Jeffrey, who was sitting on a deck chair in the garden, looked at Gloria, his eyes habitually narrowed slightly.

Gloria, who was still draped in a black veil, clenched her fists tightly with her hands, and there were green tendons on the back of her hands, but she stood straight, and her lilac eyes behind the black veil looked directly at Geoffrey, and her voice generally did not mean to retreat.

There were only two people in the garden, and the atmosphere was unusually quiet and oppressive, with the occasional insect chirping in the dead grass becoming the only sound.

"Who gave you the courage to say such things to me? Or rather, why do you think I'd agree with you and make a woman the heir to the House of Morton? Geoffrey looked at Gloria and was silent for a long time before speaking.

"It was my father who gave me the courage to choose to do what he really loved, and I feel like I could choose to do what I wanted, just as he gave up being the heir to the Moulton family twenty years ago, and I wanted to get a chance to fight for something like that." Gloria said in a firm voice, her fists clenched a little tighter, and her voice also raised a few points: "Moreover, Miss Hill Buffett, the heir of the Buffett family, isn't she a woman?" Since she can become the successor and guide of the Buffett family, I believe that I can do it too, leading the Molton family in the right direction, and I think I can do better than the second uncle. ”

"Heh, I'm not Ian's idiot, let a woman inherit the family, do you want to give away the whole family?" Geoffrey pursed his lips, his expression of disdain and a bit of mockery, looked at Gloria and continued: "I have given him a chance twenty years ago, and he has never shown the slightest repentance for more than twenty years, and now he is letting his daughter pick up what he left behind for him?" If it were Mikey, maybe I'd think about it, as for you? There's no way I'm going to hand over the Morton family to a woman who wouldn't dare show her true face. Moreover, it is not a good habit to denigrate the opponent behind his back. ”

"Grandfather, this matter has nothing to do with my father, he didn't even know that I would stand in front of you and say these words, and besides, even after twenty years, he will not regret the decision he made twenty years ago, you should know him better than I do." Gloria did not retreat, but took a step forward, and said seriously: "One day, I will remove my veil and stand in front of the world to declare my identity and appearance, and I am not ashamed of it, nor do I consider myself inferior as a woman to any man." Moreover, I am not denigrating the opponent, but expounding on the fact that I will certainly be able to do better than him, at least not to lead the Morton family into the abyss. ”

Jeffrey looked at the girl in front of him, and in a trance seemed to see the girl in red who was facing him in the conference room, although the two had some differences in personality, they both seemed to have a tenacity that refused to admit defeat.

And the last words that Gloria said were even more similar to those spoken by that day Hill, and they were also directed at Cyril.

Jeffrey's body sat up straight for a few minutes, looked at Gloria and was silent for a while, and said loudly: "Listen to the meaning of your words, your target is the little girl of Buffett's family?" ”

"No, my goal is to surpass her." Gloria shook her head.

"Oh?" For the first time, Geoffrey's face showed surprise, and he looked at Gloria and asked seriously, "What's that?" ”

"President of the Aden Chamber of Commerce, your current position." Gloria looked at Jeffrey's tone firmly.

"It's not a small tone." Jeffrey smiled for the first time on his face and lay back into the chaise longue, which swayed slightly, and continued: "A person's goal will determine the height he can reach, and if you say your goal is her, then you will never be able to stand at the same height as her, because you have been looking up to her, and the Morton family will not be in the hands of such a person." ”

"Can I do that now?" There was a hint of nervousness and anticipation in Gloria's voice.

"No, I haven't figured out whether to give you this chance yet, you can go down." Morton shook his head, the smile on his face had faded, and he said with a bit of caution: "Remember, it is never enough to only say yes, business is far more difficult than you think, even the little girl of Buffett's family has taken more than ten years to get to where she is now." ”

"Yes, I remember, but I believe I can." Gloria nodded, her face did not show the slightest frustration, but there was a look of joy, since she was a child, this is the first time she has been valued by her grandfather, even if it is not even recognition, at least it is a change and breakthrough.

"President! Dining ......"

At this moment, Mars hurried into the garden, and saw a look of surprise in Gloria's eyes, and at the same time swallowed back the words that had been written.

"You go down first." Jeffrey raised his hand at Gloria.

"Yes." Gloria saluted obediently and turned away.

"What's wrong?" Jeffrey asked, looking at Mars.

"President, the news came in the morning, the City Lord's Mansion has taken action against the Restaurant Association, President Warren and several vice presidents, as well as the middle and senior leaders of the association, are almost all controlled. Moreover, this morning, the City Lord's Mansion directly sent a team to the headquarters of our Chamber of Commerce, sealed the information of the restaurant under our Chamber of Commerce, and is now checking all the information and account books. Mars said quickly.

"Did the lord of the castle finally take action against the restaurant association? Warren has drifted a little over the years, forgetting his duty, and it is only a matter of time before he is dealt with. Jeffrey sat up from the recliner and was not too surprised, looked at Mars and said: "The information of our Chamber of Commerce should be fine, send a notice to the member restaurants of the Chamber of Commerce, let them keep their mouths tight, as long as the City Lord's Mansion does not want to lose face, this matter will not be a big deal, and the limelight will be fine." Mars, this little thing also makes you so alarmed? ”

"President, there is something you may need to know, since last year, after Young Master Cyril was in charge of the catering department of the Chamber of Commerce, he expanded the cooperation with the catering association, adjusted the guaranteed number of places on the food ranking from 50% to 90%, and ranked them by bidding, and this part of the bill should now be kept in the Chamber of Commerce." Mars's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he looked at Jeffrey, whose expression was gradually gloomy, and continued stubbornly: "Moreover, some time ago, Goodinia and Voreth were caught in the fourth-level incident of the Gray Temple, and Young Master Cyril was entrusted by the two of them to try to get the two out of Basti Prison, and today there is also a group of people from Basti Prison who are stationed in the Chamber of Commerce Building together. ”