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    Chapter 34 Peace of Mind People really can’t understand themselves a few weeks ago…

    The call was not from Ference to accuse him.Even if it is God’s arrangement, it cannot be such a coincidence.

    As an investor in a law firm and a popular asset lawyer, Lawrence received hundreds if not thousands of phone calls every day. The caller was from an intern who had failed in something. In a panic, Lawrence hung up without hearing a few words.

    But Lawrence still sat back on the coffee table, staring at the boy who was resting with a heavy look in his eyes.

    “How many do you want?”

    She asked abruptly: “Suppose your father has undivided property, how much do you think it is, and how much do you deserve?”

    Ruan Siyu blinked, picked up the cappuccino that Lawrence had not touched and took a sip.They chatted for a long time, and Chris’ clumsy latte art was already out of shape, but the coffee was still warm.

    “Cayman, Guernsey, Jersey, Mauritius…”

    Every time Ruan Siyu revealed the name of the island, Lawrence’s face became uglier.These are all well-known “money laundering” resorts for the rich. To put it mildly, they are called financial hedging.The rich and powerful around the world would store trusts, property and money in private banks on these islands to avoid government liquidation and criminal prosecution.For political and geopolitical reasons, these islands have always provided effective shelter for shady assets.

    “I know a lot, doctor, and I regret to inform you that perhaps Ference is not ignorant of my father and your little tricks. She only needs an ‘informant’ to come to her door.”

    Ruan Siyu said with pretense of regret, admiring the older lady’s suddenly depressed face:

    “Evelyn Ference is a friend of yours from school, do you think you know her well?”

    Lawrence didn’t speak. She seemed to suddenly realize something that frightened her, her breathing quickened suddenly, and she looked panicked.

    “If you are worried about your affair with my father, then you don’t have to worry. Ference doesn’t care about it. In fact, they have an open marriage.”

    Ruan Siyu didn’t know what he thought of, and a trace of disgust flashed across his face, but he quickly adjusted:

    “But if she knew what you had done, doctor. Maybe she didn’t need to know everything before she would take action. She treated you as a follower and slave when she was young. You think you can escape her control now that you have a successful career, but can you really do that?”

    Ruan Siyu said slowly: “It is a good thing that the money in your hand has been washed clean by you, but with so much money sitting in your account and in the cold wallet line, you are legally impeccable, but you know better than me. The law is useless in front of Ferens. She can crush your billionaire dream at any time, if she wants.”

    “That’s impossible.”

    Lawrence was not frightened by Ruan Siyu’s words, she said calmly:

    “My account is very clean. There is no inflow or outflow of funds from unknown sources. Even if hackers frame it, it will not help…”

    “She doesn’t need to check your account.” Ruan Siyu sneered, losing her patience: “She just needs to think that you did it, and that’s enough. You can say goodbye to your billions of property, along with your career and life. How do you want to die? A heart attack, sudden death, or overdose?”

    Lawrence is a smart man, and smart people will complete the content that Ruan Siyu did not explain clearly.

    She sat with a stiff face for a while and asked again:

    “What do you want?”

    The question has not changed, but the attitude has changed a lot. Ruan Siyu chuckled: “I want those paintings, all of them, whether they are true or false.”

    Lawrence frowned:

    “What’s the use to you? Appraisal is one thing, but digesting famous paintings is another. Besides, I also understand your situation. Ferens is not your tool, and your life in Ferens’ hands won’t be easy, right?”

    Ruan Siyu’s expression turned cold, but the smile on his lips had not completely disappeared. He stared at Lawrence, looking at the coldness and sarcasm hidden behind the gentle mask of this older woman.

    Being a lawyer is a very challenging profession.You can’t do it if you have too high a sense of morality. This industry is very deep. If you don’t speak out of conscience, you won’t even be able to get into it.

    What this industry often tests is a person’s ability to remain calm in the face of extreme injustice.

    Before going to all the trouble to meet Lawrence, Ruan Siyu thought about all the possibilities.That doesn’t mean that he has anything worth losing. After all, what he is doing is gambling, betting on Lawrence’s greed, betting on her fear of Evelyn Ferens, betting that those paintings have not been processed and whitewashed by Lawrence, and there is still the possibility of being legally inherited by him.

    He had expected that Lawrence might know something dirty about the Ferens, something about him.After all, the other party was a classmate of his disgusting biological father, an old friend of Evelyn Ference, and a lawyer who had helped them handle their property and divide their property after divorce. He might have visited the Ferens family’s estate in North Carolina several times.

    Did she visit the kennels at Ference Manor?

    Perhaps earlier, had she accompanied the Ferens to the auction on Slave Island?

    He originally came with these conjectures, but now he already knows the answer.

    Ruan Siyu’s hand tightly grasped the watch on his wrist again, and the cold dial touched his tiger’s mouth.His consciousness drifted a little, and he looked down at his hands and wrists. Now there was something on both of his wrists, a custom-made watch that was long out of date, and a high-tech blue metal bracelet.

    He suddenly wanted to see Schneider.

    He took out his cell phone and sent Schneider a text message in front of Lawrence. The text message didn’t have a few words, just a simple sentence: “I don’t feel well.”

    As a report, it was too perfunctory, not like a coquettish sentence between lovers, cold and nondescript.As soon as he sent it, Ruan Siyu regretted it, but the text message could not be withdrawn. He tore his eyes away from the phone and looked at Lawrence again:

    “My confrontation with Ferens will not be more embarrassing than you will be after the truth is revealed, doctor. After so many years, I have not turned into a corpse. This itself is novel, isn’t it?”

    His smile was too cold, more like a beautiful menace with bared teeth than a soft smile.

    “I can’t have a conversation with a kid who doesn’t know what he’s talking about.”

    Lawrence’s voice became cold again.She is a very smart person, and smart people are always suspicious and gaming: “If you want money, Ference will give it to you easily. That little money can’t help you get out of control. In their eyes, it is just a joke during your rebellious period. Fuze Pharmaceutical has had a big incident recently. You may think you can take advantage of the chaos to take advantage of Ference, but you have no chance. When they come to their senses, you will still have nothing. Of course, you can tell Evelin the lie you made up and see how much she believes it now.”

    “Doctor, are you planning to gamble on my courage?”

    He sneered and suddenly raised his voice: “Who do you think exposed the bad things about Fuze Pharmaceutical? Even if reporters have this ability, what about Slave Island? In order to protect the politicians involved, the U.S. government has covered up the information related to Slave Island tighter than its own underpants. The competition between the plutocrats will not leak relevant information because no one is clean. Who do you think the leaker will be?”

    Lawrence’s face turned a little pale again, but her instinct still felt that it was impossible.She knows something about Ruan Siyu’s mother. No one hates this transnational human trafficking center and gold den more than the victims and relatives of Slave Island.It’s not surprising that Ruan Siyu wants to reveal all this.

    But why does he have such ability?The victims of human trafficking are not only Ruan Siyu and his mother, but also countless people. Some of them died, some were forced to remain silent forever, and there are survivors who survived and lived with fear and trembling.The FBI is always monitoring them. Even if someone shouts loudly through social media, they will soon be labeled as false rumors or attacked.

    Besides, they couldn’t produce any evidence.Everyone knows it’s true, but everyone doesn’t admit it’s true.Extremely absurd and horrific experiences can only be digested by themselves. They have nowhere to hide. If someone really wants revenge, they must have the ability.To put it bluntly, the consuming elites and the goods on the stands are separated by a huge chasm and a cage door when they are closest to each other. At other times, how can the gangsters and the poor see the rich?

    Lawrence stared at Ruan Siyu, but Ruan Siyu became irritated. He stood up without hesitation, walked around the coffee table, and walked downstairs. He seemed to be less interested in the Lawrence he had tried so hard to see.

    Lawrence opened her mouth to say something, it was just to accuse him of being crazy, whimsical or talking big words, but Ruan Siyu’s attitude made it impossible for her to find an outlet, and in the next moment, all her ridicule and doubts were extinguished by a basin of cold water.

    A tall man over 1.9 meters tall stood on the second floor of the coffee shop, looking over with a stern expression. The thin and tall Asian boy was held by his hand and looked up in surprise:

    “You’re here?”

    Ruan Siyu ran into Schneider’s arms, and a feeling of relief that he didn’t even know flashed through his eyes, but it was quickly suppressed by the cover-up:

    “Why did you get here so quickly? It’s only been ten minutes since the text message was sent.”

    He stared at the mixed-race man with raised eyebrows and gave him a small expression that said, “There’s something wrong with you.” His words were a little dissatisfied, but in his soft and silky voice, he sounded a bit teasing and coquettish, like a cat with its claws clipped, without any aggression at all.

    The man was so shocked that he couldn’t speak for a moment, and he couldn’t even say the original question. He couldn’t get up, so he just hugged Ruan Siyu.

    “…What’s wrong with you? What’s wrong with you?”

    The man lowered his head and asked, his eyes almost fixed on Ruan Siyu. To be precise, they had already fixed their eyes on each other and could not give any extra energy to others.

    Simply because the separation on the second floor was very good and there was not much passenger traffic at the moment, the two of them left the stairwell with their hands and feet wrapped around each other and hid behind the green plants.

    “It’s fine now.”

    Ruan Siyu avoided answering, sat on Schneider’s hard thighs, and quickly buried her face into Schneider’s chest muscles wrapped in a woolen sweater. She felt the softness and warmth of the uncongested muscles, as well as the overwhelming smell of cologne, and felt extremely at ease.

    How could he have thought before that Schneider’s thighs were as hard as rocks and the smell of oak cologne was suffocating?

    People really can’t understand themselves a few weeks ago, and neither can cats.

    Banxia novel, a lot of fun

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