“These are all insignificant, though. You’re a busy man with no time for these things. It doesn’t matter if we, your friends, help you take care of matters like these.
“But he still put quite a lot of thought into it, so how about we go visit him after Christmas?”
Jasper gave John a meaningful look and smiled as he said, “John, you’re playing mind games with me as well now. Kai doesn’t have such a simple purpose behind wanting to meet me, does he?”
John knew he could not fool Jasper and decided to say honestly, “Well, his main reason is to thank you. His other reason is that he would like to take Faith County’s resources once Samuel is gone.”
Jasper thought to himself for a moment. No matter how he advanced, Faith County and Tefa City would be his home base for a long time.
At the very least, his parents would retire here. They would not go anywhere else.
The company’s headquarters was in Waterhoof City. The amount of time they needed to spend there would be calculated in years. They would not be able to move away anytime soon.
Thus, it would be much better to have someone on his side take care of things than to have someone like Hugh or Samuel.
“Alright, just let me know in advance,” Jasper said.
John smiled when he heard Jasper’s answer and said cheerfully, “Alright, I’ll let him know he can come over for a visit.”
…
While Jasper and John were chatting in the office, in the villa.
Sally and Charlie were happily leading a team of relatives out of their villa.
“Ah, Charlie, Jasper really has outdone himself. This is such a huge villa and in such a beautiful area! I wouldn’t even dare dream to have this.”
A woman turned to speak to Charlie, her envy evident on her face.
The people beside her all nodded in agreement and turned to gaze reluctantly at the villa they had just left.
Most of them had been born on farms. At most, they only managed to start a small business in Faith County. They were all your average families and had never been in such a luxurious neighborhood before. Thus, it was only natural they seemed like country mice on their first visit to a town.
Charlie felt extremely proud and was already inwardly rejoicing. However, he put on a calm expression as he said, “It’s not much. It’s just that our boy knows what he’s doing. He’s a big spender though, and I can’t get him to stop no matter how I try.”
“I wonder how Jasper is doing now? He must have still been in elementary school the last time I saw him, right? The years have just flown by. I remember saying he was a smart kid who would definitely make it big in the future. And look! I’m right, aren’t I?”
“Exactly. I used to think Jasper was different from other children as well. He didn’t talk much, but he was smart and always knew what to do.”
“You don’t say, I remember when he was younger…”
Charlie and Sally exchanged helpless looks with each other as they listened to their relatives talk about how special, smart, and gifted their son was when he was younger.
Toadying to the rich and bullying the poor was man’s instinct.
Back then, their son had never been popular among the relatives. They had all said he was clueless and did not have it in him to make it big in the future.
However, they all seemed to have forgotten that now and were praising Jasper.
A young man standing on the edge of the crowd pursed his lips. Contempt was written all across his face.
‘What a bunch of ignorant hags they are! What’s so special about Jasper? My brother has already signed an agreement with a CEO and he’ll be opening multiple hotpot restaurants in the entire province next year! My brother will also be a CEO then! Let’s see if Jasper will still be smiling when the time comes!’
Terence’s disdain for Jasper increased as he thought that to himself.
