Winner Takes All novel Chapter 170

Hum!

The wind from the leg blew Darren’s white beard and white hair.

Brent’s right leg stopped abruptly beside Darren and slowly fell to the ground.

"Madame’s Father?"

Brent was shocked and looked back at Sophie in disbelief.

Sophie had a complex expression. She was angry yet sad, with tears in her red eyes.

Finally, she nodded to Brent.

Brent stood still, back and forth, glancing at Sophie and Darren.

For a moment, he was at a loss.

Sophie walked slowly to Darren, and her expression became solemn.

She said coldly, "I hope what you said just now is just your impulse, not your will. Since I could save you just now, I also can make you pay for everything you do!"

Her words were full of threat and cruelty.

Darren’s body trembled, but he still argued, "That’s the way you talk to your father?"

Sophie laughed, straightened up and looked down at Darren, with no emotion in her eyes.

"Our relationship ended many years ago. I’m also a mother. You might have thought that I was easy to be bullied. But you never know that a woman is weak, but she will become strong when being a mother!"

"If Jack hadn’t been young, do you think the Burton family would have succeeded so easily? Now that Jack has grown up, if you think I’m easy to be bullied, just come on!"

Sophie’s tone was cold yet sonorous.

It was hard to imagine that this was what Sophie, who had always been kind and mild, said.

Brent was completely stunned. His eyes were full of surprise and doubt.

He thought Sophie was very different.

"Brent, let’s go!"

Sophie turned and left.

Brent came to his sense, didn’t dare to disobey again, and quickly followed her.

On the mountain road, the light was dim.

The night wind was cool.

Darren sat on the ground dejectedly and looked at Sophie’s back.

Finally, he showed a bitter smile and muttered to himself, "That year, we did wrong after all."

......

In TM Villa District,

Brent arranged for the property office to go to the mountain road to deal with the car accident and compensate for the loss.

When they got home, the living room was still brightly lit.

Mr. Ward and Sophie sat opposite each other in silence.

Brent came forward and whispered, "Mr. Ward..."

Mr. Ward raised his hand and interrupted Brent.

Mr. Ward smiled, "I know what happened."

Then he looked at Sophie, "Madam, you really can’t solve this!"

"You let Brent track me!" Sophie changed the subject and looked at Mr. Ward seriously, "I say I can solve it, so I can really solve it. I don’t need you and Brent to interfere in my affairs!"

"Tonight is the proof that Madame can solve it?" Mr. Ward joked.

Sophie looked gloomier.

However, Sophie didn’t refute Mr. Ward.

Because she knew that if Brent didn’t follow her and help her tonight, she was bullied for nothing.

And she would choose a softer and more time-consuming way to solve it. But its outcome was uncertain.

Brent’s attack let her use a better and more decisive way.

"Madam, a tall tree catches the wind. In the first 20 years, Madam and Young master depended on each other for survival, and the wind didn’t come."

Mr. Ward said in a low voice, "Now, Young master becomes rich and powerful. A tall tree catches the wind. A person in a high position is liable to be attacked. Madam has something to do with that gust of wind, so it is impossible to make a lightning decision, cut the knot quickly and erect the wall against the wind."

In the living room, it was so quiet that even the falling of the needle could be heard.

Brent stood aside, frowning and meditating.

He didn’t know about Sophie’s past.

Because Old master let him be his subordinate after he returned to the Hughes family and became the head of the family.

Therefore, only Mr. Ward knew the past of Old master and Sophie.

For a while,

Sophie finally sighed, "Well, Brent’s appearance tonight also made me show the bottom line. Maybe it was over tonight, and there won’t be such a gust of wind in the future."

"Don’t you tell Young master?" Mr. Ward raised his eyebrows.

"I’m going to have a rest."

Sophie got up and went upstairs, responding to Mr. Ward.

Mr. Ward leaned on the sofa with a helpless smile and saw Sophie go up the stairs. Then he whispered, "When there is greed, there is no end to the greed. How can greedy people end so easily? Otherwise, it would not have happened that year."

"Mr. Ward... What happened that year?" Brent asked doubtfully.

Mr. Ward gently patted on the sofa with his right hand, his eyes deep, as if he was recalling the past.

In the end, Mr. Ward sighed and showed a helpless smile, "It is Madam’s father, the old man you beat, who caused Madam and Young master miserable situation for more than 20 years!"

Brent frowned with his pupils shrinking.

Even a vicious tiger would not eat its cubs.

What happened that year?

Why did Madam’s father, the Young master’s grandfather, turn their relationship into such an embarrassing situation?

What kind of family was this?

......

After all, Mr. Ward and Brent chose to help Sophie keep a secret from Jack.

For the next few days, Jack was focused on his work.

Mr. Ward helped Sophie. It was hard for Jack to know the truth of that night even if he paid attention to his mother.

A week later, DT real estate agency was about to have a brighter future.

At noon, it was supposed to be off work.

Jack and Corbin were still in the office.

"Jack, the house price of West Shantytowns tends to be stable, and it may be able to rise by about 30% in the future. Compared with the original house price, today’s house price has doubled."

Corbin reported to Jack with a smile, his cheeks glowing. After the great crisis of DT real estate agency, looking at the house prices of West Shantytowns, he was very happy.

But, Jack said, "Then we don’t have to implement the purchase restriction policy. We can begin to sell houses in advance."

Corbin didn’t think Jack understood his words.

Corbin was stunned.

He said hastily, "Jack, the current house price just tends to be stable, and it is going to rise by about 30% in the future. I think it’s best for the company to sell in advance when the house price rises to the highest level."

Jack said, "The most beneficial one is also the most harmful one. Maybe we can get the most benefit in a short time when we drain the pond to catch all the fish. But after that, what should we do?"

Jack raised his eyebrows, and his eyes lit up, "DT real estate agency still has a long way to go in the future. Only by giving the last 30% of the profits to the homebuyers can they ease their resentment about the purchase restriction."

Corbin nodded thoughtfully and said with a smile, "Thank you for teaching me."

"Get ready for selling in advance." Jack waved his hand and said, "By the way, let’s directly sell houses in advance this time. Don’t hold the press conference. I won’t attend either."

He didn’t want to do anything that was unprecedented and could stir the whole city.

This would only put DT real estate agency at the eye of the storm, and would not bring more benefits to DT real estate agency.

With YK group and QY International Group, there was no need for them to spice up West Shantytowns.

After Corbin left, Jack was going to have lunch.

At this time, his phone rang suddenly.

"Mr. Ward, what’s the matter?"

At the other end of the phone, Mr. Ward’s voice was low, "Madam is missing. Only Young master can find her!"