Chapter 1403 - 419: [The Thing in the Graveyard] (2)

Chapter 1403: Chapter 419: [The Thing in the Graveyard] (2)

Then someone helped pass the message to Wu, the police wanted Wu to contact them for some questions.

After hearing this, Chen Yanting didn’t pay much attention, just casually said: "What are you planning..."

"I plan..."

"No," Chen Yanting interrupted, slowly saying, "What I mean is, do whatever you plan, it’s none of my business."

Wu was stunned.

Chen Yan shook his head: "Our agreement was that after I’ve completed the promised task, I would escort you to a safe place—this place, and then I have to leave."

After a pause, he looked into Wu’s eyes: "Actually, on the first day here, I could have left, but considering those things Xie Jiuyan gave me, I stayed a few extra days to ensure you didn’t encounter any further trouble here.

But beyond that, our deal is concluded."

Wu nodded, seriously contemplated, and looked up at Chen Yan: "Two days! Stay for two more days."

Chen Yanting said nothing, quietly staring at Wu.

"I will contact the police in New York, and I will also find some old friends to help me check if anything has happened. So I need two days to confirm these things.

If there’s no issue, I’ll let you leave.

If there is an issue..."

"What if there is an issue?" Chen Yanting smiled.

"If there is an issue, I will immediately abandon my current identity, then we leave here, go to another place, change our identities, and start over—I have other backup safe spots."

Chen Yanting frowned: "So, you want me to continue escorting you?"

"Yes." Wu finished, adding: "I won’t let you work for free."

"I’m not interested in money." Chen Yanting shook his head.

"It’s not money, I... have something you would definitely be interested in."

Something that could interest him?

Chen Yanting felt a tinge of curiosity, but Wu refused to say more—this old fox had some caution, unwilling to reveal his hand all at once.

"Then I’ll stay two more days!"

Chen Yanting nodded: "Two days later, if there’s no issue, I leave. If there is an issue, and you can’t present something that moves me, I still leave. As a cost..."

"As a cost, regardless of the result, before you leave, I’ll give you the item, and I guarantee you will be interested in it."

Wu breathed a sigh of relief, but his gaze carried some peculiarity.

Then he left the room, walked outside to make a phone call.

·

Wu’s background naturally involved some unsavory "friends," who were well-connected, possessing some unknown information channels.

Wu made two arrangements, first directly calling the local police station in New York—when police visited, they left a number, the contact was an officer in charge.

After Wu proactively called, that officer’s attitude was quite casual, even somewhat lazy, impatient.

From the background noise on the phone, it was clear he was busy with other things; the surrounding environment sounded chaotic, with arguments, screams, phone rings, keyboard clacking, etc.

The officer’s name was Chuck. He simply told Wu they were investigating a batch of smuggled beef, involving some dining businesses. The visit was routine, hoping Wu would submit a list of meat suppliers for his Chinese restaurant, preferably procurement orders, for them to verify.

Judging from the phone content, it was just simple visitation.

Nothing related to the Mayor’s case.

Moreover, the officer in charge, Chuck, was indifferent, even seemed somewhat impatient.

He didn’t even ask Wu where he was or why the restaurant wasn’t open for business.

Later, the information Wu asked "friends" to inquire about came through.

After the Mayor’s death, his group is currently in chaos!

It’s reported that internally they’re fiercely fighting for the Mayor’s left behind various vacuum rights—according to procedure, the successor new Mayor isn’t from their party, but the Mayor left considerable rights within the group, currently several key figures within the group are fiercely vying for those.

Pulling in, dividing, buying off...

In short, they’re heavily embroiled in struggle.

As for the Mayor’s murder case...

According to Wu’s "friends," the new Mayor is more concerned about this case than anyone inside the group.

Because if the new Mayor can solve this case, it would somewhat be a political achievement.

Yet the relationship degree currently only requests the police station to swiftly solve the case, without much resource allocation.

Incidentally, the new Mayor was the old Mayor’s political opponent.

According to the logic that the beneficiary is the suspect, he would certainly order an investigation—such an attitude displays externally to clear suspicions from himself—though he’s truly innocent.

And personally, he couldn’t care less who the killer is; he might even internally thank them, cursing the old Mayor deserved death.

Thus, twice the new Mayor publicly expressed concern about the case, also telling media to urge police, and even requested federal support, better experts, more funding, it’s said has already submitted requests to Washington...

This news relieved Wu completely.

Chen Yanting wasn’t from M Country, but Wu is an ABC and is well-versed in American political systems.