A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 244

It was already late at night in the newspaper office building of the Saint-Denis Daily, and the lights in the windows of the editor-in-chief’s office were only extinguished. As the last person to get off work, he had to lock the door downstairs before leaving with his briefcase.

Just as the editor locked the door and turned to leave, a cold touch pressed against his throat, making him dare not move again.

"Who?"

The voice that answered him was strange and curt.

"The gift is laid at your feet."

To be honest, after feeling the blade leave his neck, the feeling of fear surged from the soles of his feet and went straight to his Tianling Cap.

He was very self-conscious, and our editor-in-chief didn't turn his head while clutching his neck until he heard no other movement, to confirm whether the person had really left just now.

After confirming that the threat was really lifted, he quickly reopened the door of the office building and returned inside with the briefcase placed at his feet. After making sure that the door had been locked from the inside, he Then he opened the briefcase in a panic.

I saw that in addition to the neatly stacked roll of banknotes, there was also a "Journal of Saint-Denis" with eye-catching words on the top.

On the top of today's front page, written in red paint:

"Next time, this bag won't be filled with money."

The editor-in-chief looked at the blood on his hands, then looked down at the money in the briefcase, and silently closed the briefcase.

The editor-in-chief came to the room where the freshly printed newspapers were neatly stacked. Tomorrow's newspapers had already been printed, and they were all piled up in the office, and someone would come to pick them up later.

He stared blankly at the latest front-page headline he had made in the newspaper. Then he took out the cigarette case with some trembling, took one in his mouth, took out the matchbox, lit a match and lit the cigarette on his mouth. After finishing the cigarette, he did not put out the match, but simply threw it on the pile of newspapers.

The flames slowly spread across the newspaper. The editor did not leave in a hurry. He took out the newspaper with the warning written on it, ignited it and threw it in together.

After confirming that the fire would not go out, he turned and left the building.

Soon, the St. Denis Journal office building was engulfed in flames.

Not far away, Fang Jiaju, who was still standing on the corner of the street and hadn't gone far, didn't turn around and disappear completely into the darkness until he saw the editor-in-chief fleeing.

On the other end, the editor-in-chief, who had just returned home in a hurry and fled the scene, was knocked unconscious by a gun butt sticking out from behind the door as soon as he entered.

When he woke up again, he was tied to the chair.

"Hey?! What's going on?! What else do you want?"

This is really going to drive him crazy, he can't figure it out, really can't figure it out?
This group of people had just threatened and given money, and now they are doing this again! ?

Sadie looked at the two company employees who were acting with him with some confusion. Her expression seemed to be asking if any of us had seen him before.
Just listen to the editor-in-chief continue shouting:

"Listen! I've already burned tomorrow's newspaper! That's all I can do, okay? I can't afford to offend Mr. Callahan, and I can't afford to offend my boss either."

Sadie is really a head-scratcher. What is this? After she signaled the editor to calm down, she said: "Hey, calm down. We just want to have a chat with you. Who asked you to burn the newspaper?" We haven't spoken yet? Although the way we greeted you just now was a bit rough, I think we are just about to start talking to each other? "

"..." The editor-in-chief looked at Sadie with an expression that didn't seem fake, and he was smart enough to understand immediately that the group of people in the room now was not the same group as the one who threatened and gave him money just now. So he opened his mouth and said:
"You serve Arthur Callahan, correct?"

"correct."

"You didn't stop me at the door of the newspaper office just now?"

"Yes, stop asking questions now. Didn't you understand that I should be the one asking the questions now?!"

Sadie was caught off guard and asked two questions. Everyone was confused. What's going on? How could the roles be reversed?

It can only be said that what Arthur asked Sadie to do was very simple. It was to greet the editor-in-chief and scare him. He never thought that through the episode just now and what Sadie said, the editor-in-chief would do it before Sadie. understand the current situation.

The editor-in-chief said decisively:
"Listen, I promise, I won't get involved in this matter anymore. Let me go now. I'm getting ready to run away. I will never get involved in this matter again!"

"..." Sadie rubbed her head with the butt of the gun she was holding, and then confirmed to a company employee on the side:

"Have you ever done this kind of work before? Is it possible that now you don't need to speak to threaten people?"

The man on the side was also very confused when he was asked. He shook his head and said:
"Normally, it wouldn't be so strange. This person is too cooperative. No, it can't be said to be cooperative. He simply makes me feel that threatening him is unnecessary."

"Hey!" Seeing Sadie chatting with her companions, the editor-in-chief noticed the unopened handbag in the corner with his peripheral vision and shouted loudly:
"Hurry up, unless you still want to know something from me. If not, just let me go. I'm going to pack up my things and get ready to run away."

Sadie motioned to her men to untie him and said:
"Are we done now?"

"I suppose so."

……

In the tea room, Fang Jiaju stood beside Zheng Shixiong who was sitting cross-legged on the edge of the tea table and said:
"Mr. Zheng, the matter is settled. The editor-in-chief of the newspaper accepted the money, but he actually set the whole building on fire..."

Zheng Shixiong blew the tea leaves in the cup, nodded slowly and said:

"It doesn't matter. What he did is better than our original plan. Well, this is better."

"Mr. Zheng, will you really not offend that Arthur Morgan by doing this?" Ma Jiaju asked worriedly.

Normally, Fang Jiaju would never ask this question.

But today it was because he had learned about the glorious past of the Van der Linde gang and Arthur Morgan. Leaving aside what Arthur had shown before, his history made people dare not underestimate him.

As for Fang Jiaju's worries, Zheng Shixiong just said lightly:

"How could it be? Well, don't ask any more questions about this matter, and don't talk nonsense. I have my own plan."

(End of this chapter)