On the mountain road.
The light was dim.
Making all the shadows appear long.
An old black Nissan car was parked in the middle of the mountain road, with dim halogen lights.
Jack got his chilly gaze fixed on the person in the car.
Click!
The Nissan door opened, and the man walked down slowly to the Rolls-Royce.
“Young master…”
Mr. Ward looked cold and asked for Jack’s opinion.
Before he finished his sentence.
Jack said, “Wind down the window.”
After the window got wound down, a hoarse and old voice was heard.
“I’m here to explain to you.”
Staring at the person outside the window, Jack looked firm then twitched his mouth and sneered, “Do you want to apologize insincerely again like in LJ Hospital?”
The person standing outside the car was the mysterious person!
“LJ Hospital?”
Mr. Ward was horrified, his eyes full of terror.
The mysterious man had been to LJ Hospital before?
“Come down, I’ll explain to you.” The mysterious man sounded rough and croaky, but with strong determination.
Mr. Ward looked serious and was about to refute.
The mysterious man seemed to have expected Mr. Ward’s reaction; he said coldly, “I’m not going to harm him, if I have the intention, two of you are not my opponents. There’s no way you can run to on this mountain road.”
The cold words revealed an extremely strong self-confidence.
However, for Jack who had experienced such horror from this mysterious man before, softened his expression at the exact moment.
“Mr. Ward, let me down. I want to see what else can he explain.”
With the help of Mr. Ward and the mysterious man, Jack got out from the car.
The mysterious man pushed Jack into the darkness beside him.
Mr. Ward stopped in front of the car, he was worried about Jack and he wanted to chase after him.
But he stopped abruptly after two steps.
He…had also seen the mysterious man’s trick before.
Like what the mysterious man said, if he really wanted to do something, Jack and him together would not be his opponents.
They would be at absolute lose.
The mysterious man would not do anything to undermine Jack yet.
Mr. Ward raised his head, looking at Jack and the mysterious man drifting away.
Under the dim light, their shadows seemed longer and longer.
Mr. Ward frowned slightly, with his sight fixed on the mysterious person.
He sensed familiarity deep down his heart.
Mr. Ward could also see that the mysterious person had been disguised all over his body.
So, this sense of familiarity was also vague.
The night wind was breezy.
It was cold and autumnal.
Jack was sitting in a wheelchair and did not ask the mysterious man where they were heading to.
As the two moved forward, they maintained silent in a strange way.
Finally,
When the wheelchair reached a street lamp, the mysterious man stopped at last.
He moved beside Jack and sat on the floor. He took out two cigarettes, passed one to Jack and slowly lit another one by himself.
Jack smoked quietly after he lit his cigarette.
In fact, he rarely smoked anymore as Amber did not like the smell of cigarette, and also he did not want to affect the health of Amber and his child.
Smoke curled up.
The figures of Jack and the mysterious man became shorter. As the smoke rose, they were as quiet as the lambs.
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