Blackstone Code

Lynch didn't expect that Joanna would already come to the door before he went to find her.

"I heard you were going to be released from prison and were preparing to..."

Joanna stopped directly opposite him, her eyebrows raised, "Is this how you take care of his daughter and me?"

Lynch looked at Joanna's angry look, closed her mouth, and put the words of those scenes back in her stomach.

Joanna is very angry now and won't listen to what he says and can't listen.

"I just went to her place and she was lying on the bed like a rotten female cousin!"

"Alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, she is more decadent than the worst scum I have ever seen in prison!"

"She is your best brother's daughter. Is this how you took care of her after he left?"

The Mid-Levels Villa Area has always been very lively, but of course it is only relatively lively. After all, this is the best community in Bupen, bar none.

The weather is so good now, and many families will be doing activities in the yard.

Swim, play tennis, basketball, or play in the sand with the kids.

But when they heard the quarrel coming from Lynch's villa, some people returned to the room silently.

Lynch has used his tough but not coercive approach to tell everyone a truth——

Don't just think about it, you'll be in trouble!

Those who clamored to drive him out of the villa area, those who expressed strong dissatisfaction with the commotion he sometimes made.

Now they either went bankrupt and went to the slums, or they encountered a family financial crisis and had to sell their houses to Lynch in exchange for a chance to survive safely.

Therefore, there is a consensus among people in the Mid-Levels Villa area: Don’t let Mr. Lynch feel that you are observing him behind his back!

The protagonist in the spotlight at this time did not feel this way himself. He shook his head and said, "This is not the place to talk. Why don't you let us go in and talk?"

Joanna looked at Lynch for a while, and finally followed him into the house.

"Coffee, juice, wine?"

"Juice, thank you!" Although Joanna said "thank you", her tone was definitely not good.

The little maid brought Lynch a cup of water soaked in some green leaves. The water in the cup had a faint green color and a tangy fragrance.

In fact, Lynch had been trying to find a substitute for tea many years ago, but by the end of the war, no suitable substitute had been found.

Either the taste is too weird, or it lacks caffeine, tea polyphenols and the like.

Of course, tea polyphenols don’t have this name yet, but Lynch let those people know its general function.

With the coming of the Ice Age, this kind of easy-to-keep and store thing was once again put on Lynch's work schedule.

People all over the world are looking for a substitute for tea. This is just one of the newly discovered substitutes. It is close, but there is still something missing.

After the little maid brought the juice and left, Lynch put down the water glass in his hand, "So you came here today to hold me accountable?"

Joanna's anger, which had subsided slightly, increased again, "Do you think I'm here to praise you?"

"Lynch, you and Trueman are best friends. He told me in private more than once that you are the best person he has ever met!"

"He has always regarded you as a confidant, and I believe you do the same. The fact that you have attended so many family dinners shows your position in our hearts!"

"But look what you've done?!"

"How much have you done for yourself using Trueman's power and position?"

"Now you don't care about your 'niece'?"

"You are truly the most vicious person I have ever seen!"

"This is how you repay Trueman!"

After Joanna finished talking on the phone, Lin Qi nodded slowly, "What you said makes some sense."

"But that doesn't mean I didn't do anything, it's just that you didn't see it."

"What did you do?" she asked Lynch with wide eyes, staring at him as if she wanted to get to know this shameless man again!

Lynch smiled slightly, "At least she's still alive, isn't she?"

Before Joanna could say anything, Lynch didn't give her a chance to speak.

"Every year, at least hundreds of call girls disappear mysteriously in Bupen. Most of them died from accidental injuries due to the difficult demands of certain customers."

"Their bodies were disposed of cleanly in various ways, and even the FBI could not find any valuable clues."

"And your daughter is still living so safely and wantonly. Do you think it's just her luck?"

"You may not know that in the underground world, in those dark places, there are people who are willing to offer a reward of at least half a million to turn your daughter into a slave."

"But I blocked all these attacks. She has not been seriously injured or abused by others, and she can still live freely, instead of being chained like a dog in a basement without seeing the light of day. , this is what I did for her!”

When Joanna heard this for the first time, she seemed shocked and a little scared, but these emotions could not cover her dissatisfaction with Lynch.

"So you let her live like a dirty cousin?"

"Instead of providing her with a job, or...let her have a different life?"

"I can keep seeing the achievements you have made one after another even in prison. To you, these may be just a phone call. Are you not even willing to make a phone call for her?"

Lynch pursed his lips, "I think I've reached the limit of what I can do, Joanna."

"My relationship with Trueman is not as harmonious as you or outsiders see it. He wanted to put me in jail more than once, and he even had the idea of ​​assassinating me."

"In this case, you still want me to help the daughter of my superficial brother who once had murderous intentions towards me live a good life..."

"Do you think I'm really that kind?"

This was also the first time Joanna had heard of it, and this time her emotions of surprise and shock completely covered her anger.

She doesn't even know how to deal with it!

In her impression, Lynch and Trueman were the best brothers. He often came to his family dinners, and they would chat happily at the table, just like a real family!

She also never knew that there were such complicated problems between Lynch and Trueman.

Looking at Joanna who couldn't and didn't know what to say, the smile returned to her face, "Look, tell me, I can make her live freely without danger, am I already able to do it?" Has it reached its limit?”

"It's you, Joanna."

"I know you still have millions in your account, and the money is still running, if you really care about your daughter."

"You have had many opportunities in the past few years to inquire about her in various ways, and then solve the dilemma she encountered through your lawyer or a phone call."

"But you didn't do that. You ignored her as if she didn't have such a child."

"Then when you get out of prison, you start to want to reestablish your role as a 'good mother' and start fighting for her."

"You chose the wrong person, Joanna."

Lynch leaned back on the backrest of the sofa and sighed. A huge stream of air spurted out of his nose instead of his mouth, making his hands on his knees feel like they were being blown by the wind.

"Joanna...what should I do with you?"

Joanna's scalp was slightly numb, "What does this mean?"

"It doesn't mean anything, I'm just feeling a little emotional."

“Everyone wants you to be the perfect version of yourself in their eyes, everyone.”

"He hopes that I will be someone who can follow his advice, give up all power, status, wealth, and prestige, and then live in seclusion without being discovered, and be slowly forgotten by society."

"You want me to be the one who's going to take care of your family and your daughter while you're serving time in jail for something you fucking yourself didn't deserve."

"My employees want me to give them a raise every six months, and my girlfriends want me to ditch my competitors..."

"Every one of you wants me to look like you, but I'm only one person, and I have my own ideas."

"Joanna, you have already made a mistake once, haven't you learned a lesson?"

Lynch curled his lips and spread his hands, with a helpless look on his face, just like a math teacher in a third-grade elementary school classroom holding an incorrect test paper with "3+3=5" written on it!

"I thought a few years in jail would make you smarter."

Joanna was very upset at this time, "You are threatening me."

She used an affirmative sentence to be very sure that Lynch's words at this time were intimidating and threatening her.

Lynch didn't nod or shake his head, "Look, you always push the problem in a more complicated direction."

"Even if I wasn't threatening you just now, now that you've said that, I'm starting to think about whether I have to use some means."

Joanna was even more restless, "I have no other intention of coming here this time. It's just that I haven't understood the things you said. I can apologize to you..."

Lynch shook his head, "Forget it, I've already explained everything I need to explain. Whether you believe it or not, that's it."

"Now that you are back, do your part well. The money will be enough for you and her to live comfortably for the rest of your life."

"Stop doing anything stupid again, okay?"

Joanna quickly agreed. She picked up the cup and took a sip of juice, and then immediately proposed the idea of ​​leaving.

She had just come out of prison and needed to clean up herself, her properties, and her account so she could start a new life.

So she has to leave.

After apologizing to Lynch again, Joanna left as hurriedly as she came in a hurry.

Not memorable at all.