Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Andrew directly issued an order to have someone killed, but the butler simply raised his brows a little without any shock on his face. He looked down and said, “Yes!”
The butler of the Brookes had long gotten used to such things.
“Also, contact the people in Orange County and get them to find out where Aston is. Tell him to call me back immediately!” Andrew said.
The butler accepted the orders and got to it immediately while Andrew sat on his soft chair. For some reason, he had an ominous feeling in his heart.
Distracted, he fiddled with the chessboard and chess pieces on the table while waiting for news.
Soon, the flustered butler suddenly ran in. As soon as he entered, he exclaimed anxiously, “Mr. Brooke, bad news! We’ve just received news that all the factories and warehouses under the name of the Brookes have been sealed because of quality problems! This includes our branch companies in Orange County, which have all been reported and ordered to shut down temporarily for rectifications!”
“What?!” Andrew was stunned. He immediately stood up, causing the chessboard to flip over and the chess pieces to roll all over the ground.
“How did this happen?” Andrew muttered to himself. He really couldn’t digest the nightmare-like news all of a sudden.
The Brookes had started their empire as a manufacturer and trader. Now, all their factories and warehouses had been sealed, completely cutting off all of the Brookes’ production and trading channels, thereby causing them to be unable to deliver many of the orders they had already produced.
Not only would they be unable to deliver the goods, but with their factories sealed because of quality problems, they would probably have to face countless demands for compensation from many of their partners!
If their factories and warehouses remained sealed for a long time, not only would their capital chain be completely broken, but their reputation would also be tarnished. Moreover, the stock prices of their companies would plummet, and they might even end up collapsing and be forced to declare bankruptcy!
It was an extremely serious problem!
Anxious and vexed, Andrew paced around the study back and forth. No matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t figure out what went wrong. As one of the major families in LA, they had a good network of connections, and it was impossible for there to be a situation where their properties were sealed without warning!
“This must be the doing of someone deliberately dealing with the Brookes!” Andrew stopped in his tracks and made this judgment with certainty. “But who could it be?”
He turned around and instructed the butler, “Go and get everyone in the family and all management personnel here. Find out if anyone has been senseless and offended someone lately.”
“Yes!” The butler acknowledged but didn’t go out right away. Instead, he said hesitantly, “Sir, do you think the culprit could be that nobody Lucas Gray of Orange County?”
As far as he knew, Andrew and Aston were now trying to find a way to deal with Lucas and snatch his properties.
Andrew pondered for a moment and shook his head decisively. “It can’t be him. If it was in Orange County, he might still be able to use some power and stir up trouble. But he doesn’t have a foundation in LA, so he definitely can’t do this!”
Just as the butler followed Andrew’s instructions and gathered all the Brookes for a meeting, an inconspicuous minivan drove up to the entrance of the Brookes’ villa. After Aston was tossed out of the van onto the bush beside the entrance, the van quickly drove off.
It was only when a member of the family rushing to the meeting happened to discover a foot exposed outside the bush and hurriedly called someone to see what was going on that they discovered Aston, who was unconscious and had had his limbs broken.
“Bad news! Aston is injured!”
Hearing this, Andrew rushed over. When he saw the severely injured and unconscious Aston with all his limbs broken, he immediately flew into a rage!
When Andrew heard the doctor’s diagnosis that Aston’s limbs might never recover for the rest of his life and he would become a complete vegetable, his eyes were burning with resentment.
His eyes full of a gloomy and murderous aura, Andrew clenched his teeth and spit out each word. “Lucas! Gray! He must have done this!”
“Where’s Stanley? Where is he?” he suddenly shouted at the surroundings.
A tall, middle-aged man stepped out of the crowd and stood in front of Andrew. “Sir.”
Andrew immediately glanced at him and ordered menacingly, “Stanley, I want you to make a trip to Orange County right away and kill Lucas Gray! No, don’t kill him immediately. Bring him back here. I want to do it myself and put him through endless suffering before letting him die!”
Andrew had a ferocious expression, deeply resenting Lucas, who had the audacity to hurt his grandson!
He had found out from Aston that Lucas seemed to be good at martial arts.
But Stanley was an even more powerful and domineering expert. Over the years, no one in LA had been a match for him!
Actually, given the power that the Brookes had in the past, they shouldn’t have been able to afford to hire a great expert like Stanley. But Andrew had inadvertently saved Stanley’s life back then, so Stanley had been staying with the Brookes and working for them.
It could be said that Stanley’s role in the Brooke family was the same as Hans’s in the Hale family. In private, he had helped the Brookes facilitate a lot of illegal businesses, allowing the Brookes to develop so quickly in just over a decade and almost become one of the top families in LA.
And in Andrew’s opinion, Stanley’s martial arts was far beyond that of Hans!
Besides, Stanley was now in his prime, and his physical strength was at its peak, so he could definitely take down the rookie Lucas!
The butler handed over some information about Lucas to Stanley, including his photo, address, company address, and other basic information.
Stanley looked down and turned around to leave without saying a word while holding the information in hand.
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Lucas was flipping through a stack of documents in his office on the top floor of the Stardust Corporation building when his phone suddenly rang.
Seeing the caller ID display Bruce, Lucas answered the call expressionlessly.
“Mr. Gray, I have had Aston Brooke’s limbs broken and dumped him at the entrance of the Brooke residence. Andrew Brooke is said to have hit the roof,” Bruce carefully said from the other end.
Not at all interested, Lucas said, “If it’s for a trivial thing like this, you don’t have to call me.”
“Mr. Gray!” Bruce hurriedly yelled again anxiously. “I haven’t finished yet. In a fit of anger, Andrew Brooke sent one of their experts called Stanley to harm you!”
“According to the information I have, Stanley’s martial arts is superb. And over the years, he has faced very few who are worthy of being his opponents. He’s also very good at assassination. Stanley is now rushing to Orange County. Be careful!”
Lucas’s face remained calm as he said indifferently, “Don’t worry. No one in this country can kill me.”
