Chapter 268: The Lancaster Group Is Jay’s, and Can Only Be Jay’s

Jane Lancaster lowered her gaze to the hand Timothy Lancaster was using to support her—the one that had just been wrapped in gauze.

’Such a deep gash... with a movement that big, it should have started bleeding through, right?’

’Okay, I believe it now. He really doesn’t feel any pain.’

Hearing this, Caleb Lowell found the whole thing utterly incredible.

’She’d hurt Timothy Lancaster just to test if he loved her instinctively and would unconditionally take her side?’

"Uncle Lancaster, be careful with your hand." Caleb Lowell reached out and pulled Jane Lancaster to her feet.

As if just then realizing it, Timothy Lancaster hissed softly. "So painful..."

Jane Lancaster looked up at her uncles. "My father is injured and needs to rest. If there’s nothing else, please see yourselves out."

The uncles knew they were in the wrong, but they weren’t willing to leave just like that.

Jane Lancaster raised her voice. "What, you’re not satisfied that I didn’t fall to my death just now? Do I have to pay for Third Brother’s life with my own before you’ll be happy?"

The uncles were furious. "Is that any way to speak to your elders?"

"You’ve harmed Julian, Alvin, and Adrian so terribly! This isn’t over!"

"Timothy Lancaster, stop being so foolish! This daughter of yours is a jinx! She caused her mother’s death at birth, jinxed her three brothers, and now she’s going to jinx you!"

"Because of her, The Lancaster Group first took a heavy hit from The Hughes Group’s attacks, and then she caused the stock to plummet and its market value to evaporate!"

"And you’re still protecting her? Do you want to go bankrupt again?"

Jane Lancaster was starting to understand why these uncles couldn’t stand the sight of her.

’So that’s how it is. And here I thought they were genuinely concerned for the peace of The Lancaster Family, feeling sorry that Julian and the others were suppressed and never enjoyed a father’s love.’

’Turns out, it was all about the stock they’re holding. The evaporated market value must really sting, huh?’

Caleb Lowell lowered his gaze slightly. Of course the uncles were pained by the plummeting stock, but at the same time, they were also speaking out against the injustice done to Julian Lancaster.

’Jane shouldn’t be questioning their motives at a time like this.’

"Jay, take my advice. Apologize to your uncles," he advised in a low voice.

"Then we’ll go bankrupt!" Suddenly, Timothy Lancaster’s roar drowned out his voice.

Caleb Lowell stared at Timothy Lancaster in astonishment, not understanding why he was suddenly so enraged.

The expression on Timothy Lancaster’s face was strange, a mix of pain and struggle. "The Lancaster Family went bankrupt years ago! All the assets were mortgaged! They’re gone!!"

Butler Forbes thought to himself, ’This is bad.’ He hadn’t expected Sir to lose control again at a time like this.

"Sir, please calm down! You mustn’t get angry!"

Timothy Lancaster’s eyes were bloodshot, his expression vicious. "The Lancaster Family of today belongs to Jay! Without Jay, would any of you be living so well? In your dreams!"

"The Lancaster Group belongs to Jay, and only to Jay! I emphasized this back when you all bought back in! How dare you burn your bridges now?"

The uncles were so scared they didn’t dare to breathe.

Timothy Lancaster swept everything off the coffee table. "Get out! If anyone dares to give Jay a hard time, don’t blame me for what happens next!"

Butler Forbes quickly tried to smooth things over. "Sir is just joking!"

The uncles: "..."

’Really? But the look on Timothy Lancaster’s face didn’t seem like he was joking at all. A closer look was even more terrifying.’

The main door opened again, and Jasper Sterling hurried inside.

He came bearing good news.

"They’ve identified the poison Adrian Lancaster was given. The doctors are already administering the antidote."

Butler Forbes’s face immediately lit up with joy. "Really? That’s wonderful! The Third Young Master is saved!"

Timothy Lancaster’s expression also calmed considerably. He closed his eyes and massaged his temples.

The uncles felt it was no longer appropriate to stay. They had arrived aggressively, thinking they had leverage over Jane Lancaster. But she was too cunning, and with Timothy Lancaster protecting his daughter, their attack felt like punching a wad of cotton.

"Forget it. If we keep arguing like this, it’ll just make us look like we’re the ones in the wrong."

The lead uncle flicked his sleeve, the others chimed in with agreement, and soon they all left.

Hearing that Adrian Lancaster was going to be fine, Caleb Lowell also breathed a sigh of relief.

"My apologies, I’ve made a fool of myself in front of you both. Jay, please entertain our two guests. I’m going upstairs to rest." Timothy Lancaster got up and went upstairs.

Butler Forbes wanted to help support him, but he was shrugged off.

Only after watching Timothy Lancaster’s back disappear into the elevator did Jane Lancaster pull back her gaze.

"Jay, you need to be more concerned about your father. Don’t let him get agitated like this again. He may not have been a good father to your brothers, but he absolutely is to you," Caleb Lowell suddenly said.

Jane Lancaster didn’t say anything, but Jasper Sterling smiled and asked, "How so?"

Seeing his humble and inquisitive expression, Caleb Lowell was willing to elaborate.

"Jay, when I was pursuing you, your father met with me in private."

Jane Lancaster looked up at him. "He met with you in private? What for?"

Butler Forbes sighed. He had been the one to handle the matter back then. "To vet your character, of course. To see if Young Master Lowell was worthy of you."

Back then, when Jane Lancaster said she had fallen for someone, Timothy Lancaster initially disapproved. He felt his daughter was too young, that the probability of meeting a bad person was high, and that there was no need to settle down so early.

But when he saw it was Caleb Lowell, he changed his mind. Because Caleb’s parents were both deceased, if Jane Lancaster married him, at least there would be no in-laws to answer to, and her life would be comfortable.

But even that wasn’t enough to put him completely at ease, despite Caleb Lowell himself possessing excellent and steady traits.

"Sir investigated many things about Young Master Lowell—his abilities, talents, character, and so on. The final test was how resolute his love for you was. He demanded that Young Master Lowell sign an agreement stating that upon marriage, all assets in his name would become yours alone..."

Butler Forbes paused there. After all, the two had broken off their engagement, so it was pointless to talk about it now.

But Caleb Lowell picked up the thread naturally. "I signed the agreement. Not only that, I also had a will drawn up, leaving all my assets to you—everything except my shares in The Lowell Group, including the Lowell family villa."

He paused. "Because Uncle Lancaster said he had also made a will, leaving all his assets to you, to give you absolute control over The Lancaster Group."

He had kept this a secret all this time, afraid it would create a rift between Jane Lancaster and her brothers.

’And yet, in her fight for power, Jane had still turned on Julian Lancaster and made him an enemy.’

’Of course, Caleb knew Jane wasn’t the one who had directly harmed Alvin and Adrian. But if she could foresee her brothers’ fates, why didn’t she do something to save them?’

’She might not have been the culprit, but the fact that she just let it happen was enough to show how heartless she was.’

Jane Lancaster’s expression was calm. "You don’t have to worry about what my father said back then. A will can always be changed."

Just as Caleb Lowell was about to say something, he was interrupted by Jasper Sterling.

"Pardon me, but I’m more curious about why Uncle Lancaster said that without ’Senior,’ The Lancaster Family wouldn’t be living so well today?" The young man smiled politely and humbly, as if completely unbothered by the past that Caleb Lowell had just mentioned.

Caleb Lowell came back to his senses. "Uncle Lancaster said that to me back then, too. That everything The Lancaster Family has today is because of Jay."

Butler Forbes’s smile was a bit awkward. "This... I’m not sure about that either."