Chapter 1358 - 1357: Morris’s Ambition
I don’t fucking have any last words at all!
I’m only sixty-five, I’ve still got a great life to enjoy, I haven’t lived enough yet!
Maurice stared at Zhao Xiaodao with a face full of terror.
But decades of life at the top let him quickly regain his composure.
"Miss Zhao, please calm down, we can actually sit down and talk." Maurice said while his thoughts raced. "I sincerely apologize for having offended you just now."
On the surface Zhao Xiaodao was calm and smiling, but after the initial thrill she was actually a bit panicked.
After all...
She’d just killed people. And not just one—she’d killed eight in one go, directly burned them into nothingness.
Side note here: burned like that, with no blood, no remains, no trace left at all—kind of stops being scary.
Ahem, anyway, it was her first time killing, and she had no idea how many people in the manor knew what happened, plus there was a little assistant still outside.
For the moment Zhao Xiaodao really didn’t know how to handle the follow-up.
But when he saw that Zhao Xiaodao hadn’t killed him on the spot, Maurice’s eyes lit up, his heart stirred, and he suddenly felt there was hope.
"Ahem, Miss Zhao, allow me to introduce myself again."
Maurice casually set the gun in his hand down, then bent slightly at the waist and nodded.
"Maurice Baron, Clan Leader of the Baron family of Gaul, CEO of Klei Capital, controlling thirty billion in funds, with over a hundred companies under our umbrella spanning all industries. Even Nemo Group, actually, I hold shares in it."
"So that’s how you were able to know my schedule so clearly, and quietly have me brought here, huh?" Zhao Xiaodao said coolly.
Maurice swallowed, then saw Zhao Xiaodao’s eyes brighten.
"Miss Zhao..."
Maurice had just opened his mouth when he saw Zhao Xiaodao stand up straight, stride past him, and walk to the door of the reception room.
"She’s leaving?"
"She’s just going to let me off like this?"
"Or does she plan to kill me to silence me before she goes?"
Maurice’s mind ran wild. He glanced at Zhao Xiaodao’s back, then at the gun beside him, then decisively shook his head and kept his eyes on Zhao Xiaodao, watching as she picked up a handbag from the side table by the door—her bag with her phone in it.
Among those eight men just now, one of them was the guy who’d snatched her bag and brought the handbag into the reception room.
What ridiculous luck!
Zhao Xiaodao practically relaxed in an instant.
She couldn’t handle the aftermath, but Lu Zheng wouldn’t have any problem.
She clearly remembered the first time she met Lu Zheng and Lin Wan, they’d made her little assistant all muddle-headed, forgetting everything that had happened that night.
With the handbag in hand, Zhao Xiaodao went back to her seat, pulled out her phone, and while sending messages, lifted her eyes to glance at Maurice.
Zhao Xiaodao: Brother Lu! Emergency help from the jianghu!
Lu Zheng: What’s up?
Zhao Xiaodao: I got kidnapped again!
Lin Wan: ...
Lin Wan: You got kidnapped again, so how are you texting us on your phone? Are kidnappers nowadays all this unprofessional?
Lu Zheng: Lingxi just planted a Phoenix Body-Protecting Curse on her a few days ago, didn’t expect it to be used this soon.
Lu Zheng: Looks like you’re already out of immediate danger.
Lu Zheng: I honestly didn’t think you could still run into danger. Lingxi had a whim, and it turned out to be Little Saber’s luck. What happened?
Zhao Xiaodao: It’s a client of an organ trafficking ring. Back then those kidnappers wanted to trade me for a heart, that heart was going to be used to save this client’s son.
Zhao Xiaodao: And then I went one-versus-five and took them down, so naturally that heart wouldn’t be handed over by the police anymore, and the client’s son ended up dying.
Lin Wan: And then this guy doesn’t dare blow up at the organ trafficking ring, but comes after you instead?
Lin Wan: He really thinks Hua Country only eats plain rice?
Zhao Xiaodao: He was planning to kill me and dump me in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.
Lin Wan: He deserves to die!
Zhao Xiaodao: I activated the Protective Curse Sister Lingxi gave me and killed eight people. The mastermind’s still alive, and I don’t know how many people here know about me. More importantly my assistant was taken too, and I have no idea what to do next...
Lu Zheng: Send me your location.
Zhao Xiaodao: Okay okay, are you guys in Paris right now?
Lu Zheng: We’re in London, but getting to Paris won’t take more than a few minutes.
Zhao Xiaodao: ...
Maurice saw Zhao Xiaodao curl her lips, then her face broke into a relaxed smile, so he also put on a cooperative smile. "Miss Zhao, the Baron family and Klei Capital can form a deep partnership with you."
Zhao Xiaodao’s Superpower had completely robbed Maurice of any will to resist, but it had also sparked other ideas.
Superpowers!
A hidden Extraordinary World!
So the world was actually this exciting?
Staring at Zhao Xiaodao, Maurice’s eyes flickered as his mind raced.
Why doesn’t Zhao Xiaodao dare reveal her Superpower?
Why is this world still controlled by capital and mundane power?
Do the major countries all have some unknown trump cards?
Can he get some benefit out of this?
If money and technology still dominate this world, then even in front of Zhao Xiaodao, he actually has some bargaining chips, doesn’t he?
And if he could pull Zhao Xiaodao into his own camp...
"Miss Zhao, I’m willing to transfer five percent of Klei Capital’s shares to your name, which will give you about two hundred million Euro in dividends every year." Maurice suddenly said.
"Pretty generous, huh?"
Hearing Maurice, Zhao Xiaodao raised her eyes from her phone and teased, "But why should I believe you? Your son died, indirectly, because of me."
Maurice licked his lips and replied, "Actually, I have another illegitimate son."
Zhao Xiaodao, "..."
"Since you’ve got another son, why did you come after me for revenge?" Zhao Xiaodao frowned and snapped. If Si Lingxi hadn’t had a sudden whim and slapped a Protective Curse on her, she might have died here.
"Because... because he’s an illegitimate child..." Maurice said hurriedly. "But I’ll be calling him back to the family soon, to be my heir."
Maurice went on, "He’s twenty-six this year, one eighty-five tall, dual bachelor’s degrees in finance and law from the University of Oxford, defensive midfielder for the school football team, into music and pain—"
"Say one more word and I’ll burn you to death." Zhao Xiaodao said coldly.
"Yes..." Maurice swallowed the rest, then seeing Zhao Xiaodao’s half-smiling expression, rushed to add, "Of course, if you’re not satisfied, we can renegotiate."
"Your life is in my hands and you’re still negotiating terms with me?" Zhao Xiaodao asked.
Seeing Maurice’s shifty gaze, Zhao Xiaodao laughed. "What are you thinking? You figure I’m from Hua Country, right? Some performance-type personality who loves money and luxury?"
"No no no, not at all!" Maurice shook his head over and over, though his eyes flickered again.
Zhao Xiaodao’s appetite was beyond what he’d expected.
In the next instant, Maurice felt his vision blur, and another man and woman suddenly appeared in his reception room.