“What a joke. Have you forgotten? Youcalled and texted him in front of me, saying that you did all these thingsbecause you fell for his good looks on TV. None of this would have happened ifhe was willing to date you!” A sneer wrinkled the director’s face as hescoffed, “Besides, it seems you’ve misunderstood something—you’re not mywoman.”Darius felt so repulsed by the two thatbile gathered at the back of his throat. “If you guys called me here just to boastabout how you’ll force me into coercion, well, I can tell you this—you’repractically courting death by doing so!” he interrupted, reaching a hand up tomassage his temples. “Exterminating my foes is the last thingI’m willing to do. But now? I’m okay with it.”With that, he headed into the office andsat on the sofa, leisurely crossing one leg over the other.Meanwhile, the director and Daisy weresitting and lying flat on the ground, respectively. Both instantly widenedtheir eyes at Darius; this office was supposed to b

Darius could not even guarantee that theidiotic director could understand what he had to say, so he remained silent.Yet, he was shocked that the director viewed his silence as a sign of defeat.The director saw it as confirmation thatDarius was wearing a fake. Hence, he jutted his chin at Darius with the utmostarrogance and spoke even louder than before. “Why aren’t you responding? Is itbecause I’ve guessed correctly, and you’re now afraid?”Darius did not want to waste another breathexplaining things to the director anymore, so he merely approached the latterto emphasize, “I’m a cantankerous man, which I believe you’ve heard from othersin the past few days. However, what shocks me is that you insist on upsettingme.”As he shook his head, he cracked hisknuckles, letting out a crisp and chilling sound.Upon hearing that, the director’s kneesgave in. He plopped onto the ground while locking eyes with Darius and gulpingnervously. He dared not speak anymore as he could tell Da

“You’re clearly an unknown brat. I don’tknow how you won the hearts of your little family and got them to buy you thatexpensive watch, but let me tell you this! If I were you, I’d return the watchor at least gift it to someone else to gain benefits for my family!” thedirector bossed.“What you just said is very contradictory.Earlier, you claimed my watch was a counterfeit. However, now you’re saying myfamily gifted me the real deal.” Darius cocked a brow. He spoke so calmly thateveryone could hear the lingering threat in his tone. It did not take a genius to tell he was ina foul mood at that point. Sighing, Darius balled his fist and cracked hisknuckle again. However, this time, he followed up by bending over, reachingout, and raising the overweight director with one arm. He thundered, “You said I never did a DNAtest to prove my blood relation before reuniting with my family, didn’t you?”The director felt as if an invisible forcehad locked his neck in place. He wanted t

“There’s also the guy at the company’s mainentrance who oversees all our security personnel!” At that thought, all thehairs down the director’s back straightened.Standing opposite the former, Dariusquirked a brow and remarked, “That’s an odd reaction. You’re radiating terror,but I can’t imagine why. Need I remind you that you asked me to come here? Ithought you’d at least be mentally prepared to face the consequences once Iarrive.”The director’s jaw fell open for thelongest time. At some point, the director snapped to his senses and pleaded,“I-I’m sorry! I’m more than willing to relay your request to my superiors—Iswear I am, but I can’t do it because I might lose my job. After all, thecompany doesn’t belong to one person, and we’re also a television network…” He gulped and stared at the ground aftersaying that. The cogs in his brain turned rapidly, recalling everything aboutDarius that he had learned from Daisy earlier. The director fell deep inthought, hoping to conv

Darius raised a brow, recognizing the leadsecurity guard because they had taken the elevator together earlier. He calmlycommented, “You look better in this suit than in your security guard uniformfrom before.” The former’s reaction was abnormally calmdespite seeing the lead security guard, who would have earned only 2500 dollarsa month, change into an expensive suit. That transformation indicated the guardwas, in reality, someone higher in status and was responsible for distributingthe other employees’ paychecks.Because Darius was collected, the leadsecurity could not hold back his emotions. His brows raised to the top of hisforehead in shock as he smiled at Darius. “You don’t seem surprised by thereveal of my true identity. Did you already find out beforehand?”Upon hearing that, Darius, who was about totake a step forward, stopped moving. The elevator doors’ threshold was the onlything standing between him and the lead security guard. He raised a brow, replying, “Of

Darius took one step forward, turned toface ahead, and entered the conference room. The lead security guard froze with a blanklook. It took a long time before he snapped to his senses, rushing up to Dariuswhile his eyes darted around the space. Then, he smiled warmly at Darius and said,“Before we assign FT TV’s new successor, I’ll serve you to the best of myabilities. That’s pretty much how things will go. In any case, I’m more thanhappy to be at your service.”A frown briefly appeared on Darius’ face,but he did not say a word since he knew the lead security guard beside him wastelling the truth—those were the security guard’s genuine thoughts. However, that was unnecessary to Darius,who only hoped to gather the television network company’s higher-ups into theconference room at once; only then could he relax and do what he wanted. Eventhough he felt anxious, he did not show it; even the muscles on his face wererelaxed the entire time. No dangerous or threatening powers

“As you wish, then. I’ll gather the otherboard of directors to begin the meeting. I’ve already informed them earlierthrough my laptop, but they ignored me—they’ve never taken me seriously.There’s also the troublesome business manager I previously recruited. AlthoughI’m unwilling to admit it, there’s no denying my lack of ability to manage thistelevision network. Likewise, my indifference allowed the employees to doterrible things as they pleased.” Then, he walked away with his head hunglow. Disappointment weighed his shoulders down as he had once spent a lot ofenergy on running FT TV. Yet, these days, all he could do was sit at thetelevision network’s main entrance and filter through which guests were herewith bad intentions. To make things worse, he now had no choice but to handover FT TV to Darius.Still sitting on the chair, Darius couldtell the former’s every word was sincere. He mused, “Those are indeed hissentiments. It seems he’s genuinely regretting his past fail

Darius knew the lead security guard wasfurious at the other students’ prejudice and could blow up any time. An amusedgrin curled on Darius’ face as he shook his head and said, “That’s because Ididn’t know I was the heir to a wealthy family back then. The poverty Iexperienced was very much real—it was so bad that I dared not eat until I wasfull for every meal, fearing that I’d run out of money.”He had spoken so calmly, but his wordstouched the lead security guard, whose eyes reddened. Thus, Darius smiledhelplessly, straightened his back, and walked to the lead security guard. Hethen gave a comforting squeeze to the latter’s shoulder.“There’s no need to feel emotional for mebecause I don’t think anything I’ve done in the past was worth crying over,” hesaid while smiling brightly.That only made the lead security guard feeleven more pity for Darius. However, he did not want to put Darius in an awkwardposition, so he wiped his eyes, smiled, and nodded. “Okay, I get what you

He calmed down,and his mind started to work again. He didn’t know whether Darius was tellingthe truth because of how expressionless he was. It was the complete opposite ofhow psychological textbooks described a person who was supposed to be excited.As an actor, thelead security guard had once taken a psychology class to portray his charactermore realistically. And so, he trusted the textbook to be right. He looked atDarius and tried to read him.Darius knew whathe was up to, but he didn’t respond. After a few more seconds of silence, hesaid, “I want to know the reason for your disappearance. My gut tells me it’salso why you became a security guard here. I’ll eventually deal with thesepeople, so there’s no point in you hiding the truth. If you want to continuebeing a successful person with a successful career, these people will onlybecome obstacles to you—just like what happened back then. However, I can’t besure that they’ll be kind enough to leave you alive this time.”

“He also has alot of socially unacceptable thoughts. In the beginning, things didn’t go wellfor him because his actions caused people to fear him. As time passed, peoplestarted to forget, and under my father’s watchful eye, he became more and morelike a normal child—one that was great at bringing joy to others.” The leadsecurity guard looked at Darius seriously. “You have tobelieve me. I’ve told countless people about this, but none of them believedme. I’m telling the truth!” His voice trembled with agitation.Darius nodded andpatted him on the shoulder. “Calm down. I know Felix; he died after jumping outof my office window. It’s all over the internet, and the authorities questionedme about it. He’s already dead, so you have nothing to worry about.”The lead securityguard lowered his head, not wanting Darius to see how out of control hisemotions were. Darius looked at him and sighed when he sensed his emotions. Hestood up and said, “I think we can end things here now.”T