Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Grandpa, how can you…” Connor, who was standing right behind Bruce, immediately panicked after hearing those words. If not for the fact that there were so many guns pointing at them, he would have rushed up to his grandfather and questioned if he was old and muddled up.
Lucas Gray is a nobody. Why do we have to bow down to this cheap scoundrel and pledge allegiance to him? Why must we follow his orders?
“Shut up! I’m still in charge of the Hale family now!” Bruce rebuked loudly, stopping Connor from continuing, as well as the many Hales trying to dissuade him.
Lucas raised his eyebrow and chuckled. “I’m just a nobody. What right do I have to earn the Hale family’s loyalty? Hah, surely you don’t think I was the one who asked these officers to come here, do you?”
Of course, Lucas wouldn’t be foolish enough to expose his identity to Bruce, this sly old fox. Besides, it indeed wasn’t time to reveal his identity and status in the military yet.
Bruce immediately froze in shock. Since Lucas Gray is denying it, did I guess wrongly? But if it isn’t him, then who actually is the culprit?
Bruce frowned while thinking hard in his mind about which big shot the Hales might have offended recently. But he couldn’t think of anyone.
“Enough! Hurry up and move. Every member of the Hale family is going to be investigated!” At this moment, a soldier in a dark green military uniform pulled Bruce and urged.
There were already quite a few soldiers behind him who had gone to pull the other members of the Hale family.
Of course, the Hales were not willing to be taken away just like that. Once they were taken away, who knew if they could come back alive…
All the Hales sat on the ground and bawled and struggled with all their might, refusing to leave.
Seeing their refusal, the burly soldier in the lead frowned and said coldly, “All of you, shut up. Don’t cry or resist. Otherwise, we will consider you to be resisting arrest. And we have every right to shoot those who resist and cause trouble!”
Hearing this, those hoping that they would get lucky and tried to throw a tantrum to escape punishment instantly ceased all their weeping and froze on the spot.
All of them had a look of despair on their faces, but they didn’t dare to struggle and bawl anymore. They simply sobbed while the soldiers dragged them to the armored vehicles.
Bruce’s face was pale, but he had no choice but to accept the arrest. However, he was glaring at Lucas with extreme hatred!
Regardless of whether Lucas was the culprit or not, he wouldn’t have summoned the Hales’ armed henchmen after repeatedly suffering defeat at Lucas’s hands if Lucas hadn’t suddenly appeared at the Hales’ baby shower and disrupted their celebration!
Therefore, the Hales were in this state all because of Lucas Gray!
He wouldn’t let him go!
Lucas looked fearlessly into the hate-filled eyes of Bruce, who looked like he wanted to eat someone, and said calmly, “I have something to tell you. Don’t always think that it’s someone else’s fault. You ought to reflect on yourselves and think about what you have done. Remember, there is a saying in this world, the wages of sin is death. And there’s another that comes to mind, the mills of God grind slowly. The Hales have committed so many misdeeds and indulged in your misbehaving descendants, yet you aren’t ashamed of it. Without teaching them, your family would have been destroyed sooner or later.
“Besides, the private use of restricted firearms is in itself an illegal act, and this isn’t something that anyone can wrongfully accuse you of.”
Bruce’s body shook, and his gaze dimmed. He hung his head low dejectedly and seemed to have aged more than ten years in an instant.
With tears in his eyes, he watched as the Hales were held down and shoved into armored vehicles while thinking that they were about to be prisoners.
No one knew if they would be able to come back alive.
The deeply rooted and prosperous Hale family actually collapsed and fell overnight.
At this moment, Bruce’s mood was extremely complicated, and he was overwhelmed with regret!
He really regretted it!
Only now did he realize that he had committed so many misdeeds!
Unfortunately, there was no cure for regret in this world.
Suddenly, the sounds of a baby crying spread over from not far away.
A young woman of around 25 was carrying a baby wrapped in a towel in her arms. Her face was covered in tears, and she was pleading with a soldier beside her. “Please, I beg of you. My baby is only one month old. He just turned one month old today. He doesn’t know anything yet. Let him off!”
There was actually a one-month-old baby among the Hales about to be arrested. The burly soldier didn’t expect it at all.
He was a little uncertain. And without making a single sound, he glanced at Lucas, apparently asking for instructions.
Lucas nodded slightly. The burly man instantly understood what he meant.
He waved his large hand backward and said, “The baby is still young, so we won’t hold it against him. The baby’s mother shall be spared too. However, until the results of our investigation into the Hales are released, they will be put under close probation and will not be allowed to come and go at will. Do you understand?”
This meant that they were under temporary house arrest in the Hale residence.
When the young woman heard what the burly soldier said, her eyes were full of joy. She exclaimed with utmost gratitude, “Sure, sure! No problem! The baby and I will stay here and not go anywhere! Thank you, Sir!”
Apart from the one-month-old baby and his mother who got to stay behind with Lucas’s permission, the rest of the 30 or so direct descendants of the Hale family were all taken away.
Only the countless guests in the hall, who were scared into silence by the changes, got to stay behind.
They didn’t expect the hosts of the banquet they were attending to be arrested by the military.
This experience was simply too bizarre, and many of them still felt as if they were in a dream, unable to recover from the shock at all.
Standing in the middle of the hall and looking coldly at the guests hiding around the banquet hall, the burly soldier said, “What happened tonight to the Hales is a secret mission. None of you are to spread a word about this outside! Otherwise, you will be charged for disclosing confidential military information, and your fate will be the same as that of the Hales!
“In addition, I would like to remind you not to carry any hopes. We are thoroughly aware of all your information and identities.”
He slowly scanned the hall with an icy gaze. Wherever he passed, the people would avoid his eyes and hold their breaths, not daring to breathe at all.