Chapter 253


    Having sensed that something was not right, Samuel intended to take to his heels right away.


    However, he had no chance to do so because Matthew had been fixing his gaze on him.


    All eyes were on Samuel at the moment.


    Some of them who were sharper than the rest could see that Samuel must have had something to do


    with the murder.


    Old Master Jackson’s face turned ominous all at once.


    In the beginning, he thought the murderer was Matthew, who was a man without a powerful


    background.


    Even though he was backed by both Timothy Wayne and Billy Newman, he still didn’t have a strong


    foundation in the city.


    Killing him would not result in too big a fuss.


    However, things would be different now that the murder had something to do with the Hughes.


    Samuel Hughes was quite well respected in his family. If they killed him, they would have to face the


    revenge from the Hughes Family.


    That was one of the Ten Greatest Families of Eastcliff who was way more powerful and influential than


    the Jackson Family. Therefore, they could not afford to let that happen.


    At the moment, the Jacksons were left in a very awkward position in the current stage of events.


    Should they avenge the death of Zachary Jackson?


    Zachary was just a member of their family who had lost the right to inherit the family wealth. It was not


    worthwhile to offend the entire Hughes Family for his sake.


    However, people from the Ten Greatest Families were here observing their actions.


    If they decided to give up avenging Zachary’s death, the reputation and status of the Jackson Family in


    the Ten Greatest Families would suffer a tremendous blow.


    On top of that, their family would be deemed as a bunch of cowards who feared the strongs and only


    had the guts to bully the weaks.


    The prestigious reputation which had taken them a great effort to build would dissipate all at once!


    Suddenly, Old Master Jackson realized the gravest mistake he had made was his refusal to let


    Matthew go and his mistake had put his family in a very difficult situation.


    He opened his eyes and cast a secret look at someone standing next to him.


    Understanding what he meant, the man then walked over to the table and pretended to spill a ss of


    water on theputer identally.


    Theputer was switched off directly, the screen darkened at once and the video came to an abrupt


    halt.


    The people at the scene went uproarious at once.


    Old Master Jackson seized the chance to rise to his feet and criticized, “Scott, how could you be so


    careless? How could you make such a blunder at such a crucial moment? s, it seems like we won’t


    be able to continue watching the video tonight! Ladies and gentlemen, should we carry on tomorrow?”


    Some of them sniggered contemptuously when they heard his statement.


    None of them at the scene was dumb. It was very obvious to them that the Jacksons had deliberately


    damaged theputer so that the matter could be postponed for the time being.


    Otherwise, what should they do if Samuel Hughes was proven to be the murderer?


    At that juncture, Timothy rose to his feet and said, “Old Master Jackson, a faultyputer is not a big


    problem because we can solve it by just getting anotherputer here, isn’t it? In such a huge


    mansion, I don’t think this is the onlyputer you have?”


    Scott, who had damaged theputer just now, spoke immediately, “Our family has never followed the


    trend of technology and our mansion is renovated in a traditional and simple way. Therefore, that’s the


    onlyputer we have. I’m afraid it will be a waste of time to get anotherputer here from


    somewhere else because this area is quite far away from town. Guys, it won’t make any difference to


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    continue the investigation tomorrow!”


    Leanna sneered, “Mr. Jackson, you guys were so anxious to bring Matthew here tonight. Not only do


    you guys want to confront him in public for Zachary’s death, you guys want to get him killed too. Why


    do you guys be suddenly so patient when it’s Matthew’s time to prove his innocence? If we


    postpone this to tomorrow, all of us will have to make the trip over here again. Isn’t that a waste of our


    time too?”


    Looking embarrassed, Scott said solemnly, “Guys, anyone who’s busy tomorrow is allowed to be


    absent tomorrow. My family will get to the bottom of this ourselves and by the time we have the result,


    we’ll give everyone a satisfactory answer!”


    Everyone burst outughing after listening to his statement because what he said did not even sound


    believable to a kid.


    At the moment, a powerful voice suddenly came from the entrance, “Conner Jackson, I have just one


    question for you—do you still think Mr. Larson is the murderer?”


    That voice caused amotion at the scene right away.


    Connor Jackson was Old Master Jackson’s name.


    Who had the guts to address him directly by his name in Eastcliff?


    Even the old masters of the rest of the nine families would not be so rude to him.


    However, no one had the guts to rebuke the owner of the voice.


    It was because there really existed a man who was audacious enough to do that in Eastcliff—he was


    none other than the most powerful man in the city, Billy Newman!