The First Heir by Master Yu Who Smokes

Chapter 649

"His last name is Clarke, but he probably isn't from that group." The butler replied, but he did not say any more than that. "Probably? Look into it again!" The middle-aged man lost interest in the topic and said calmly,

"Keep a close eye on what the Quaids do now. If they try anything unusual, tell me immediately. As for that Philip Clarke fellow, try to keep him alive if possible." "Yes, sir." The butler left the room, leaving the middle-aged man alone in the large study. He continued to admire the painting on the wall, marveling at its beauty. However, just then, the door to the study flew open, and an old man leaning on a cane appeared at the door. The middle-aged man hurriedly ran to the old man and said respectfully, "Why did you come down here, Father? It's so late!" The old man sat on the couch and coughed softly before saying, "I hear that the Quaid's son was castrated?" This was Old Master Joo, the foundation of the Joo family and the person with the most say! He was the emotional center of the entire family! As long as Old Master Joo remained strong, the Joo family would always stay at the top of Capital City's four military families! The middle-aged man poured his father some tea and took a seat next to the old man, saying politely,

see.” The old man nodded and said, “Did you find out who did it?”

man named Philip Clarke, and he was pretty ruthless about it.

you feeling unwell somewhere?” The middle-aged man hastily tried to comfort his father when he saw the old man’s sudden burst of emotion, patting the latter’s chest. Old Master Joo shoved his son aside, beaming brightly. “Haha, so it’s that

could not understand how. His father only dealt with a very specific group of people, so how would he know a completely unrelated, unassuming young man? “Nonsense!” Old Master Joo stood up and rammed his cane into the tiled floor. “Have you forgotten what happened to the first son of the Quaid family back then?” The first son of the Quaid family… Wait, could it…?! But how?! “Could it be...?!” The middle-aged man instantly remembered something. Although the Quaids tried to hush

instantly within a day, and they never reached those heights again. They never once surpassed the Joos since then! Furthermore, that incident seemed to have left the Quaids in the bad books of the central-most authorities in the land! In other words, the Master Clarke from back then had ties to the pinnacle of the nation! Even national heroes had stepped in! Did they interfere to make peace between the two sides? No! The moment they showed up, they gave the Quaids a harsh scolding and publicly shamed them! “Send someone to Riverdale right away, and stop the Quaids from avenging their second son!” Old Master Joo leaned on his cane, his eyes gleaming with a long-hidden edge. “Also, if necessary, don’t