Chapter 26 How come you're here?
Ryder left the Johnson family mansion and hopped on his electric bike, ready to head back to the company. When he turned at an intersection, suddenly a black Hummer rushed diagonally out! Ryder reacted swiftly, quickly turning into the nearby alley, but his headlight got hit!
The black Hummer charged towards the entrance of the alley and screeched to a halt. A person got out of the car. With anger on his face, he said, "Moron! didn't expect me to come so soon, right?" It was none other than Allan!
Ryder squinted and sneered, "Pretty fast! Looks like you're a quick draw!"
"How dare you mock me?" Allan glared.
"Just now, you made me lose face in front of the Johnson family. I must regain my dignity! Prepare to die!" As soon as he finished speaking, the roaring sound of motorcycles came from a distance.
Soon, six or seven motorcycles pulled over by the roadside. These motorcycles were all modified, with extravagant designs. A group of tough-looking guys got off the bikes. The one leading them was a bald man, wearing a large gold necklace around his neck and his left hand bandaged, indicating a recent injury.
Upon seeing these people, Allan stepped forward a few steps and smiled at the bald man, saying, "Josh! This kid was showing off, help me beat him up!"
But what happened next was beyond Allan's imagination. This bald man, named Josh, trembled violently upon seeing Ryder, and then knelt down in fear, saying with a thud, "Mr. Clark! How come you're here?"
At this moment, Josh felt extremely unlucky. He had offended Ryder yesterday, causing self-harm to his left hand. Just after getting it treated at the hospital, he received a call from Allan, asking for help to teach someone a lesson. Josh had interacted with Allan a few times in the past, and since he was being paid for it, he didn't think much and called a few brothers over.
It was also a chance to vent last night's frustration. However, he never expected that the person they were supposed to teach a lesson to was Ryder! This was a bigwig that cast a shadow over his heart! Not to mention teaching a lesson, he didn't even dare to glance at him! Of course, Allan was completely unaware of this.
He asked in surprise, "Josh, I hired you to beat him up. Why are you kneeling?" Josh didn't respond and continued trembling on his knees. Ryder was also surprised. Allan actually asked Josh to teach him a lesson, quite a coincidence! "I heard you were going to help Allan teach me a lesson?"
Josh shivered and vehemently denied, saying, "How could that be? Impossible! There must be a misunderstanding."
Ryder nodded, "So, someone must be deliberately trying to provoke us?"
Josh nodded in agreement, "Yes! That's exactly what I think!"
Narrowing his eyes, Ryder asked, "Then, who do you think it is?"
Being an experienced person, Josh stood up straight and immediately slapped Allan across the face, saying, "You have some nerve to provoke the relationship between me and Mr. Clark!"
He then instructed his subordinates, "Hold Allan down!"
Allan, who hadn't even realized what was happening after being punched, was already pinned to the ground by the subordinates!
He looked panicked, now understanding that Josh and Ryder actually knew each other. He was truly in deep trouble!
To save his life, he quickly acted submissive and put on an innocent face, saying, "It was all a misunderstanding! Josh, I acted impulsively and made a mistake! Brothers, my apologies, let's put an end to this, alright?"
Josh didn't respond, he looked at Ryder, waiting for his words.
Ryder didn't expect Allan to be such a pushover. If it were someone else, scaring them with a slap would be enough. But not Allan!
He wasn't related to Abigail, but now Ryder had a bad impression of the entire Hall family.
The Hall family's money was dirty! Although their main business was interior decoration, as profit-driven businessmen, they frequently deceived consumers by using subpar materials.
That's not all, there have been multiple cases of formaldehyde poisoning caused by the Hall Group's renovations in Houston. There were even three cases where excessive formaldehyde led to the residents developing leukemia and dying.
Ryder personally knew one of the residents affected.
His former coworker had saved up a lifetime of money to buy a house for his son, with the renovations done by the Hall Group.
The son died from formaldehyde poisoning and leukemia, leaving the family bankrupt. The coworker went into depression, disappeared, and eventually committed suicide by jumping off a building!
Throughout the entire ordeal, the Hall Group never took responsibility! Ryder had realized the arrogance and heartlessness of capitalists back then! That's why today, given the chance, he didn't want to let Allan off easily!
Ryder looked down at Allan and said coldly, "You said it would end here, but why should it?"
Allan shrunk his neck and asked, "What do you want then?"
Ryder calmly replied, "It's simple, you crashed into my car, and this matter can't be considered settled unless you compensate me!"
Allan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "I can compensate! I'll transfer the money to you, how much?"
Ryder calmly stated, "Two million dollars!"
Allan thought he heard wrong, "Two million dollars? Why don't you go steal it?"
Josh slapped him, "How dare you talk to Mr. Clark like that!"
Allan was aggravated. In his opinion, Ryder's electric scooter was just a little bit broken from being hit, and compensating two hundred dollars was almost enough!
This Ryder actually wanted two million dollars, which was more expensive than his Hummer!
Ryder revealed a smile: "You can spend two million dollars to buy a diamond necklace on a whim, what's wrong with compensating me two million dollars? Could it be that... your family is not willing to pay for the money you?"
Allan's face was res, from the accusation of it: "But two million dollars of for an electric scooter..."
Before the words were finished, Josh slapped again, "Are you trying to say that Mr. Clark's ride is not worth two million dollars?"
His face was swollen.
Allan looked at Josh with fear, afraid that the other party would strike again, and was about to cry out in aggravation, "Mr. Clark's status is exalted, his scooter is definitely worth money!"
Josh grinned: "Since it's worth the money, then don't talk nonsense, hurry up and take the money, otherwise don't blame me for ruthlessness!"
Saying that, he took out a dagger and stuck it on the ground ten centimeters in front of Allan's head!
How can he get out of this situation? He was scared and shivers ripped through his body, "I'll give it, I'll give it here, please take it easy!"
After that, Josh let his people loosen their grip on Allan, the latter's heart felt like it had a knife in it as he used his cell phone to transfer two million dollars to Ryder.
He had less than three million dollars in cash flow in his possesion, which his father had invested in his business.
Not yet warmed up, was Ryder got away with most of it.
Ryder received the money, no longer pestered. He quickly started his car and sped off without looking back.
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