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Coming out of the Sanchez Group, Nathan only realized that it was snowing. This was the first snowfall of the year, even though the weather wasn’t that cold yet, the snowflakes came so early.
Unexplainably, Nathan felt very sad.
He had all the talent, but he had no place to showcase it.
The Hill family dreaded him because the father favored his illegitimate son, the younger brother.
The Sanchez feared him because they were afraid he would usurp Guillermo’s power.
He actually understood these truths a long time ago, but he had to walk this path.
He suddenly looked up and laughed foolishly: How pathetic, he had turned himself into a dandelion.
He no longer had the original capital to start his own business.
Nathan aimlessly walked onto the street, and the snowflakes dyed his hair white.
Finally, he arrived at a unfamiliar bar.
He thought for a moment and then pushed the door open.
The bar and the freezing cold outside were two different worlds. Inside the bar, it was scorching hot and very lively.
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The hotel owner approached warmly and asked, “Sir, what would you like to drink?”
Nathan just remembered that he had become unemployed now, his salary was still unpaid by the Sanchez, and he had very little money left.
He then ordered a bottle of cheap white liquor. “Er Guo Tou, the spicier the better.”
The boss looked somewhat disappointed: dressed so
extravagantly, yet so poor that he could only afford to drink cheap liquor.
“Sir, please find a seat.” The boss’s enthusiasm faded away as he turned around to attend to others.
Nathan looked around the bar’s surroundings and noticed a familiar figure in the corner. Nathan walked briskly towards the figure.
His father, Alaric, sat in the corner, holding a bottle of Erguotou liquor in one hand, his face already purple from drunkenness, swaying as he poured himself a drink.
Nathan sat down across from his booth. Then he stared at him fixedly.
Alaric looked up and saw Nathan, looking embarrassed.
The father and son remained silent. However, they could both see the hardship of life in each other’s eyes.
“Are you satisfied? Nathan, you pushed the Hill Group to bankruptcy, did the Sanchez Group promote you and give you a raise?”
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Nathan’s face darkened as he recalled the intense
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competition he had with the Hill Group over the past year.
Back then, he was full of confidence and diligently tracked the projects of the Hill Group every day, then formulated
comprehensive plans to encircle the Hill Group from all directions.
In just one year, the Hill Group failed to secure a profitable project. For a large corporation, not achieving any new accomplishments in a year is simply a nightmare. As a result, the Hill Group experienced several rounds of layoffs, salary reductions, employee turnover… and even shareholder withdrawals… This only added insult to injury for the Hill Group.
Nathan suddenly smirked triumphantly and said, “Seeing you in such a miserable state, my purpose of going to the Sanchez has been achieved.”
Alaric was furious. “You schemed and brought down the Hill Group, but it didn’t benefit you at all. Now everyone is talking about how Nathan has fallen so low as to work for someone else. The former prince has ultimately become a parasite clinging onto a host.”
as he unexpectedly turned into a dandelion, just like Victoria
to bring down the Hill Group and make all of you who have been benefiting from
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glared fiercely, “Nathan, when our Hill family fell, it was just like monkeys scattering when
the waiter walked over and placed a bottle of Er Guo Tou in front of Nathan. Nathan glared angrily at Alaric while opening
tilted his neck back and gulped down half of the bottle with a gurgling sound.
you think I’ve been doing well during this time? Father, thanks to you, I’ve long been struggling in the quagmire. Now, I am already living
days of disrespect and poverty that I
turned crimson with anger.
were as annoying as
Alaric aside and roared, “Who do you think you are? You’re just a man who climbed up the ladder by relying on your first wife, a man who enjoys wealth and luxury through your son, a hypocrite. Once
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revert to your true self. Mr. Hill, while you were marrying my mother and having a child with her,
into the table leg and cut a large piece of his scalp. He was halfway sober from the alcohol. He stumbled to his feet, filled with anger, and started punching and
I have your dirty blood running through my veins, and I have long suffered the consequences. Cheating, abandoning my spouse to marry
prestigious, the onlookers
sound of the camera clicking,
out with a black face, stumbling and bumping
all,
was a taste of drowning sorrows in alcohol. Eventually, drank until heavily intoxicated.
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floor of the bar until
helpless, he shook Nathan awake and said, “Sir, we are closing. Can you stand up and walk on your
unwilling to lose face,
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the first snowfall of the year, even though the weather wasn’t that cold yet, the snowflakes came so
Nathan felt very sad.
he had no place
because the father
they were afraid he would usurp
these truths a long time ago, but he had to walk
How pathetic,
longer had the original capital to start
walked onto the street, and
at a unfamiliar
for a moment and then pushed the
and the freezing cold outside were two different worlds. Inside the bar, it was scorching hot and very
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hotel owner approached warmly and asked, “Sir, what would you like to drink?”
now, his salary was still unpaid by the
white liquor.
boss looked somewhat disappointed: dressed so
yet so poor that he could only
enthusiasm faded away as he turned around
figure in the corner. Nathan walked briskly towards the figure.
one hand, his face already purple from drunkenness, swaying as he poured himself a drink.
down across from his booth.
looked up and saw Nathan, looking embarrassed.
son remained silent. However, they could both see the
you satisfied? Nathan, you pushed the Hill Group to bankruptcy, did the Sanchez Group promote you and give
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darkened as he recalled the
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had with the Hill
was full of confidence and diligently tracked the projects
the Hill Group from all
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