Let Me Go, Mr. Harvey

They went out again to see that there was no one suspicious before they went in, closed the door behind them and stood guard at the door.

James took a cursory glance at the three rooms, two men guarding the door and two standing next to Minister Durwyn.

He didn’t see anyone else, but he had been thrown inside the army by his uncles for a long time before and his senses were sharp, and he had a hunch that there were quite a few others watching him secretly.

Maybe Angela is in the hands of those who are secretly watching him.

And with the window at the back of the living room, there was a flash of reflection from upstairs across the street earlier, most likely from the lens on the sniper rifle.

Minister Durwyn has jurisdiction over the entire police department and has close ties with the military, so it’s not difficult to arrange for a sniper or two.

Minister Durwyn was dressed in casual clothes and looked kind enough to meet James, he just said sit down and said nothing more.

James sat down with the flash drive and the file bag and didn’t say anything.

After a while, someone called, and Minister Durwyn answered the phone and gave a hint of relief, his expression not changing much, but you could tell he had relaxed considerably.

“Minister Durwyn has identified the surrounding area, hasn’t he?” James said with an expressionless face.

Minister Durwyn smiled and nodded, “Mr. James is true to his word and is a great person to work with. We had an opportunity to work together as well, but unfortunately you ……”

“I’m already here, Minister Durwyn doesn’t need to say those polite words.” Every cell in James’ body tensed up, “But even if I come alone, I ask Minister Durwyn to believe one thing: don’t play any tricks with me, it doesn’t work.”

Minister Durwyn’s eyes flickered with displeasure, but he was still smiling, “Mr. James is joking, you may be young, but who hasn’t heard of your exploits? I have come here this time because I sincerely want to negotiate a deal with you.”

His gaze fell on the file bag and USB stick in James’ hand, the meaning was clear: he had called James over today for these items on the file bag.

Companies are legally only allowed to keep one set of accounts, but it is a well-known but secret fact that many companies have an internal ledger for themselves.

Invisible transactions like money laundering are only recorded more visibly on the internal ledger, and once this ledger is dealt with, there is basically no need to worry about the money laundering being exposed.

At that, James sneered, “Grabbing my woman and threatening me is very sincere indeed.”

“It couldn’t be helped, I was forced to do so. If Mr. James hadn’t been privately checking up on me, I wouldn’t have been able to invite Miss. Angela to be my guest.” Minister Durwyn smiled a conciliatory smile, but there was no half smile under his eyes.

James didn’t answer, just snorted and tossed the file bag onto the table with the USB stick.

The air seemed to squeeze into a solid mass, and it was difficult to even breathe.

Minister Durwyn’s eyes were glued to the folder and the USB stick. He gave a wink and his men nodded and immediately went to get the folder and the USB stick.

“Did I tell you to move?” James plucked at the henchman with cold eyes, not giving half face to Minister Durwyn, his master.

The henchman paused in his movements and looked to Minister Durwyn, waiting for his instructions.

Minister Durwyn’s smile stiffened a little, “Drop it! We have it right here, what’s the hurry? What’s the hurry? It’s not going to run away? Apologise to Mr. James!”

The latter words were more like spoken to James.

“Sorry.” The henchman put his things down and regained his position.

Minister Durwyn then continued, “Mr. James, I trust you absolutely, but the stakes are too high for me, and I’m being careful for everyone’s sake afterwards.”

James stared at him with cold eyes, “Where’s Angela? I want to see her.”

“There’s no rush on this. The roads are jammed and Mr. James should know that they are still on the road at this moment.” Minister Durwyn grinned, “Let’s talk about us first.”

“Mr. James give me the books of accounts for the period, the vouchers for the other relevant transactions recorded to the in and out …… I don’t know much about this either, that’s all that’s involved, right? You give me all these things, and then Commander Evetts side is also accounted for, and then Miss. Angela go home with you, no problem, right?”

Minister Durwyn’s subordinate brought over two cups of hot boiling water and placed them on the table.

“I don’t usually stay here, there’s no tea or other drinks, so please don’t mind Mr. James.” Minister Durwyn lifted one of the cups of hot water and made a gesture of invitation.

James glanced at it, unmoving, “I can only promise to give you these things I have, as for Commander Evetts’ side, I can’t interfere and I don’t have that power.”

There is indeed a very congested section from the road where Angela was abducted to here, and Minister Durwyn should not be lying when she says she is not here.

Minister Durwyn shook his head, “Mr. James is so modest, who doesn’t know you are young and talented, quite a bit more wall to wall than Mr. Lawson.”

He had only disposed of a third of the money in his hands, and there was still quite a bit to go. If Commander Evetts’ side is watching, once they find the rest of this cash, it will then be direct evidence of his corruption and bribery.

So he had to get rid of the mess that was Commander Evetts.

“Minister Durwyn is too much for me.” James sneered, “Commander Evetts is investigating you because you are involved in arms dealing and the sale of state secrets.”

“And this matter has been reported to the Central Government, which has set up two investigation teams, one group to investigate your trading of arms and selling of state secrets; the other group to investigate your corruption and bribery, and the protection of the triad society. Do you think I, a small businessman, can interfere with the Central Government?”

Minister Durwyn, who only knew that Commander Evetts was investigating him, but not that two investigation teams had been set up on the central side to look into him, turned pale.

When his subordinates heard this, it was clear that they too were a little flustered.

James shook the file bag in his hand, “If I were you, I’d dispose of the money laundering evidence immediately and then grab it and leave the country while the two investigation teams have nothing else.”

Minister Durwyn tightened his face, his expression shifting, and did not answer.

This is indeed a good suggestion.

But he still had two-thirds of the money left to dispose of and he couldn’t take that money out of the country or he would have been stopped when he went through customs.

That’s money he’s saved up for most of his life, and there’s a lot more to fight up and down when he’s abroad ……

“Is Minister Durwyn ready to think about it?” James asked.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Minister Durwyn was no longer as relaxed as before, “It’s not as quick to consider Mr. James instead, is it?”

James tugged at his lips, “How long you think about it is none of my business. But I want to see Angela, now, immediately, now.”

He licked the corner of his lips and leaned forward slightly, “Of course, you can ignore my claims, but in another hour and a half, if I don’t have Angela back, someone will send a backup of the internal accounts to Commander Evetts.”