared them.
“Uh… Robin Bailey isn’t as simple as he seems, right?” one asked in a weak tone.
However, he was cursed by Gordon the next second.
“Bastard! How dare you make an excuse!”
Gordon heaped on him, “Not as simple as he seems? We know everything happening in his life. He used to be a beggar on the street. Even though he resigned from the military, he could only be a good fighter. Look how many of you are in this room. How could you be freaked out? Shame on you! You disgraced our family.”
His curse also darkened David’s face.
He was unconvinced as his grandfather also blamed him.
He was horrified by Robin at that time.
“All right. Grandpa, it was an accident today. Besides, we’re all businessmen. None of us could fight. Robin Bailey is reckless. His complacency won’t last long.”
David waved his hand in denial and added, “We don’t need to fight back, but we can use what we’re good at. How about on the business battlefield? I’ve united Elliott Nicholson, the president of the Nicholson Group. He agreed to work with us to set up Elise. Her Landview Inc. will surely go to the dogs.”
“Elise is a woman but wants to be a businesswoman. She’ll go bankrupt.”
“However, this will only happen if Elise hasn’t ended up in Andreas Winfield’s hands. Mr. Winfield is influential in Stillwater. It should be a piece of cake for him to handle with Robin Bailey and Elise.”
David sneered, thinking Elise must have died.
Suddenly, Snowy rushed into the door anxiously. “Bad news! Our plan failed. The Winfield family… The Winfields are all dead.”
If only their plan failed, everyone in the Houry family could accept it. After all, unexpected things always happened. The Winfield family was destroyed. None could imagine what had happened to such an influential family.
Andreas was comparable to Timothy in town. Besides, it was said Andreas had a solid backer.
“Has the Buosont family done something?” David asked suspiciously.
“Not at all. The Buosont family had a backer who did something instead. The Buosont family couldn’t fight against the Winfield family, so they informed their backer.”
“The Buosont family’s backer? Who is he?”
“Someone called Mr. X. It was disclosed by the Buosont family. No one knows what he looks like, but he’s from the military and quite competent.”
Snowy looked solemn.
The news meant a bigwig had arrived in Stillwater. As soon as Mr. X appeared, he destroyed the Winfield family to threaten other families and inform others about the Buosont family’s wealth and power in town.
The Houry family was relatively less influential.
However, the Buosont family wasn’t the most influential in Stillwater, a coastal city. Above it, there were old monies that owned large organizations.
The three big groups encroaching on Lands Corporation had become the top three in Stillwater and the most influential ones.
“The Buosonts will be in trouble soon. They aggressively brought in Mr. X, which showed they had the ambition to become the most influential in Stillwater. Those famous families will aim at them. The Buosonts won’t pay attention to us. We can do whatever we want now.”
The news delighted David.
Earlier, he dared not to do something to Elise aboveboard because the Buosont family was her backer, somehow. However, Mr. X had attracted the attention of all forces in Stillwater, so the Buosont family would put effort into solving their own problems.
Andreas had died, and other families must be alert as they were related.
“How stupid the Buosonts are! They thought they could encroach Stillwater after bringing in a bigwig? How naive! There are hidden horrors in town that the Buosonts can never imagine. They are doing this to go to the dogs.”
David mocked. Suddenly, he was enlightened, terror flashing through his eyes.
The next second, it disappeared without attracting others’ attention.
“I see. Robin Bailey is lucky. I thought he would be beaten to death by Andreas Winfield or his bodyguards. I didn’t expect him to escape.”
“Haha… I also thought so. How dare that worthless bastard break into our house! How brainless!”
“He can fight, but so what? We can easily kill him. Elise is an incapable woman. She was just lucky to found Lands Corporation. Now she has a worthless husband. How unlucky!”
All the people in the living room mocked Elise.
They did it to cover their shame after being frightened by Robin earlier.
…
Late that night, Elise gradually woke up. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in the bed of her room, rubbing her temples to get rid of the migraine.
“You are awake, Elise.”
Robin walked to her while holding a bowl. “Are you hungry? You’ve fainted for almost a whole night. I made some congee. Have some.”
“Did you save me again?”
Instead of eating, Elise stared up at Robin.
Although she had lost consciousness, she dizzily felt someone carry her in his arms, which made her feel extremely familiar and secure. Therefore, she knew it was Robin.
By instinct, she had wrapped his body tightly.
Once again, she confirmed that she had fallen in love with Robin.
It wasn’t a good sign, though.
Elise pulled out her phone and dialed Miranda’s number. “Miranda, I have a question. What has happened to the Winfield family?”
“Something shocking. The Winfield family has been destroyed, and all in the house have been killed. It was said a bigwig from the military had done it. He’s known as Mr. X…” Miranda answered her in detail.
Of course, everything she said was the version disclosed by Timothy.
However, after listening to her, Elise put down her phone and gazed at Robin. With mixed feelings, she asked, “Robin, you’ve been lucky again this time?”