Chapter 33
“No matter how capable Damian is, his thoughts are stubborn and old-fashioned. He can’t keep up with the development of the current market. Of his two sons, his eldest son is mediocre and only muddles along. His second son is a scumbag. He knows nothing but how to play with women. Sooner or later, something will happen to the Lockes. If the Lawrences and the Lockes become in-laws, once something happens, the Lawrences will be implicated.” Edward’s tone was neither slow nor hurried. There was a kind of majesty that could not be refuted. “Jeanne made the right move by taking advantage of this incident to reasonably break off the engagement with the Lockes..”
It was worth noting that Edward had been groomed differently from other people since he was young. Given his high IQ, he was naturally much more outstanding than the average person. Once he reached adulthood, Old Master Swan entrusted all the matters of the Swans to him to take care of. Of course, this caused the other brothers to be dissatisfied, but because of Edward’s ability, they had no choice but to accept it. In these years, although he was the youngest, he was the one who had the most say in the family apart from Old Master Swan.
During the meal, Alexander and Henry were still chatting and laughing. Occasionally, Alexander would deliberately find a topic to chat with Edward. Naturally, the others did not say much. Eden and the others would occasionally chime in at the right time. Only Jeanne and George were eating dinner seriously.
The seats of honor were naturally for Henry and Alexander. Edward sat next to his big brother. Eden sat next to Edward. Beside Edward was Jasmine, followed by Joshua, Jeanne, and George. Beside Alexander sat Jenifer, followed by Henry’s wife, Belle. As it was a round table, Belle was next to George.
“This marriage was supposedly good. It’s a pity that it has become like this,” Henry said, “I heard that the Lockes and MUK have been talking about collaborating recently. If the deal is successful, the Lawrences and the Lockes together can seize Harken’s e-commerce market in just a matter of time.”
To the Swans, the Lawrences were already of a lower class than them. If the Lawrences could reach a higher class, it would be even better. Moreover, if the Lawrences and the Lockes cooperated with the MUK this time, the Swans could help them and also gain benefits in the e-commerce market.
Jeanne was not quite sure why Fourth Master Swan was still here. In fact, it had nothing to do with her. She was just a little surprised. It was rumored that Fourth Master Swan hated social events the most. Even so, in the past few days… Fourth Master Swan seemed to be very free.
“That’s true.” Henry agreed. “We watched Jeannie grow up as well. She should find a good man. I originally thought that the second son of the Lockes would be disciplined after a lesson. I didn’t expect him to still be like that.”
He was also afraid that any disturbance would affect the marriage between Jasmine and Eden. To the Lawrences, the most important thing at this moment was this marriage with the Swans. He did not dare to make any mistakes at all.
The people at the table were all business savvy, so how could they not tell what Henry was trying to say? He was obviously unhappy with the fact that the marriage between the Lawrences and the Lockes was broken off.
Edward was 20 years younger than him. He was born when Old Master Swan was 45 years old while Old Madam Swan was 43 years old. Due to his outstanding IQ, Old Master Swan valued Edward very much.
Jeanne knew it too well. If it was not for the Swans, Alexander would never have asked the servant to call her for dinner. Therefore, tonight’s dinner would be very peaceful.
“Since that’s the case, don’t think too much about it. That said, Jeannie isn’t young anymore. It’s better to find someone to marry her as soon as possible,” Henry remarked.
Jeanne did not say anything more. She did not want to waste time on unnecessary things. She looked at George’s computer screen. “How long will the Lockes’ loan be due?”
Fourth Master Swan suddenly said, “The Lockes won’t be successful. If the Lawrences were to cooperate with them, it would be the Lawrences’ loss.”
In any case, if the old master were to ask, it would be Edward who would explain the matter. The others did not have much of a say, to begin with.
