"Jesse?" Harvey frowned. However, he seemed to have realized something and asked, "Where's Yvonne?""Please stop looking for her, Harvey," Jesse said, as if hesitating on how to explain it to Harvey. "She's one of our us, so she can't follow a man and keep on being his secretary. Even if she doesn't mind it, our family does. Not to mention, she already has a fiancé thanks to our family head's arrangement. She'll be marrying soon."Please don't disturb her ever again. Our family head promises that if you won't disturb Yvonne anymore, you'll be a friend of the Xaviers of Wolsing forever.""What if I'm determined to see her?" Harvey's expression darkened."Then… Please don't get upset when we treat you as an enemy," Jesse said as he raised his hand. Harvey could sense murderous intent coming from behind the doors and windows, up on the roof and trees as well as other locations, while still being physically hidden.Jesse removed his gold-framed glasses and wiped them using a handker
Islanders? Niece? Marriage?Harvey, who was looking at everything that was happening from the side, formed an outlandish conjecture. He looked at Nashon in disbelief and asked with a frown, "Mr. Nashon, I'm Harvey York. I would like to ask if your niece is…"The moment Harvey started speaking, he grabbed the attention of both Nashon and the man called Mr. Tokugawa. The instant Nashon saw Harvey, the displeasure on his expression grew apparent. He simply narrowed his eyes and gave Harvey a meaningful look without saying anything. Meanwhile, there seemed to be a vicious look in Mr. Tokugawa's eyes.Before both sides could say anything, Harvey's eyebrows furrowed. He instinctively looked behind him—the atmosphere seemed to have dropped a couple of degrees when he wasn't paying full attention just now.Suddenly, many people appeared, their faces cold and the brutality in their eyes abundantly clear. Harvey wasn't sure if they jumped at this chance, or if they were already well-prepar
After the commotion ended, nobody knew what Nashon was thinking. He signaled Jesse to invite Harvey into the residence. Mr. Tokugawa had also recovered his composure during this time. He gave Harvey a meaningful look and nodded before walking into the residence with the protection of the Xavier family's bodyguard.Once they were inside the residence, Harvey couldn't see Nashon immediately. Instead, he was led to a sitting room.A maid prepared a pot of coffee for him before quickly leaving. No one came to check on him in the next half an hour.Harvey didn't mind; he simply enjoyed the coffee and played with his phone. He acted like he was treating this as his home.After about forty minutes had passed, the door to the sitting room was pushed open. Harvey saw Nashon, who had changed into a traditional garb, entering. He nodded at Harvey before sitting down at the opposite and looking at Harvey with interest.Harvey wasn't going to underestimate the leader of the Xaviers; simila
Harvey frowned slightly and asked Nashon, "What do you mean?"Nashon smiled again."When you have a powerful identity, it often means you have the duty to protect the benefit of that specific group. Let me make an example. As the scion of the Longmen Association, it means you have to protect the benefits of the association."But sometimes, there's going to be a conflict of interest between the Longmen Association and the Martial Arts Association. How are you going to solve this perfectly when this happens? No matter how you decide, you will inadvertently take a side."It's fine if you can pick the same side all the time, but it's going to be bad if you sometimes side with the Longmen Association, and then sometimes side with the Martial Arts Association. Do it long enough, and not only will the people from those factions not be grateful to you, they'll even grow to resent you."That's the biggest trouble you're going to face currently. Once the conflicts become unavoidable, have y
Based on Nashon's words and attitude, it was clear that he had been paying attention to Harvey all this while. He managed to notice how Harvey did things. Harvey was someone who was willing to sacrifice his benefits for things like honor and justice.Someone like him was precious to a country and the ruling body. However, he was not a good husband to any woman. The reason was that she might get killed because of the man and even drag the family she was from down with her.Most importantly, Harvey was associated with too many factions. The Longmen Association, Country H Martial Arts Alliance, The Yorks of HL Casino, Country H Commercial Group… If anything happened to any of the factions, it would be enough to be lethal to those closest to him.The Xaviers could not afford the risk.To the Xaviers, they would not allow Harvey and Yvonne to meet each other again unless Harvey gained a new understanding and found a balance between being just and protecting one's benefits.Half an hour
After Harvey left the Xavier residence, he returned to his own estate, which he was staying in. Then, he sat in the courtyard, dazed.Nashon's words left quite an impact on him.A lot of things he initially did, he did it from the perspective of justice.However, after being prompted by Nashon, he realized he paid too little attention to those closest to him.Or perhaps he should say he did not really care about the people closest to him other than Mandy. He treated them all well and would give it his all whenever they were in danger, but the fact remained. To a woman's parents, they would never see him as someone worth dedicating her life to.Other than someone like Lilian, who loved him for the money, it was also something that Lilian herself had noticed.As for Yvonne, he simply felt that she would stick with him naturally. When he needed her, she would give it her all. But in the end, she was not an object but a living, breathing human being. She was not someone he could just
The Islander woman who seemed like a princess looked at the estate with judging eyes, as if this place was not worthy of her presence.However, she still controlled the disdain she felt in her heart and sauntered forward.Following behind her was an old woman that looked like a desiccated corpse. The difference between these two women was like night and day.Tyson had wanted to stand up to say something when they all saw the woman enter without permission, but Harvey signaled him to stop. Only then did he turn and look at the visitor. "This is a private estate and we do not welcome Islanders here. I don't care who you are. It's not too late to leave this instance."Harvey had little patience for the Islanders. Harvey had simply asked her to leave because she was a woman, and that was already respectful enough."You're that man… Harvey York, right? The representative who the Country H Martial Arts Association refused to acknowledge?"The prideful woman completely ignored Harvey's
"Oh, right. To be honest, I managed to become a True Warrior all thanks to you, Mr. Harvey," said Mitsuki as she remembered something and wanted to taunt Harvey."Originally, all the youths like us would take decades before we could become true warriors, no matter how talented we were or how many resources we had. But what can we do when the Island Nation suddenly makes a powerful enemy? He alone almost destroyed the entire Six Schools!"That enemy of ours even became the representative of Country H Martial Arts Alliance and even made it into one of the Five Great Directors of the World Martial Arts Alliance! Everything he did made the martial arts community in our nation tremble in their boots."Especially when you say something about having a summit in our beloved Mount Hearth when spring comes and the flowers bloom. Everyone knows that if you manage to climb Mount Hearth, you will obliterate our current generation and create a generation gap. We have worked so hard for decades be