Chapter 29 Scott's Visit

“Impossible! Finn, never think about it!” Carl Shaw was about to refuse, but Hank Shawn took first. The Spring Hill project was their money tree, so how could he share it with others. “Is that how you apologize?” Finn naturally knew that they wouldn’t give him the project. What he intended was just to tease Hank. “Finn, I can apologize, but you should know that this project belongs to us. We can compensate for Maura in other aspects.” Carl said in a deep voice. “Other aspects? For example? Let Maura return to the company?” Finn sneered. Carl’s face was terrible. He could feel the sarcasm in Finn’s voice, but he had to force him to ignore it. “More than that, we can not only allow Maura to return to the company but also give her the building in the east. Besides, we’ll give her a five percent share of the Spring Hill project.” Carl looked at Finn. This was his final concession, which he thought was advantageous enough to move Finn and Maura. But Finn seemed to have no interest. “A five percent share? Uncle, you’re so generous.” Finn mocked. “Finn Chen, don’t be greedy! A five percent share was enough for you to live a quite wealthy life!” Carl frowned. He knew well about Finn’s living situation, delivering food in rains and winds, a salary of less than 6 or 7 thousand yuan, but a five percents share would bring to him almost ten million yuan a year! To exaggerate, Finn couldn’t make so much money as a delivery man for all his life. “Well, uncle, you can go back and tell Scott Shawn; Maura won’t return to the company unless he can come here to apologize to Maura himself and let Maura handle the Spring Hill project. Otherwise, there will be no way to talk about this matter.” Though Finn said calmly, the word shocked Carl and Hank much. Did Finn say that he needed Scott to come here to apologize and let Maura take the project? Was Finn’s brain full of bullshits? Even Maura Shawn and Leah were shocked by that. It seemed that Finn was too fanciful! “You seem to have no sincerity. Do you know what consequence will be if Maura’s grandfather apologizes to her?” Carl threatened. “Consequence? I really want to see what consequence it will be.” Finn didn’t care about it at all. Just a Shawn’s Family, if he wanted, he could easily destroy it at will. “Good! Good! Good! I hope you can still speak so hard when trouble comes to you!” Carl was so furious. He didn’t expect that Finn, the coward as ignoble as an ant, could be so arrogant now. How wildly arrogant this worm was! It was no need to talk more. Carl pulled Hank, who still intended to curse, to leave. After the two left, Leah stared at Finn. “What advantage do you rely on? The benefits they offered were perfect. Why didn’t you accept?” “Mom, I have no advantage. I just want to get some from them for Maura. They should know that they can’t bully Maura at their wills.” Finn answered. “What? How were you so arrogant with no advantage?” Leah was enraged. A five percent share was enough to move her. She would definitely have accepted this just now if Finn weren’t so arrogant. Finn’s arrogance made her misunderstand that Finn had some advantages. In Leah’s opinion, money was much more important than the face. They would live on air if they still had no income. “Mom, the manager of that project is Finn’s classmate,” Maura explained. She had guessed that Finn had asked Shane Lin to put pressure on Shawn’s Family. Obviously, Shawn’s Family had met some problems with the project. “Classmate?” Leah looked at Finn with disbelief. “What kind of classmate? How can he help you to offend Shawn’s Family?” “Classmate in university, we lived in the same bunk bed, and we’re as closed as one mind in two bodies.” Finn lied without unease. “That’s not safe.” Leah worried. “You’d better make sure your classmate is useful. If Maura couldn’t go back to the company, you should divorce her immediately.” “Mom, take it easy. My classmate has promised me.” Finn smiled. “You and your classmate have graduated from the same university, but how can you two have such a big gap, a manager and a delivery man?” Leah murmured discontentedly. How satisfied she would be if Maura could marry a man like Shane Lin. Finn smiled but didn’t say anything. The next morning, a piece of surprising news came from Shawn’s Family. Scott Shawn, the head of Shawn’s Family, Maura’s grandfather, was going to apologize to Maura himself! All members of Shawn’s Family were shocked. In Shawn’s Family, Scott was the god who had never been offended. Maura was just a dispensable girl who had always been a joke since she married Finn three years ago. But today, the god was going to apologize to a joke! No one could accept this fact. Even Leah and Maura felt it unreal. Maura looked blank. She hadn’t woken up until Scott knocked on the door. This was the first time Scott came to Maura’s house. Carl and Hank followed behind Scott, as well as Sara and her father, almost all the influential people in Shawn’s Family! Leah and Maura were nervous because of the overwhelming atmosphere those people brought. Only Finn was calm. He had expected that Scott would bow his head. Maybe in others’ eyes, Scott was sacred and couldn’t be offended, but in Finn’s eyes, Scott was just an ordinary old man who would bow his head to compromise when insoluble difficulties came. Scott had lived for many years, he definitely was not a young man who took dignity much more important than others. Therefore, in Finn’s opinion, Scott’s visit was inevitable. As soon as Scott entered the house, he kept observing the expressions of the three people inside. He had expected Leah and Maura’s flattering expression. Then he turned his eyes to Finn. Confident, with a smile on his face, Finn seemed to have no surprise. Scott felt a thump in his heart, knowing that he had bet Finn wrong. He had lived for such a long life, but this was the first time he bet the wrong horse.