413: Chapter 412: The Four Great Clans 413: Chapter 412: The Four Great Clans Yusuf Zuck also knew that showing up unannounced today actually caught the Nash family off guard.
If the Nash family had known he was coming, it probably wouldn’t have been just that Haney high-level expert there.
Therefore, by exploiting this loophole, he forced the Nash family to compromise in front of him.
Of course, the threat had also played a certain role.
After all, the Nash family really was quite substantial—in size and wealth.
If they couldn’t kill him outright, then they would definitely suffer unpredictable pain!
In fact, Yusuf Zuck hadn’t planned on truly reconciling with the Nash family.
He just wanted to get through the day safely, not wanting to miss his wedding, and most certainly not wanting to be taken away during it.
Thus, he had taken this risky step.
And as long as he got through today, then he would have ti to play gas with the Nash family.
As soon as Yusuf Zuck stepped out of skill Family Alley, a taxi hurriedly stopped in front of him.
“Yusuf Zuck, you…” Anna Cooke jumped out of the car.
“Why are you here?” Yusuf Zuck grabbed her arm and shoved her back into the car, then climbed in himself and said, “Drive.”
“Are you okay?
You…
you…
you went to their house?” Anna Cooke asked anxiously.
“Yeah, didn’t I just co out?” Yusuf Zuck looked at Anna Cooke, who had applied makeup today but had cried earlier, so it was a bit smudged.
“Thanks, Delaney!” Yusuf Zuck gently patted her hand and said.
Anna Cooke imdiately withdrew her hand and then turned away huffily, staring out the window, ignoring Yusuf Zuck and not speaking to him.
“Regarding the matter of Lian skill, I’m very sorry.
I didn’t know about his relationship with you before.” Yusuf Zuck apologized again.
No matter what, Lian skill had been Anna Cooke’s fiancé, so his killing him placed her in a difficult position, faced with explaining such an event.
“So what do you suggest we do now?
I don’t have a fiancé anymore.
You owe one!” Anna Cooke said angrily.
“Uh…” Yusuf Zuck was completely dumbfounded.
You could compensate for a fiancé?
“How would you have compensate?” Yusuf Zuck whispered.
“Compensate your big ghost head.” Anna Cooke turned around and punched him hard with her fist.
Yusuf Zuck chuckled, “Do you think I’ll do?
Should I make it up to you?” This was the first ti he had joked with Anna Cooke like this.
“Didn’t you always avoid before?
Why aren’t you avoiding now?
You dare to joke with ?” Anna Cooke looked at him in surprise.
“I saw that you’re in a bad mood, so I thought I’d cheer you up a bit.
Let’s go to the hotel first, and you can fix your makeup,” Yusuf Zuck said.
He felt rather touched, as Anna Cooke had actually cried for him.
No matter what, although there was nothing between the two of them, they weren’t lovers, nor true friends, they shared a kind of camaraderie that exists between friends.
Her worrying and crying over him made Yusuf Zuck’s heart feel sowhat heavy.
“Mhm.” Anna Cooke replied softly, staring blankly at him for a while before once again turning to look out the car window.
In fact, Yusuf Zuck had a lot of personal charm.
The more ti people spent with him, the more they would be influenced by his aura, that distinct, imposing and dominant air typical of a man.
Many won who had co into contact with him and spent ti around him found it impossible to compare other n to him.
Because he was just too exceptional!
Soon, the taxi returned to the hotel.
Anna Cooke, like a thief scouting around, followed Yusuf Zuck into the elevator.
She was worried that others would see her alone with Yusuf Zuck, going to a hotel to book a room.
But she really needed to go; her makeup was indeed ruined, looking quite ugly.
“Actually, you look better without makeup.
By applying it, you lose that natural beauty!” Inside the room, Yusuf Zuck stood by the window looking outside, while Anna Cooke stood in the bathroom touching up her makeup.
She hadn’t closed the door.
“Mind your own business,” Anna Cooke muttered under her breath.
However, her face turned red.
Who wouldn’t blush when complinted on looking good?
Yusuf Zuck just laughed and said no more.
Standing in front of the mirror, Anna Cooke looked over herself from all angles.
Although she had already reapplied her makeup, in a huff, she washed her face clean, removing all traces of powder and lipstick.
Naturally, she truly beca a natural beauty.
In fact, her eyebrows didn’t need filling to look like willow leaves, her lips were naturally tinted with a faint red, and her facial features were delicate.
Her skin was well-maintained and, being young, it was very tender and white.
After washing her face and looking again in the mirror, she felt more natural and that this was the real Anna Cooke.
“That rascal really has good taste,” she muttered.
“Yeah, you look good this way.
It’s pleasing to the eye,” Yusuf Zuck nodded repeatedly as Anna Cooke turned around.
This version of Anna Cooke was the most natural because she was born with an aura of unattainability, which made her all the more charming the more natural she was.
“I know why my sister Louise and those others are so smitten with you,” Anna Cooke gave Yusuf Zuck a sidelong glance and said, “You always have honey on your lips!”
“Haha,” Yusuf Zuck laughed heartily.
He was indeed quite the talker and even better at flattering!
Anna Cooke also started laughing, feeling both annoyed and amused.
“By the way, Delaney, the skill Family is one of the four great clans.
So, what exactly is so special about the skill Family?” Yusuf Zuck asked curiously after seeing Anna Cooke coming out.
Anna Cooke glanced at him and after a mont said, “If it were soone else asking, I wouldn’t tell, but for you…
I suppose I can share a little.” Anna Cooke thought for a mont and said, “Four great clans, skill and Haney, Nash and Business.”
“The skill Family, Haney Family, Nash Family, and Business Clan are not real political clans.
They don’t engage in politics or military affairs, they stand independent of the system.
They are known as the four great clans because these four families have preserved their legacy the most intact through the modern era, passing prosperity down through generations!”
“Take the skill Family for example.
They were a distinguished family during the middle Ming Dynasty and didn’t decline during the Qing Dynasty.
Over the Republic of China and even after the founding of the nation, they still stood firm.”
“It’s the sa with the Haney, Nash, and Business families – each of them has been around for at least several hundred years and have not declined due to wars, politics, or other factors.
On the contrary, they have beco more and more powerful.”
“Reasons,” Yusuf Zuck interjected.
“It might have sothing to do with their old generation’s family rules.
You’ve heard of the Mo family, right?”
“I’ve heard a bit.
The Mo family is a kind of legacy, right?
Like the Confucians and the like!”
“Yes, the four great clans are sowhat similar to those legacies.
They each surely have their secrets for training people to protect their clans, and they never put all their wealth in one basket.
Adding to that, they have special institutions to train people and then send them out.
Whether they engage in business or enter politics and the military, they all eventually achieve great success.
Their achievents are the achievents of the great clans.”
“Does the state allow such clans to exist?” Yusuf Zuck asked curiously.
“How should I put it?
They don’t endanger the nation, don’t impact developnt, but rather they make significant contributions.
They can’t fight against the establishnt, and when it cos to betting, they are often deadly accurate.”
“Before the establishnt of the country, the four great clans bet on ‘Eighth Lord’, instead of following Chiang Kai-shek to the small island, so this was a massive contribution to the socialist cause.
At the founding ceremony, the then Sect Leaders of the four great clans were all seated on that city wall, distinguished guests, non-partisan figures!”
“Also, they control a very significant economic lifeline.
To put it simply, stirring them up would ruin the foundations, potentially leading to economic upheaval.
So why look for trouble if they haven’t broken any laws or betrayed the nation?”
“I also heard…” Anna Cooke glanced at Yusuf Zuck again and then whispered, “Each of those four great clans has so…
so very powerful individuals, similar to Ancient Cultivation, formidable protectors of the clan.”
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Occasional extra updates depending on the situation.
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