The last time Hua Jian had seen Candy at the opera house, he had been swaggering around with vicious arrogance, ready to lash out at everyone and everything.
Now he actually knew how to play weak.
He was over six feet tall, yet he looked even frailer than the delicate Lin Daiyu. Was he about to faint?
Hua Jian sneered. "What's wrong, Young Master Candy? Still feeling the aftereffects of the explosion? Has your concussion not healed yet?"
Candy's expression shifted slightly. "I don't understand what you're talking about."
How dare that bastard Hua Jian spout nonsense in front of Uncle?
The Poulton Family Head sensed Hua Jian's undisguised anger and chose to remain silent.
"You don't understand? Godfather, your nephew must have been deafened by the blast."
Candy gritted his teeth. "That bombing had nothing to do with me. Stop talking nonsense, Hua Jian."
The Poulton Family Head frowned. "Candy, Hua Jian will be my heir."
Candy's breath caught abruptly.
He clenched his fists and lowered his eyes in humiliation. "I'm sorry, Family Head."
The Poulton Family Head was not satisfied. "You should apologize to Hua Jian."
Candy trembled as though he had been insulted. Before Hua Jian appeared, he had been the Poulton Family Head's presumed heir.
After all, he was the Poulton Family Head's closest blood relative.
That blood connection had allowed him to throw his weight around throughout the Pulton Family, and even across much of F Country.
Yet now, his uncle had handed the vast family over without hesitation to a man from China who had no blood ties to him whatsoever.
Candy felt as though the twenty-odd years of his life had been one big joke.
He absolutely could not let Hua Jian leave F Country alive...
Candy quickly regained his composure and looked