Brown Kress was truly naive. If those people had major clients, they would have collaborated on their own, and it would never have come to him. Moreover, everyone around Brown Kress knew about the incident where he and his daughter offended Patriarch Xiao and had their partnership cancelled, and they were all more than eager to avoid Brown Kress.
While Brown Kress was actively looking for partners, Xia Yujie and Liu Yuxiang showed up.
After seeing Brown Kress and Brown Lya, father and daughter, causing trouble for Situ Xin at the PRATY, Liu Yuxiang impulsively wanted to take his men directly to Brown's place and beat the two of them up. Thankfully, Xia Yujie, though angered, still had some rationality left.