Who Hid My Corpse!
/ Who hid My Corpse! Chapter 161 – Chapter 161: Forty–one, open the door!
Chapter 161: Forty-one, open the door!
“We'll make a trade, then.”
After Gerard uttered these words, the warehouse was plunged into a moment of silence, even Bai Wei's mind fell quiet.
Ju blinked her eyes at Gerard, Unnerving him with her gaze until he was compelled to break the silence: “Any problems?”
And he received two responses at the same time.
“What do you think?” came Bai Wei's retort.
“You're a wanted criminal,” Ju's reply was more blunt, “Do wanted criminals still make trades?”
Gerard massaged his temples, finding himself at a loss for words as the situation was indeed complicated. He attempted to explain: “I've run into some trouble, but…”
“You've been wronged?”
“…How did you know?”
Ju, with head bowed, slow-scuffed the dirty tip of her shoe on the ground: “I've met some, the… families of my dad's comrades? When they were accused of being Rebels, they all claimed they were innocent.”
“…Is that so?”
“But they all say it's because of you, that you're the one who caused them to be wrongly accused, the only one who isn't wronged is yourself.”
Gerard: “…”
Gerard couldn't help but feel a mocking voice was laughing somewhere in his mind.
“This matter is complicated,” Gerard explained to Ju, “I'm also seeking the truth, but what I can tell you is that neither I nor your father are Rebels. I will prove this someday, please believe me.”
As he spoke, Gerard tried to maintain eye contact with Ju, but, unfortunately, she kept her eyes on her shoes, seemingly indifferent to his words. She simply uttered a soft “Oh” after he finished, then asked, “So what kind of trade do you want to make with me?”
“As you can see, I'm not in great shape,” Gerard pointed to his leg, where even the metal plate could be installed backwards, “and I don't have anywhere else to go, so if possible, I'd like to ask for your help.”
It was indeed strange to seek help from a ten-year-old girl, but Gerard tried to sound as if he was talking to an adult, yet the lightness in his voice still betrayed his caution.
“But I'm not asking you to help me for nothing. Make your demand… no, wait.” Gerard shook his head, feeling he was being sidetracked, then he took out a purse from his bosom and placed it on the table nearby, the coins jingling inside, “Let's have a normal transaction. I'll pay you a fair market price for your help, how about that?”
Hearing the sound of the coins, Ju finally looked up, first at the purse on the table, then at the wound on Gerard's leg. After a brief hesitation, she nodded.
“Okay.”
After agreeing, Ju actually began to work, carefully inspecting the model and structure of the prosthetic limb on Gerard's leg, then efficiently rummaging through a pile of parts nearby.
Watching her small figure at work, Gerard felt a moment of dizziness.
Then he heard Bai Wei's voice again: “Is it necessary?”
“…What?”
“I mean, is it necessary?” Bai Wei said in a detached tone, “You are a wanted criminal, after all. Shouldn't you be doing something more fitting for a wanted criminal? Like grabbing her by the throat and threatening ‘If you don't help me, I'll kill you.'”
“I'm not really a wanted criminal.”
“Oh but, you are. Your Wanted Notice is plastered on the wall outside.”
Gerard's mouth twitched slightly.
“Even if you really wanted to help her, you could have threatened her to help you first and then left her some money,” Bai Wei continued nonchalantly, “Wouldn't that be more efficient?”
“No, it wouldn't.”
“Why?”
Gerard watched the small figure sorting through parts nearby and replied internally: “She needs more than just money. For her, some things are more important than money.”
“Like?”
“Equality,” Gerard responded succinctly.
“I see.” Bai Wei seemed to understand what Gerard meant and chuckled, “Is that experience gained from your own daughter?”
Gerard's thoughts turned again to his daughter, and he softly conceded, “Let's just say it's a trivial bit of experience.”
“That figures.”
Then he heard Bai Wei's follow-up.
“You seem to have a good relationship with your daughter, so where is she now?”
Gerard immediately fell silent.
Ju, still searching through parts, looked back at Gerard with a puzzled expression.
Even though he had been quiet since earlier, Ju felt now it was quieter than before.
Strange.
…
“Is that so? Still not found.”
In Sky Tower, Yong Xin stood by the window, gazing at Lyra as night fell once again.
The previous night's incidents, with the death of the Bishop and the explosion in the Fourth District, had indeed rattled the Lyra citizens, so much so that they had been a hot topic of conversation throughout the day.
But… that was it.
Life in Lyra carried on as usual, the people worked and lived normally, and the death of the Bishop and the district explosion were merely a momentary ripple in their monotonous lives.
There was no change in Lyra… except for the Wanted Notices plastered in the streets and the presence of Skeleton Corps at every checkpoint.
Source: Webnovel.com, updated on N𝘰vgo.co
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