Chapter 163 - The Three Ling Brothers
Chapter 163: The Three Ling Brothers
Three people. Thuram did indeed provide Xia Fei with just three people. Moreover, these three looked identical, be it their facial features or build, they looked like peas in a pod. It would be difficult for anyone outside of themselves to tell them apart.
In a small meeting room in the hospital, Xia Fei met the three Ling brothers, who looked to be around thirty. With incredibly serious, unsmiling faces and dark skin, the trio looked like three silent, wooden stakes, quiet and calm.
Xia Fei smiled and pulled out three chairs. “Take a seat, older brothers.”
The three of them nodded at the same time and sat down in order. The oldest Ling Xiao sat closest to Xia Fei, the second eldest Ling Yun followed closely behind, and the youngest Ling Feng sat at the back.
Even their movements were identical. Xia Fei wondered if the saying that ‘twins could communicate with each other telepathically’ was applicable to this sibling trio.
“Older brothers, would you like some tea? I brought these fantastic tea leaves from my hometown,” Xia Fei said courteously.
The three of them waved their hands at the same time. The eldest Ling Xiao said, “Mr. Thuram has already filled us in. You can skip the formalities, and just order us as you please. The three of us will do as you say.”
Xia Fei nodded. They turned out to be quite the straightforward people. There was not much interpersonal work that had to be done with people like this, which was right in line with what Xia Fei preferred.
However, the car accident changed everything, and the womanizer became disabled overnight. Although he still had the laughs and giggles with the girls, they still viewed him with a look of pity.
Barty, who had a big ego, naturally could not accept this reality. From being a womanizer of a wealthy family to a piece of garbage that everyone pitied wherever he went, this massive change almost made Barty lose his mind, living a more resentful and ignorant life.
Luckily, as he grew older, he slowly got over it. He mellowed down from his unreasonableness and craziness when he was younger, slowly developing a sense of maturity.
When the older brother Newman saw these changes in him, he slowly allowed him to deal with the operations of the company, almost trying to get his brother to become a capable assistant, giving him more freedom as he looked over him.
The two brothers had vastly different personalities; this was evident even when they were still young. Newman was genuine, resolute, and usually incredibly serious. Barty, on the other hand, was much cleverer, saying and doing things more smoothly, and possessed great business acumen.
The patriarch of the Jian family previously said that Newman was only there to manage the business. It was unlikely that Starlink Corporation could improve under his management, only maintain its position at most. If it was put under Barty’s leadership, on the other hand, the company was likely to become the top ten company in the Alliance, fulfilling the dreams of the Jian family of many generations.
Before Barty’s accident, the patriarch had wished to entrust the company to him; alas, the accident did not just destroy his legs but also made the patriarch give up on his favorite son. Apparently, it was this reason that had caused the Jian family’s patriarch to disappear off the grid.
Today, Newman had complete control over Starlink Corporation, while he gave it his all to help his fallen brother from the sidelines. Newman and Barty were brothers, after all; he felt that it was his responsibility to do that and had never thought anything much of it.
This was a good start, but he did not know that it was impossible to rid someone of their trauma completely. No matter how hard Barty tried to hide it, Xia Fei could tell that he had a distorted personality from his eyes and facial expressions, and this was also why Xia Fei suspected him.
Anyone with experience knew that logic did not apply to someone with a twisted view of reality. Humans were filled with all sorts of deep and dark desires; even the heavens could not tell what a very twisted person would do.
There were many shocking events, including some tragic ones, in human history. These events could not be understood using logic. It must be said that there was no limit to how heartless humans could be.
At night, a glamorous hovercar left Sunset Villa. Inside was Barty enjoying a glass of red wine alone. He was quite tired after a long day of work and was unused to a nine-to-five job after living a carefree life years upon years.
The car took a turn toward the city. The driver, the guards, and Barty did realize that they were being watched from the shadows.