I Treat You as My Sister, But You Want to be My Wife?!
Chapter 367 Sending You On Your Way_1

Chapter 367: Chapter 367 Sending You On Your Way_1

"Also, Miss Annie, my son and Mr. Do’s son can’t stay in Dragon Country any longer, or there’s a high chance they’ll be caught again. You take them to Lighthouse Country and give each of them two million US dollars for living expenses, no problem, right?" Dong Qikang said.

"Of course not, with my status, arranging for a few people to go to Lighthouse Country is a piece of cake, and two million US dollars isn’t much. Even if you want to go together, that’s no problem either," Annie’s eyes twinkled as she agreed.

"We won’t go, after all, we are old and don’t have the adaptability of young people, and we feel it’s better to stay in Dragon Country," Dong Qikang shook his head.

"Fine, I’ll find a way to rescue them as soon as possible. You can go now," Annie issued the order to leave.

"Miss Annie, there’s one more thing." Dong Qikang naturally wouldn’t leave; he couldn’t leave with things still unfinished.

"What else is there?" Annie asked.

"Miss Annie, it’s like this, by the time you take me and Mr. Du’s sons to Lighthouse Country, Mr. Du and I will have no one to rely on here in Dragon Country," Dong Qikang said with a somewhat helpless expression.

"Get to the point!" Annie frowned.

She didn’t believe he was telling her all this for no reason.

"Miss Annie, here’s the thing, Mr. Du and I would like you to donate some retirement funds so that we won’t bother you anymore, and we can all live in peace. What do you think?" Dong Qikang smiled.

What he said sounded quite nice; it’s a donation, yet also retirement money.

To people, it seemed like Annie would be inhumane if she didn’t give.

"Mr. Dong, you just asked me to pay your sons two million dollars each for living expenses, and now you want me to donate retirement funds to you. And what’s next, are you going to ask me for pocket money?" Annie said with a cold laugh.

"That won’t be necessary; for us, retirement money is pocket money, and I promise, as long as you give us some retirement money, we won’t ask for anything else and will leave immediately," Dong Qikang said.

This was their last demand; once settled, they would naturally leave immediately.

"Alright, I’ll give you five hundred thousand US dollars each, that should be enough," Annie thought resentfully but kept her composure.

"Miss Annie, you must be joking. You might not realize how high the cost of retirement is now in Dragon Country, especially for people like Mr. Du and me, who have no family; five hundred thousand is nowhere near enough," Dong Qikang complained.

"Then how much do you want?" Annie asked with a frown.

"Ten million US dollars each," Dong Qikang said with a beaming smile.

"Ten million!" Annie scoffed inwardly, thinking just how greedy the two old men were, directly asking for ten million dollars!

"Miss Annie, don’t think it’s too much. Like I just said, the cost of retirement is very high in Dragon Country. If we get sick, it’ll cost a huge amount of money, and ten million dollars really isn’t a lot," Dong Qikang spoke in a cheery tone.

"Okay, I’ll give it to you. Not today though; I need to arrange such a large sum through my financial manager, and it’s nighttime in Lighthouse Country right now. I’ll transfer the funds tomorrow, and then I’ll give it to you," Annie mused aloud.

"Alright, Miss Annie, thank you very much," Dong Qikang responded joyfully, expressing his thanks.

"Miss Annie, you truly are a great person," Du Lijian was also very happy.

With ten million dollars, he could surely make a comeback.

"You may leave now," Annie gestured dismissively, no longer wanting to see their hypocritical faces.

"Yes, yes, we’ll come back tomorrow, and we won’t disturb you any longer," Dong Qikang and Du Lijian left the room.

Watching the room door close, Annie’s gaze turned icy.

She picked up her phone and dialed a number.

Shortly after, four men in suits entered the room.

After receiving a few instructions from Annie, the men left.

At the hotel entrance.

"Haha, I’m going to make a comeback!" Du Lijian laughed heartily.

"And I’m going to rise as well, with ten million dollars, I can definitely start a business of my own, haha," Dong Qikang followed suit with his laughter.

"Brother Dong, we didn’t get to eat lunch, let’s go have a meal now, and we can have a good drink too!" Du Lijian suggested.

They had planned to eat lunch at noon but ended up following Annie and then visiting the detention center, and after coming to the hotel, it was already past three o’clock and they were starving.

As long as you pay, you can have a meal at any time.

After the job was done, they were all happy and needed a drink to celebrate.

"Alright, let’s go eat now. If you hadn’t mentioned it, I would have forgotten. I was so busy today, I haven’t even had a meal," Dong Qikang had no objections; he was hungry too.

The two got into the car and drove to the nearest upscale restaurant.

What they didn’t know was that two black Jeeps were following them.

They ate, drank a fair amount of alcohol, and then went their separate ways home to rest.

Dong Qikang returned to his house and was about to head to the bedroom to sleep.

Just then, a knock on the door sounded.

"Who is it?" Dong Qikang called out vaguely, going to open the door.

He saw two men in black suits standing at the door, one of them dragging a large suitcase.

"Who are you? What do you want?" Dong Qikang asked.

The two men in black suits didn’t say a word, pushed the door open, entered the house, and locked the door behind them.

"What are you doing? This is my house. Who let you in without my permission?" Dong Qikang felt something was off, and he sobered up halfway.

"Mr. Dong, we know this is your house, just perfect to see you off," one of the men smirked, revealing a set of white teeth that unnerved Dong Qikang.

"Who are you, and what do you mean by ’seeing me off’?" Dong Qikang’s alcohol-induced fog cleared completely; he felt a chill run down his spine.

He immediately thought that these might be men sent by Miss Annie, possibly to silence him through murder.

It wasn’t out of the question, given that he and Du Lijian had extorted so much money from Annie.

That money would be more than enough to hire several assassins.

Most importantly, they knew the secret of the Luoke Family’s Doyle Laboratory.

"Rest assured, we’re not here to kill you, just to simply see you off," the man in the suit said with a smile.

"See me off, but where to?" Dong Qikang asked in terror.

"Miss Annie has instructed us to send you to the free world... Lighthouse Country!" the man in the suit said with a grin.

"I..." Dong Qikang wanted to say something else when suddenly he was struck at the base of his neck with the edge of a hand and passed out.

"Hurry up and pack him," the suited man ordered.

The two men opened the large suitcase, stuffed Dong Qikang inside, and quickly left.

Meanwhile, at the rented apartment where Du Lijian was staying.

Life was even more miserable for Du Lijian than for Dong Qikang.

His business had failed, he had sold his house, and now he could only survive by renting a place.

This Mercedes was already quite old and wouldn’t sell for much, so he didn’t sell it. He kept it for personal use, as it made commuting to and from work convenient—at least he didn’t have to squeeze into the subway or catch a bus.

His job wasn’t much to speak of, either.

It wasn’t that he lacked ability. After all, he had once been a self-made boss with undeniable competence.

However, since it was Xue Yuanliang who caused his downfall, and Shen Dong was the one pulling the strings behind Xue Yuanliang, all the major companies who knew the inside story didn’t want to hire him.

Only those smaller companies that didn’t know exactly what had happened were willing to employ him.

Of course, such small companies couldn’t offer him a high salary.

So he could only afford to rent a less desirable house to avoid spending too much money.

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