Iris frowned slightly as she uttered, “What’s wrong? Slow down and tell me what happened.”
The employee gabbled in panic, “Just now, a few of us were strolling around. All of a sudden, a group of people appeared and asked for money. We got into an altercation, and they started beating us up. Now, they have held some of our employees captive for ransom.”
All of them recalled the resort workers’ reminder — the locals were all two-fisted folks who liked to look for trouble.
However, none of them paid heed to the advice as they would never have expected something like this to happen on the island.
“Oh no! It must be Oliver Ross!” With a worried expression, one of the resort workers gibbered, “The bustle of the preparation work for the upcoming celebration must have caught his attention.”
“Who is this Oliver Ross?” Asked Levi.
The worker explained, “He’s the local tyrant of the underworld; the lake and dozens of the surrounding islands were all his territories. We pay him huge sums of money every year so that he won’t disturb the tourists on the island.”
Then, he scratched his head in confusion. “Usually, the tourists will be safe as long as they don’t wander off the island. But what’s wrong with him today? Why did they come onto the island and harm the tourists?”
“Let’s go and check it out!”
Soon, everyone arrived at the scene to see six Morris Group employees being tied to the trees. They were flanked by dozen of men.
The leader of the group was a 6’2 feet tall, pot-bellied, menacing-looking man. His intimidating aura suggested that he was none other than Oliver Ross, the local tyrant.
These men instantly fixed their gaze on Iris, Zoey and other female employees, drooling over them.
They could hardly control themselves as none of them had seen so many beautiful women in their lives.
It turned out that they were the ones engaged by the Joneses to get rid of Levi.
“Oliver, what is going on here?” Asked the resort manager, who was shaking like a leaf.
Oliver bellowed, “Just now, we caught them peeing into the lake.”
The employees denied his accusation, “That’s a bloody lie! Why would we pee into the lake? You guys appeared out of nowhere and suddenly asked for protection money. You even beat us up when we refused to pay it.”
“You didn’t?” Oliver sneered, “You guys did it before my very eyes. The lake is my territory, and I have the right to hold all of you captive for what you have done.”
“Sir, the employees of Morris Group are all civilized university graduates. They will not behave like a brute, peeing in the public.” Retorted Iris.
Oliver and his gang flew into a rage upon hearing her words. “What do you mean? Are you trying to say that you guys are noble and we’re brutes?”
“How dare you look down upon us!”
“Huh, I have never seen civilized and cultured people who would pee into a lake!”
The employees countered, “We didn’t! This is a false accusation! We would never do something like that!”
