Chapter 750 Green
"It's also because they were too poor. Emma had been ill for a long time, but she kept delaying treatment. It turned out to be advanced liver cancer, and she didn't have much time to live. The laboratory offered Emma a clinical drug trial. Although they ultimately couldn't defeat the disease, it was certainly much better than having no one to rely on in her final days. But Mr. Charlie twisted this kindness into... Alas, we feel helpless too."
Wenliang's heart sank little by little.
The other party's response was flawless, and the logical closed loop was seamless. All unfavorable clues that might point to the association were attributed to old man Charlie's "delusion" and "misunderstanding", and the KL Group and the association were completely cleared of any responsibility.
Wen Liang showed an understanding expression: "So that's how it is... I understand, thank you for your explanation."
She knew that no matter how hard she tried, she wouldn't get anything out of him. Today only demonstrated the association's standard public relations tactics when facing doubts.
Lu Yao cooperated at the right moment: "Excuse me, could you please give me a business card? We would like to know the association's current membership procedures and requirements."
The receptionist immediately pulled out a high-quality business card from the nearby business card box. "Of course, if you need anything, you can always call this hotline. Our health consultants are happy to provide professional support and assistance to families like yours."
"Thank you very much." Lu Yao took the business card and thanked him politely.
The two left with the receptionist's earnest farewell words of "Take care" and "Feel free to contact me if you have any questions."
Walking into the cold and turbid air of the underground garage, Wen Liang seemed to be able to breathe a sigh of relief.
She leaned tiredly against the cold car body.
"It's watertight." Lu Yao's voice was low.
"Let's go back to Philadelphia," Wen Liang said. "There's nothing to find out here. The tail has already been swept away."
"OK."
Lu Yao responded.
The two were about to drive back to Philadelphia when Wen Liang's cell phone suddenly rang.
It was Old Charlie, whom Wen Liang had just recorded in the phone book not long ago.
Wen Liang immediately answered the phone, "Mr. Charlie?"
"Fei, something seems to have happened to Jamie! I don't know who to trust, so I can only call you." Charlie's anxious voice came from the phone.
She turned on the hands-free mode and said, "Mr. Charlie, don't be anxious. Speak slowly. 'Jamie seems to be in trouble'. What happened?"
Wasn't Jamie taken away by that non-existent organization a few years ago?
"Actually...actually, I forged the notice from the child care center...After Emma's accident, I suspected that they would do something to Jamie, so I sent Jamie to an old friend of mine, Green, and pretended that Jamie was taken away by an unknown person." Old Charlie said a lot in one breath.
"Green knew my situation and helped me raise Jamie. To avoid being discovered, we rarely contacted each other and almost never called. Every two weeks, he would send me some photos of Jamie. He had been like this for many years. Jamie grew up slowly in the photos, and I never suspected anything. But after you came to me, I was very panicked. I sent Green a message saying that I wanted to have a video call with Jamie. Green said that Jamie had not yet finished school and asked me not to worry, that Jamie was doing well. I called Green, but he didn't answer, saying it was inconvenient. I pretended to chat with him as if to reminisce about the past, but I found out that the person who contacted me was not Green at all..."
Wen Liang and Lu Yao looked at each other. They didn't expect it to be like this.
Lu Yao's eyes were as sharp as an eagle, and he turned the steering wheel without hesitation. The high-performance car drew a neat arc on the cold and smooth ground. The tires rubbed against the ground, making a short scream, and rushed towards Charlie's residence.
Wen Liang leaned forward slightly, gripping the phone tightly, forcing himself to guide the old man with the calmest voice possible: "Mr. Charlie, don't worry, we're on our way. Now, please tell me carefully, where is Mr. Green living now? And how did you find out that the person who contacted you on the other end was not him?"
Old Charlie gasped for breath on the other end of the line. After a few seconds, he forced himself to steady his voice and said hoarsely, "Green lives in the small town of Michal in Harrisburg... He said he couldn't answer the phone just now, so I chatted with him and tentatively lied, but he didn't react at all..."
Wen Liang concentrated and held his breath: "How did you test it?"
The old man's voice was filled with a hint of fear and anger at being deceived. "I deliberately said, 'Green, thank you! If it weren't for you, Jamie might have been taken away by the bad guys. My old comrade, you saved my life during the war, and now you've saved my grandson. I really don't know how to thank you.'"
"But the text message from the other side was: 'Old buddy, why are you being so polite to me? It happened so many years ago, let's not talk about it. We were comrades in the same battle, and it's my duty to help you.'"
"Miss Fei!" Old Charlie's voice suddenly rose, filled with bone-chilling coldness and indignation. "We didn't even know each other during the war! We met over twenty years ago, on Christmas Eve of the last year of the last century. There was a veterans' gathering in Harrisburg. It was snowing heavily outside that night, and we were the last two to help clean up the leftovers. We stood at the door together, smoking pipes and chatting. It was then that we discovered we had participated in the same battle, and the conversation started... Later, we gradually became close friends."
Wen Liang understood instantly.
The people on the other side may only know that Charlie and Green were comrades-in-arms, but they don’t know that they didn’t know each other when they joined the war, but only met each other later.
"Then what?"
"Then..." Old Charlie's voice trembled slightly, "Then I continued to chat with the person on the other end for a few words and called you. The other end probably hasn't realized that I've discovered anything unusual. Miss Fei, I'm worried that Green has..."
Based on Charlie's understanding of Green, he is definitely not someone who would sell out his friends for money.
There was silence on the other side, and I didn't know when the person was replaced. There was only one possibility: Green had been killed.
Maybe, not long after he sent Jamie there eight years ago, something happened to Green...
Old Charlie sobbed bitterly.
"Mr. Charlie, tell me the phone number that Green just contacted you with. I'll have a friend locate it, and we'll be downstairs at your house right away. Before they can react, we'll head to Harrisburg immediately."
Old Charlie gave a mobile phone number and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you at home."
Wen Liang wrote down the number, called Xin Feng, explained the situation to him, and asked him to locate it immediately.
Xin Feng did not hang up the phone. He only heard the clacking sound of keyboard tapping coming from the other side of the receiver.
After a moment, Xin Feng said, "It's located. This is a Harrisburg number, but the current location is Atlantic City, New Jersey."
"Atlantic City?" Wen Liang didn't know much about the geographical location of Country M, and couldn't remember where Atlantic City was for a moment.
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