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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
Chapter 417
“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
Chapter 418
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
Chapter 419
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.”
Chapter 420
“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
Chapter 421
And that was whyhe was here. This was his only chance. He’d originally been the richest man inAlmiron City, but Darius had easily taken that all away from him. This meantthat none of the other affluent families in Almiron City could help him becausethey didn’t stand a chance against Darius.Wilson had beentrying to decide between starting over in a new place before returning to getrevenge and letting go. Though he’d only just heard of the Reid family anddidn’t know much about it, he clearly understood it was wealthy and influentialenough to have eyes and ears in many different cities. This meant the Reidfamily was even more terrifying than he imagined.At this verymoment, Darius was seated in his office as he thought about the lead securityguard’s father’s company. The lead security guard had already left the room,but he suddenly returned. He hurried into the room and quickly shut the door.His sneakiness made Darius raise an eyebrow and look at him curiously—he lookedlik
Chapter 422
She got to herfeet in a rage, making her chair screech against the floor. She stormed over tothe sofa and plopped down on it before looking at her phone. Instantly, heranger disappeared—Darius was the one calling her. Her breathing sped up, butshe calmed down in a few seconds. She knew he hadto be calling because something had happened. There was no other reason for himto call her. She exhaled, feeling disappointed. Still, she answered the phoneand said sweetly, “Mr. Reid, this is Erin.”Darius asked, “IsZack still working on something at the company?”Erin didn’t knowwhat had happened, but she had an ominous feeling. “No, he left for AlmironCity two days ago.” Suddenly, she realized what was wrong. She shot to her feetand cried, “I think I know what’s happened, but I need some time to thinkthings over. I’ll need to hang up.” Instead ofreceiving a reply from Darius, all she got was the sound of the dial tone.She lowered herarm to her side, keeping a tight grip on her
Chapter 423
He got a callfrom Ansel, who sounded infuriated. Before Darius could say anything, Anselsnarled, “Mr. Reid, it’s as you expected—none of them want to come with me! Infact, they’re unbelievably contemptuous.”Darius smiled.“Check your inbox in two minutes, then forward my email to them.” After hangingup, his fingers flew over the keyboard. A few seconds later, information on FTTV’s board of directors appeared on his desktop. He sighed, thencopied all the dirt he could find on them into a word document before sendingit to Ansel.Ansel forwardedit to the board members without looking at it. Then, they turned to him with anodd mixture of angry looks and sycophantic smiles. How could there be suchpeople in this world? He felt weirdedout and didn’t really know how to respond, so he put his hands behind his back.It was a goodthing he’d grown up in a challenging environment. He’d heard plenty aboutpeople like this in the past, but this was his first time seeing them inperson