Free Web NovelChapter 1053: Chapter 729:
The girl’s breathing was very weak.
She probably wasn’t being chased, but had run to a secluded place herself. When she reached the riverside, she stumbled due to exhaustion and hunger, and managed to crawl towards the river before passing out.
Fortunately, Nora Scott and the others arrived in time.
They carried the little girl into the car, sped to the hospital, and got her into the emergency room.
Nora stayed in the car, not showing her face.
Henry Chapman went inside.
While waiting for news, Pedro Langley came out, silently got into the car.
"How is it?"
Nora was on the phone, and upon hearing the movement beside her, she temporarily set the phone aside and asked softly.
Pedro leaned in, pulled her into his embrace, and brushed against her hair with a slightly hoarse voice, "Excessive blood loss, it’s critical."
"Hmm."
Nora reacted mildly, gripping his hand.
She said a few words to Bruce on the other end and then hung up the phone.
"Bruce has already pinpointed the exact location based on this morning’s map. Tonight, he’ll confirm it. If the location is correct, action will be taken," Nora concisely stated.
"Hmm." Pedro nodded slightly, then warned her, "You need to stay home."
"Don’t worry."
Nora didn’t want to get too involved in this matter.
Some things, once you’re too deeply involved, could get too personal, so it’s easier to remain an outsider and detach when the time comes.
Look at Pedro and Henry, these two "inexperienced" folks—
Faces filled with tension and worry on the road.
Almost as if they wanted to write "anger" on their faces.
After a pause, Nora asked again, "Where’s Chapman?"
"He wants to wait for the results."
"Alright then." Nora nodded, showing understanding, then leaned against Pedro, "Let’s wait in the car for a bit."
"You’re not tired?"
Pedro was a bit worried about Nora’s health.
Since getting pregnant, Nora’s health hadn’t been great, and her spirits weren’t high. She got up early today and had been running around all day, even had a confrontation with someone. If Henry hadn’t bumped into that girl tonight, and placed a tracking device on her, giving them a target, he would have taken Nora back long ago.
At dinner, Nora’s spirits weren’t great.
"Sitting isn’t tiring." Nora said indifferently.
"Lie down for a bit first." Pedro adjusted her seat back, took out an eye mask and earplugs he carried with him, and personally put them on her, "I’ll let you know when there’s news."
"...Alright."
There was nothing else to do but wait, so Nora didn’t mind taking a nap.
But—
Less than fifteen minutes later, the phone rang again.
This time, it was still Bruce calling.
Nora took off the eye mask, turned to look at Pedro, who took the phone, answered the call, and turned on the speaker.
"Hall Master!"
Bruce’s voice was very serious.
"What’s the matter?" Nora removed the earplugs, frowned, and asked.
"There’s news about the logistics company you mentioned."
Still yawning, Nora perked up upon hearing that, "Anthony’s?"
"Yes."
"Speak."
Bruce said, "The business of the logistics company in Meishanel Town is connected with someone surnamed Bay. We checked, and that person is the nephew of Mr. Bay from Tengfe Martial Arts School."
"..."
Nora and Pedro instinctively exchanged a look.
This matter seemed a bit off.
If Anthony wanted to partner with his father-in-law to do business and make money, why open a small-scale logistics company? With Anthony’s connections and resources, he could offer many profitable avenues to the Bay Family without resorting to such a strenuous method to make money.
Moreover, this matter appeared unrelated to Mr. Bay.
——Simply trying to assist a relative of the father-in-law’s family?
——That’s too much trouble.
"Is there anything else?" Nora asked again.
"Coincidentally, we have someone in Biel Hall who was recruited to work there for a while. Later, he found something was off, so he quit. We just asked him, and he voluntarily told us about the weird things at the logistics company," Bruce said.
"Hmm." Nora responded calmly, "Continue."
Six months ago, that member was recruited to work at the logistics company. Although the work was hard, the salary was high, so he was happy to do it.
However, gradually, he noticed something unusual—
Night shifts were frequent at the logistics company;
The goods were always pre-loaded into the trucks, and they weren’t allowed to check. Their job was to drive and deliver the goods to the designated places;
There were many rules and regulations, and the leaders were secretive, always avoiding them in speech and action;
...
Once, he and a coworker couldn’t resist, checked, and found that the trucks weren’t loaded with properly packaged shipping boxes. Some weren’t packed at all, just everyday supplies.
They suspected smuggling.
Even though they couldn’t figure out why everyday supplies were worth smuggling.
In short, the logistics company had too many baffling things, and fearing unwitting involvement in any illegal activities, he resigned half a month ago.
Now, seeing the internal news from Biel Hall and knowing that Bruce was inquiring about this matter, he specifically went to Villains Street to find Bruce and told him about it.
Bruce also found this matter strange, so he temporarily paused his current tasks to report to Nora.
After listening, Nora pondered for a moment, then frowned and asked, "Where did he usually deliver the goods?"
There was a pause on the other side.
Then, Bruce said slowly, "Villains Valley."
