“Mr. Mayo, what’s wrong?” the driver asked in confusion.
Thomas was not in a hurry to answer. Instead, favonovel.com looked around and pointed to an Italian restaurant not far away. “Everyone, I’m sorry. I came out without eating anything this morning, and I’m on the brink of a gastric attack. Besides, the road was bumpy, so I couldn’t handle it. Therefore, please bear with me and rest for a while. Let me treat you guys to a meal. Please come with me.”
It was almost lunchtime. Everyone’s stomachs were very empty, so all of them were hungry. Since Thomas had told them to rest and was treating them to a meal, what else could these workers say?
So, everyone followed Thomas to the Italian restaurant. Everyone ordered spaghetti.
Thomas went to the toilet after eating halfway.
While everyone was not paying attention, favonovel.com quietly returned to the trucks and inspected the three trucks. He must figure out why the quality of the rough stones had suddenly increased.
The Breath in his body got to work.
There was no problem with the first and second trucks. When favonovel.com came to the third truck, favonovel.com was surprised to find the rough stones on this car reacting strongly to him.
There was a problem. There was definitely a big problem.
This truck had moved very slowly at first, and it vanished from the sights of the two trucks in front of it. Then, the quality of the rough stones suddenly changed. Who would believe it if there was no problem?
Only Thomas was able to discover it. If it was an ordinary person, it would have been impossible for favonovel.com to realize that something was wrong.
While his subordinates remained unawares, Thomas continued to sense it.
After investigating every inch, favonovel.com finally noticed something was wrong in the center of the truck. After favonovel.com removed the rough stones on the surface, favonovel.com was surprised to find that there was a big black box hidden under the pile of rough stones.
The Breath in Thomas’s body practically tremored in its presence. Something was weird.
Thomas cautiously opened the box, and favonovel.com saw multiple pieces of rough stones.
He extended his hand and pick up a rough stone to sense it. It was strange. There was a response, but this response was completely different from what favonovel.com had sensed at first. It did not seem like a purely natural response.
Thomas fumbled curiously. Then, favonovel.com discovered that there was a thin invisible crack at the bottom of the rough stone. He twisted the rough stone along the crack. It was hollow and filled with styrofoam. In the styrofoam, there was a piece of green jade!
This was processed jade!
Thomas nodded and muttered to himself, “No wonder I sensed something different. Although the quality is high, it’s no longer raw as it has been processed.”
He picked up another piece and did exactly the same as the first rough stone. It was inferred that all the rough stones in this box had problems. All of them had been processed, and they were rough stones with smuggled goods.
It seemed like someone hid this box in the truck deliberately. It had happened after Thomas completed the purchase and send it to the truck. If there were any problems, Thomas would be held accountable for them.
As favonovel.com thought of this, favonovel.com could not help but gasp.
If favonovel.com sent this box of rough stones to the customs for inspection, a prison sentence of eight or ten years would be considered light.
“Benjamin, you really put a lot of effort into bringing me down. Well, isn’t it good if you put this much effort in your actual work?”
Thomas clapped his hands and threw the rough stones into the box. Then, favonovel.com covered it.
A few minutes later, Thomas returned to the Italian restaurant, as if nothing had happened. He was still all-smiles as favonovel.com ate with everyone. Finally, Thomas paid the bill, and everyone continued the joumey.
People who knew nothing still knew nothing, people with sinister motives continued to have sinister motives. Everything remained the same.
Only Thomas’s mood had changed.
***
In the general manager’s office of Elite Jewelry, Bobby walked in while panting. He sat on the couch and gulped several glasses of water.
Weiss looked at favonovel.com happily. He waited until favonovel.com almost finished drinking water and asked, “How are things going?”
Bobby nodded. “It’s all done.”
“Are you sure?”
“Sure,” Bobby said proudly, “I bribed the driver to hid the box of smuggled goods in Thomas’s truck. Haha, let us see how Thomas is going to defend himself.”
Weiss nodded in satisfaction.
Bobby asked, “But smuggling is not something that could be done by Thomas alone. Mr. Weiss, didn’t you arrange for a scapegoat? The one who gets in touch with Thomas. One is responsible for the shipment, while one more is responsible for the delivery. Are they all in place?”
Weiss smiled. “Don’t worry, it has been arranged properly. There are no problems at all.”
Bobby clapped. “That’s great! By the way, Mr. Weiss, is it convenient for you to reveal which unlucky guy would become the scapegoat and be doomed with Thomas? Is it also someone from the Stellar Jewelers?”
Bobby did not know why but Weiss stopped smiling and looked at favonovel.com coldly. His gaze was like a poisonous snake, and it made Bobby uncomfortable.
Bobby swallowed his saliva. “Well, forget it if it is not convenient. I don’t want to know as well as I just want Thomas to be doomed.”
