Winner Takes All novel Chapter 174

Jack was frozen.

Her mother’s words were like a thunderclap.

“Invite me back to the Burton family and succeed to the head of the family?”

In an instant, Jack was filled with doubts.

Burton family’s motive was clear. But since Burton family had dared to disregard their bloodline kinship and greedily plundered the business left by Jack’s father, how could they invite him back to be the head of the family at this time?

What was the meaning of this?

To let their enemy succeed as the head of the family, and then they will allow the enemy to acquire the power to destroy them?

“Hehe, It’s because he sees his precious sons, none are worthy!”

Sophie laughed disdainfully and said, “My brothers are the worst, each of them is even worse than the last. They only know how to eat, drink and play. How would they ever bring glory to the Burton family? Even with my capabilities and the absence of Burton family’s assistance, I acquired even better achievements than those with the Burton family as their backbone. A hundred times better!”

“Unfortunately, I’m his daughter! And as a daughter, he stripped me of everything. And brought about the cruel and cold-blooded calamity of the Burton family.”

Sophie clenched her fists, hatred surged in her eyes, “Today, Burton family has become the apple of Sodom. And he clearly noticed it. So, he is barely holding on, not ready to die yet. Because once he kicked the bucket, the richest Burton family will also collapse in an instant.”

“And the patriarchy value he believes in has made it impossible to find anyone qualified to inherit the family headship!”

“So, with no choice and wanting to preserve the Burton family, he dares to come to us?”

Jack laughed filled with disdain and contempt, “How shameless is he?”

“Does he care about his dignity?” Sophie snickered, “If he cared, he wouldn’t have been so ruthless back then!”

Sophie was in a much better mood, and she looked at Jack with eyes glowing.

“Jack, you’re wonderful, you’re my pride! Do you know that when he found me and said that he would like you to come home and inherit the family headship, I felt a sense of relief that let out all of my bitterness and hatred.”

Saying this, Sophie grabbed Jack’s hand.

“All this bitterness that has been piling up inside my heart for more than twenty years. I am angry, and I hated it, but I couldn’t fight it back. It’s you, Jack, made them regret their words, and avenged me!”

Jack’s gaze deepened, he forced himself to put down his coldness against the Burton family.

He spoke calmly, “So what do you want me to do, mum?”

Sophie stunned for a moment.

Gradually, her expression eased.

She was no longer looking as hideous or as smug as it was moments ago.

There was only peace.

“I wanted to help you turn it down. As I never wanted to go back that cold-blooded and ruthless home in my entire life.”

Sophie said quietly, “But since you already knew it, I’ll respect your decision.”

Her voice was earnest.

Because Sophie was clear.

Even though the Burton family was not as great as the Hughes family, but in the end, they were still the richest in the capital city.

Although it’s an apple of Sodom, it was still apparent who was better.

All Jack needed to do was agree and return to the Burton family as the head of the family.

And if his target was Hughes family, Jack would still have to compete with great difficulty and defeat all the other heirs to succeed the Hughes family headship.

With Jack’s capability, if he chose the Burton family, he was bound to reach the heavens and lead the Burton family to glory.

This was easier than choosing the Hughes family.

If choosing Hughes family was the narrow and winding path, then choosing Burton was the wide and straight path!

Even Sophie, who knew his own son, couldn’t help but felt nervous and apprehensive at that point.

Two totally different roads, both lead to the same goal.

With such a choice, Sophie didn’t dare to guess what Jack would choose.

Inside the car, the light was dim.

It was dead silence.

Suddenly, Jack gave out a peal of laughter.

Jack rubbed his nose and said, “Mum, in these twenty years, have we ever given in when times were rough?”

Sophie shook her head in silence.

Jack raised his eyebrows, “That’s right, and there’s no need to choose. We have endured the direst situation, then why should we give in to those ruthless Burtons?”

Jack opened the car door when he was saying it.

“I, Jack Hughes, will not give in just to succeed the Burton family headship. I will fight and push through all those obstacles and challenges to inherit the Hughes family headship. As I’m a hardcore person.

His voice was cold but powerful.

A smile finally appeared. Sophie’s eyes were filled with a brilliant gleam.

Looking at Jack, she gradually calmed down, and she was pondering.

Sophie said in a deep voice, “If we chose this path, the Burton family would give us a hard time.”

“If I don’t fear the Hughes family, why should I fear mere Burton family?”

Jack smiled in a flash and turned back to Sophie, “Mom, get some rest. Don’t worry about it. If they ever show up, I will let Brent settle it.”

The acknowledgement of what really happened back then, Jack filled with hatred

He hated himself that he didn’t slap hard enough at the JS pond!

Those ruthless bastards still dared to beg him and her mother to come home.

And they used their status just to slap and humiliate his mother

How could one slap be enough to quell the anger of his mother that had suffered for over twenty years?

How could one slap be enough to erase all the suffering his mother had gone through for over twenty years?

After helping his mother back into the house.

Jack returned to his room with a cold, stern face. He laid down on his bed, and he was not feeling sleepy.

Looking up at the ceiling, there was a cold glint in his eyes.

Knowing what happened back then, Jack felt great oppression in his chest. As if a volcano was about to blow and there was nowhere to erupt.

Orphans and widows were deserved to be bullied?

It’s okay to bully someone just because you’re rich and powerful?

He’s not a coward person, he couldn’t merely endure whenever someone had disrespected him.

If the Burton family was still shameless, he wouldn’t mind returning the favour!

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The following days.

Everything was calm.

The pre-sales of the four properties by DT real estate agency was quietly opened.

There was no advertisement, no grand opening ceremony and no media scrambled to cover the story.

But still, it caused a huge stir throughout the city.

Prices in the west Shantytown had risen to the point where they had surpassed the east Shantytown. And all the buyers were very anxious.

But DT real estate agency kept imposing property-purchasing limitation. This made the buyers too anxious.

On the morning of the four major properties’ opening, only a few people were at the door.

But once news about no purchasing limitation was out, the doors of the sales centre of the four major properties were almost knocked down by the buyers. As they had been waiting for a long time!

The frenzied sales had returned a massive amount of profit.

It’s been a wild few days for DT real estate agency.

More so, it was the moment that Jack took a big step toward his goal.

Jack, however, didn’t participate in the company’s party.

Although Corbin and others invited him, he just waved his head and gave Corbin a large sum of money to take everyone to celebrate.

For Jack, however, he still maintained his effort every day.

Because he knew that this was just one step for him in reaching the Hughes family. This wasn’t the right time for him to celebrate.

The journey was still long, he wasn’t sure what lies in front of the road. So, he couldn’t afford to slack off.

Early this morning.

Jack and Brent had returned home after strenuous training.

A text message was sent to his phone.

“Twelve o’clock noon. Meet me at Four Impression Club, make sure you come over my grandson. Sincerely, your grandfather.”