Chapter 4 - An Unexpected Allegation On Ethan

"Young master Josh, what are we associates for? Do you still need to express gratitude?"

This was what Ethan heard as he arrived at his boss's office.

His legs became fixed in their path, and he became bewildered, but he still hoped within himself that it wasn't as he had thought. However, what he heard next made him realize that it was as he had thought. 

"Wasn't it just to make him come to deliver something to you in a hotel? That was the smallest thing possible for me to do, and it was merely a single directive I gave him."

As soon as Ethan heard this, his eyes became frigid, and he became irate.

However, the boss did not seem to notice his arrival. He continued speaking animatedly with the person he was addressing until the call eventually ended.

"How could I assist you?" The person, a middle-aged man with a pot belly, suddenly asked and raised his head.

In the next moment, however, he became perplexed.

"Ethan?" he called out in disbelief. "How could you be here?"

As soon as Ethan heard this, a cold and sarcastic laughter left his mouth. "To think that I've respected someone like this since I started working here… hahaha. I was such a fool."

Hearing Ethan speak like this, the middle-aged man realized that Ethan had definitely heard everything he had spoken on the phone.

He first became embarrassed, then following that, he acted shameless.

"Was that the reason behind why you came to work late today?"

He glared fiercely at Ethan, making Ethan immediately become lost for words.

After a moment, he shut his eyes and opened them again, and by the time he did, they no longer contained anger but rather deep disappointment.

"I didn't come here to continue working; instead, it's to resign. I'm no longer working here."

Finished saying this, Ethan turned around and walked out without waiting for a response from the manager.

The manager couldn't react for a moment; then he became infuriated. "That brat! How dare he give me such a gaze!"

Growling this, the manager pounded his desk when suddenly, he recalled something that had been giving him deep concern for some days now, and immediately, his heart began to pound.

"Yes! This is the only way I would get out of this matter! Wasn't I given until today to provide that thing?"

As soon as the middle-aged man thought this, he picked up the telephone on his desk and dialed away frantically.

"Stop that bastard! He's a criminal and must not be allowed to leave, or else, you will be penalized in his stead!"

Finished screaming this, the pot-bellied middle-aged man jumped up and rushed outside.

…..

'How could I not have thought of this sort of coincidence!'

'To think I actually trust that man and always do his bidding despite knowing how unscrupulous he is!'

Filled with disappointment and furiousness.

This was what Ethan was thinking when a deep cry entered his ears, screaming for someone to stop.

Before Ethan could squint his eyes and understand what was going on, he already felt himself thrown and pinned to the floor.

"What the…" Ethan cried out in shock, not understanding what was going on.

"How dare you try to leave after committing an offense?"

Ethan heard, but he couldn't react at all, as he was still in deep shock right now.

Although he wasn't harmed in any way by the throw and pin, his brain was extremely slow to comprehend what was going on.

Before Ethan knew it, the spot was already filled with everybody on the company floor, most of whom were his colleagues who didn't like him before.

Even then, nobody could understand what was going on, but that was before the pot-bellied manager arrived.

"You bastard! After I've treated you like a son and always given you special treatment! You dared to steal a customer's package and tried putting the crime on me!"

Ethan, "_"

He couldn't react at all.

"Me? Steal?"

His head began to ring.

Meanwhile, the people gathering around him were all gasping in shock right now.

"He had really stolen a customer's package?"

"This… how is this possible?"

"After all the special treatments he had been given, he still ended up stealing from the company."

"I always knew that this boy was greedy, which was the reason behind the antipathy I had for him."

Hearing all the discussions around him, Ethan felt as though his soul had left his body.

He didn't even realize that his hands had been tied to his back.

Ethan only returned to his senses after he was pulled off and saw the look he was given by the manager.

"You… when did I steal a customer package? Wasn't I only here to tender my resignation?"

"Tender your resignation? Hahahah! Wasn't that why you were resigning? You think I wouldn't know?"

The manager said, laughing furiously and coldly.

As soon as the crowd heard this, they began to nod their heads, finding the manager's explanation the best and only reason.

Ethan suddenly felt a strong coldness over his skin.

His heart began to pound in fear and nervousness, and he couldn't understand this sort of allegation that had been placed on himself.

Just as Ethan's brain began to think fast, trying to find a way to get himself out of this deep hole dug for himself, the entrance door was suddenly pushed open, and following this, everybody became confused when they glanced in the direction of the entrance.

'What's going on?'

'Who are these people, and what are those scary-looking individuals doing here?'

Nobody recognized the people who had just entered, which included a middle-aged man adorned in luxurious attire, radiating authority and affluence. Accompanying him was a young lady, seemingly no older than twenty, possessing an attractive physique and donning an extravagant, revealing black gown. She carried an exceptionally pricey Chanel handbag draped over her shoulder.

Behind these two were a bunch of gangsters, each holding a baton and oozing out an oppressive aura.

As soon as the middle-aged manager saw these people, his eyes changed greatly, and he almost cried out.

'Wait, would I have been beaten to death if I hadn't quickly found a solution?'

He was so scared, but he quickly returned to his senses and rushed to the newcomer.

"Madam, you are here already," he bent his head respectfully to the lady, but the lady only glared hatefully at him before glancing at the middle-aged man.

"Hubby, this is the bastard who changed the diamond-engraved ring you bought for me. He even dared to insult and curse at me."

As soon as the manager heard this, he went pale and became scared to death. But his fear increased by several folds when a cold voice entered his ears.

"So, you are the one who changed the present I bought for my lady and even threatened her."

The manager shivered hysterically.

Swallowing hard, he quickly regained his fake courage.

"Ma'am, sir. I really apologize for the mix-up. In fact, you are just in time to meet the criminal who changed the ring into scrap."

Uttering this with a slightly shaking voice, the manager stepped aside so that the group who had just arrived could see Ethan.

As he had thought, the moment the group who just arrived heard what he said, they glared coldly at Ethan while the middle-aged man's eyes became cold and filled with killing intent.

"Is it true?"

The middle-aged man asked coldly.

As for the lady, she suddenly cried. "Bastard! So you were the one who changed my jewelry into scrap and made me the greatest joke amongst my friends?"

Based on the tone she had just used, it was already obvious that she had already believed that Ethan was the criminal.

Ethan could no longer stay still right now.

His heart was about to burst apart from fear and nervousness.

'How… how would I get out of this! What should I do… this… this…' 

Just as Ethan was about to go crazy from straining his ears, a mechanical voice entered his head. [A random reward had been assigned to the host; would the host like to accept it?]

'A random reward?' Ethan paused a bit, then he roared accept in his mind.

Although he didn't know if it had anything to do with his current situation, he'd rather accept it and find out, now that his hope seemed to be nonexistent.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for receiving 100% shares of Paramount Courier Company. All the shares have been transferred to the host's name, and the host's deeds of ownership shall be sent to the host in a day or two.]

Without hearing till the end of the system's announcement, Ethan became utterly dumbstruck. '100% shares of Paramount Courier Company?'

Seeing Ethan unable to react, even the people who had been skeptical about the accusation laid upon him couldn't help but sigh, already believing that he was undoubtedly the one who had swapped the item.

The manager couldn't help but sigh deeply with relief when he saw Ethan like this.

Although he had no idea about why Ethan suddenly behaved like this, this was to his own best, to further convince everybody.

"Sir, ma'am, didn't I tell you that he was the criminal? You should now be certain based on the look in his eyes, right?"

He quickly asked, and his heart felt a huge leap of joy when he saw the killing intent the duo and the gangsters behind them were now directing to Ethan.

"Bastard! Where is my ring?!"

The lady screamed furiously, but the man raised his hand as though telling her to calm down, and then he shut his eyes for a moment.

"So, this is the sort of people you've been employing?" he glared at the manager, confusing the manager and everybody else.

But they soon understood why the man had spoken like that, which scared everybody badly.

Suddenly taking out an Identity card, the middle-aged man flashed it to everybody. "I am a top executive of this courier company. But I hadn't announced my identity all these while because I want to see what you people have turned the company into."

Reaching here, the middle-aged man glared at the manager. "Thank your star, that you've found the criminal, or else…"

He suddenly laughed, scaring the manager badly.

Once done leaving his threat, the middle-aged man glared at Ethan.

"As for you. To show others what would happen to them if they ever touch a customer's product, especially mine, you will be beaten until all the bones in your body are broken."

Hearing this, everybody went cold, and they became scared to death.

The man was about to give his order to the gangsters who were still barely waiting when his phone vibrated.

He was about to ignore it, thinking the message was unimportant when a call entered.

Frowning, the man cursed the person who was calling him at such a time and decided not to pick up, but his heart skipped the moment he saw the caller ID, and he quickly accepted the call.

However, he wasn't permitted to say a word when the caller's words stomped him.

"The company has a new owner who's currently in the Cloud City's branch?"

He asked, then upon receiving a response, the caller told the middle-aged man something that made him nod his head and quickly promise to check his phone for his image.

"Are you okay?"

The lady in the revealing dress asked when she saw her sugar daddy like this, but the man made no response.

He quickly scrolled his phone to check the image sent to his mail.

As soon as he saw the picture, he frowned slightly. 'So young,' he thought. 'But how come this person looks familiar?'

He zoomed in on the picture when suddenly, his eyes widened, and he raised his head.

Seeing the smiling young man before him, the phone in the middle-aged man's hand immediately fell, and to everybody's great shock, he rushed forward and bent his head.

"Sir President… please forgive all my rudeness, I have failed to recognize you."