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On the other side, in the corridor outside the VIP room.

"Mr. Gonzalez! Wait, wait..."

Jack Wells caught up from behind, and Dante stopped when he heard Jack's urgent cry.

"Mr. Wells, please arrange some additional manpower for me. I don't have time to waste here. My son has been kidnapped. I only have this one son. I can't lose him..."

"I know I know."

Jack tried to comfort him, but Dante didn't appreciate it at all.

"No, you don't know at all. The Salamanca Group is a group of cruel lunatics, killers, and butchers. They sent me a photo of a cut off finger. That was my son's finger. .”

"They told me that they would not shoot my son to death, but would slowly torture him, cutting off his fingers one by one."

"Cut one piece a day. When the fingers are cut off, it will be the toes. Only after the toes are cut off will I kill him. I only have this son, and I can't lose him."

"Jack, for the sake of both of us being from Heywood, help me."

"Calm down, please calm down, Mr. Gonzalez, I will help you, but I need you to tell me the truth."

Chapter 228 This smell is the smell of lying (4K)

Dante's eyes widened: "The truth? Mr. Wells, how come even you..."

Jack stretched out his hands in a downward gesture.

"Calm down, Mr. Gonzalez, I am on your side. I am also the son of Heywood and of Mexican origin. We speak the same words and drink the same water. We are compatriots. Even if the world ends, this Nothing will change."

"I will help you. I promise you, not only because we are compatriots, but also because you are the priest's friend. Since the priest asked you to come to me, then I will not let the priest down."

"But Mr. Gonzalez, I'm not a fool, please don't fool me."

Dante hurriedly defended: "I didn't fool you, Mr. Wells."

"No, no, no, Mr. Gonzalez, you may not know what a middleman does. Let's put it this way, we are between employers and mercenaries.

Bridge, this means that we have noses sharper than hounds, and your body is full of lies. "

Although Jack is a rough guy, he is not a real fool.

Moreover, after receiving training from the priest during this period of time, Jack's growth can not be said to be rapid, but at least it can be said to be a thousand miles.

Not only Su Xiao could tell, but even Jack could tell that Dante was hiding something.

It's just that they are compatriots and the sons of Heywood, so Jack didn't say it inside. Instead, he waited until they were alone outside, and there were no outsiders, before he asked each other.

Seeing that Dante was still about to argue, Jack immediately interrupted him before he could speak.

"No, stop covering up, and don't find other reasons, excuses, or change the subject."

Jack's expression was serious. He was wearing a suit at the moment, like a real middleman: "I want to help you, really, but you also have to be honest. You have to tell me the whole truth, so that I can I can help you.”

"As you said yourself, Mr. Gonzalez, you don't have much time left, and we...we don't have much time either."

Jack was smart enough to say "we."

The message conveyed here is that we are on one side.

Even Jack said this, and Dante finally took a deep breath: "I didn't want to hide it deliberately, but I was worried that if Mr. Su knew about it, he wouldn't be willing to help."

Jack was stunned and said thoughtfully: "But no matter what, this is still better than concealing it after all, and you may not agree, but you may also be willing, but if you continue to conceal it, Su will definitely not help you."

Dante sighed again: "I understand, let's go back."

……

When the two returned to the VIP room, Su Xiao's expression seemed as if he had known he would come back.

Dante looked at Jack, who gave him a friendly and encouraging look.

So Dante unbuttoned his suit, sat down again, and said sincerely: "Mr. Su, I want to apologize to you. It was my worry about my son that blinded my reason. If my previous gaffe was offensive, please forgive me." , I hope it will not affect our cooperation."

"You can rest assured on this, Mr. Gonzalez, I am a person with a clear distinction between love and hate, and I will not bring my personal emotions into my work."

Su Xiao leaned forward, "But, as I just said, I hope the employer can be honest and not hide anything. As long as you tell the truth, we can continue to cooperate."

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you everything," Dante's hands on his knees were shaking a little, "The truth is, this all started a few years ago."

"As you all know, I was born in Heywood. I was born on the streets. Because of my poverty and humble background, I was bullied and humiliated since I was a child."

"From then on, I secretly vowed that if I had a child, I would definitely give him a safe and comfortable life. If he was born into this world with poverty like me..."

"Then I would rather not marry and have children."

Jack nodded.

He could understand Dante's thoughts very well, because he had the same thoughts half a year ago.

Born in the shit basin of Heywood, as long as there is even a chance, we must try our best to climb up.

Jack knew that not only him, but almost everyone born in Haywood, whether Mexican or white, thought so too.

"So, after I had my child, I put a lot of effort, energy, time and money into him. Not only did I hope that he would have a happy childhood, but I also hope that he would achieve something. Grow up to be a jerk in a suit sitting in an office, not a hustler selling bling on the street.”

Dante's idea coincides with the Seris people's hope that their children will become successful, but it is quite rare in Europe and the United States.

Because Europe and the United States pursue happy education, many parents who grew up under happy education provide their children with the same happy education. Few people realize that "education changes destiny" and "reading is not the only way out, but it is the best way." way out".

Although Dante is a basketball star, he has never read any books after all. People like him mostly like to advocate the futility of reading - "What's the use of reading so many books? I haven't graduated from elementary school yet." A part-time job?"

But Dante was not like this. He realized the importance of education.

Instead of being self-righteous and letting his children follow their own path, he hopes that his sons will go to school and receive higher education.

This is really valuable.

"Jose is also very successful. He was admitted to New York University."

Jose is Dante Gonzalez's son.

Although America collapsed, it did not affect NYU.

Until 2077, New York University was still the new American school with the largest number of international students and overseas students.

"But not long after he entered the school, he had an accident."

"What accident?"

Lidya Su raised her eyebrows.

He felt that the reason why the Salamanca Group kidnapped Dante's son was probably related to this accident.

"He hit someone, a child."

Dante seemed not to want to remember, with a look on his face

With a painful expression, "The child is younger than him and rides a brand new black motorcycle. It should be a gift his family bought him."

"At that time, Jose wanted to get his phone - he put it on the passenger seat. He grabbed the steering wheel with one hand and went to get the phone with the other hand. When he finally grabbed the phone, he suddenly felt something in the car. My head hit something, and then I felt like the thing flew over my head.”

V and Lucy both covered their mouths with shocked expressions on their faces.

Lidya Su's face also darkened: "The kid who was hit was the kid riding the motorcycle?"

Dante didn't speak, but he nodded slowly.

Jack suddenly said: "Then what? Did Jose escape?"

Dante nodded dejectedly.

"Jose was going to call 911, but the kid died while Jose was still on the phone, and Jose freaked out and ... he fled the scene."

No one in the VIP room spoke, only Dante's voice continued.

"Later, he called me. I was in Washington, D.C., because of some company matters. Although he didn't say clearly what happened on the phone, I still heard something was wrong in his tone. After appeasing him, I hurriedly dropped everything, took a private plane and flew to New York."

"When I saw him, I almost couldn't believe my eyes. A big boy who was supposed to be sunny and lively turned into what I least wanted to see, as if he had absorbed glitter. Looks like trash.”

"If it were anyone else, I might have turned around and left, or beaten him up severely. But after all, it was my child. No matter what he did wrong, he was still my child."

"So I suppressed my anger and slowly asked him what happened. I was afraid that if I didn't control it, I would scare him and he would be unable to say anything."

"When he finally told me everything about the collision and death of the man, I just felt like a bolt from the blue, as if the world would end tomorrow."

At this time, Dante suddenly changed the subject and looked at Jack.

"Jack, are you married?"

Jack didn't know why Dante suddenly brought the topic to this. He immediately shook his head: "Me? Not... not yet."

"What about Mr. Su?"

Su Xiao said lightly.

"I'm still a single nobleman for the time being."

Dante looked up to the sky and sighed: "It's so good. It's so good to be young. If you give me the chance to start over again, I won't get married."

Jack looked at Su Xiao, and Su Xiao shook her head gently, signaling Jack to calm down.

"People always like to say that raising children will protect you from old age, but why do I have to worry about raising children when it's my turn? I suspect that my son was my enemy in the previous life, and he is seeking revenge from me in this life."

"Otherwise why can't he be like a man, after doing something wrong, stay where he is and wait for the police to come, and then accept the lesson honestly. Instead, like a child who has not grown up, he calls me and hopes that I will Wipe his butt, like you did when he was little.”

Su Xiao coughed: "Mr. Gonzalez, what did you do next?"

Dante wiped his face, and his expression changed a little: "Sorry, I lost my temper... It took me about 10 minutes, maybe 10 minutes, to finally accept the facts, and then I chose to take him to the police station. .”

"Police station?"

Everyone else in the room had surprised expressions.

Instead of trying every means to help his son cover it up, he actually took his son to surrender himself?

Dante said proudly.

"I know what you are thinking. Although I am a rich man, I don't have the bad habits of those rich people. Looking for someone to support me? Humph, what I, Dante Gonzalez, hate the most are those rich people. , relying on one’s own money to do whatever one wants.”

V suddenly said.

"Mr. Gonzalez, I don't know if you have noticed that after all you said, it seems that there is no connection at all with why your son was kidnapped."

Dante waved his hand.

"Don't worry, Miss V, I'll talk about it soon... When I took my son to the police station, I didn't ask him to go in with me right away. Instead, I asked him to wait in the car while I was alone. Let’s go in and observe the situation first.”

He smiled bitterly and continued.