"Boss, you mean Maggie wants to divide us?" Jared was a little surprised.
"Haha, just wait and see, someone will come looking for you soon," Elliot said confidently. "Remember, don't say anything first. See what they're trying to do. At the same time, pay attention to your phone's camera. Don't let them discover you're live streaming."
The netizens heard the conversation between the two clearly.
[No way? It's come to this, and Maggie still refuses to return the money?]
[If I were Maggie, I would have returned the money obediently a long time ago. How would I dare to waste time here with them?]
[You underestimate Maggie too much. The thing she's best at is being stubbornly unreasonable.]
[That's right! Just like the streamer said, asking her to return the money is even harder than taking her life.]
...
Just then, a young woman in a business suit with exquisite makeup appeared in the frame.
She was Maggie's agent—Cara.
Cara first walked to the police captain, whispered a few words, and then, accompanied by the captain, walked towards Jared.
"Mr. Jared, hello, I am Maggie's agent, my name is Cara," Cara said politely with a professional smile on her face.
Jared didn't speak, he just lowered his phone's camera slightly to prevent Cara from noticing.
"Mr. Jared, can we step aside and talk?"
Here it comes.
The Boss was really right.
Next, Jared followed the agent Cara to an office.
The door was closed.
"Mr. Jared, the previous matters were all misunderstandings. On behalf of our company, I apologize to you," Cara said sincerely.
Jared still didn't speak, just quietly watched her performance.
"How about this, Mr. Jared, I won't beat around the bush with you. To show our apology, the full amount of the course fee you paid will be refunded to you. Besides that, we will also compensate you for the past two days' travel expenses, accommodation fees, and loss of work expenses, totaling $4,200. What do you think?" Cara said with a smile.
"You mean, refund my money and give me extra compensation?" Jared spoke.
"Yes, Mr. Jared, as long as you agree, I can transfer the money to you right now," Cara said, taking out her phone from her pocket, ready to proceed.
"What about the others? What about their money?" Jared asked.
"Others?" Cara was stunned for a moment, then shook her head, "For the others, we are temporarily unable to refund their fees."
"That won't do! We are together, if you refund, refund everyone," Jared said firmly.
"Mr. Jared, don't be anxious, just listen to me..." Seeing this, Cara quickly explained, "Look, the most important thing for you right now is to get your money back, right? As long as you agree to our terms, you can get $4,200 right now, and you won't have to continue wasting time here. As for the others, it actually has nothing to do with you, and you don't need to be responsible for them. Don't you think that's the logic?"
Having said this much, Cara was full of confidence. She didn't believe that with such generous terms, Jared wouldn't agree.
To put it bluntly, Jared was doing this for money.
Now they were agreeing to refund his money and give him compensation.
$4,200 was more than enough.
If it were her, she would definitely agree.
However, what she didn't know was that her "passionate" speech was being live streamed the entire time.
[Holy cow! This Maggie is really cunning.]
[She's trying to divide and conquer. First take care of the leader, and the others will be easy to deal with.]
[Brother Jared, don't fall for it! She's setting a trap for you!]
[That's right! She's agreeing so readily now, who knows if she'll go back on her word later?]
[I have a bold guess, did the streamer install a monitoring program on Maggie's phone? Otherwise, how could he know Maggie's every move like the back of his hand?]
Oh, some netizens finally noticed.
They noticed the amazing prediction in the live stream.
[Streamer, you're amazing! You even guessed that Maggie would send someone to contact Brother Jared privately?]
[Is the streamer clairvoyant?]
[Maggie first wanted to run, and now she's trying the tactic of dividing and conquering, and the streamer predicted it all. It's simply miraculous!]
[What clairvoyance, I'm saying have you forgotten who the streamer is? Isn't it simple for him to know Maggie's every move?]
[That's right, the streamer is a
[Did the streamer really install a monitoring program on Maggie's phone? This is too terrifying!]
[I'm becoming more and more curious about the streamer's true identity. Who exactly is he?]
...
At this moment, the live stream screen changed again.
Jared suddenly exploded, pointing at Cara's nose and saying angrily, "What kind of person do you take me for? Do you think I'm like Maggie, someone who's greedy for money? You want me to betray my brothers? No way!"
With that, Jared turned around and left, walking out of the office without looking back, leaving Cara standing there alone, dumbfounded.
[Well done!]
[Brother Jared, good job!]
[Hahaha! Everyone look at that agent's expression, it's hilarious!]
[She thought everyone was like her, that they could be bought with money.]
...
The netizens all praised Jared.
Jared returned to the hallway and shouted to his brothers, "Brothers, just now, Maggie's agent tried to buy me off with money, to make me give up defending our rights and abandon you, but I refused. I, Jared, will absolutely not betray you for money. We are all together, and our goal is very simple, which is to get justice and get back the money we deserve! We must advance and retreat together, united!"
"Good!"
"Well said!"
"Brother Jared, we'll advance and retreat together!"
Thunderous applause and cheers erupted from the crowd. Jared's words won everyone's trust.
"Return the money!"
"Return the money!"
"Maggie, return the money!"
...
Everyone shouted in unison again, the momentum was huge and deafening.
[Go for it! Brother Jared!]
[Return the money! Maggie!]
[@Maggie, hurry up and come out and return the money!]
...
The netizens were also infected by the atmosphere at the scene and cheered for Jared and the others in the bullet chat.
Cara returned to the office dejectedly.
"How was it? Did he agree?" Maggie asked anxiously.
"No... no..." Cara stammered, "He... he refused..."
"What? He actually refused?" Maggie said in disbelief, "He doesn't want money? Is there something wrong with his brain?!"
Cara gave a wry smile. She also hadn't expected that Jared would be unmoved by money.
Their plan had failed in the first step.
"What do we do now?" Maggie was at a loss and had no idea.
"Beep beep!"
Just then, her phone rang.
Caller ID: "Husband"
Maggie directly hung up the phone.
She was upset right now, how could she be in the mood to answer the phone.
"Beep beep beep!"
The phone rang again, her husband called again.
Maggie answered the phone impatiently, "Hello? What is it? I'm very busy right now, I don't have time..."
"Are you at the company? Did something happen at your company?" On the other end of the phone, Maggie's husband's voice sounded a little anxious.
"How did you know?" Maggie was stunned for a moment and asked.
"I'm watching a live stream. A
Haha!
Teacher Maggie finally knew.
However, it was too late.
(End of this chapter)
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Translator and Editor - Husband
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