The negotiation went unexpectedly smoothly. Meg thought that he would need to use his persuasive skills to convince the world's biggest capitalist to give up the greatest benefits for the world and the future. He didn't expect that he would be able to settle the matter with just a proposal.
"Miss Hill's environmental awareness is admirable," Meg said sincerely. There weren't many capitalists like her in the world.
"Mr. Meg's sense of responsibility is also admirable." Hill smiled and looked at Meg with admiration.
Mag didn't want to continue flattering each other here, and he knew that Scheer must be 100 times busier than him. So, he quickly ended the topic, and told Scheer to inform him for the official three-way meeting after she finished communicating with the city lord's castle. Then, he returned to his restaurant.
"Boss, Raina is missing." Yabemiya came up to Meg as soon as he returned to the restaurant. She looked at him and said, "She's not in the dormitory either. She usually comes to the restaurant to prepare hot pot around this time. Could she have been kidnapped by the people from the teahouse?"
"I checked the teahouse. Raina isn't inside," Elizabeth said.
"Is that guy really that stupid? He actually dared to kidnap her. "Meg frowned and his face turned cold.
Meg looked up at his watch. It was already four o 'clock. He pushed his bicycle out again and said, "I'm going out. If I'm not back by four-thirty, the restaurant will be closed for the night."
"I'll go with you," Elizabeth said coldly and followed Meg out the door.
"We'll go too! Let's save Raina! " Yabemiya, Barbara, and the others also went out the door. They were filled with righteous indignation at the fact that someone dared to kidnap their little friend.
"Father, where are you going?" Amy had just returned to the entrance of the restaurant with her little backpack on her back. When she saw Meg and the others preparing to leave, she let go of Crassus's hand and trotted over to greet them curiously.
"Amy, why are you back so early today?" Meg looked at Amy in surprise before looking at Crassus.
"Mr. Mak, I have something to do today, so I sent little Amy back half an hour early. I'll take my leave first," Crassus said, and hurriedly left on two fireballs.
"Raina was kidnapped by a bad guy. We're going to save her now. Little Amy, do you want to come with us?" Yabemiya asked as she looked at Amy.
"Then Big Sister Raina must be in great danger right now. Let's hurry and save her! I'm super fierce when it comes to beating bad guys up! "Amy nodded with a worried look on her little face.
Meg looked at everyone who was filled with righteous indignation, and felt a little helpless yet touched. He pondered for a moment, and said, "Alright, then we'll split up. I'll go and find out where Raina might have been taken to. You guys go and wait below the dormitory and the teahouse to see if there's any news. If I receive any news, I'll come back and join you guys."
"Mm-hm." Everyone nodded and followed Meg's instructions.
Meg rode off on his bicycle. He had originally planned to act alone, but on second thought, Mia and the others also wanted to express their concern for Raina. Furthermore, with the 8th-tier Frost Dragon Elizabeth around, they could easily take care of the other party. There was no need for him to come up with another excuse.
The bicycle stopped at the back door of the Gray Temple.
"My employee has gone missing. It should have something to do with Bennett Marquis. I hope the Gray Temple can give me an explanation. How did she go missing when there were people watching her?" Meg said to Burton with a serious expression.
"Seems like there's a problem with the people watching her." Burton also frowned when he heard that. He looked at Meg, and said, "Don't worry, the Gray Temple will find her very soon and bring her back safely."
"No need. I just need you to tell me where she is now. We will bring her back ourselves." Meg shook his head.
Burton looked at Meg, and fell silent for a while. He nodded, and said, "Alright. Give me 20 minutes, and I will tell you where she is." After saying that, he turned and left.
Meg waited at the door for about 15 minutes before Burton came back again. He handed a note to Meg, and said, "She's at this location now."
"Thank you." Meg glanced at the note. On it was written: "Basement of a small courtyard at the end of 13th street in the west of the city." Then, he turned and left on his bicycle.
"Seems like the Gray Temple needs a thorough cleansing too. They even dared to interfere with the matters of my intelligence department …" Burton turned and went back in with a dark expression.
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"Now, you have two choices. One is to write down the recipe for the hot pot in full detail. As long as I confirm that it's correct, I will let you go.
The other is to die a humiliating death in this secluded basement. Many years later, someone might find a naked corpse here. " Bennett sat on a chair with his legs crossed as he looked at Raina, who was tied to a pillar, and said in a low voice.
In the dark basement, there was only an oil lamp lit on the stone wall. Apart from Raina and Bennett who were tied to the pillar, there were also two orcs and three burly men.
"Hehe."
When the orcs and burly men heard Bennett's words, they smiled maliciously. Their eyes scanned Raina brazenly. Although this girl looked a little thin and weak, she was quite pretty.
"Y-you guys are breaking the law!" Raina struggled to shrink back, but her hands and feet were tied tightly with ropes. She was on her way to the restaurant when she suddenly smelled a strange fragrance and lost consciousness. When she woke up again, she was already in this basement. She didn't even know where she was now.
She was tied up tightly with ropes, and those burly men with malicious smiles on their faces. A strong sense of fear and helplessness gradually rose in Rena's heart.
Since Bennett didn't hide his identity, it meant that she definitely wouldn't be able to leave this basement today.
Fear didn't make her lose her rationality. After confirming this, she gradually calmed down.
Even if she were to die, she wanted to die with dignity, and not die in humiliation in the hands of these disgusting fellows.
"I can help you write the recipe for the hot pot, but you have to promise that you won't find trouble with me after this," Raina said to Bennett.
Bennett's eyes lit up. He put down his crossed legs, and put on a warm smile. He nodded, and said, "Sure. As long as the recipe is correct, not only will I not make things difficult for you and your mother, I will even give you a generous reward that will be enough to make you rich for the rest of your lives."
"Alright, I'll write it for you." Raina nodded.
"Untie Miss Raina, and bring the pen and paper over," Bennett said with a smile.
Two orcs went forward, untied the ropes on Raina's hands, and handed the pen and paper to her.
Raina thought for a while, and started writing on the paper. Her neat and elegant handwriting listed the names of various condiments and spices.
I didn't expect this little girl to be so smart. What a pity. If she had agreed to my request the night before, she wouldn't have ended up like this. Bennett looked at the rich recipe on the paper, and his smile became even more radiant. As long as the hot pot restaurant could be opened, he wouldn't have to worry about money.
Just as the people in the cellar gradually relaxed, and watched Raina write down the recipe calmly on the paper, Raina suddenly turned the pen around, and stabbed it towards her own throat.
"Catch her!" Bennett's expression changed drastically.
However, just as the tip of the pen was a hair's breadth away from Rena's throat, Rena's hand was grabbed by the orc beside her. The orc's other hand grabbed the pen, and broke it with a crack before tossing it aside.
"How dare you trick me? You really don't know what's good for you!" Bennett's expression changed, and he kicked Raina's abdomen, causing her to fall to the ground. He looked at Raina, who was lying on the ground and struggling to grab the broken pen, and waved his hand. "Let her have a taste of living a life worse than death first."
"Hehe, I'll do it." That orc, who was two heads taller than an ordinary person, walked towards Raina with a sinister smile, and reached out his hand to grab Raina's hair.
Kacha, kacha!
Right at this moment, the sound of ice freezing could be heard. Frost suddenly appeared on the walls of the cellar, and quickly spread to the ground, surging towards everyone's feet.
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