After sending off the three Campbells, the few of them collapsed onto the sofa in defeat—that family was a difficult one to handle.

Meanwhile, Helen continued to ramble on and said, “You need to settle the money quickly, Sasha. You can’t let anything happen to your cousin. After all, your aunt…”

Sasha snapped back in frustration, “Stop it! I’ve already agreed to help him pay up. Is that not enough for you?”

With that, she dragged Matthew along and went upstairs.

Similarly, James slammed his hand against the table and bellowed, “Go on, go on! Keep it up and this family will be left with nothing one day because of you!”

Immediately after that, James headed inside as well and slammed the door shut.

Helen stood in the living room as tears streamed down her face. She said furiously, “How can you all be so ungrateful? If it weren’t for your aunt back then…”

Despite her efforts, no one was listening; the incident tonight had physically and mentally exhausted the entire family.

next day, Mr. Manning personally went over to settle the matter. He was one of the most influential lawyers at Carson Law

busy day, he

 

the required compensation was pretty hefty—it was a whopping

gathered at the Cunningham Residence while Mr. Manning explained the situation to all

steal the money from someone else? It’s not like anyone ended up dead—why does he need such a huge compensation? Mr. Manning, y-you’re not

“Mrs. Campbell, feel free to find someone else if you think that I’m not qualified to settle the problem. I’m only doing this for you on behalf of Mr. Larson, for I would never meddle in unlawful

snapped back, “What’s so unlawful about this? It’s just a small matter, and you don’t have to exaggerate the severity of it to make yourself look good. You previously told us that it’d only be a million, but now you’re insisting that it’s 1.6 million.

He stood up and said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Larson—I’m afraid I can’t take this

Mr. Manning. I should be the one to apologize, for

that, Mr. Manning bade him farewell with a polite gesture before he turned around and

rushed up to him as she yelled, “Hey, stop right there! You’d better tell me why you’re charging an extra 600,000! Don’t think I don’t know how you people do things—you’re just trying to swindle innocent people. You don’t even have a sense of basic

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