Tracy felt dejected. She was confident about her beauty, but Matthew had turned her down without a second thought.


    She wanted to find out about bing a martial artist, but now she didn''t even have the chance to talk about it.


    ...


    At Lambda Vi, Hayden groaned in pain on the couch in the living room. His face was swollen and bruised, showing just how much pain he was in. Hayden dialed Wace Hobbes'' number, and the video call went through.


    Wace was shocked when he saw Hayden. "What happened to you, Hayden? How did you end up like this? Who did this? I''m going to kill him." Hayden''s swollen face was filled with hatred. "The culprit is a chauffeur."


    Wace was in disbelief. "How could a chauffeur be strong enough to do this? You''re a martial artist. There''s no way a chauffeur can beat you up so badly."


    Hayden felt ashamed and upset. "He must be from one of the martial arts families hiding in Lambda City. Otherwise, he wouldn''t stand a chance against me. You have to avenge me, Grandpa."


    Wace''s eyes were aze with anger. "I''ll make sure he''s dead. Not only am I going to send someone to kill him, I will take out the martial arts family backing him up."


    With that, he hung up with a darkened expression.


    As the head of the Hobbes family, Wace had no sons, only a daughter. Thus, he had gotten an ordinary person to marry into the Hobbes family so that the family fortune wouldn''t be stolen by an outsider.


    After having two grandsons, he patiently trained them to be his sessors. As the clueless son-inw, Henry meddled in the Hobbes family''s matter. He even sent Hayden to some remote ce like Lambda.


    The more Wace dwelled on those thoughts, the more upset he became. Furious, he stormed toward the room beside the yard and kicked open the door.


    Henry was in the middle of a phone call when the door was mmed open, startling him. He was ready to snap but held back when he saw it was Wace. "Who''s making you so mad, Dad?"


    Suddenly, Wace pped Henry


    across the face. "You little shit! Do you want to die? How dare you send Hayden to a ce like that? If something happens to him, are you


    going to take respons


    Henry felt his head spinning. After all these years of being the son-inw in this family, all his pent-up frustrations exploded.


    "Why can''t Hayden go to Lambda City? One of the two kids has to branch out. Are we seriously going to let them fight over the family fortune and tear each other apart?"


    Wace snapped, "You fool! Don''t


    think I don''t know what you''re up to. You''re just using Hayden to settle the scores for the Smith family. Your stupid decision got Hayden burt.


    "If you try to poke your nose into the Hobbes family matters again, you''re going to pay for it, Henry." Upon finishing his sentence, Wace turned and left.


    Henry clenched his teeth, and his


    gaze was filled with resentment, dike a viper With that, he smashed the table into pieces. If Wace caught sight of it, he''d be shocked by how powerful it was.


    Henry ran his hand through his hair. "Do you think I''d ever hurt my son? You''re just using me to vent your frustration.


    "After putting up with you all these years, am I still just an ordinary person? Just wait. I''ll make the Hobbes family belong to the Smiths."


    ...


    Wace stormed out of the house and drove straight to a martial arts gym. When he entered, everyone who was training in the gym stopped and greeted him respectfully. Wace looked at the burly man in charge. "Some stupid fool in Lambda City messed with Hayden, Anthony."


    Anthony Wakefield exuded an intense presence. "Who dares toy their hand on the Hobbes? They must have a death wish."


    Wace shook his head. "I''m not sure. Just go take care of it yourself. Take out that idiot and wipe out the family behind him."