Becoming the Richest Man Alive

Chapter 262

“How should we handle this?” Casper asked as he did not want to continue waiting.

“Ms. Stalling, shall we let the Hunter family go?” Tony looked at Victoria as they were on her turf. Moreover, Victoria was the one in danger. Hence, Tony could not do as he pleased and needed to seek her opinion.

Darian smirked coldly. “I don’t need any pity from you! Are you trying to play the saint against my malice? I wanted to take your life earlier, so I’ll repay you with my life now!” He dashed toward the wall, attempting to end his life after finishing his sentence. However, Jake restrained him by tugging his shirt and knocking him out cold with the back of his head.

“I will go with Mr. Lane’s wishes. There are only a few left in the Hunter family. Let’s not end the family’s lineage.” Victoria waved her fan at Jake. “However, the gold silk and feather jacket and stained glass lamp will be mine. Since you used them as baits, I’ll take them.”

Jake thanked Victoria. “Thank you for sparing us, Ms. Stalling!” He supported Darian and walked through the crowd, leaving Victoria’s Chamber.

Casper realized that Jake’s expression remained emotionless. “Is his face paralyzed? Why doesn’t he have any expression on his face?”

Tony explained, “His mother passed away when he was little. Subsequently, he was severely ill. His hair turned white overnight, and his face remained expressionless. He had been like that since then and followed his father to travel around. I didn’t have the time to visit him when I was in Horington. What a pity! He’s such a good child. How great it would be if he was born to my family!”

Winston appeared disappointed as Tony had always praised strangers and wanted others to be his son. On the other hand, Winston had never received praises from Tony. He was close to forty years

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While he was distracted, Tony patted his shoulder. “I leave the rest of the matters to you. I’m tired and will be going back to rest. You’ll be the head of the Lane family from now onward.”

Winston was surprised and almost could not react in time. Immediately, he kneeled in front of Tony. “Dad, you must think this through thoroughly. My capabilities are far from being able enough for the position. Let me send someone to bring Wyatt home from school. He’s the best person for the position.”

Tony kicked Winston. “That idiot! He’s not interested in these antiques. If he is the leader, he will just donate all of them for sure!”

Winston added, “But with such a huge family business, I can’t operate it without you!”

“Hmph! You’ve been learning for more than a decade. How is it possible that you still don’t know how to manage those people? I look down on you because you don’t know how to appraise the antiques. Although you can’t appraise them, you’re good at judging people’s character. For the position of head of the family, you may not be perfect, but you’ll do,” Tony said huffily.

His words indicated a sense of exasperation that Winston did not live up to his expectations.

“Gunther is the perfect proof of your expertise in reading people. Between the skill to evaluate antiques and people, the more crucial skill is to be able to read people. The skill of evaluating antiques can be taught but the skill of evaluating people can’t. Moreover, you have worked at the bottom for so long and understand the foundation of our family. There’s no one else better than you to take this position.”

Winston went speechless. Only then did he understand Tony’s purpose of sending him to live and work with the servants. His father had planned from the beginning to cultivate him into the family’s future

leader.

Before Tony finished his words, he looked at Winston, seeing his face covered in a beard and his clothes with patchwork done on them. Winston did not remotely resemble a son from an affluent family. Tony had only ever asked Winston to hone his capabilities and did not even ask about his plans to settle down.

Thinking of how Winston protected him against the bullets earlier, Tony suddenly choked out, “Child, you’re already thirty-five years old. It’s time to have your own family. I’m looking forward to playing with my grandchildren.”

Winston’s eyes reddened instantly, and tears were welling up in them.

Upon seeing the touching moment between the father-son duo, Casper thought of his own father. However, his father was way harsher as he threw him here and ignored him entirely.

Suddenly, he remembered the person from the Stalling family and turned around, looking for him. However, that person had disappeared from their sight.

Gosh! How did I forget and let that b*stard escape under my watch! Casper slapped himself as he could not tolerate his mistake. He must have escaped during the gunshot. He’s wearing the Yaeger family’s outfit, and it must have been easy for him to escape.

Casper called Jeremy urgently. “Jeremy, remember the person that you tailed to the hotel? Quick! Send someone to the hotel and look out for him! He escaped from Victoria’s Chamber.”

Victoria shook her head. “That guy has been cautious. I’m sure he has more than one hiding location in Horington.”

“But he escaped! What if he comes back here to look for you again?” Casper was anxious.

Upon seeing Casper’s response and recalling how he protected her from the bullets without hesitation, Victoria felt touched. “Even if you catch him, the Stalling family can send someone else.”

Casper asked, “How is he related to you?”

“He’s my brother. My half-brother from a different mother,” Victoria said after some hesitation.

Casper saw her response and guessed that she wanted to hide something from them. Hence, he did not question further.

The incidents at the Antique Fair ended, and Casper’s subordinates did not find anyone else that was suspicious in the hotel. They only uncovered the antidote to Silencer and a portion of the psychedelic incense.

The rest of the people at the main dining table woke up after taking the antidote. An awkward incident occurred when Casper was feeding the antidote. Stephen kept staring at Casper from the moment he woke up after Casper fed him the antidote. It sent chills down Casper’s spine. In the end, Stephen left without bidding farewell to Victoria.

After returning to school, Casper fell into a deep sleep as the events of the past few days exhausted him. When he woke up the next morning, he realized that the Stalling family’s gun was still on him, and he had slept over it.

“I’ll keep this for self-defense,” muttered Casper to himself as he kept the gun on him. Thanks to Chanaea’s strict firearm restraining orders, the Yaeger family only brought three guns last night. If there is one more gun, I might not be able to protect the Lanes and Victoria at the same time.

He switched on his phone and saw a message from Victoria, asking why he left and that the Lanes wanted to thank him.

“Thank me? If you want to thank me, shouldn’t you give me the gold silk and feather jacket?” he mumbled.

Casper then called Victoria to ask about that night’s incident.

After that night, the Livingston family and the Lanes took over most of the Yaeger family’s assets and business in Horington. Catherine swore that she would never enter the antique industry again. Rumors had it that a group of men dashed into their house and emptied their vault when the eldest son of the Yaeger family was bathing.

From then on, the Yaegar family, one of the four prominent families dealing with antiques, moved out from Horington. Rumors had it that they would leave the country in two days. Their remaining assets would be sufficient for them to lead a good life overseas.