Chapter 808



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When the voice was heard, Philip frowned and turned around.

At first he thought it must be a large group that had arrived, but in the end he only saw Nora quietly walking in with her three children.

Philip breathed a sigh of relief.

Instead, it was Iris who panicked at the sight of them. She shouted, “Nora, why have you brought the children here? This has nothing to do with you, hurry up and leave this place! I don’t want you to accidentally hurt yourselves.”

Nora’s steps were slow and sluggish, as if she had to use a lot of energy even to walk. As she shuffled her feet, she yawned.

It couldn’t be helped.

Philip and Iris had arrived at the cemetery first thing in the morning. She was usually still asleep at that hour. Even though she had received word that they were coming the day before, she couldn’t go to bed in the middle of the day, could she?

In the end, she waited until 8 p.m. before going to sleep. After that, he had woken up at 6 a.m., which resulted in sleeplessness.

She was a terrible sleeper. Pete handed her a tissue and said, “Mommy, dry your tears.”

Nora took the tissue and wiped her eyes nonchalantly. Then, another small hand reached out to her. When she looked down, she discovered it was Xander’s. Seeing her lower her head, he looked at the handkerchief in her hand and said, “I’ll hold it for you.”

Only after Nora handed Xander the handkerchief with which she had wiped her tears, did he look over.

Just as she was about to say something, she couldn’t help but yawn again.

Pete and Xander: “…”

Cherry, who was used to their behavior by now, decided to speak instead.

“Grandma, don’t worry, Pete, Xander and I won’t get hurt! If that fierce grandpa dares to hit us, I’ll make Mommy rip his butt to shreds!”

Iris: “…”

Philip: “…”

The corners of Philip’s lips gave a little twitch and he looked at Iris. Seeing that he was staring at her, he said, “You can go. I won’t do anything to the children.”

Just as then, even though Iris had rejected him and had chosen to stay in the New York suburbs because of Justin, he had taken no action against Justin.

Iris breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. She looked at Nora and said, “Nora, stop this and take the children. Even though Philip has said he won’t do anything to the children, it would be terrible if they were hurt.”

Nora nodded. She looked at the three children and said, “You three, stand back.”

“Okie-Dokie!”

“Okay.”

“Kay.”

After the three children responded respectively in their own way, they looked at each other. In the end, they ran to a corner on the side where, even if a fight broke out, they probably wouldn’t be hit.

After taking their positions there, Cherry again shouted, “Grandma, don’t be afraid! We’re here to take you home.”

Iris: “…”

Philip: “…”

The corners of Philip’s lips spasmed again. He looked at Nora and said, “Don’t waste your breath – do you know how many of my men are waiting outside?”

Since they were coming to America this time, to prevent Iris from trying anything, as well as to prevent Justin’s men from saving Iris, Philip had brought almost a hundred mercenaries with him.

Hearing what he said, Nora rubbed her wrists and picked up the phone impatiently to check the time.

Then, she said, “Relax, it’s almost time.”

Philip: “?”

Nora was about to explain when Jason suddenly rushed in and shouted, “Chief, I don’t know why, but New York’s clandestine forces are here! They’ve surrounded us.”

The clandestine forces from New York?

Of course, mercenaries and the underworld were two different worlds, they should have nothing to do with each other. What were the clandestine forces from New York doing here?

Even Philip was a little stunned. He looked at Nora in astonishment and asked, “In order for you to get the underground forces to do your bidding, how much did you spend?”

At that moment, people from the Quinn School of Martial Arts also entered. Behind them was a group of thugs, each with a baseball bat in his hands. They looked like hoodlums and were led by a burly, muscular Jordan.

Since it was still early, there was no one around the area. Coupled with the fact that this was a cemetery, the surroundings were even quieter than usual.

Jason said, “They’re all underworld people. Although they didn’t bring firearms – probably to avoid accidentally hurting the children – since Lady Iris had said that cemeteries are sacred ground and that we shouldn’t bring firearms here, we didn’t bring any this time either…. Also, for some reason, they are all skilled martial artists. That man named Jordan Hoffman took on Paul Quinlan, the former leader of New York’s underworld, some time ago and is now the new leader of the city’s underground forces. Word is he owns a car racing club, so really, he shouldn’t be short of money…”

Philip stepped forward and asked, “…. Mr. Hoffman, I have some dealings with the New York underworld myself – is there some kind of misunderstanding between us?”.

Jordan didn’t want to offend Philip either, of course.

Although Philip was not from the United States, he had a lot of influence worldwide.

He coughed and replied, “I’m sorry, Mr. Coleman, but I have no choice. I owe a favor to Big Sister Quinn School of Martial Arts. Now that she has spoken, I cannot disobey her.”

Philip had no choice but to look at the people of the Quinn School of Martial Arts. He said, “I have no grievance or enmity toward the Quinn School of Martial Arts. Why is Big Sister hostile toward me? Is it because the Hunts offered you money? How much did they offer you? I can give you double.”

Her gaze fell on Lucas.

Lucas was known to people on the outside as the Headmaster of the Quinn School of Martial Arts. Philip didn’t want to antagonize the Quinn School of Martial Arts, so he said, “Mr. Lucas, I wonder if that’s okay with you.”

Philip said, “We have also worked together before. Whenever I’m in the United States, I pay a visit to the Quinn School of Martial Arts. You can say we have some ties with each other, so why make enemies?”.

Hearing this, Luke looked at Nora, coughed and said, “Um, Big Sister personally gave the order today, so I can’t call the shots here. Mr. Coleman, we don’t want to antagonize you either. As long as you let Mistress Iris go, we can remain friends.”

Big Sister again?

The Big Sister of the Quinn School of Martial Arts was known everywhere, but she was too mysterious and nowhere to be seen. No one knew who she was.

A curious Philip stepped in front of Iris and asked, “Did Big Sister come in person today? May I know who she is? Can we talk about this properly?” Hearing this, Nora yawned again and stepped forward. “What do you want to talk about?”

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