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Chapter 372: I Won't Put All the Burden on You
Chapter 372: I Won't Put All the Burden on You
Lily just finishes washing up when she hears a knock on the door.
"I'm up. What's the matter?" Lily asks politely.
The servant says, "Ms. Lily, please come to the dining hall for lunch. Master Smith said he would need
you in his study after that."
"Alright, I get it."
Lily doesn't want to wear the heavy skirt from yesterday and puts on the clothes she wore when she
came here. She goes downstairs to dining hall. She sees John who is already here. He is the only one
in dining hall.
John pulls out a chair for her.
After sitting down, Lily asks him in a low voice, "Is it just us? Where are your father and Jonathan?"
"My father received a document before lunch. Then he got mad and went upstairs." John pours her a
glass of milk and casually says, "After a while, he called Jonathan in."
"The document you mentioned?"
"Yes."
"It's fast. But it's good for them," says Lily. "Just now the servant said that your father wanted me in his
study after lunch. Do you need to go as well?"
Seeing John nod, Lily feels a little impatient. "Hurry up and eat. Let's go see Jonathan getting roasted!
Whether we can get the right to inherit or not depends on him."
Her funny behavior makes John chuckle softly.
After lunch, they go to Burnell's study together. As soon as they arrive at the door, Lily catches sight of
Burnell slapping Jonathan's face fiercely through the crack of the door.
"Bastard, I've told you no grey area business like this. And you turn a deaf ear?"
John knocks on the door. "Dad, can we come in?"
"Come on in!"
John and Lily go in and see documents scattered all over the carpet. Burnell's face is purple with rage.
Apparently, he vented just now. Looking down, Jonathan stands in front of Burnell.
John picks up the documents one by one and asks, "Dad, what's wrong?" Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.
"Look for yourself!" Burnell tosses the document on the table to John and angrily says, "Your Jonathan
would do anything to make money. He even does this kind of grey area business!"
Jonathan licks his numb lips and straightens his back. "Dad, things are different now. The Fillets are
doing this as well. Do you want to be excluded by those families?"
"Shut up!" Burnell slaps Jonathan again. "I told you, you can do whatever you want with your business,
except this grey area!"
John pretends to read the document and says to Jonathan, "Jonathan, I know you want connections,
but it's really your fault that you don't listen to me and run something like this."
Jonathan darts a cold glance at Jonathan. "Do you think I don't know you did it?"
"Mr. Seles, hold your tongue." Lily says appropriately, "Do you think Colbert framed you? Then I think
you tricked Colbert into giving up the inheritance."
"You're not in a position to talk!" Jonathan scolds.
"Seles!" Burnell bangs on the table and storms, "He's John's girlfriend. Why are you yelling at a woman
like her?"
Then, he glanced at John and Jonathan. "You two are brothers, but you fight more terribly than those
boys from a larger family with a dozen of siblings. You've disgraced me!"
John and Jonathan stand there in silence.
With hands on his hips, Burnell keeps pacing the room, then says to John, "Jonathan made an
unforgivable mistake. I will give the right to inherit Krislier Group back to you."
"Dad." Jonathan looks at Burnell. "You favor Jonathan too much!"
Burnell sneers, "I favor him? Did he make a mistake as serious as yours? Or do you want me to take
the inheritance right from you and give Krislier Group to someone else?"
Jonathan falls silent, his expression gloomy.
John takes a step forward and says, "Dad, I would do anything to get my inheritance back."
Burnell takes out a document from the drawer behind his desk, signs it, and hands it to John.
"The 10th King's Party will be in two months. Many families will go. As long as the people on the list
sign this document, I will announce your right to inherit the company."
Then he adds, "I'm tired. I want to retire from the group. A test will be held to find out which of you is
more capable to take it over. Of course, Colbert, the condition is that you get the right. Otherwise,
Jonathan will be the only one to get tested and you will lose your share!"
Lily frowns.
It is not sure that Burnell favors John or sets a trap for him.
After Jonathan finds it out, he will definitely do everything he can to prevent those people from signing
the document. If that's the case, it will be a formidable task for John to regain the right.
John takes the document without hesitation and nods, "Dad, don't worry. I will make it."
"Alright, get out!"
His sons are such eyesores that Burnell drives them out.
When Lily leaves, she catches a glimpse at the huge painting hanging on the wall. The woman in it is
gorgeous, looking at her audience with tender gazes. Obviously, this is how Kanna looks before she is
disfigured!
Lily hatefully thinks that if this man hadn't forced Kanna, Louis wouldn't have lost his parents. Of
course, it has nothing to do with John, and there wouldn't have been such a headache.
John sees her reel and helps her. "You feel like throwing up again?"
"I'm fine."
Lily feels sorry when she sees his concerned gaze.
She shouldn't have thought so just now. If John's identity were different, they wouldn't have known
each other, and her life would be different.
Then she wouldn't have met the man she loves.
"John, thank you." Lily says it from the bottom of her heart. "If I hadn't met you, I wouldn't have met
Jason ... and those friends, and I wouldn't have such a wonderful life."
Hearing this, John was a little upset, but he stares at her with his dark blue eyes.
"I feel the same way."
However, he is extremely regretful, because he himself has ruined their relationship and there is no
turning back.
Time heals all wounds. If he had known it, he would have gone all out to keep her.
"Alright, let's not talk about this." Lily purses her lips and they walk forward side by side. She asks,
"Who are on the list? Are they on good terms with you?"
"Some of them, but..." John pauses and hands her the list. "Most of them have a good relationship with
Jonathan. In this circle, background and connections decide how others see you. I don't have the right
to inherit. Those who have befriended me before probably are currying favor with Jonathan."
Lily takes the list and scans it. When he sees the name at the bottom, her body trembles slightly.
It is Justin.
The King's Party is a celebration of the upper class in Country Y. Justin works in Country LH and is
well-known in the scientific community. It is not surprising that he is invited.
When John sees her frown, he says, "Don't worry about Lily. I'm still the second young master of
Krislier Group. If I tell them about it in advance, maybe they'll show me some respect."
Lily shakes her head. "I know that you take depressants every day and you are getting better, but the
doctor says that negative emotions and hard work will do you harm. Leave this to me."
"No!" John refuses with a cold face. "You ran around for me before, which almost caused miscarriage.
This time, I won't put all the burden on you."