Chapter 5544
“He had planned for all this.
“He only has one goal…
“To prevent me from attending the ceremony.”
Harvey York shrugged.
“This means that the ceremony’s nothing but a blatant trap!”
Kairi Patel smiled.
“He’s gone now, though.
“The mighty young master of the Masato family would be completely disgraced if his people knew about this incident, wouldn’t he?”
Harvey froze before frowning. He figured that something was wrong.
It seemed like a plan to stop him from attending the ceremony But why would a young master of the Five Royal Families use such an underhanded tactic for something like this?
The Islanders would use everything in their power to accomplish their goals…
But there was no need for such a prominent figure to do all that dirty work.
While Harvey pondered the situation, the car had passed a few checkpoints before arriving in front of the John family’s residence.
When the car was parked, a servant quickly came over to open the car door.
Kairi was fixing her makeup and smiled.
“Don’t overthink.
“Even if Ibuki has other plans…
“We’ll see things through soon enough.”
Harvey lightly nodded before seeing Kairi reach an elegant box in the back seat.
Harvey smiled after realizing something.
“You’re giving Damon a gift?”
Kairi nodded.
“Well, of course.
“The Patel family’s relationship with the John family is not exactly on the best of terms…
“But Blaine also sent a gift to me before I came to power.
“I have to return the favor no matter what.
“If not, the Patel family would be a joke to the others.”
Harvey nodded before furrowing his eyebrows.
“What are you giving him then?”
Kairi opened the box.
“This is liquor that came before Country H’s establishment.
“Hundreds of years worth of history in this bottle.
“Since he’s a good drinker, it’s only natural that we give him this.
“It doesn’t seem like too small of a gift, nor is it too extravagant.
“It’s good enough.”
“Liquor…
Harvey instinctively glanced at the bottle in the wooden box before his eyes twitched.
The liquor was well-aged, yet the sealing wax was still bright red.
Someone clearly just recently sealed it.
Harvey frowned.
“Where did you get this?”
“The family’s storeroom, of course. The liquor’s hundreds of years old. We can’t find this anywhere else,” replied Kairi instinctively.
“What’s wrong?”
Harvey touched the sealing wax before his face turned dark.
“I get it now!
“Someone already tampered with this!”
“Ibuki?!
Kairi’s expression instantly changed.
“That bastard distracted us, not to stop us from attending the ceremony…
“But actually to tamper with the gift?!”
Harvey nodded. Under Kairi’s shocked gaze, he quickly removed the sealing wax.
A strong scent of liquor seeped out.
But before Harvey could even say anything, Kairi shuddered and said.
“Hell’s Poison?!
“But how?!”
