437: Chapter 434 Indeed, There Was a Problem 437: Chapter 434 Indeed, There Was a Problem Gao Yang didn’t even think about it; he just glanced at Bruce and chuckled, “You want to take Lucica with you?”
Bruce nodded and said, “Yes, I want to take Lucica with me.”
Gao Yang waved his hand dismissively and said, “As long as she is willing to go with you, then take her with you.
Do you still need to ask me?”
Bruce looked troubled and said, “We still have to go get the money from Pailano before we can leave, and Pailano is never going to let Lucica go.”
After thinking for a moment, Gao Yang said in a deep voice, “Alright, I understand.
Leave this matter to me; there must be a way for you to take Lucica with you.
Don’t worry; if the old guy Pailano refuses to let Lucica leave, we might as well fight and take her by force.
What are you afraid of?
Go get your money now; you don’t have to give up your right to your share of the spoils.”
Bruce sighed and said, “Pailano has a very strict control over his people.
It won’t be easy to get him to let Lucica go.
This is my personal matter, yet everyone has to take on risks for me.
I don’t know what to do…so…”
Annoyed, Gao Yang said, “Shut up.
Do you need to make such a fuss over such a trivial matter?
Hurry up and get your money; I’ll figure out the rest.”
The fact that Bruce wanted to take Lucica away seemed quite abrupt, but upon reflection, Gao Yang realized it was not entirely without warning.
Lucica was a person who barely spoke, preferring silence to speech, and was cold to everyone.
However, Bruce often managed to chat with Lucica about one thing or another, and when Lucica faced Bruce, she would sometimes reveal a hint of a smile.
Putting Bruce’s matter aside for the moment, Gao Yang also packed his share of the money into his backpack, and not long after, the group boarded the plane.
The plane was too small; one plane could not fit everyone, so they had to use two seaplanes: one was an ultra-small ten-seater passenger plane, and the other was for cargo.
For Gao Yang and his group, they would certainly take the passenger plane, while the five guides had to make do in the cargo plane’s cabin.
The two planes took off from the water one after the other.
Once airborne, Gao Yang announced loudly, “Guys, I have a very important announcement to make.”
Several people who were chatting and laughing turned their attention to Gao Yang when they heard him speak.
After clearing his throat twice, Gao Yang pointed at Bruce and said loudly, “Test Tube here has won over Lucica, and he’s going to take her away.”
After a brief silence, whistles filled the cabin, and Frey called out to Bruce in high spirits, “Test Tube, nicely done, good job!”
Bruce smiled awkwardly and said, “Guys, it’s not that simple.
Taking Lucica away is not an easy matter; Pailano won’t let her leave.”
Cui Bo said loudly, “As long as Lucica is willing to go with you, who cares what Pailano thinks?
We could take down Teodulo; are we afraid of Pailano?
If the old guy dares not let Lucica go, then we’ll take down Pailano.”
Sirte laughed heartily and said loudly, “It’s very simple; we will launch an attack on Pailano today.
Once we’ve taken him down, you can do as you please.”
Li Jinfang also laughed and said, “Test Tube, stop worrying about how to take Lucica away.
What I’m concerned about is how you managed to win her over.
When it comes to courtship, you have to teach me, brother.”
“Pailano is Lucica’s father.”
“Ah!”
Upon hearing Bruce’s words, everyone in the cabin let out a collective gasp of surprise.
“Lucica is one of Pailano’s many children.
She was married once five years ago, but just over two months after her wedding, Pailano ordered the execution of her husband.”
“Ah!”
Bruce spread his hands and said, “Lucica is one of Pailano’s many illegitimate daughters.
All things considered, her childhood up till now has certainly not been happy, especially after her husband was killed by Pailano, and since her mother also died, Lucica no longer has any attachments.
She wants to break free from Pailano’s control.
Also, although she has never thought about killing Pailano herself, she would still be quite happy to see him taken down.
So, no matter what she sees, she won’t report any news to Pailano.
And Kamp, despite being Pailano’s biological son, seems to also hope to see Pailano’s death.”
Gao Yang exhaled and said with a smile, “Damn it, why didn’t you say everything at once?
Seeing that Lucica is hoping for Pailano’s death, the problem is quite easy to solve.”
Lee Jinfang, looking unsatisfied, said, “The problem isn’t how to take Lucica away; the key issue is how you managed to win her over.
That’s the real question.”
Bruce said with a helpless look, “I didn’t do anything.
Lucica is my patient, and I had to take care of her.
Gradually, we started talking more, and then, well, we became familiar with each other.”
Tommy laughed from the side, “Pff, I’m injured too, but you didn’t hover around me all day like you do with Lucica.
Also, the other two guides got hurt, and you weren’t so diligent with them.”
Bruce smiled sheepishly and said, “Well, a beauty always gets some special treatment.”
The group had only exchanged a few laughs and hadn’t really had much of a chat when the pilot in front turned his head and spoke to them in Spanish.
That’s when Sirte loudly announced, “He says we need to prepare for landing.”
Gao Yang looked at his watch.
Only fifteen minutes had passed since they took off.
The Santo Onos town was just forty kilometers away from Pailano’s camp, through rainforest paths that had taken them several days on foot.
Yet by plane, they had flown for just over ten minutes, and it was already time to prepare for landing.
Even including the time for takeoff and landing, the entire journey wouldn’t take more than half an hour.
Gao waved his hand and directed, “Sit tight in your seats, we definitely need to get our money.
After landing, let’s first go get the money from Pailano, and then talk to him about Lucica’s situation.
If Pailano agrees to release her, there’s nothing more to say.
If he refuses, then we’ll leave his camp and join in the fun when the Angel Mercenary Corps launches their attack and take out Pailano.”
After finishing, Gao turned to Bruce and said, “Once we’re off the plane, tell Lucica to find a safe place to hide and wait for us to pick her up.”
Bruce nodded and kept quiet.
Gao’s plan might require a bit of waiting, but it was undoubtedly the most trouble-free approach—neither delaying the money collection nor the rescue.
Less than ten minutes had passed before the descending plane circled in the air and found a fairly open stretch of river to land on, and after the plane had landed…
Lucica’s cargo plane had landed first, and after waiting for Gao and his group to also land on the river, the plane docked on the shore so they could disembark before quickly taking off again.
Upon reuniting with Lucica, her usually expressionless face betrayed some nervousness as her eyes involuntarily found Bruce.
It wasn’t until he smiled and nodded slightly at her that Lucica’s expression relaxed somewhat.
Once ashore, Sirte tuned his walkie-talkie back to the original frequency, spoke a few words in German, and then waved to Gao and the others before plunging into the dense jungle, with Kamp watching silently.
Though the reason was unclear, Kamp’s behavior clearly showed they posed no threat to Sirte’s actions.
Kamp simply waved at Gao, then he and his group of five took the lead in showing the way.
Lucica couldn’t resist looking back as they walked off until Bruce gave her a thumbs-up, signaling encouragement, which made her finally turn her head back.
The landing spot was not far from Pailano’s camp, and after walking for about fifteen minutes, the vegetation started to thin, and it wasn’t long before Gao caught sight of the camp among the trees.
Kamp shouted twice, catching the attention of the people in the camp, and Pailano quickly came over with a group.
Before departing, Gao had informed Pailano that the mission was accomplished and that they would soon come for the payment; Pailano looked very pleased upon their arrival, which greatly boosted Gao’s confidence in getting the money.
While still at a distance, Pailano reached out his hand to Gao, and after shaking hands with him, Kamp timely whispered a few words to Pailano.
After listening to Kamp, Pailano looked even more thrilled, vigorously shaking Gao’s hand and exclaimed, “Welcome back, welcome back, my warriors, you did a magnificent job.
Teodulo is dead, along with all his elite men.
You guys are amazing, thank you, thank you all.”
Gao replied modestly with a smile, “Completing the task assigned to us by our employer is our duty, so there’s no need to thank us.”
Pailano, still in high spirits, stretched out his hand and said, “Please, come inside to talk.
Your reward is ready.
You’ve done an excellent job, and I’m a man of my word.
Come and receive your payment.
After that’s settled, you can tell me in detail how you took down that bastard Teodulo.”
Pailano ushered Gao and his group into the same large house as before, and after inviting them to sit, he boomed, “Bring over the prepared stuff, and be quick about it.”
Seeing Pailano’s demeanor, Gao felt this mission might have a perfect ending, and now he contemplated how to discuss Lucica with Pailano.
However, seeing Pailano’s enthusiastic manner and withholding the news of the imminent attack he was facing made Gao feel a bit guilty.
While waiting, six men carried in three chests into the house, and after opening the chests, Gao was stunned.
Staring at bags of powder filling the chests, his tinge of guilt quickly turned to anger.
(To be continued.
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