As everyone turned to look, a group of people—led by a rich, young heir—could be seen entering the house.
“You can’t enter since you weren’t invited!” shouted a servant who had been trying to block them from proceeding the moment they entered the building.
“Out of our way!” growled one of the men being led by the heir as he shoved the servant aside.
Seeing that, everyone fell silent.
“…Shane Long?” said Lady Yaleman as she stood up with a frown on her face.
One by one, the other Yalemans stood up as well, and all of them bore equally cold expressions on their face as they glared at Shane.
Shane was the eldest young master of the Long family, and though he was young, he was known for being quite shrewd. The Yalemans were well aware that behind that kind face lay a vicious personality.
Within the Long family, Shane himself was second only to Master Long. His high position granted him the role of the Long family’s vanguard in Yanken. After all, the Longs were the ones who kept the other families there suppressed.
He had only returned to the country around four years ago, yet that was all the time he needed to help the Long family acquire at least a hundred groups and corporations, both large and small, from all over the place.
His aid was the reason why the Longs could get to where they were today. It was also why none of the present families could ever dream of threatening their position at the top any time soon.
“Humph! You can’t blame me for being a little rough! After all, how couldn’t you invite the Long family over to such a lively party? This is essentially your own doing, Lady Yaleman!” said Shane with a placid smile on his face as he squinted his eyes slightly.
“But of course we didn’t invite you! After all, the Yaleman family is insignificantly small to the influential and powerful Longs! Why, we wouldn’t even dream about inviting such big shots like you! Regardless, why did you come here today, Mr. Long? If I remember correctly, my son’s had some disputes with you regarding the loan. Haven’t those issues been resolved?” retorted Lady Yaleman.
“Ah, but of course that issue has been resolved! Though Mr. Yaleman was a few days late, the Longs are fine with that since we have, after all, had a good relationship with the Yalemans for generations! We wouldn’t be that bothered by such a small loan! However, we’ve come here today to discuss a different loan. Now this loan is far from small!” replied Shane with a smile.
“Elaborate,” said Lady Yaleman, frowning.
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