Yahiko sighed before he said apologetically, "Mr.
Wade, I hope that you will not hold it against me even i f I have offended you in any way in the past!"
Charlie was also very generous and accommodating, and he smiled slightly before he said, "Mr. Ito, you are being too polite. We can just forget about all of our misunderstandings in the past. You don’t need to mention it anymore." 1
The subtext of Charlie's words was actually; since we were going to just forget about our past misunderstanding, you should not mention the four and a half billion dollars anymore.
Although he was not short of money, he did not want t o take out money that was already in his own pocket just like that.
It was not that Charlie was interested in cheating Yahiko out of his money, but the main point was that even if he were to take out the money, he would not possibly give him back his money just because of a few words. 6
At the very least, he would be able to give Nanako this sum of money if she needed it in the future. 1
However, he would have to wait for Nanako to inherit the Ito family first.
Yahiko was also a very witty and intelligent person. S
o, when he heard this, he naturally knew what Charlie meant.
Four and a half billion US dollars was indeed a huge sum of money, but he would not try to take the money back from him since Charlie did not want to give it to him anyway. 3
After all, Charlie had saved his daughter’s life and healed her injuries completely. Charlie was already showing them great kindness and benevolence. 2
Otherwise, even if his daughter was not in danger, she would not be able to live without the wheelchair or the torture of her illness for the rest of her life.
Thus, Yahiko also consciously chose not to mention the four and a half billion US dollars anymore. At this time, he asked curiously, "Mr. Wade, how did you manage to save Nanako by chance?" 6
Charlie replied truthfully, "I was originally taking over Kobayashi Pharma's production line in Osaka. I heard that Miss Nanako was in Kyoto at this time. Since Kyoto is only forty minutes drive away from Kyoto, I decided to come and visit her. I truly did not expect that I would actually run into the ninjas from the Fujibayashi family who were attacking her at that time, and so, I decided to take action against them instead." 6
After he was done speaking, Charlie could not help but sigh as he said, "It was also purely a coincidence. I f I had arrived a little later, there would be nothing that I could have done, then."
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