The traveling frog is living a carefree life in the Marvel universe.

Remembering Bryce's grudge, Brian quickly put all those messy thoughts behind him.

The two gun barrels also revealed the truth.

They were Bates's men, the same wealthy Bates that Brian had encountered on the way here with Bai Ye and the others.

In fact, Bates's sudden wealth was not due to finding the shipwreck, but rather because he had been using the guise of searching for the shipwreck to help Reyes with his laundry detergent business.

As time went on, Baze's power grew, which made him resentful. He was the one who took the biggest risks in every deal, so why did he only get a small share, while Reyes got a large share even though he did almost nothing?

A younger brother who doesn't want to sleep with his sister-in-law is definitely not a good younger brother.

So even though their collaboration was going more and more smoothly and their businesses were growing, Bates had long harbored the ambition to overthrow Reyes and become the boss himself.

Recently, Bates has made a connection with a big boss, which means that if Bates gets rid of Reyes, he can monopolize the laundry detergent business in the area and his income will increase several times or even dozens of times.

And just as coincidentally, because of the plane crash, the millions of dollars worth of laundry detergent, and Bryce's utter idiocy, Reyes ended up on this small yacht.

This was a golden opportunity for Bates!

On this empty sea, without cameras or extra people, if Reyes is killed here, the entire yacht is burned or blown up, and there are no witnesses or physical evidence, then he can smoothly take over everything left behind after Reyes' death.

Therefore, just before Brian and Bai Ye arrived, Bates and his men boarded the yacht and, taking advantage of Reyes's lack of vigilance, suddenly launched an attack, killing everyone on the yacht.

Bryce and his companion died for this, because Bates certainly wouldn't let two people who knew the truth continue to live.

Having wiped out everyone on the yacht, Bates left in high spirits, leaving the two of them to clean up the mess.

But just as the two of them piled the bodies together, Bai Ye and Brian arrived.

What happened next was exactly as Bai Ye and the others had witnessed.

“Bates…”

Brian muttered to himself, his expression clearly showing signs of collapse.

He felt as if everything he knew was collapsing!

Bryce, whom he initially thought was a good friend, turned out to be a drug dealer who was secretly selling laundry detergent. Bates, whom he initially thought was a shady and annoying treasure hunter, turned out to be a drug dealer...

Where is the most basic trust between people?

"Don't just stand there like an idiot, aren't you going to do something?"

Bai Ye exhaled a smoke ring, glanced at Brian, and said.

"What can I do?"

Brian realized what was happening and took out his phone:

"Yes, yes, that guy Bates killed Bryce, he'll pay for it!"

Brian, however, immediately called the police.

After hearing Brian finish speaking in that direction, Bai Ye frowned and asked, "..."

"Is it really okay to call the police so casually? You might get sold out."

Reyes and Bates certainly didn't build such a large business on honesty alone.

"Don't worry, I called Roy. He's a police officer here and one of my best friends. He's kind and honest, a complete different person from Bryce!"

Brian said with great confidence:

“I also reminded him of the current situation, and he will definitely handle this matter properly.”

the other side.

Roy hung up the phone and looked at Bates, whose face was extremely grim, in his office:

"How to do?"

###Chapter 166 A Friend's Wife, Not to Be Deceived###

After killing Reyes, Bates immediately left the yacht.

Otherwise, if he were accidentally discovered by a nearby patrol boat, he would be finished.

Moreover, he was eager to return and prepare in advance to seize Reyes's empire in one fell swoop.

So he left two of his men behind to handle the aftermath.

But he really didn't expect that Brian and Bai Ye, the two old guys, would appear on the yacht later.

Before betraying Reyes, Baze heard Reyes explain the background of the incident when she boarded the ship.

Reyes gave Brian six hours to retrieve the laundry detergent from the crashed plane, but who would have thought that Brian would not only fail to retrieve the detergent but also secretly sneak back to the crash site?

Bates was filled with deep regret.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!

When he backstabbed Reyes and ripped Reyes's ass open, he never expected that Brian, the praying mantis, was standing behind him. Then Brian backstabbed him and ripped his ass open.

Given the current state of that yacht and the evidence left behind, if Brian reports it to the police and makes it public, Bates is doomed. He'll definitely be thrown into jail and forced to do whatever he wants.

The only thing Bates can feel thankful for now is that Brian actually managed to call the police on Roy.

Excuse me.

The good friend Roy in your memory has long been dragged into his mess over the years, and his fate is inextricably linked to his.

So, while Bates was figuring out how to completely deal with Reyes' remaining men and take over Reyes' business, Brian called Roy.

Bates is now somewhat confused, wondering if he's lucky or unlucky.

“Brian is a truly upright man; he would never compromise for money or women.”

Roy said with a complicated expression:

"So we can't possibly expect Brian to keep quiet about this."

Roy felt that life was unpredictable. When he and Brian were friends, he was indeed a very simple person with a strong sense of justice. But people change. When you are doing the hardest and most tiring work but have to face the worst treatment, anyone's heart will be unbalanced at this time!

He is not a saint; he cannot remain unmoved by honor or disgrace.

Just then, Bates spotted his weakness and sent him a beautiful woman. When he was feeling down and trying to get drunk, a beautiful woman suddenly appeared beside him. As a normal man, he naturally couldn't resist.

Beautiful women are a luxury item, something ordinary people can't afford. With his meager salary, he couldn't even afford to buy a handbag from a beautiful woman. Naturally, he needed money, and that's when Bates stepped in.

Bates made Roy realize that earning ten or even dozens of times his salary all at once is something no one can resist.

Bates fell into thought.

At this point, let alone taking over Reyes's business, he himself is in grave danger and must get rid of Brian, this big problem.

But how can we solve this?

"Send a team to patrol the coast. When Brian returns, do everything in your power to keep him at sea, at all costs!"

After a moment's thought, Bates immediately spoke to one of his men beside him.

"Yes!"

The subordinate received the order and left.

Roy looked uneasy and asked, "Are you planning to kill Brian?"

Although he was corrupted by Bates and became a corrupt cop, he still had deep feelings for Brian. The two had been friends for many years, and he certainly didn't want Brian to die!

“What do you think?” Bates glanced at Roy and said, “Get this straight, we’re all in the same boat now. What Brian has can make us all die! I don’t care. I’ve already risked my life since I started this line of work, and I’m ready to die at any time. At worst, I’ll get a life sentence in prison.”

“But Roy, you’re different! You have a respectable job, you’re a police officer who upholds justice, and you already have more money than you can spend in a lifetime at your current standard of living, a very virtuous wife, and a lovely daughter. If things come to light, everything you have now will be gone. Based on what you’ve done with me, you’ll face at least twenty years in prison!”

"Even if you don't think about yourself, don't you think about your lovely daughter? She's lost her father, her comfortable life, and now she has to face the pressure of having a corrupt cop as her father. What do you think your daughter will become? Probably the kind of girl we often see, who doesn't want to study anymore at fourteen or fifteen, hangs out with thugs, has had several abortions by seventeen or eighteen, gets addicted to drugs, and then becomes completely rotten and corrupt, forced to become a prostitute. In her thirties or forties, her body will be thrown into a stinking ditch, rotting, stinking, and eaten by rats..."

"Ah, this..."

Roy shivered.

He fully realized that Bates wasn't just trying to scare him, but rather depicted the reality for most girls from the lowest social classes in America. As a police officer, he encountered girls like this most often, living like maggots in a cesspool...

Roy was overjoyed to have given birth to a princess, but now he was annoyed, wondering why he hadn't given birth to a boy. It wasn't about gender discrimination, but rather that in extreme situations, girls would definitely be in a much worse situation than boys. Girls have the luxury of being unconventional, while boys don't even have that luxury. To survive, they can only struggle. So when a girl has squandered her luxury, her countdown to death is probably not far off.

As Bates watched the large beads of sweat rolling down Lloyd's forehead, he sneered and said:

"Are you clear-headed now?"

Roy didn't reply, but kept sighing.

Even the best of friends are nothing compared to your own little princess!

For the sake of his lovely daughter, perhaps Brian has no choice but to make a sacrifice. At worst, he will visit Brian's grave every year to lay flowers for him!

"Let's go!"

Bates, fiddling with his car keys, stood up and said to Roy.

"where to?"

Roy was acting like a frightened bird.

"Just in case, we're going to prepare a generous gift for Brian. You're coming with me!"

A crazed smile crept across Bates' face.

……

Mia had been feeling uneasy ever since Brian and Bai Ye left.

Fortunately, Aunt May and Parker were always there to comfort her.

This calmed Mia down considerably.

“With Bai Ye by his side, Brian will definitely be fine!” Aunt May assured Mia repeatedly. “However… if you’re really worried, you might as well give Brian a call!”

Mia instinctively took out her phone.

How could she not want to know Brian's current situation?

But Mia quickly realized what was happening, gripped her phone tightly, and said:

"no!"

"What if Brian is doing something important right now? If I make this call and it distracts him, it might end up harming him instead?"

"So you can't make the phone call!"

Aunt May opened her mouth, wanting to say that with Bai Ye's abilities, even if Brian stormed into a US military base, nothing serious would probably happen, let alone meeting a mere drug lord.