Winner Takes All

Looking at the silent Mr. Ward.

Mr. Ward gave the answers from the looks of his face. Even he didn't reply.

Sophie's eyes were becoming red.

All these years, she had been seeing her son's effort.

For three years, he worked his way up from a graduate to a vice-chairman. That was enough to prove her son's ability.

She had seen the light at the end of the tunnel, and now, it was back to complete darkness.

Even though she was his mother, she can't imagine how much this would hurt him.

How can a mother not care her son's feeling?

In her anxiety, Sophie came up with a bold plan.

She said in a deep voice, "Mr. Ward, I want to go back to Hughes' family."

"Madam, you shouldn't!" Mr. Ward was shocked.

If he let Sophie back to Hughes' family, it would undoubtedly add fuel to the fire to this matter.

Mr. Ward hurriedly explained, "Madam, have you forgotten what happened that year?"

Sophie startled, and pat her head with her hand, "What am I saying, that old woman wants me and my son dead. Even if I go back, it can't change a thing." She was crying, "What can I do? What can I do for my son?"

"Mom..."

A soft voice came from behind her.

Sophie was shocked. She turned around and saw Jack and Brent.

"Jack..."

Jack walked into the living room, hugging Sophie, while lightly patting her back.

It was like when he was young, he was scared, and his mother was comforting him.

He smiled and said, "It's alright, I will take care of it. Don't you worry. The only thing you need to do now is to take care of yourself."

"But..." Sophie still a bit worried.

"Take care of yourself, you still haven't hugged your grandchildren yet."

Jack smiled with confidence, "You have propped a piece of the sky for me, now it's time for me to return the favour!"

Sophie stunned, with a mixed feeling looking at Jack.

In a while.

She tilted her head down, smiled bitterly and said, "Yeah, my son has grown up."

"Breakfast's ready."

Then, Daisy walked out of the kitchen.

"Mom, please have breakfast now."

Jack was anxious, and he was worried very much than anyone else. But for the sake of his mother, he acted natural and calm.

He was forcing himself to finish breakfast with his family before leaving the house with Brent.

After they hopped on, Jack was depressed, and told Brent, "Get to the office now!"

...

At DT Real Estate Agency, it was the working hours.

Every employee was gathering around, on edge.

A single news had made the whole company's employees' head scratch.

No one could expect that they were still busy with the pre-sales yesterday, and even discussed plans for a celebration banquet, but now it came a sudden change.

Yet this morning when they opened their eyes, the sky had fallen.

"Corbin, when is Mr. Hughes coming back? See the big news, what should we do?"

"I am going insane. Woke up this morning, and YK group is putting aside this project? When is it going to be back on track?"

"Don't be so dramatic, when huge corporate set aside something, it means that it is terminated. It just a vague way of saying it. Now we need to figure out the moods of our customers and determine whether the pricing will remain or collapse!"

The word "collapse" momentarily stunned everyone.

West Shantytown' pricing was pushed up by YK group's arrival in the city in the first place.

Now the news, announcing the project was on hold, would cause the value to fluctuate.

It was because West Shantytown wasn't favoured by citizens living here.

When the news about YK group was moving in, made everyone excited it.

And now, after everything had settled down. What would the people's attitude be towards West Shantytown?

Just then.

Two figures appeared at the entrance of the company.

At the same time, a calm voice spoke up.

"It's early in the morning, have you all finished your tasks?"

At that moment, every pair of eyes laid on Jack.

"Mr. Hughes, you finally arrived!"

Corbin quickly welcomed him.

Jack glared at Corbin, "Everyone gathering here so early in the morning. The West Shantytown pre-sale work is not done yet, get everyone back to work!"

His voice was stern and cold, his attitude wasn't as genial as usual.

This made Corbin freeze for a second but made everyone back to work.

When they were returning to their posts, they peeked at Jack.

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The sky had fallen. How could the boss be so calm?

"Corbin, could it be that Mr. Hughes already known this and has a backup plan for it?" An employee that was close to Corbin asked.

After Jack took over the company, he already everted two consecutive crises for the company. And yet he resolved both of them lightly.

His image in the heart of his employees had been high.

Every time they saw Jack as cool as a cucumber, they seemed to have found the source of their confidence and felt that they could face the problem with ease. Corbin was also puzzled, scratching his head. He replied, "I suppose so?"

This uncertainty gave the employees reassurance, and soon they were engaged in their work.

In the office.

Jack was sitting on his chair, on the edge of his seat, pulling his hair.

He knew that as the boss, he was the source of morale in the company.

Suppose he had shown distress in front of his employees. It would not solve the problem but also affect the company's morale.

So, he needed to stay calm when he entered the company.

He gave Corbin the cold shoulder to not waste time explaining it and exposing his true feelings.

Now in his own office, it was just Brent and himself. Jack clearly showed anxiety.

Jack rubbed his face, and asked in a deep voice, "Brent, if there was a sword pointing at your throat, what would you do?"

Brent replied, "I'd kill him!"

Jack stunned and gave a bitter smile.

With Brent's combat capability, he could quickly turn the tide around and gained the upper hand, even he had a blade at his throat.

But he couldn't do it!

This time, he was facing Madam Hughes of the Hughes' family.

This strike had made DT Real Estate Agency's sky fall and shatter him from the roots up.

How can he fight back?

While Jack was still anxious and without a plan.

A huge change was forming over the city.

This was the calm before the storm.

Because, when the news had broadcasted. Everyone was shocked and didn't know what to do.

At a short very moment, DT Real Estate Agency and the West Shantytown project were in the teeth of the storm.

Everyone was talking about it.

If it weren't for YK group, West Shantytown's housing price wouldn't go up, and there wouldn't be so many buyers aiming for it.

And now, YK group had set aside the project. After everyone calmed down, they would return to the state of disliking West Shantytown.

People had started gathering in front of Dragon Garden and the other three booking hall.

These people were frustrated and furious, and they stormed the sales centre...000000