Noah Locke glared at him and, not wanting to dwell too much on this matter, changed the topic:
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Since it's in your name now, you handle it. I'll be returning to Mystic City tomorrow."
The siblings exchanged a glance, both feeling that their father's pride was wounded, which is why he said all those forceful words.
What they didn't realize was that at that very moment, Noah Locke's thoughts were not on appeasement but on how to avenge his past humiliation.
...
Late at night.
After completing his Qi Refinement, Greg Jensen stood up to stretch, poured himself a glass of wine, and sat by the window to enjoy the rare quiet moment.
With Walter Locke dead, no one in the Eighteen Cities of Jiangnan could stand in his way anymore, which is why he was so assertive during the negotiations earlier in the day.
As the saying goes, kill the chicken to scare the monkey, and the Locke family was that very chicken he intended to use as an example.
