Chapter 414: Chapter 414: Playing the Victim
"Honey, I remember Elder Cole had a pretty good relationship with Dad, didn’t he?"
Amanda Ford poured wine for Charles Quinn.
In fact, she also bore some responsibility for the Quinn Family’s current crisis.
Initially, the family still had 500 million in liquid assets, enough to defuse the crisis at hand.
But unfortunately, that money was given by her to Nina Quinn to silence the hackers.
As a result, not only were the hackers not appeased, but the liquid assets were also lost.
Now, Charles Quinn could hardly stand to look at her, and even his tone was terribly sour.
"Elder Cole did have a great relationship with my dad. But what good does that do? Elder Cole doesn’t even have a son."
"Honey, I didn’t mean it that way."
Amanda quickly explained, "I mean, if Elder Cole got along well with Dad, he shouldn’t watch us go down without doing anything."
Charles thought she only wanted to marry Nina off, not realizing she had other plans.
"You mean..."
Charles’s eyes suddenly turned bright, as if Amanda had just pointed something out to him.
"When you meet Elder Cole tomorrow, just tell him about our current situation."
Later, Amanda was instructing Charles on how to subtly play the victim in front of Elder Cole, and Charles nodded along vigorously.
He even praised, "If only Nina were half as smart as you, she wouldn’t have ended up like this."
"The child didn’t do it on purpose, we just protected her too well before. Learn from this and give her another chance, she’ll definitely do better next time..."
Amanda was not only devising strategies for Charles but also pleading for Nina.
She couldn’t just stand by and watch her own daughter be married off to someone less capable.
"Alright then. If Elder Cole can help change our current situation, we’ll send her abroad for education."
Nina’s reputation in the country was utterly ruined; to find a better marriage prospect, she would have to try her luck abroad.
"Alright, let’s agree on that."
Even though Amanda was reluctant to let Nina go abroad alone, it was better than having her stay and be married to someone incompetent.
*
The next morning, Charles picked up Elder Cole at the airport.
According to the plan he and Amanda had devised, Charles began playing the plight narrative as soon as they left the airport.
"Pity my old father left such a vast estate, and I couldn’t even safeguard it. If we meet on The Asphodel Path in the future, I wouldn’t know how to face him..."
After lamenting about many of life’s misfortunes, Charles shifted the topic.
"Elder Cole, I have an unfortunate request; could you lend me some operational funds? I swear, as soon as we overcome this crisis, I will return the funds to you with interest."
Their theory was that Elder Cole, out of respect for Old Master Quinn, wouldn’t dare ask for the operational funds back.
Even if he did dare to ask, he wouldn’t bother with the interest.
Overall, as long as Elder Cole agreed to lend them operational funds, the business deal would be foolproof.
However, even after Charles said so much, Elder Cole kept a stern face, as if Charles owed him billions.
This made Charles doubt whether Elder Cole cared at all about their past relationship, and he began to fear their plan might fail.
But just then, Elder Cole said:
"That’s exactly why I came to Westmarch this time. Even if you hadn’t mentioned it, I would have intervened."
Charles’s eyes lit up immediately like light bulbs!
Elder Cole saying this... there’s hope!