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Chapter 423

Chapter 423 Thought of How to Contact the Outside

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Couldn't come back?

This good?

I pursed my lips, not continuing the conversation. It seemed that Ezra didn't have much time to keep an eye on me. In this case, wanting to communicate with the outside world, with this path provided by Marguerite, wouldn't be difficult.

Sebastian saw that I was not taking Ezra's matter seriously. After pursing his lips, he left.

Marguerite watched him leave, crouched beside me playing with the cat, and said to me, "Ms. Conner, I told you, the gentleman is really good to you, he even brought you a cat to keep you from getting bored."

I pursed my lips, smiled faintly, and nonchalantly said, "Marguerite, could you possibly replace a way to take more care of the old man in the dark room?"

She furrowed her brows, puzzled, "Why? The gentleman had instructed that as long as he doesn't die, it's fine."

I didn't explain to her, just said lightly, "It's nothing, just feel sorry for him. He's already at that age, yet he can't enjoy his twilight years and is still being tormented like this."

Marguerite sighed, whispering, "He's a cop, there's nothing to pity."

Our values were different, so I couldn't talk to her much. I stopped

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talking.

In the following days, I spent almost all my free time visiting the old man. I learned that his name was Michael and, as Marguerite had said, he was an undercover police officer. Originally, he had been planted next to Mr. Butcher to gather evidence, but after failing, he was kept by Mr. Butcher's side to be tortured. He couldn't contact anyone outside, so he could only try to escape, but each attempt ended in failure, leaving him battered and bruised.

Perhaps seeing that I had no ill intentions and having helped him a few times, Michael's guard against me wasn't as strong. I wanted to replace an opportunity to explain the situation to him, and then ask him if he had any important information that could bring everything here to an end. But unfortunately, I never got the chance.

However, there was plenty of time. I was quite comfortable here, life was not too hard. Now, Ezra had a mission, and the Venom Roses that were all over the mountains needed to be harvested. Everyone was busy with something, no one would pay too much attention to me. I had Marguerite take me to the peddlers outside the mountain.

The other party was a dark-skinned middle-aged man. Hearing that we had goods, he laughed flatteringly, saying he would take as much as we had.

Naturally, I had nothing to offer, so I simply stuffed some money into his hand, pleading with him to deliver a message to my family, telling them that I was safe and sound here.

At first, he naturally refused, after all, contact with the outside world was forbidden in these mountains, for fear of being discovered by the police. However, I gave him some extra money and repeatedly emphasized that he didn't need to do anything, he just needed to send me a message to let me know he was safe after he descended the mountain.

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Thus, he agreed with me.

After all was done, on the way back, Marguerite looked at me, a puzzled expression on her face, "Ms. Conner, you gave him so much money just to have him check in at home for you?"

I nodded and smiled, saying, "When I left, my family didn't know. I haven't contacted them for so long, they must be worried about me. Spending some money to send a message of safety would put their minds at ease."

Marguerite nodded in partial understanding, saying, "That's true, there's no way to contact the outside world from this mountain. It's only right that you let your family know you're safe so they won't worry. However, there's absolutely no need to give him that much money. Besides, you could have talked to the gentleman about it. He would have definitely helped you handle it."

Spoke to Ezra?

I couldn't help but purse my lips. If he found out that I had been in contact with Stanley, I was afraid I would be in for a good deal of torment. Not only would I be unable to get the message out, but I might also end up losing my life here.

Of course, I couldn't tell Marguerite about these things. I just smiled at her and said, "As long as we're safe, that's all that matters. On the way here, I saw some fish in the field. Let's catch a couple to take back for Sweetie and Kitty."

Upon hearing about going fishing, Marguerite was so excited that she was jumping for joy. After all, she was still a young girl, full of childlike innocence. When something interesting came up, she naturally forgot about everything else.

The news was not accessible in these mountains, but it was

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wonderfully quiet. The natural resources were abundant. Marguerite and I caught a few small fish in the field. We were lucky and also caught a few loaches.

On the road, she rolled up her trouser legs, looking at me with a grin, "Sweetie and Kitty have been spoiled by the master. They won't eat anything that's not good. But they will definitely like the small fish and loaches we caught today."

I smiled faintly, those two little ones, not only did they like to eat, they probably also liked to play. Thinking about this, my mood improved quite a bit. Although Ezra was annoying, he wasn't too bad to Sweetie and Kitty.

Back outside the yard, seeing people standing there, Marguerite and I exchanged glances, suddenly having a bad premonition. She was the. first to push through the crowd blocking the yard entrance and walked

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As soon as I entered, I heard her scream, "Ah!!"