Chapter 1163


    Getting out of the car, Santiago surveyed his surroundings. He lit a cigarette and took a puff of it


    while Hadrian stood aside and beheld the surrounding area of this ce, Waverly Vige. Initially,


    he had wanted to bring Scarlette along, but Santiago did not agree to bring a woman with them.


    Therefore, they had left her behind.


    Hadrian was wearing a set of leather clothes. Santiago stood in front, smoking. Stuart was standing


    behind them in casual attire. The three of them got out of the car and were looking around.


    "What did the news say?" Santiago asked as he leaned against the car and took a drag of his


    cigarette. Stuart answered, "It''s been said that Zorion took Rossie away from the Jack Town Hotel


    and never showed up here again."


    "Even Zorion himself doesn''t care, so why should we bother?" Santiago took another puff before he


    put out the cigarette by dropping it onto the ground and squashing it. Although he said that they


    shouldn''t let this issue concern them, he still walked towards the Jack Town Hotel.


    After entering, he nced around before he found a seat and sat down. Following that, he blended


    in with the customers by ordering some food and starting to tuck into his meal.


    While he was eating, someone came and sat across from him. Santiago lifted his head to look at


    the person, who was quite good-looking. Only then did Santiago stop eating and raked his eyes


    over his surroundings. Finding nothing amiss, he directed his gaze to the person across from him.


    "What can I do for you?"


    "Outsiders are not weed here. You should leave after this meal. The bill is on me."


    Listening to his words, Santiago took a piece of tissue paper and wiped his mouth. He leaned


    against the chair and asked, "Have I offended you in any way?"


    "No, but you shouldn''t havee here. I have heard about you. Your name is Santiago, and you


    are very famous in Capital City. However, this ce is no Capital City. It''s Waverly Vige, a ce


    ruled by Mr. Jacky. You shouldn''t have set foot in here."


    "I''m here for a meal, what''s so wrong about this? You''re doing business, aren''t you?" Santiago


    asked, to which Logan smiled. "Oh, we are doing business, alright. Except for yours. This meal is on


    me. The end of your meal will see you walking out from here."


    Getting up, Logan left, and Santiago continued to have his meal. Then, he stood up. "Investigate


    what''s the grudge between Zorion and him."


    "This person is called Logan. Before we came here, Mr. Jepherson had already asked someone to


    look into his background. The woman Zorion took away is called Rossie Lautner. I heard that it was


    Logan who looked after her when she was here. She was taken away forcefully, and a fight had


    broken out due to that."


    Stuart reported to Santiago while they left Jack Town Hotel. Santiago turned to stare at Stuart. "Why


    didn''t you tell me before we came here?"


    "Before we came, I didn''t expect to cross paths with him so soon," Stuart replied. Santiago gave him


    a push. "I''ll settle the score with you after we go back."


    After a few steps, something came to Santiago''s mind, and he turned to stare at Stuart. "Did Zorion


    win the fight?"


    "He did," Stuart answered quickly. If he hadn''t won, then how could he have taken Rossie away?


    Stuart had heard that there were more than a dozen people in the other camp.


    Santiago turned around and chewed over this affair as he walked. He observed the people around


    him and returned to the car to take a nap at the back. Stuart got into the front passenger seat


    whereas Hadrian was behind the wheel.


    "Mr. Santiago, what are we going to do next?"


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    "Contact the informer and ask him toe and meet me. Leave here first, and let''s not waste


    Logan''s courtesy of having treated me to a meal," Santiago said as he began to take a nap.


    Hadrian drove them out of Waverly Vige. Stuart made a call to the informer in the vige while


    Santiago was waiting in the car. It didn''t take long for someone toe out of the vige. It was an


    old man in in, regr clothes. At most, only ''clean'' would suffice to describe his style.


    He walked to the side of the car, and Stuart got out of the car and opened the door for him.


    Afterwards, the man got into it.


    Stuart checked around and made sure that no one was spying on them before he got into the car.


    They left.


    "Hi, Mr. Santiago," the man greeted Santiago. Santiago sized him up. "You''re one of our own. Drop


    the formalities."


    While talking, Santiago took out a cigarette and offered it to the old man. The old man rejected


    initially, but Santiago insisted, and he obeyed Santiago atst. "Just take this, it will save you the


    trouble."


    The old man took the cigarette from Santiago''s hand, and Santiago hurriedly took out his lighter to


    light it for him.


    The old man was ttered that Santiago intended to light the cigarette for him.


    "There''s no need for that, Mr. Santiago. I have the lighter, I have it," said the old man while he was


    about to rummage for his lighter. Santiago stopped him. "It''s my pleasure. You came here when you


    were young. You''ve spent your life and endured all kinds of hardships here. We, the Richards


    family, have not expressed our gratitude to you. This is a small gesture I can handle."


    The old man was taken aback momentarily. He put down his hand, lowered his head, and took a


    puff of the cigarette. Hadrian rolled down the window while driving slowly. Inside the car, the old


    man said, "No, if it weren''t for the fact that Mr. Hansen had given me money and told me toe


    here, then I wouldn''t have been able to live till this day."


    "Let bygones be bygones. Don''t worry about it. You must have heard about the reason I wanted to


    meet you." Santiago went straight to the point. The old man thought briefly before saying, "I''ve


    heard about it, but I don''t know the details. I know there is indeed such a case." "Mr. Santiago, tell


    me, what do you want to know?" The old man was also a straightforward person. Santiago


    considered it for a short time. "I would like to know where Jacky is. Do you have any clues?"


    "Not a problem. He may be a very powerful person, but he doesn''t usually show his face outside.


    We have no idea what he does for a living. Although running Jack Town Hotel is profitable, it doesn''t


    make a lot of money."


    "Every day, his subordinates will stop by Jack Town Hotel to eat and drink, and their expenses are


    easily sky high. He is rather low-profile and not arrogant."


    "I had seen him several times when he was a child. He looked even more beautiful than a girl."


    "Butter on, as he retired from the public eye, he stayed in a house in Waverly Vige, where


    there''s a plot ofnd outside. He likes farming. Sometimes, he will give the nted vegetables to


    us. It''s just that he lives by that type of an-eye-for-an- eye philosophy. For those who provoke him,


    there would be h*ll to pay."


    "His house should be in that direction."


    "Bring me there," Santiago said, which caused the old man to shudder in fear. Santiago then


    comforted him by saying, "Since I''m asking you to go, I will guarantee your safety. Don''t worry."


    The old man was reassured. He was a lone man, so there was nothing to be afraid of. Now that


    Santiago had ordered him, it implied that Santiago thought highly of him. With such honor, he was


    willing to do it, even at the cost of his life.


    Subsequently, the old man showed them the way and they went into Waverly Vige. Santiago got


    down from the car, looked around, and walked forward. Stuart and Hadrian wanted to follow him,


    but he turned them down. What followed was his attempts in searching for Jacky from house to


    house.


    After searching through a few houses, he did not find Jacky. There were only five or six houses


    there in total. Furthermore, they were all empty. There was no one in any of the houses.


    Going back to the car, Santiago said, "Not a soul in sight."


    "What happened? There are people here at usual times." The old man also went out to search


    around. After making sure that there was indeed nobody there, he came back in bewilderment.


    Santiago stood outside for a while. "Stuart, you and Hadrian should bring the old man back to his


    home. Remember to protect him."


    "What about you, Mr. Santiago?" Stuart asked quickly. Santiago looked around. "I''m waiting for


    Deanna toe back." "That won''t do. If something happens to you, then we can''t afford it. Mr.


    Santiago, let''s go back together first ande hereter."


    "No, I can''t wait any longer. Let''s end this as soon as possible." Santiago refused to leave. He took


    out his phone and sent a text message to Cynthia, telling her not to call him. She received the


    message and no longer texted him.


    "Get into the car and leave." Santiago stood outside the car. Stuart and Hadrian did not dare to


    refute his words, but they did not leave.


    Seeing that, Santiago''s face ckened. Only then did Stuart say no more and got into the car with


    Hadrian. They took the old man away, leaving Santiago alone in the vige.