My Mute Bride

Chapter 346 A Familial Organization

Lila stood outside the men’s room. One man probably didn’t notice the sign and was just about to go inside, but she stopped him all at once, saying, “Mister.”

Surprised, the man turned to look at her. Lila pointed to the sign at their feet. “The men’s room is temporarily unavailable for use. You should go to another floor instead.”

“Oh, thank you.”

Lila watched the man leave before staring at the door to the men’s room for a while. After that, she turned around and left as well.

The next day, Dillon woke up in the hospital ward and looked at his badly battered and bruised face in the mirror. He smashed the mirror right away with a loud crash, growling, “Who did it?!”

Lila stood beside him. “We don’t know. The nightclub’s CCTV went wrong last night, so we didn’t find anything.”

“You bunch of morons! What’s the use of having you guys?” Dillon yelled furiously. “Find that person no matter what. I’m gonna chop him to bits to feed the dog!”

Lila frowned and stepped out of the ward without saying a word.

A little while later, from inside the ward came the sound of things being smashed; Dillon had smashed almost every smashable object in the room. After all, he had never come to grief so badly before in his whole life.

Hearing the noise inside, the bodyguards trembled with fright. “Miss Lila, what should we do about this?”

Lila didn’t turn a hair. “Since it happened in Jason’s nightclub, he has to take full responsibility. Let him do the investigation.”

“Yes, Miss Lila.”

It was afternoon, and one could enjoy the view of the river from the booth next to the French window at the tenth-floor cafe in Green River Tower. The river water looked murky during the day, but it didn’t hide the grandeur of the river scenery.

waiter served two cups

straightforwardly, “What do you want to ask

Jockey Club and

“What for?”

“Are you so fond of asking questions to which you already know

was no need to beat around the bush. “You probably know what the Jockey Club does without me having to tell you. It’s a place for debauchery that’s far from the place it purports to be. To put it nicely, it’s a social hub. Everybody who goes there does so with their own purposes; they go there to make friends with all kinds of people that’ll be of help to them.” Being a self-made man, Ryan had

that these aren’t

too much about it. Knowing too much won’t

background information about Leroy.” Justin pushed the manila envelope at hand across the table. “I believe you’ll no longer think of him

on the manila

on the manila envelope, and both him and Ryan knew the reason for that. They were

the recent rumors about Jolly’s relationship with Leroy, Ryan felt somewhat irritable. “Fine, I’ll tell you everything. Still, I’d like to advise you to not get involved even if you know about it.

“Thanks for the reminder.”

about Dillon’s identity. He only came to Riverdale in recent years, but he became a guest of honor on board the Golden Cruise all of a sudden. I looked into him, but I couldn’t find anything about him.” Ryan was very thorough. “So, I can only tell you my conjecture based on my experiences in

“Shoot.”

probably know that the Jockey Club runs a casino in secret. The Riverdale Investigation Bureau has been keeping an eye on Randall Baxter, the club’s boss, over

“S?”

or rather a family, an evil smuggling ring, that specializes in smuggling goods—mostly medicines—to

and supplies—especially medicines—were scarce there. As a result, even a box of cold medicine could

recreation and socializing. People are greedy, and they always want to make more money. If my guess is correct, Randall chooses from those people and observes them for a long time on his own initiative. Then, he waits for a chance to strike, ultimately drawing them into his circle.” Ryan shot a glance at Justin. “Jefferey, that ex-father-in-law of yours,

then? What role does he

I guess he’s a member of the family at the top of

the organization’s heir be sent out to

don’t understand. The people there don’t raise their children in the lap of luxury. Only the strongest among them will be respected, so the children have to see the world and