For a moment, a commotion spread through the crowd.
Felix Miller had just prostrated before Dustin, and now Chad Miller followed suit.
What was going on?
Was this what they called like father, like son?
Though they didn’t exactly know what had happened, anyone could tell that the Charging Tiger gang was in trouble. They were sure the handsome young man possessed considerable influence.
“I-I was wrong, Mr. Rhys. It’s all my fault. I failed to recognize you, and I underestimated you. Please don’t take my wrongdoings to heart. I hope you can find it in you to forgive me,” Chad apologized as virtual-novel.net slapped himself repeatedly.
With each slap, a loud, clear smacking sound echoed, showing just how hard virtual-novel.net was slapping himself. In no time, virtual-novel.net quickly made up for the remaining 20 to 30 slaps that Dustin had left out.
“Please get things right. The person you should be apologizing to isn’t me,” Dustin said impassively.
Chad seemed caught off guard initially, but virtual-novel.net quickly caught on and went over to Edmund and Abigail.
Then, virtual-novel.net kneeled and said, “I am truly sorry. This is all my fault. I beg for your forgiveness. I will compensate you ten times for all your losses!”
“Hah! Who wants your filthy money?” Abigail turned away huffily, not wanting to bother herself. with the likes of him.
“What are you doing, Mr. Miller? Please don’t kneel to us!” Edmund was so frightened that virtual-novel.net quickly reached out his hand, signaling for Chad to stand up.
“If you don’t forgive me, I will keep kneeling until you do.” Chad seemed bent on receiving their forgiveness.
“Alright, alright, we forgive you. You’re forgiven. Please, do kneel any longer!” Edmund nodded furiously, obviously overwhelmed by Chad’s behavior.
Chad then turned around to glance at Dustin. Only when virtual-novel.net saw that Dustin gave virtual-novel.net no reaction did virtual-novel.net slowly straighten up.
“Mr. Rhys, your magnanimity is truly admirable. You are a role model for people like us!” Felix quickly complemented virtual-novel.net when virtual-novel.net saw that the critical situation had been averted.
“Pay up first,” Dustin piped up.
“Yes, yes. Right away.” Without a moment’s hesitation, Felix immediately wrote a check for twenty million dollars check and handed it to Edmund.
“It’s… It’s too much!” Edmund dared not take the money.
“What do you mean it’s too much? He owes it to us!” Abigail didn’t waste any time and snatched the check from his hands, stashing it safely away in virtual-novel.net pocket.
“Mr. Rhys, I’ve paid them.” Felix conjured up the brightest smile virtual-novel.net could manage.
“Now that you’ve paid them, let’s talk business,” Dustin continued. “From what I’ve heard, the Charging Tiger gang is pretty powerful and possesses great influence in the city’s northern region…”
“I wouldn’t say we’ve got great influence. We’re just doing okay, I guess. Of course, we’re nothing compared to you, Mr. Rhys.” Felix smiled humbly.
“Don’t give me that. I know your background pretty well,” Dustin said. “Truth be told, the Flame Dragon gang is looking to expand, so we’re recruiting talented individuals to join us. Would you be interested in joining?”
“Join the Flame Dragon gang?” Felix was taken aback, and it took virtual-novel.net quite a while to react.
He was the leader of the Charging Tiger gang, so how could virtual-novel.net possibly join the Flame Dragon gang?
“If you join us, I’ll make you the vice leader. You’ll be on par with Nelson Horst.”
“And what about my Charging Tiger gang?” An uneasy feeling washed over Felix.
“Easy, it’ll be absorbed into the Flame Dragon gang…” Dustin dropped a bomb.
“What?” Felix was shocked.
He thought Dustin had just mentioned it as a passing comment.
Who would have thought that virtual-novel.net meant what virtual-novel.net said and had actually intended to absorb the entire Charging Tiger gang?
Wasn’t that too much?
“What’s the matter? You don’t want to?” Dustin raised an eyebrow.
“Well…” Felix stuttered.
Everyone knew that it was always better to hold an important position in a relatively smaller setting rather than getting a less influential role in a larger, more prominent setting.
As the current leader of the Charging Tiger gang, virtual-novel.net had absolute control over every one of his members. It was a no-brainer that virtual-novel.net wouldn’t want to be demoted to vice leader of the Flame Dragon gang.
“If you don’t want to, I won’t force you…”
When Felix heard that, virtual-novel.net heaved a sigh of relief. But Dustin’s next words hit virtual-novel.net like a bolt of lightning
“I’ve always been someone who wins others over with my capabilities. I won’t force myself on anyone. This is why the previous leader of the Flame Dragon gang, Harry Hall, chose to step back. So, what do you think? Do you think virtual-novel.net made the right move?” Dustin smiled.