Victory in Life
Chapter 48

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Jasper's voice was not loud when he spoke, but his aura shocked many people

Jasper, despite his youth and the fact of being younger in his generation, had managed to silence the elders in the garden with his words.

Jasper was about to leave, but Bard did not let him.

"Omong empty. You really think you're a great guy now, huh? Who are you acting for? Do you need me to hit you before you listen?" Bard sneered as he looked at Jasper enviously.

After being fouled too often, the grumpy Charlie still had a chance to let out a fire of anger within him.

After being pleased with her son's outstanding performance just now, she now roared at Bard's threat... "I challenge you to say it again, bastard!"

Regardless of how bastard Bard had always been, he was still curled up in front of Charlie who was known for his hot temper. Hiding behind his parents, he shouted, "Don't be too proud of yourself. Aren't you living off the money your son earned from selling his body?"

"I'm gonna kill you, you fucking asshole!"

Charlie grabs the hoe near the Garden Door and runs after it.

Not expecting Charlie to protect his son in such a way, Bard yelled and staggered backwards..

Just then, the village chief and the others surrounded them to hold Charlie.

Aunt Jasper yelled, "What do you want, Charlie m do you still want to fight?"

"So your son's mouth!"

Charlie threw the hoe down violently and warned.

Just then, Wendy stepped out. His appearance and figure shocked the crowd and turned their attention to him.

"I think there's a misunderstanding here...*

Wendy reached out to tuck her disheveled hair behind her ears. The elegance of her small actions even made the elders set their sights on her.

"Jasp started a company recently. He bought a new house, a car, and he still had some spare money.

"I'm not saying this to boast, but I want you to know that the money is very clean and hard earned.

"Don't look at people with your narrow ideals, or at least, don't look at jasps like that."

Wendy's speech made the entire park go awry.

"Is he telling the truth?"

"Jasper started a company in town? He even bought a new house and a new car?"

"Wow. He really lived a good life, then!"

"Be quiet, we don't even know if he's telling the truth or not."

Amidst a group of people, Aunt Jasper pulled Bard aside and sneered, "Our distant relative, Terry, his family's factory sells finished goods right?

Go call him and ask. I'd like to see how Jasper handles this if it turns out to be a lie."

"But what if it's real?" Bard asked nervously.

"It's even better, then!"

His mother's eyes were filled with greed. "It is only natural that his family gives more to cousins and older people if they are rich.

"Your father and I had planned to take care of her before we had you. We even took care of him for a few months.

"Then we had you, and his parents didn't agree, so that's how it is. But we still took care of him for a few months, so he needed to pay us somehow."

Bard's gaze sparkled, and he quickly ran to call.

Soon after, Bard returned and whispered in his mother's ear with a strange expression.

Hearing Bard's words, Aunt Jasper was filled with burning excitement.

"Don't miss this opportunity, okay? Just follow as I say."

Bard nodded excitedly and replied happily, "Don't worry, Mom. I inherited your intelligence."

Aunt Jasper encouraged the crowd and arrived in front of Jasper. He smiled flatly, his attitude changed 180°.

"Bard and I were acting a little too impulsively just now, Jasper. But we're all family, so don't take it to heart, okay? Let's all move on from that."

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Jasper replied calmly, "Sure, if that's what Auntie wants."

Overjoyed, Aunt Jasper began to praise him. "Look at you, so forgiving, it must be suitable for a man who succeeds in the city. You should learn more from Jasper, Bard."

"Yes, of course. I will definitely go with him so that I can learn more."

Bard smiled as he nodded and bowed.

Jasper frowned. "Come with me? What do you mean?"

His aunt quickly replied, Bard is your cousin, Jasper. Now that you've set up your own company, you need to have someone by your side to look after it, don't you? I think Bard is the perfect choice."

Bard patted the chest. "Don't worry, Jasper. I'll make sure to keep an eye on your company. I'll make sure no thieves get in."

Jasper finally understood what the family's intentions were and replied, "my company doesn't recruit, nor do I need you to come along and watch over him."

Bard is a slacker, and there is nothing to be proud of from Bard - from his educational background to his abilities and character. Jasper, who had never liked the idea of a family business in the first place, was crazy to let Bard into his company.

Hearing that, Aunt Jasper's expression changed, but she forced her smile to remain on her face. "Haha, that? Then there is no point in forcing anything.

"Think, Jasper. You're rich now, aren't you? You can't forget your parents, then. I want to build a house, and it's not financially easy. How about you give us a few tens of thousands of dollars?"

"My money doesn't come down from the sky either."

Jasper replied nonchalantly, "Not to mention I've already paid the money we borrowed from aunt with the interest. I don't have that kind of money."

Aunt Jasper was done being polite because Jasper didn't seem to want to listen to anything. "I'm older than you, Jasper. Be thankful that I even spoke to you well.

"You think because you make money, you can look down on your poor relatives? You're outrageous."

"Of course, I don't look down on Auntie. My family used to be even poorer, "reject Jasper without restraint, "But the situation is also important. Just because I made money, Auntie approached me, so Auntie could feel it? What kind of brother is this Aunt? Whose aunt do you think?"

Jasper's words had turned the atmosphere awkward.

Easily embarrassed, Sally wanted to persuade Jasper but a sharp glare from Charlie stopped her.

"Don't calm him down blindly. Jasper's right."

Charlie's words killed that thought from Sally's mind.

With a sad expression, Aunt Jasper yelled viciously, "I'm still your aunt and already like your parents, no matter how you look at it, Jasper. How can you talk to me like that? Do you think that just because you make money, you're better than us?"

"You're just embarrassing yourself. The village will speak behind your back! Is that what you want?"

Angrily replied, "Let them say what they want, I don't care. The truth of the situation is very clear here, whether it's me being cruel or Aunt asking for too much.

"Basically, I don't have any money to give to Auntie, and if Auntie wants a job, look for it yourself. Come home, Aunt postponed my family dinner. I already paid my debt, so stop bothering me.

Bard and his mother paled in contempt and anger before he suddenly wailed crazily. It was as if he wanted the entire village to hear it.

How amazing are you now, huh, Jasper? You're even scolding your own aunt right now! Do you think that just because you're making money right now, you don't have to respect older people?"

Aunt Jasper roared even louder the next moment. Charlie got up and stared at the hoe behind the door carefully.

"Keep shouting and I'll kill you. You think I won't do it?"

The expressions of Bard and his mother changed. He immediately pulled his mother away. "Let's go first, Mom. I want to see how much longer they can be so high-hearted."

Jasper was expressionless as he watched the family run away.

"Do you know how my dad managed to borrow those 10,000 from them at first, Wendy?"

Of course, Wendy shook her head in response.

"Ha ha."

Jasper grunting. "My father used our cows as collateral and was even forced to cut 20% of our farmland. They called it a loan, but they might as well have stolen it!

"My father had never pleaded with anyone before in his entire life, but he begged them for three days for my sake and was humiliated in those three days."

Wendy turned to look at the silent Charlie and Sally before turning to Jasper and speaking sincerely, "You should repay your parents for everything they've done, Jasp."

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Jasper's House

The family was too poor to have any actual furniture, so they could only let Wendy sit on a long bench with a shy face.

It was a familiar sight when Jasper brought Penelope over to the house.

The only difference was that Penelope's facial features disliked and even refused to enter the house, choosing to stand outside the door as if entering the house would infect her with an illness.

However, Wendy was completely different.

For starters, she was much prettier than Penelope, and she was not at all deterred by the poor condition of the family. Instead, he continued to talk to Jasper's parents and called them familiarly as Sally and Charlie.

While comparing the two, Sally breathed a sigh of relief.

This girl is beautiful and considerate, a million times better than Penelope.

It would be a blessing to have such a daughter-in-law.

Sally told me what had happened, though,. As well as Wendy's identity as Jasper's friend to Charlie.

The man's eyes were fixed on Bentley outside when Wendy suddenly spoke to him.

"Everything I said was the truth, Uncle Charlie. Jasper is really making money now and that's all thanks to his hard work. Please don't misunderstand."

Charlie, whose expression was usually solemn, gave a rare smile and was a little embarrassed as he replied unnaturally, "Oh, that's good. That's good."

He no longer showed any anger or desire to hit people with a hoe, unlike at the village chief's house.

Her reaction was now nervous, just like Sally had done before.

After answering Wendy, Charlie then looked at Jasper.

He returned to his gloomy and resolute father figure.

"It's good that you make money now, and if you can, pay our family's debt. Excluding the 30,000 just now, we still owe 50,000 to some other relatives."

Jasper nodded. "I brought money. I'll pay for it all today."

"Good" Charlie nodded and kept quiet.

He remained silent and did not ask Jasper how he was making money or what he was doing now.

The father-son duo did not know what to say.

"Let's eat first. I'm going to go slaughter the chicken" Sally stood up and suggested.

"I'll come with you, Sally" Wendy advised affectionately.

"No, no, you're sitting here. You don't have to help." Pleased with Wendy, Sally quickly rejected him.