Demons Beside You (The Demons Beside Me)

"Chen, something happened." Laura ran to Mingyue Villa in panic.

"What happened?" Chen Zhao saw Laura running over in such a hurry.

Didn’t you say you were going on a business trip today?

However, Laura barely restrained her emotions when she saw Ronnie and Vera.

"Didila, take your sister to play outside." Chen Zhao said.

After the children were all out, Laura handed the phone to Chen Zhao.

There was a video on the phone. The more Chen Zhao looked at it, the more solemn his expression became.

"How is this going?"

"Something happened to Johnny. He went to Somalia and was kidnapped by local rebels." Laura was already confused: "Chen... do you have any cash there... Johnny and I only have 200 million US dollars in our account?" .”

"Yes." Chen Zhao nodded and picked up the phone at the same time: "Andrews, transfer all the cash out of my account for me. How much cash is there in my account?"

After hearing Andrews' answer, Chen Zhao nodded and said to Laura: "Laura, don't worry, I have 600 million US dollars in cash in my account, and I will find someone to borrow it."

"Chen...I'll find the rest myself."

"It's okay, my friend just has cash on hand." Chen Zhao shook his head.

"Oh well……"

“Laura, you can rest here while I go out to find my friends.”

"Excuse me, Chen."

Chen Zhao first called Fali and asked Fali to put down her work temporarily and come back to accompany Laura.

Fali heard about the situation and immediately rushed back from the coast rescue team.

"Laura, don't worry, Chen knows a lot of friends, it'll be fine." Fali immediately came to Laura's side to comfort her.

Laura actually wanted to believe Fali, but she also knew that Fali's words were largely to comfort her.

For Laura, it is not about money now.

Instead, consider whether Risfal can come back alive.

"Laura, do you know the information about Johnny's kidnapper? The more details, the better."

"I only know that his name is Luo Aman, a rebel leader entrenched in Marka. He has more than 10,000 men." Laura looked at Chen Zhao worriedly: "Chen, is this information enough?"

"That's enough." Chen Zhao nodded: "Fali, you stay with Laura, I'll go out."

"Yes." Fali nodded understandingly.

…

"Mr. Graves, I want to ask you something."

Graves was a little surprised to receive a call from Chen Zhao.

"Mr. Chen, did the two bodyguards I arranged make some mistake?"

Graves thought there was something wrong with the two bodyguards protecting Fali, so Chen Zhao called to investigate.

"No, I just want to ask you if you have any information about Somalia?"

"What does Mr. Chen want to know?" Graves asked.

"A rebel leader named Roaman, the more detailed the better."

"Mr. Chen, I run a security company. Although I have my own contacts in terms of intelligence, I can't guarantee anything."

"Ten million dollars, I don't care how much of this money you give to your network. I want to get a reply within thirty minutes on all the information about the rebel leader named Roaman."

"Okay, within thirty minutes, I will find out all the information about this guy."

As soon as Graves hung up the phone, his phone received bank information, and there was an extra ten million dollars in his account.

Graves didn't know what Chen Zhao was doing with this rebel leader named Roaman.

However, he could feel the coldness in Chen Zhao's tone.

Half an hour later, Graves dialed Chen Zhao's number again.

"Mr. Chen, did you receive the message I sent you?"

"Yes, I received it." Chen Zhao saw that the information was quite comprehensive, and he was quite satisfied.

"Mr. Chen, if you need it, I can help you kill this guy. Of course, the price will be favorable."

"Thank you, no need." Chen Zhao said calmly.

Graves was a little disappointed that Chen Zhao actually spent ten million dollars to buy a piece of information.

Wouldn't it be more if they were hired?

It's a pity that Chen Zhao didn't choose them.

…

If there is one place in the world that is still wild, it is Somalia.

There is no other place in the world that is as barbaric and chaotic as Somalia.

There are no rules here and no one is absolutely safe.

Even the Middle East looks like paradise compared to Somalia.

Government troops, rebels, warlords, criminal groups, pirates, mercenaries, and even killers interweave here to create a terrifying and chaotic zone.

Here, children as young as seven or eight will attack others with weapons.

Maybe this seven or eight-year-old kid killed more people than anyone else.

And at night, the gunfire here still won't subside.

From time to time there would be a burst of gunfire.

After a while, it fell into silence again.

This is the norm here.

Chen Zhao came to Marka, Somalia.

There are ruins everywhere.

These buildings are already very old.

After experiencing the war again, it became even more damaged.

And Chen Zhao seemed to have entered the Chinese countryside in the 1970s.

Marka was originally an important city in Somalia.

It has a certain industrial base, but the civil war destroyed everything here.

There are now less than 100,000 people in Marka, and more than half of them are related to the rebels.

There are fortresses and bunkers everywhere, and there are traces of war everywhere.

While Chen Zhao was wandering around, two black men stopped him and questioned him in Somali.

The muzzles of their guns were almost touching Chen Zhao's head.

Chen Zhao raised his arms with a fearless expression on his face.

Let the two men search him.

"Do you speak English?" Chen Zhao asked.

These two black men are just big-headed soldiers, and they don't know any English.

They didn't understand English, but they knew that Chen Zhao was speaking English.

After finding nothing, he cursed and pushed Chen Zhao.

They seemed to be escorting Chen Zhao somewhere.

Just then, a white man suddenly appeared on the way.

When the white man saw Chen Zhao, he was obviously stunned.

"Asian?"

"Hi, hello, do you know English?" Chen Zhao had a look of surprise on his face.

Claure glanced at Chen Zhao, thinking that Chen Zhao regarded him as his savior.

"Do you know where Risfall is now?"

Claure was about to leave when he suddenly stopped when he heard Chen Zhao's words.

"Who are you?" Claure stared at Chen Zhao.

"I was sent by Mr. Risfar's family to negotiate with Roamman." Chen Zhao said seriously.

"What are you talking about? Mr. Roamán has already given the conditions." Claure said: "Your only choice now is to accept the conditions we have offered."