Chapter 601: Father-Daughter Reconciliation and Who is Watching Whom

In a high-end community on the edge of the Imperial District, Bodun is looking at Nancy across the table.

The father and daughter are just sitting there across a table.

The purpose of Nancy's return this time is to get some money. Her life recently has not been very good, and she is a bit strapped for cash.

Recently, she lost her job and also just had a breakup. She wants to go to another city to relax during this summer vacation.

There is a prerequisite for her to do all this, and that is having money.

Money is very important, indispensable, but she happens not to have it.

Since Robu died, she has rarely come home and rarely communicated with Bodun. She always feels that Bodun is too realistic on this issue.

That was his son, and also her brother, and he could actually work for the person who killed Robu!

This is simply unbelievable. She has never seen such a cold-blooded father. Even in movies or operas, those villains are more humane than him.

She couldn't accept such a family environment and was also afraid that one day she might become the next victim, so she entered an independent life in advance.

But this time, she came back because she had no money.

She had thought about many opportunities for her and Bodun to face each other again. It might be because Bodun couldn't stand the inner torture, realized his mistake, and then found her crying and seeking her forgiveness to obtain spiritual comfort.

It might also be that he found that the only person he could rely on in the end was her, his daughter, so he wanted to get her forgiveness and then leave this sad city to live again elsewhere.

She thought about many possibilities of them meeting again, but she never thought that she would be the one to compromise first. This is like a betrayal of Robu to her, although that dead ghost is already dead.

She also didn't think that the reason for her compromise and betrayal was not her desire for family affection or anything else, but just because she had no money.

What made her feel... full of a sense of crisis is that Bodun is now living in a big mansion, not to mention that that bitch is actually shamelessly dressing herself up like a noble lady!

And she, Bodun's daughter, had to come back because she couldn't pay the rent!

Damn it, it's really fucking hell!

"I thought I would wait until you got married before you would give me an invitation, telling me you were getting married, and I should appear at your wedding ceremony in a formal suit."

Bodun sat on the chair very reserved and dignified. He has started watching operas recently.

This is something he couldn't imagine in the past. It's not just because he couldn't afford the cost of watching operas, but more importantly, no one guided him; he couldn't learn to watch operas at all!

Yes, watching operas also requires an introduction, learning, and understanding the original work and story to feel its beauty from the opera!

Lanse's success made the Lanse family the ruler of the underground world of New Jincheng. Some people can't reach Lanse, but they can reach those people under Lanse, such as Bodun.

They feast Bodun. As long as he makes a request, those people naturally won't refuse.

Bodun is a complex person. He can be absolutely controlled by his own desires, can give up hatred, and give up everything.

But he can also be relatively calm and rational under the trend of desire, provided it doesn't touch his interests.

He didn't collect money or anything else, nor did he make promises to others, but chose to watch operas with some people.

I just let you accompany me to watch an opera; you can't ask me to do this or that.

If you asked, then I would refuse, and also invite you to watch an opera.

Under such circumstances, he began to formally contact and understand operas. He sometimes imitates some characters in operas now. He feels that he is no longer the person he used to be.

The mud spots on his trouser legs were thrown away when he changed clothes and will never stain his trouser legs again. He is already an upper-class person.

Although saying so might be a little... exaggerated, it can't be said to be all wrong.

So now when he speaks, he has a bit of posture and a bit of tone.

This tone made Nancy somewhat confused. She didn't know that her father would have such a side.

At the same time, Bodun's words also made her feel a sense of tension. She realized that she was definitely not that important in Bodun's heart.

After all, he could even give up the hatred of his own son; she is just a girl.

Nancy didn't know what to say. She actually feels a bit... doesn't know how to choose now.

If she continues to choose to leave and cold-treat, she might get further and further away from this family, and eventually they will become "relatives" instead of "family".

She doesn't want this, especially after seeing this big mansion and seeing her former best friend wearing expensive luxury goods, looking at her like a clown like a noble lady.

Nancy pursed her lips, "I... I just find it hard to accept for a while."

Bodun still looked at her with no emotional fluctuations, "So now, do you accept it?"

Accept the fact of Robu's death, and accept other things.

Nancy was silent for a while and didn't speak. Bodun continued, "He made a mistake."

"He sold the family's information to the outside world, causing the family to suffer huge losses, so he died."

"Nancy, he is my son. I am also full of sadness and regret for his death, but rules are rules."

"The family is not one person's family; it belongs to all of us. What Robu hurt is not just Lanse alone; he also hurt all of us."

"In school, if you make a mistake, the teacher might punish you."

"In society, if you make a mistake, your boss might deduct your salary, and your friends might ignore and stay away from you."

"In a gang, if you make such a big mistake, then you can only have such an end."

"I am very heartbroken, but I also respect his result."

"If you still think this is our problem, you can continue to go and calm down."

Nancy remained silent. She didn't know how to speak.

Coincidentally, the phone rang at this time. Bodun made a silent gesture and then picked up the phone, "This is Bodun."

"... Okay, very important, I know. I will tell the boss myself."

After he hung up the phone, he dialed Lanse's office phone. Lanse didn't explain other things in the past two days; he would always be in the office.

The phone was connected quickly. Lanse answered it, and he told what had just been conveyed.

While he was speaking, Nancy noticed that Bodun, who had always had a straight face, showed a smile on his face, and also carried a trace of carefulness.

After he put down the phone, he glanced at his daughter, knowing that his changes just now were all seen by her.

He didn't mean to hide it either. Originally, he didn't need to be so careful.

With Jeral there, he could completely become friends with Lanse like others.

"This is what Robu brought me. I must be careful at all times."

He took out a cigarette and lit it, "Do you want one?"

Nancy looked at him in surprise. He smiled and said, "I found cigarette butts in your room, after you left."

Nancy hesitated and took one. A cigarette that costs 35 cents a pack is definitely a high-end product. She had only seen it but never smoked it.

The father and daughter smoked in the office, silent. After a long while, she said, "He... how much money can he give you?"

When hearing this, a faint smile appeared on Bodun's face, "Up to now, in two years, my dear, I have earned about... 300,000 to 400,000. I haven't calculated it in detail."

"And the speed of making money will get faster and faster because the boss's territory is getting bigger and bigger."

"We need more people, and it's possible that it won't just be internal anymore; it's also possible that we need to go external!"

Mo Lisi being transferred to run the casino did make many people somewhat envious and jealous. Everyone knows that the casino is a business that makes money every day.

Even if you don't reach out to grab a little, with Lanse's generosity, whoever manages the casino will definitely be able to get a large sum of money.

But Bodun is not envious, nor jealous, because he is also doing work that cannot be replaced by others.

And with Mo Lisi's work change, he is very likely to be fully responsible for the Lanse family's intelligence work.

This means that the money Lanse allocates to him every year will be more. He needs to expand outward, and expansion requires money.

Hiring people requires money, buying off some people requires money, bribing foreign officials requires money—anything related to intelligence requires money!

The benefits he can get from it are also more. The two years of getting along made him understand a truth: Lanse doesn't care if he is corrupt, if he has filled his own stomach.

What he cares about is whether the intelligence and news he needs can reach his hands in time.

As long as Bodun can do this, he doesn't take too much, and Lanse will always reuse him.

He will be better than he is now.

He raised his chin slightly, like a proud rooster.

300,000 to 400,000 in two years has already exceeded the income ability of ordinary middle class. He is not far from the threshold of the upper class.

When Nancy heard this number, she was also stunned and couldn't speak. She realized why her best friend and good classmate could live so freely.

That money should have been used on her by him.

She cursed a few dirty words in her heart and then began to consider countermeasures.

After about ten seconds, she said, "You have a point. I mean about Robu."

"Everyone has to pay for their own mistakes, but... his bill is too heavy."

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Bodun didn't respond to her, just continued to smoke.

Nancy lowered her posture and voice, "I have been thinking about these problems for the past two years. I realized that we are a family. No matter what you did, it can't change this fact."

"Let the past be the past!"

"We are a family. We should be together instead of being torn apart by some things that have already passed."

Bodun nodded slightly, "You are right. We are a family. When your mother left, I promised to take good care of you."

"Although he... is disappointing, I still intend to fulfill my duties as a father."

He paused, "You can live in our old house first, and then I will find you a job."

Nancy said, "I want to live here, and I... won't have any conflicts with her."

Mr. Bodun considered it and didn't refuse, "You'd better be telling the truth. Honestly, I don't have that much time and energy to solve your disputes if they break out."

"By that time, I can only let you live in the old house. This will make us both disappointed, understand?"

Nancy nodded in agreement and also breathed a sigh of relief.

Bodun was very satisfied with her knowing the current affairs. In fact, as things developed to this day, he wouldn't even hate anyone because of Robu's death.

There are other people in the gang who make mistakes, even doing things they shouldn't do, and Lanse will also deal with them according to the family's rules.

It's not that Robu is like this; others are also like this. As long as they make a mistake, they will definitely be punished.

For example, everyone knows the undercover agent beside Allen.

Even Bodun himself at this time is a maintainer of the rules, not a potential destroyer.

As a vested interest group of the interest group, he will be more willing to maintain the current rules than others.

As for Nancy, he doesn't think Nancy will cause any problems. She is just poor and wants to live a good life, which is actually no different from them.

Nancy got permission and couldn't wait to throw away those old, shabby suitcases. She went to choose her own room. Everything has to start over.

Robu brother?

Sorry, she also forgot that brother at this time. What she wants now is to live the life of a young lady, not to continue to live a hard life and watch her best friend be a noble lady!

Lanse didn't know about some changes in Bodun's family. Even if he knew, he wouldn't care. These are all small things.

Now the thing he cares about most is where Qiaodeng has gone.

He made a phone call to Hiram, telling him that Qiaodeng should have gone over, and then made a phone call to Laun, saying that Selei could be brought over.

Not long after the phone call was made, Hiram saw two motorcycles appear outside the film company. After the two guys who didn't look like good people stopped the motorcycles, they stood across the street and observed for a while.

Undoubtedly, according to Bodun's description, these two people should be the ones they are looking for.

However, after they just observed for a while, they rode their motorcycles away.

They were here to scout the location, and Qiaodeng also felt the potential pressure from the Lanse family, so their current idea is not to have a direct conflict, take the person away first, and then find a way to get the money back for his good friend, plus revenge.

It has to be said that Qiaodeng is very cautious, but he chose the wrong target. Even if he was very careful, he was like a moth that broke into a bat's nest.

No matter how he flapped, he had already been completely locked on!

At the same time they left, a car followed them.

In a hotel on the edge of the industrial zone, the two motorcycle guys soon returned here.

"How does it look over there?", Qiaodeng asked.

Two subordinates reported what they found, "It doesn't look like anything special from the outside, and there are no gang members at the company entrance. I don't know what the situation is inside."

"However, their parking lot is in the alley next to the company, and there is only one entrance and exit. You can see all the vehicles coming in and out."

Qiaodeng nodded. Although he didn't find out much about the Lanse family, this itself was a piece of news.

He also asked other friends, and some people think that the Lanse family's strength is not strong—not a single family was destroyed by the Lanse family.

In other words, the Lanse family did not possess its current status through war.

The Cassia family died in civil strife, while Tita and Keen actively left New Jincheng because of heavy casualties during the civil strife.

The Lanse family and the Koda family had conflicts, but the conflicts were not intense. After the other two families left, they were already at a disadvantage.

Later, Bandi was said to have been silenced by the Bay Area in the police station, and Gao Li failed to assassinate Lanse and chose to end himself.

Fleming doesn't know where he ran to, and there is no news for the time being.

Shi Dong has already started serving his sentence.

It can be said that the Lanse family picked up a big bargain!

This kind of news gave people a feeling of "I can do it too".

This is also the reason why Qiaodeng doesn't know how to evaluate the Lanse family now. They seem to have done nothing, but they also seem to have done something.

So he chose to be cautious.

"Go and find out who their general manager or similar role is, what they look like, and what car they drive."

"When he gets off work at night, follow his car, and we'll find a place on the road to take action."

"Don't have a direct firefight. Try not to shoot if you can."

"Our goal is to take the person away. After grabbing them into the car, leave the city immediately. Don't stop. Run all the way. After leaving Likalai State, gather at the intersection of... highway and... highway."

"Does anyone have any questions?"

Others naturally have no opinion. Although they are gang members, it doesn't mean they are all fools.

Coming to someone else's territory to cause trouble, once caught, the end will be very miserable.

No one is afraid of death, they are also afraid, and they don't want to get hurt, but because of face and gang rules, they have to come.

Qiaodeng can choose this way, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that they don't know that they have been very careful and cautious, but even so, at this moment, in the parking space diagonally across the road, behind the windshield of a car, two people are staring at this hotel.

In a phone booth not far away, someone is also calling while staring at the hotel.

Twenty minutes later, seven or eight more cars came, as well as two police cars.

The police cars are used to maintain order. After all, there might be a gunfight, and the police cars sounding the alarm in time will help the public stabilize their emotions.

The car Hiram was riding in stopped next to the car responsible for watching. He sat in the passenger seat, looking at his subordinate in the driver's seat opposite, "They haven't left?"

"More than a dozen left, and some are still inside."

Hiram frowned. It's not easy to take action if people are not there, and so many people are missing. It would be fine if only two or three were missing.

He asked the watchers to continue watching, and they waited in a place slightly further away, waiting for these people to return at night...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 602 =====