Chapter 56: You Must Know to Let the Boss Steal the Spotlight
"What?"
Nearby, 'Black Bear' was so angry he almost jumped up on the spot.
"Damn, who the hell are you? From your tone, you sound like you're the boss of The Cheetah Assassins..."
Anthony spoke calmly, even with a smile on his face: "What? Don't you know that I am the boss of The Cheetah Assassins?"
"What, you're the boss of The Cheetah Assassins? Fuck, I'm so scared!"
While mocking Anthony, 'Black Bear' tried hard to put on a frightened expression.
But the next second, he didn't want to pretend anymore and burst out laughing.
"Hahaha, is there something wrong with your brain?"
At this moment, two Cheetah Assassins hiding in the shadows nearby felt their killing intent rising.
A tall, lanky guy gritted his teeth at the burly man beside him.
"Cougar, did I just see what I think I saw? Our boss is being mocked and questioned by a bunch of street thugs. Should we take them out?"
The big muscular man called Cougar coldly shook his head.
"Wolf, why are you panicking? Stay calm. Our boss is playing the hero saving the damsel in distress. This isn't the time for us to show up, got it?"
"Right, right, got it."
Wolf came to his senses, clenching his fists until they cracked.
"Fuck, I have a hundred ways to make these guys die without a sound, but I can't make a move right now. You know how frustrating that is?"
Cougar glared at him: "Even if you're frustrated to death, you have to hold it in. You need to understand the principle of letting the boss have his moment."
"They're just some small-time punks. Do you think our boss can't handle them? That's ridiculous."
Hearing this, Wolf's face suddenly turned red: "Cougar, this guy called 'Black Bear' is acting tough right in front of me, and I can't kill him. That feeling, you know..."
While the two were whispering, Anthony had already approached Poppy.
Seeing Anthony's determined face, Poppy felt grateful but also anxious.
"Anthony, thank you, but this really isn't something you can get involved in. I'm begging you, please leave here..."
"Poppy, don't worry yet. Let me ask you, why are these idiots beating up your father and trying to take you away?"
Anthony still didn't know about this.
But Wolf, hiding nearby, suddenly slapped his thigh.
"Oh no, we made a big mistake. We only gave the boss the address of this breakfast shop, not any other relevant information."
Cougar sighed softly: "We've never done this kind of detailed work before. Let's just take it as a lesson learned. Now that things are like this, let's just let the boss ask himself."
"Yeah, yeah, that's all we can do now..."
"Well..." Poppy hesitated.
She nervously glanced at 'Black Bear' beside her.
But 'Black Bear' laughed arrogantly.
"Haha, just tell him the truth. I want to see his reaction."
'Black Bear' had been furious earlier.
He wanted to take the people away, but this Anthony from the Bruce family wanted to stand up for this family.
Does he really think he's still a young master of the Bruce family? What a joke.
Earlier, he had already learned about Anthony's situation from Poppy. After getting out of prison, this guy had been kicked out by the Bruce family.
Plus, he was adopted.
Despite Anthony's fancy clothes, he'd seen plenty of people like this.
The only valuable thing on him was his outfit, just for show, pretending to be someone important.
As the leader of the local street thugs, what hadn't he seen?
Anthony's behavior just now seemed extremely ridiculous to him.
Originally, his plan was to have his men swarm Anthony and easily subdue him.
But he'd done that too many times, and it wasn't exciting anymore.
That's why 'Black Bear' suddenly had the idea to deal with Anthony in a different way.
This kid likes to brag, doesn't he?
Whether he was pretending or it was his real personality, 'Black Bear's' plan was to completely destroy Anthony's inner pride.
To put it bluntly, he could kill Poppy and her father, and even the police wouldn't dare to intervene. What ability did Anthony have to change any of this?
"Haha, Poppy, why don't you tell him the truth? I want to see if you can turn things around after learning the truth!"
"Well..."
At first, Poppy couldn't figure out 'Black Bear's' real intention and looked hesitant.
'Black Bear' glared: "Damn it, when I tell you to speak, you speak. What are you dawdling for?"
Poppy bit her lip and finally started to explain.
Hearing Poppy's brief explanation of the truth, Anthony was shocked and stunned.
"What did you say? Your father was set up and owes huge gambling debts from a gambling game?"
Poppy nodded heavily.
At this moment, she felt extremely wronged inside.
This made her miss the peaceful days even more.
Although she and her father depended on each other, their life was simple and warm...
Not far away, Orion saw his daughter's pained expression and felt his heart being torn apart.
Lying on the ground, he felt not only physical pain but even more anguish in his heart.
It was all his fault for being tempted and owing huge gambling debts through roulette...
Anthony frowned, looking coldly at 'Black Bear'.
"I guess that's just the surface, right? Why did you have to trick him?"
After a moment of surprise, 'Black Bear' shouted.
"Not bad, kid. You figured out something was wrong so quickly. Hahaha, I really underestimated you."
While praising him, 'Black Bear' laughed arrogantly.
This even surprised Poppy.