Chapter 329


    Acting cautiously, Xavier pretended to have a conversation with Matthew. While Matthew was


    distracted, he turned around all of a sudden and made a dash for it. But Matthew already had his guard


    up since a long time ago and chased after him the moment he turned around.


    They engaged in a fight for about half an hour and it ended in Xavier being defeated and killed by


    Matthew.


    Matthew set both of their cars on fire to not leave any evidence behind. Then, he took a detour on a


    road away from the main highway and quietly returned to Eastcliff without anyone knowing what he just


    did.


    Xavier’s elder brother had called him just now and he knew that something was amiss, so he asked


    Travis to send someone to investigate immediately.


    However, when they arrived at the scene, everything had been reduced to ashes and the Hughes had


    absolutely no idea who did it, and they never suspected Matthew.


    After all, Matthew wasbeled as a useless bum who relied on his wife. Nobody would have thought


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    that a person who was called a wimp for three years would be capable of such a feat.


    They suspected the Jacksons because after all, the Hughes wanted to destroy them, so they wouldn’t


    just be sitting ducks.


    So the next day, the Hughes mobilized a big group of armed men to Eastcliff and demanded an


    exnation from the Jacksons. But in the end, they couldn’t do anything to them because of theck of


    evidence.


    To vent their frustrations, they wounded more than a dozen men from the Jacksons and left a bunch of


    insults before leaving.


    Although the Jacksons were furious, there was nothing they could do about it. Since their family wasn’t


    as strong as theirs, they could only ept their fate.


    But what peeved them the most was the reaction of the Ten Greatest Families.


    Initially, the top ten families were in a coalition, but after the incident with the Hughes, the other nine


    families immediately kept a distance from the Jacksons.


    It would have been fine if the other nine families only refused to help when the Hughes came to make


    trouble, but they seized this chance to take over quite a few of their businesses behind their backs.


    These were the businesses which the Jacksons invested together with the other nine families.


    Previously, when things were peaceful among them, they invested and made money together, but now


    that the Jacksons were in trouble, the rest of them couldn’t wait to take over the Jacksons’ share in the


    businesses.


    In addition, the people who were trying to get into the Jacksons’ good books before were now arrogant


    and domineering when they met them.


    Even those who bore a grudge against them from before were using this opportunity to make a scene


    at the Jackson’s Residence, rendering the whole household restless.


    In just a few days, the Jacksons, who were once glorious in Eastcliff, had now fallen to such a state. It


    was just like the saying, ‘everybody hits a man who is down’.


    During this whole period, the Jacksons practically stayed at home all day and did not dare to go out.


    Right now, the main members of the family were sitting in front of Connor with worried and sad faces.


    “Old Master, what should we do now? It’s obvious that the Hughes want to crush us. Are we just going


    to be sitting ducks?”


    “Say something, Old Master. Why don’t we plead with the Hughes to let us off? Even if we’ll be their


    ves, it’s still better than having our family ruined and dead!”


    A round of discussion broke out amongst them, and most of them were hoping that Connor would


    plead with the Hughes again.


    With his eyes closed and rosary beads in his right hand, Connor appeared as though he hadn’t heard


    them, and they turned even more outrageous when he didn’t say anything after a long time.


    Finally, someone simply stood up and shouted, “Old Master, I think the incident with the Hughes


    happened purely because of the miscalctions in your nning. You’re getting old and your mind is


    getting slow, so you’re no longer fit to be in charge of the family. Why don’t you hand out all your shares


    and let our elder brother handle it? He can then discuss it over with the Hughes, and our family might


    still have some hope for survival!”


    That made Connor pop his eyes open and he nced at the faces around him, carefully taking note of


    their expressions. He knew that these people who wanted him to give up his authority were no longer


    loyal to him and they shouldn’t be kept any longer!