Chapter 135 Presumption of Guilt

For Chicago, this season is the time to feel the power of the Five Great Lakes. The cold wind from the Arctic is even more powerful when passing through the Five Great Lakes, allowing the citizens of Chicago to feel the power of General Winter.

As an important steel industrial area, you can't feel anything in the continuous steel factories. It is even more comfortable to work in this season than in the scorching hot summer. Humans are such stupid creatures. They are uncomfortable when it is too hot and they are also uncomfortable when it is too cold.

The thick smoke rising into the sky made the moonless night look even darker. As an important industrial area in the north, everyone is accustomed to smog and does not think it is a big deal. Now only a few workers on night shift are left near the steel furnace to prevent industrial accidents.

"This factory is simply inhumane. They actually hired a group of black people as workers. It took us several days to figure out which route to take to get in!" The man who was stalking them spat, and the mask blocking his mouth began to fog up.

The darkness and the black environment made his surveillance work extremely difficult, which was comparable to the story of the Yankees and Dixies fighting wits and courage over the underground railroad thirty years ago. Fortunately, everything has its own rules, and he still managed to figure out the situation in the steel mill. Now is the time to take action.

"Okay, let's go in now. These lazy black people won't even spend half an hour around the steel furnace." The man who was stalking spoke softly. For any steel plant, there are places where iron ore or waste is piled up. Even with careful protection, it cannot prevent those who are interested from entering.

A group of people quietly started to move. After a day of rest, the team members were very energetic. They climbed over the wall and entered the waste pile. Suddenly, everyone saw a flashing light in front of them. The leading man asked everyone to hide quickly. Hearing the warning, everyone quickly hid in the iron ore pile.

It turned out to be a false alarm. Accidents always come unexpectedly. Just when the intruder who was lying on the iron ore pile stood up, a figure suddenly appeared from his blind spot. The two sides looked at each other and almost immediately pulled out their guns.

"Someone is attacking!" With this shout, bursts of gunfire rang out, and bullets flew in the dark night. Then the security guard of the steel plant heard the gunshots, grabbed the weapons beside him and rushed out.

"What bad luck!" After a few days of lurking, they still couldn't escape their luck. The attackers were ready to leave. Of course, before that, they still had to use the things they brought. The leading attacker shouted, "Teach them a lesson."

Upon hearing this, the others lit the fuses of the explosives they brought and threw them out like grenades. The sound of explosions pierced the quiet night. At the same time, the attackers were returning along the same route and evacuating under the cover of the explosions.

The Black Gold Company staff that swarmed over immediately determined the other party's intentions. "We must keep them. Otherwise, we will be attacked for no reason and we don't even know who attacked us. We won't be able to explain to the head office."

"We are the only ones who kill people, and we have never been attacked before!" Several ragged men cursed. If they had not been on the verge of life and death for a long time, they would have been almost killed by someone who came to their door this time.

At a distance, seeing the explosion inside the steel plant, the man muttered with joy, "It's successful, there was an explosion." He shouted excitedly, causing several bodyguards around him to shake their heads slightly.

He seemed to have imagined a violent explosion, engulfing everything in its path, the burning flames rushed up to a height of dozens of meters, and everyone lost their lives in the flames, but it seemed that the power of this explosion was smaller than he had imagined. He continued to watch intently, and he realized that the explosion that just occurred was not like the big explosion after success, and the power of exploding the steel furnace should be greater.

There was a little fire in the telescope, more like a battle that was discovered? Seeing this scene, the man who wanted to watch the crime scene was no longer calm. Although committing a crime can give you a sense of accomplishment, the premise is that you can't get yourself involved. If something goes wrong, it won't be worth it if you get yourself involved.

However, he still believed in this team that had helped to deal with many opponents over the years. This did not conflict with his leaving first. While packing up the telescope, the man did not forget to look at the battle situation in the distance. Finally, he muttered, "Merry Christmas, Sheffield family. I hope you are satisfied with this gift."

Soon the man disappeared into the night with a few of his confidants, no less impressive than the victorious Flying General.

"Merry Christmas!" Sheffield, who had already returned to Arlington Manor, was clinking his glass with Anne. Of course he had to go back home for this holiday. After all, he was such a law-abiding person and couldn't let the old man be lonely at home.

However, Sheffield didn't know much about Christmas. In the past, Chinese people could treat all Chinese and foreign festivals as Valentine's Day, and the most important thing about Valentine's Day was giving gifts. So now Sheffield wore a Santa hat and played the role of Santa Claus to give Anne a surprise.

Although it was a worthless little bracelet, it was obvious that Anne was very happy and wore it on her wrist very cherishingly. If Lady Anna had not been there, she might have snuggled into Sheffield's arms.

"It's very beautiful. I like it very much!" Anne stuck out her tongue at Annabell and thanked her shyly with her pretty face tilted up.

Annabelle didn't comment, continued cutting the steak and whispered, "This looks too much like giving gifts for the holidays."

"Madam!" At this moment, Padra tiptoed over and whispered something to Annabel.

"Got it!" Annabell glanced at her heir and nodded softly, "Let's talk about it tomorrow. It's not a big deal!"

"Grandma, is there anything wrong with Aunt Padra?" Sheffield naturally noticed Padra's actions and asked.

"It's a small matter. I'll deal with it tomorrow!" Annabell nodded gracefully, chewing the steak lightly with an intoxicated expression, and said, "Eating steak from your own home is the most enjoyable thing."

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The manor was peaceful that night. It was not until the next day that Sheffield learned that the steel plant in Chicago had been attacked. Three people from the Black Gold Company were killed, and the other party left behind nothing valuable except five bodies.

"Why did grandma hide this?" Sheffield sighed, "This is definitely directed at us."

"Of course, and since they dared to provoke our family, they only have a few targets. According to our family tradition and reputation, it was probably done by someone from DuPont. Of course, you are promoting electrification, so Morgan is also a possibility, but from what I know about this coffee bean merchant, he won't do it directly." Annabell analyzed with a relaxed look, "What do you think?"

"The biggest difficulty is the lack of evidence!" Sheffield thought for a moment and gave his own answer.

"If there is no evidence, we can investigate slowly. Since we have the body, we can always find something by investigating the source of the explosives. Besides..." Annabelle nodded slightly, "In fact, we don't need evidence. Whether this happened or not, we are enemies just like the DuPont family if we look back on history!"

Is this possible? Isn't this a presumption of guilt? Sheffield sat up straight, thinking that he was still too young.

(End of this chapter)