please don't believe me

Dai Bowen stared into his eyes and met his gaze.A speechless response is a kind of affirmation.

"Wait, wait..." Matthew lowered his head and forced himself to calm down, then frowned again and looked at Dai Bowen, "You just said 'maybe', so this is just a guess, right?"

"Matthew, I'm a professional polygrapher, and I can tell the truth from the fraud." Although it was only on the phone, "I said 'maybe' only because there is no physical evidence of the kind that the court will admit."

Dai Bowen looked so serious, it seemed that as long as he had this expression, everything he said was credible.But he wasn't lying, and Meera's final answer on the phone sounded like a sign of deceit.

Matthew looked at him for a long while, then slowly hugged his head and said, "Why I don't know about this at all, Katrin never mentioned it to me...no one here ever said anything!"

"It's normal, Matthew. Either she doesn't feel the need to tell you, or she doesn't know." Dai Bowen replied, "I guess it's the latter, because her father is not a good character, and she looks It's just a pawn to be used."

Dai Bowen's words are in line with the current inference, but he doesn't think so in his heart.

For Matthew, Meera's betrayal is more difficult to accept than Katrine's betrayal, after all, Meera has taken care of him for several years.Although he wasn't very close to her, he still regarded her as trustworthy in his consciousness.They were blood relatives after all, and Meera was his guardian and his father's sister.Mei La and Shen Xiuyuan can be said to be the closest people to Matthew on the blood level in this world.

"I still can't believe it... What's the good of Meera doing this?"

"I don't know this yet. I was arrested just as I was going to find out about it." Dai Bowen glanced at the shackles and seemed to have a wry smile, "But the TV station broadcast the news about you on Christmas night. —maybe you didn’t see it—and told you about your disappearance and your identity. However, before that, we didn’t receive any extortion text messages, including from Meera.”

Matthew struggled: "She might just be in a hurry to find me..."

"Then she can completely cover up your relationship with the Zhiyuan Group, and even discuss it with Shen Xiuyuan first. You know, your whereabouts are unknown. If you rashly announce your identity, it may irritate the person who took you away. The fact is that the broadcast of the news The next day, Mela received a ransom text message on her mobile phone."

Dai Bowen didn't speak fast. He looked at Matthew with sincerity in his tone.

"You have to believe me, Matthew, your uncle asked the TV station, and the TV station clearly replied that it was the news from Meera." Dai Bowen looked at him, "Take a step back, even if she has nothing to do with Carlos, the news The airing of the movie also stimulated Carlos-I was arrested is the best proof.

"Shen Xiuyuan thinks that Mela is no longer safe, dear, you can no longer stay by her side."

"My, oh my God..." Matthew covered his face and fell on the bed, "I never thought it would be like this, Mela... how could such a thing happen..."

"In fact, that's what happened, Matthew." Dai Bowen leaned forward and patted the boy's knee, "If someone told you that Katrin would do such a thing a month ago, you would think it was just a joke , isn't it?"

Matthew opened his mouth and was about to speak when he suddenly heard the sound of the door opening, accompanied by a girl's voice.

"He was quite right."

The two who were unable to move followed the prestige, only to see that the door was opened, and a girl was walking in with a tray.The black pearl with curly hair is Katrin.

"It's no good for you to stay with Meera." She put the tray on a chair not far away, then hugged the back of the chair and put it together, and put the chair and the tray near the end of the bed between the two of them, "Just like me As I said before, let’s go back to Zhiyuan Group.”

With her hands on the back of the chair, she lowered her head and said, "Then take me away too."

Tsk, this kind of appearance... Dai Bowen glanced at Matthew who was still lying on the bed and turned his head away from the girl, then looked at the girl, raised his finger and pointed to his right ear: "Excuse me, ma'am, here..."

Katrin smiled helplessly, took off the earphone from her right ear, and then took out the black handheld instrument on the other end of the cable from her pocket, and put them together on the tray: "I'm sorry."

Because of the conversation between the two, Matthew couldn't help but turned his head to take a look, and then he asked Dai Bowen: "...What is that?"

"Monitor." The girl replied ahead of Dai Bowen, "I'm sorry, Matthew, I really didn't know about the relationship between Mela and Carlos..."

"Ka, Te, Lin..." What Matthew really cared about was that she actually monitored him.But then she thought about it, even if she could participate in the kidnapping, would she still care about her privacy?So in the end, the boy could only grit his teeth and recite the name of his former sweetheart.

"I'm just afraid that you will be hurt by others when I don't pay attention. If it is for some other purpose, I will never let you see this, will I?" Katrin said with a wry smile, "Don't worry, I am the only one listening , Others don’t know about it at all...they don’t even bother to do it.”

The little sympathy that Matthew had managed to gather in the past few days was blown away by the monitor.He closed his eyes and remained silent, refusing to communicate with Katrin.

Dai Bowen glanced at the monitor, looked at the girl and said, "I don't think you're just here to show off the equipment, ma'am?"

"I heard that you are President Shen's lover." Katrin looked at him, "If he is destined to have no offspring, I think Matthew might be a good choice?"

"If you have something to say, it's better to say it straight, my dear." Dai Bowen smiled from the bottom of his heart, but it didn't show on his face.He nodded his forehead: "I'm listening."

Two minors and a magician, these three people who have nothing to do with the Zhiyuan Group's decision-making - one of them has nothing to do with it - are sitting together to discuss the successor of the Zhiyuan Group. This scene is still quite weird of.

Especially when they are also deeply involved in a kidnapping case that is difficult to resist.

But to be precise, it should be the girl who is explaining, and the other two are listening.Because Matthew had listened to it countless times in the previous six days, he had already developed a certain degree of "immunity". In addition, he was sulking, and his mind had long been wandering.Dai Bowen listened quite seriously because he had other calculations in his heart and asked questions from time to time.

According to Katrin, she met Carlos six months ago because of the encounter between Carlos and Natalie.Carlos didn't think much of her then, exactly as if she didn't exist.But two months ago, Carlos suddenly found her and asked her to approach Matthew.

What happened later, her description was basically consistent with Matthew.

But Dai Bowen didn't believe this, and the two of them spent countless hours talking about these things in the previous six days.Even if Matthew didn't notice, they may have "synthesized the confession".

"I heard that you were disgusted with the contents of the suicide website..." Dai Bowen asked, "Do you mind if I ask, how did you overcome these emotions?"

"What..." Katrin was taken aback when she heard the words, and then she understood, "Oh, I forgot, you seem to be a psychologist."

"I'm just a polygraph officer." Dai Bowen smiled, "But the police outside are looking for teenagers who have seen suicide websites all over the street, and handing them over to the suicide intervention team for counseling... Now I got two? "

"Suicide intervention?" Katrin also smiled, "Wow, it sounds like you think we're going to die for love."

Dai Bowen glanced at her calmly: "So, are you going to answer my question?"

"Now Matthew seems to only believe in you. If I reject you, will he be completely disappointed in me?" Katrin glanced at Matthew, and then turned back to Dai Bowen, "I have to admit, I'm here Still don't like that stuff, just because Matthew thinks it's great...you don't know how cute he looked when he suggested it to me."

Dai Bowen was unmoved: "It sounds like you're just pretending to be interested?"

"No, I'm just used to it." Katrin smiled, "I'm just subconsciously disgusted, but since I got to know Carlos, what else can't hold on?"

Dai Bowen's eyes were condensed on her, tender but with invisible pressure: "Is this the truth, dear?"

Katrin looked at him: "You are a professional, sir, why don't you tell me."

She looks pitiful, but at the same time she is strong.It seems that it is indeed difficult to resist Carlos' power, but while obeying, the bottom of my heart has always insisted on the hope of escaping.

This kind of role is indeed easy to arouse a man's desire for protection.

Dai Bowen raised his eyebrows, and after a while, his momentum finally softened.

"Okay, Katrin, I trust you, and you trust me too, okay?" Dai Bowen nodded his forehead, "Tell me your plan."

Matthew looked over at once.

Katrin's eyes lit up.

Katrin helped Carlos take Matthew away, and at the same time put forward a condition to Carlos, giving her five days to persuade Matthew.

She promised Carlos that once Matthew became the heir of the Zhiyuan Group, she would pay Carlos a sponsorship of at least 50 per year.If you can go further, sponsorship will increase.

Dai Bowen didn't laugh at her idea, but just asked: "How do you plan to make Matthew hand over the 50 per year?"

Katrin glanced at Matthew, then slowly replied: "Sign some documents, and... take some videos."

Dai Bowen asked again: "What video?"

Katrin was not in a hurry to answer this time, and she glanced at Matthew again.

"Katelyn, I'm not underage. I can guess which videos can threaten people or even an organization." Dai Bowen stared at her, his voice was a little low, "Give me a definite answer, huh?"

"I don't know..." Katrin hesitated for a while before taking a deep breath, and replied softly, "Carlos said... it might be a video of humiliation."

Matthew jumped up, but Dai Bowen held his knee.It blocked his possible next actions and comforted him, like a protector standing in front of him.

"I'm glad you're telling the truth, Katrin." Dai Bowen rested his hand on Matthew's knee, but turned his eyes to the girl, "If you succeed in persuading Matthew, what will you do to him? Carlos looks... ...not like someone who would trust underage promises."

"Whether he succeeds or not, Carlos will extort ransom, the only difference is when it starts." Katrin whispered back, "...may also affect how he will deal with Matthew in the end."

"How is he going to get the ransom? Without seeing any living people, it is impossible for Shen Xiuyuan to give the money."

"I really don't know," Katrin replied. "I don't even have an ending in his plan...that's why I want to go away."

She looked agitated again, or rather sad.

"Calm down, ma'am, it's not good for anyone to lose control now." Dai Bowen said, "So, it's because you haven't moved in five days, so Carlos decided to transfer the hostages and send out a blackmail message?"

"I don't know about this part." Katrin wiped her forehead. "Actually, I only found out that Matthew's Missing Person was played on Christmas night from listening to you on the monitor."

"Then why did you bring me here?"

"I'm not part of this part of the plan, I, I just heard something..." Katrin looked a little panicked, "They said that you and Shen Xiuyuan approached my mother...that's Natalie."

"Okay, I see." Dai Bowen looked at her, "Do you know anything else that can help this plan?"

"Uh... No, I can't remember it right now." Katrin paused, then suddenly said in surprise, "Oh, wait, you mean, I will help us?"

"It's actually helping myself, isn't it?" Dai Bowen said, "But you have to find a way to solve the video problem. You know, too much video threat may cause large groups to directly abandon a candidate."

"...Well, I will try my best, although it may not be useful." Katrin stood up, "I have to go."

Dai Bowen also stood up and reached out to her: "Have a good cooperation?"

Katrin was about to turn around to get an empty tray, when she saw Dai Bowen's movement, she turned back and held his hand: "Of course, cooperation..."

"Look at me, look here—" Dai Bowen gently held the girl's hand forward, and then pressed it on her forehead.The girl's eyes followed those two hands involuntarily, and when her index finger touched her forehead, an irresistible voice invaded her mind.

"—sleep."