Ch. 1901..1910

Life at the Top Chapter 1901

However, the Harbor City government had been generous enough to sell it to JW Company now without even disclosing the price. Evidently, the Harbor City government sincerely welcomed JW Company to invest in Harbor City.

As for the third article, that was even weirder.

By right, it should belong in the Harbor City government’s market administration. Why had it been included i

n the agreement?

Soon, the people of Harbor City understood why. A flurry of investigations started soon after the press conference.

Everyone in the real estate and rubber industry became subjected to thorough investigations.

The first to be investigated were those who had conducted sales with Fongroup, Atticus Group, and Hope Group not too

long ago. Investigations conducted by the Harbor City government revealed that in a large number of these property transactions had been sold illegally and at a price significant y lower than the market value. Thus, fines came one after the other.

Once they did that, and when connected t o the last article in the agreement, it painted a vivid picture of the Harbor City

government’s attitude on the matter. They were doing this to target Fongroup, Hope Group, and Atticus Group.

They were doing it in plain sight, without

even bothering to try and cover up their

tracks.

Most of Harbor City’s millionaires relied

heavily on real estate, so the Harbor City government’s investigations did not affect the market too greatly, as their

investigations were targeted at Hope Group and Fongroup. However, things were different when they turned to the

rubber industry, an industry that Atticus Group dominated. While the Harbor City government conducted thorough

investigations into Atticus Group’s illegal activities, they also brought to light prior restrictions on entering the rubber industry.

Countless people sensed a conspiracy behind the Harbor City government’s tough attitude.

Just then, Wendy made an appearance at Spencer Boyle’s home.

The Boyle family resided in a mansion on top of a mountain. Here, Wendy received a n enthusiastic welcome from all members of the Boyle family.

Everyone knew who stood behind this woman, and that person was also who the Harbor City people, had chosen to place their bets on. Thus, once Wendy arrived, the Boyle family gave her the best treatment possible and called for everyone who could make it to meet her.

Among them was the man who Wendy

had set her sights on, Spencer’s second

son-in-law, Zed Walters.

“The Boyle family holds a very special standing amidst Harbor City’s millionaires, You’re the leader in the

shipbuilding industry, but as the economy and market developed over the years, the shipbuilding industry has fallen into bad shape. Coupled with the increase in popularity of the real estate market, the Boyle family has become much less influential.

“However, we must never ignore the families who usually maintain a low profile and only showcase their powers during the most critical moments. They possess much more knowledge than your average millionaire.

“The strongest and most powerful ones in this family are not Stephen’s direct offspring, but his sons-in-law instead. Each one is more powerful than the one before.

“Wendy, when you meet them, you must establish a collaboration with their second son-in-law, who’s also in charge o f Nine Dragon Corporation. It’ll be much easier to carry out our plans if he works with us.”

When Wendy recalled what Jasper had told her before coming, she smiled at Mr. Boyle and Zed, who was standing beside him, as she said, “Mr. Boyle, Mr. Walters. The reason for my visit this time is that I’m hoping to utilize the piece of land at Sharp Promenade that I bought from the Harbor City government. We hope to work with the various shopping malls under Nine Dragon Corporation’s name and construct the largest and most luxurious shopping complex in the entirety of Terra. I’ve even come up with a name. It’ll be named Harbour Palace!”

Life at the Top Chapter 1902

The world-renowned Harbour Palace had once been the largest shopping complex i In all of Terra.

Most people had learned of its existence after the year 2010, but in reality, it had begun construction back in 1986, under

the lead of Nine Dragon Corporation.

However, at the start, it had just been several shopping malls which merged to form a shopping complex. Although large,

it had not achieved any actual scale-up. It had just been a concept that Nine Dragon Corporation came up with to

simplify their management and achieve uniformity in their products.

However, its fame was propelled in 2002 when Nine Dragon Corporation did an entire renovation and redesign of Harbour

Palace. After that, this massive shopping complex took advantage of Harbor City’s capitalist fame and instantly became

famous.

How famous did it become?

Harbour Palace raked in a shocking total o f 95 billion dollars just from rent alone. and Nine Dragon Corporation earned no less than 100 billion dollars every year from this one industry alone.

A shopping complex did not get its income purely from rent alone. They also earned revenue from things such as parking fees on the property grounds.

Who would suffer the most losses from Harbour Palace’s rise to prominence?

It would be Hope Group, which owned over 20 shopping malls in Harbour City.

Thus, what Jasper intended to do was to

drive the blade right into Hope Group’s

chest and cause them to suffer massive.

losses.

Mr. Boyle did not show any expression as he listened to Wendy speak. On the contrary, Zed was the first to raise his eyebrows.

Indeed, the Boyle family owned Nine

Dragon Corporation, but he had always been the one in charge of managing it, and he had done so pretty well too.

However, despite that, the industries under Nine Dragon Corporation’s management had always only performed mediocrely. Larger-sized ones had an advantageous edge, but it also meant the industries would be overly complex and cause them to struggle to survive with their mediocre earnings. Hence, he had no idea why Wendy, or perhaps Jasper, pointedly asked to work with Nine Dragon Corporation in constructing this shopping complex.

Wendy noticed the questioning looks on the Boyles’ faces and continued saying, ” We’ll take the land JW has just gotten and combine it with the shopping malls under Níne Dragon Corporation’s name.

Moreover, JW has plans to purchase over a hundred thousand square feet of the land and industries surrounding the property. When you put everything together, Harbour Palace will take up no less than 230 thousand square feet of land.

“Once the project is settled, we’ll not only

have the largest shopping complex in

Harbour City, but the largest shopping

complex in the entirety of Terra. Harbour City has a well-developed market with high costs of living. Various luxury brands across the world will be able to set up specialty stores here, so they won’t have t o worry about a lack of customers or supply of goods.”

Wendy gazed at the members of the Boyle

family, whose eyes were sparkling before

she smiled and asked, “Are you interested

in a project like this?”

Zed forced his racing heart to calm down a

s he gazed at Wendy with excitement in

his eyes. He had seen his vision come true

in Wendy’s blueprint just now.

The largest shopping complex in Terra. That was what he had always dreamed of!

“How much money will we have to invest? How will the ratio of the shares be divided?” Zed asked the most crucial questions.

Wendy replied, “The overall investment

will be no less than 80 billion Harbor

Dollars. As for the percentage of shares, that depends. Does the Boyle family have any cash to spare now?”

The Boyle family members blushed when

they heard that.

After what had happened in the past, the

Boyle and Law family had ended up just

like the other rich families. They had used

up the very last reserves of their fortune,

and the cash they had now was barely

enough to maintain operations in all their

industries. Although the companies under

their name were constantly earning

revenue, the amount was only enough to

defend themselves against lesser risks.

They did not have 80 billion Harbor

Dollars worth of spare cash to invest.

Without waiting for the Boyle family to

respond, Wendy said sincerely, “Both

Jasp and I have seen the sacrifices your

family made for JW Foundation. Thus, we

currently plan to shoulder all the financial

investments. The Boyle and Law family.

will invest using their surrounding

industries or plots of land. In terms of

shares, JW will take 40% while the Boyle

and Law family will take 30% each.”

Mr. Boyle and Zed exchanged looks with each other after she said that. They had no further comments.

“Jasper is truly virtuous. This is a huge

favor.”

Both Mr. Boyle and Zed had been in the

business industry for many years. They

could tell at a glance that once the project

was completed, they would be raking in

several billion dollar’s worth of earnings

every month. What JW was doing now by

giving away shares for nothing was

equivalent to giving away their money.

All they needed to do was locate several

industries that were nearby and rope

them into the mix.

No matter how you looked at it, they

would be making guaranteed earnings

without suffering any losses.

Wendy chuckled and said, “Jasper said

that he’s the one who’s indebted to

everyone in Harbor City. JW’s main

reason for joining Harbor City this time is

mainly to work against the alliance

formed by the three families, and the

second reason is to set up a scenario.

where everyone can earn money

together.”

“Alright, we agree to this collaboration!”

After gaining approval from Mr. Boye, Zed

spoke in a pleased tone.

“In that case, let’s wish for a pleasant

collaboration in advance.”

“It will be pleasant for sure. Hahaha!”

Several hours later, JW Company

announced this business plan to the

public.

Harbor City’s business circle immediately

went into an uproar.

The three shareholders in this business

project included the Boyle family and the

Law family, both of whom were Harbor

City’s most well-established big shots. As

for the third shareholder, it was the up

and-coming JW Company.

It was an alliance between three strong

parties. Everyone could tell that this

project would be a massive success as the

three shareholders invested their assets

into it.

Thus, it had a massive impact on Harbor

City’s commercial real estate.

Harbor City had a well-developed economy, but the size of the available land was limited. Everyone could tell that adding such a massive shopping complex t o a place where there were already plenty o f shopping malls would cause a massive impact on the other shopping malls.

Those who paid attention to the details.

immediately directed their focus onto Hope Group.

After all, Hope Group used to own the

largest number of shopping malls in Harbor City.

It was obvious that this project was aimed

to work against Hope Group.

Harbor City’s stock market was still closed because it was still a rest day. However, as a stream of both good and bad news arrived, not even the most experienced investors could guess how Harbor City’s stock market would look like when it opened again.

All everyone could do now was wait.

The news soon reached New York, United States.

Three people sat in the study of Joe’s mansion. The atmosphere was tense and boarding.

Kennedy slammed his fist onto the table with a loud thump. He had a dark expression on his face as he said, ” Everything Jasper Laine did shows that he’s trying to take our places!”

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Sawyer had a brooding expression on his face. Although he was not saying anything, he felt a deep surge of

annoyance within himself too.

Joe was the only one who was still calm. “Calm down. The situation is what it is now, and there’s no point in us going off i

na huff. We might as well think of ways to resolve the problem.” Sawyer felt even more infuriated when he heard what Joe said…

He could not stop himself from looking at Joe.

The old fox had sold his industries in Harbor City to the other two families to pay for his collaboration. As such, he had

sold off most of his domestic assets except for his telecommunication company.

Thus, this meant that Joe Langdon and Fongroup had suffered the least losses after everything JW had done in Harbor

City. Sawyer could not help but wonder if the old fox had long since guessed this would

happen. “How about we seize the chance to retract our contracts to short sell stocks in Harbor City?” Sawyer cleared his mind of his frenzied thoughts and made a suggestion.

The atmosphere in the study grew even

tenser when he said that.

Kennedy said slowly, “We were sure that the news of our joint venture would cause a massive drop in Harbor City stocks, so we raised a large sum of money to short sell our stocks in Harbor City. However, it seems that Jasper saw through our plans.” When Kennedy finished speaking, he turned to Joe and said, “We still have time to withdraw now. The stock market isn’t open yet, so the order we submitted has not been finalized. If we wait for the stock market to open, it’ll be too late.”

Joe furrowed his eyebrows together

slightly as he said, “We’ve spent so much

time prepping to short sell, and we’ve

sacrificed a lot for it too. If we give up now, not only will our previous efforts all go to waste, but do you two think that Jasper will stop whatever he’s doing in Harbor City now just because we give up o In shorting them?”

Both Sawyer and Kennedy fell silent when they heard that question.

They were forced to admit that at this point, there was no stopping the alliance between them versus the alliance between Jasper and the Harbor City big wigs. Giving up would not result in peace but in even further suppression.

They could no longer afford to lose.

“The problem now doesn’t just lay in Hope Group and their real estate industry, as the Atticus family’s rubber industry. has been impacted too. Do you know how many rubber-related companies were established in Harbor City just one hour after the Harbor City government announced they were lowering the criteria to enter the rubber industry? 78! A whole 7 8!”

The more Sawyer spoke, the angrier he

became. He was nearly roaring as he said,

“The rubber industry used to not be something that anyone or any company could work in. The Atticus family called the shots in Harbor City. There wouldn’t b e anyone who dared work in the rubber industry without gaining our approval first!

“But look what’s happening now. All sorts of people are dabbling in the business now, and even worse, a third of the upstream and downstream companies that used to work with the Atticus family have gone ahead and registered themselves as an import company for rubber!

“There are also people hiding in the shadows and purposely lowering the price of rubber. As they lower the rubber prices, they use that money to locate suppliers who used to work with the Atticus family and tempt them with the higher fees to give up their partnership with the Atticus family and work with them instead!

“I’m willing to bet that that scumbag son of a b*tch Jasper Laine came up with these tricks. He’s the only person who would be this shameless!”

The corners of Kennedy’s mouth twitched as he listened to Sawyer rage.

In terms of being shameless, it seemed that the three of them were no better either.

“Everyone suffered losses. It’s not just the Atticus family. What’s the point in being so angry?” Joe asked with a frown o In his face.

Life at the Top Chapter 1904

Sawyer said indignantly, “But I didn’t hear you mention that we would run into a situation like this before our collaboration.”

That managed to aggravate Joe, and the latter replied without hesitation, “Are you a rookie who just started doing business? Or have you lost your mind just because you’ve run into problems?

“Don’t you know what sort of person Jasper Laine is? We were bound to face his revenge once we begin this work, and we should have thought of what he would do a long time ago. If you can’t withstand even this, we should abandon the alliance.”

Joe spoke with so much conviction that the color of Sawyer’s face alternated, between green and white as he found himself in an incredibly awkward position.

Sawyer did not want to offend Joe at such a critical time. He repeatedly glanced at Kennedy, motioning for him to say something and extract him from the awkward position he was in.

However, Kennedy pretended not to

notice as he took his cup and took several

languid sips from it.

As time passed, the only sound that came

from the study was the sounds of

Kennedy drinking. The look on Sawyer’s

face also gradually grew even uglier.

Just then, someone knocked at the door.

Sawyer heaved a sigh of relief. No matter

who was on the other side of the door,

this would at least allow him to extricate

himself from the awkward position.

“Come in.”

Joe spoke calmly. Kayden and Fabian

walked in after that.

After they paid their respects, Sawyer

asked them, “What are you guys doing

here?”

Kayden and Fabian exchanged glances

before saying, “We know things aren’t

going too well over at Harbor City now

and that a lot of things are going on.

We’ve been brainstorming, and we

managed to come up with a plan that will help us tide over the storm for now. It won’t resolve the problem’s root cause, but it’s enough to mess up Jasper’s plans. We might even be able to identify a chink i n his armor once he’s flustered.

All three people’s eyes lit up when they

heard that.

Both Kayden and Fabian were among the best of the best in the younger generation of Harbor City businessmen. The elders might genuinely be able to gain a new perspective that they could expand on by listening to their ideas.

“Let’s hear it,” Joe said.

Kayden glanced at Fabian and motioned

for him to speak, allowing Fabian the

chance to shine.

Fabian took an excited breath. His eyes

glinted murderously as he said, ” Everything JW has done at Harbor City so far has indeed impacted us massively. In particular, the stream of announcements they just made all include plans that will stimulate a rise in Harbor City stocks.

“If we allow them to succeed, our plans

will all be ruined when the Harbor City

stock market reopens on Monday.”

Kennedy frowned slightly and said, “We

all know that. You don’t have to repeat

yourself. Get to the point.”

Fabian paused for a while before saying, ” Alright, I’ll get to the point.

“There’s actually a loophole this time,

and that is the fact that it was not Jasper

Laine who represented JW this time but

Wendy Schuler instead.”

Fabian narrowed his eyes slightly and smirked as he said, “She’s a woman. There are so many ways we can deal with her. For example, we could contact some associations in Harbor City and plan a kidnapping. If that happens, everything J W has done so far will backfire.”

“Panic will infiltrate society, and Harbor City stocks are bound to plummet. Most importantly, Wendy Schuler is one of the women who’ve been with Jasper since the start. Her position in JW is irreplaceable. Would Jasper have the heart to do anything else if something happened to her?”

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All three older men frowned when they heard Fabian’s suggestion.

Kennedy spoke again. He sounded slightly worried as he said, “But that’s against the rules.”

His son had a rare chance to shine, so Sawyer would defend him no matter what.

He replied, “Rules? If you want to talk about rules, we’re breaking tons of rules by forging an alliance and planning to

short the Harbor City market. Would this even be a big deal to us?

“We’ll do anything to win. Any plan that leads us to victory is good. Would real men consider rules?”

Sawyer sounded like he was boasting, but i It was the truth.

“No one in Harbor City is better than the Law family when it comes to contacting gangs. After all, Old Master Law made his first fortune by smuggling firearms. Are you sure this will work?” Joe turned towards Fabian and asked.

“It’ll definitely work!”

Fabian answered with confidence.

He said, “The Law family has always treated Jasper as their son-in-law. Anna would replace Wendy if anything

happened to her. Who knows, the Law family might even be praying for Wendy to vanish from the picture too.”

“No.”

Joe shook his head slightly, an image of a n old man’s face that was tanned and thin but at the same time emanated a majestic aura that unnerved people flashing through his mind. “Old Master Law is not such a narrow-minded person. He looks a t the big picture before he does anything.” “Dad.”

Kayden spoke. “We don’t have any other choice now. It is the best plan we have. It shouldn’t be too big of an issue as long as we’re careful.

“All we need to do is kidnap her and spread the news to incite panic. If we manage to drag it on until Monday when

the stock market reopens, prices will fall like an avalanche. By the time they regain their senses, we’ll have collected the

money and scrammed.”

Both Kennedy and Sawyer nodded their heads after listening to Kayden’s explanation.

Thus, Joe said, “Alright, then we’ll do as previously agreed. We’ll have a democratic voting process whenever we need to make important decisions as a group. Raise your hands if you’re in favor of Kayden and Fabian’s plan.”

Joe had just finished speaking when

Sawyer and Kennedy both raised their

hands.

Thus, Joe raised his hand slowly too as he said, “Alright, we’ll proceed with the plan!”

“Everything’s going smoothly. The big wigs are all very polite and cooperative. Our plan is proceeding at an even faster rate than I anticipated.”

Wendy sat in her presidential suite on the top floor of The Westin, located near Victoria Harbour, as she spoke to Jasper o n the phone.

It was both so they could spend time with

each other as well as discuss work-related

matters.

Jasper’s voice rang out from the other end

of the line. “That’s good. Joe and the

other two are doing so much with such

fanfare just so they can suppress Harbor

City’s economy and then use that as a way

to curry favor with the people of the

United States.

“I’m betting their final target is still on

Harbor City stocks. If not, they would

have had no reason to make everything

public so quickly and with so much

fanfare. Thus, we must proceed with our

plans even quicker and cause even more o

f a ruckus.

“As long as we stimulate the economy

enough, Harbor City’s stocks will not be

impacted so much by all these negative

news when the stock market reopens on

Monday.

“The domestic market is unstable too,

and there’s a high chance it’ll continue

plummeting when the stock market

reopens on Monday. There’s not much left that I can do in the United States stock market, so we must ensure that the Harbor City stocks maintain a stronghold and don’t run into trouble. The big wigs in Harbor City can’t afford to be thrown into. another storm again.

Wendy nodded as she listened to Jasper speak and said, “Alright, alright. I got it. I’ll take care of it.”

“Make sure you stay safe too. After all, Harbor City is not in mainland,” Jasper said as he chuckled.

“But don’t worry. After all, you have the

Law family in Harbor City. No one there

would dare lay a finger on them.”

Wendy raised an eyebrow as she said, ” The Law family? I heard that Anna is back in Harbor City.”

Jasper, who was currently in Nauritius, felt the expression on his face stiffen slightly,

“How did you know…” Jasper tried his best to make himself sound less sheepish.

“I saw you answer a phone call before I

left. Did you think I couldn’t tell from that

delighted expression on your face? You

were so loud that I could hear you from

the next room. Were you still trying to

keep it a secret from me?” Wendy asked

sarcastically.

Seemingly sensing Jasper’s awkwardness

from the other end of the line, Wendy said

exasperatedly, “Fine, fine. I’m not going t

o talk to you about this anymore. I’m

going to go take a shower.”

Jasper felt a trickle of dread wash over

him as he listened to the dial tone.

Anna had indeed returned to Harbor City,

but it was for no other reason than the

fact that Zachary Law would be

celebrating his 55th birthday soon. No

matter what, Anna would have to return i

n advance for that.

Wendy was also in Harbor City…

That was dangerous.

The more Jasper thought about it, the less

at ease he felt. Thus, he called Henry, who

had also returned to Harbor City a while ago.

Jasper frowned when he heard the loud

music blasting from the other end of the

line.

“It’s still light out, but you’ve already

started messing around?”

When Henry, who was busy drinking and

having fun with two young models, heard

Jasper’s voice and chuckled. “I lived life

like a monk when I was working with you.

Of course, I had to have some fun after

returning to my world of sensual

pleasures. What orders do you have for m

e, Mr. Laine?”

Jasper massaged his aching head and

said, “Anna is back in Harbor City, and

Wendy will also be there to take care of

some matters for several days. I’m afraid

they’ll bump into each other, so you need t

o keep an eye on them for me. You must

ensure that they’ll never be in a situation

where they might r inunto each other. Call

me if anything happens.”

“Hiss”

Henry gasped and said, “You want me to

spy on my little sister? I don’t think my

skills are a match for hers,”

“No one asked you to spy on her. You just need to keep an eye on her and make sure they don’t meet each other. Everything else will be fine so long as that doesn’t happen.

“I’m counting on you for this, so don’t

mess up!”

Jasper hung up the phone after he finished speaking.

Henry pursed his lips and tossed his phone aside, spreading his arms wide to pull the two young models towards him as he said to his friends, “See, this is exactly why I don’t want to get married or get a girlfriend. Why would I give up the entire forest for one tree?

“Men become leashed dogs once they get married or have plans to get married. They have zero freedom.”

As Henry spoke, he pinched the young girl’s cheeks and laughed as she whined. ” Isn’t this life amazing?”

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Wendy planned to continue work after taking a shower.

After all, she had not traveled to Harbor City for a vacation. They had signed on various collaboration projects that she needed to keep an eye on herself.

Moreover, she needed to pick out areas that were unsuitable or unreasonable as soon as possible so they could be taken care of, as it would be harder to deal with them if they waited until they actually started working on the project.

Just then, her phone began ringing.

Wendy had initially decided against answering the phone as it was from an unknown number but then she decided to answer because she noticed it was a number from Harbor City and was worried it was from one of their partners.

“Hello. Wendy Schuler speaking.”

The other end of the line went silent momentarily before a woman’s melodious voice rang out.

“Anna Law speaking.”

Wendy raised her eyebrows.

In an instant, despite having been exposed to all sorts of scenarios in the past, she still felt panic and confusion wash over her.

She had never imagined Anna would have the guts to contact her of her own accord.

At the end of the day, Wendy had a higher standing, as she was Jasper’s actual girlfriend and fiancé.

Was Anna taking the initiative to contact

her and provoke her because she had the

advantage of being on her home turf?

Wendy’s rage rose when she thought of that.

No matter how weak and gentle a woman usually seemed, she would rise to be stronger than anyone else when defending her relationship and her children.

Despite this, Wendy had never been a weak-natured woman.

“This is a surprising phone call.”

Anna chuckled when she heard what Wendy said. “You visited the Boyle family. My house isn’t that far away from their house, why didn’t you come to visit me too?”

Wendy replied calmly, “The reason I did not go is not that I’m afraid of you or anyone else. Instead, it’s because Jasper will be in charge of the collaboration with the Law family, and I will not be involved i n any way. Thus, I didn’t see the need to disrupt your daily lives.”

“You’ve already arrived at Harbor City. As host, I must make sure you are entertained adequately. Are you interested in gazing over the night view at Victoria Harbor?”

Wendy had no reason to turn down Anna’s invitation, and there was no way she would do that.

If she did, she would lose the upper hand and appear as if she were afraid of Anna.

“What’s the address?”

“I’ll text you.

The two women hung up the phone after that.

An address soon appeared in Wendy’s inbox.

Wendy stood and got changed after glancing at the address.

About ten minutes later, an MPV quietly

exited The Westin’s basement.

At the same time, several young men dressed in floral shirts squatting on the opposite end of the street immediately snuffed out their cigarettes when they noticed this. They began making phone calls as they clambered into their car to give chase.

“Mr. Phoenix, the lady has left!”

A normal -looking Toyota followed the MPV as it drove along the street. About seven to eight minutes later, two more vehicles pulled out from a fork in the road. One of those vehicles was a van.

The cars began surrounding the vehicles

instinctively.

Finally, when the MPV pulled onto a sparsely populated side road, all the cars revved their engines and forced the MPV t o stop on the roadside.

A strong-looking young man dressed in a jacket and with tattoos all over his arm pulled the van’s door open as he strutted over to the MPV, grinning as he knocked o n the window.

Wendy rolled the window down and stared woodenly at the heavily tattooed guy.

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“Wow, gorgeous,”

The man’s drool nearly dribbled out of his mouth when he got his first look at Wendy.

However, soon after, his features twisted themselves together into a creepy expression as he raised his arm and

revealed the pistol he held. He pointed the muzzle against Wendy’s head and grinned as he said, “Hey gorgeous. I bet

you don’t want to die when you’re so rich and good-looking, right? So, put your phone down.”

Wendy quietly set her phone aside. She was still cool as a cucumber despite having a gun to her head.

“I don’t care who sent you, or what you want to do. I can give you ten times the amount you were initially paid, and I

promise I won’t have you pursued.”

Wendy had already realized she was in trouble when the car was forced to pull over, and when the tattooed man pulled

out his

gun, she knew that things were rapidly approaching a situation which she had no control over.

The first thing she did was think about. who had sent them.

Her first suspect was Anna. After all, Anna had invited her on a night out, and no one else before this knew she would be out at this hour. Moreover, Anna had a motive. for doing so.

However, Wendy soon ruled out Anna as a suspect.

For no reason other than the fact that a woman Jasper fancied would not be so dumb.

Besides, Anna’s background and haughtiness would never have allowed her to use such crass methods.

Anna might have been a suspect, but there was no way she was actually the one behind this.

Unless she dared to completely ruin her

relationship with Jasper. Wendy was confident in how important

she was to Jasper.

A greedy look glinted in the tattooed man’s eyes as he said, “Ten times the price? I might never be able to spend that much money in my whole life.”

Wendy asked cooly, “What do you think you should do to me to ensure you’re still alive to receive whatever benefits the person who hired you will give you?”

The tattooed man chuckled and said, ” Alright gorgeous. Stop stalling My name’s Phoenix. You can call me Phoenix or Mr. Phoenix, either one works. I would like to get to know you. Please come with me.

“Don’t worry, I won’t do much to someone of your social standing. But that’s only if you work with me. If not, I can’t promise I won’t do anything unkind, alright?”

Mr. Phoenix spoke in a polite tone throughout this, but his gun never moved away from Wendy’s head once.

fost as he finished speaking, his wrist shuddered slightly as he shifted his pistol and aimed it at the driver’s seat. He pulled the trigger…

Bang!

The gunshot reverberated throughout the

night air.

Despite how mentally strong Wendy was,

she could not help but shudder as she sat i

n the car.

She glanced at the driver, whose eyes were tightly shut as his body was drenched with blood and his breathing weakened. She did not say anything about how the driver had nothing to do with all this, because she knew it was a pointless thing to do.

“Sorry, gorgeous. You must be scared, right? But I had no choice. We would have been in a lot of trouble if your driver called the police, so I had to take care of him.”

As Wendy gazed at the frosty look in Mr. Phoenix’s eyes despite the grin on his face, she did not say much more as she immediately opened the door.

“I can come with you, but you should prepare yourselves to pay for what you’ve done.”

Mr. Phoenix felt a wave of shame wash over him as he gazed at Wendy, who had not panicked and remained calm despite the situation she was in.

After all, he was a gangster who seemed impressive on the surface. He had young girls at his beckon who would smile and flatter him, but these women were no match for a woman like Wendy.

It was possible they were not even the

same species. Wendy probably thought someone like

him was equivalent to trash, right?

When those thoughts occurred to Mr. Phoenix, the grin disappeared from his face as he pointed at the van and said, ” Get in. My brothers will take you to a secret place.”

After watching Wendy get into the van, M r. Phoenix took Wendy’s phone out from the MPV and stomped on it, making sure i It was crushed before he turned and got into the van.

The vehicles vanished even more quickly than they had appeared. Soon, only the MPV with its open doors were left at the Scene.

 

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Time slowly ticked past. The coffee grew. cold and was exchanged for a fresh cup as Anna spent over an hour waiting at an open-air cafe at Victoria Harbor.

“Could she be too afraid to come?”

The thought occurred to Anna, but she soon dismissed it.

She had never met Wendy before, and Wendy had always kept a low profile as she spent all her time at JW Company.

However, based on the brief exchange they had on the phone just now, Anna could tell that Wendy was no ordinary

woman.

There was no way she was too afraid to come.

After a moment’s hesitation, Anna picked her phone up again and made another call to Wendy.

However, she received a notification that the number was unavailable. That made Anna feel even more uneasy.

After hanging up, Anna made another phone call.

“Help me find out if Wendy Schuler, president of JW Company, left her residence at The Westin this evening.

Also, get me her current location.”

Her call was returned about ten minutes

later. The expression on Anna’s face turned uglier and uglier after she answered it. “The car was abandoned on the roadside, the driver was shot and is in a coma, and Wendy is missing!?

“It’s the year 2001 now. Harbor City is no longer the gangster-run city it once was, but something like this could still

happen!? “Look into it! Launch an investigation immediately! Harbor City will fall into shambles if anything happens to Wendy Schuler!”.

Anna was in a rage as she hung up the phone, a rare feeling of panic washing over her.

She could not imagine what would happen If Jasper found out Wendy was in trouble. Jasper might seem gentle and docile on the outside, but in reality, a ferocious wolf was slumbering within the man’s spirit. When she thought of that, Anna immediately called Henry. However.., no one answered the phone despite her making three separate calls.

The expression on Anna’s face grew even uglier.

Finally, when she learned of Henry’s whereabouts from the family bodyguard, she immediately sped over in her car.

T3 Ravers was one of the most high-end bars in Harbor City now, and it was where countless rich heirs congregated.

The bar owned a parking lot that could hold up to 50 cars at a time. In Harbor City, where land was one of the most expensive things to own, this showed just now unordinary the owner of the bar was.

Each parking spot was reserved for a particular license plate. Those who

weren’t rich heirs would have no way of parking their cars there.

However, that night, a Maserati pulled up right in front of the bar’s entrance, giving the employee working there a huge shock.

Before he could say anything, Anna pushed the Maserati’s door open and got out.

“Hey, you can’t park here. Move!”

The employees here had seen all sorts of rich heirs before, and a Maserati was one o f the most commonly seen things around. Thus, they did not bother being polite.

Anna could not be bothered with his waffle and asked, “Which room is Henry Law in?”

The employee seemed momentarily

stunned before he said, “Who the f*ck are

you? Do you know what this place is? You

Before he could finish, Anna interrupted

him and said, “My name is Anna Law. I’m

Henry Law’s younger sister. My father is

Zachary Law. Is that enough for you!?”

The employee got a huge shock and felt their scalp go numb from fright.

“Mr… Mr. Law is in Bijou Hall…”

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Anna walked right in without waiting for the employee to apologize.

After making her way through the noisy dance floor and seated areas, Anna arrived at Bijou Hall, where she raised a

foot and kicked the door open. A loud crash ensued as the light from the corridor spilled into the dimmed room.

Several young men dancing with the girls were just about to begin yelling at her, but they fell silent upon seeing Anna standing

at the door.

Henry was also stunned.

“Holy sh*t, what are you doing here!?”

Henry lifted his head off the girl’s chest and stared at Anna as he asked in disbelief.

Anna saw the smudges of lipstick on Henry’s face and also noticed how disheveled the girl beside him looked. She

felt so angry that she wanted to slap him.

While gritting her teeth, Anna said, “Kick

out these trashy women, and your garbage

….Never mind, let them stay. They might be useful.”

Although Henry had no idea why Anna was speaking so seriously and why she t was so angry, he still waved his arms at the girls present and said, “Alright, alright. That’s it for tonight. You should leave.”

The girl who had been sitting next to him was just minutes away from getting a tip. and she said stubbornly, “Come on Mr. Law. Who’s this woman? Why should wer leave just because she said so? She can join us if she wants to…”

The girl had not finished speaking before Henry slapped her across the face. Henry jabbed a finger at the stunned girl and shouted, “B*tch, didn’t you hear me

tell you to leave? I’ll rip you to shreds if you don’t leave now, got it!?” Tears glistened in the girl’s eyes as she scurried away in terror.

The other young men hurriedly made the

girls next to them leave when they witnessed that.

In an instant, the room fell silent. The only people left inside were several young men, who looked like young children in trouble as they stood in a line in front of Anna.

Anna could not be bothered to lecture Henry right now. Instead, she said, ” Don’t blame me for coming here and ruining your fun. If you want someone to blame, you can blame Jasper Laine.”

Henry was stunned. He thought Anna had

already found out that Jasper had asked

him to keep an eye on her.

However, he had no idea how. He had not

even begun carrying out the task, so how

could Anna know of this unless she could

predict the future?

“Haha, what does this have to do with

him?” Henry asked as he smirked.

Anna said cooly, “I came looking for you

because Wendy Schuler has been

kidnapped.”

“Wendy… what!?”

Henry leaped into the air, and his eyes widened as he roared in disbelief.

“I invited her out for a chat tonight, but

she got kidnapped while she was on the way to meet me. We have no idea who the other party is, what their motive is, and whether or not Wendy is even still alive now. The only person left on the scene was the driver. He’s having emergency surgery now because he was shot.”

Anna glanced at Henry and said, “You should know what will happen if he learns about this.”

Henry went numb.

Utterly numb.

At the same time, he became furious.

“Stupid idiots, they could have jumped into the sea if they’re sick and tired of living. Why do they have to drag so many others along with them into their mess!? F *ck their whole families! I’ll skin them alive when we find them!”

“There’s no point in saying such things

now. We need to find them first.”

Anna said irritably, “Do you have any contacts in the gangs? They’re the best at finding people, and I have a feeling that the gangs already have something to do with this. There’s no way a righteous person would utilize such tactics.

“Try and contact everyone you can in the gangs. And get your friends here to do something too. They spend their days messing around, so I bet they’re waiting for a chance to suck up to you. Here’s a chance for them to do so. Let’s see if they can find any clues.”

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Anna managed to pull Henry out of his blind rage and help him regain some of his sanity.

Teeth gritted, Henry turned to the men beside him and said, “Everyone, you’ve heard just what happened. Perhaps some o

f you here have no idea who Wendy Schuler is, but if you go home and ask your dads, you’ll know that she’s a

woman who must be kept safe at all costs! “So, contact everyone you know, and poke your nose in as many places as you can.

You have to find her even if it means turning all of Harbor City upside down!” The young men exchanged glances before

saying in unison, “Don’t worry, Mr. Law. We will give it our all.” Everyone had areas where they excelled..

These young men would be fumbling blindly in the dark if you told them to finalize business deals and draft contracts.

However, everyone was put on earth for a purpose. In terms of merrymaking and using unscrupulous methods, these young men would be unstoppable if they decided to put their powers together.

Thus, when Henry told his friends to take action, it was like casting a wide net out into the open sea.

For now, they had no idea of its efficacy, but they knew that the news spread at and alarmingly fast rate.

The gangs in Harbor City that had since faded from the spotlight and made the switch to more respectable professions began receiving news that a major figure i n Harbor City was in search of someone.

At the same time, after a moment’s

hesitation, Anna decided to call Jasper. There was no way she could keep something like this a secret from Jasper,

and it would not be right for her to do so

either.

Anna knew what she should do when it came to a major matter of principles like these.

Jasper was bidding farewell to Mr. McNeal when he received Anna’s call.

Mr. McNeal was a busy man who had plenty to take care of every day. It was an unstable time in politics now, and it had already been a great feat for him to take the time and travel to Waterhoof City to attend the economic forum. Naturally, he needed to return to Swallow Capital immediately now that the economic forum had come to a close.

When Jasper felt the vibrations coming

from his phone, he glanced at the caller ID

and smirked.

He had a feeling that Anna was going to

satirize him because she knew that Wendy

was in Harbor City.

There would be no shortage of sarcasm.

Jasper felt a headache coming when he

thought of Anna’s unparalleled eloquence.

“Why, Mr. Laine, is there a phone call

you’re afraid to answer?” Mr. McNeal laughed when he saw the

troubled expression on Jasper’s face.

Jasper chuckled bitterly and said to Mr. McNeal, “It’s a rather important call. Please give me a minute, Mr. McNeal. I’ll take care of this quickly.”

No matter what, he had to talk to Anna if she was calling. However, Jasper could not just give Mr. McNeal the cold shoulder, which is why he immediately explained.

Mr. McNeal was an understanding person, and he waved a hand dismissively as he said, “Take all the time you need.”

Jasper pressed the answer button. He had already come up with a defense plan for Anna’s incoming attacks. He would first tell her a bunch of nonsense and then escape by using Mr. McNeal’s presence as an excuse.

However, the smile vanished from Jasper’s face as he listened to what Anna said.

More than ten seconds passed, and Jasper had not said anything yet. However, the tips of his fingers began turning white as hi e tightened his grip on his phone.

Mr. McNeal was a smart man who had good observational skills.

Although he had not been taking detailed notes on Jasper, he could still tell that the person on the other end of the line had brought bad news when he saw Jasper. showing such intense and abnormal reactions.

However, Mr. McNeal had no idea what had happened until Jasper hung up the phone.

Soon, Jasper spoke.

“Please help me do two things.”