Chapter 1669 Bargaining Chip
“Daddy, Skyler, what are you two doing here?” Sally asked.
“Return home with me, Sally!” Steven ordered.
“To do what? Daddy, did something happen?”
“That’s right! Your mother isn’t feeling too well right now. You should go back and visit her,” he lied.
Sally thought for a while and realized it had indeed been a while since she last met her mother, so she nodded. “Okay. I’ll go back with you.”
Davin shot a quick look at Kyle, hoping he could prevent Sally’s departure. After all, if she went back with Steven right away, it was possible that he wouldn’t let her come back so easily.
He might even treat her as a bargaining chip.
Therefore, she must not leave with Steven no matter what.
Sadly, Kyle didn’t really understand what Davin meant. It seemed reasonable to him that Sally should be allowed to return to visit her mother. He couldn’t see the issue.
Seeing how Kyle stayed silent, Davin spoke up. “Your wife’s pregnant right now, Kyle, and she’s bearing a child of the Seet family. You shouldn’t let her go back. Besides, if Sally wants to meet her mother, you can just pick her up and drop her here! After all, Imperial Garden is so big that she can stay however long she wants to spend time with her daughter.”
Kyle, still not getting the situation, looked at Sally and thought that he should respect her decision on the matter.
Sally thought for a while and said, “I think it’s too much trouble to get my mom here. Besides, my mom has been uncomfortable with interacting with people these few years, so it’ll be better if I visit her.”
“I’ll accompany you then—”
“No! Her mother only wants to see her!” Steven cut Kyle’s sentence off with a stern voice.
It was apparent that he wasn’t opening the matter up for negotiations.
“That’s right! Our mother only wants to see her and her alone!” Skyler insisted as well.
Sally could tell something was up, so she said, “Kyle, I don’t think you should follow me. I can go back by myself.”
“Okay, then. I’ll pick you up when you want to come back.”
“Okay.”
Steven proceeded to take Sally away in a foul mood.
Davin sighed heavily and stared at Kyle seriously. “Can I ask you a few questions, Kyle?”
“Go ahead, Uncle Davin.”
“How long can you bear being separated from Sally?”
Kyle furrowed his eyebrows, not understanding what his uncle was asking.
“I’ll be more direct, then. How long can you bear not seeing her at all? I know you two are still madly in love with each other, so do you think you can take it if you can’t see her for more than a year?”
Kyle thought Davin was exaggerating. After all, from his perspective, Sally was only going back to meet her mother. He didn’t understand why Davin was suggesting they wouldn’t be meeting each other again until at least a year later.
Sensing his confusion, Davin turned to Juan. “You want to explain the situation to him?”
“Explain what?”
“Explain what I just meant by that! You stole Steven’s chip, and he came here to get it back. When he failed to do so, he took his daughter away in anger! So, tell me, do you think he’s going to give his daughter back easily? He’s definitely going to use her as a bargaining chip!”
A dark look flashed past Kyle’s eyes. So that’s what’s going on.
He promptly turned to Evan. “Daddy, the chip—”
Juan interrupted, “Kyle, we must admit that the existence of the chip is a threat to the Seet family. We only want to conduct research and find a way to make an even better chip on this foundation we’ve obtained to protect ourselves. At the same time, it also acts as a deterrent against Steven. Otherwise, Imperial Garden might just get blown up one night while we’re sleeping, and we wouldn’t even know how we die.”
“That’s right. Just because we aren’t under a direct threat right now doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be prepared. The Seet family needs to have a deterrent to protect ourselves.”
“I remember, but there’s no need to make an even more powerful explosive chip. We only need to create something to suppress the chip so it won’t work.”
Juan and Davin stared at each other before the latter cleared his throat and said, “Kyle, I know you’re Steven’s son-in-law right now, but there’s no need to be so considerate of them. Are you worried that your dad will create an even more powerful chip to attack them?”
