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    Less than a minute passed before Eva’s phone rang. Eva handed the phone to Hera, saying, ” Edward


    Hicks is calling!”


    Hera had just ended the call when it rang again. She hung up once more. The next moment, Eugene’s


    phone rang. With trembling hands, he took out his phone and answered, only to hear hysterical


    shouting.


    “You bastard, give the phone to Ms. Lewis!” It was followed by heavy breathing.


    The old man’s blood pressure was rising, and he seemed to be wheezing.


    Eugene forced out a stiff smile and handed the phone to Hera, “M–Ms. Lewis…”


    Hera shook her head. “I dare not answer. Your family head is too fierce. If he scares my baby, his father


    will definitely get angry!”


    Hearing Hera’s voice, Edward roared, “Eugene, turn on the speaker!”


    Eugeneplied.


    Edward took several blood pressure pills and then lowered his voice, “M–Ms. Lewis, I’llpensate


    you ten billion. I hope you can calm down now!”


    “Ten billion? That might not be enough now. I want 20 billion,” Hera said nonchntly.


    This was tant extortion.


    Edward once again took a handful of potent blood pressure medication. Then, trembling, he spoke up,


    “How about 15 billion? I really can’te up with 20 billion.”Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.


    “18 billion.”


    “16 billion.”


    “Deal!”


    Hera smiled with satisfaction. A smile from a beauty could charm many, but to Eugene, that was simply


    the devil’s smile.


    Hera sent Southern Heavens Pharmaceutical’s ount information to Edward. In less than five


    minutes, 16 billion had been transferred.


    Smiling faintly, Hera said, “Mr. Eugene, you should get up soon. It’s quite cold down there.”


    Eugene did not want to get up. All he wanted now was to kneel to death here. 16 billion would take the


    Xanthalos branch several years to earn back. At thetest tomorrow, he and his father would be


    expelled from the family and ruthlessly ostracized.


    Back in Sagen, at the Hickses‘ household, Edward convened a family video conference attended by


    presidents from over 30panies nationwide.


    Everyone looked puzzled.


    “What day is it today? The patriarch hasn’t convened an A–level meeting in a long time.”


    “My eyelid has been twitching all day today. I feel like nothing good is going to happen!”


    “Don’t scare me, damn it! My heart isn’t good, and the old man’s anger is terrifying!”


    “Why does Eugene look like he’s been beaten to a pulp?”


    “I wouldn’t have recognized him if you hadn’t said he was Eugene!”


    “Damn, the old man is here!”


    On the first video screen, Edward was sitting in his study chair, breathing through an oxygen mask.


    When he removed it, his stern face exuded an aura of authority. Just sitting there made everyone


    shiver through the screen.


    The patriarch looked as if he had lost his son. This meeting spelled trouble.


    As Edward was about to speak, he caught sight of Eugene’s swollen face, and his blood pressure shot


    up again. With rising blood pressure came difficulty in breathing, and his personal doctor quickly pulled


    the oxygen mask back on him.


    After inhaling seven or eight times, Edward slowly asked, “Do you know who beat Eugene?”


    The others shook their heads.


    Edward smiled faintly. “It was Hera Lewis from Jonford.”


    On the second video screen, a middle–aged man in a suit and tie frowned. “Wasn’t Hera’s name on the


    cklist a few days ago, at the top even?”