Shadow Empire

Chapter 540: Don’t Show Your Wealth [666+10]
Charlie chose a seat in the motel restaurant that faced the main door and had a small door behind it that led to the kitchen.

As a veteran policeman who has worked for decades, many things have been ingrained into his bones.

No matter who it is, as long as they come in through the main door, he will be able to see them first.

But at the same time, no matter who it is, as long as he comes in from the main gate, he needs to be about fifteen meters away from him.

The briefcase he placed on the table had steel plates on both sides. The briefcase had no password and could be spread out at the first opportunity to form a temporary shelter.

In this way, whether he pulled out the weapon in the holster in his arms to fight back, or turned around and rushed out of the small door in the kitchen, he would have enough time to respond.

There were some people in the restaurant. Spring was coming, and people had been hiding at home for the whole winter and were starting to think about leaving home and going out.

Jingang City is one of the best choices. It has some of the best beaches on the east coast, as well as casinos and the Starlight District. It is one of the best choices for vacation!

Many people drove towards Jingang City.

There are no insurmountable guardrails between the two lanes of the federal interstate highway, so people can drive however they want.

Although the survival rate of car accidents on state highways is low, at least it's freeing!
So whether they are going to Jingang City or leaving Jingang City, when they need to rest or have a meal, they will choose the nearest motel, no matter which direction they are going or leaving.

While eating, Charlie observed the people here. He actually knew an old judge.

The old judge was previously a judge of the Likale State Court of Appeal. He had certain connections and reputation in the state's judicial field, but after thinking about it carefully, he gave up the idea.

Not to mention how much it would cost to ask the old judge to help solve this problem, it is still a question whether he can solve it!
Charlie and the old men in the Bay Area thought roughly the same thing. They didn't think Lance could push this matter forward. In the back, which they were unwilling to admit but had to think about at the same time, there was a big hand controlling everything.

Williams family.

It must be him!
Charlie thought his guess was reasonable. Even if he solved the current problem, what would he do after Councilman Williams took office as mayor?
Lance is his man, and Blue is Lance's man. Once he loses the police as his base, Charlie will completely lose his value in the eyes of the masters in the Bay Area.

City councillor?

This is something they can easily create. Anyone can be a member of parliament, but this person must be able to provide them with a lot of services, especially those involving law enforcement agencies.

Once he loses his value, there is a high probability that he will become like those worthless people he has dealt with.

On a moonless night, someone shot him in the back of the head, or hit him with a hammer, and finally put him into a gasoline barrel and dumped into Angel Lake.

After realizing this, Charlie decided to leave immediately and not stay.

Just like that time when he was in his thirties and entered the basement of a man he thought was deceased, and saw the tortured and bloody corpse, he walked over decisively, cut her up, put her in a travel bag and took her away.

Without any hesitation, he took all the money, got in the car, and headed straight out of the city.

In order to hide the fact that he was going to run away, he specially arranged his work for the next few days at his city councilor's office before running away.

There is a high probability that he will never come back after this departure, and he also lost a large sum of money.

Although I feel a little unwilling, at least I am alive.

Except for the money he earned that remained in Jingang City, the rest was transferred out through some relatively reasonable means - bearer bonds and bearer stocks.

These things can be converted into cash anytime and anywhere, which is very convenient.

In fact, he had thought about this day many years ago. No one is always a winner. But when this day really came, he still felt uncomfortable.

He shouldn't have left in such a sad way.

After swallowing the hamburger in his mouth, his expression changed slightly. He thought that the hamburger would be very unpalatable. After all, how delicious could the food in a motel be?

But what I didn’t expect was that the beef patties were so delicious, and the taste was very similar to the hamburger patties found in high-end restaurants.

He ordered a combo meal, a burger, some fries, and a glass of sugary lemonade.

He looked at the simple dinner, thinking that he still had a long way to go, and then raised his hand, "Sorry..."

The girl who was talking to a young man at the bar came over, holding the restaurant's menu book in her hand, "Sir, how can I help you?"

The girl said these words in a lazy tone, and Charlie did a little reading comprehension before he understood, "I noticed that you have steaks here..." He glanced at the menu on the bar.

The girl looked back and nodded, "Yes, steak, do you want it?"

"Give me one, I'll eat it here, and prepare two more of these sets and two steaks, as well as some water, so I can take them with me when I leave here."

The girl quickly wrote down his request in the menu book. "That means three steaks in total, one to eat now, two to take away, and two basic meal packages to take away, right?"

Charlie nodded and said, "It seems so. How much should I pay you for these?"

The girl did a simple calculation. The steak was 69 cents a piece, and the set meal was only 30 cents. The total was... She wrote and drew for a long time before coming up with a number, "Two dollars and sixty-seven cents, sir." "Check or cash?"

Cheque?

He didn't know whether those accounts had been checked, but in any case he would not use the checks under those accounts casually.

Even if he wants to use it, he will wait for a few years. He may not even use it himself but hand it over to the money laundering group to launder it before using it.

He had cash on him, which is the most difficult form of transaction to trace these days.

He pulled out his wallet, took out three dollars from it, and handed it over. "The rest is your tip."

The girl was stunned for a moment. "You are so generous, sir." She took a few steps towards the table and lifted her skirt a little to show her thighs. "Perhaps you want to rest after dinner?"

This was actually quite normal, and during this period, it was common for waitresses in restaurants along the interstate to take on part-time jobs after get off work.

She saw a thick stack of bills in Charlie's wallet. What she wanted was not just a thirty-cent tip, but more money!

Ten dollars, or even twenty dollars!

Charlie didn't react for a moment. He was already in his early sixties, and someone was actually trying to sell himself to him. But soon he took out another two dollars and handed it over. "Sorry, I don't need it, but thank you for your kindness."

The girl looked at the two pieces for a few seconds before taking them. The flirtatious expression on her face faded and she lowered her skirt. "Excuse me, sir."

She returned to the bar, handed the menu with Charlie's requests to the young cook in the restaurant kitchen, and then went back to serving other guests.

It was dinner time, so there were quite a few people in the restaurant. Charlie quickly got his steak, which was indeed delicious.

There should be a small ranch behind the motel where they raise all the beef themselves, or there should be ranches around that deliver fresh beef every day.

As long as the ingredients are fresh and healthy enough, they will be delicious.

He had been to the slaughterhouse, where the butchers killed the cows and cut the meat into strips and placed them on the table.

Even without any processing, you can still smell the rich meaty aroma from the meat.

He was very satisfied with the meal, and it would have been even better if he had some wine, but he would not do anything out of line at this time, which would make some people subconsciously remember him.

After dinner, he needed to rest for a while and booked a room in the hotel.

The girl stood by the window and looked at him until she saw him enter the room on the first floor, then she looked away.

"What's wrong?" asked the chef in the kitchen.

They were in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, and of course he knew the girl was a call girl, but that was their lifestyle.

The satisfaction brought by money is enough to make up for the lack of occasional entry of others into his garden, and sometimes he even feels excited about it!

He also glanced out the window through the oily window and found nothing unusual.

The girl looked away. "That old man, his wallet is full of money, such a thick stack!"

She gestured with her hands, obviously exaggerating a little.

Her boyfriend didn't believe it at all. "That old man looks ordinary, how could he have so much money? I won't be fooled!"

The girl said seriously, "I swear on my grandma, this is true."

"And many of them were in 20-dollar denominations. He also had a briefcase next to him..."

The chef's expression changed subtly, and he swallowed. "You mean, the suitcase is full of money?"

For some reason, his heartbeat began to speed up.

It seems like a good job to stay in this damn place and do this, but in fact their income is extremely limited, otherwise they would not let his girlfriend work as a temporary call girl.

Those truck drivers are not gentle white-collar workers. They are all jumpy and aggressive. Sometimes, when you encounter a particularly rude one, you can't get along with him for two or three days!

Now, she told him that the old man's wallet was full of money, and it was possible that his suitcase was also full of money. How could he not be tempted?

He clutched his chest to stop his heart from jumping out, "What...are you going to do?"

The girl was a little annoyed, "He rejected me!"

The chef took a deep breath and said, "Damn this old man!" His eyes gradually became sinister.

This is so much money. If you miss this opportunity, you may never have it again in your life!
(End of this chapter)