The scene changed rapidly in a split second.
It was still a harmonious dinner a minute ago, yet it had turned into a battlefield of life and death instantly.
Zane shrieked as Henry threw the chair at him. While he had managed to escape being fatally injured, Zane did end up falling to the floor on his butt.
Looking at the shattered chair, Zane broke out in a cold sweat.
“Are you f*cking crazy, Henry?! Are you actually trying to kill me?” Zane roared.
Quarrels between trust-fund children went no further than a harsh one-sided beating. A broken bone or two were already the worst injuries that one could come out with.
After all, they all belonged to the same circle, and there the differences in the statuses between them were often minor. Not to mention, their parents were also part of the picture.
Any deaths would result in a bloody fight between the families until one of them was completely destroyed.
Be it Zane, Henry, or even Mitch, they had all held back when they quarreled in the past.
Yet, upon seeing how Henry was coming for his neck this time, Zane did not have too many inhibitions either.
“Aren’t you afraid that my dad’ll come after your entire f*cking family?”
Henry scoffed and spoke, oozing with a sinister aura, “As if Bob Lancaster, that f*cking wimp, would dare do anything to my dad.
“The only reason why your dad, some B-list figure, could make a name for himself during these last few years isn’t cus he’s good, it’s because we four richest families decide to keep a low profile! Somehow you think that makes you the sh*t?”
“Henry!”
Mitch had no choice but to step up upon seeing the situation take a turn for the worse. Staring at Henry, he clenched his jaw and spoke, “This matter is between us and Jasper. Why’re you so angry about it?”
Henry snickered and replied, “Are you f*cking stupid or do you just not have a brain to use?
“Who do you think Jasper is? Everyone f*cking knows that Jasper belongs to the Law family! F*cking Hell, look at my sister, you think she’ll fall for anyone but Jasper?
“My dad’s already recognized the fact that Jasper will be his son-in-law. He is my brother-in-law, and if you’re going to f*ck with him, it means you’re f*cking with me and the Law family!
“Moreover, I put money into Sena too. When you screw with Sena’s shares, it means you’re taking my money too. You think I’ll forgive you for this?
“So tell me, are you f*cking stupid, or do you just not have a brain to use? Huh?”
Mitch’s expression turned sour when he heard Henry’s rant.
When he and Conrad planned for the dinner, the two of them had anticipated a hundred scenarios, yet the last thing they expected Jasper being able to exploit Zane so quickly, or the fact that Henry would so whole-heartedly support Jasper.
Mitch felt lightheaded as he thought of this. There was nothing he could do now.
Looking at Zane again, Mitch seethed internally; His mind was filled with the urge to step on this imbecile.
The situation would not have progressed to this point of not for this imbecile.
“Listen to me, Henry. Killing Zane won’t put any of us at an advantage, not to mention that no one will be able to console Bob when he goes mad over this. Be rational,” Mitch stepped up to tell Henry.
Henry scoffed and replied, “You think too highly of Bob. As far as I’m concerned, this father-son duo is nothing to me!”
After saying that, Henry approached Zane, who was still shaking from the previous fright.
Zane was petrified as he watched Henry walk over menacingly.
While Henry was a trust-fund child as previously mentioned, it must have occurred to him that in case anything were to occur, he should at least be able to come out unscathed even if he could not win in future fights. Thus, he had been training persistently and even picked up a few tricks from Julian.
Because of this, Zane, a very unfit man obsessed with alcohol and sex, was no match for the man who was now striding over.
His first reaction was to crawl behind Mitch.
“Save me, Mr. Langdon! Save me, he’s gone mad! He’s really going to kill me, he’s not kidding!”
Mitch felt lightheaded at Zane’s shrieks.
He felt the urge to crush Zane under his foot, but he did not act on this urge. After all, he still had to do something, for Henry would only come after himself after he was done with Zane.
This was the first time Mitch realized that the situation had evolved completely beyond what he could control or solve.
“That’s enough.”
At the most crucial moment, Conrad spoke up.
He had not turned to Henry, but instead to Jasper, who remained silent the entire time.
“Hasn’t this gone far enough, Jasper?”
“What’s happened has happened, and there will always be a solution to solve the issue. You’ve already gotten what you wanted from this play, so why push everyone’s relationship to such extremes?”
Jasper glanced at Conrad briefly as the other spoke.
All Conrad saw in Jasper’s eyes was unaffected tranquility.
Conrad frowned slightly at the lack of expected pride. He could not help but wonder how deeply concealed Jasper’s thoughts were.
‘How does he do it? How can he hold back the excitement and pride even at such a time?”
“Henry, Mr. Monty’s right. What’s happened is in the past, but now we can look to solve it. Going too far won’t solve the problem but instead turn it into a bigger one that we will not be able to resolve.”
Jasper finally spoke.
During such a time, Henry would only listen to Jasper.
His footsteps came to a halt as he looked at Zane darkly, “So, you stupid f*cker. Do you want to resolve this or not?”
Zane did not have any other choice but nod profusely.
“Easy, let’s solve the smallest issue first. You’ve made me lose more than 5 million from Sena’s shares this time, so as long as you and Mitch pay me 5 million each, then we’ll move on from this.”
Henry finally revealed his metaphorical fangs and pierced them into Zane’s and Mitch’s necks, intending to suck them dry.
Both Mitch and Zane’s expressions changed.
Sure, they came from wealthy families. However, while Mitch was a skilled trader who had made quite a bit of money, Zane survived purely from the money his family made. 5 million was pretty much all he had.
Especially after losing most of his family’s wealth to Jasper in Harbor City in the past, 5 million was a huge amount to Zane.
Even the 100 million that they had used to scam Jasper before was an amount the two of them had needed to try their best to scrape together. Another 5 million now was an almost impossible feat.
“Aren’t you too evil asking for 10 million right off the bat? Not to mention that this has nothing to do with me,” Mitch claimed darkly.
When he heard that, Henry snickered and replied, “I’m evil? Nothing to do with you? Okay.”
A second later, Henry grabbed the second chair and lifted it.
