Chapter 223



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The car was stuck in heavy traffic. They were moving slowly like a snail down the road. When the traffic was about to get better, they prepared to speed up the car, but someone in the car shouted, “Stop the car!”.

“What?”

Nathan, Scarlett and Stella were stunned.

Scarlett reacted first. She quickly grabbed Hayden’s arm. “What are you doing? You promised to stay out of this trouble.”

Hayden frowned. She sounded frightened as she looked out the window, “Aunt Scarlett, this is an emergency.”

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Hayden wasn’t just being soft-hearted, she felt empathy for these people. All lives should be respected and treated seriously.

The traffic light turned green. The driver didn’t know what to do, but when Nathan signaled him, he pulled to the side of the road.

Scarlett looked angry: “Hayden, do you think you’re invincible with Joseph’s support? We’re talking about a group of companies. You know it’s basically a black hole if there’s a gap in their financial situation? How do you expect to fill a black hole?”

Hayden’s mind went blank as soon as he heard Joseph’s name.

Scarlett didn’t know they had broken up, and Hayden didn’t have a chance to clarify.

“Aunt Scarlett, do you really think it’s best to let the Downey Group go into bankruptcy?” Hayden calmed down and looked Scarlett in the eye, “It wasn’t just my father’s business. It was my mother’s, too.”

Scarlett was stunned and her hands went cold.

It was too long ago. She had almost forgotten that the Downey Group was related to her best friend. Scarlett didn’t want to be reminded that her best friend was related to the Downey Group.

In the beginning, Florence was one of the Downey Group’s largest shareholders and one of the most important members of the board of directors. When she passed away, Florence’s family hated Bentley so much that they wanted nothing to do with the Downey Group. So they divested themselves of Florence’s share of the stock on the cheap.

“I paid two hundred thousand dollars down for the new Downey Group project, and I borrowed money from all my relatives. Downey Group ended up abandoning the project. Now my girlfriend has broken up with me, and my father suffered a stroke after hearing the news. I still have to pay medical expenses, but I haven’t received my salary for half a year.”

It was windy on the rooftop of the 35th floor. The black leather jacket the man was wearing was worn. His lips were chapped and his face was red from agitation. The man blamed all his unfortunate experiences on the Downey Group. He shouted, “I’ll jump if I don’t get my money! I will hunt them down each and every person who works here.”

The crowd of people felt encouraged by the man and became agitated.

A thin woman ran out of the crowd and approached the firefighters. She entered the building after clarifying her identity and intentions.

“The owners of the Downey Group are bastards, no one dares come close to negotiating. It looks like I’m not going to get my money back, I should jump out of here right now.”

“Calm down! We’ve informed the Downey Group board members.”

The firefighters were about five or six meters away from the man in the black jacket. They were all intense and thinking of all kinds of countermeasures.

“You only have one life. You may not have money now, but you can always get it back.”

“What’s the point of living if I don’t have any money?”.

The man in the leather jacket took no advice. He was furious: “Don’t come near me. I’ll jump if no one from the Downey Group responds to my request on the count of three.”

“They’re on their way.”

“One.”

“Calm down!”

“Two.”

“Team two prepare to relocate the air cushion.”

“Three.”

“Wait a minute!”

Hayden ran off the ladder the moment the man counted to three. He gasped and waved at the man in the leather jacket from afar.

“Don’t jump! I’ll… I’ll give you your money.”

The man in the leather jacket was stunned, “Who are you?”.

“Didn’t you want to talk to the person in charge of the Downey Group, I’m the one in charge.”

“Don’t lie to me, I’m not going to believe just anyone. I know the faces of the heads of the Downey Group. You are not one of them.”

The man in the leather jacket was furious, “You should try harder if you want me to believe your story! This girl will not earn my trust.”

Hayden calmed down after catching his breath. He looked at the man calmly, “My name is Hayden Downey. You don’t know me, many Downey Group employees don’t know me either, but I am Bentley Downey’s daughter. I have obligations to the Downey Group. Didn’t you want your money back? I can pay you back.”

The man in the leather jacket was flabbergasted, “Really?”

“This is my ID card, come see for yourself if you don’t believe me.”

Hayden took out his ID card and raised it in the air, “The Lord will fulminate me if I lie to you.”

The man in the leather jacket hesitated. He stared at Hayden’s ID card and slowly climbed down from the edge.

The firemen immediately grabbed the man in the leather jacket and pulled him to the ground.

He shouted, “Let go of me! Let go of me…”. The man in the leather jacket struggled and shouted angrily, “You tricked me! You tricked me!”

Hayden breathed a sigh of relief.

The man in the leather jacket walked past Hayden as he was restrained by the firemen and policemen. He looked like he was going to launch an attack at any moment. When he saw the ID card in Hayden’s hand, his expression changed.

Hayden was stunned for a moment. A voice emerged from behind his back as he was about to ask a question.

“Thanks for your help, what team are you from? I’ve never seen you before.” He turned around and saw a young firefighter.

He thought she was a plainclothes police officer.

Hayden shook his head, “I’m not a cop. I’m just a bystander.”

“Oh yeah? You’re so smart.”

“I just told the truth.”

Hayden walked down the building after the firefighters. The crowd of passersby and onlookers surrounded the main entrance to the building.

The police officers feared the man in the leather jacket might do something irrational again, so they held him tightly as they escorted him to the ambulance. They planned to take him to see a psychotherapist. Judging by the way he was talking, the man might be suffering from mental problems.

Hayden was told that the man had no girlfriend and that he had not paid any advance of two hundred thousand dollars.

Just before the man was sent to the ambulance, he turned around and yelled, “That’s Bentley Downey’s daughter! Grab her and we’ll get our money back.”

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