In the span of two days, the Smiths had lost several hundred million, which was nearly half of their assets.
Samuel smiled bitterly as he voiced his thoughts, "Dad, there's no need to even think about it. Someone is putting pressure on us.”
Sean roared in anger, "Who would dare to do such a thing?"
The eldest son answered with a crying face, "Who else but the Logan family? They probably blame us for the death of Kenneth Logan!"
Sean snapped at his son as he growled angrily, "I let you handle this matter because I thought you could do it well. Look at what you've done now! You got Gabriel Logan's precious son killed! The Smith family is in deep trouble this time."
Samuel gritted his teeth as he bit out, "We can't just stand around and do nothing while the Logans do this to us!"
Raising an eyebrow, Sean asked, "What do you have in mind?"
"Dad, do you know the Zabinski family of The Southern Four?"
The old man's eye widened. "Of course I know who they are. The Logan family is practically a third-rate family compared to the Zabinski family."
Samuel grinned slyly as he explained, "Remember the last king of the Channing underworld, Novem? He was a part of the Zabinski family too.
"When Dunn eliminated Novem and took over his empire, he forbad the Channing underworld from partaking in any gray businesses. I'm not sure if you know this, but the Zabinski family has fingers in nearly all the gray businesses in the South. What Dunn had done was basically cutting off their source of income in Channing. I've heard the Zabinski family have already sent someone here to deal with Cross and Dunn."
Frowning in confusion, Sean said, "What does the Zabinski family going after Dunn and Cross got to do with the Logan family coming after us?”
Samuel chuckled as he replied, "Dad, since we can't do anything against the Logan family ourselves, we might as well seek refuge with the Zabinski family. Even though we'll have to hand in a portion of our profits yearly, at the very least we'll be under their protection."
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