Chapter 168 Flowers in the Greenhouse

"The reason why my father went to jail is because of Malcolm?" Karina opened her mouth wide and looked a little dazed. She was a little at a loss when she heard the news for the first time, and the one in front of her was blind in one eye and had a collapsed nose. Going down to a black man who called himself a gladiator also made her feel a little uneasy.

"So far we have no definite evidence." Zhang Heng poured a glass of wine for the businesswoman to calm her down a bit.

"However, the timing of your father's imprisonment is indeed a bit too coincidental. Raymond's suspicion is not unreasonable. Your father has obviously become an obstacle to the establishment of a black business alliance. Malcolm is the biggest beneficiary of his exit. Billy these few days I also inquired about the familiar black market merchants on the island. In fact, after your father was imprisoned, no one suspected that someone was doing something behind this, but in the end Raymond came forward and endorsed Malcolm, and this matter was exposed. It’s over, after this, you should go to see your father, did he say anything at that time?”

Karina recalled, "After the incident, we spent a lot of money to buy off the jailer, but the time we met was very short. My mother and sister spent most of the time, and there were only a few minutes left when I arrived. I was planning to take over his business, so we mainly talked about business matters. Although my father handed over his contacts and the remaining transport ship to me, he actually didn't approve of me coming to Nassau. In the end, he told me that the most dangerous thing on the island is not pirates, and told me not to trust anyone easily."

The businesswoman paused, "Actually, Malcolm was nice to me when I first came to the island. Although he insisted that black market merchants who did not cooperate with pirate ships could not join the black merchant alliance to participate in the share, he also made it clear that it was impossible to persuade other merchants to Several cooperative pirate ships that belonged to my father were returned to me, but at that time there were indeed several powerful pirate ships on the island that had not yet completed negotiations. Malcolm gave me the names of some captains and asked me to try to win them.

However, because I was a woman and I barely knew anyone when I first came to Nassau, I could neither help them in negotiations nor have enough money to bribe important people on board. I am really grateful to Malcolm. He is one of the few people on the island who is willing to help me. If it is not really desperate, I don’t want to fight against his black business alliance. I never thought that my father would go to jail with him related. "

After Karina finished speaking, she took a sip of the wine in her hand, but she still couldn't calm down. The businesswoman put down her glass and stood up, "No, I'm going to confront him and ask him to release my father."

"Are you going to just walk over and let him admit that he did it himself?" Zhang Heng said.

"If he doesn't release my father, then I will tell other people in the league about the good things he did. Since he was able to attack my father before, he may do the same to others because of other things. Do it." The businesswoman said.

"Doing this may indeed cause him a little trouble, but like I said before, we don't have enough evidence to prove that it was Malcolm who killed your father, and..." Zhang Heng glanced at the black man beside him Gladiator.

The latter added calmly, "And your only witness was born as a slave, not to mention that strictly speaking, I only heard the quarrel between Raymond and Malcolm."

"Another piece of bad news is that your existence has had a negative impact on the Black Merchants Alliance, and Malcolm is about to attack you," Zhang Heng said.

The businesswoman's face changed when she heard the words. Since she found the Jackdaw, she was still psychologically prepared for such a thing, but when it really happened, she still felt a huge pressure, especially after learning that her father It was because of opposing the black business alliance that she was arrested and imprisoned. She didn't know what kind of ending was waiting for her.

But from the first day she landed on the island, she knew that she had no way out. At first, she was just trying to raise the ransom to save her father from prison, but this time she made a lot of money selling spices. After receiving the money, Karina found that she gradually fell in love with what she was doing now.

This may sound crazy, because as early as a few months ago, she was still busy attending salons and balls with those ladies and socialites, enjoying the favorable living conditions created by her father, and she was almost ashamed of the cruel world outside. Know nothing.

Until she came to Nassau and wanted to take over her father's career. During this period of time, she kept running into obstacles on the island and experienced hardships that she hadn't experienced in the past 20 years. In order to join the Black Merchants Alliance, she gave up Her own reserve, running around, asking for help from her father's old friends, bargaining with those pirates who she regarded as barbarians in the past, trying to figure out the other party's ideas and needs, trying to find ways to cooperate with them, and seizing every Chance.

Things like breaking into a strange man's house alone in the middle of the night and recommending himself, would never have happened to her in the past anyway.

Karina herself wondered why she hadn't collapsed until now.

She is like a flower growing in a greenhouse. She suddenly left her comfortable environment and was ruthlessly abandoned in the wilderness. However, after resisting the raging wind and snow, she also gained the opportunity to grow wildly.

This is a life that can never be experienced at salons and balls. There are crises, betrayals, and challenges from all sides, but there is no boredom.

Karina could feel something boiling in her blood, which she had never experienced in her previous life. If she was just holding on to the idea of ​​returning to her previous life until her father came back, then she was earning a lot of money. After the first pot of gold, seeing that her hard work during this period has been rewarded, she is no longer willing to return to the greenhouse.

Karina took a deep breath, "I will be prepared, no matter who my opponent is, I won't be easily defeated."

"I'm afraid this is not enough." Zhang Heng said, "Next, I hope you will be more active, and it is best to make the Black Merchants Alliance feel more pressure. At the same time, I will start with your father's matter. Provoke the conflict between Malcolm and Raymond. But I have to say that once you do this, your situation will become more dangerous. Although there is friction between us and the Black Merchants Alliance, it is not too big. Seriously, if we really confront each other, it is not ruled out that Malcolm may use some means outside the rules to deal with you, and we are now in a race against time to see who will fail first, you or Malcolm."

"I actually have no other choice at all, don't I? If that's the case, then I have nothing to worry about." Karina said without hesitation.