Chapter 23 Daniel Must Die
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It was about 6 o'clock in the evening, Joe and Barret were ready to leave.
Barret was a very thoughtful person. In order to save Joe's face, he drove a Maybach which was worth tens of millions.
However, it was such a pity that Joe didn't know the value of it.
"Barret, can we change a car? Can I drive your BMW?"
He asked because he only knew the brands such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Rolls-Royce...
Barret hesitated for a moment. "Master, are you sure you want to be low-profile?"
"Low-profile? Well, low-profile is good. Just don't be too humble when you shouldn't. If I am too low-profile, then how would others respect me?"
Barret laughed. "Haha, Master, this car is much more expensive than BMW. This one is another type of Mercedes-Benz called the Maybach which costs more than 20 million dollars."
"Oh come on, don't tease me! I know Mercedes-Benz, and this one is not that type of Mercedes-Benz."
"Hmm... How can I explain it to you? Well, let's put it this way, this Maybach is the top model of Mercedes-Benz, so it is different from the regular car logo of Mercedes-Benz. But I promise this one will make you really cool outside!"
"Really? Fine then, I trust you! Let's go!"
Barret was right! People were all watching his car on the way... which made Joe proud again.
That was why we said wealth was the source of happiness that the poor people would never imagine.
"Barret, I found something strange..."
"What's wrong?"
"Well, I have noticed the cars behind us were keeping the distance so far away, why?"
Barret chuckled. "Oh, they just afraid of rear-end collision. If this happens, the car behind should be responsible for it! And they must pay tens or even millions of maintenance fees. That's a big money for most people. So for the sake of insurance, the cars behind will always keep a safe distance from others. Got it?"
"Oh, you mean that they don't want to mess with us?"
"Master, we are good people and we never bully others. No matter how tall, short, fat or thin, people are equal to one another; no matter they are rich or poor, we have to treat them equally."
"I know, I'm just making an analogy."
"That's okay. By the way, Master, when you know how to drive, you may pay attention to maintain the distance between the cars. Paying attention to the speed as well. Remember to slow down and turn on the signal when you need to turn. Remember to turn on the lamp when the weather is foggy... Also, pay attention to all traffic signs. Then you may avoid those accidents later."
Barret treated Joe as his family member. He often taught Joe many useful skills while he could.
Joe knew his good heart and kindness. That's why he treated him nicely as well.
"Sure, I will follow the rules when I know how to drive later. No worry!"
After a while, they arrived.
The car stopped at the entrance of the alley. They went off.
"Barret, could you tell me what kind of gifts you brought for them?"
Barret smiled and opened the trunk.
The trunk began to rise up slowly. But Joe couldn't wait anymore, he walked over and tried to lift it up fast.
"Master, don't open like that, it's automatic and you may break it."
"Oh, so slow..."
"It designed for safety, which could prevent the trunk from popping open and hurting people."
"It may hurt people when you are waiting for it to open but popping out!"
"Look! What do you think?"
Barret asked when the trunk was widely open. Joe took a glance at it... There were fine cigarettes, wines, and all kinds of cooked food. Of course, he even prepared the pork head which Joe asked as well as a box.
Joe was quite impressed and satisfied. It seemed Barret really cared about him!
Those people who lived in the warren were fond of these kinds of stuff.
"Yes, perfect! They never had so much good stuff in their lives!"
"Master, you may go in first, and I will move the gifts out."
"No need, I'll go in and call them to move out for us."
"Sounds good."
Joe entered the warren which he loved long enough in a good mood, standing in the middle and cleared his throat.
"Guys, come out! The good stuff would have gone if you come out late!"
Normally, people came out immediately if someone yelled like this! But no one came out today, which seemed very strange.
Why no one was home at this time? Joe murmured to himself.
"Hey, is anyone at home? Come out or I'll kick your door."
In the end, Aaron pushed the door open timidly.
He seemed frightened and didn't recognize Joe at the very beginning... He might think Joe was a bad person from somewhere.
"Who... who are you?" Aaron asked carefully.
Joe decided to tease him a little.
Hiding his half-face, he turned aside to Aaron and said in a lower voice, "I'm here to collect your protection fees! Call everyone out right now and don't even think about to run away!"
Aaron was so frightened and trembling...
"Big... Big brother, we really have no money... please let us go."
Watching him so scared, Joe couldn't bear to continue.
"Hey, Aaron, how are you? Why are you so scared? Look, it's me, Joey! I'm back! Do you still remember me? We haven't seen just for a few days... you guys didn't survive that well after I left."
Aaron lowered his head, tilted his neck and took a closer look at Joe. "Damn, are you Joey?"
Seeing his surprised expression, Joe felt funny. "Yep, it's me, the real Joey!"
Aaron patted his chest and let out a long sigh of relief...
"Damn, you scared me to death!"
"Why you look so scared?"
Aaron gave Joe an angry face. "Why you came back now? We hate you to death!"
"Oh come on, don't be! Aaron, I didn't mean to leave without saying goodbye. I really had no choice to leave last time. But I told myself to come back and see you as soon as I had settled down.”
"Oh shut up! We were so unlucky all because of you!"
"Come on, don't be mad with me! It was my fault last time, okay? I apologize."
Joe teased as usual.
Looking around, the warren was empty. Besides, Aaron was so mad with Joe. Barret felt something went wrong and asked.
"Hey, buddy, why no one is around? What happened here?"
Aaron sighed, ignoring Barret and stared at Joe with an unpleasant look.
"Did you mess with Daniel?"
Joe was very happy when he mentioned it.
"You mean to provoke him? I was just teaching this bastard a lesson! Wow, you should see his awkward face! So damn funny! He even peed on himself, do you know about that?"
Aaron raised his finger to Joe, he was too mad to shake himself...
"You... you, you almost killed all of us last time!"
Seeing this, Barret tried to calm Aaron down first. "Brother, relax, it's okay! Just tell me what happened, please?"
Aaron sighed, "Joey went to provoke Daniel last time, and then Daniel brought a group of people to give us a lesson when he and his people didn't find Joey here! He and his people beat us and said we must give him 80 dollars a month in the future! Otherwise, he would make trouble to us every month."
Joe was pretty mad when he heard about this.
"Damn, that bastard! I would kill him right now! How dare he revenge you guys?" Joe was about to find Daniel...
Barret patted Joe on the shoulder and stopped him, showing him to calm and walk aside.
"Ok, I got it... sorry to hear that, brother. So where are the people here? Did they run away?"
Aaron shook his head sadly.
"Where could we run away? No way! There is no place for us to stay but here. I couldn't even find anywhere outside to sleep if I just run away..."
"Then where's everyone? It's late now..."
"Still working on the street, or we cannot have enough money for Daniel later."
Now Barret understood the whole thing.
He and Joe taught Daniel a lesson last time. After then, Daniel called someone to come back to revenge the people here after he didn't see Joey.
I must help the people here this time. Barret thought.
"Brother, don't worry, let me help you guys. I will handle this time."
Aaron glanced at Barret suspiciously. "And who are you?"
"He's Barret, my friend. Aaron, you call everyone back and I will kill Daniel this time in front of all of you. I promise!"
Aaron was still mad at Joe.
"Oh stop it! Just get out of here and disappeared. Stop showing off, Joey! Daniel said to collect the money tonight. He would kill you later if he finds you here!"
"Is he coming tonight? Great, I don't know where to find him."
"Oh Joey, please! Can you just stop making trouble for us? If you don't leave, even if Daniel doesn't kill you, some of us will do."
"Why would they kill me?"
"What do you mean? If it wasn't for you, how could this happen to us?"
"All right, just go now and never come back, I beg you!"
He said and pushed Joe out.
For a moment, Joe was touched.
Aaron acted as he cared about him a lot... Their friendship was still there after what happened.
Joe grabbed Aaron's hand tightly and thanked him.
"Aaron, don't you blame me after all of that...?"
"What can I get if I blame you? I could do nothing to you but drag you into the fire with us together! Just shut up and go now, Joey, please!"
However, Joe grabbed Aaron's hand tighter.
"No, I will not go..."
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