Thea surprised everyone present, but many young people appreciated it in their eyes. After all, Thea's behavior was in line with their image of a good woman.
But more people were still shocked, because everyone knew that Thea didn’t like Eric before, and had been thinking of getting a divorce.
Eric was also stunned.
To be honest, when Helen just spoke, he was also very nervous. After all, the overall situation of the Browns was important, but he didn't expect that his father-in-law, who had always been quiet, would speak first, and even if so, it was just someone else.
The real litigant was Thea, she had the final say.
Eric stared at Thea tightly. At this moment, he was really moved and even wanted to roar freely.
His efforts were not in vain!
"OK! This is my daughter!" Frank stood up and took a breath and looked at Eric: "Eric, I'm to blame for the past. Just by your practice this time, you're my son-in-law. Don't feel inferior if you don't have any great skills. Just work hard. If Thea dares to look down on you, you can tell me directly and see how I teach her!"
In a word, Thea blushed and bowed her head hard. Eric was also a little shocked. Before, he always saw that his father-in-law was very low-key and seemed to have a very peaceful temper, but he didn't expect this.
He was really a soldier. He has the blood of a soldier.
"Dad, I know. In fact, Thea doesn't look down on me. She's just angry that I'm not motivated." Eric said. And he was calling him dad out of his heart.
"Ha ha, good." Frank smiled and nodded. He immediately looked up at Grandma Brown and glanced at the people: "I know what you're worried about. It doesn't matter. I, Frank, will bear the consequences, which has nothing to do with the Browns."
Frank's voice fell, and the Browns looked different.
Indeed, many people were relieved!
However, Frank's words were to abandoning the relationship with the Browns.
Grandma Brown's face changed and her expression was depressed, but she didn't know what to say. One side, it was the overall situation of the Browns, and the other was her own son. It was difficult for her to make a decision!
Helen's face was pale and she stared at Eric bitterly, but Frank was the head of the family. She just married to the Browns and she was a woman.
Frank has spoken, and she couldn't refute him.
Moreover, as Frank's wife, she naturally knew her husband best. Although Frank usually didn't seem to have a temper, he just didn't lose his temper.
Frank was really angry. She had to listen to him honestly.
"Frank, what are you talking about!" Just then, a man's voice sounded from the door of the villa.
Everyone turned their heads and looked surprised.
It was Fred Brown, the eldest son of the Browns and the father of Chris.
Because he was paralyzed, he seldom got out of bed and no longer participated in the affairs of the Browns.
At this time, he was sitting in a wheelchair, and it was Fiona Brown who was pushing him.
She was the fourth child of the Browns and grandma Brown's only daughter.
Fiona was in his forties, but she was well maintained. She was a little petite, and her eyes are especially bright. At this time, she was dressed in a suit, braided, and looked very capable.
She didn't work in the family because she married and lived in another city.
"Dad, you're in poor health. Why are you here?" Chris hurried over and respectfully shouted to Fred.
In this family, Brown Chris was most afraid of his aunt besides his grandmother and father.
"Hum, if I don't come again, something big will happen to the family!" Fred glared at his son and hummed. Fred's face was pale because he was paralyzed in bed all year round and didn't go out often.
In the Browns, Fred was the most talented person in business. Unfortunately, heaven did not bless the Browns!
Even so, Fred's prestige in the Brown family was still great. When Fiona pushed him forward, everyone gave way one after another.
"Fred, Fiona..." Grandma Brown stood up with a crutch and looked unspeakably bitter.
She was the one who suffered the most. The eldest son of the Browns was paralyzed in bed. Her second son died in a car accident in his early years; The fourth was away all year round and seldom went home; There was only the third son, but now he wanted to get rid of his relationship with the family.
Grandma Brown didn't even know why. Why did God punish herself like this? Was she really wrong?
If she really drove the third child out of the family, she knew that her dead husband would never forgive herself. As the eldest son of the family, Fred was steady and talented, but her husband liked the third best.
But if not, once the Browns was in trouble, she would be the sinner of the whole family!
"Mom, you have worked hard for the Browns these years." Fred said sincerely.
Mother should have enjoyed her life, but because he was paralyzed and the third younger brother was not determined, she had to take charge of the overall situation.
"Fred, are you also blaming me?" Although grandma Brown was old, she could also hear the implication of Fred.
"No." Fred shook his head, looked at his third brother, smiled and said, "although our Brown family is not a famous family, and we couldn’t compare with those big families, but the children in our Browns, whether men or women, were never a counselor, and must not be bullied by others."
Although Fred's voice was flat, after he said that, everyone was excited.
Frank nodded and said, "brother, you are right."
"Uncle, aunt." Thea greeted quickly. She admired her uncle most. At the same time, she poked Eric with her small hand.
"Uncle, aunt." Eric also said hello.
"Hehe, Thea, you’ve become more beautiful." Fred nodded to Thea and looked at Eric again, showing a trace of appreciation in his eyes.
"Fiona, that's what you mean?" Grandma Brown looked at her daughter and said.
"I'm a woman, and I haven't been in the Browns all year round, and I don't have much right to speak. But I think our family should unite." Fiona said, with bright eyes flashing wisdom: "if not, what's the use of getting a big family?"
"The weaker we are, the more others bully us. If we set a precedent, could anyone come to the Browns as long as they have some strength? There are so many families in the city who are stronger than us. If we are weak and seek peace, it would only cause more troubles for ourselves!"
"We Browns should unite as one. If anyone bullies us, we will fight hard with him. Even if we can't defeat others, we should show that the Browns are not easy to bully!" Fiona said coldly.
Many young children present were young and ambitious. Their eyes were suddenly bright and nodded one after another. They thought she was reasonable.
"Hehe, the little girl is making a lot of sense." Frank smiled.
"Third brother, you make fun of me again!" Fiona said angrily.
Looking at the good relationship between the siblings, grandma Brown was very relieved, but Fiona's meaning was also obvious.
That's reasonable, but if the Jones participated in it, it would suppress the Brown’s industry in all aspects. The Browns would disappear soon. Business world was like battlefields. Although there was no smoke of gunpowder and war in today's battlefields, they could really kill people!
If the Browns was finished, aren't the children of the Browns bullied? Grandma Brown didn't think she's wrong!
Chris stood aside and opened his mouth several times, but he didn't dare to say a word. He was afraid of his sister-in-law and his father.
This time, Fiona didn't appear suddenly, because tomorrow would be her mother's 70th birthday. She came to celebrate her birthday.
"Miss Stone, thank you." Eric thanked Gabrielle sincerely. Just now he was holding the knife, and his heart was filled with murder. He really wanted to cut Henry with the knife.
Although Henry really deserved to die, it's against the law to kill.
"You're welcome." Gabrielle shook her head and smiled to show that she didn't care. "But you should be prepared. Henry is not a simple role."
"Is he one of the Jones?" Eric was stunned.
Of course, he knew that if this guy could be so rampant in the Brown’s, there must be support behind him that the Browns couldn't afford to provoke.
"Well, he is the grandson of the third son of the Jones," Gabrielle explained. She was also from a big family. Naturally, she knew something about each other.
And what she said about the third son of the Jones was the older generation of the Jones. The eldest son of the Jones died of illness more than ten years ago. The real power of the Jones family was in the second son.
The second son and the third have never had a good relationship.
Therefore, the whole Jones family, most of the forces and the company's industries were in the hands of the second Jones and his direct descendants. Because of the discord between the two brothers, the third Jones's son and grandson, although they had the blood of Jones, were not valued.
Even so, Henry's surname was Jones after all. Hitting Henry's face was also hitting the Jones family's face.
Such a big family cared about their dignity most, it was hard to ensure that the Jones would not intervene. This was also the reason why Grandma Brown dared not offend Henry.
"Yes." Eric nodded, his face changing.
In those years, the bankruptcy of the Smiths involved the Jones. The key to the destroy of the Smiths was that the international trading companies were found to have contraband!
The police were involved in the investigation, and the matter was soon on the news. The power of public opinion was like a wild beast, which could not be stopped. After the collapse of the Smith’s stock market, the biggest promoter was the Jones.
The stock market of the Smith’s collapsed, and all the companies of the Smith’s were facing bankruptcy. At this time, no one would help.
Eric couldn't forget that time. It seemed like the end of the world for everyone in the Smiths!
Almost all the family business took part in it, dividing up all the closed and closing industries of the Smiths.
The Smith’s disappeared completely from the city!
The Smith’s was defeated, and the Jones became the biggest beneficiary. It not only divided up many industries of the Smith’s, digested and grew rapidly, but also ascended with the trend, becoming the largest family in the city.
Decadent time always made people depressed. Perhaps many wandering people from the Smiths no longer thought about their past glory. It was good for them to leave the city and develop in other places.
But as the eldest grandson of the Smiths, Eric knew the most secrets and wanted to find out who was the culprit in that year.
But Eric was not stupid. He knew that if he wanted to investigate these things, he needed strength!
There were many shadows in the bright city. Eric knew that once he showed himself, he would face not only the suppression of the Jones, but also the assassination in the shadow!
This was also the reason why he must master the sword today. He should not only protect his beloved women, but also let those sinners pay their due price!
Eric tightly grasped the sword in his hand. The sword seemed to feel Eric's inner roar and trembled slightly…