Chapter 222 In Person If He's Alive; His Body If He's Dead

With a single call from Mark, Hansel, Lingo and Piers gathered at the port.

In front of them was the boundless sea, many yachts and boats were parked at shore. Some of the owners of the yachts were smoking and playing cards, while some of them were waiting for their customers on the boat.

The master of an old boat noticed Mark and company, he thought something big had arrived for him. He smiled and asked, “Want a yacht ride?”

Mark squinted his eyes at the man and glared at him. He asked, “Have you seen someone smuggle a little girl here a few days ago?”

The man was shocked when he heard the question. “I don’t know anything!”

“Don’t know? Or you don’t want to talk?” Mark was drowning in fury, a simple spark could ignite his fury and the man’s guilty reaction was grinding his patience away.

“I don’t know! I don’t know!” The man shook his hands and nervously returned to his own business.

Right before Mark could say anything, Lyla told the man, “Tell us what you saw and you can name your price.”

The man turned around with furrowed brows, he somehow felt that Mark and company were not his usual customers. He manned up and said, “I don’t know!”

“500 thousand,” Lyla said.

The man slightly bent over when he heard the number. “I really don’t know anything.”

“1 million!” Mark said.

The man was obviously shocked. A million, the number was astronomical for a yacht owner like him.

He took a glance at the others behind Mark and realized they also looked like rich and powerful people. He was either thinking about his safety or had the intention of raising the price. Regardless, he shook his head and said, “I’m telling you I don’t know anything!”

Lingo got restless and pulled out her gun. She pointed it at his head and said, “Do you know now?!”

The man was shocked to his core when the gun was pushed up against his head. “W-What are you trying to do?”

Lingo grinned. “Getting you to talk! You can choose to talk or shut up, forever.”

“You!”

Lingo loaded the gun and was ready to pull the trigger, which terrified the man.

The man ultimately gave up and said, “Okay! Okay! I’ll talk!”

“Spill it!”

“Two days ago I was away due to some personal reasons but I heard there were two yacht owners who smuggled a girl away and got rich, so they quit after that.” The man looked jealous and sour at the same time.

The news made Mark and Lyla glance at each other with a hopeful gaze.

“What happened after that? Where are they now?” Mark asked.

“I don’t know! I told you I was away! Those men sold their yachts and quit!”

“You don’t know? Or you don’t want to say?”

“I really don’t know!”

“You said that earlier, but look at what just spilled out of you!” Lingo interrogated the man.

The man was silenced and was at a loss of words. “I-I’m telling the truth this time!”

“Why don’t we find out for ourselves?” Lingo put her finger at the trigger.

“Please! Don’t shoot! I have my parents and children to take care of! I really don’t know anything else!” The man regretted lying to them in the first place, he got so scared that his stomach cramped.

Lingo wanted to pull the trigger but Hansel stopped her. He said, “It seems like he really doesn’t know.”

“But…”

“He will speak if he knows anything else. Let’s lay low.” Hansel signaled her with a quick glance. They should not expose themselves in public now because there were many pairs of eyes on them.

Lingo understood the situation and nodded.

The man nodded repeatedly and nervously. “Yeah! Yeah! You guys can ask the others, I really don’t know anything! I didn’t come in for two days!”

Mark and company looked around and noticed a small crowd was looking at them.

He did not care about the people’s gaze and walked up to them brazenly.

Lingo kept the gun and stepped away.

Hansel took out a stack of money and tossed it at the man’s face. “Remember, you see nothing today.”

The man felt like he had come back from hell. The joy of being alive made him teary. He looked at the stack of money dully, he had no idea how to put his feelings in words. “Yes, yes, yes! I understand! I see nothing and hear nothing!”

Everyone left and went after Mark.

Lingo said to Hansel, “You don’t need to give the man money, it’s best to deal with this kind of guy with our guns, not money.”

“I know what you are trying to say but we’ve attracted attention and the police might be on the way. It’s better to lay low.”

Lingo nodded. “I understand.”

“Just take it as payment for Gretel’s whereabouts…” Hansel turned around to the man and then looked at the boundless sea.

Hansel and Gretel had been together since they were born and it was the first time they were apart from each other.

More importantly, Hansel had no idea who took Gretel. If it was possible, he would take Gretel’s place instead.

……

Mark walked over to the other yacht owners who were playing cards and smoking leisurely.

They too saw Mark coming closer with an intimidating look and as the locals, the group of them reacted fiercely because they did not want to look weak in front of outsiders.

Then one of the men came up to Mark with a slightly troubled look. “Are you people here for a yacht ride or…”

“We are here to find out about someone.”