Chapter 2244: Bounty
Chapter 2244: Bounty
Editor: Atlas Studios
“Ahem. Tell me, what’s the matter?” Qiao Mei said in a serious tone.
“Don’t ask about the matters in Sky City anymore. Also, don’t come to Sky City for the time being. I’ll keep you updated,” Xia Zhe said seriously.
“Is it very serious? I hope Daniel and the others won’t cause trouble for you!” Qiao Mei asked with a frown.
“It’s alright, I can handle it,” Xia Zhe said.
“By the way, I forgot to tell you something given the urgency of the situation then. I had left a surprise for Daniel and the others!” Qiao Mei said.
When Qiao Mei was staying in Alan’s house, she had secretly attached her superpower to the plants. Other than Alan’s study, which had no windows, she could check out all the other rooms clearly. It was as if she had surveillance cameras installed in every room.
Although it appeared that Alan and Daniel doted on Jessica and it was as if she had the final say in the family, the reality was that she was constantly being suppressed. Daniel often treated her coldly and was even quite nasty verbally. Alan tended to ignore her and would not respond even when she greeted him.
Most of the family servants were hired later and they all took instructions from Daniel. Under his influence, these servants were also not nice to Jessica. They would still do chores like laundry and cleaning for her, but when it was time for meals, they would deliberately leave her out and cause her to offend Daniel.
The only person who was nicest to Jessica was an old woman who served her, Linda. It was said that Linda was the maid of Jessica’s mother. The two older women had grown up together and were as close as sisters, so Linda had long treated Jessica like her own daughter.
The situation in Alan’s house was not as harmonious as it seemed on the surface. There were many unspeakable secrets in the dark.
Qiao Mei and Xia Zhe definitely would not be able to hide the fact that they had broken into the basement and destroyed the surveillance cameras and power supply there. In order to divert Alan’s attention, Qiao Mei had quietly left behind Jessica’s earrings on the floor, so that Jessica would get the blame for most of it.
“You clever girl, then why didn’t you clear me of suspicions as well?” Xia Zhe asked dotingly.
“Alan is not a fool! There were only Alan’s relatives around on the day of the banquet and they definitely know what Alan’s family is doing in private. You’re the most suspicious one! I will only be able to clear you of any suspicions if Alan and the others are out of their minds!” Qiao Mei said.
“I know. Leave this matter to me. Thank you,” Xia Zhe said.
“I’m only doing this so that they won’t suspect me! Don’t read too much into it! Hmph!” Qiao Mei said smugly.
Xia Zhe knew that Qiao Mei meant the opposite of what she said. He asked her a few questions about the children and the two of them whispered sweet nothings to each other for a long time before hanging up the phone.
Qiao Mei packed her luggage and prepared to bring the children back to the capital tomorrow. She could not stay in Country M anymore. Other than having a reunion with Xia Zhe, her main purpose for coming here this time was to bring back some foreign currency. It was too overwhelming for Xia Zhe to send back all the foreign currency on his own.
Their home country had already liberalized many policies. An ordinary person could bring back 50,000 dollars in foreign currency. A person like Qiao Mei, who had overseas investments and also had help from the government in secret, could bring back at least 800,000 dollars in foreign currency. This was all done via funds transfer.
It was rainy in Sky City recently. Daniel had arranged for many thugs to go and cause trouble for Xia Zhe, deliberately causing various kinds of accidents. Sometimes it was a car accident, sometimes it was a chaotic fight. Daniel even offered a bounty of 100,000 dollars to anyone who could bring Xia Zhe to him alive.
Everyone only knew that Xia Zhe was a stowaway and thought that he was just smart and not really good at fighting. They did not expect that after a week, no one had succeeded in the task and the bounty had increased from 100,000 dollars to 600,000 dollars.
“Young Master… Our people are all dead… and we still haven’t succeeded…” a bodyguard stood in front of Daniel and said fearfully.
“How many people does he have?” Daniel asked.
“It’s just… just… just him…” The bodyguard’s voice became softer and softer as he spoke, afraid that he would anger Daniel and lose his life.
When Daniel heard the answer, he picked up the crystal ashtray on the coffee table and smashed it hard on the floor as he shouted, “Trash! What do I pay you for! What a bunch of trash! How many people have died in the past week! More than 20 of our fighters are actually dead! And he’s still unharmed!”
“I’m sorry, Young Master!” the bodyguards said as they knelt on the floor.
“What’s the use of being sorry! Feeding a dog is better than feeding all of you! You might as well die!” Daniel said agitatedly.
At this moment, the door to Alan’s house opened. Alan sat in a wheelchair as the butler pushed him in. Daniel put a lid on his bad temper and said respectfully to Alan, “Dad, you’re back.”