Chapter 1703
Seeing this, everyone turned to look at her in unison.
The male bodyguard hurried to support her. “What’s wrong p>
Mrs. Gable put on a convincing performance.
“The kidnappers sent a video! They’re going to murder him!” she wailed.
The male bodyguard played along, his expression darkening as he quickly asked, “Where’s the video p>
Mrs. Gable handed him her phone p>
Soon, the large screen in the conference room displayed footage of a captive Evan.
A group of masked men in fatigues stood over Evan, their rifles spitting lead that
shredded the ground inches from his trembling body.
They didn’t hit him; the bullets all landed around him.
Evan was trembling, a lump forming in his throat as he sobbed.
“Dad, Mommy, save me!” he sobbed.
Tarquin Bradford watched the screen. Even though he knew Evan was acting, his brows furrowed tightly.
In the video, a kidnapper spoke angrily.
“If we don’t see the money within an hour, you’ll never see your son again! We’ll turn him into a bloody mess p>
“Don’t think Thyania can help you. If we were afraid of them, we wouldn’t have dared to snatch someone from their territory p>
“We have a partnership with them, you know p>
“And even if they’re pressured into helping you, we’re not scared. If they dare to turn on us, we’ll take them down too p>
“Remember this: only money can save your son now! Don’t count on anything else p>
“This could have been solved with a few million, but since you’ve made such a big deal out of it, we’ll add a few more zeros p>
“Wire the money now! Not a single dollar less p>
The video ended, and everyone in the room looked grim.
Aside from Mrs. Gable, who was still crying, everyone else’s expression was dark.
This was especially true for the Thyanian representatives.
The video, less than a minute long, left them feeling both guilty and furious.
Everyone knew that some Thyanian officials had close ties to Mariana Lạnd, but having it stated so openly in this setting was a huge embarrassment for them.
And the kidnappers had brazenly claimed they could take them down too!
They clearly had no respect for Thyania!
Did they have no pride?
The male bodyguard spoke up, his brow furrowed.
“So, you Thyanian officials are in a partnership with them! Does that mean you were also involved in Evan’s kidnapping p>
“Did you see how skilled our Evan is and get scared you couldn’t beat him, so you decided to have him silenced p>
The question was so blunt that the representative from the Thyanian Martial Arts Federation looked away guiltily, not daring to respond.
The official Thyanian representative explained, “Don’t listen to the kidnappers’ nonsense. We have no connection with them whatsoever p>
The Zhinoran representative said, “We don’t want to discuss that. We just want to rescue the child
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A representative from the Zhinoran Martial Arts Federation said angrily, “It looks like they don’t respect you Thyanan officials at all you should pay the ransom first to calm the kidnappers down p>
The Thyanian representative said, “But what if we pay the ransom and they kill him anyway p>
The Zhinoran representative said, “Pay a portion first p>
The bodyguard couple spoke up.
“But… they’re asking for too much money. We don’t have it p>
The Zhinorans all looked at the Thyanian representatives.
The Thyanian officials fell silent.
They knew exactly what the Zhinorans meant, but who would be willing to fork over such a large sum of money?
Tarquin stood up and said directly, “I can afford it. I’ll pay, but I have a condition. This incident must be made public. It can’t be swept under the rug p>
The Thyanian officials heard this and immediately refused. “No p>
Their tourism industry was already suffering a major blow. They were racking their
brains trying to find ways to reassure people to visit Thyania.
They worried about Thyania’s tourism industry day and night!