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Chapter 322: 322: Interest for You_1
Chapter 322: 322: Interest for You_1
Chapter 322: Chapter 322: Interest for You_1
“This… I’ve already sold it.”
Hugo Humphrey’s face flushed with embarrassment, “But don’t worry, the money from the flower sale, I’ll give it to you in a few days.
My company’s capital turnover is stuck, and I urgently need money, otherwise… otherwise I wouldn’t have done something like this.”
Greg Jensen said indifferently, “Call the police.”
Thump!
Hugo Humphrey was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground, hastily saying, “Brother, don’t rush me, I promise you, At most half a month…
No, at most one week, I will definitely return the money, I’ll pay you interest!”
“Pay me interest? This isn’t about the fucking money! Even if you offered me five hundred thousand, a million, ten million, a hundred million, it’s not possible for me to sell.
Either you find the flower and return it to me right now, or I directly have you thrown in jail, the fucking choice is yours.”
Greg Jensen was really pissed off by this frog in a well, “Truly ignorance is bliss, you don’t even know what the thing you stole is or its value, yet you fucking dare to reach out your hand!”
Hugo Humphrey had been planning to repay the money once his cash flow recovered, or to sell another pot of flowers to Greg Jensen elsewhere.
Only at this moment did he finally realize he had made a mistake, and it seemed a rather outrageous one.
“That flower… is it that precious?”
“Heh, otherwise why do you think they would offer such a high price?”
Greg Jensen couldn’t be bothered to waste words with him, glanced at the time, and said, “I’m giving you ten minutes. If I don’t see the flower in ten minutes, I’m calling the police immediately.”
“No, let me… let me make a call and ask.”
Hugo Humphrey, shivering with fright, quickly pulled out his mobile phone and called the buyer of the flower.
“Hello, Mr. Locke, the flower I… I’m not selling it.”
The call was answered by Joe Locke, who was taken aback by his words and then scoffed, “Not selling? You already fucking took the money, and now you say you’re not selling?”
“Mr. Locke, please, return the flower to me, I… I can give you more money.”
“Go to hell, do you think the Simmons family lacks your bit of money?”
Joe Locke replied impatiently, “Alright, the deal is done. Don’t call me again in the future.”
“Mr. Locke, Mr. Locke…”
As Hugo Humphrey watched the call disconnect, he seemed to be drained of all strength and slumped to the ground, utterly stupefied.
He stiffly lifted his head, “Mr. Jensen, I…”
Greg Jensen gave him a dismissive glance and said, “Call the police, let the patrol come and investigate.”
“Mr. Jensen, please spare me.”
Hugo Humphrey was so scared that he immediately knelt on the ground, urgently saying, “Give me three days, I guarantee I’ll get the flower back.”
Three days?
If he didn’t recover the Fragrant Spirit Grass by tonight, tomorrow morning the Simmons family would take it from the Locke family.
In three days, it would all be fucking over!
Greg Jensen ignored the idiotic Hugo Humphrey and gestured to Trey Holmes to make the call to the police.
Seeing this, Hugo Humphrey was beyond words, sitting on the cold ground as if he had lost his mind.
The patrol arrived very quickly, and upon hearing that a flower worth half a million had gone missing and with Micah Brent having given them a heads-up, they took the matter very seriously.
They had Hugo Humphrey’s statement done on the way there.
Afterward, upon learning that the Locke family were the buyers, all the patrols fell silent.
“Team Lead Zhao, what do we do now?”
“What else can we do? Let’s go and see the Locke family.”
Team Lead Zhao was also helpless; he wouldn’t want to mess with the Locke family, the local tyrant of Jamae, unless absolutely necessary.
The Locke family.
“Dad, the kid who just sold us the flowers called and said he doesn’t want to sell anymore.”
“He doesn’t want to sell anymore?”
Jeffrey Locke was taken aback at first, then sneered, “The deal was already made, now he’s having second thoughts as if our Locke family is something to be trifled with?”
“I turned him down flat.”
Joe Locke chuckled, then added with some seriousness, “However, what worries me is, could the Fragrant Spirit Grass that kid sold to us have been stolen?”
Jeffrey Locke’s face darkened slightly, and after pondering for a moment, he looked up at his son and sneered, “Since when has the Locke family ever bought flowers?”
“Uh.”
Joe Locke was initially startled, then burst into laughter, “Dad, I understand now.”
Just then, the butler walked in and said, “Master, a few patrolmen have arrived outside, they said they need our assistance with something.”
Jeffrey Locke’s eyes twinkled as he looked at Joe Locke and smiled, “See, speak of the devil. Go see what they want.”
“Alright.”
Joe Locke, with a smile on his face, stood up and followed the butler to the front hall where he saw a few patrolmen sitting on the couch, with Hugo Humphrey, who had sold him the Fragrant Spirit Grass, sitting beside them.
As he was about to speak, he suddenly noticed Greg Jensen was also present and furrowed his brows, asking, “Greg, what are you doing here?”
Greg Jensen glanced at him and said coldly, “You Locke family really know how to conduct business. It’s one thing to buy herbs at rock-bottom prices, but to be in charge of handling stolen goods?
Jamae’s First Family, indeed well-deserved reputation!”
That pot of Fragrant Spirit Grass was Greg’s?
Joe Locke instantly realized what was happening, but he kept his composure and said indifferently, “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
Greg Jensen sneered and turned to Captain Zhao, “Captain Zhao, since he doesn’t get it, perhaps you’d better explain it to him.”
“Ahem…”
Left with no choice, Captain Zhao bravely said, “Mr. Locke, the thing is, the pot of flowers that Mr. Humphrey sold to you was stolen from Mr. Jensen, so…”
Before Captain Zhao could finish, Joe Locke wore a look of bewilderment and interrupted, “Hold on, Captain Zhao, since when have we ever bought flowers from him?”
Captain Zhao was taken aback, asking without thinking, “Isn’t the Locke family offering a reward, 500,000 for various medicinal herbs and plants?”
Joe Locke spoke sternly, “It’s true that the Locke family has issued a reward, but to date, we haven’t received a single item.
As for the Locke family dealing in stolen goods, that’s even more out of the question. I’ve never even seen Mr. Humphrey’s face, how could I have possibly bought stolen goods from him?”
Whoosh!
At that moment, everyone turned to look at Hugo Humphrey.
Hugo Humphrey panicked and blurted out, “Mr. Locke, I personally handed that pot of flowers to you, how can you deny it?
Besides, when I called you just now, you admitted buying my flowers.”
“Bullshit, when you called earlier, you were clearly asking if I would buy your flowers. I said I would if you brought them over when you could, but when did I admit to have already bought your flowers?”
Joe Locke said sternly, “Our Locke family is a respected name in Jamae, why would we engage in the purchase of stolen goods?”
“This…”
Joe Locke’s statement radiated righteousness, leaving Hugo Humphrey doubting his own memory.
He looked around blankly, stuttering, “No, that’s not right. I clearly sold it to him. You have to believe me, I really sold the flower.”
Everyone wore strange expressions, their gazes shifting between Joe Locke and Hugo Humphrey. Captain Zhao was genuinely relieved.
As long as the Locke family wasn’t implicated, then the matter would be much easier to deal with.
Though 500,000 was not a small amount, Hugo Humphrey’s family lived in a big villa. If it really came down to it, selling the villa would cover compensation for the victim’s losses.
Greg Jensen’s expression cooled down. It was clear that resolving the issue through the patrolmen was not going to work, he would have to think of another plan in secret.
The Fragrant Spirit Grass was key to advancing to the Foundation Establishment Stage; he couldn’t just let the Simmons family take it away.
With different thoughts in everyone’s mind, the living room fell into an involuntary silence.