If they would have known that Charlie had the ability t o take them out, why would they have bothered to be s o pretentious in front of him? If they had simply been respectful toward him just now, they might have had the opportunity to leave Syria, which was a place where they were bound to get into trouble.
When Hamed saw that these people were on the verge of collapse, he was too lazy to watch them make a laughingstock out of themselves. So, he simply instructed the soldiers around him, "Make them wake up at half-past five in the morning, and they will start working at six in the morning after having their breakfast. After that, they can have a half an hour break at twelve in the afternoon and another half an hour break at six in the evening. Then, they will continue working until eleven o'clock at night. Do you understand me?" 4
Several of his subordinates immediately nodded. " Understood, Commander!"
When the seven people heard this, they felt as though they wanted to bang their heads against the wall and die right here.
They would have to work for sixteen hours a day, and i f they were to put one and a half hours aside to have
three meals a day, they would only have six and a half hours left to rest. This did not include the time that it would take for them to wash up, dress up, use the toilet, and so forth. In that case, if they could rest for five to six hours a day, they should already be extremely thankful!
Although this group of people did not come from any extremely wealthy family backgrounds, their family could also be considered as part of the petite bourgeoisie. They had never experienced any hardships or difficulties ever since they were young. Now that they were to be forced to work under such high intensity, they were already scared to death simply by listening to it. 4
However, Hamed did not have any mercy on them at all. He simply turned around and left after giving them his orders.
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Meanwhile, in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, Gary was on a video call with the head of the Wade family, Jeremiah, who was far away in Eastcliff.
Jeremiah asked again, "Then, do you know how he managed to rescue Autumn Hart on his own?! Oh! By the way, you said that Hamed personally sent him and Autumn Hart to the rendezvous point so that they could meet up with you as planned? I want to know why Hamed would actually give Charlie so much face?! Isn’t he the commander of the armed opposition force? It stands to reason that he should be treating Charlie as his enemy since Charlie was there to rescue his hostage! So, why would he personally send them off, then? Could it be that Charlie had kidnapped him?!" 2
Gary did not expect Lord Wade to ask him so many questions in one breath. So, he hurriedly gave him an explanation one by one. "Lord Wade, Young Master did not tell us the process of how he managed to rescue her. So, I do not know what method he used to rescue Autumn Hart either. I also cannot seem to understand why Hamed is giving the young master so much face. Besides, Hamed is not only giving the young master a lot of face, but he also referred to the young master as his brother, and he is also very respectful toward him. So, I am not very clear whether the young master has kidnapped him or not. I'm afraid the young master is the only person who knows the truth about this matter ..." 4
After Jeremiah heard this, he could not help but sigh a s he said, "Unbelievable! This is really unbelievable! I was even prepared to spend some money to retrieve him, but I never expected it to be such an unbelievable ending."
After that, he could not hide his excitement as he spoke up, "It seems as though there is indeed a True Dragon on earth in the Wade family this time!" 6
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