Love at First Sight? Mr. Harrison Has Been Scheming All Along-Chapter 106: "In my eyes, you are worthless.
Rory Linden looked over, a hint of surprise in her eyes.
People from Celestria had a different mindset from foreigners; they placed great importance on blood ties.
If they had their own children or were able to, they generally wouldn’t choose to adopt.
"The woman said her son was a disappointment in every way, which was why she wanted to adopt me. One year, she even took me home for Christmas..."
Evan Hollis looked at Rory Linden, forcing a smile. "I really thought I was going to have a family back then."
"Not necessarily..." Rory Linden said seriously. "In my experience, blood is thicker than water..."
Rory Linden deeply empathized with Evan Hollis.
She had once tried so, so hard to please the Harrisons, putting in extra effort just to feel the warmth of a family.
But in the end, it really did come down to blood being thicker than water...
’Parents only love their own children unconditionally.’
The minibus slowly pulled up to the entrance of the first kindergarten.
Rory Linden and Evan Hollis got out of the bus together.
They passed through an ornate iron gate and entered the kindergarten. Through the classroom windows, they could see children in neat, cute uniforms sitting and singing.
A nurse beside them couldn’t help but sigh. "It’s true what they say. The only watershed moment in life is the water breaking!"
Soon, the kindergarten administrator asked everyone to form groups and conduct check-ups for the children, class by class.
Normally, each group only needed one doctor.
Evan Hollis volunteered, "Can Dr. Linden and I be in a group? I’m not good with kids, so I’ll need her help!"
Since Evan Hollis was a man, no one doubted him when he said he wasn’t good with children.
So, naturally, the two of them were assigned to the same group.
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「At the same time.」
Sean Harrison had just finished a short meeting at the company.
He had just arrived at his office when his special assistant, Ethan Dixon, came to inform him that Miles Harrison had arrived half an hour ago and was waiting in the top-floor reception room.
"Have him come in."
Sean Harrison wasn’t surprised at all.
Miles Harrison was a moocher. His company had always survived on the project scraps handed down from the Harrison Group’s main headquarters.
After Sean Harrison took over, the Harrison Group grew stronger, and even those scraps were enough to ensure Miles lived a comfortable life.
Now that Sean Harrison was cutting him off, his life was naturally about to get difficult.
Given the young master’s personality, he was bound to cause a scene.
Sean Harrison sat down and had just started working on a couple of documents when Miles Harrison plopped down on the sofa.
"Uncle, those managers you placed in my company? I fired them all this morning. They were earning the highest salaries. If you’re going to cut off my business, I naturally can’t afford to pay them anymore."
"I’m aware."
Sean Harrison kept his eyes on the screen, not sparing Miles Harrison a single glance.
With those managers, Miles Harrison’s company still had a chance to recover through its own business dealings.
But now that he had fired them, he had no chance of survival on his own.
’Then again...’
’This is perfectly in line with a moocher like Miles Harrison’s way of doing things.’
’He never uses his brain, just acts on pure impulse.’
Miles Harrison stood up and strode over to the desk. "Uncle, you like Rory, so you’ve had it in for me for a while, haven’t you? You want to trip me up and watch me suffer, right?"
"If I wanted to see you suffer, I wouldn’t need to do a thing. I could just leave you alone."
Sean Harrison’s tone was cold.
He still didn’t spare Miles Harrison a glance.
"What’s that supposed to mean? You think I can’t do anything right, is that it?"
As foolish as Miles Harrison was, he could feel the man’s undisguised contempt.
Outside, everyone always showered him with praise.
At home, no one would ever talk to him like this!
’So what if Sean Harrison is the Family Head?!’
’His father is Sean’s older brother, for crying out loud! He has no right to talk to me this way!’
Sean Harrison finally moved his gaze to Miles Harrison and said, enunciating each word, "That’s right. In my eyes, you’re just trash."
The man even put extra emphasis on the word "trash."
His tone and expression both made it seem as if he were looking at a pile of garbage.
Miles Harrison froze.
He had a habit of seeking affirmation through rhetorical questions whenever someone criticized him.
Every time, his parents, teachers, or someone else would find some good quality to praise.
It was a tactic he’d used his whole life, but for the first time, it had backfired completely!
"You..."
"Miles Harrison, if I hadn’t spent my own money to bail out this mess of a Harrison Group, it wouldn’t just be you—the entire Harrington Family would be on the credit blacklist." Sean Harrison looked at him coldly. "If you all aren’t trash, then how could you run a company into the ground like that?"
’Not just you.’
’All of you.’
’Every single one of you.’
Miles Harrison stared blankly at his uncle.
In previous years, he hadn’t interacted much with Sean Harrison, but he had always thought his uncle had a bit of a human touch.
He could feel a sense of familial affection from him.
But now, as the man looked at him, his ink-black eyes were like two deep wells, showing no ripple of emotion, no hint of kinship.
Everything from before now seemed like a delusion.
Sean Harrison rose from his chair, walked around the large desk, and stood before Miles Harrison.
He was a few centimeters taller than him.
Looking down at his eldest nephew, he said, "Since you fired my people, I have no intention of managing that company of yours anymore."
’No intention of managing it.’
’That was different from just leaving it alone.’
Miles Harrison had no real skills, so he was naturally unwilling to give up his current lifestyle so easily.
With things having come to this, he also realized he had acted too impulsively today!
’Blood is thicker than water.’
’Sean Harrison is my uncle, after all.’
’If I just soften my tone and say something apologetic, maybe everything could go back to the way it was.’
’Worst-case scenario, I’ll just have to accept Rory Linden as my aunt.’
’I can’t blame anyone else for this.’
’I can only blame myself for being incompetent.’
"Uncle..."
Miles Harrison looked at Sean Harrison, already preparing to apologize.
Sean Harrison leaned against the desk, his arms crossed, and looked at Miles Harrison. "Since you’ve called me ’Uncle,’ I can give you two options."
"Go ahead, Uncle."
Miles Harrison thought he had grasped a glimmer of hope.
Sean Harrison said, "One, the Harrison Group’s main headquarters will no longer have any business partnerships with your company."
Miles Harrison’s expression turned troubled.
’Of course, he rejected this option internally.’
He had barely ever negotiated a business deal, knew none of the techniques, and couldn’t even understand a bid proposal.
Without help from the main company, his own company was headed for bankruptcy.
Sean Harrison paused, then continued, "The second option is, you get on your knees and beg me right here, and I might consider leaving things as they were."
