[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-legend-of-dragon-son-in-law":3,"chapter-legend-of-dragon-son-in-law-legend-of-dragon-son-in-law-chapter-985":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Legend of Dragon Son-in-law",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1749269,2236,"Chapter 984 - 984 984 Stepping over Heads","legend-of-dragon-son-in-law-chapter-985",985,"\u003Cp>Chapter 984: Chapter 984: Stepping over Heads Chapter 984: Chapter 984: Stepping over Heads By the time Terry Moore and Karen reached the grand hall of the Bronze Sparrow Platform, Julius Reed was already talking with the receptionist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aron Jackson was his employee, and the two shared a quite intimate relationship when in Gonzalez City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that Julius Reed was thoroughly familiar with the layout of the Bronze Sparrow Platform, as well as the trusted staff of Aron Jackson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person in charge of the reception was Rachel Pendleton, Mr.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aron Jackson’s private secretary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aron Jackson, you’ve returned so early today?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rachel Pendleton stood up and asked with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Aron Jackson was a boss in Gonzalez City, he never put on airs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was amiable and got along very well with the employees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have some matters to attend to today, so I came back early,” Julius Reed said with a smile, gesturing towards Terry Moore and Karen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These two are my friends from the capital; we plan to discuss some important business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anyone comes looking for me, you just tell them I’m not here, understand?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rachel Pendleton nodded, “Don’t worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I assure you, not a single person will get through.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Additionally, withdraw all bodyguards from the corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without orders, no one is allowed near,” Julius Reed said, nodding towards a line of people leading to the office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noam Martin, after impersonating Aron Jackson, worried about his own safety, had doubled the security forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, there were fewer than ten people on this route.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, there were more than twenty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And all of them were new faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rachel Pendleton was somewhat worried about Mr.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aron Jackson’s safety and hesitantly said, “If…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Execute the orders!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed’s voice was slightly cold, scaring Rachel Pendleton into quickly moving from the reception to relay orders to the bodyguards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ɴονǥο.сο\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Bronze Sparrow Platform, Rachel Pendleton held a very high status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just a few words, all the bodyguards withdrew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corridor became instantly empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed walked towards the office with long strides, nodding at Rachel Pendleton as he passed her by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he left, Rachel Pendleton quietly took out a walkie-talkie: “Get ready to move.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the three reached the office door, Julius Reed took out a key.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door was pushed open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside was a familiar layout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was evident that the master had changed quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aron Jackson always liked reading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bookshelves in the office were originally filled with classic literature and collections of poetry and essays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, they were stocked with all sorts of messy books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was even an unfinished thick book left open on the office desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, this was Noam Martin’s hobby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very different from Aron Jackson’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Noam Martin didn’t even get the chance to finish the book before he left this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting in the chair, Julius Reed closed the thick book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pushed the book aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes swept around and unexpectedly discovered a novel titled “The Dragon Lord’s Comeback” by Jesse River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The book was very popular recently, and Julius Reed had read it too, but because it was serialized, the daily updates were very drawling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply gave up on the book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interestingly, Noam Martin had the same hobby as him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The calligraphy on the walls had also been taken down and replaced with Noam Martin’s handwritten ‘Harmony Brings Wealth’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same room, the same layout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the feeling it gave was completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, what should we do now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Terry Moore didn’t stop looking around the room, tapping here and there, trying to find out if there were any secret mechanisms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before coming, Julius Reed had already discussed this matter with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the office was only so big.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless the person wasn’t in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Aron Jackson truly was here, how could he possibly not have been discovered?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need to rush,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed sat in the chair, scrutinizing everything around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been in this room more than once, and was very clear about its layout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no secret rooms or hidden compartments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the room was large, most of it was empty space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the over two-hundred-square-feet room, there was only a simple sofa, a desk, and a boss’s chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were bookshelves against the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The books on them had gathered a thin layer of dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, is it possible that Mr.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aron Jackson isn’t in this room?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karen looked around and decided it was impossible for anyone to be hidden here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no room to hide, nor was there a place to hide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It must be here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed stood up and lightly slid his finger across the desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Noam Martin staying here alone and not allowing the staff to clean already suggests there’s a problem with this room.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was dust on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Aron Jackson’s desk; it shouldn’t be this unclean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the dust where one’s hand would fall was obviously not as thick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, someone had sat here and unconsciously wiped the dust away with their sleeves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because the other areas hadn’t been touched, they seemed dirty and disordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the whole of Gonzalez City, no place could be safer than this office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bronze Sparrow Terrace was Mr.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aron Jackson’s stronghold, and this office was its core area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Noam Martin hid Aron Jackson somewhere else, they’d have to send someone to deliver water and food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would undoubtedly be very risky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those people were Mr.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aron Jackson’s employees; if anyone betrayed them, Noam Martin would be dead without a place to bury him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a secret!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Top-secret!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only person who could be delivering meals to Mr.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aron Jackson had to be Noam Martin himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, with the situation in Gonzalez City unpredictable and countless eyes on the local bosses,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noam Martin couldn’t possibly leave every day to bring food to Mr.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aron Jackson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The safest and simplest place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the Bronze Sparrow Terrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aron Jackson’s office, which no one could enter nor dared to enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never mind that the only key was carried with Noam Martin at all times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were dozens of bodyguards outside the door, and they were not pushovers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bronze Sparrow Terrace, as the headquarters, had hundreds of people stationed there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, indeed, there was no sign of Mr.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aron Jackson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Split up and search!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Terry Moore began walking along the wall, knocking constantly with every step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karen crouched on the floor, tapping away with her fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, the door was locked from the inside; otherwise, onlookers would definitely think the three were insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After five minutes, the two of them shrugged their shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I really don’t believe people can just vanish into thin air.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed sat back in the boss’s chair, but his eyes lingered on the “The Dragon Lord’s Comeback” on the desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The book was quite new, obviously bought not long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it had quite a bit of dust on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By rights, even if the room was dirty, it shouldn’t have dust in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked up and felt that the ceiling seemed decidedly lower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rachel, I’ve been thinking about redecorating my room; do you know any reliable renovation teams?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed picked up the phone and called Rachel Pendleton at the front desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Mr.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aron Jackson’s secretary, she would know best about these matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aron Jackson, what about the renovation team that worked on your false ceiling a few days ago?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You even personally complimented them, saying they did good work,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rachel Pendleton said on the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Okay, then it’s them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed hung up the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, did you find something?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his expression, Karen hurried over, “Where could this person be?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Above your head!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed’s eyes narrowed, and he leapt up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He punched the ceiling!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by a loud noise,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ceiling was instantly smashed open, leaving a gaping hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dust flew throughout the room, and the crystal chandelier also crashed to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius Reed exerted force with his right hand and gently climbed into the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he took out his phone and turned on the flashlight function.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the light came on, he saw, three meters away from him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aron Jackson was tied to a pillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mouth was sealed with tape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Locked in sight, Aron Jackson’s eyes were filled with anger.\u003C\u002Fp>",1421,"2026-06-06T17:05:08.258Z",1,"novelbin.me","68e7a954a7dc32457316a6a2de0aa9c7a466bf9691e47e65016fe2a983467a0d","legend-of-dragon-son-in-law-chapter-986","legend-of-dragon-son-in-law-chapter-984",2546,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flegend-of-dragon-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]