Life at The Top novel Chapter 873

Kennedy, of Harbor City’s Langdon family.

Kayden, of Harbor City’s Langdon family.

Bob Lancaster, one of Harbor City’s bigshots.

While Bob did not hold a candle to the four richest families in Harbor City, the man’s wealth and status were definitely that of an elite in venues where the four main families were not present.

No one had expected Jasper to be able to invite three of Harbor City’s richest families for his topping-out ceremony.

The reporters felt lightheaded and were moments away from going crazy. They were all too excited and could barely contain the urge to step forward and interview the newly-arrived guest, but the stern-looking bodyguards in black suits were very effective in deterring them.

Both Zane and Mitch were stunned when they saw their fathers.

They had not expected their fathers, who had remained impartial all this while, to suddenly rush over for this.

Even so, they dared not hesitate and quickly went to greet them.

“You’ve done well, Jasper.” Kayden smiled at him after observing the surroundings.

Jasper shook Kayden’s hands and smiled. “Quite a bit of hard work and ideas were pitched during the designing process back then, and we’ve taken inspiration from quite a few of Harbor City’s design concepts in order to have Southface River look the way it does today. I could bring you around for a tour later.”

Kayden nodded. “Sure, I’ve got to get a good look at it. If I could, I was hoping to buy a few businesses here, and wait for its value to rise.”

“You’re very welcome to do so.”

Jasper then turned to extend his hand toward Kennedy. “Thank you for coming, Mr. Kennedy.”

Kennedy chuckled and shook Jasper’s hand while replying, “Not bad, it looks much better than I imagined. It seems like we elders need to learn more from youths like you, or we’ll only get left behind and forgotten.”

Jasper smiled. “Your experience and knowledge is something we youths can only dream of having. We’re still young and there are many places where we’ll need guidance from elders like you.”

Kennedy shook Jasper’s hand and turned to smile at Bob as he spoke, “See? I told you Jasper’s the best wordsmith amongst all the youth in Harbor City. The way he speaks makes you feel good, doesn’t it?”

Bob smiled humorlessly and replied, “That’s not right. Jasper isn’t from Harbor City, he doesn’t count as one of Harbor City’s youths.”

“Harbor City’s part of Somerland now, it means the same thing,” Jasper replied calmly.

Scoffing, Bob spoke rather emotionlessly, “Don’t think that you can butter me up with your honeyed words. I’ve got miles more experience than you; have you no shame trying to show off?”

Just then, Zane and Mitch rushed over as well.

“Dad.”

The two greeted their respective fathers.

“What are you two doing here?” Bob frowned at his son and asked solemnly.

“I, I…”

Zane stammered and kept glancing at Mitch.

Mitch frowned. He could not help but think that Zane was an utterly stupid motherf*cker.

“We came over to the Mainland to scout the market, but we couldn’t find anything worth investing in. We were passing by the Southeast Province when he heard the news, so we came over to take a look as well.”