Ch. 1921..1930
Life at the Top Chapter 1921
After the three major triads left, Jasper let out a sigh. Then, he turned around and smiled at Zachary. “Uncle Law, sorry for the trouble this time.”
Zachary waved his hand and smiled, “You shouldn’t talk about this with me.
“It’s getting late, Jasper. You and your people should stay here tonight. I think that with such an intensive search, there should be news tomorrow. We will talk about it when the time comes.”
After Zachary finished speaking, he went
upstairs to rest.
“You have been busy all day too. Aren’t you going to rest?” Jasper looked at Anna and asked.
“I’m really jealous of Wendy.”
They were the only ones left and Anna finally let herself go. She sat on the sofa with a light hum, looked at Jasper, and said, “Look how anxious you are. You are even more worried than when you’re in trouble yourself.”
“I owe too much to her.”
After Jasper said this, he saw that Anna’s eyes became more dangerous. Then, he immediately replied, “I was a littleconfused, but it’s certainly the same for m e whether it is you or her.”
“Is it?”
Anna asked with a chuckle.
Jasper was speechless.
These kinds of sweet nothings from a scumbag obviously would not work on Anna.
“Okay, I didn’t even ask you to do
anything. Why are you so nervous?”
Anna said lightly, “If I didn’t ask her out this time, the kidnappers wouldn’t have such a good chance to take action on her. S o, I think it has something to do with me, otherwise, I won’t even bother about that. woman’s life.”
On the other side.
After the heads of the three major triads.
left the villa, they looked at each other but did not say anything. Then, they got into
their respective cars and left.
Although the three major triads were doing good now and they were not fighting for territory as they did in thepast, Harbor City was so small and the competitive pressure on the good side was not much less than that of the bad side.
Since the place was so small, thecompetition between industries was tightand cruel. Hence, even the three majororganizations still had some friction untilnow.
At this moment, everyone had takenadvantage of the task, and naturally, itwas time to get back to work.
In Jimmy’s car, Jimmy gave orders to hisconfidant.
“Go back and ask the boys in the triad tofigure out a way to find those people. Thebranch leader will be in charge of this. Iwill reward whoever can provide me anyclues 1 million bucks.”
At this time, his confidant answeredcautiously, “Boss, that mainlander is tooarrogant. The ones we met before werenever so arrogant.
Jimmy glanced at his confidant faintlyand said, “You can be arrogant too if youhave money.
“Whether a person can be arrogantdepends not on where they come from,but on how much money they have andhow powerful they are. If the driverJohnny has tens of billions in wealth, doyou think I’ll dare to ask him to drive forme? I’ll be dying to drive for him, do youunderstand?”
In the other car, Chuck said somethingsimilar to Jimmy,
“Boss, Phoenix seems to be one of ours…”
The confidant’s words made Chuck
dumbfounded.
He turned his head and looked at hisconfidant with extremely cold eyes. Hiswords seemed to come out through thegaps of his teeth.
“Tell me. Tell me everything and don’tmiss a single word!”
The confidant shuddered with fright andanswered hurriedly, “Boss, you know, Icame out of Troy Town, Phoenix used to live on the same street as me. While I was i n charge of parking, he was in charge of collecting protection fees from the three nightclubs over there.
“Later, the boss he was under fled. Since then, he took a few people to make a living in Won Area. Although they’re under our name, there was basically no contact, so not many people knew him.”
The corners of Chuck’s mouth twitched as he slapped his thigh. He roared, “Turn around right away and go back to see Jasper!”
Jasper did not expect Chuck to turn back s o soon.
As soon as he finished telling Jasper the situation, Anna who was sitting next to Jasper received a message from the police.
They found Phoenix!
These simultaneously delivered pieces of good news refreshed Jasper.
“Does Phoenix have any relatives?” Jasper asked, looking up at the confidant who was following Chuck with scorching eyes.
After thinking about this, he replied, “I
heard he has a younger brother who is
still studying.”
“Bring him to me!”
This time, Chuck spoke directly without
Jasper giving out his orders.
After giving Chuck a look of approval, Jasper stood up and said, “Let’s go. We’ll g o where they are hiding and pick Wendy u P.
When Jasper walked out of the villa, he
realized that the sky was already bright.
“How long has it been since the
kidnapping case?” Jasper asked Anna next
to him.
“About 9 hours.”
After nodding, Jasper lowered his head and got into the car.
An hour and a half later, South Island.
Not only did Jasper arrive, Chuck also hurriedly asked his men to bring Phoenix’s younger brother over. There were about seven or eight people here right now.
The Harbor City police were even more
over the top. From the operations team tothe anti-triad group to the Flying Tigers,serious police officers with liveammunition and members of theoperation team were all gathered here. Allof them looked as if they were facing ahuge enemy.
Here, Jasper also met Chief Barrow, the
chief of the police force.
“Thanks for your hard work, Chief
Barrow.”
Jasper gave enough respect and courtesy t
o the chief of the police force.
After all, this was a man of real power.Moreover, this time it was the police whofound Wendy first, so he naturally had totreat him politely.
Chief Barrow smiled and shook handswith Jasper. He said, “Now the location ofthe kidnapper is basically determined, butthe police are still setting up the strategy.The situation will dictate whether weforcibly enter the premises or negotiatewith the kidnapper, but in any case, theprimary purpose is to protect the hostages.
These words came from Chief Barrow’s
heart.
This kidnapping case was completelydifferent from an ordinary kidnappingcase. No one cared whether the kidnapperwas dead or alive, but the most importantthing was that the hostage must be safe.
Otherwise, Chief Barrow would be
unwilling to bear the consequences.
“Chief Barrow, my friend brought the
younger brother of the kidnapper
Phoenix.”
Jasper’s words made a strange expression
form on Chief Barrow’s face.
When he turned his head and saw thatJasper’s so-called friend was Chuck, thehead of the Fourteen Club, Chief Barrowwas a little bit dumbfounded.
As the chief of the police force, he was.very familiar with the heads of these largetriads in Harbor City.
Even before the handover, Harbor City’s
triad and Harbor City police forcecooperated to keep each other in check.
However, after the handover, this weird
situation had long since ended.
Furthermore, the triad had long lost the qualification to negotiate terms with the police force.
“So, what are you going to do now, Mr.
Laine?”
Jasper said, “I plan to go up and take a look myself.”
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Chief Barrow immediately refused after Jasper said that.
“No, it’s too dangerous,”
Chief Barrow said, “We can be certain that the kidnapper has a gun with him. If something happens to you, theconsequences will be severe.”
Chief Barrow was right. If Jasper went up and died there, Chief Barrow would be finished.
He was not acquainted with Jasper, so he did not really care about Jasper’s life or death, but what he cared about was that if Jasper died unexpectedly, his career would be over.
“I thought about it. It’s okay, they haven’t discovered the police yet. If they do, it’ll be easy to drive them to desperate actions.I’ll go with my bodyguard so he can protect me. In addition to this, I have a hostage with me too.”
Jasper pointed to a ten-and-a-half-year old boy who was cowering not far away. He said softly, “It’s not appropriate for thepolice to do this kind of thing, right?”
Chief Barrow smiled wryly.
Indeed, the police could not use the kidnapper’s relatives to threaten the kidnapper, otherwise, if word about thisgot out, he was as good as dead.
After seeing Jasper’s resolute attitude, Chief Barrow thought about it and said, ” You can try, but you must wear abulletproof vest.”
Jasper did not refuse Chief Barrow’s kindness.
Chief Barrow immediately asked his men to bring two bulletproof vests, one for Jasper and one for Julian.
Jasper did not mind, but Julian was a littledissatisfied.
The heavy bulletproof vest would affect his movements. If he was required to take action, it would be bad to get draggeddown by the bulletproof vest.
“Put it on. You can’t defeat a bullet no
matter how strong you are.”
Jasper persuaded Julian to put on the bulletproof vest.
At this moment, Anna also came over.
“Henry is almost here.”
Anna did not say anything to stop him.She knew it was inappropriate for her to say those kinds of things at this time and place.
She was not those brainless female leads in television shows. She knew when not tosay or do something.
“Ask him to wait for me here once hearrives.”
Jasper put on the bulletproof vest and saidto Anna, “I’m going.’
Anna pursed her lips slightly, nodded, andsaid, “Be careful. Your life is worth morethan those of the kidnappers.”
Jasper chuckled and nodded. Then, hetook Julian, who was holding Phoenix’syounger brother with one hand, andwalked into the targeted residentialbuilding without looking back.
According to intelligence, the kidnapperswere on the third floor. If they were notwrong, Wendy was locked in a room on The moment Jasper walked up to the second floor, he heard an alert voice in the darkness.
“Who’s there?”
“We’re here to see Mr. Phoenix,” Jasper answered lightly.
The person who had spoken before was obviously surprised. He subconsciously yelled and then the lights in the corridor were turned on.
Phoenix was standing at the top of the stairs on the third floor, and with a glance saw Julian holding his brother behind Jasper.
“Bro!”
When the boy saw Phoenix, his incomparable fear and panic finally erupted, and he cried out with a sob.
“Lil bro, why are you here?”
Phoenix exclaimed. Then, he stared at Jasper firmly and shouted, “Who are you?”
“You kidnapped my person and you’re asking who I am?” Jasper asked.
Phoenix was taken aback for a moment. Then, his face turned pale.
He never expected to be found so quickly.
“Are you curious how I could find you in such a short time and also how I brought your brother here?” Jasper continued to ask.
Phoenix’s face turned dark and then pale. The panic in his heart made him speechless.
“I spent 250 million to find you.”
After Jasper said that, the sound of sharp
inhales could be heard around Phoenix.
Their eyes were wide and their faces full o f disbelief.
For them, using ten thousand Somer Dollars as a unit of measurement was already impressive. A hundred million? They would not even dare to dream about s o much money.
“The weight of a 1000 Harbor Dollars is 1.3 grams, while 2.5 billion Harbor Dollars is 325 kilograms. I can kill you people twice over if I throw so much money at you.”
Jasper narrowed his eyes and looked at
Phoenix.
“So, are you waiting for me to kill you
with money or are you going to let my
person go?”
After Jasper said that, everyone looked at
Phoenix.
“Mr. Phoenix, no one knows if that punk i s telling the truth or not. Don’t let him fool you,” someone whispered.
Phoenix shook his head heavily.
His men did not know anything, and they did not even know how much pressure the outside world was put on to search for them. However, Phoenix understood that since Jasper could find him so quickly, what he said must be true.
More importantly, his brother was in
Jasper’s hands.
Jasper seemed to see through what
Phoenix was thinking and he said, “You
will definitely lose if you fight with me. What else do you have besides your worthless life?
“And what I am showing to you now is the younger brother of Phoenix. There is also a group of my people out there right now. I f you don’t cooperate with me, then I guarantee you that no one will walk out of this alive. Most importantly, the consequences will be more severe than that.”
Jasper narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the group of kidnappers. He continued, “What the police can do is to kill you one by one, or arrest you to put you behind bars, but what I can do is to utterly destroy all chances of you, your family, and all your relatives and friends ever surviving in this society.
“Someone will follow them 24 hours a day. They will follow them to go to the bathroom, to sleep, and even when they’re eating. As long as they are related t o you, they will be followed. Then, it will b e announced to everyone they know that their relative or friend is a thug.
“They will lose their jobs, their neighbors, their friends, and eventually, everything. I only need to spend a few million dollars to do this.”
Every time Jasper said something, the faces of these kidnappers turned paler.
No one came to this world from a rock.. Even if their parents died when they were young, they would still have some relatives and friends.
They might not care about the opinions of their relatives and friends, but once Jasper did this, they would not be able to survive i n this society.
This was even worse than murdering their entire family.
Mr. Phoenix’s body trembled, and his eyes looked terrified but sinister. He stared at Jasper and screamed, “What the hell do you want?”
“I told you, let my person go.”.
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There was absolutely no possibility of compromise after Jasper said that.
Mr. Phoenix’s expression changed for a while. If he originally had the authority to negotiate terms with Jasper, after lookingat his brother that was taken as hostage, he knew that the other party had already predicted every move he would make.
“I-I was just hired to do this. Please don’t make things hard for me,” Mr. Phoenix said in pain.
“I knew you wouldn’t have the guts to do this by yourself. I won’t split hairs with you, I will only target the people behindyou.”
Jasper promised, but soon, he continued,But the condition of this promise is that my person is not injured.”
“That’s for sure.”۱۱
Mr. Phoenix was so thankful that he was kind to Wendy this whole time and did noteven touch her with his fingers.
Inexorably, he felt that his caution and vigilance had saved his life.
“She’s in the room. You can go in,” Mr. Phoenix said. “Mr. Phoenix, what if he goes back on his
promise after this?”
Phoenix’s subordinates were frightened b y what Jasper said just now. Therefore, they quickly asked when they saw that Phoenix had compromised.
“Go back on my promise? I don’t have the time for that.”
Jasper said as he walked towards the third
floor with Julian.
“Wait, give me back my brother,”
Phoenix said.
“Julian, return the boy to him,” Jasper ordered.
Julian nodded, flicked his hand, and sent the boy who was struggling in his grip to Phoenix.
Phoenix hugged his younger brother. Then, he looked at Jasper and asked, “Are you not afraid that I will fight you to death?”.
“You are not qualified to do so.”
After Jasper finished speaking, he turnedhis head and left.
Julian, who was following behind Jasper, paused when he passed Phoenix.
Suddenly, he raised his hand.
This unwarranted action frightened Phoenix and the others. They subconsciously assumed a defensivestance like someone who was easily frightened. Phoenix even took out the gun that was attached to his waistband.
However, in the next second, they sawthat Julian was just propping his hand onthe wall and he did not mean to hit them at all.
When Phoenix was still in shock, Julian
had already followed Jasper upstairs.
Only then did Phoenix notice the deeppalm print on the wall…
This scene was even more horrifying than the most bizarre movie they had ever seen, and it almost scared the livingdaylights out of these people. “M-Mr. Phoenix.”
One of Phoenix’s men cautiously walked t o him. He stared in the direction in which Jasper and Julian were leaving and said in a low voice, “We might all be killed once that pretty girl returns to him. These rich people are the most despicable and shameless in the world. Talk is cheap.
Won’t it be easy for them to kill us after?”
“What do you mean?”
Phoenix, who was in a state of confusion, was completely at a loss. He glanced at his men and asked.
The man gritted his teeth and pointed to the gun in Phoenix’s hand. He said, “That guy was obviously threatening us by doing that. Now, we still have guns in our hands, in for a penny, in for a pound, we should just kill them all. Otherwise, when they leave, we won’t be able to get close to them even if we wanted to retaliate. Besides, we might even be killed by his people on the road.
“How much effort do those rich and powerful bigwigs need to kill us? It’s just like crushing an ant to them.”
After he said that, Phoenix looked as if he was struggling internally. His eyes kept glancing at the gun in his hand, and then i In the direction in which Jasper and Julian had left. He felt that this choice was extremely difficult.
By this time, Jasper kicked open the door of Wendy’s room.
The sound of the door being kicked openimmediately awakened Wendy, who wasresting her eyes. She quivered like afrightened rabbit, but when she openedher eyes and saw Jasper striding in, shewas so surprised and excited that shecovered her mouth and dared not sayanything.
She was afraid that this was just a dreamafter she had fallen asleep.
She was in disbelief until Jasper squatted in front of her, cupped her face with bothhands, and asked softly, “Did they bullyyou?”
Those words made Wendy finally believethat this was reality and not a dream.Jasper had found her.
The composure and calmness that she faked quickly fell apart. Wendy hugged Jasper tightly and said through her tears, “I was almost scared to death!”
Jasper hugged Wendy the same way, feeling the trembling body in his arms. Then, Jasper finally took a deep breath. He felt very thankful, but at the same time, h e felt scared as he blamed himself.
He blamed himself because he neglected Wendy’s safety.
He was feeling thankful and scared because thankfully, Wendy was fine.
Otherwise, he did not know what he would do.
“It’s good that you’re fine. It’s good that you’re fine.”
Jasper kept repeating, constantly comforting Wendy in his arms.
It took a few minutes for Wendy to control her emotions. With red eyes, she asked Jasper, “How did you find me?”
“It’s nothing. I just turned over Harbor City.”
Jasper’s understatement touched Wendy.
There was no need for Jasper to say anything, she knew that Jasper had to be anxious.
And she knew he must have done a lot of things.
Otherwise, how could Jasper, who was still in Waterhoof City before, appear in front of her more than ten hours after she was kidnapped?
“Let’s go back first.’
Jasper stood up and said as he held Wendy’s hand.
At this time, he held Wendy’s hand tightly, not wanting to let go for even a minute.
People were like this. When the most precious person was always by your side, you would not necessarily notice or care about it, but when you almost lost them, you would cherish them a lot.
As soon as he walked out of the door, Jasper saw Phoenix’s gang standing motionless outside the door in front of him.
Jasper slightly narrowed his eyes and glanced at the gun that Phoenix was holding tightly in his hand. Then, he silently pulled Wendy behind him to protect her before he asked, “What’s wrong? Did you get a new idea?”
Although Phoenix told himself countless times that because he had a gun in his hand, he should not be afraid, when he stood in front of Jasper again, the overwhelming pressure washed over him and Phoenix still could not stop the fear from escaping from his bones.
“M-Me and the boys need a guarantee. A guarantee that you will not retaliate against us!” Phoenix mustered up his courage and said through gritted teeth.
He knew that without a guarantee, he would really be on the chopping board after the incident. He would have no way t o air his grievance even after he was killed.
“A guarantee? You even have the guts to ask me for a guarantee?”
Jasper burst out laughing from anger.
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“How dare to ask me for a guarantee, you worthless piece of sh*t!”
After Jasper finished speaking, he lifted
his leg and kicked Phoenix in the stomach.
A burning rage had been building in Jasper’s heart this whole time ever since h e first received the news.
It was just that Wendy had not been found yet. Hence, when he was facing the three major triads of Chief Barrow, he was forced to restrain the devil that was begging to escape from his heart.
At this moment, they had found Wendy, while these thugs that were used by others were in front of him. Hence, Jasper could no longer contain the raging anger and hostility in his heart.
Usually, he would fight his enemies with sneaky methods and use his brain to come up with tactics to deal with them, but right now, Jasper did not mind using violence to yent his anger on these scum i n front of him that almost caused harm to Wendy.
As for the gun in the opponent’s hand?
With Julian by his side, Jasper did not think that these thugs would threaten him with guns.
Sure enough, everyone including Wendy was stunned by this kick.
Phoenix screamed and fell back. Before he had time to fall to the ground, Julian beside Jasper was like a ghost in the night as he raised his hand to grab Phoenix’s wrist.
Before they even realized, they saw Phoenix scream again as if he had been electrocuted. Then, the gun in his hand fell to the ground.
After picking up Phoenix like a chicken and stepping on the gun under his feet, Julian’s extremely cold eyes scanned across everyone present. He wanted to make sure there was only one gun at the scene.
Sure enough, the other men just watched all this with trepidation. No one dared to pull out their guns anymore.
The enraged Jasper displayed his
dexterity and slapped Phoenix continuously with three to four heavy slaps until Phoenix looked almost unrecognizable.
“The money leaked from the gaps of my fingers is enough to smash you and your ancestors to death, and you dare to ask for a guarantee from me?
“Fortunately, my woman was fine today. I If she had even a scratch on her skin, I would have skinned you alive. Yet, you still want a guarantee from me?”
Ever since his debut, Jasper had rarely used violence and had never been so violent before. Even Wendy had never seen this side of Jasper, let alone Julian..
It was as if a demon that had been suppressed for a long time finally showed its fangs, but as Wendy was hiding behind Jasper, not only did she not feel afraid or unfamiliar with this side of Jasper, she felt an unparalleled sense of security.
A woman really did not ask for much. It was enough for her when the man she chose could give her happiness and a sense of security.
Her biological instincts told her that the most basic sense of security for females came from the strength and power of their male partner.
This was something that was rooted in their genes since ancient times and could not be changed.
At this moment, Wendy was extremely sure that this man would risk his life for her.
Phoenix was only not beaten to death by Jasper because he was an old thug who had been fighting on the street since childhood, so beating up someone and being beaten was normal for him. That was why his body was not weak.
Even so, after Jasper vented his anger, Phoenix was already covered in blood. His snot, tears, and blood were all mixed on his face and he did not look human at all.
After some time, the men around Phoenix also reacted. They were yelling and rushing forward to fight for their boss.
This was not for Phoenix, but themselves.
Even fools could read the situation right now. If Phoenix was killed, would Jasper let thugs like them go?
“Let me see who dares to come up here!”
Julian’s eyes were cold as he scanned the group of gangsters coldly. The murderous aura in his eyes was undisguised, and it felt as if anyone who rushed forward would be killed on the spot.
Julian also had a fire of rage inside him.
He had been working for Jasper for so many years and he was still embarrassed t o say this, but in his heart, he already regarded Jasper as his brother and Wendy as his sister-in-law.
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After learning that Wendy was in danger, he had always blamed himself in his heart. If he had not gotten married at thismoment, then his senior would not have asked for leave, and none of this would have happened.
So right now, Julian could not find an excuse to take action.
Yet, once he had the opportunity, he would really dare to kill.
This look instantly frightened this group of gangsters.
It was because they all remembered that Julian could leave a palm print on the wall with just one slap.
No one wanted to use their body to get a feel of how painful such a slap would be.
After taking a few breaths, Jasper grabbed Phoenix’s hair and said with cold eyes,Trash will always be trash. You don’t even think before talking or doing anything, yet you still want me to give you aguarantee?
“What can I guarantee you? Do you want me to promise that I will definitely not pursue you, or let the police prepare a car
for you to run away in?
“Even if I let you run away and I give you a headstart of three days and three nights,
I can still find you with just one word.
What useful guarantee can you get? Huh?”
Phoenix was beaten up so badly that he was drifting in and out of consciousness. Several of his teeth were knocked out by Jasper and were rolling around in his mouth.
He opened his mouth and spat out his teeth. Then, he said in a breathy tone, “I-I
was wrong. Please have mercy on my
brother.”
Just as Jasper was about to talk, the phone in Phoenix’s pocket rang.
Jasper immediately narrowed his eyes.
“I-It’s the guy who instructed me to do this.”
Phoenix had come to an understanding after being beaten up by Jasper. At this time, he had already lost any right to negotiate terms with Jasper. If he wanted t o live, he could only cooperate with Jasper obediently.
So, he immediately confessed. He knew very well that Jasper had to be very interested in the person who instructed him behind the scenes.
“Answer it. Tell him everything’s fine.”
Jasper looked at Phoenix coldly and said, ” Don’t play any tricks on me, or you will die miserably, trust me.”
Phoenix quivered and answered the phone
tremblingly. He even tactfully put the call
on speaker.
A voice sounded on the other end of the
phone.
“Are you still safe? ”
The rage in Jasper’s eyes intensified when he heard that voice.
He recognized that voice. It was Fabian!
Sure enough, only these sons of b*tches could do things like this.
Phoenix glanced at Jasper carefully, and then replied, “Y-Yes, we’re safe.”
Fabian was obviously also very alert on the other end of the line. He immediately noticed that there was something amiss with Phoenix’s voice.
“What’s the matter? Why is your voice
like that?”
Phoenix’s soul almost left his body from fear. Under Jasper’s cold eyes, he reacted resourcefully and hurriedly said, “Boss, I I had too much to drink.”
“F*ck, you’re indeed a useless fool. You’re still drinking at this time? Harbor City is about to be turned upside down, do you know that?
“Hide her properly. After a few days, I’ll get someone to pick you up. You can also take my money and go far away, but it is all on the condition that you do this well for me. Otherwise, you won’t even know how you died!”
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“Got it, boss. We will hide her properly and they will definitely not find us.”
Phoenix’s answer slightly satisfied Fabian.
“Okay, that’s it. Remember the rules, if I don’t contact you, you are not allowed to contact me. Wait until Monday at least, and wait for my news for everything else.”
After speaking, Fabian hung up.
When the call ended, Phoenix held the phone obediently and looked up at Jasper. He did not dare to speak.
By this time, Jasper had already gone through the whole thing in his head.
Phoenix was just a minor character who could not amount to anything, just venting on him was enough.
It was Fabian and his gang that Jasper really wanted to retaliate against!
They were the real culprits.
“Julian, get him out of here,” Jasper ordered while leading Wendy downstairs.
With the tacit understanding between Julian and Jasper, Julian immediately understood that it was useful for Jasper to keep Phoenix around. He grabbed Phoenix and dragged him downstairs like a dog.
When he came outside, Jasper discovered that the Harbor City police were no weaker than the ones on the mainland.
It looked dark and silent everywhere, but when he appeared, a large group of policemen rushed out of the places where people could and could not hide.
The alarm was sounded and the lights were turned on. Then, Jasper even noticed that there were snipers on the roofs of several nearby buildings.
Jasper approached Chief Barrow and the others who were running toward them.
“How was it? Are you okay?”
Anna asked first.
“We’re okay.”
As soon as Jasper answered, he saw
Wendy and Anna staring at each other
without saying a word.
Jasper frowned but did not say a word.Instead, he said to Chief Barrow, “ChiefBarrow, if I may be so bold as to ask afavor.”
Chief Barrow raised his eyebrows and hesubconsciously noticed that trouble wascoming.
“Mr. Laine, you’re being courteous. Youcan just voice what you want as long as it is reasonable.”
After he said that, Chief Barrow left some
leeway for himself.
“You can take away the kidnappers
upstairs, but I want to take him with me.”
Jasper pointed to Phoenix in Julian’s grip.Only then did the people present look atPhoenix.
When they saw Phoenix, they could nothelp but take a sharp breath.
Boy, from which battlefield did thiskidnapper just escape from?
Why was he so beaten up?
Chief Barrow looked a little troubled. Hesaid, “According to the rules, thesekidnappers are to be taken away by thepolice.
“Chief Barrow, they are just pawns whowere being used. The ones I am after arethe people behind the scenes, andpresumably, Chief Barrow doesn’t want toescalate this with them, right?”
Although it seemed that it was fine tohand these people to the police and askthem to arrest Fabian and others, one hadto understand one thing.
A kidnapping case was nothing to peoplewith statuses like Fabian, Kayden, andJasper.
Fabian had countless ways to escape this. In addition to this, the judicial system usedin Harbor City was completely differentfrom that in the mainland. Moreover,Fabian and the gang were in the UnitedStates. If this matter was handed over tothe police, then the case would never beclosed.
Furthermore, this matter involved such high level players. Even for the Harbor City police, the best thing they could do was to control the group of kidnappers like Phoenix. Thus, the best choice for them was to end things here.
Sure enough, Chief Barrow frowned after he heard this.
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“Okay, but this matter should be kept low key.”
Jasper smiled when Chief Barrow agreed. He said, “Thank you, Chief Barrow. JW will donate a batch of police equipment to the Harbor City police. I presume Chief Barrow will be very satisfied.”
Chief Barrow laughed.
How did Jasper obtain his current status and wealth at a young age? It seemed that he was sensible and he knew what to do at any appropriate times. Besides, he knew how to be a suck-up when he needed to.
Who did not like young people like this?
“Thank you very much, Mr. Laine. Moreover, according to the rules, we have to take a report from Ms. Schuler. However, considering Ms. Schuler’s situation, we will send police officers over to take notes a few days after Ms. Schuler feels better.”
Chief Barrow was very gifted at doingsomeone favors with little cost.
“Thank you for your consideration, Chief
Barrow.”
This matter was settled after exchanging
a few words.
After sending off Chief Barrow, Jasperturned his head and looked at Henry, wholooked resentful and embarrassed to seehim.
“Why do you look so wilted?” Jasperasked.
Henry said with a look of embarrassment,“Look how big of a mess this caused…”
After he finished speaking, Henry’s eyes
fell on Phoenix. Then, his expression.
instantly became sinister.
“That punk did this, right?”
“That’s enough.”
Jasper stopped Henry, who was about torush to give Phoenix an earful. He said, “He is just a pawn that’s being used. I kepthim around because he’s useful. Fabianand his gang were the ones who did this.”
Henry widened his eyes and yelled, “Iknew it was those motherfckers! They are so shameless to use all these filthy and nasty tricks. Fck! If I see them, I’llbreak their legs!”
Henry’s anger was justified.
Although this matter had no directconnection with him, at the end of theday, Henry had always boasted thatHarbor City was his territory, yet thekidnapping had happened here. Wendycame over on Jasper’s behalf and ran intotrouble.
It made Henry feel ashamed to see Jasper.
Fortunately, Wendy was fine. Ifsomething had happened to her, Henrywould truly be ashamed to show his face in front of Jasper.
“Let’s go back to talk about this.”
Jasper patted Henry on the shoulder andsaid, “You don’t have to blame yourself,even I didn’t expect it, let alone you.”
Compared to his heavy heart he had onthe way here, Jasper was feeling muchrelieved on the way back.
Jasper thought Wendy would be quitefrightened and he would need to comforther. However, he was pushed away by thelatter. Then, Jasper saw Anna and Wendylooking at each other.
The two women did not speak. They justlooked at each other with half-heartedsmiles and then at Jasper.
This scene of this battlefield made Jasperfeel like he was in trouble.
Fortunately, Fallon’s arrival easedJasper’s embarrassment.
“Ms. Schuler, I…”
When Wendy saw Fallon, who blamedherself so much that she could not formwords, she said, “What’s wrong? This hasnothing to do with you. You don’t need toblame yourself.”
Fallon gritted her teeth and said, ”However, if I didn’t ask for leave, nothingwould have happened to you.”
“If I was targeted by some evil people,they would have eventually succeededeven if they failed this time. They wouldhave eventually found the chance to take action. You don’t need to blame yourself too much. Look, aren’t I fine and dandy now?”
Fallon’s eyes turned red when she looked a t Wendy comforting her instead.
“Right, you can’t blame others for this. If you want someone to blame, then wouldn’t I be one of the accomplices?”
Anna’s immediately sentence ignited a flame.
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“Miss Law, this is the first time we are meeting, right?”
Wendy looked at Anna and said with a smile.
She did not blame Anna for saying something so unpleasant. So, she put herself in a position to think about howJasper worried about her back then. If Wendy was Anna, she would be upset too.
Now that things had come to an end, the war between the two women could commence.
How many heroines in novels would live i n harmony?
Such a situation did not exist. It would never exist.
The women standing next to Jasper were all arrogant and proud, no matter if it was Wendy, Anna, or others.
Also, which one of them was not amazingjudging from their backgrounds, looks,and temperament?
If these women were like the brainless ornamental pieces in the novels that were willing to serve on their husband together, it would be a real joke.
“This is the first time we met, but we’ve talked before.”
Anna despised how Wendy was acting like she was the matriarch of the Laines. This displeased her very much. As they were talking, her overbearingness due to her status of being Miss Law was turned up to the max, to the point where she did not seem inferior to Wendy at all.
When it came to war between women, verbal warfare was just a very superficial way of expression. When it came to a savvy woman, even a flick of her hair was provocation or a demonstration to their opponent.
Wendy smiled faintly and said, “I am always busy working and there are a lot of times when I can’t take care of Jasper. I still have to thank you for your care of Jasper when he’s here in Harbor City, Miss Law, but there won’t be too many opportunities for Jasper to come to Harbor City in the future. After all, we are working and staying on the mainland. You won’t be too disappointed, right, Miss Law?”
As soon as these words came out, Anna was so angry that she ground her teeth silently.
Naturally, Wendy had the official title, and this was where Anna held the least confidence.
This was also where she was the most
unwilling.
At the moment, Wendy was talking openly about the difference between the mainland and Harbor City, which meant that Anna was just Jasper’s casual playmate in Harbor City, so she did not need to take Anna too seriously.
However, Anna was not so easy to deal with.
“You made this sound so serious. Jasper and I have a good understanding. Transportation is so convenient now. What’s more, JW’s business has also expanded to Harbor City while the Laws
also have a lot of investment in the mainland. So, there will still be many opportunities to meet in the future.”
This time, it was Wendy’s turn to grit her teeth.
She was mad because she was the one who developed Harbor City’s business.
Now, it had become Anna’s bullet against her.
“What are you doing?”
Henry approached Jasper insensibly and
asked.
With his back to the battlefield, Jasper, who stood by the speedboat and looked out at the sea, said silently, “I am waiting for the sunrise.”
“Wow, this is the first time I’m seeing someone who can match my sister with
words. How amazing.”
Henry continued to rub the salt into Jasper’s wound. He even lifted his thumbs up as he exclaimed.
“By the way, those two women were so
overbearing. Are you sure you don’t want t o jump into the sea and escape?”
“Do you believe that I’ll tell Julian to throw you down to feed the fish first?”. Jasper gritted his teeth.
Henry cowered and glanced at Julian, who was smirking next to him. He said with a lack of confidence, “I’m also considered half of Master Lager’s apprentice, he wouldn’t do that.”
“Mr. Law, if you talk like that again, Jasper will do it himself.” Julian laughed.
Henry stopped joking after he shrugged. Then, he said, “Now that we have found her and the matter has been temporarily resolved, what are we going to do about Harbor City? Should I ask someone to settle it later?”
With a nod, Jasper said, “Settle it. Reward the person who gave us the clue.”
“Are you really willing to part with 100 million?” Henry sighed.
“What is 100 million compared to them?”
Jasper glanced back at Wendy and Anna as he said that.
When Henry heard Jasper say the word ‘
them’, Henry sighed and did not say
much.
After all, Anna was his sister.
If he could call the shots, of course, he did
not want any other woman to snatch his
brother-in-law away from his sister.
However, he really could not say anything
in this matter.
Because he had to admit that no one could
threaten Jasper now.
At least the Laws could not.
He saw how the old master not only didnot obstruct Jasper, but had activelyhelped him with Wendy’s matter.
This was a very strong sign.
If Jasper still had to consider the Laws’attitude a year ago, then it was reallyunnecessary for him to do so now.
Furthermore, the interests of the twofamilies were tightly intertwined and theywere already united in both honor and disgrace, so they could not be separated.
Among the rich, as long as they werepowerful enough, they usually had a veryopen mind about a man having more thanone woman.
This also applied to the Laws.
At the moment, as long as there was nodistinction of seniority or status betweenAnna and Wendy such that the two wereconsidered on the same level, the Lawswould still tolerate this.
‘Anna, you idiot, I am always called adisappointment, but I understand that thefamily can’t help you with this matter.You can only fight for your status yourself.
Henry glanced at Anna, who was still
facing Wendy, and said inwardly.
If Jasper could hear Henry’s, he would be
surprised.
Henry seemed to be growing surprisinglyfast.
“By the way, how can I fck up that motherfcker Fabian?” Henry turned hishead and asked.
“I have already figured it out. They intendto use the news that Wendy is missingand kidnapped to turn all the good newssurrounding JW in Harbor City sour. Pairthis to what they did before, and they willinevitably attack Harbor stocks.
“Well, we will go according to their planand let them wait hopefully. When HarborCity stock market opens on Monday,Wendy will come out for a pressconference. The greedier they are, themore tragically they will die.”
Narrowing his eyes, Jasper chuckledlightly as a touch of cruelty appeared onhis face.
“Who said that the Harbor City giantswon’t fall? This time, I’m going to knockdown a giant and show the world thatthere are some things they shouldn’t do.Once they do it, I will tear them downeven if they are God.”
When he said this, the first ray ofmorning light broke out over the horizon.It shone on Jasper’s face, making himlook domineering at this moment.
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Because of the time difference, it was still dawn in Harbor City when the lights were just turned on in the United States.
In the villa, Fabian had a mischievous look on his face as he held a wine glass in his hand. He leaned on a lounge chair bythe pool while he watched a few blonde girls in bikinis playing in the swimming pool.
He was looking at these girls like a jackal staring at its prey.
“It’s the same in the United States or Harbor City. These women would pounce like b*tches in heat when they see a richman.”
Fabian pointed to a blonde girl and smiled at Kayden next to him. He said, “Did you see that girl? I went out this afternoonand she was shopping with her boyfriend. I paid 100 thousand to her boyfriend and made him send her to me. She was even happier than her boyfriend.”
Kayden curled his lips nonchalantly,
He was different from Fabian. He has no interest in women from the very bottom o f his heart.
Even if there was some interest, it was just a normal male need, and was definitely to the same level as Fabian’spromiscuity. What really made his blood boil was the taste of money and power. So in Kayden’s view, these fun activities o f Fabian were rather lowly.
“Are you sure the matter in Harbor City is foolproof?” Kayden asked. Fabian said nonchalantly, “Of course I’ll be fine. No matter how good they are, don’t forget about the population in Harbor City. It’s too easy to hide a few people. Ijust contacted the people over there and they did very well. They’re not even within the scope of Harbor City.
“What’s more, the market is about to open soon. As soon as the market opens, the Harbor stock market will crash and we can cash out directly. At that time, it’ll have nothing to do with us even if they do find Wendy,”
Kayden frowned slightly and said, “It’s better to be careful. This matter is of great importance. The three of us have invested our final liquid funds into this. If something happens, neither you nor I canaff ord the consequences.
“Alright, alright.”
Fabian did not like it when Kayden acted
like an elder who was lecturing the younger generation, but considering that their parents were now in an alliance with each other, he did not say much. Instead, h e just got up impatiently and walked to the pool. Then, he said, “Don’t worry, I can’t be certain of other things, but I got this. There won’t be a problem.”
As he said that, Fabian tore off the towel h e was wearing and stood by the pool with his hands open. He guffawed, “Girls, I’m coming!”
After he said that, Fabian jumped in and caused a huge splash in the swimming pool. The beautiful girls in the pool were all gasping and protesting coquettishly.
Kayden watched as Fabian splashed around in the water and held the girls in his arms. He frowned in disgust before getting up and leaving.
After leaving the pool, Kayden walked through the garden and up the stairs to the study where Half-the-Harbor Langdon was located.
“Dad, Uncle Kennedy.”
Kayden greeted Half-the-Harbor Langdon and Kennedy inside the room. Kennedy nodded and asked Kayden, “Is
the matter in Harbor City resolved?”
“Fabian said it’s done.”
Kayden cast his eyes out of the window and replied.
The location of their study room had a window facing the swimming pool. Kennedy looked at it and saw Fabian laughing with two girls in his arms. On the other hand, several colorful bikini tops were floating on the surface of the swimming pool.
With a frown, Kennedy said indifferently,
“Sawyer’s son certainly possesses the mannerisms of a general. The war is about to start and he is still in the mood to play with women.”
“Young people.”
Half-the-Harbor Langdon raised his hand and took out a box of cigars. Kayden next to him hurriedly got up to help Half the-Harbor Langdon trim the cigar.
Originally, Half-the-Harbor Langdon did not like tobacco, but during the time since he came to the United States, he became obsessed with this kind of thing.
After Kayden trimmed his cigar and helped him light it, he took a slow drag. Then, the thick and mellow cigar smoke came out of his mouth. Half-the-Harbor Langdon said, “This time we collected a total of 140 billion Harbor Dollars to short Harbor stocks. Once this is done, we won’t have to worry about not having capital in the United States. Meanwhile, if we have capital in the United States, we can be king, but if something goes wrong…”
After he raised his eyelids and glanced at
Kennedy who just turned around, Half-the
-Harbor Langdon said in a deep voice, “W e are all going to die.”
The corners of Kennedy’s mouth twitched.
The 140 billion Harbor Dollars were pooled together by the three families. Although they said it was only 30 billion U S Dollars when they invested it in the United States, it was actually 10 billion US dollars and they used it to purchase treasury bonds.
With the 140 billion Harbor Dollars, although everyone said this was the money they could conjure after draining their blood, Kennedy did not believe that Half-the-Harbor Langdon would really take out all his money so obediently.
Just like himself, he also left some behind for his personal safekeeping.
However, even with that money for security, the J. Langdons almost could not bear it anymore after taking out so much money. If something went wrong, even if i t did not come to the point where the J. Langdons fell apart, it would still hurt.
“Then let’s rehearse for a bit just in case w e encounter any unexpected situations that we did not consider. After all, this kid Jasper is not easy to deal with,” Kennedy said.
Kayden asked, “Should I call Uncle Sawyer over?”
Kennedy snorted and said nothing.
“Go, the three of us are still an alliance,”
Half-the-Harbor Langdon ordered.
“Alright.”
A smile appeared on the corner of Kayden’s mouth. After a respectful response, his eyes flicked across Kennedy to Fabian, who was still playing in the pool downstairs. Contempt flashed across his eyes.
This was the kind of person who claimed t o be on the same level as him in Harbor City?
This was such an insult to him.
Harbor City.
After returning to the hilltop villa of theLaws, Wendy fell asleep after getting offthe boat. She had completely relaxed aftermore than ten hours of high mental stress.
Jasper carried Wendy and put her in thebedroom.
Originally, Jasper meant to let Julian andFallon, who were with him all night, getsome rest, but Fallon refused to leave. Shedirectly closed her eyes on the sofa in thebedroom to rest.
Jasper could not force her either.
After coming out of the bedroom, Jaspersaid to Henry, “Take good care of thatdriver.”
Henry nodded and suddenly said, “Zed,the son-in-law of the Boyles, has beenwaiting for you for a long time. Why don’tyou take a nap and I’ll invite him herewhen you’re awake.”
“No need. Let’s meet him now. Whyshould we put on airs at this time?” Jasperwaved his hand and walked to thedrawing room.
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Zed was already waiting in the drawing room when Jasper came over. Although it was the first time that the two
met, the atmosphere was pretty good.
Through his memories of his past life, Jasper knew that Zed was a person of ability and had good character.
The Boyles from his previous lifegenerally kept a low profile. Not only did Zed take charge of the Nine Dragon Corporation without any troubles, but hisOcean City plan was also enough to feed any family for thirty years.
Even so, Zed knew what he was doing,and he never strayed from his plans.
Even around 2010, when the shipping industry was in a free-fall and the Boyles had suffered heavy losses, they triedevery means to subsidize the Boyles andhelped the Boyles tide over the difficulties.
It was never concerning to use people likethis.
After the two shook hands, Jasper smiledand said, “To be honest, I have been busyfor so long and I haven’t eaten yet. Mr.Walters, have you eaten?”
Zed’s eyes lit up.
People from Somerland liked to be at thedinner table, whether they talked aboutbusiness or not.
The dining table was a place that couldeasily strengthen a relationship betweenthe people of Somerland.
Plus, one also had to see what occasion itwas and what food was served on thedining table.
For example, it would be rare that abusiness reception would be arranged atlunchtime. Other than that, most partieswould be during dinner time. The nightwas long so the guests could eat anddrink. After that, they would go forentertainment together. At the end of theday, both parties would be very close.
However,if one was invited to breakfast,then this would be a very obvious sign ofsomeone expressing their goodwill.
“What a coincidence. I didn’t eat either. Sorry to be such a nuisance,” Zed said with a smile.
Jasper laughed and said, “You’re not a
nuisance to me, but we’re being a
nuisance to the Laws.”
Although this villa was generally empty, the maids and the kitchen were ready at all times. So, a very Harbor-style breakfast was sent up after a short period.
“The dishes in Harbor City are mostly Harbor cuisine. To be honest, although I a m also a southerner, I like strong flavors. I prefer the spicy flavor of the cuisine in Criucia Province. However, I like gazpacho, churros, tortilla, paella, and burritos too.”
Sitting at the dining table, Jasper took a sip of gazpacho and started rambling.
Zed smiled and said, “I was fortunate enough to go to Paradise City on the mainland last year. As someone from Harbor City, I couldn’t eat the food there.
“But I don’t know why, when I ate it, it was so spicy that I was crying. I couldn’t eat it at all. However, the next day I thought about it, and it’s still lingering in my memory until now. I always wanted to try it again, but it was so spicy that I shed tears and hated myself for overestimated my spicy tolerance.”
Through their conversation, Jasper knew that Zed was a well-informed person who knew how to carry a conversation.
After taking some churros, Jasper said, This shows that Mr. Walters has the potential to be a gourmet. If you can’t eat spicy food; you’ll still have some regrets i n life no matter how exquisite your life is.”
With a smile, Zed said, “So I plan to introduce a food city project in Ocean City. The purpose is to allow many domestic cuisines to have the opportunity to enter Harbor City. If it develops well in the later period, I will also introduce various gourmet brands from other countries.
“Food is everything to the people. You can’t go wrong with businesses surrounding food. I wonder what you think about this, Mr. Laine.”
Jasper smiled and put a churro into his mouth. He answered, “I think it’ll work, but Wendy is responsible for the details. After this, you can talk directly to her.”
Zed’s eyes lit up and he nodded to express his understanding.