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Chapter 1124: Chapter 1124: Serve the Dish
When these words were spoken, the room fell silent.
The three female comrades stayed by Bamboo Whitaker’s side, unconcerned with the fighting.
Having experienced a previous kidnapping, Quella Radcliffe seemed indifferent to death.
With more experiences, naturally, her courage had grown.
Surrounding Palmer Cook were only a trembling Terry Moore with weakened legs, and a shocked Aron Jackson and Karen.
Although Julius Reed was surprised, after careful consideration, he felt it was still quite possible.
In a short time, Palmer Cook didn’t seem capable of concocting lies.
"It’s true!"
Seeing that everyone remained silent, Palmer Cook was scared silly!
With a crying tone, he said, "Big brother, I swear to God! It’s true! Ian Cook really is the illegitimate daughter of the Medicine King! Please, believe me!"
As he spoke, Palmer Cook looked anxiously at the trident in Julius Reed’s hand, his teeth chattering with fear.
If that trident struck, he would either not die or be left half-dead!
Moreover, he truly did not know whether the other party was telling the truth or not.
What if he really knew the Cook Family’s secrets?
Wouldn’t that be suicide?
"Continue, tell the story of Ian Cook."
Julius Reed nodded and motioned him to go on, "At least for now, I can be sure you haven’t lied. Speak, tell me about your Cook Family’s affairs. Also, how did you gradually usurp the Whitaker family? Tell me everything."
He could tell that the man before him was a core member of the Cook Family.
He definitely knew quite a bit.
"If I tell you... will you let me go?" Palmer Cook asked, trembling all over.
Things had happened too suddenly!
His bodyguard’s corpse was on the ground!
His mind was blank!
He had no capacity for thought and no time.
"You need to understand one thing." Julius Reed twirled the trident in his right hand, "If you speak, you may not die. But if you don’t, you will definitely die! And the death will be horrible!"
Julius Reed stood up, gripping the trident in his hand.
A second later, he gently unclenched his fist.
Metal shavings fell to the floor.
Palmer Cook’s body shook violently, as if he had seen a ghost.
"I promise you, the way of death you will receive is beyond your wildest dreams. Even if you were to go to the eighteenth layer of hell, it wouldn’t compare to the pain you’d face here."
Julius Reed crouched down, gently lifting Palmer Cook’s chin with his hand.
His eyes seemed to see right through him!
"I’ll talk... I’ll talk..."
Palmer Cook was genuinely scared.
This was the first time he had seen such fierce, beast-like eyes!
"Ian Cook... is the illegitimate daughter of the Medicine King. Before he became the Medicine King, he was an Inner Sect Disciple of Medicine King Valley. During a journey down the mountain, he met Ian Cook’s mother, and they had a son and a daughter. But Medicine King Valley has a rule: once you become the Medicine King, you must have no offspring! Otherwise, you’ll completely lose the opportunity."
Palmer Cook took a deep breath, trying to appear less frightened.
"All of you, is this true?"
Julius Reed turned and looked at Karen, "Medicine King Valley really is a small temple with big demons!"
"The position of the Medicine King is for the capable. But people have their partialities. What if some Medicine King passes it to his son? Wouldn’t that disrupt everything?"
Karen scratched his head, looking slightly embarrassed, "So, that’s why Medicine King Valley made that rule. Moreover, on the day one becomes the Medicine King, he must drink a medicine that completely ends his capability of having children."
"So all your Medicinal Kings from Medicine King Valley were eunuchs!"
Julius Reed couldn’t help but want to laugh. no𝚟𝚙u𝚋.c𝚘m
"Alright, continue!"
He put away his smile and sat back down in his chair.
"Later, Ian Cook was fostered in our home. On her eighteenth birthday, the Medicine King personally came to our house to give Ian Cook a birthday gift," Palmer Cook looked up, hesitated, and then said, "The gift was... the Whitaker family..."
At that time, the Whitaker family in Morwenna was truly a powerful and prominent family!
The number one prominent family!
The Cook Family was merely a third-tier family.
"How vicious!"
Julius Reed stood with his hands clasped behind his back, squinting his eyes.
Was the King of Medicine plotting against the Whitaker family personally, just to present a gift for his daughter’s birthday?
"Bastard!"
Slap!
Finally, unable to contain herself any longer, Bamboo Whitaker rushed in front of Palmer Cook!
She dealt him a fierce slap!
"For centuries, the Whitaker family has been doing good deeds! When have we ever crossed you! Why! Why choose my family!"
Tears shimmered in her eyes as she gritted her teeth.
"What exactly did the Whitaker family do wrong!" In the end, she almost roared!
"A guiltless man can carry guilt as his jade,"
Julius Reed said indifferently, "Lucian Whitaker is a scholar who dreams of a perfect world. But reality is never that flawless. Your family’s decline was inevitable! Even without the Cook family, someone else would have replaced you."
Saying this, he sighed, shaking his head helplessly.
Human nature is the hardest thing to predict.
"Initially, when the King of Medicine attended Blaze Whitaker’s ceremony and poisoned the entire Whitaker family, leaving them helpless, he sent disciples from Medicine King Valley to treat the Whitaker family. A single injection, and Blaze Whitaker was mostly recovered..."
Palmer Cook wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and continued, "The Whitakers were ecstatic to see Blaze like that. But the disciple from Medicine King Valley said that a person with a compatible BaZi must be found to perform the joy of relief; otherwise, it’d merely treat the symptoms and not the cause."
"In their desperation, guided by the Cook family, they found Ian Cook. On the night of the marriage, Ian Cook put poison in the wine jug. After drinking briefly, Blaze Whitaker appeared normal and full of life. But eventually, he was bound to succumb to a violent death!"
"Everything the Whitaker family ate passed through Ian Cook’s hands... Later, the entire Whitaker..."
Palmer did not continue.
Everyone knew what happened next.
"What about the son! The other son of the King of Medicine?"
Julius Reed held Bamboo Whitaker, gently stroking her head.
"I... don’t know... The King of Medicine only left Ian Cook with us. That son... might... might be dead."
Palmer Cook hung his head, not daring to meet Julius Reed’s eyes.
"Where is Ian Cook, and why hasn’t he shown up?"
Julius Reed bent down, lifting Palmer Cook’s chin with one hand: "Speak!"
"This..."
Uncertain for a moment, Palmer Cook decided to be bold: "Ian Cook is hardly ever at the company. Each time he ’appears,’ it’s a double. We, the Cooks, take others’ money and dare not interfere! But... but he will return tomorrow."
"Oh? Even you don’t know Ian Cook’s whereabouts?"
Julius Reed expressed surprise: "He’s usually not at the company?"
"No, all the company affairs are handled by us. Ian Cook’s status is special; no one dares to ask what he does. But as far as I know... he’s, he’s apparently working with medicine."
Palmer spoke quieter and quieter.
"Why will Ian Cook come back to Morwenna tomorrow?"
Julius Reed picked up a knife from the table and handed it to Bamboo Whitaker.
"Tomorrow is my father’s sixtieth birthday... everyone will be..."
"Journey well."
Julius Reed suddenly interrupted before Palmer could finish.
"What..."
Thud!
Just as Palmer Cook looked up, Bamboo Whitaker plunged the steel knife deeply into his heart!
Thump!
Moments later, Palmer Cook fell to the ground.
Dead.
Blood pooled on the floor.
"Feel like going out?"
Julius Reed looked at Bamboo Whitaker: "Uncle will take you to Morwenna. Aron Jackson, four plane tickets! Me, Bamboo Whitaker, Karen, Terry Moore! For tomorrow night."
After speaking, he walked to the front desk and gently tapped on the table: "Serve the food."
