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After chatting for a while, Fabiola came out from nowhere and reminded everyone that dinner was ready.
With Garcia's enthusiastic invitation, everyone enjoyed the dinner very much, but as the meal ended, everyone started to busy themselves.
Because of his age and health, Garcia's father chatted for a while and then went upstairs to rest.
Garcia himself, having taken over his father's tasks, also had to deal with some of the family's small but somewhat tedious tasks.
The little maid Fabiola started the after-dinner cleaning time, running around busily.
Leon told Shen Ye that he was going to contact his teammates, and then he ran away holding a miniaturized radio.
So, Shen Ye and Manuela, led by Roberta, strolled around the manor and its vicinity.
As the weather was good today and the moonlight was extremely bright, the three of them strolled under the moonlight and quickly visited most of the manor. Then they left the manor and walked along the path towards a nearby river.
"This is all family land. Not to mention what's buried underneath, in fact, just by planting crops on it, we can barely maintain the operation of the family." Roberta led the way and introduced Shen Ye and Manuela.
On the path to the river there was a lot of flat land on either side, a large piece of which was planted with what looked like banana trees.
"What about this side?" Shen Ye pointed to another large empty space and said, "Why not plant all of them?"
"Of course we want to, but we really can't hire anyone." Roberta glanced at Manuela. "The nearby villages are okay because they are close to Senna Town and there are still some people there. But many villages a little further away have become uninhabited areas."
Noticing Roberta's gaze, Manuela's face darkened. She knew that it must be because of her father.
"Okay." Shen Ye also guessed the reason and shook his head slightly.
After taking another look at Manuela who was lost in self-blame, Shen Ye began to change the subject and talked about today's moonlight.
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As they chatted and walked towards the river, on the other side of the river, two of Javier's hidden men were observing them with night vision goggles.
"The one walking behind should be Miss Manuela." one of them said.
"It should be her. I've seen the lady in person and her figure is exactly the same." another person answered.
"Since the lady is here, let's go back and tell Boss Javier." The person who spoke earlier said after turning off the night vision goggles.
"good."
The other man nodded and put away his night vision goggles.
Just as they stood up and prepared to leave, ripples suddenly appeared on the originally calm water surface.
The two noticed the noise, but didn't pay much attention to it, thinking it was caused by the fish in the river, so one of them just said, "Remember this location, next time we have time, let's come here to fish a few times."
The other person smiled and nodded, then he and his companion walked towards where they parked, one after another.
However, they had not gone far before the man walking behind felt as if something was entangled around his feet.
The man was startled, thinking he had stepped on a snake. When he was about to look down, he felt a huge force pulling him down.
"ah!"
The man only had time to let out a scream before he was dragged into the river.
Hearing the noise and water sound behind him, the man walking in front looked back, and then found that his companion was missing.
"Bailey, where have you been?" He called his companion's name in a low voice.
However, there was no response to him, and the surroundings were eerily quiet.
He had no choice but to walk slowly towards the river, thinking to himself that this was probably a joke played on him by his companions.
Just as he walked to the river and looked into the water, a hand suddenly stretched out from the water, and then was immediately pulled back into the water by something.
"Oh my God!" The man was frightened and pulled out his pistol and pointed it at the water.
But he quickly reacted, turned around and ran away.
However, he had not run a few steps when he heard the sound of violent water splashing behind him. Before he could look back, a thick tail pierced his chest.
"No..." He lowered his head and looked at his chest blankly, then his body was suddenly pulled down and dragged into the water.
While he was being dragged, his strong desire to survive drove him to pull the trigger.
Bang!
In the silent night, the sound of the gunshot was heard very far away, alerting Shen Ye and his companions who were about to take a walk along the river.
"The gunshot came from the other side of the river. It sounded like a pistol." Shen Ye pressed Manuela's head and asked her to squat down, while speaking.
"Do you want to go take a look?" Roberta lifted up her skirt, pulled out a pistol from the holster tied to her thigh, and asked, "There is a bridge ahead, we can go across."
Shen Ye did not respond, but continued to listen. However, after the first shot, the second shot did not sound for a long time, and then he nodded and said, "Let's go over and take a look."
The bridge Roberta mentioned was not far from the river bank, and the three of them quickly reached the other side of the river.
Shen Ye also pulled out his pistol at this time, and held a flashlight in his other hand. He placed the hand holding the gun on the arm holding the flashlight, and slowly walked towards the location where the gunshots were heard.
Soon, they found a pickup truck not far ahead, and after seeing the pickup truck, Manuela clenched her fists because she saw the symbol of her father's gang on the body of the truck.
"Strange, the car is here, where are the people?"
Shen Ye walked around the car and didn't see anyone inside or outside the car. Then he touched the engine with his hand and found that there was no temperature at all. It was obvious that the car had been parked here for a long time.
"He fired a gun just now, so he's obviously in danger. But even if he's running away, four wheels are always faster than two legs."
While talking to himself, Shen Ye expanded the search area around him, and then he heard Roberta shout, "Shen, come here."
Shen Ye looked up and found Roberta and Manuela squatting by the river.
"Did you find anything, Roberta?" Shen Ye ran over and asked.
"Look, there is blood here." Roberta lifted her skirt again, pulled out a tactical saber from the scabbard on the outside of her thigh, and picked up a piece of grass from the ground.
"And the blood hasn't coagulated yet." Roberta added, "The man should still be nearby."
As she was speaking, Shen Ye noticed traces of dragging on the grass, and the direction of the traces extended exactly towards the river next to it.
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