Dudley raised his arm as he spoke to shove Jasper.
Dudley’s movements were wide, perhaps because he wanted to show off in front of Lisa.
Instead of shoving Jasper, Julian ended up catching his hand and twisting it behind his back.
Dudley shouted in pain as his wrist was twisted to his back. Julian pressed the hand against Dudley’s back, causing the man to bow forward and shout.
The action and posture Dudley was in caused a few pieces of paper to fall from his breast pocket.
Both Lisa and Dudley’s expressions changed at the same time.
Lisa instinctively bent down to pick up the papers.
However, Julian was much faster than her.
Just as Lisa reached out, Julian had already picked the papers up with one hand while still holding Dudley’s wrist with the other.
“Give my things back to me!” Lisa glared at Julian and spoke angrily.
Julian ignored her and passed the papers to Jasper instead.
Jasper took the papers and glanced at Lisa before he read their contents.
Jasper was elated by what he saw.
The paper was precisely the prepared schedule and explanations for the core topics of the asset forum conference prepared by the Haddock Chamber of Commerce for Jasper.
This so-called asset forum conference was essentially an event where a bunch of bigshots within the industry would sit together and give their own opinions on topics each other or the host had brought up. It could either be a debate or a speech.
As this was a provocation from the Teo to the Haddock Chamber of Commerce, they would certainly decide on a debate.
This meant that if the Teo Chamber of Commerce wanted to put businesspeople from Haddock in a difficult position, then they would surely attack Jasper who was their representative. Coincidentally, there were also people within Haddock’s Chamber of Commerce who wanted to put Jasper in a difficult position, so the two parties had intriguingly ended up with the same ‘enemy’.
Both Lisa and Dudley’s expressions changed.
“Motherf*cker! Tell your dog to let go of me and give me back my things!” Dudley shouted fiercely.
Jasper looked at the duo and waved the documents in his hand before speaking calmly, “Who’d have thought that I’d get such a great surprise the first time I’m here. Should I understand this as a gift from both of you together?”
Lisa’s face was taut and she did not speak, but her eyes kept flickering as she came up with a plan.
Dudley was more aggressive and simple. The man turned his head to sneer. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. Also, I said let go of me right now, you hear me? Or I’ll kill you two!”
“F*cking h*ll, do you even know who I am? My dad’s the President of the Teo Chamber of Commerce! How dare you hurt me, I’ll have people kill you once you walk out the doors!”
“Jul, I think this child’s gone mad. Give him a shock to wake him up,” Jasper spoke calmly.
Julian did not hesitate before he slapped Dudley’s mouth with the back of his hand.
Julian’s hand was akin to a steel plate as he slapped on Dudley’s clamoring mouth. The latter immediately let out a muffled scream and stopped speaking, replacing it with pitiful screams and shouts.
Dudley covered his own mouth and stared at Jasper with hatred and fear, all while blood seeped out from between his fingers.
Dudley was used to being arrogant thanks to his family background and identity, so he had not expected Jasper to attack him.
“You’ve gone crazy, Jasper!” Lisa screamed as she saw Dudley’s pitiful situation.
She immediately rushed over to help Dudley up and wiped the traces of blood from his face with a tissue. Then she turned to speak to Jasper icily.
“Do you even know who Dudley’s father is? Don’t think that just because you’ve got a small business now you’re suddenly a true wealthy businessman. You don’t even have the right to stand and speak in front of someone of Dudley’s father’s caliber!”
Jasper narrowed his eyes and looked at Lisa calmly.
There was something strange with Lisa’s expression right now.
It seemed like she was elated to see him and Dudley get into conflict. Yet for the sake of acting, she had no choice but to pretend to be furious.
That was not all. Lisa’s choice of words was very specific as well. Instead of explaining the cause of the conflict or trying to smooth things out, she had emphasized Dudley’s identity.
This was a sore spot for trust-fund children like Dudley.
She had also told Dudley that Jasper was just a normal businessman with a little bit of property and a normal family.
“Motherf*cker. How dare you hit me! Just you wait, my dad will never forgive you!”
As expected, Dudley had mustered the courage and he glared at Jasper, his gaze resentful and fiery.
“No one’s ever dared to hit me all these years, you’re the first. But that’s alright, just you wait. I’ll make you pay tenfold for this slap!”
“Looks like you’re not completely awake yet, hmm?” Jasper asked Dudley calmly.
Dudley was stunned and he looked like he was about to rage. He glanced at Julian instinctively and fear spiked within him to squash the anger down.
That slap had told him that Julian was not someone he could fight back against. There was no other option but to let the matter go for now.
Or he would get beaten up again.
Dudley stared at Jasper and spoke with his jaw tightly set, “Fine, you win this time!”
Dudley then made a move to leave.
He was evidently at a disadvantage now and he could not beat Jasper in a fistfight. So Dudley planned to go back and wait for a chance to take revenge.
However, he had only taken one step forward when Julian appeared in his path.
“What is the meaning of this?!” Dudley asked, terrified and angry.
“What’s the meaning?” Jasper chuckled and looked at Lisa. “I’m afraid you’re going to have to ask her that. I’m only doing what she wants me to do.”
Dudley turned to Lisa confusedly and saw a rather frantic expression on her face.
“You’re insane. I don’t even know what you’re trying to say,” Lisa spoke, forcing herself to calm down.
“You wanted Dudley and me to fight, best to the point that both of us are willing to risk our lives to get rid of each other. All while you watch by the sidelines and reap the rewards, no?” Jasper spoke calmly.
Lisa’s expression changed slightly at that.
“What are you talking about! Dudley and I are friends! I’d definitely stand on his side if you two fought, what do you mean reap rewards?”
Jasper smiled and spoke, “I don’t care if you admit it or not, but there’s something the both of you must explain to me today.”
Jasper brandished the papers in his hands and his expression turned frosty. He shouted, “You two. What is the meaning of conspiring and stealing this document?!”
