Chapter 264: A Deal
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Don’t worry, we are the Shwell family that has been through more than two hundred years of storms and has never fallen. We are still at the height of our power, so it won’t be so easy to defeat us. They want to treat us as prey, but it’s not certain who’s the hunter and who’s the prey.”
Seeing that Jeffrey was silent, Retlin laughed at him. “You’re just a child. Go and study in peace. This is something that elders like us should worry about. It’s not your turn to worry about it day and night.”
This time, the discussion between the grandfather and grandson ended with an unpleasant topic. After hanging up the phone, Retlin sat in his chair in a daze.
Even though he had sounded optimistic when facing Jeffrey, the reality was not as easy as he had said.
After the news of the Pritz family’s girl’s death spread, those people had been busy for several months in order to eradicate the weeds and consolidate their forces.
After that, they finally had time to prepare for the next step of their plan, which was to target the Shwell family.
In the past few months, whether it was him or the other members of the Shwell family, they had all suffered different degrees of difficulties and accidents.
Fortunately, the Shwell family was still able to live up to their expectations, so the other party’s schemes did not succeed. They only suffered a small loss, but did not suffer a big loss. They even effectively counterattacked several times.
However, this did not mean that the Shwell family could really rest easy. After all, they could only be thieves for a thousand days, but they could not guard against thieves for a thousand days.
Under the constant siege of the wolf pack, no matter how cautious they were, they would still easily reveal their flaws. Once the wolves opened a hole in the Shwell family’s defenses, they would only suffer a series of defeats.
Therefore, Retlin had been very worried these days, thinking of a way to help the Shwell family get through this crisis.
Of course, he wasn’t näIVe enough to conclude that the person behind the fire was really harmless to the Shwell family.
With the wolves watching the Shwell family, no one could guarantee that the person who suddenly appeared was not from the enemy.
The reason why he asked the deputy director to stop the investigation was because if his guess was true, the implications of this matter would be too great. He had no intention of involving Jeffrey and the innocent deputy director, nor did he want the news to be leaked in advance and make the matter bigger.
Retlin sat on the sofa for a long time before he finally made a decision. Then, he called Edwin again. “Mr. Anderson, let’s make a deal. What do you think?”
“Do you mean that you want me to help you investigate the person behind the arson?” Edwin chuckled. “This isn’t like you, Old Master.”
“After all, a strong dragon can’t suppress a local snake. No matter what, it’s still the Anderson family’s territory. If you guys take action, you’ll definitely get twice the result with half the effort,” Retlin said honestly.
Even if he didn’t make the request, the Anderson family would still investigate this matter. After all, this was the Anderson family’s territory. With Edwin’s arrogant personality, how could he turn a blind eye to such a thing?
However, if he did not, even if the Anderson family knew who the perpetrator was, they would only deal with it privately and not disclose it to the public.
But Edwin didn’t want to get involved in such matters. “I’m just a simple businessman. If someone burns my property, I’ll naturally send someone to deal with it. As for other matters, they have nothing to do with me.”
In other words, the Anderson family did not want to get involved in the military.
After all, no matter how powerful a businessman was, no matter how big his plate was, he was still a businessman in essence. In a country, the military was always the one who held the highest power. After all, only fists were the last word.
Rejection was expected, but Retlin was not anxious. Instead, he lowered his voice. “What if I say that I can help you connect with the people in the Logistics Department?”
Edwin’s hand, which was spinning the fountain pen, suddenly stopped. If there was anyone in the world who could do business with the most forthright and easiest way to earn money, it would be doing business with the army.
Once the products became military supplies, then it could basically be said that they could make money lying down.
Therefore, many corporations wanted to get orders from the military.
Unfortunately, everyone wanted to go to the Heavenly Avenue, but only a few people could get it.
Edwin was also very envious of this business, but the resources of the army had long been divided among them. It was basically impossible for outsider: get a foot in it..
