“You’re going too far, Jasper!”
Dave stared at Jasper and roared.
“What’s wrong with a creditor coming to collect my debtor’s debts? How am I going too far? Or are you telling me that I’m just supposed to give you that 2.7 billion? Is that it?” Jasper asked curiously.
“You won’t get anything good out of crushing the entire Hanks family to bits! Doing so will only make the situation more difficult to deal with,” Dave spoke grimly.
Smiling, Jasper replied to Dave calmly, “Then how would you propose I do this?”
“We’ll pay you 20 million a year until we repay everything. That’s the most we can do.” Dave’s eyes shifted as he spoke.
Jasper chuckled at the suggestion and turned to look at Sirius, ignoring Dave. “Mr. Hanks, should I take this as your family’s final decision?”
Dave roared. “I’m talking to you here! What’s with your attitude?”
“Enough,” Sirius suddenly spoke, interrupting Dave.
“Jasper, it’s not a lie that we can’t pay you such a large sum right now. The Hanks family is now a mere shell of its former glory. We have no other choice but to run it through the official procedure if you’re so adamant about getting the money back. That’s all I have to say,” Sirius replied calmly.
“But I don’t believe that’s the result you wish to see.”
Jasper chuckled and turned to ask Sirius, “Did you have anything to do with Zayden’s death?”
Sirius frowned slightly at how Jasper asked him a tricky question instead of replying to his question.
“What are you saying? You were the reason Zayden was put in the detention center in the first place. He killed himself because he couldn’t take the reality of it. If anything, you were the one who directly caused his death!” Sirius spoke grimly.
Jasper replied calmly, “He had it coming, being put behind bars. But I’ve never once thought of killing him. After all, this is a federal society we live in. It would do you good not to spout nonsense.
“But you didn’t answer my question at all. So tell me, what role did you play in his death?”
Sirius’ expression darkened. He did not need to turn back to know that his family was looking at him with shocked, complicated, and confused gazes.
“I’m the one who’s suffering the most. I swear, I’ll find the person who killed Zayde—”
“Didn’t you just say that he killed himself because he couldn’t handle the fact that I put him behind bars? Now you’re telling me that you’re going to find the killer who killed him? Aren’t you contradicting yourself here?” Jasper interrupted Sirius and asked.
Being interrogated by Jasper, Sirius roared with his face pale from anger, “What the hell do you want? Are you going to take revenge for Zayden?”
“He and I are enemies, not friends. I’d be the last person to help avenge him. In fact, I should be here clapping my hands in joy about the fact that he’s dead. But this incident has also shown me how cruel and heartless you and Conrad are. How do you expect me to let people like you off the hook?”
Jasper spoke softly, “You treat an illness by treating its cause, do you not? You might not know this, but Sylva came to me with a lot of information after Zayden passed.”
Sirius’ eyes widened as he asked aggressively, “Where is he? Tell me! Where is he?”
Jasper was shocked. “You seem very interested to know where he’s gone?”
“No sh*t. He took 600 million in cash from the family’s funds when he left! I…” Sirius spoke without hesitation. Halfway through, he realized how he had said something he should not have.
Looking at Sirius whose face had been drained of all color, Jasper replied calmly, “What a close relationship you have with your brother. Who’d have thought that this so-called family had already fallen apart long ago?”
With that, Jasper then walked to leave and spoke slowly, “Just wait for your subpoenas. Oh, my lawyer has probably already filed for a case, so you should be receiving a notice about the freezing of your assets soon.”
Watching Jasper leave, Dave and his brother Neville could not hold it anymore and ran over to block Jasper’s path. Neville spoke to Jasper with a cold look in his eyes, “What, you’re just going to leave now?”
“Why? Are you in a rush to transfer this park to me?” Jasper asked calmly.
