The Legendary Man novel Chapter 132

Chapter 132 A Bunch Of Lies

In the blink of an eye, Tavion’s expression changed drastically.

It was as though someone had caught him in a lie, and a pained look crossed his face. “That was a misunderstanding, Jonathan.”

“Oh? How was it a misunderstanding?” Jonathan lightly leaned back against the couch and gazed at him aloofly.

“Actually, I didn’t commit suicide back then…” Tavion’s eyes darted everywhere, not having expected the man to launch a sudden attack at him. “After our company went bankrupt back then, loan sharks were looking for me everywhere. They didn’t just send people to hunt me down but even went so far as to harass my family. Left with no other recourse, I could only fake my death in hopes that I could dupe those loan sharks! You don’t know how dangerous it was back then. I almost got hacked to death a few times!”

While saying that, his hand that held the cigar trembled lightly, complementing his fearful expression.

If I hadn’t heard about how he shoved all the blame of the incident back then on me from the taxi driver on my way here, I might really be taken in by his lies! It’s truly a shame that he’s not running for the Oscars!

“I don’t know if those loan sharks were duped, but I was undoubtedly taken in.” Instead of exposing him, Jonathan glanced at him casually and stated, “Not only did I attend your funeral back then, but I even gave the remaining tens of thousands I had left to your parents.”

Back then, I was riddled with debts after the company went bankrupt and even had a whole slew of loan sharks hunting me down. Yet, I still gave his family the tens of thousands I had left without any reservations despite my circumstances then!

“What? You really did that?” Tavion arched an eyebrow, acting as though he didn’t know anything about it. “Why have I never heard about it from my parents?”

“So you think I’m lying to you?” Jonathan raised an eyebrow as well.

“Of course not!” Chuckling, Tavion countered, “How could you possibly lie to me? It’s just tens of thousands, isn’t it? Okay. When you leave later, I’ll have someone give you a million as compensation for your money back then. How about that?”

“Do you think that I’m here to ask you for the money?” Jonathan cast him a frigid look.

Back then, he signed a bad contract with someone else and caused my listed company with a market value of over a hundred million to not only go bankrupt overnight but even end up owing a ton of debts. Yet, I didn’t even ask him to compensate me a single dime! Could I possibly be here now to ask him about the tens of thousands?

“Of course not! I just feel that I owe you too much regarding the matter back then!” Smiling, Tavion maintained, “The million is just a teeny-weeny compensation from me. After all, our company wouldn’t have gone bankrupt overnight if it weren’t because of me back then. Besides, I even caused you to be saddled with a slew of debts.”

Naturally, he wouldn’t push the blame onto Jonathan right in front of the man himself.

Meanwhile, Jonathan didn’t expose him either. I’ll just see how much longer he’s going to keep this act up!

Knock, knock!

A few minutes later, the secretary knocked on the door again. But this time, there was a tray in her hands, on which laid the tea leaves wrapped in a piece of golden paper.

“Here are the tea leaves, Mr. Callahan.” In a soft voice, she added, “There are three taels of tea leaves in here, and the market value outside is over a million.”

The second half of her utterance was deliberate, expressly meant for the ignorant man who was unschooled in tea so that he would know how much three taels of tea leaves cost and use them sparingly.