Logan watched as his two subordinates were knocked to the ground, just about to stand up when he suddenly got shot in the arm. He clutched his wounded arm in pain and glanced towards where the shot was fired.
"Jacob Jennings?" Logan couldn’t believe that the man who appeared in the corridor at this mont was actually Jacob Jennings!
With a gun in hand, Jacob quickly walked between May and Logan, pulling May up from the ground while sternly threatening Logan, "Second Young Master, I’ll try not to kill anyone, so you better take your people and get out!"
Jacob waved the gun in his hand at Logan’s head, threatening him.
A look of unwillingness flashed in Logan’s eyes, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "Weren’t you shot abroad by Victor Grant?"
Jacob gave a faint smile and retorted to Logan, "How well-inford is the Second Young Master? Even news from abroad is crystal clear?"
Logan glared at Jacob and snorted coldly, "Nonsense, there’s nothing in this world that I don’t know."
"You’re flattering yourself too much. Since you know everything, then tell , how am I standing here perfectly fine in front of you?" Jacob sneered, pointing the dark muzzle at Logan’s head again, and for the last ti threatened him, ’Master Logan, just because I don’t want to kill doesn’t an I can’t. You better leave before I get physical!’
"Just you wait!" Logan, aware of Jacob’s capabilities, knew entanglent was futile, so he quickly spat out this harsh sentence and turned around to lead his two injured subordinates away.
After the trio left, May looked at Jacob in surprise, noticing that he didn’t look too well. Although he was disguising his strength well, the cold sweat on his forehead betrayed his weakened state.
"Your wound hasn’t healed yet, right?" May asked, seeing Jacob’s face pale as she quickly helped him to sit down on a nearby chair.
Jacob exhaled slightly and smiled at May, saying, "It’s nothing, the wound is sowhat torn, but it’s no big deal."
May helplessly glanced at him, then reached out to tug open his coat, revealing his chest covered in bleeding blood.
"Why did you rush back from abroad without properly recuperating?" May sighed helplessly, supporting him from the chair and walking slowly out: ’I’ll take you to the hospital first. Your wound must have torn during the flight.’
Jacob had been injured for only a few days, and with such urgency flying back from abroad, the wound surely got compressed and torn. It’s a wonder how he endured these dozen hours.
"I’m not a concern; the important thing is you and the Big Master’s life. Madam, can you co with to a place first?" Jacob grabbed May’s hand, suddenly asking her with an air of mystery.
May looked at Jacob with confusion, staring at him without understanding, "Where do you want to take ?"
Seeing the suspicion in her eyes, Jacob solemnly asked her: ’Let ask you, do you want to save the Big Master’s life?’
Did this need asking? Of course, she wanted to, May dread of it, but could Jacob have a better way to save Vincent?
"Do you have a plan?" May asked him in surprise.
"I do, but don’t ask now; I’ll take you to et soone." Jacob said and then pulled May in front of his car, May hesitated a bit but believed him and got into his car.
Once she was in Jacob’s car, she suddenly recalled sothing—the car, this license plate—why did they look so familiar?
May opened the car window to look outside, confirming her suspicion, she quickly turned to Jacob with a serious face and questioned him: ’Jacob Jennings, where did you go last night?’
Seeing that May discovered the clue herself, Jacob honestly replied to her: "I went to Master Landry’s house last night, the sa place you and Victor Grant went."
Upon hearing this, May’s eyes widened: "You, you really went there? So the person who collided with our car last night was you?"
Jacob nodded, honestly responding: ’Yes, when Victor Grant opened the car window to curse at , I also saw you from the front passenger’s seat.’
"Since you knew I went there, why didn’t you stop us?" Thinking of the night’s poisonous insects, May said with so fear.
She wasn’t afraid of the insects; it was the fact that Victor accompanied her through dangers, and she shouldn’t have put him in harm’s way. Doing so was unfair to him.
Jacob looked at May with apologetic eyes and explained helplessly: "I had soone in my car, so I couldn’t show myself, and if Victor saw at that ti, I would be in deep trouble."
May looked naively at Jacob, her words carrying a little complaint: ’Then did you know about the poisonous insects in that courtyard?’
Jacob looked at May with confusion and asked her back: ’Poisonous insects? I had no idea. How could such a small courtyard have poisonous insects present?’
Seeing that Jacob didn’t seem to be lying, May told him everything she had seen: ’The first ti, Victor went inside and said two people were dead. He didn’t let go in to see and left. Halfway, worried the Jade Pendant might still be there, I made Victor go back, and when we returned, those two bodies had beco skeletons, obviously rapidly devoured by sothing. When we left, what was once a quiet courtyard suddenly beca infested with nurous poisonous insects, but their aggression wasn’t strong; Victor quickly drove them away using a torch.’
Hearing this, Jacob quickly explained to May: ’Madam, the two bodies Victor saw weren’t Mr. Landry and his apprentice, they were the people Logan had sent to kill them. I was there, so they didn’t succeed. However, to deceive Logan, we deliberately placed a fake Jade Pendant made by Mr. Landry at the scene. The real Jade Pendant is still with ; the one you have is actually fake.’
"Fake?" May puzzledly pulled out the fake Jade Pendant from her pocket and carefully examined it in her palm. If Jacob hadn’t told her, she really wouldn’t have noticed it was fake because the imitation was too realistic. Even knowing it was fake, May couldn’t tell where the flaw was.
"This Jade Pendant’s imitation is incredible; I can’t even tell." May exclaid, holding the fake pendant, speaking to Jacob.
Jacob nodded with a smile and explained to May: "That’s why Master Landry is a genius, probably the only one who can create such lifelike imitations."
After speaking, he reached into his pocket and pulled out the genuine Jade Pendant, handing it to May and indicating for her to take a look: ’Look at this; this is the real Jade Pendant.’
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