Chapter 186 - Innocence

"Cooperation?" Noah frowned and asked, "How do you want to cooperate in this?"

Emily looked at him and said, "It's very simple. You just do whatever you want to do and I'll give you full support."

How could this be called cooperation?

This was simply giving without considering any reward!

Christy looked at Emily and asked hesitantly, "Why? Why do you want to help us? You know, you are not getting any reward, and it costs a lot of money, and... people may die."

Emily looked into her eyes and said sincerely, "I'm doing this for the same original intention as yours."

In this life, she had been single-minded about earning money to pave the way for her parents and family, and she had never known that such a cruel thing was happening in somewhere she did not know.

Now that she could make use of Vincent to create such a condition, she had to do something. Although it was a bit shameless to take advantage of Vincent, he would understand as long as enough money was made to help those children.

Christy asked, "But how do you know that?"

Emily assumed that Trevor didn't want to be known yet, so she pointed at Vincent, who was sitting aside steadily, and said, "Vincent knows, so I know."

Vincent was speechless.

"Mr. Ferne has connections in the bureau, and I have," Emily leaned back in her chair, calm and firm, "money."

Noah was silent for a while and said, "We have already decided not to do it."

Christy did not say anything. She looked down and it seemed that she tacitly agreed with Noah.

Ferne didn't know what had happened before and patted Noah on his shoulder in surprise. "What happened? Why did you suddenly quit?"

Emily had seen the scene that the little robot projecting on the wall, so she knew that Christy and Noah had been wronged by the group of middle-aged parents. And they had suffered a considerable blow because of the children's death.

She fetched some food for Vincent and then said, "You haven't decided yet. Tell me when you have made up your mind."

Noah wouldn't have believed that Emily was just a teenager if he hadn't witnessed this.

Emily was quite impressive for her subtle observing and flawless words.

Noah looked at Emily. She was wearing a black coat, which made her small face exquisite and beautiful. She had bright eyes and perfectly-formed nose. She looked a good match with Vincent, who was dressed in ink color. Noah discovered that Emily and Vincent were the same kind of person. They naturally carried a slight indifference, which was typical of the people who had suffered certain injuries, just like Noah and Christy.

Emily didn't say anything else. She took a look at her phone and said to Noah, "In the following days, you stay with Mr. Ferne and Christy stays with Mr. Vincent. I said that I would protect you, and it will always count."

Previously, Christy only thought of Emily as a little girl and she didn't take Emily's words seriously. But now, seeing that this girl had made tens of millions of profit in the morning, she immediately believed that this little girl had the ability to protect them and save those children.

She gave a hint to Noah. Certainly Noah took the hint, for they had been with each other for a long time.

Christy hinted him to trust Emily.

It wasn't that they hadn't had any companions over the years, but Noah and Christy were the only ones who had accompanied each other along the way.

Noah stood up and said, "I will think about it."

Then he walked out. Ferne hurriedly followed him. He clearly noticed that Noah was hiding something. Furthermore, he was not impulsive. There must be some secrets hidden in the fight on the streets, but his wife Lili had interfered with it, which made him forget to ask. Now he realized that something important must have happened that day!

Noah entered the elevator and pressed the top floor button.

Ferne also got in after Noah. Seeing that there were other people in the elevator, he didn't ask, but his eyes were fixed on Noah.

However, Noah was unmoved. But the attendants in the elevator were a bit excited. They greeted Ferne and then occasionally peeked at him and Noah. The person standing beside Mr. Ferne should be "the man" in the presidential suite!

The attendants were both nervous and excited. They peeked at Mr. Ferne and Noah. And Ferne stared at Noah affectionately, but Noah put on a cold expression.

Was he angry?

Mr. Ferne was loyal to him?

They were jealousy. When the elevator was about to reach the top floor, Ferne asked, "What are you going to do on the top floor?"

Only then did the attendants realize that they had almost accidentally reached the top floor!

They stammered, "Well, we're checking the rooms."

Ferne ignored them. When the elevator door opened, Noah strode forward. Ferne followed him and he couldn't help but ask on the corridor, "What happened exactly?"

Noah finally told him, "Those children are dead."

"What?" Ferne was stunned.

When he regained his consciousness, Noah had already walked to the presidential suite. Noah was about to enter the room when Ferne suddenly rushed in crazily and put Noah against the door. Though he was not as tall as Noah, he had got comparatively huge strength. He was astonished and asked, "Those we saved in the villa?"

More than those.

However, Noah didn't want to speak. He just got rid of Ferne and went into the room.

Ferne clenched his fists, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?!"

Hearing this, Noah sneered and turned around, "That would not make any difference."

Ferne punched him, "Bastard! What did you say?!"

Noah was also filled with anger and had nowhere to vent it. Ferne was just adding fuel to the fire. The door was open and they got into a big fight.

Ferne had wanted to beat Noah a long time ago. Noah could have saved the girl in the villa but he remained doing nothing. And now, his words really hurt Ferne.

"Bastard! Bastard! Bastard! You don't like hearing these words, huh? Now you just have to bear with it!"

Noah was troubled by the annoyance while Ferne, driven by his anger, dominated in the fight. Gradually, Noah no longer fought back. He lay on the ground, taking Ferne's punches in the face.

Ferne saw tears flowing out from the corners of Noah's eyes.

He stopped and felt grieved, looking at Noah. Noah must be heart-broken about the children's death. In the heavy rain that day, he must be beating someone on the ground without the slightest intention to let go.

Noah didn't say anything. He just looked up at the crystal chandelier on the ceiling. After a long time, he said, "Ferne."

Ferne was still sitting on top of him. Hearing this, Ferne was stunned, "Hmm?"

Noah closed his eyes and said weakly, "Beat me."

Ferne suddenly felt tears in his eyes. He pinched Noah's shoulders and said, "Cheer up! Noah! Emily said that she would help us. Cheer up! We can't bring back the dead, but there are other innocent kids waiting to be saved..."

Noah looked at him expressionlessly, "I'm getting beaten up. Why are you crying?"

Ferne couldn't stop crying. "It was my fault. My team members died because of me and that girl died because of my stupid decision. But Noah, only you can save them now. You are more experienced than me and you will be a good leader. I will follow you. You have my life. Noah, don't give up any innocent lives, and this is an order!"

Noah was lying on the ground and looking at Ferne who was crying. He suddenly smiled.

"Alright.." He said.