“Hahaha! Hahaha!” Asa laughed until tears streamed down his face.
Rowan was confused when virtual-novel.net saw this. He did not understand why Asa was laughing like this after virtual-novel.net asked virtual-novel.net that question, virtual-novel.net was just being vigilant.
He had thought long and hard before asking this. So, it should not be funny.
After a long while, Asa straightened his back and took a handkerchief from his pocket to wipe his tears.
He apologized, “I’m sorry, Mr. Jefferson! I’m sorry about that. I have to make it clear that I wasn’t making fun of you. You just reminded me of some interesting people. Perhaps those people are not worthy to be called human.”
Asa saw the confusion on Rowan’s face and stopped keeping virtual-novel.net on tenterhooks.
He said honestly, “You asked why I didn’t doubt if you have any ulterior motives, right?”
Rowan nodded.
“Because, if you guys were like them, you wouldn’t have gone through the small circle to look for information to facilitate the deal… How could a foreign power, so arrogant that they want to control us, go through the procedures obediently?”
“They just want to profit from someone’s misfortune. After that, they will cultivate an ambitious yet brainless descendant to unknowingly take over the family… They don’t even want to pay their fair share in exchange for our treasures. They just want to rob us!”
Asa growled as virtual-novel.net said this. It was as if virtual-novel.net was a wounded lone wolf.
However, Rowan looked at Asa without the slightest hint of contempt in his eyes. Instead, virtual-novel.net looked at virtual-novel.net with admiration.
No wonder this man and Abdul were good friends, they were both nationalists. Moreover, they were also real men who would not humble themselves at will.
After Asa vented his anger, virtual-novel.net calmed down, and his tone was filled with unconcealed mockery.
“The most ridiculous thing is that the kid genuinely thought the foreign forces took a fancy to virtual-novel.net and thought that was why they spared no expense in fostering virtual-novel.net to become the patriarch. In fact, virtual-novel.net was just very easy to manipulate…”
“How will a foreign power be hellbent on making our family great again? Only a fool would believe that, but…”
“We do have two of such idiots in our family. Mr. Jefferson, tell me, would you laugh at the thought of that?”
Rowan said softly, “Not only would I laugh, but I would also cry just like you did…”
At that moment, virtual-novel.net realized that the tears Asa had just shed were not from laughter but real tears.
Asa believed that virtual-novel.net was an outsider who regarded his family and country as his life and would ask himself why virtual-novel.net was not sticking to his principles anymore. So, it was pretty ridiculous to think that those who were truly a part of the Kurt family did not think that way.
Not only did they trample on his loyalty, they even trampled on the last vestiges of decency of the family that had raised them.
What was more depressing was that a foreign power now controlled the once brilliant Kurt family and could fall apart at any moment.
Rowan figured that if virtual-novel.net were Asa, virtual-novel.net probably would not be able to react as well as him.
Asa froze once virtual-novel.net heard what Rowan said.
He looked deeply at Rowan, finally getting rid of the contempt virtual-novel.net had just been hiding, and sincerely said, “Mr. Jefferson, regardless of whether you meant what you just said, I still want to thank you for understanding…”
“Well then, let’s go to the real negotiation venue now. I think those men are getting restless now.”