Chapter 623

In Marvel, I Work for the System

The members Felipe sent over didn't need to use force. They only had to scare customers away with vicious glares. It was a nasty tactic, but it wasn't illegal.

Sometimes ordinary people were powerless against thugs.

Justice might not fail to show up, but it was often late.

Felipe thought for a moment, then said to Jenny, "Put the Claw Restaurant matter on hold for now."

"All right." Jenny didn't ask why. After decades with Felipe, she knew how he operated. If he wanted to discuss something, he would ask, "Could we put it on hold?" Whether his tone was stern or casual, a statement meant he had thought it through and made up his mind.

Jenny also detected a trace of unease in his words.

Some couples were like that. After enough years together, one could sense when something was wrong, no matter how well the other hid it.

Jenny found it strange. Was there someone or something in a backwater like Black Pine Town that made Felipe wary?

She guessed it had to do with the fallout from their human-smuggling business. More than fifty people had died, after all.

"Jeffrey, how's the pharmaceutical plant coming along?" Felipe asked.

"Very well. Production is on track, and sales are starting to pick up," Jeffrey replied.

"Good. Well done." Felipe nodded encouragingly, then said with a serious expression, "Find someone to take over at the plant. I need you to handle something for me personally over the next few days."

Jeffrey sat up straight. "What is it?"

"Investigate the backgrounds of the Claw Restaurant's owner and employees. And Geralt Winchester—he's the priority."

As he spoke, Jeffrey stood, opened the safe, and took out a stack of bills.

About ten thousand beli.

Felipe looked Jeffrey