Son-In-Law Gets an Upgrade
Chapter 553

Chapter 553 Crushed Pride

When Haruko saw that Alex was finally fighting her normally, her lips curved into a sneer. She likewise took a step forward and gathered her energy into her palm before punching it toward his approaching palm.

She ranked first among the Masters in Jetroina, and her Mortal Force was exceedingly strong, even more so than that of the average Master.

Because of that, she had zero doubt that she could shatter Alex's arm in a single blow and send him flying a few meters away.

But in the next moment, her heart abruptly lurched when her palm was an inch away from his.

A sense of danger suddenly surged within her. She wanted to withdraw her hand and dodge, but it was already too late.

An immense force burst forth from Alex's palm, so strong that it could shatter her palm.

Snap!

A crisp sound of bone breaking rang out, followed by a shrill shrick from Haruko. Then, her entire body went flying backward. "Haruko!" Takeshi cried out at the top of his lungs even as he raced in Haruko's direction.

Unfortunately, he was still a step too late. Haruko's body flew right past him and fell to the ground five meters away with a thud.

Spurt!

Haruko coughed out a mouthful of blood, her face as pale as a sheet.

She lifted her eyes and swung them at Alex, who was a few meters away. Her gaze brimmed with murder and shock.

Considering the fact that she ranked first among the Masters and was even dubbed Jetroina's Cardinal Amazon in the whole of Jetroina, she had her own pride.

On that particular day, however, she was actually wounded by a young lad who was a nobody in a second- tier city in Eurasia.

That had a tumult of emotions brewing within her with no signs of settling anytime soon. Her pride had been smashed to smithereens with just a single blow from a young Eurasian lad. "Are you hurt, Haruko?" Takeshi questioned frantically, concern written all over his face. Haruko shook her head, for she didn't sustain any severe physical injuries. To a martial artist of her caliber, such paltry injury was nothing.

On the contrary, she found it difficult to reconcile herself to the scar left from her crushed pride. That was a reality she couldn't accept.

"It had been three moves, and you couldn't even withstand a single move. Hence, you lost, yes?" Alex took

a few steps forward and stopped beside Haruko.

"I don't have that much money on me, nor can I come up with that sum right now," Haruko muttered.

It wasn't that she wanted to go back on her words, but ten billion was an astronomical sum to her family and wasn't a decision she could make arbitrarily.

In fact, she had no say in whether to pay him that amount of money.

"It's okay. You can write me an IOU," Alex replied magnanimously.

At that, both Takeshi and Haruko gaped at him blankly. They couldn't quite believe that he was that casygoing.

Does he really think that he can get the ten billion from the Tokugawa family?

Of course, such generosity was the outcome they both yearned to see most.

Well, writing an IOU is no problem at all. All we want to do right now is to get away from here as soon as possible!

Takeshi got a pen and paper before writing an IOU of ten billion on behalf of his sister, Haruko. After that, Alex allowed them to leave.

Everyone knew that he couldn't possibly get the money.

Since it was the Tokugawa family, he could only have them write an IOU. Despite that, they were all aware that he could never collect the money from the Tokugawa family.

Even if they were in his shoes, they wouldn't dare demand the money.

Meanwhile, Stuart didn't dare ask Haruko for the hundred million back when he saw that she had been defeated by Alex. Stealing a peek at the man, he furtively slipped into the crowd upon seeing that Alex wasn't paying much attention to him.

At that very moment, a hand suddenly pressed down on his shoulder, and a devil-like voice rang out beside his ear.

"How could you leave when our grievances have yet to be resolved?"

When Stuart heard that voice, his expression changed drastically. He almost passed out right then and there.