Chapter 103: Chapter 102: Betrayal
At this moment, Luna and Elliana Lyle were sitting in a car by the road, only getting out after seeing the couple leave.
Just an hour ago...
The car drove over and stopped by the roadside, and Elliana, about to get out of the car, was attracted by the new banner hanging at the school gate.
Luna leaned on the window, frowning, "Why are those two still here? Weren’t they chased away yesterday?"
"You know?" Elliana couldn’t make out the words on the banner from the distance, as they were small and far from the school gate across the street.
Luna nodded, "Don’t get out. These people are here to ask you for money. Yesterday they yelled that they wouldn’t leave without 20 million."
Elliana’s team.
Luna @Norman Bennett: "Someone’s blocking your wife at the school gate. Aren’t you going to do something about it?"
Tommy: "Who? Who’s blocking our boss at the school gate?"
Luna: "Evelyn Dunn’s parents, blackmailing. If you fall for it, this month’s pay will be deducted."
Tommy: "You can’t give it to them at times like this. People like that, once they get money, will keep coming back whenever they’re out of cash."
...
When Norman Bennett saw the messages, there were already 99+ notifications.
Norman Bennett: "Leave it to me to handle."
Tommy: "Big boss, you’re not going to give them money, are you? I can handle this matter."
...
Norman Bennett only appeared this once and didn’t make any further comments, possibly deciding to ignore it after seeing the messages.
An hour later, Norman Bennett reappeared.
Norman Bennett @everyone: "Handled."
Elliana’s team 2
Tommy: "Did the old boss give them money?"
Luna: "Fool with money to burn, I guess."
...
———Melody Harmony Group.
"President, I’ve arranged tickets to Singapore for the Dunn couple and Evelyn Dunn." Raymond Wood was puzzled by why Norman Bennett would be so generous to them, but didn’t dare ask.
The man at the desk looked up from his paperwork and said, "Hmm," without glancing at Raymond, then instructed, "Buy out Evelyn Dunn’s debt and have her sign this contract. Once signed, deregister their nationality and transfer the funds after they acquire Singaporean citizenship."
"President, are you going to..." Raymond immediately understood, no longer perplexed by Norman Bennett’s ’generosity’.
Ding♪～
The phone beside Norman Bennett lit up. Seeing the group chat screenshot from Elliana’s team 2 sent by Tommy, he frowned and said, "Send Tommy to Singapore."
...
———South City University.
Elliana Lyle and Luna had already met up with Andrew Hue and started tracing the origins of the deceased’s scandalous video.
Since the video first circulated in a gaming group, finding the group owner was the first step. A QQ profile revealed that the group owner was a mere 17-year-old high school student.
An investigation confirmed that this person was named Wang An San, a sophomore at a vocational high school, typically a loafer who frequented internet cafes,
...
"Why are you following me? Fancy me, do you?"
In an alley, a tall, slender man in tight clothes and bean shoes boastfully eyed the two girls following him.
Wang An San felt that the two girls must fancy him, gaining instant confidence, moving his hands around as if he could start a hand dance any moment.
Elliana and Luna, upon hearing Wang An San’s words, showed different reactions, one looking stern, the other smiling unnervingly.
Wang An San sensed something amiss, feeling a chill from behind, he turned suddenly to see a strong foreign man and a plump middle-aged man right behind him!
"You! What do you want?" Wang An San was instantly scared but still shouted defiantly, "I’ve got people here, you dare touch me?"
With that, he took out his phone, "Wait till Dragon comes, you’ll be done for."
Luna immediately stopped smiling, impatiently rubbed her ears, and then snatched the phone away, "Give it here. Who are you gonna call? How many can you possibly muster?"
"Give me back my phone!"
Seeing Wang An San about to act, Andrew Hue and Tommy quickly restrained the "spirited lad," overpowering the scrawny guy with sheer force.
"Let’s talk, we can talk it out..."
Elliana was uninterested in wasting time and directly stated, "We have questions, all you need to do is answer, we won’t hurt you."
Having heard this, the boy relaxed slightly but remained wary of Andrew, "I know everything except my dad’s bank card password."
"Okay, what’s your name?" Elliana gently asked.
"My name is Wang An San," the boy replied truthfully.
Luna jotted down notes earnestly while Tommy professionally pulled out a hidden camera.
Elliana continued, "Are you the admin of the Noble Games group?"
"Yes, that’s me."
Seeing Wang An San being relatively honest, she went straight to the point: "You uploaded a video of a girl. Where did it come from?"
"Huh?" Wang An San looked confused, furrowing his brows in thought before cautiously probing, "Which one do you mean?"
Elliana: "...a girl named Evelyn Dunn."
"Evelyn Dunn... Evelyn Dunn..." Wang An San muttered, his heart suddenly sinking, remembering retransmitting a ’nude loan’ video. Despite not being well-educated, he knew distributing obscene content was illegal, especially as these folks were recording and taking notes...
Wang An San cautiously admitted, "I did... upload it, but I saw it in another group first. I found it interesting at the time, so I shared it for fun."
Wang An San then showed them the so-called evidence on his phone. After reviewing the ’evidence,’ Elliana and Luna exchanged glances, both instantly reading each other’s thoughts through their eyes.
Elliana warmly said, "You’re still under eighteen, but distributing such material is still illegal."
"I know, I know, I’ll never do it again, never again."
Wang An San nodded fervently, his attitude of admission quite satisfactory, also considering the previous intel on him collecting protection fees at elementary schools. Elliana told Tommy, "Send him to the police station for some education."
...
When they found the group owner of the second group, Elliana realized it was her classmate, Fu Dong.
After plenty of questioning, Fu Dong finally disclosed that he saw it on the school forum. The post was only up for fifteen minutes before being banned, but he saved it at that moment.
To track the poster, they needed the school network administrator’s help. To expedite the process, Elliana called Galen Collins: "Hello, Officer Collins..."