Phil followed him all the way until he saw him out of the bank, but when he turned back, there was still some worry on his face.
It's unclear whether he was worried about Joey's safety or the gold coins in his arms.
"Let's say it right here!"
Seeing that Charlie was still leading the way, Joey quickly stopped. He didn't want to keep following, what if they fell into an ambush? This Gold Rush Town wasn't his territory.
"Alright!"
Charlie seemed to sense Joey's concerns, but he didn't want to scare him away so that the deal could go through.
He pulled Joey to the side of the road, looked around for a while, and then lowered his voice and said, "Woman, a real beauty, want her?"
Joey was speechless. This was what they called a deal, a business transaction?
The mayor's son is also working as a pimp? I really overestimated him.
Charlie also noticed the subtle change in Joey's eyes and guessed that he must have misunderstood him.
"It's not what you think. How could my mayor's son do such a thing?"
He hurriedly explained himself, speaking faster than usual, as if his identity as a pimp had seriously diminished his dignity.
"I'm planning to sell you a stunning beauty, someone who's definitely not comparable to those prostitutes on the street. What do you say?"
Charlie's words left Joey speechless. It seemed he had indeed misunderstood the mayor's son. Pimping was not something he could do; what he did was much more serious, not just ordinary, torture!
Even in this other world, although brothels are legal, human trafficking, especially the trafficking of women, is strictly prohibited by law and punishable by imprisonment.
Although Joey had never been to prison, he didn't want to experience it in this strange world.
I don't know if the bearded man heard the sound of something breaking, but something on Joey really did break. His entrepreneurial spirit was shattered, just now, by a single sentence from the mayor's son.
Having finally managed to ignite the idea of starting a business in this other world, Joey's enthusiasm was extinguished in less than an hour. It seems Joey is destined to be just a wage earner.
"Alright, alright, Mr. Charlie, thank you for thinking so highly of me, but I have limited abilities, and I really can't do something illegal!"
"I think it's getting late, let's call it a day, let's all go home and find our own mothers!"
Joey was completely disappointed in the mayor's son and didn't want to stay with him any longer. She just wanted to get away from him as soon as possible and have some peace and quiet.
"I'm telling the truth, she's a real beauty from a big city, with an exceptional figure and气质 (qi zhi - a combination of temperament, bearing, and presence), unlike any of those 'roast chickens' out there!"
Charlie thought Joey didn't believe him and had no intention of giving up.
To him, human trafficking was nothing more than a simple business transaction. He had seen his father do it many times since he was a child. Illegal? Not a chance! In Gold Rush Town, his father was the law!
Joey was getting impatient; this mayor's son was proving to be quite difficult.
"Well then, Mr. Charlie, how much are you planning to sell that woman for? Make it clear beforehand, if she's not as beautiful as you say, I don't want her!"
Joey planned to use this as a pretext. Since he couldn't shake off the mayor's son, he would let him take him to meet the beautiful woman. Then he could say he wasn't satisfied or didn't like her and terminate the deal. This would give him a pretext.
Upon hearing Joey's words, Charlie instantly became happy. He was very confident in the goods this time, and he didn't think Joey would look down on them. He would be thrilled to get the gold coins.
"Mr. Joey, my friend, rest assured, you will be satisfied with this shipment. As for the price, we can discuss it after we see the goods!"
Charlie's hands began to rub together incessantly, as if he could already see the gold coins after the transaction was completed.
It turns out that the villains in this other world also have these lewd actions; indeed, bad guys don't discriminate based on region.
Joey nodded slightly and followed Charlie in one direction, but he also gave the bearded man a wink, reminding him to stay alert.
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