Overprotected By My Tsundere CEO-Chapter 658 - 402: Master Pedro: After All, My Net Worth Is Only a Mere Ten Billion

Chapter 658: Chapter 402: Master Pedro: After All, My Net Worth Is Only a Mere Ten Billion

"I promise I won’t say much."

Understanding Nora Scott’s underlying meaning, Thomas Langley gave his assurance without a second thought.

Right now, the market price for Master Sliver’s works is being hyped up too high. If someone finds out that Nora has quite a few of them, they’ll definitely show up at her door, bringing certain troubles.

Although—

Thomas vaguely suspected there was something fishy.

Why does Nora have so many of these mechanisms?

But, looking at the three mechanism works with Master Sliver’s signature on the table, Thomas decided to keep his intelligence in check, willfully letting himself be bought off, without asking another question.

After speaking, Thomas moved closer to Pedro Langley, rolled up his sleeves, and asked, "Pedro, am I your brother?"

"Depends on the situation."

Pedro glanced at him coldly.

"..."

Thomas was at a loss for words. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Businessmen are indeed only concerned with benefits; those who build from scratch are no match for those who inherit family businesses.

After a few seconds of silence, Pedro lifted his eyelids slightly and asked, "What do you want?"

Thomas instantly smiled, "Move over, let me sit with my sister-in-law for a while."

"No way."

Pedro shifted his gaze, too lazy to bother with him.

"Then we’ll just have to meet privately," Thomas chuckled softly.

Meeting privately, Nora would definitely agree.

This woman has quite a few hobbies, among which making friends is one. Except in winter, when it’s hard to get her, during other times, as long as you entice her with something interesting, she could go anywhere, not just domestically, but worldwide.

In this regard, Thomas and Nora are alike; the two of them definitely get along well.

Pedro glanced at Lucas Langley.

Helplessly, Lucas had to make space, allowing Thomas to sit next to Nora.

It was originally supposed to be a slow process from strangers to acquaintances, but due to shared interests, Thomas and Nora got familiar within a few minutes. Before long, Lucas and Pedro were left aside. The brothers silently exchanged glances, contemplating how much dirt they had on Thomas and whether they should occasionally leak some to Loughton.

*

The meal was quite enjoyable.

When Thomas left, he was still somewhat reluctant, insisting to Nora that he would personally deliver the Blood Jade in a couple of days, finally being dragged away by Lucas Langley.

"Brotherly love and familial harmony. You, the young master of a wealthy family, have no interest in competing for the family fortune?"

Seated in Pedro Langley’s car, Nora playfully teased.

"... Dull and boring."

Pedro responded smoothly.

Nora burst into laughter.

Driving out of the parking lot, Pedro smirked and asked, "Envious of having brothers?"

"Not lacking."

Pedro: "..."

Forgot you had a habit of calling everyone you meet brother or sister.

"How did you three brothers end up with such different personalities?" Nora was quite curious.

"Big brother was raised as the heir from a young age, personally groomed by Dad and treated more strictly."

"The heir?" Nora was momentarily stunned, "Is your family a financial conglomerate?"

"..."

Pedro didn’t answer, chuckled lightly, and continued the previous topic, "Second brother was raised mostly by Loughton, given a relaxed education, cherishing freedom and passion."

Resting her chin in her hand, Nora was intrigued, raised her eyebrow, and asked, "What about you?"

Pedro replied, "I spent more time with grandma."

"Madam Langley?"

"Mm."

"Speaking of—" Nora suddenly recalled something, "Loxley calls you ’Master Pedro’, but your brothers ’Young Master’ and ’Second Shaw’."

Pedro explained, "He worked with grandma as a youth, picked up some traits from the martial world. I hung out with them a lot, so he got used to calling me that. For big brother and second brother, it’s the usual aristocratic family norm, hence the ’Master’ addresses."

"He once told me he used to stand by Madam Langley’s side competing in the martial world." Nora commented leisurely, then suspiciously asked, "Your grandma seems to be very knowledgeable; what did she do before?"

"Business."

"Huh?"

"In those days, business."

Pedro emphasized the word ’those days’, Nora paused slightly, then suddenly understood.

After chatting with Pedro for a moment, Nora received a call from Boss Alex, instructing Nora to take some time out for online duties every day; there are some documents that need her review and approval. Furthermore, there are two meetings she must attend personally, which will involve direct communication with the intelligence bureau and are quite formal.

Bothered by these duties, Nora ended the call.

"A life of toil."

Opening the armrest box, Nora pinched her brow, found an eye mask, and planned to take a nap.

Pedro adjusted the car’s air conditioner to a slightly higher temperature.

But, just as Nora put on the eye mask, she suddenly remembered something, pushed it up, grabbed her phone, and squinted while logging into the Biel Hall internal app.

Fenton City, Langley Residence.

What to search?

[Marsh Langley].

As soon as Nora tapped ’search’, a flood of information popped up. The data was split into two sections: one part was information you can find online, not much, just some well-known enterprises with a broad scope. But, seeing the other part...

Nora nearly went blind from looking.

Quite some time later, Nora rubbed her nose with a finger, and with a touch of surprise, raised an eyebrow at Pedro, "Your family really is a financial conglomerate, huh?"

Pedro curved his lips into a smile, "You could say that."

Family enterprise, hidden billionaires.

Controlling economic lifelines in multiple regions.

Impressive.

If not for the Biel Hall intelligence network, Nora could never have found this information just by searching the internet. The Langley family conducts themselves with utmost discretion, never showy, and as a family business, rarely appears on the billionaire rankings, occasionally making the list under individual names.

Pedro Langley is one of them.

—He’s the type of self-made business elite detached from the family enterprise.

Nora asked, "So who’s clinging to whom now?"

"I’m clinging to you."

"Hm?"

Pedro replied leisurely, "After all, I am a self-made man with barely a billion-dollar net worth."

"..."

Nora’s mouth twitched.

If Pedro weren’t driving, Nora would have given him a good beating.

—Truly infuriating enough to deserve a thrashing.

After all, she’s struggling as an impoverished figurehead who needs to sell properties to save a company.