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"Julie!" He bellowed, his gaze fierce and bitter, as if he were a wild beast roaring after losing its mate, echoing throughout the entire pier.

No one expected Julie to suddenly pull out her gun.

Not even John.

Julie gave a cold smile and said icily, "Looks like she's indeed important to you. A real trump card. I was just testing how significant this so-called trump card is to you. The results are satisfactory."

This woman was shrewd and perceptive, yet extremely vicious.

She truly embodied the typical female in the underworld — as cold-blooded as any man, brave, sharp-minded, astute with strong judgment skills on the spot. Such actions alone indicated that she was an exceptionally intelligent woman.

John understood Julie's intentions and boldly faced Mo Xiaobai, "Mo Yeyan, I want you to stop pursuing us immediately and refrain from issuing any more arrest warrants against anyone of our group. Furthermore, I demand one hundred billion dollars in compensation so that I can rebuild my organization. We'll pretend this never happened, and you mustn't cause any trouble for me afterward. I know the rules of the mafia; all your predecessors have stuck to their word once given without regretting it later. The incident at the port will soon spread throughout the underworld, and if we encounter any mishap, everyone will know that you’ve broken your promise, which would be a significant blow to the reputation of the mafia. I assume you don't want that either. How about spending some money and letting us go in exchange for forgetting this matter I guarantee I'll release her."

The shoulder hurt...

Warm felt numbness spreading, as if her shoulder were burning with pain, blood continuously seeping from the wound, her forehead covered in cold sweat. Julie's gun was still pointed at Warm; should Ye Feimo go back on his word, she would shoot Warm dead.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Suddenly, someone reported, "Boss, there's a car coming."

John squinted his eyes. A car

"Mu Yeyan, did you bring people" John roared. Julie was furious and shouted back, "How dare you say we didn't keep our promise!"

Mu Bailai gave a cold laugh, saying, "Rest assured, if I were to bring people, it wouldn’t be just one car."

As they spoke, the black Rolls-Royce came to a stop. Mu Chen got out of the car and politely greeted everyone before pulling down a small suitcase from the back seat.

John's gaze sharpened, and he had an ominous premonition. Mu Bailai said calmly, "Relax, John, I just have something to give you."

Mu Chen opened the box, revealing a little girl of around seven or eight years old, her hands tied behind her back, looking pale. She saw John and started crying loudly, "Daddy, Daddy, save me, save me..."

John’s legs turned to jelly and he stepped backward several paces. Julie was also stunned, both of them confused why Angela, who was in America, would be here in Rome, and bound.

John knew that his line of work had its dangers and為了避免牽連到唯一的女人，他從小就將女兒托付給彆人撫養，很少去看她。雖然父女感情很好，但見麵的次數極少，幾乎冇人知道約翰有個女兒，而這個女兒正是他的弱點。當初逃離美國時，約翰就想帶著女兒一起逃走。

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Later, Julie said that nobody recognized Angela anyway, and taking her along would make their escape more noticeable. After John spent some time in the US knowing his daughter was safe, the mafia didn't manage to track down his daughter, so he relaxed, not expecting his daughter to be caught.

"You..." John was shocked as he hurried over, "Quickly! Let my daughter go!"

It only took a moment for the situation to reverse.

Mossen said, "John, do you think we don't know that you have a daughter Adult matters are always settled between us adults; we never threaten children. We had no intention of involving your daughter in this game. However, it's clear that you didn’t understand the rules and dragged an innocent person into it. If anything happens to your precious daughter today, blame yourself."

They really hadn't planned on involving John’s daughter; Ye Feimo was worried about John's ruthless methods and feared he wouldn't be able to save Warm in time, so someone had brought Angela to Rome.

In such situations, they usually didn’t want children witnessing them as it would be too cruel.

"Let my daughter go! Let her go!" John roared. Regardless of others' actions, he was indeed a good father.

Moss Xiao Bai said, "Put her down!"

Warm had been hanging for so long and also hit by gunfire; she must be suffering greatly. She needed to be taken to the hospital immediately, or there would be life-threatening risks. Now that everyone held a trump card, things became much simpler.

"Let her go! Put her down!" John ordered from behind as Julie shouted, "No! Don’t let them!"

John looked at Julie in shock. She said coldly, "No mercy, you go forward, the moment anything goes wrong, shoot immediately."

A black-clad man followed her instructions and aimed at Warmth. Mo Xiaobai and Mo Chen exchanged a look; then Mo Xiaobai pointed his gun at Angela, saying, "Do you want your daughter to die"

"No, no shooting, please don't shoot," John roared. Julie pushed him away and the woman looked coldly at them, saying, "If you want to kill, go ahead, do as you wish. Angela is not my kin, why should I give up everything for her Don’t be foolish."

Angela cried...

"Julie!" John rushed forward to fight with her, but she slapped him across the face and said, "Wake up! If you don't let go of that woman, we will be at their mercy. Have you forgotten your original intention What about the lives of these brothers"

Mo Xiaobai and Mo Chen exchanged a look; it seemed the person in charge had changed from John to Julie.

This is really frustrating!

Mo Xiaobai looked up at Warmth hanging in mid-air. His gaze turned serious, as he couldn’t delay any longer or else Warmth would be unable to handle excessive blood loss and might faint.

"Since she’s no longer useful," Mo Xiaobai said with one hand around Angela's neck. John roared for them not to do it but desperately called out for someone to release Warmth, yet nobody listened to him.

John was extremely anxious; Julie laughed coldly. Everything had been planned so well, she wouldn’t allow anyone to ruin her plans, even John included. Accept your fate, Angela cannot be saved. kind of feeling, but it wasn't deep at all. She wanted to give the child a home and thought accepting him would lead her to love him. But as soon as she found out about his misunderstanding with Avri...