Chapter 43 A Nightmare In The Construction Site
The chilly night breeze blew across the abandoned building, making whooshing sounds, as if a giant monster was howling.
Janet clung to Logan tightly, almost hanging herself on him.
Logan was very frightened as well. However, he had to come because the video was too crucial for his career.
The roads on the abandoned construction site were littered with different sizes of stones. Logan and Janet, who were from the upper-class of society, had never been to such a place. They almost fell to the ground several times because they were not used to walking on such a rocky road.
Janet staggered and almost collapsed to the ground. Then, she screamed in horror as her legs went weak, almost pulling Logan with her to the ground.
"Why are you yelling? Did you see a ghost?" Although Logan's heart was thrumming, he still yelled at Janet.
"Over there!"
Logan's heart skipped a beat when he looked in the direction Janet pointed to. A person was lying motionlessly on the ground not far away from them, looking as if it was a corpse. "Ah, there is another one there!" Janet shrieked again.
Logan saw another person in a discarded oil barrel not far from the body that they had just seen. The second person's arms were hanging on the edge of the barrel with his head drooped down. He was motionless as well.
"Ah!" Logan was so frightened that he let out a scream and crumpled to the ground. He jumped up immediately when his bottom was scratched by the gravel.
"Brother Wan, are they dead?" Janet stammered fearfully.
"How would I know?" Logan really wanted to scold Janet, but he could not master his strength to scold her under these circumstances.
"Director Wan, you're here!" Zachary suddenly appeared out of the dark.
Seeing Zachary's face clearly, Logan calmed down and said, "It's you!"
"Yes. Are you surprised?" Zachary approached him as he said coldly, "I'm afraid that what happened to Sister Lim tonight had something to do with you!"
"What do you mean? Dean Liu was the one who forced her. It's none of my business!" Logan retorted. Thinking back to the scene where Zachary rushed out of the Kingsbury Hotel with Lauren in his arms, a tingling sensation ran down his spine. Although Logan was not afraid of Zachary, he could do nothing if Zachary wanted to beat him up.
"Really? Why are you in such a hurry to get this then?" Zachary waved the phone in his hand and smirked. A video of Aldred was playing on the phone.
"How do you know..." Janet's eyes widened in surprise. Only Logan and her was supposed to know that she had invited Eric to take the video secretly. But the video was with Zachary now.
Looking at the two motionless bodies sprawled around her, Janet finally recognized that they were actually Eric and his partner.
"What do you want?" Logan asked. He was much calmer since he knew Zachary was not a desperado.
Zachary's face turned stony. "You must kneel down and apologize to Sister Lim for what happened today. Also, you have to agree to her resignation."
"You want me to kneel down and apologize to that b*tch? Impossible!" Janet shouted.
"Your mouth is too filthy!" Zachary glared at her fiercely. He moved his arm slightly and threw a piece of gravel at Janet. It hit her mouth accurately. Two of her teeth were splintered, and her mouth was full of blood. "Ah! My teeth! I'm going to kill you!" Janet howled and rushed towards Zachary.
Having seen Zachary's fighting skills, Logan trembled. He quickly grabbed Janet and said to Zachary, "Don't worry. I will agree to Lauren's resignation tomorrow, and we will also apologize to her. Can we go now?"
Logan promised Zachary so that he could get away safely. As for what he promised, it would all be up to him after he had gone back home. Even though the video was with Zachary, it was none of Logan's business as he did not appear in the video. Perhaps Aldred would even help him to deal with Zachary because of the video.
Logan helped Janet up and was about to leave with a good plan in his mind.
"Do you think you can leave just like that?" Zachary uttered coldly. "What else do you want?"
Zachary smiled, "Let's talk about the apology later. Right now, you have to pay the price."
"Don't go too far! An apology is more than enough considering who we are," Janet shouted.
"Br*t, it's not good for any of us if this snowballs into a serious matter. Everything will be fine if you let us leave now," Logan said in a deep voice.
Zachary looked at him, "It seems that you haven't reflected on what you did. I don't mind teaching you a lesson."
"What are you going to do?" As Zachary approached him, Logan shouted in terror. "I have called the police before I came. Don't mess around."
Zachary ignored him and lifted him up. Then, he threw him into another oil barrel filled with water.
He picked up a bag of cement from the side before Logan could start struggling. He tore it apart and poured the cement into the barrel.
Logan was truly scared when the cement was poured onto his body. He didn't expect Zachary to be so determined to kill him. It would be difficult for the police to find his corpse if Zachary sealed him in the oil barrel with cement. "I'll apologize. I'll agree to any of your requests," Logan cried out hurriedly.
Logan felt the cement solidifying around him, exerting a heavy pressure on him, forcing his breath to quicken.
Janet, who behaved like a shrew just now, was scared senseless. She was worried that Zachary would kill her as well. She was so terrified that she started wailing and almost fainted.
Zachary poured another bag of cement onto Logan's body. Logan tried to beg for mercy but his words were futile. He cried out in horror, "You're committing a crime! I'm going to call the police to arrest you and put you in jail." Zachary ignored him. He stopped pouring the cement when the level of the cement reached Logan's neck. Zachary looked at him indifferently and took out his phone. Then, he played a video and sneered, "Go ahead if you want to call the police. But, this video will definitely go viral."
Watching the naked him having s*x with a woman, Logan was shocked. He didn't know when the video was taken.
Zachary left Logan, who was dumbfounded, in the oil barrel. He lifted Janet, and threw her into the oil barrel that he had used to torture Eric. He slapped her unconscious.
Zachary stared at Logan and said coldly, "Director Wan, you are a smart person. You know what the consequences will be if you didn't fulfill your promise."
Logan was scared out of his wits. He nodded repeatedly, "I will definitely do as I promised!"
After saying that, Zachary knocked Logan out with his hands before he left.
Zachary wanted to punish Aldred as well. However, Aldred was so timid that he had quickly asked his secretary to drive him back to the capital city as soon as he woke up in the hospital.
Although Zachary could not deal with Aldred, he found something else to do. He chose a few videos of Aldred from the storage card. Then, he sent the videos to several major news websites and the Inspection Committee of the capital city anonymously.