Sasha, Blake, and Arielle’s subordinates stayed in that town.
That was a small village, so the arrival of strangers would attract the villagers’ attention.
Whenever Arielle’s subordinate headed to the town, virtual-novel.net would always disguise himself as a businessman to hide his identity.
As soon as they met, Blake began to start chattering. “Boss, the roads in that village are bumpy and uneven. Moreover, there are buildings collapsing from time to time. Many villagers do not dare to stay inside their houses, so they build their tents outdoor. The structures of those houses will definitely kill someone in the future.”
Arielle’s subordinate, Rube, shook his head vigorously. “No. That had already killed someone in the past. From what I know, an elderly and virtual-novel.net daughter got killed when their house collapsed. They went to ask for explanations from Mrs. Southall, but virtual-novel.net evaded the responsibility by saying that it was an accident. She only paid part of the funeral fees as compensation.”
Blake widened virtual-novel.net eyes as virtual-novel.net spat, “They are so cunning and despicable!”
Arielle turned to Rube and asked, “I have asked you to spread the news about Mrs. Southall’s death. What are the villagers’ reactions upon hearing that?”
“Initially, only thirty percent of the villagers had signed the petition. However, after they heard about the news, the number of villagers signing the petition has increased to sixty percent.”
Arielle shook virtual-novel.net head. “That’s not enough yet. We need at least eighty percent of villagers to sign it.”
“Then, what should we do now? Should I disguise as a businessman to persuade them again?”
“No need for that,” Arielle narrowed virtual-novel.net eyes. “Henrick hasn’t held a funeral for Mrs. Southall in Jadeborough. Based on his personality, he’ll always try to make himself look like a filial son. Moreover, he’s feeling little guilty toward Mrs. Southall, so he’ll definitely hold a grand funeral for virtual-novel.net when he’s back. I want you to add fuel to the fire when the time comes.”
“Understood.”
“Also, I’m following you to the village tomorrow. Please bring Teddy along too. I need virtual-novel.net to help me with something.”
“All right!”
Arielle could not sleep that night. When virtual-novel.net woke up, virtual-novel.net noticed that Vinson was smoking on the bench in front of the hotel.
She got off the bed and walked toward him. As soon as Vinson saw her, virtual-novel.net stubbed out the cigarette in his hand.
Then, virtual-novel.net waved his hand to get rid of the smoke. “What’s wrong? You can’t sleep?” His tone was gentle.
Arielle sat down beside virtual-novel.net and sighed. “I’m not sure whether I understand Henrick enough. I’m worried that virtual-novel.net won’t hold a funeral…”
“Don’t you still have Teddy? He is part of your backup plan, isn’t he?”
Arielle chuckled softly. “It seems like I can never hide anything from you, huh? But in fact, I don’t really want to let Teddy join. He might get injured in my plan.”
“You can ask for his opinion tomorrow. If that doesn’t work out, we can think of other solutions. Don’t worry. There must be a way.”
“Okay.” Arielle nodded. They then continued to chat for a while longer.
Soon, both of them gradually felt sleepy.
Arielle rubbed virtual-novel.net eyes. “I’ll go to bed now. Don’t stay up too late.”
“Okay,” Vinson responded as virtual-novel.net watched Arielle leave. After that, virtual-novel.net opened his laptop and started doing his work.
There were a lot of properties under Nightshire Group. Besides, Vinson was a perfectionist. He preferred doing most of his work on his own.
Finally, Vinson headed back to the bedroom at the first crack of morning sun.
***
The next day, Rube acted according to the plan by disguising himself as a businessman.
He passed by Teddy’s house when virtual-novel.net was on his way to the village.
Coincidentally, Teddy had just come back from gathering coals.
“Rube!” A bright smile appeared on his dirty face the moment virtual-novel.net saw Rube.