“C’mon, don’t do that! I was just joking. Besides, I’m usually the one who throws others into the sea. You’re my brother-in-law, you’re not going to throw me into the sea, are you?”
Henry said at once. He used to be and still was fearless, but when he was facing Jasper, he felt a sense of admiration and apprehension.
In fact, Henry always had a really simple outlook on the world.
He would strike anyone who was an eyesore to him, then go to his elders if things went south.
He had been guided by this logic for over 20 years of his life and the tactic worked each time.
Though many times, Anna was the one who played the role of Henry’s elder.
In fact, Zachary knew about all the trivial things he had done.
Old Master Law was equally troubled, but since he went through the same thing when he was young, with his son getting even better than him at this, there was simply nothing he could do.
Otherwise, he would not have handed the important task of educating Henry to Jasper either.
Anyway, when Zachary saw Henry walking through the door in the middle of the night and sitting on the couch dejectedly, smoking without a word, he felt his temples throbbing.
He knew his son all too well. Normally, when Henry behaved like that, he knew that he had done something so bad that even Anna could not solve it.
Zachary glanced curiously at Jasper. He did not understand why Jasper could remain so calm all the time.
He found a cigar and lit it before sitting down across the duo. He said, “Go on then, what did you do?”
Henry sighed. He looked at his father but hesitated to speak. He wore a sheepish look on his face, looking extremely sorry yet at the same time was too embarrassed to tell his elder.
Zachary’s temples throbbed even harder now.
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