"Mr. Brian Long wants to meet you. Come with me," the man said coldly.
"Mr. Brian Long?" Daniel asked, surprised. He looked at the man and said, "You are not Mr. Brian Long's man."
"Well, if I'm not Mr. Brian Long's man, then who could I be?" the man asked with a sinister smile.
Daniel took several steps back. His face was still childish, but he was a clever boy. He said, "Don't take me for a fool! I know what kind of man Mr. Brian Long is. There is no possibility that he would want to meet someone like me. Besides, even if he did want to, he wouldn't have resorted to such methods."
The man smiled cruelly and said, "Well, you are not that stupid after all..."
Daniel tried hard to keep calm. He looked around hoping to find a way to escape. However, they were in a small alley. It was almost impossible for him to escape successfully.
"You'd better not try to escape," the man laughed and said coldly, "because you will surely fail to do it anyway."
The man took out his gun. As Daniel's face turned pale, the man pressed the trigger, shooting a fine needle into Daniel's arm before he had the time to react. In an instant, Daniel lost consciousness.
The man walked up to him and picked up his limp body. He carried him with ease like a rag doll and threw him inside a car which was parked in hiding. The man made a phone call and spoke, "Steven was picked up by somebody sent by Edgar. I'm going to bring his little boy back. I guess he would be of some use."
*
At M-blue Restaurant
Wing loved the food at this restaurant. The satisfying color, the aroma and the taste of the food went so well with the simple and elegant pattern of the interior. She always enjoyed dining in this place.
However, today was different. Wing sat at the head of the table, with Brian and Becky to her right while Molly and Eric sat to her left. Since she and Molly had reached first, they sat next to each other. Eric naturally sat by Molly's side. Brian was accustomed to being close to Wing, so he sat next to her. And as a result, Brian and Molly were directly opposite to each other.
Becky could easily feel the weird atmosphere around the table. She was angry at Molly, but it would be inconvenient for her to vent her anger in everybody's presence. Ironically, it was fortunate that she was blind at the moment. Since she could not see anything, she pretended to not notice the heavy atmosphere and tried to be relaxed. With a tender and graceful smile, she turned her head towards Brian, who was sitting to her left, and said to him, "Bri, please order some food for me. I want to go to the lady's room."
Molly had been silent since Brian and Becky had entered the restaurant, she had not uttered a single word. But, Brian had been staring at her with his dark falcon eyes. Anger swirled in his eyes. Molly did not understand why he was angry again.
"Let me call for a waitress to guide you," Brian said softly as he withdrew his sight from Molly.
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