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When Rodney was taken away by Snowden’s men, the news very quickly reached the Snow family’s manor.
Jason and his wife called Jessica to return in a hurry.
“Jessica, was Rodney really found at Minister O’Connell’s place?” Old Master Snow seemed to have aged a lot after one night. He could not understand why the grandson he used to love the most had become like this.
“Mm.”
Jessica nodded and lowered her gaze.
Her long eyelashes left a dark shadow on her pretty, capable face.
“Brother has really gone crazy,” Carson said furiously. “Minister O’Connell is Uncle Nathan’s rival.”
Jason’s expression was filled with sadness. He was a failure of a father. He did not educate his son well. “It’s my fault. After Sarah’s incident was exposed, I should’ve sent him overseas by force. I thought he was just stupid. I didn’t think he…”
He let out a long sigh after he spoke.
Wendy’s eyes reddened. “That child was deceived too badly by Sarah. His mental state is imbalanced. He can’t stay in the country anymore this time. Jessica, arrange for a private flight to send him overseas immediately. He shouldn’t return anymore in the future.”
Jason and Old Master Snow did not speak. They gave their silent agreement.
Jessica sat on the chair. She ran her fingers across the armrests unconsciously. Her gaze was knowing. “Things have already come this far. Will sending Rodney overseas solve this?”
Everyone was taken aback.
Old Master Snow gave it some thought. He said, “You’re right. He has tarnished the reputation of the prime minister’s office. Leaving the country so easily after the mess he caused will cause people to think that the prime minister’s office can be simply challenged. In that case… Lock him up for some time. Inform your second uncle about this.”
Jessica sighed mentally. It seemed her family had been peaceful for too long. Their edges had dulled long ago. “Grandpa, things are already in this state. Do you guys think… Uncle Nathan will let Rodney go overseas? Rodney wanted Uncle Nathan’s reputation to be utterly ruined this time. He wanted to pull Uncle Nathan down from his position.”
Old Master Snow’s expression turned even more awful when that was mentioned.
Jason said resignedly, “I know. I’m furious too, but Rodney is my biological son, after all. He’s your brother too. We can’t lock him up forever, right?”
“Dad, you guys might not know this, but Rodney is 100 times worse than you think.”
Jessica stood up. “Minister O’Connell said Rodney had incited him to look for forces outside the country.”
“What?” Wendy was utterly shocked. “This… This can’t be. It must be Minister O’Connell who’s talking nonsense.”
“Why would he talk nonsense?” Jessica asked calmly. “Rodney is already a chess piece that has lost its use. Besides, although Minister O’Connell has ambitions, he has his limits and never interacts with external influences. Every one of you is wise. Never mind if it were internal forces, but dragging outsiders in changes the whole nature of things.”
In the living room, everyone went silent. Jason’s body was trembling. He barely managed to stay in his seat by holding onto the chair.
Carson muttered, “This is terrifying. Brother was trying to…”
He did not finish his words, but everyone understood.
Jessica said coldly, “Since Rodney already has such thoughts, that’s more reason not to let him go overseas. He hates Uncle Nathan a lot now. He despises us too. During these decades of years, he grew up in the Snow family and later joined Snow Corporation. He even participated in the alternative energy development project. If the confidential secrets he holds were to be leaked, you guys should know the consequences even without me telling you.”
After she spoke, everyone drew in a sharp breath.
They were not fools. Just thinking about it, they knew the consequences were not something they could bear.
C
aged a lot in an instant.
He thought he had been pretty successful all along. Looking back, he was an utter failure. What demon did he create for the Snow family?
Jason did not say a word.
Rodney was his favorite, but he would not be so muddled as to continue begging for leniency.
Wendy said agonizingly, “Jessica, do you expect us just to watch Rodney d*e? No matter what, he’s still your biological brother. Don’t you have any other way? I just want him to be alive. I’m not thinking of anything else.”
Jessica felt bitter. However, she could only say calmly, “Let Uncle Nathan’s family make the decision. This issue isn’t one that I can decide by myself.”
Everyone simply stared at each other. In the end, the living room regained its peace again.
…
Ryan and his family only knew about the matter in the evening.
In the official residence, Nathan rubbed the middle of his brows with a fatigued expression. He smiled bitterly. “What a person the Snow family has produced. Regardless, I watched Rodney grow up. How did his heart turn this bad? He’s even worse than Sarah.”
“The saying that you’re the product of your environment isn’t illogical, after all.”
Nathan did not say a word. He simply looked at his son. “Ryan, what do you think? Your uncle begged me and called me a few times. His wish… is to give Rodney a way out so that he can still survive.”
“Locking him up is already the best way out,” Heidi said indifferently. “This kind of person will only create endless troubles if he were to be let out. We were lucky this time, but how many more problems can we handle?”
Nathan let out a long sigh. Was that truly the only way?
At that point, he really disliked Rodney. However, he had to consider his brother’s feelings too. A rift between the brothers could not be created just because of this.
After all, Jason had always yielded to him since they were young.
Ryan glanced at his father’s expression. He thought about it and said, “Actually, there’s a type of d**g. After injecting the d**g, it’ll make the person forget his memories entirely without leaving anything behind. It’s a newly developed d**g.”
Nathan was stunned. He knew about it too. “But I heard that d**g will cause a decline in intelligence…”
“Dad, why should Rodney be so smart? It’s enough if he’s able to eat, drink, and take care of himself. Moreover, he won’t become mentally retarded. It’s just that his intelligence will decline slightly. Rodney has an older sister and a younger brother. Even if Uncle Jason and the others are no longer alive years later, I believe there’ll still be people taking care of him.”
Ryan frowned and said, “This may be the only way. Otherwise, we’ll have no choice but to do what Mom said, which is to lock him up for a lifetime.”
Heidi raised her doubts. “Wait, you guys can make Rodney lose his memories, but the internet has records. His intelligence may decline, but he won’t be a fool. After some time, he can easily look up past matters on the internet. What if he finds out Mireya is his ex-wife and Dani is his daughter? To be honest, I wasn’t against Dani interacting with her biological father before, but I disagree now. After all…”
She glanced at Ryan. “If you’re really going to marry Mireya in the future, troubles will arise again.”
“Mom, so you’re saying…”
“Increase the d**g dosage. Rodney can only be a fool,” Heidi said coldly. “To be honest, I don’t think the decision of locking him up for a lifetime is any good either. What if someone with ulterior motives lets Rodney out after your dad steps down from his position? What if he doesn’t repent, has a stronger desire for revenge after being locked up for a few years, and does something rash and extreme? Who knows? We can’t possibly bring bodyguards with us every time we go outside after we retire.”
Upon hearing that, Nathan and Ryan went silent.
After a long while, Nathan said resignedly in a low voice, “Let’s do as your mom said. I’ll talk to your uncle about this. I think they’ll agree to this. Your aunt said that it’s enough as long as Rodney is alive.”
Ryan did not say anything else. He simply sighed and felt a heaviness in his heart.
Being a bad guy was fine, but a person had to have limits.
Rodney was so bad to the extent that he had no limits. Therefore, he was fated to end up miserable.
….
5:00 p.m.
Ryan drove his car to look for Mireya.
He could finally enter her place openly with the identity of her boyfriend.
He even bought a beautiful bouquet on the way.
When he arrived at the Lynch family’s courtyard, Mireya, who had been waiting for the whole day, opened the door and ran out as soon as she heard the sound of a car.
He held a pretty bouquet with pink, white, and yellow-colored flowers in his hands.
He had such young and fresh features that it would not be an exaggeration to think that he had just graduated from university.
When Mireya looked at him, her heart felt so sweet as if she had eaten honey.
This was her official boyfriend. It was different from before. They had announced their relationship now, and everyone supported them.
