If it was half a year ago, when Lynch said that Neil's workmates were a group of thieves, this honest man would probably become angry. He would slap the table and point at Lynch's nose, telling him how ridiculous his words were.
Those people were not thieves. They were just poor people who couldn't see the future due to the circumstances of life. They were just trying their best to survive. If they were thieves, they just stole hope.
But at this time, Neil didn't feel the slightest anger about the word 'thief'. He was at most a little uncomfortable and unhappy, and a little dissatisfied with Lynch's statement.
The change of identity and status had made him adapt to saying goodbye to his past life. A new big house, a car that belonged to him, and he even had a cloakroom that he had never thought of before. There were some decent formal clothes and small accessories that belonged to him in it.
These changes were like a sharp dagger, completely cutting the past and the present.
He nodded, "Yes, I know that. I'm very lucky that I didn't do it with them. Is the case over?"
Neil knew what Lynch had done. He would get the houses that might be sold by the factory owner through the lawsuit, and then return them to these 'uncles' in another way.
He felt that Lynch was a little stingy and strange. He could just give these houses to these workmates directly. There was no loss for him at all.
This case was a little complicated in nature. Because a group of workers, a factory owner, and a factory owner were involved in three lawsuits, there was a problem of weight.
Who had the priority and who lagged behind? This required a process and time. Fortunately, Lynch had performed well during this period. The judge gave him the highest weight on the grounds that Lynch had complete evidence and procedures.
Because he had signed sales contracts and liability agreements with those workers, everything was very complete. There was nothing controversial. Therefore, the lawsuit would be tried and executed first.
Lynch confirmed this, "It will soon enter the execution process. But you know, my original intention was to help these uncles …"
Neil finally couldn't help it, "Exploitation is not help. I believe that if you think exploitation is help, they would rather not accept your help!"
Neil couldn't be as indifferent to these old workmates that he had worked with for many years. He had begun to learn to be indifferent, but he was still immature.
Lynch smiled and looked at Neil, "But if I don't help them, they will be driven to the road by the police and the bank."
"If they accept my help, they can still have a family. If they refuse my help, their family will be ruined. Do you know the term 'ruined family'?"
Lynch patiently explained the meaning of the term to his uneducated father, "They will be very pitiful. Those older children will go astray, join gangs and become thugs, or become street performers in strip clubs, showing their bodies to their uncles and even their relatives."
"Their wives will divorce them. Of course, they may not divorce. But you know, there is no love between homeless people. Their private lives will become erosive. They may even seek a warm place in winter and crawl into other people's sleeping bags."
"In the end, they will have nothing. They will be plagued by illness and have no money to see a doctor. They can only …" Lynch glanced at the plate that Sela brought up. There were some beef ribs on it.
The bright smile on his face and the words he said were two extremes. He stopped here and sniffed. "It smells good. Can I have a taste before we start?"
Sela was a typical housewife. Life had taken away a lot of things from her, which made her easy to please and satisfy.
Facing her son's request, she smiled happily, "Of course, I hope you don't think it's not to your taste!"
Lin Qi then picked up a beef rib that was about the length of a palm and ate it in big bites. After eating, he didn't forget to rub the bones and fingers. The thick sauce emitted a rich fragrance. When ordinary families cooked it, it would have a salty and saucy taste.
This was because they did not master advanced cooking skills and could not make the food have multiple layers of taste. Therefore, it was important to emphasize oil, salt, and sauces.
"It's very delicious. I'm looking forward to the other dishes!"
Lynch's generous praise made Sela even happier. She could not help but walk to Lynch and put her cheek on his forehead. She did not use her hands because her hands were wet and Lynch's clothes were very expensive.
"Of course, of course, they are all what you like. Wait for me!"
After watching Sela leave, Lynch withdrew his gaze, "Where were we?"
Neil didn't know if he should be indifferent or normal. He pulled a long face, moved his lips, and said sarcastically, "You told me what the phrase 'broken family and dead family' means."
"Ah!
Yes, that's indeed the case. "
Lynch quickly repeated his previous words. In fact, he knew, but he deliberately asked to deepen Neil's impression of the word and everything he had just said.
When the impression was deepened to a certain extent, it would become a subconscious default.
Lynch rubbed his fingers, which were a little sticky. He wiped his fingers with a napkin on the table and continued, "And all of this is not without cost. The cost of the lawsuit, the cost of collecting evidence, and the cost of establishing various relationships. You only see the result. You don't know how much effort and price I've paid for this, so I don't think my behavior is excessive."
"Compared to letting them wander, I'm already very kind!"
Neil could not help but sarcastically say, "You're so kind!"
His emotional change actually came from two aspects. The first was that people would reminisce about the past when they were rich, so on this issue, his position would be more inclined to those workers.
The second was that the relationship between him and Lynch seemed to be a bit reversed. When Lynch explained these issues, he felt like he was being "taught a lesson by a child." For Neil who came from an ordinary family, it was not easy for him to accept.
However, he was still convinced by Lynch. He asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"
Lynch put the napkin on the table again. His fingers became smooth again without the stickiness. He shrugged, "Soon the court will auction their house. Persuade those workers not to make trouble. We have to keep things under our control. Can you understand?"
Neil roughly understood. He nodded with a serious attitude. This was related to the future lives of his former workers. Even if they were no longer in touch, he did not want to be too extreme.
After discussing business, the two began to talk about Neil's new life. At this time, Neil became more talkative and more lively. He talked about his interests most of the time.
He specially emptied a room in the back and transformed it into a workshop. There were various tools and two small desktop machine tools in it.
Some of the furniture and decorations in the house were personally made by him. Sometimes, some things were just that interesting.
When he was working hard, he would feel bored with his work, as if those jobs became the source of his pain.
But when he could enjoy a better life without work, he suddenly found that he still loved those jobs, including those tools.
As the two talked, Sella brought all the dishes to the table. The family sat together, drinking wine and chatting happily.
Until … Lynch left.
The price of growing up was too high. They were a family, but suddenly they became "relatives." People who were close to each other began to alienate each other. This might be the helplessness of growing up, but it was also a process that must be experienced.
With Neil's help, the workers did not make trouble after knowing the result of the trial. They just found two people to represent the workers and talk to Lynch.
With Neil as the middleman, Lynch would not ask them to do anything too harsh. In general, everyone could accept such a result.
After all, they broke the law. They could solve the problem without paying too much. In fact, they had already taken advantage of the situation. Not everyone was as easy to talk to as Lynch, who understood the difficulties of others. As a person, they should know how to be satisfied.
Even though everything seemed to be going well, Lin Qi still understood that there would definitely be some unexpected changes that would occur.
If it was not now, then it would be in the future. There would always be people who would make trouble, but he did not care. That was a matter for the future.
For the next period of time, he was busy with these business matters, making everything orderly. In the middle of March, he and more than fifty bodyguards from Blackstone Security boarded a cruise ship to Najalil.
Looking at the coastline that gradually disappeared into the sea, Lynch turned and walked forward with the sea breeze. His pace was steady and calm.
It took about ten days to travel from the Bailey Federation to Najalil by land and sea. For this era, this speed was fast, but Lynch was still a little dissatisfied.
However, this backward mode of transportation also had its advantages. At least some information transmission speed was very slow, which was especially critical for certain things.
On the first of April, an ordinary day, the cruise ship docked at an external port in Najalil. A shiny leather shoe left the gangway and landed on the land of Najalil.
That was the smell of wealth!