At this moment, Matthew could not hold back anymore. He turned, ready to lunge at Linus and beat him up, but Charlie stopped him in time."Matthew, calm down. We're here to ask questions, not to fight. Don't you want to get to the bottom of this matter as soon as possible? If you do, then put your fists down and let's talk things through with Linus. "Linus is already talking to us calmly, which is good enough. Take a deep breath and calm down."Matthew heard this and managed to regain his composure. He remembered why they were here to see Linus—to investigate Spades, not to get tangled up in issues between Linus and Lucy. He had to admit he had gotten sidetracked. Taking a deep breath, he met Linus' gaze again.Charlie, afraid they might start fighting at any moment, stood between them and then turned to Linus. "Mr. Gusman, let me ask you this. Were you sent by Mr. Zimmer to get close to Lucy? Were you supposed to help Mr. Zimmer deal with her but then realized she was your childh
When Linus heard these words, although he felt deeply hurt inside, his expression remained calm. He was suppressing his inner sadness. Smiling, he looked at Matthew."I don't mean anything else. I just want to tell you that if you ever bully or hurt Lucy in the future, I won't let you off. And if you find another woman one day, I hope you'll return Lucy to me. I promise I won't let her go hungry or cry. I'll make sure she's happy every day!" After saying this, Linus felt relieved.Even though he knew Lucy would never return to him, he still held onto the fantasy. At this moment, he was determined to protect Lucy for a lifetime. It did not matter if he never married another woman in his lifetime. He did not want Lucy to lack someone to talk to or someone to share her pain with when she was helpless. Having these thoughts comforted him.Meanwhile, Charlie was completely dumbfounded by their antics. They had agreed to meet Linus today to discuss Spades. Unexpectedly, Matthew kept vee
Matthew and Charlie grabbed Linus and went straight into Matthew's home.Just as they entered the house, before Linus could even take a casual look around, he loudly exclaimed, "Why did you bring me in here? What do you want?"Meanwhile, Charlie and Matthew were pondering what was going on, prompting Linus to pick up his phone and type out a string of words.The words on the screen read: [Let's pretend to talk first. Later on, let's use our phones to communicate, but we must still speak in real life, or we'll be discovered.]After reading the message, Matthew and Charlie quickly nodded and then took out their phones.Matthew pretended to be angry and said, "Believe it or not, if you ever get close to Lucy again, I'll make sure you end up six feet underground!""Yeah, Linus Gusman. What you're doing is so unethical!" Charlie typed on his phone while speaking to Linus.At this point, Matthew showed Linus the message on his phone: [Who's your immediate superior? Are there any other
This was indeed something Linus had never imagined. The person he had been searching for all his life suddenly appeared before his eyes, and he found it quite unsettling.At this moment, Charlie looked at the text displayed on the screen, lost in thought.Then, he whispered in Matthew's ear, "We've asked just about enough questions. Hudson and Koven probably have more information than us. Why don't we ask Linus to leave now? We can then meet up with Hudson and the others and consolidate all the information together."After hearing this, Matthew nodded and loudly addressed Linus, "Let me make this clear to you. Get out right now. If I ever see you near Lucy again, I'll make sure you regret it."Matthew spoke these words without pretense, showing that he genuinely meant to warn Linus to stay away from Lucy.Immediately after, Charlie opened the door and pushed Linus out.Later, the two men had a drink at Matthew's house before heading to meet Hudson.…Meanwhile, at another locat
"I understand, Mr. Zimmer. After all, I've needed your approval for everything since I was young. You're the most powerful figure, aren't you?" Linus said as he looked into Daniel's eyes.If placed in the past, Daniel's gaze might have intimidated him, but now that he had grown up, Linus had long since grown accustomed to Daniel's ways. Even if Daniel were to strike him now, he would not flinch."Oh, so that's how you're going to talk to me now, Linus Gusman? What do you mean by needing my approval? Every decision I've made for you since you were a child was for your sake. How dare you speak to me like this?!" Mr. Zimmer, upon hearing this, was especially furious and pointed a finger at him. "Isn't it true? From the moment you picked me up all those years ago, I've lived in your shadow. And then, when I finally met Lucy, she disappeared without a trace. Now, I understand. Back then, you were afraid Lucy would interfere with me becoming your pawn, so you had her family send her away
Upon hearing this, Linus frowned slightly, unsure of what to say. He thought his own childhood was already quite tragic.Immediately, he asked Daniel, "Then why can't you just tell me the truth of the matter?" Daniel sighed deeply, picked up a cigarette from the table, and walked toward the balcony.Observing the situation, Linus followed behind Daniel and leaned against the railing."When you were six years old, I took you in and began grooming you to be an assassin. My upbringing was completely different from yours. Both my parents died when I was young, and I was brought into Spades from birth. "Later, everyone in Spades couldn't stand me and often bullied me. It became a norm for the other kids to urinate on my face and make me eat feces. Finally, when I was five years old, the former boss of Spades discovered me and started making me run every day to train my body."The former boss of the organization was really good to me. When I was young, I foolishly thought he was help
"I don't know if I'm happy or not, but I do know that none of the things I'm doing now are what I want to do," said Daniel, turning his head to look at Linus.Linus watched as the sunset's rays scattered across Daniel's face, reminiscent of the younger Daniel. He smiled gently at him.He continued, "Then why don't you have the courage to pursue what you really want to do? You've been with Spades for 40 to 50 years. I think you should have your own life, shouldn't you?" At this moment, Daniel burst into laughter and finally put his hand on Linus' shoulder. "Silly Linus. At my age, what more out of life could I ask for? I could live until now, and that's already pretty good. I'm already very grateful to God. If I ask for more, I'm afraid God won't be able to grant it all."Linus lowered his head after hearing this, unsure of what to say. After all, what Daniel said was true, was it not?"Linus, it's been over 20 years, and this is the first time you've opened up to me like this. It
"By the way, before I left, I asked the boss if he could spare you and Lucy. He said no because he's friends with Charlotte. Since Charlotte asked him to do this, he absolutely can't betray her. "He has already gone against his word by naming Charlotte. If he doesn't complete Charlotte's task, he won't be able to show his face again."Hudson looked at Matthew after speaking, waiting for his response.Matthew furrowed his brows slightly upon hearing this. He then looked at Hudson and asked, "Is there anything else? Can you say everything in one go? This is taking too much time.""As you know, the reason we could make the boss of Spades talk is that the tendon in his hand was severed by his enemies a few years ago. Now, the people in the organization are eager to take his place. We threatened the boss with this, and I happen to have a friend who can heal him, so that's how it went," Koven explained everything.At this point, Matthew frowned slightly and looked at them. "What do you