Chapter 453 Buying Your Life with Cash

• In the banquet hall aboard the Potential Dragon, all the hostages were herded to the center. Men to the left, women to the right—cleanly split like two different rivers.
• From the east, south, west, and north, dozens of armed fighters in combat gear stood watch. There were white, black, and yellow faces, all streaked with camo paint. AK-47s in hand, they radiated hard-edged menace.
• Among the hostages were rich merchants from across Agron, big-name company owners, pampered heirs and heiresses, a trending pop diva, fresh-faced models, Fan Zhongquan and his son Fan Xuecheng, Qin Yue and Qin Lulu, Golden Tiger, Ma Tengyun, Bai Hongjie, three big shots from the Black Gold Group, Shen Shuyi, Qiao Guanchang, and Hu Fandong—household-name tycoons back home. But there wasn’t a single bodyguard.