From picking up corpses to becoming a true god of America

Chapter 93: Was it considered feeding the dog?

Seattle’s bustling downtown area feels like another world.

There's no stench of American herbal medicine here, nor are there homeless people everywhere.

Beneath the skyscrapers, well-dressed foreigners walk their dogs, and everywhere you look there are all sorts of glamorous fashion elements, as well as many exquisitely decorated coffee shops.

Ye Xiao arrived at a coffee shop near the sea, went up to the second floor, and soon saw Guy who had been waiting for a long time.

"Ye, sit down quickly. The coffee here is delicious; you must try it."

Ye Xiao nodded and casually sat down in a seat by the window.

"What kind of beans would you like to drink? The Geisha and Mandheling here are both quite good."

Ye Xiao picked up the coffee beans on the table, sniffed them, and said, "Geisha, I don't really like Mandheling."

"I didn't know you were so knowledgeable about coffee!"

A hint of surprise flickered in Guy's eyes.

He originally thought that Ye Xiao, a poor student, could at most know the difference between Americano and latte, and wouldn't be able to distinguish between varieties like Geisha and Mandheling.

"It's alright, I just don't drink it often."

Ye Xiao waved his hand casually, looking like he'd seen it all before.

As a businessman, even though he didn't like it, he still needed to know a little about it.

Otherwise, when chatting with a client, if they say that this year's Yirgacheffe from Ethiopia is good, you could say that Jamaican Yirgacheffe also likes to smoke cigars.

They had just finished exchanging pleasantries, and the coffee hadn't even been served yet.

Guy suddenly asked urgently, "So, Ye, what exactly were you talking about on the phone just now?"

"Have you found any new clues in the forensic lab?"

Ye Xiao could understand Guy's anxious feelings at that moment.

They went to Seattle, found nothing, and so many agents died. In the end, the credit for killing Savely still went to Ye Xiao.

Aside from getting shot in the butt and taking responsibility for the failed operation, Guy gained almost nothing and was as anxious as a drug addict in the New York sewers.

American society may seem fair, but behind it lies a bloody reality.

Those above you won't care what you put in at work. As long as you don't meet the predetermined goals and don't bring them any benefits, you've failed and might be replaced.

Except for a select few at the very top, everyone else is a replaceable cog in the machine.

As for where the replaced gears will be thrown, nobody cares.

"Ye, you know me."

Guy took a sip of coffee and spoke of his bitterness with a melancholy look in his eyes.

He has been a member of FB1 for almost ten years and has not gotten married yet because of his work.

However, it was only through such hard work that he barely managed to win Louise's favor.

With an opportunity to rise to the top right in front of him, Guy just couldn't seize it.

He was really anxious.

"If all you want is to get promoted and make money, why don't you marry the daughter of a high-ranking official?"

"It's not that easy."

Hearing Ye Xiao say that, Guy gave him a resentful look.

Does this guy think everyone is like him?

Guy wanted to, but hadn't Rachel already been beaten to a pulp by Ye Xiao?

Louise was also rumored to be wearing lace—

"Good, that's ambitious."

Ye Xiao suddenly patted Guy on the shoulder: "I knew you weren't the kind of sycophantic person I am!"

"No, no, Ye—"

Guy was stunned by the slap.

Actually, it's not that he didn't want to, but he just didn't have the opportunity.

"Chief Louise was right, she recommended you to me this morning."

"I?"

Guy looked at Ye Xiao with a puzzled expression and pointed to himself.

"That's right, Director Louise asked me to arrange for people to search for Savery's sources of experimental materials."

"oh?"

Guy's eyes lit up even more: "So you said yes?"

"That depends on you."

Ye Xiao looked directly into Guy's eyes, his smile gradually fading: "Why do you think I should give you this credit?"

"you!"

Guy was stunned for a moment, and almost asked Ye Xiao what use this credit was.

He was just an unofficial member of the FBI, not even a formal agent.

But seeing the slight upturn of Ye Xiao's lips, Guy suddenly realized that he wanted to make a deal with him.

What do you want?

Guy asked in a deep voice, "Is it a department secret? Are you really a spy from Tokyo University? I absolutely cannot tell you!"

"Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you."

Ye Xiao smiled faintly: "As long as you listen to me from now on, opportunities like this will come one after another, and promotion and wealth will be within your grasp."

Looking at the confident Ye Xiao, Guy suddenly felt a little tempted.

He really doesn't have anyone to rely on now. He only got to his current position by working hard on his own.

To go further, it would be almost impossible unless one made an extraordinary contribution.

But look at Ye Xiao. He won Louise's favor before even graduating and pre-arranged a congressman father-in-law. His methods and wisdom far surpass those of others.

Young people like these have virtually unlimited potential for the future.

Why did you do that?

However, Guy was still somewhat confused.

If that's the case, why doesn't Ye Xiao keep it all to himself?

Why?

Ye Xiao smiled, leaned back on the sofa, and said leisurely, "Because Louise and I are practically family, her business is my business, understand?"

At that moment, Guy understood!

It turns out that Louise had instructed them to do this, but she couldn't show herself, so she sent Ye Xiao to win him over!

"Knock knock".

Ye Xiao tapped the table lightly and asked with a smile, "Have you thought it through?"

"certainly!"

Guy, beaming with honor, exclaimed, "For Ms. Louise, I would go through fire and water!"

"very good."

Ye Xiao quickly said, "Get ready, I need information on the rest of the body trafficking business in Seattle."

"Selling corpses?"

Guy was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously thought, could Ye Xiao be trying to use his power to retaliate against his peers?

Does he really want to monopolize the entire morgue business in Washington state?

"What are you thinking about?"

Ye Xiao scoffed: "Saveli told me that the reason he became so powerful was because he used many corpses and even cultivated a super virus in living organisms."

"You're saying that if we can find the person who provided him with the experimental materials, wouldn't we be able to find other people who were in contact with Savery?"

"I see!"

Guy clapped his hands, suddenly realizing what was going on.

Ye Xiao is indeed a professional; probably only he could see that.

"Alright, I'll go back and prepare right away!"

Guy stood up excitedly, but after thinking for a while, he stood there awkwardly.

"Ye, there's one more question."

"What's wrong?"

Have you ever dealt with any gangs before?

"certainly."

Let alone dealing with them, Ye Xiao used to have a very close relationship with the gang.

"good!"

Guy clapped his hands excitedly, forgetting even the coffee that had just been served, and ran downstairs.

7:30 p.m., outside a Catholic church in Seattle.

Livia, dressed in a long black dress with a white shawl over it, stood anxiously waiting at the church entrance, feeling a little resentful.

Ye Xiao promised to come this morning, but he was half an hour late, and we couldn't even get through to him on the phone.

It was already dark when Livia's legs started to ache from waiting so long, and then her phone rang.

She hurriedly pulled out her phone, only to find that it was Father Joseph calling.

"I'm sorry, Father Joseph."

Livia answered the phone and explained the situation.

"It's alright, he might have run into some trouble."

Father Joseph's slightly apologetic voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I'm sorry, Livia, I've made you suffer."

Upon hearing this, Livia suddenly felt a pang of sadness, and countless grievances and sorrows welled up within her.

"It's alright, Father Joseph, this, this is all for our cause."

"Did something happen?"

Father Joseph sensed something was wrong from the voice and quickly asked, "Livia, are you alright? Did he do something to you?"

"No, no, I'm fine."

Livia certainly didn't dare tell Father Joseph about that, because it concerned her current status.

If people find out, Livia will have to leave her beloved church.

To keep this secret, she even made plans that went against her conscience.

"I see. I'm sorry, Livia, it's my fault."

"No! I know all that, but there's nothing I can do about it."

Livia explained anxiously, "After all, we still need his help, don't we?"

"Don't worry, I will protect myself and I am willing to continue to cooperate with him."

"Okay, that's good."

After hanging up the phone, Livia looked up and saw Ye Xiao leisurely driving a pickup truck and parking it in the parking lot next to the church.

"It's so late, don't you have any sense of time?"

Livia couldn't help but make a comment.

Do I have a habit of arriving early?

Ye Xiao closed the car door and said casually.

Upon hearing this, Livia was speechless, and those around her cast surprised glances.

This Asian guy is so domineering, he's completely different from everyone else.

Don't get angry, you can't get angry.

Livia suppressed her anger and hurriedly chased after Ye Xiao as he entered the church.

When we arrived at the place of worship, the priest and others we had seen on the ship earlier that day were already waiting for us.

Upon seeing Ye Xiao, everyone stood up.

May the Lord bless you.

Father Joseph greeted him warmly, saying, "It's so good to have you here, Ye."

"It's nothing, it's all thanks to Livia who convinced me."

Ye Xiao chuckled and glanced at Livia, causing her pretty face to flush slightly, and she turned her face away in annoyance.

"That's enough!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a young pastor standing next to Father Joseph stood up, slammed his hand on the table, and said indignantly.

"Father Joseph, this is absolutely outrageous!"

"This guy has absolutely no sense of decency and shows absolutely no respect for God the Father!"

"How can we possibly succeed in our business with people who have no faith like this?"

"oh?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiao raised his head and looked at the young man.

Joseph quickly stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "Mr. Ye, this is Arios, who just arrived from Rome. He's the seminary's most outstanding graduate this year."

"snort!"

Arius snorted coldly, looking at Ye Xiao with disdain.

In his eyes, Ye Xiao looked exceptionally young, and apart from being tall and burly, he had nothing remarkable about him.

"Arios, show some respect! This Mr. Ye has helped us a lot!"

"Help? I don't see how he can do anything."

Arius retorted indignantly, "Everyone says he killed Savely, but almost everyone present is dead. Who can testify?"

Upon hearing this, everyone present cast curious glances at Ye Xiao.

"I?"

Ye Xiao looked troubled and pondered for a while.

He then raised his head and said very seriously, "I am good at anatomy, and I can also remove bullets from chest cavities with my bare hands."

Upon hearing this, Arius and the others froze in place.

What is this?

Did you actually rip Savely to death?

The atmosphere in the church suddenly became oppressive, and everyone could feel Arius's dissatisfaction with Ye Xiao.

After all, they also had some doubts about Ye Xiao, an outsider.

"Oh, so that's what you all think?"

Ye Xiao looked at everyone calmly, his face revealing neither joy nor displeasure: "In that case, let's end our cooperation here."

Before Joseph and the others could react, Livia panicked!

Is Ye Xiao about to run away?

This guy took advantage of me and then just wanted to leave?

What about her sacrifices these past two days?

Does that count as feeding the dog?

"No!"

A surge of resentment rose within Livia, and she grabbed Ye Xiao's arm.

"You can't leave!"

"Livia, don't keep him here—"

"Snapped!"

Arius was about to say something when Livia angrily interrupted him, "Shut up! What are you trying to prove, you recent graduate?"

"Were you on the cruise ship that night? Do you know how dangerous the situation was? And you're just spouting nonsense like, 'I...I did all this for you, Ms. Livia!'"

"Shut up!"

Livia snorted, her cold gaze sweeping over everyone: "Ye and I have already discussed it. We plan to search for clues about Savely in Seattle. Your questioning of him is questioning me!"

Upon hearing this, even Father Joseph fell silent.

As Catholics, they don't actually have a deep-rooted presence in Protestant-dominated America.

In matters involving the FBI and the local police department, we do indeed still need to rely on Ye Xiao.

Joseph just didn't expect that Livia and Ye Xiao's relationship would develop so quickly, and that they would be on the same side.

Under Livia's intimidation, the matter was quickly settled.

Ye Xiao used the FBI's influence to pressure Joseph and his team into providing assistance.

On the other hand, they also used their resources to find clues and report them to Facebook, so they could be said to be taking advantage of both sides and not letting anything slip by.

However, just before leaving, Arius, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.

"In that case, I'm going to go with you!"

"Arios!"

Father Joseph realized he had other ideas and quickly stopped him.

"Father, please listen to me."

Arius stared intently at Ye Xiao and said, "I just want to lend a hand. If Mr. Ye truly wants to help us, he shouldn't refuse, right?"

With this one sentence, he turned the blame onto Ye Xiao.

"certainly."

Ye Xiao didn't seem to care much, shrugging and saying, "Are you sure you can really fulfill my request?"

"certainly!"

Seeing Arius readily agree, Livia panicked.

Of all the people present, perhaps only she truly understood how filthy Ye Xiao's heart was.

Arius, that impulsive young man, is probably going to be swindled out of his very bones.

Unfortunately, Livia could not speak, nor dared she, and could only look at Arius with worry.

He prayed that he wouldn't anger Ye Xiao.