Chapter 226
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There was no sign he’d come
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apologize.
The anger Jasper had worked so hard to suppress flared up again.
“ What do you think you’re doing? What now–you planning to bring down the entire Fletcher family ?
Jasper finally looked him in the eye.
Those deep–set eyes were cold as ice.
“Just came to tell you in person. I’ve approved the rerouting plan. This place will be torn down within a month.”
The room erupted.
Everyone stared at him in disbelief.
“You’re joking, right?”
Ryan stepped forward.
He had a clean–cut look, wore gold–rimmed glasses, a relaxed suit. Gentle. Polished.
Even his voice was soft and calm.
There wasn’t a trace of blame in his tone.
“I know we talked about renovating before, but this is our family home. No one’s really going to mess with
it.”
Jack let out a cold laugh.
“Your family? Can you be a little more precise? Strictly speaking, this courtyard house is under Jasper’s name. If he wants to tear it down, no one can stop him. He can do whatever he wants with it. And listen to yourself–cut it out with the cheap moral guilt trips. It’s pathetic.”
Ryan adjusted his glasses.
Still smiling softly.
Completely unfazed.
“I heard… your mother personally designed this place. You’re really willing to let it go?”
Jack crossed his arms.
“Oh please, don’t start with that.”
“Let me warn you–don’t think your worthless sense of brotherhood gives you a voice here.”
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“Keep pushing, and I’ll knock your damn teeth out.”
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“Bang!“.
Leandro slammed the ashtray off the table.
Jack immediately fell silent.
Ryan stepped back, hiding behind Moses.
Gordon tugged lightly at Ryan’s sleeve, mouthing silently, What do we do now?
Ryan didn’t respond.
Not a flicker of emotion crossed his face.
Gordon, getting no answer, could only lower his head in defeat.
Leandro’s eyes were full of frost.
He stared at Jasper.
“You’re serious?”
Jasper shot back, “What, going deaf in your old age?”
“You ungrateful bastard!”
Furious, Leandro snatched up his cane and swung it at Jasper.
Jack’s heart stopped.
Every time Leandro hit Jasper in the past, Jasper never dodged. He just stood there and took it.
Was he really going to let himself be beaten again?
Jack couldn’t watch his brother get abused like this anymore.
He instinctively moved to stop them-
But Jasper was faster.
He caught Leandro’s cane mid–air.
Then shoved.
Leandro stumbled backward from the force.
He nearly lost his footing.
Only after nearly falling did he come to his senses.
“You-!”
It wasn’t just Leandro. Everyone in the room was stunned.
They’d seen Jasper whipped bloody by branches in this courtyard more times than they could count .
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No one ever thought twice about Leandro hitting him.
But Jasper just fought back.
And not subtly–boldly..
The last time it was over the Robert family. Leandro hadn’t held back–first strike, blood.
Jasper didn’t even blink.
If Jack hadn’t intervened back then, Jasper might’ve been maimed.
So this…
This was the first time Jasper had ever fought back in his life.
“You don’t have to move out.”
While everyone was still frozen in shock, Jasper spoke again.
He usually showed restraint when dealing with the Fletcher family. But now, he didn’t even spare Leandro a glance.
There wasn’t an ounce of emotion in his voice.
“You can disappear along with the house for all I care.”
Wasn’t this supposed to be the day they all came to confront Jasper?
How had it ended with them being told to leave?
When had everything flipped so completely?
“If this is because of the Kramer family, do we really need to go this far?”
Moses sighed, her tone heavy with sorrow.
“Turning father and son against each other over a small matter… You’ll only make yourselves a joke to outsiders. Look, let’s just go visit the Kramer family tomorrow and sort it out then. Tonight, we just wanted to have supper together. Jasper, you’re finally home–don’t let this ruin the peace in the family.”
She turned to Jasper again, smiling apologetically.
“Jasper, it all just got out of hand. You’ve finally come home–let’s eat first. Don’t let this stuff come between us.”
Jasper looked down.
His eyes landed on the pair of golden Nanyang pearls dangling from her ears.
Under the light…
They shimmered with a nearly perfect luster.
Jack noticed the way Jasper’s gaze grew sharper, colder, almost blade–like.
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He followed his line of sight.
And when he saw those two pearls–his heart sank to the floor.
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