Dawson slowly nodded his head after hearing Jasper putting it that way. He let out a sigh and said with a bitter smile, “Actually, ten years ago, I got into a fight with Sebastian Walker. It’s just that I ended up losing that fight.”
Chris Quarles backed him up by adding, “It wasn’t actually a loss. In that fight, you actually showed your imposing momentum.”
As he was saying, Chris spun around and said to Jasper, “Ten years ago, no one ruled over the supermarket industry in the southeast province yet. The Schuler family’s supermarket and Sebastian’s Kaymaroon, which were the only two supermarket companies that entered the southeast province at the same time, competed with each other for the top spot.
“Both of them wanted to take over this huge market and keep it to themselves. Hence, the two companies could not stop a fight from breaking out between them.
“The competition had been a cruel one. When it was very aggressive, both parties were basically losing in order to take control over the market. Your father-in-law was very kind and was a steady man in battle. He was very tolerant of the suppliers, and that’s why many people supported him.
“But Sebastian was different. He was more domineering. Basically, he’s the kind of person that says he’s the only one who can rule the world. Therefore, not many people supported him.
“When your father-in-law was about to emerge victorious, a big boss from Swallow Capital suddenly took out a huge sum of funds to support Kaymaroon. With this, your father-in-law could no longer win against them and lost that battle.
“It was very unfortunate for your father-in-law. Ever since that time, he had never shown up in the market within the province. If not, no one could say for sure who will be the head of the current supermarket business within the country.”
Dawson said with a smile, “Those are the old stories. Why bother mentioning them?”
Jasper spun around and asked Dawson, “Is it because Sebastian threatened you?”
Dawson sighed and said, “You can’t say that he threatened me. I’ll just put it this way. It was an agreement in a bet. Whoever lost the bet will not be allowed to expand their market.”
“But such an agreement doesn’t take effect under the name of law, right?” said Jasper, frowning.
Dawson said with a smile, “Of course not. But I’m a man of pride. Besides, I’m sick of it as well. Keeping the market going on within the province is more than enough to keep the Schuler family alive, and I also get to spend more time to keep Wendy company too.”
Jasper nodded and said with his gaze looking dark, “I’ll avenge you!”
Before Dawson even spoke a word, Chris laughed. “Young man, do you know what kind of person Sebastian is? Do you know about the huge support he has? Ten years ago, your father-in-law was already no match for him. Things are still the same now. Your father-in-law couldn’t handle him back then, what more you?
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