Chapter 373
Janet knew exactly what kind of person Ulric was.
He had a human face but a beast’s heart. He looked
dignified and had a thick smiling mask on his face, but he was rotten to the core inside.
However, Ulric’s words were like Pandora’s box, making her want to open it and jump in.
Janet gritted her teeth and wanted to leave.
However, her feet seemed to have been poured over with cement. No matter how hard she walked, she could not move.
She took a deep breath and simply waited for Ulric to finish speaking.
“What are you getting at?” she asked.
Ulric lit a cigarette and said calmly, “I have two methods here. One is to sacrifice yourself, and the other is to sacrifice others. I wonder which one Miss Murphy wants to hear?”
Janet raised her chin slightly, revealing her long neck.
“What will sacrificing myself and sacrificing others entail?”
Ulric lowered his eyes and smiled. “My brother cares about responsibility the most. Sacrificing yourself is giving yourself to him. As long as you become his, he would have no choice but to take responsibility for you.”
Janet gulped.
She had thought about this many times, but she did not dare to act on it. She was afraid that if Ken found out, they would not even be friends.
She paused for a moment and said, “What about sacrificing others?”
Ulric raised his eyebrows and said lazily, “You should know that he registered his marriage with Melody, right?”
“I do.”
Ulric nodded and said, “Grandma’s body has completely recovered now, and she’s even more energetic than me. Logically speaking, he should have brought up the divorce at this time. Even if he had brought it up, it wouldn’t easily agitate Grandma, but he never mentioned it…”
Janet lowered her eyes, full of hatred.
Ulric took in Janet’s expression.
He continued, “Sacrificing someone else means…making the person who took your position become someone else’s woman. My brother’s obsession with purity extends beyond just physical and also includes emotions. Do you think he will still not ask for a divorce when that time comes?”
“But…” Janet was a little shaken. “What if Ken finds out?”
Ulric smiled and said, “If you trust me, I can help you do this and find the most suitable scapegoat. How about that?”
Janet pondered for a long time. She looked up at Ulric and asked, “Why should I believe you? How can you be so kind as to help me? Is your goal to sow discord between me and Ken?”
“Huh?” Ulric shrugged innocently. “Why would I want to drive a wedge between the two of you? My goal has never been to destroy Ken. I just want what originally belonged to me.”
“Then why are you helping me?”
Ulric said with deep eyes, “I want to make a deal with Miss Murphy.”
Janet asked warily, “What deal?”
“When you marry Ken, persuade him to give up on inheriting the Swanson Group. He’s a sentimental person. He’ll naturally listen to you when the time comes.”
Janet frowned.
“That’s it?”
“Otherwise?” Ulric laughed. “Do you really think I am trying to drive a wedge between the two of you? Even though Miss Murphy comes from a prominent family, it’s still
incomparable to the Swanson family. Even if I were to drive a wedge between the two of you, it wouldn’t be much of a loss to Ken, right?”
When Janet heard this, she suddenly remembered that Ulric did not know that Ximber Tech belonged to Ken.
Ulric also did not know that he was the core technician of Ximber Tech.
In that case, there was indeed no need for Ulric to take such a huge risk. He only wanted to drive a wedge between her and Ken.
Thinking of this, Janet said, “Then I’ll wait for your arrangements. However, you can’t tell anyone about this. Otherwise, I won’t let you off.”
Ulric smiled and said, “I won’t gain anything by telling others. I’m not someone with many strengths, but one strength of mine is that I am tight-lipped. Miss Murphy, don’t worry.”
As he spoke, he extended his hand and said, “Happy cooperation?”
Janet hesitated for a moment. In the end, she did not shake Ulric’s hand and only said, “I’ll wait for your news.”
With that, she turned around and left.
Ulric looked at Janet’s departing figure meaningfully. The smile on his lips deepened.
Sure enough, love made people lose their minds.
Janet was indeed not of much use to Ken. At most, he would have a connection to the Murphy family. However, Melody was different…
Once Melody broke up with Ken, Ulric could use Melody to do many things.
The corners of Ulric’s lips curled up. Just as he was about to turn around and return to his residence, his phone suddenly rang.
He clicked on his phone and saw a message from an unknown number.
The message said, “Mr. Swanson, I can treat your leg.”
His eyelids twitched as he dialed the other party’s number.
*****
On the other side.
After Melody drove out of the parking lot, she felt that something was wrong. She vaguely felt that someone was following her.
She glanced at the rearview mirror, but there was nothing behind her.
Seeing that the car was about to reach the fork in the road, she had an idea. Instead of choosing to use the main road to go down the mountain, she drove into another small road.
The trail was the same one that had been used before the road was repaired. Almost no one uses it now. The road was narrow, rugged, and very dangerous.
But compared to the unknown danger, she preferred to face danger head-on and expose it to the elements.
Sure enough, after driving into the small road, the person who was secretly following her appeared.
A few noise-canceling motorcycles were reflected in the rearview mirror.
The motorcycles suddenly sped up and overtook her. Then, with a screech, the three motorcycles turned around in unison and blocked her way.
Melody stepped on the brakes and got out of the car fearlessly.
“Who are you?”
She looked at the three people wearing helmets and stared at them as she questioned coldly.
The three of them felt a chill run down their spines from Melody’s gaze.
But they quickly came back to their senses.
She was just a weak little girl. Now, she was just pretending
to be calm. What was there to be afraid of?
The man in the middle was not afraid of exposing his identity. He reached out and took off his helmet, revealing a large red birthmark on his face.
The birthmark was huge and looked very ferocious and terrifying.
Birthmark Guy looked at Melody mockingly and said slowly, “Have you heard of the Death Riders? It’s us! Someone gave us an order to kill you. If you cooperate obediently, we would consider lessening your pain. Otherwise…you’ll only suffer more before you die.”
The subordinate beside him quickly reminded him in a low voice, “Boss, if you introduce yourself like this…”
“What is there to be afraid of?” The man flipped his hair confidently and said, “There’s no need to hide anything from a dead person. On account of her decent looks, let her die in peace!”
Melody muttered softly.
The Death Riders…
She thought of something and smiled mockingly. “So you guys are the Death Riders on the forum…”