Life After Prison

Chapter 676

“Let this slide, you say?” Horus had never liked Yoel, so he glared at Yoel following the latter’s comment and lashed out by saying, “Well, aren’t you’re a useless w*nker! My finger was cut off by him, and this is one of the most humiliating things the Neelys have ever suffered. Did you seriously just tell Dad to let this slide? Have you no idea how much shame this will bring to our family if people find out?”

Yoel smiled wryly before explaining, “Don’t you think it’s strange? If the And Only Jewelry Corporation wasn’t so scared of Severin, they wouldn’t have sent the necklace to him when they already agreed to sell it to us! This just goes to show that Severin is much more powerful than us!”

powerful than us? Didn’t I already tell you that the one with the highest attainment level among the bodyguards was only

Severin’s attainment is? What if he’s stronger than you think? If the grand-elder brings the other elders there and they still end up being no match for Severin, what will be our next course of action then? Horus had his pinky cut off this time, and there’s a chance that he might kill Horus or our elders if we show up at his house again and piss him off.” The third elder thought for a moment and nodded. “Sir, I think Yoel has a point. The Sanchezes are old hands in the business world, and if this Severin wasn’t someone that they could not afford to offend, they would have given us the jewelry to try and get on our good side. After all, they would stand to gain a lot of benefits if they can curry favor with us!” After a moment’s pause, he continued, “This shows that there’s a reason the Sanchezes sent the jewelry to Severin and told us to drop the matter, and that reason is probably because Brookbourn harbors a low-profile savant whom we

nodded and said, “Since we have no knowledge of Severin’s true colors, I think it’s wise for us to avoid taking any needless risks. Besides, we can always buy other jewelry.

down-albeit a little begrudgingly. “This is truly an embarrassment

there’s nothing we can do about it. We’re just lucky that this entire incident happened in Brookbourn and no one in South Link City knows about it. It’ll be an even bigger embarrassment if it happened

“I understand. Let’s forget about this for now and just chalk it up to our