The Inheritance - Book 1
Copyright© 2026 by Arise
Chapter 44
When Richard walked over, the entire Smith family was already gathered here.
Concurrently, Mason was explaining the situation:
“Dad, I really didn’t mean it. This is all this security guard’s fault! I was relying on his directions and he kept telling me to reverse. That’s when I crashed into the car!”
“This car is the most expensive car produced by Lamborghini. It will cost at least a hundred to a hundred and twenty thousand dollars to fix the damages caused by this accident. Plus, the car’s front lamps are already broken!”
Some of the relatives who recognized this car could not help but exclaim out loud.
“Whoever is driving this car is definitely not just anybody. We can definitely afford to pay that price to fix the damages. But we might also be offending a very powerful figure. On top of that, this looks like it’s a new car that someone just bought!”
“Just think about it. In Mayberry City, which son of which wealthy and influential family would be able to drive this kind of sports car that is worth approximately one million five hundred to three hundred million dollars?”
Everyone continued discussing this matter amongst themselves.
Upon hearing this, Richard started feeling anxious.
Damn it. His car was parked at this position. Could it be that Mason had crashed into his Reventon?
As he squeezed through and made his way through the crowd, Richard choked.
It was really his own car.
The body of the car was fine, but there were some scratches on the car after the hit. However the worst damage was that the right front headlight was already broken!
A right front headlight isn’t very expensive, but neither is it very cheap either. Since there were also scratches on the car body, it would probably cost him about two hundred and sixty thousand dollars to fix the damages.
But as someone had mentioned, this was his new car.
The old lady grew anxious: “Mason, you were too careless. The security guard is obviously a stutterer. Can’t you tell? This is bad. This time round, not only are we paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for damages, but we will also be offending a very powerful figure!”
“Mason, grandma, I think that we might have really gotten into big trouble this time! We cannot afford to offend the owner of this car at all!”
Queenie grabbed Mason’s hand as he pulled him aside.
She saw how crucial it was beyond this matter.
“Queenie, why do you say that? Do you know who owns this car?” the old lady hurriedly questioned.
“Yes!” Queenie replied as she nodded frantically. “I just sent a photo of this car to the employees of our company, because some of our employees used to work for Lamborghini. He replied in the group chat, saying that this car was sold a few days ago at a transaction price of two million six hundred thousand dollars. It was bought by a young man. He said that the manager of the shop was following behind him, and he was very polite and respectful towards the young man on that day when he was buying the car!” “Not only that, do you know who the manager of the Lamborghini shop in Mayberry City is? It is Wilson Quare!”
Queenie carefully explained.
“Is it really Mr. Wilson? Was he really very respectful towards this car buyer?”
“The reason why Mr. Wilson is so powerful in Mayberry City is entirely because of his contacts! He has very powerful connections here!”
With that being said, the old lady grew even more anxious.
“Then we should get out of here soon. Otherwise, we will be in trouble when the young man arrives!” the old lady panically cried.
She might be naïve, but she clearly knew what the consequences of offending a big and powerful family was. Even the slightest issue would affect everything else!
“Grandma, we absolutely cannot leave right now! There are surveillance cameras everywhere now!”
Irene and Rita started persuading her.
To be honest, Irene’s eyes had not left the Lambo for even a second. She was fantasizing about how she would look if she were to be sitting in this luxurious car.
It would simply be perfect if her boyfriend, Kenneth could own this car!
But, that would be impossible.
As for Rita, she was even worse. She was actually thinking of waiting for the owner of the car to arrive.
If he could own a luxury car worth about three million dollars, then this person was undoubtedly a very rich and wealthy person.
Does this mean that she was one step closer to her own dreams and expectations?
It would be great progress even if she managed to grab a short encounter with that young man!
“Oh! We should get someone to go and pick Cara up first! Irene and Rita are right. We should not leave.
It would be okay if we do not leave but if we leave now, then we will really be in big trouble!”
The old lady’s tone was dead serious. She felt like she was becoming a dotard.
“Grandma, I would love to go and pick her up now, but I do not dare to leave just yet,” Mason replied, swallowing his own saliva.
“It’s okay. You can go and pick her up first. Grandma, all of you can go in and enjoy your birthday banquet first. Since this car is already hit, just let it be then. It’s okay!”
Suddenly, a voice broke out behind everyone.
It was Richard.
After saying that, Richard walked up to the car to take a look.
He would be lying if he said that he wasn’t distressed at the sight of his broken car at all.
Moreover, what could he possibly do now? What has happened, has happened. Plus it was Mila’s grandmother’s birthday banquet today.
If he demanded them to pay for the damages incurred, what would it make Mila look like?
Besides that, it was also have been too embarrassing.
Out of no choice, he was left to bottle his bitter sufferings in silence.
And with that, Richard could only ask them to carry on whatever they were doing. He could perhaps later on drive his car to the 4S shop to fix the damages.
“Who do you think you are? Do you think that everything will be okay just because you say that it’s okay?”
“Those who don’t know any better would actually think that you are actually Mr. Crawford from
Mayberry Commercial Street. Let’s only talk about all these when you finally reach that point in life!”
“Exactly! If we leave right now, then this will definitely be treated as a hit-and-run case. Adding on to that, we’ll have to bear a very huge responsibility because this would be a case that costs so much money! How can you have no legal consciousness at all!”
A group of Mila’s cousins, aunts and uncles immediately began mocking Richard.
Irene grabbed this opportunity to add to the flames, “He is just a country bumpkin who does not know anything at all. So, how can you talk about legal consciousness with him?”
“Right okay, let’s not talk about him anymore. He can’t be of any help anyway. We might as well use all of our efforts to see if we can use any of our connections to resolve this matter instead.”
Rita glanced at Richard faintly before she fixed her attention back to the topic of the car.
“Rita is right. Since it has already happened, escaping is not a solution. Ah! If we really have no choice, then I will contact Mr. Logan from the Bureau of Commerce. Back then, your grandfather had a very close relationship with him. Perhaps, he might know the identity of this young man!”
The old lady replied.
Many people started whipping out their cell phones to call their own contacts.
Kenneth did not want to be outdone. He wanted to see if he could use his connections to find out more about the owner of the car.
Richard shook his head wryly.
If this continued, everyone would be placed in a very awkward situation.
Ugh!
Richard sighed before he took out his car key.
Beep! Beep!
Two beeps.
The lights started flashing.
“Ahh?”
All of them were taken aback.
They then saw Richard slowly walking forward.
He pressed a button again.
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