“But Fabian isn’t your average person. You have to think it through if you want to screw him over.”
Henry’s words had pulled Jasper from his thoughts. Instead of explaining himself, Jasper asked with interest, “I’ve never seen you describe anyone like that. You’ve always been quick to screw someone over if you don’t like them. Why’s it different with him?”
Henry smiled weirdly and leaned over to whisper to Jasper, “This Fabian is crueler than your average person.
“You’d think people like him getting women pregnant is no big deal, right?
“Well, what these people usually do is have the woman abort the baby and then pay them as compensation.
“But Fabian’s different. This man forces abortion pills down the women’s throats with no care whether they die or not. Some had died before, and one of the women’s family was actually quite a formidable one over at Auma City.
“He killed their daughter, so there’s no way the family wouldn’t make him pay for it. The situation blew up and a lot of people got roped into this to smooth the issue out.
“It’d be fine if this was all there was to him, but as cruel as Fabian is to women, he’s even crueler when it comes to men. Offend him and your fate is more or less sealed. B*stard likes cutting people’s d*cks off and he does it himself.
“We all think he’s a pervert but we keep it to ourselves.”
At that, Henry shrugged. “You’d think perverts like this should be thrown in jail for the rest of their lives but he’s exploited a lot of loopholes in the law before. Everything requires evidence and witnesses back in Harbor City. It’s not that easy.”
“Aren’t you honest,” Jasper commented.
Henry snickered and replied, “Being self-aware is a virtue, isn’t it? This is something I’ve always known.
“But the reason why I told you to try to avoid getting into a conflict with this man is that he made a name for himself through fighting when he was young.”
Now that Henry had begun to speak, he also began gossiping about the horrible things Harbor City’s circle of trust-fund babies have done.
“Do you know why Kayden’s keeping it so low profile now? He used to be as much of a playboy as I am. But Kayden and Fabian fought once when they were my age.
“These are all stories about the previous generation of trust-fund babies, so I don’t really know how exactly they fought but I heard my dad tell me about it. It was a very fierce fight, so bad the higher-ups had to come and placate them.
“It almost became a full-blown war between the Langdon family and the Atticus family. Even the two old masters were planning to make their moves. It only calmed down when the other richest families came out and negotiated the issue. I think my dad was my family’s representative.
“Fabian ended up winning that time and it was a complete win. Kayden almost lost his life after it was over. Since then, the two of them calmed down and kept a low profile. It’s been a decade and I don’t even think the two of them have appeared in the same room again.”
After hearing Henry speak, Jasper had a completely different understanding of Fabian now.
Jasper and Fabian had never crossed paths before, but Jasper was no stranger to Kayden in both his past and current lives.
Kayden was certainly a top-notch capitalist and a business prodigy.
There was no way Fabian would be a match for Kayden if the former was a mere playboy who only knew how to flirt with women.
Not to mention that he had almost taken Kayden’s life.
Thinking back to Henry’s words, Jasper asked with a weird expression on his face, “Then is Kayden… still whole now?”
Henry was stunned for a moment before he burst into laughter. “What the f*ck, your imaginations are wild! Even if Fabian were crazy, I think he’d still value his own life. There’d be no smoothing things out if he actually cut Kayden’s d*ck off.
“Oh yeah, you haven’t told me how you two got acquainted,” Henry asked.
Jasper rubbed his temples and replied, “What do you mean get acquainted? I don’t even know what he looks like. He’s the one asking around about me in Harbor City.”
Jasper then relayed the situation he heard from Jake to Henry.
“I did end up offending a trust-fund baby back in Coreana, but he wasn’t even one of the formidable ones. I’m more interested in how he managed to get Fabian to work for him.
“Not that it’s important now. I don’t know what Fabian has in mind, but he’s going to have to show up sooner or later if he wants to do something. I’ll deal with it when the time comes. I’m busy as of late, so I don’t have the time to waste worrying about him.”
“Alright then. I’ll have my people keep a closer eye on Fabian’s movements over in Harbor City. I’ll update you the moment there’s any news,” Henry spoke.
Nodding, Jasper got up. “It’s getting late so I won’t send you off. Get some rest.”
“What the f*ck. You’re just going to throw me away once you’ve used me?” Henry complained.
Jasper smiled. “I’ve been dealing with the company for the past two days and I finally got things done today. I need a good rest or I won’t have any energy when I get to Waterhoof City tomorrow.”
“We’re going to Waterhoof City tomorrow?!” Henry gasped.
“No, I’m going to Waterhoof City tomorrow. You’re going to stay here and pass those tests for your amusement park. Then we’ll talk about it,” Jasper replied.
Henry huffed. “I’m going to call someone to knock those people out and send them on a flight back to Harbor City.”
“Up to you.” Jasper walked toward the exit of the study. Then, he suddenly turned around and spoke to Henry in a mysterious tone, “Gather a bit of money first. If there aren’t any complications, something’s going to happen soon and I’ll bring you along for some quick cash.”
Henry was only interested in food, wine, women, and making money. Among the four, making money took the top spot.
“This is your promise! I want at least double of what I put in or it’ll be an insult to your title as the stock god!” Henry quickly spoke.
“Double?” Jasper widened his eyes. “Do I look like an actual god to you? I’d be the richest man in the world long ago if money were so easily made. Why do you think I’m still suffering like this?”
…
The following day, Hudson and the rest who had come for the meeting left. Jasper bade Wendy and Malcolm farewell as well before making his way to Waterhoof City.
The people following him were Julian, the strong man, and Sean, who was in charge of the real estate group.
The purpose of their trip today was to build a Waterhoof City branch company for JW Real Estates.
The real estate company would be in charge of the design for the skyscraper, but the most important thing now was for Jasper to deal with the more than 200 shops in Gold Pedestrian Street.
After all, there was no way Jasper would personally manage the renting process of these small shops, so it was up to Sean’s team to do it for him.
Sean’s eyes widened like saucers when he found out that Jasper had spent more than five billion to become the biggest landlord in all of Waterhoof City.
