Chapter 74: Punished Using the Family Laws
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Gordon was dumbfounded by the sudden slap, and it took him a long ti to react. Covering his face with his hand, he exclaid, “Dad, why did you hit ?!”
Hugo said coldly, “Hit you? I really wish I could kick you to death! You son of a bitch, tell , what have you done out there?!”
Gordon was naturally displeased. “What could I have done? I’ve been staying in the office! When I was bullied, you didn’t even ask the doctor about my condition. You just blad !”
Hugo barked angrily, “Hmph, you’re still trying to defend yourself, huh?! If you hadn’t fooled around outside and offended soone you can’t afford to offend, would we be facing this crisis today? Things have already gotten to this point, but you still won’t tell the truth, huh?”
Chris tried to knock so sense into him. “Gordon, who have you offended? Just tell us. Don’t provoke Dad any further. If you tell us, we can also co up with a solution for you!”
Chris’s words made Gordon lose his temper, and he vented all his anger on him. “Sure, I was wondering why I’m getting blad and accused by everyone as soon as I ca ho. You must have been fanning the flas and deliberately trying to fra ! Chris, you’re just afraid that I’ll compete with you for the position of successor, so you deliberately set up in front of Dad and the rest of the family, didn’t you?”
Hearing his words, Hugo beca even more exasperated, and his blood pressure rose. “Sinful son! Sinful son! If you still don’t repent, don’t bla ! This is the death of ! Soone, punish him with the family laws! I must kill this unfilial son!”
“What? Family laws?” Gordon imdiately widened his eyes in disbelief.
Only when a few family mbers moved a bench over and a burly man walked toward Gordon with a wooden mace did he believe Hugo!
His father was actually using the family laws against him!
Families like the Douglas family with a rich heritage would often have so family laws for constraining the behavior of the mbers.
However, people nowadays rarely used their family laws to punish their mbers.
The Douglas family’s most-used punishnt tool was the terrifying mace that would form holes in your body. It was horrifying!
Seeing that two more family mbers were coming to take him and tie him to a bench under the order of Hugo, Gordon was terrified out of his wits and no longer cared about anything else. He imdiately knelt in front of Hugo and begged for forgiveness. “Father, I was wrong! I won’t dare to disobey you anymore, and I won’t quarrel with Chris either. Please don’t punish using the family laws! If you’re upset, you can scold a few more tis or slap a few more tis!”
Hugo looked at Gordon with a straight face and reprimanded, “Then tell honestly what you’ve done and which big shot you’ve offended to cause our family to suffer such a great calamity.”
Gordon really wanted to cry. “Father, I really didn’t offend any big shot. I’ve been in the business for decades, so what kind of person could I have offended? Why would I be so ignorant as to offend a big shot? What’s wrong with the family? What calamity? I just ca back. No one told about it!”
Hugo waved his hand, and Chris stepped forward. “Just half an hour ago, all of our companies, clubs, bathhouses, and more were all seized, and there’s a lot of evidence against us. If we can’t find out which bigwig we’ve offended, our family will be destroyed!”
Gordon was shocked on the spot. He asked in disbelief, “How is that possible?! Our family has deep roots in Orange County, and we’ve established a wide network of connections long ago. Who would disregard our status and directly seize all of our companies?”
Looking at his son, Hugo roared coldly, “You think it’s impossible? Would we deliberately scare you with this kind of thing?! The most important thing now is to think carefully about who you offended!”
Gordon imdiately panicked, but a word that Chris said just now appeared in his mind.
Destroyed.
Right. Why does this word... sound so familiar?
Do you think the Douglas family is a big deal? If your family is destroyed, do you think you’d still have the right to be so arrogant to ?
Lucas had said these words to him with a sneer. Gordon was imdiately reminded of it, but he was in disbelief.
“No... Impossible... How can he have the ability to destroy my family... That’s impossible!” Gordon’s eyes glazed over as he muttered to himself continuously.
After hearing his words, Hugo imdiately grasped his main point. He narrowed his eyes and stared at Gordon. “Who are you talking about?”
Gordon blinked and looked at Hugo as though he was having a nightmare.
“I-it’s Lucas Gray, the son-in-law of the Carters. He beat Brad, so I nabbed his wife and wanted to get back at him. But he has an underling who’s a good fighter. He even threatened by saying that he would destroy the Douglas family, but how is that possible? The Carters are a powerless third-rate family, and he’s a wastrel! Besides, he was the one who beat Brad badly and almost made the fighter I hired kill instead...”
Gordon was rather muddled, but his words allowed everyone to get a clear idea of what happened.
Hugo kicked Gordon hard. “Indeed, the trouble was caused by you!”
After getting kicked, Gordon fell to the ground and shrieked in pain when his fractured toe hit the hard floor. However, facing Hugo’s rage, he could only explain, “But Dad, Lucas Gray is really a good-for-nothing! This must be a coincidence!”
“Good-for-nothing? Coincidence? You’re just a fool!” Hugo hollered angrily while looking at Gordon with a resolute gaze. “Serve him the family punishnt! Break his legs!”
“No, don’t, Dad! Please spare !” Gordon panicked and begged loudly for rcy.
A few family mbers got the hint from Chris’s gaze. They went forward, pulled Gordon on top of the bench, and tied him with his face facing down. Then they hit him hard on his thighs with the mace.
“Ah!” The loud shriek of misery resounded in the Douglas family residence.
Hugo closed his eyes, unable to bring himself to watch this scene. However, the incessant cries made his face twitch.
“Dad, look, why don’t we spare Gordon? He didn’t do it on purpose...” Chris persuaded.
Hugo opened his eyes abruptly, and his gaze beca firm again, “No, we must make Gordon go through the punishnt! Take him with you tomorrow to see Lucas Gray to apologize. You must obtain his forgiveness!”
“Yes, Dad.” Chris agreed with a faint but peculiar glint in his eyes.
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