Standing Next To You-Chapter 165: Trouble Abroad

Lin Sanju’s eyes darkened. Disappointment was apparent on his face. "Yeah, right. Just take this as me being jealous of you. I don’t care anymore what you do." He then left Lin Sunji in the hallway.

Lin Sunji cursed at him and yelled, "And you are not my older brother! I am the one older than you!" She huffed in anger and turned around, walking away.

After the two left, a person appeared on the staircase.

Lin Xiaoni covered her mouth, her wide eyes open. She had just learned an important scoop!

It was Lin Sunji who spilled to Sophia that Bei Sangyun was an illegitimate daughter. Oh my!

She knew it! That woman was really scheming deep. She even went against the family rules that Grandfather set up a while ago. If Grandfather learned of this, wouldn’t he kick out Lin Sunji?

Lin Xiaoni was excited. She began to think about what to do with this information.

Hmph. Let them see that it was her, the naive youngest child, who would reveal the truth!

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Two days later, the ’trouble’ that Richard believed his grandfather would resolve had escalated. Lawsuits had been filed against Richard’s friends back in his home country by the victims, impacting both their families and businesses.

As many of their illicit activities became public knowledge, their attempts to conceal the matter were futile and only worsened the situation. Left with no choice, his friends’ families had to accept that their sons would face jail time, and their only recourse was to minimize the sentence as much as possible.

Richard’s friends were sentenced to at least three to five years in prison— the best outcome their families could secure for them.

These young masters who always stood on top of people, could not accept the fact that they had to spend five years in prison just because of their ’fun’. Their reputation was ruined, their future had been stained by their records, and this incident would always bring shame to them for a very long time.

These young masters were so angry and began to hate Richard. If Richard had not made a mistake and exposed their records, none of this would have happened. What made them more infuriated was that they were all being punished, but Richard—the main person involved in this matter—was successfully avoiding punishment.

It was unfair.

So they told their families about the person who roped them in such crimes. The families involved finally found an outlet to vent their frustration and anger. They pointed their fingers at the Simon family.

Their children were being punished, but why was the Simon family’s child left unscathed? The Simon family was a great family with a lot of prestige and had a pretty good standing in high society compared to their families. But they didn’t believe that with the effort of several families, they wouldn’t be able to pressure the Simon family.

These families wanted the mastermind to suffer along with their sons! Who ruined their sons’ future!

Mr. Simon had learned a while ago about what his grandchildren did. However, he was still in the C country. It was his son—the twins’ father—who had been trying to contain the situation. It was indeed thanks to the efforts of the Simon family that Richard and Sophia were able to dodge the bullet.

However, after dodging the bullet, the families of those young masters pointed their anger at them. They were demanding Richard to come out and go to jail with their sons.

At this time, Richard was on the phone with his father, "Why would I return there? If I come back home, the police might come and detain me."

"I have already settled the matter with the police. They are lacking evidence against you. So you are in the clear. But the problem is your friends’ families. They wouldn’t let you be. They filed lawsuits against you and are constantly looking for evidence that you were involved in this matter. They won’t stop unless you come out and apologize to them," his father explained in a tired voice.

"Why do I have to apologize? It was their incapabilities that their sons are in jail. If they were as good as our family, the police would not even touch them. Those people are just asking for compensation."

"I already offered, but they don’t want it. Right now, they are just angry and frustrated. You have to come out and placate their feelings. Only then will they consider accepting our compensation."

Richard tousled his blonde hair. With the help of his family, he was able to successfully avoid being implicated. However, it was his friends who were trying to pull him down with them. His eyes flashed with cold killing intent. Can he just eliminate them all?

"Richard, this incident has caused a lot of trouble. After apologizing to them, we have to give each family a huge compensation. You understand how much sacrifice the family has put in for you, right? If you weren’t the successor, your grandfather wouldn’t be this lenient towards you. Come out and apologize. And don’t make trouble again."

Richard sighed in anger and frustration. It seemed he had no choice but to go home. "I understand, father."

He cursed as soon as he put down his phone. He could not help but punch the pillow next to him.

Those bastards! He let them in with something good, but this is how they are going to repay him?

His eyes flashed with ruthlessness.

Once their families withdrew their lawsuits against them, he would send some of his men to the prison and beat the life out of them until they were on the verge of death. During the five years they were in prison, he would make sure those bastards spent their time repenting.

"What’s with the dark face?" Sophia passed by and saw Richard’s expression, which seemed like he wanted to kill people.

"I have to go home. The situation is getting worse."

Sophia was stunned, "Our family can’t cover it up?"

"That’s not it. It’s those bastards’ doing." Richard briefly explained the situation. "Anyway, I have to return soon."

Sophia frowned. She wasn’t worried about this matter; she was confident in her family’s ability and wealth. What worried her was that her brother was leaving.

"How about our plan? Bei Sangyun is getting more arrogant day by day, and I can’t stand it any longer. I am just waiting for your signal. Now you are just going to abandon me? Don’t leave until we put her in her place!"

Richard was already annoyed. He did not want to hear his sister’s whining. "I’ll be leaving in a day or two. I’ll handle this matter."

Richard had been preoccupied with the situation back at home in the past few days and had no time to attend school. However, he was still paying attention to Bei Sangyun’s side.

There was no message from the person he recruited. At first, he thought that Da Li might have started already, albeit lowkey. So he did not contact him.

However, when he heard from his sister that Bei Sangyun was fine and was happily flirting with Fei Chuan every day, the doubt he had started growing.