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Chapter 628 They Can’t Save You

Matthew’s face changed suddenly when he heard that . “I swear, if you dare to do anything to Jane and Wendy, I will kill you, Cook! No matter where you go or how many people you have around you, I will come for you and drive a bullet into your head . ”

“Very well, all I need is this rage . ” After that, Cook suddenly stopped talking . He saw Jane walking over with tea and cookies, and he asked, “Are you guys talking about something interesting?”

“Yes, Matthew and I were talking about our previous salmon fishing trip . ” Cook then took the teacup and thanked her with a smile . “I don’t know if he told you about it . There was one time we got lost in the forest after our hunting trip . We walked nonstop, and we arrived at a creek . I’m not sure if we were the first one to find out about this creek . In short, there were so many f*cking salmon in there that they were squeezing against each other! Every single one of them was healthy and fleshy . Matthew and I caught them without using any fishing gear . As long as you extend your hand, you will be able to catch them . And they didn’t even put up a fight, as if they were staying there for you to get them . And it made me very curious . What made them like this?”

“What is it?” Jane asked with interest . “It’s life, madam . It’s life that made them like this . For a long time, they had no enemies to disrupt their lives . This creek has provided them with lots of sustenance, and they gradually lost their guard against the dangerous world . They dwelled and indulged in their short-lived happiness, and when the threat came knocking on their door one day, they forgot how to escape . ” Cook took a sip of the tea and continued, “Seeing them reminds me of the society we live in now . Isn’t it like this creek? It does its best to maintain order and allow the fishes to live in comfort and multiply as much as possible . All these laws, economic orders, God… these things create an illusion of prosperity, making people feel at ease .

They become willing to be domesticated, and they eventually lose their self-instinct . Ma’am, did you know that when the real threat comes, none of these things can save you? Your laws, money, and God… none of them can save you . ”

After Cook was finished, the living room fell into silence .

Jane tried to squeeze out a smile on her face, “… honestly, what you said scared me a bit, sir . ” “I apologize for that, ma’am . By the way, your tea is delicious . ” Cook raised his glass, then turned his head and looked at Wendy, “You are fortunate to have such a skilled cook for a mother . ”

Wendy commented nothing about that, but instead, asked, “How is your harvest?”

“What?”

“You said that the creek was full of salmon . How was your harvest that day?”

“Oh, great . Although we didn’t catch the deer, we did catch many salmon . I had to take off my coat to put all the excess that could no longer fit into our container . But even so, compared the ones that we caught with the ones of the creek, it is still insignificant . It as if no matter how many fish we pulled out, their numbers didn’t reduce . Your father and I had to eat the grilled salmon for several days . After that, the smell of fish became repulsive to me for a long time . ” Cook reminisced, smiling as he went along . Matthew, who’d been quiet all the while, spoke up . “Well, I have something to discuss with Mr . Cook . Wendy, why don’t you go upstairs with your mother first . ”

“Okay, we will leave the living room to you men . ” Jane smiled politely at Cook .

However, her smile suddenly froze on her face the next moment .

It was because Cook had drawn a revolver from his waist and was now pointing it at her . “I like you, dear, really . You remind me of my daughter . I sincerely hope this will not happen to you . But… I need you to help your husband sober up because he just wouldn’t listen to what I have to tell him . I think it’s time for life to reveal the truth . ”

Cook then pulled down the hammer of the gun .

Jane’s breathing instantly hastened . Her eyes bulged in disbelief, and she looked lost . At the same time, Matthew, who was on the other side, also stood up abruptly from his seat, like an angry cheetah, ready to pounce on its enemies . Before he could do that, though, Cook drew out another pistol and pointed it at him .

“It’s not your turn yet, my child . Be patient . ”

“You don’t know what you are doing!”

“On the contrary, I know exactly what I am doing!” Cook smiled .

“What do you want, Cook? If you kill my wife, I will not join your gang even if it costs my life . ” “About that, let’s wait and see… I will kill your lovely wife first; then I will take your daughter with me once I’m done with Lincoln County . But in return, I will hand over the Cook gang to you, and you can use them to find my whereabouts . Many of them have lived with me for a long time . They know my habits, where I like to go, and even the places where my old friends live .

All you have to do is ask them, and they will take you to me willingly . “Don’t worry; they’re all easy-going folk . As long as you familiarize yourself with their temper and give them what they want, they will treat you as their own . You might lose two family members, but you gain more than forty brothers in return . Sometimes, you might feel that they are a little noisy… but you will get used to it . You have one year . Don’t let me down, my son . ”

“Don’t do this, Cook . When I find you, I will kill you!” Matthew glared in a shocking rage . “If you are capable of doing that, I don’t mind at all . ”

“If you don’t let my mother go, I will kill you too,” said Wendy .

“Hahaha!” Cook burst into laughter when he heard what Wendy said . But the next moment,, his laughter stopped abruptly because he saw Wendy’s shotgun .

Unlike her mother, Wendy once heard the sheriff talk about the past . Therefore, when the old hunchback showed at her doorstep, she immediately knew who the other person was . Nonetheless, Wendy did not act like any other ordinary girl . There wasn’t a hint of fear on her face .

Instead, she concealed everything in her heart . Her face showed no fluctuation from the beginning till the end . She had even managed to deceive an experienced man like Cook . Wendy was simply waiting silently for a chance to strike back .

It wasn’t until Matthew and Cook got into a heated argument, that she finally found the opportunity to take out the shotgun that she had hidden behind the cabinet . She forced herself to calm down and recalled the methods that Zhang Heng had taught her . Picking up the shotgun as fast as possible, she aimed it at Cook’s heart .

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