Helen certainly did not understand why Frank would go all out, even sending for bodyguards.


    "It is." Frank nodded solemnly, and he was concerned over none other than the Talnamese''s presence here.


    The only person who had a connection with them was most likely Frank himself. After all, the Talnamese still held a grudge for


    the time when the Lord of the Southern Woods led an insurgency into Talnam and almost abducted their king.


    As the only son of the Lord of the Southern Woods, Frank was worried that the Talnamese were after him.


    And those folks were known for their savagery—if they really had Gina, Frank would not risk letting Helen get caught by them


    too.


    And most of all, he would not allow himself to be used as a bargaining chip against his own father. He would rather die than allow


    himself to get involved with that man again, especially if it was because of his ownpetence.


    With that, Frank brought Ned along in his Maserati and drove straight to the outer reaches of South Morhen.


    Ned had made many calls along the way, and it took them half an hour to find the right factory, which also took them out of


    Morhen borders.


    "It''s not my fault, Aunt Gina!" Cindy Zonda sobbed in that factory, leveling a guilty stare at Gina.


    She was left battered all over with blood-red lines lining her skin, clearly having been whipped repeatedly.


    "You little..." Gina could snap right then.


    She was tied to a pipe. She had also been beaten up and could not speak coherently, aside from mumbling the asional


    curse.


    "It''s not my fault!" Cindy bawled. "It was that ruby. Turns out it belonged to Talnamese royalty! It''s a national treasure, but he


    somehow stole it and gave it to us. He clearly wanted us dead! That''s why | was captured when | headed abroad. We''d get killed


    if we didn''t get the ruby back! | have no choice, Aunt Gina!"


    “And you sold it for just 500 million!" Gina almost choked right then, while disappointment welled up within her.


    It turned out that everything Frank said was the truth—the ruby was worth ten billion dors, but Cindy had to sell it for just 500


    million, which she proceeded to squander abroad.


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    A flip phone was thrown at her nonchntly right then.


    "Do it now!" The Talnamese man urged her, growling.