Chapter 680 Zhou Tao

• “Mr. Qin, I’m here to take Emilia back. I was the one who brought her into the peacekeeping unit in the first place. How could I possibly hurt her?” Joseph gave a dry laugh. “Who can prove that kind of thing with words? You just telling me—how am I supposed to buy it?” Gale Bush shot back, bold as brass. Joseph felt he couldn’t reason with Gale at all, or he’d get led in circles. “Then let’s drop it for now. I’ll head to the Rockville Military Department to prove my identity, then come back to you. As long as I can meet Emilia face-to-face, the truth will come out.” “Then hurry up and prove it.” Gale nodded. “Can you give me a lift out of here?” Joseph asked. “No.” Gale shook his head without a second thought. With that, he ignored Joseph, turned, got in the car, gunned the engine, and sped off. Watching the Audi A7 disappear, Joseph was speechless. He was dying to know what Gale’s deal was—how this guy could pin him down without Joseph sensing any power from him at all. And Gale was way too cautious. So cautious Joseph couldn’t even get a straight shot at talking to Emilia. Joseph couldn’t afford to waste time. He started down the road to hail a cab to the Rockville Military Department. Not long after they split up— The Wheeler family. Emilia’s room. While the caregiver was wiping her down, she caught what looked like a twitch of Emilia’s eyelid. But the monitor by the bed showed no change in her vitals. To be safe, the caregiver stared for a while. Nothing else happened. She figured she’d imagined it and didn’t think more of it. Downstairs at the Wheeler house. Austin Wheeler had planned to swing by his daughter’s group. Their main rival was PG Group, which made him uneasy. But Caleb Wheeler told him to mind his own job. Even if trouble blew up, it wasn’t his turn to step in. Plus, there was Gale. Austin was worried, but he had to swallow it. Just like his father said: even if the sky fell, Gale would hold it up. As Austin was about to head out to Changyang Group, a Bentley rolled into the manor and stopped outside the villa’s front door. “Cousin. Dad.” A middle-aged man in a sharp suit walked in with a smile. He came straight up to Caleb and Austin. “Tao, what brings you to see this old man today?” Caleb chuckled. “Didn’t Nora’s company run into trouble? I rushed over to ask,” Zhou Tao explained. Then he looked at Austin. “Cousin, seriously? Something this big happens and you don’t give me a heads-up? I only found out because PG Group forced a shareholder meeting!” Austin waved it off. “Nora can handle this herself, so I didn’t say anything.” “Cousin, Nora’s company is our Wheeler family’s crown jewel right now. In the past few months, its valuation is about to surpass our Changyang Group! If anything happens to her company, it’s a massive loss for us. We’ve got to help.” Zhou Tao said it straight. As the Wheeler family grew, the collateral branches pulled their weight too. Now they were the backbone running key divisions in the group. Especially Zhou Tao—Austin’s cousin and the group’s chief financial officer. “PG Group only controls a little over ten percent of the shares. They can’t threaten us much. And with Gale helping, it’s better to let Nora handle it herself. After this, she’ll level up.” Austin forced down his worry. “That may be true, but PG Group is a global giant. Their market cap is over eight hundred billion,” Zhou Tao said, voice low. “Tao, what we need to do now is believe in Nora. Believe in Gale,” Austin said firmly.