Salute To The General

Soon, Jemma and her people slinked away.

Penny then whispered to Nathan, "Hubby, why did you come?"

Nathan chuckled, "Colin told me that Ariarica has sent people for the negotiation with Cross Group, so I came over to take a look. I wasn't expecting those robbers to be that conceited."

A bitter laugh escaped Penny at that. "Thank god you appeared. You've helped Cross Group through its crisis and stood up for me. Still, we didn't get to solve the root of this issue. I'm afraid that she'll definitely lie about some details when she reports to her superior. It's likely that Ariarica would try to take revenge on us for this."

Nathan laughed. "We'll take one step at a time. All we need to do is to go with the flow."

Affected by Nathan's optimism, Penny's gloominess seeped away a little. She then held Nathan's hand and smiled. "You're right. Even if Cross Group's overseas businesses are forced to close, our market stocks plummet, and we lose a tremendous amount of money, we must our and the county's honor. We must not sign Ariarica's oppressive contract and lower ourselves for meager things like these." Nathan chuckled. "Indeed. If we stand firm on this principle, Ariarica won't be able to do anything to us. However, we can't sit on our hands either. We can't just abandon all our overseas businesses without trying to defend ourselves. The best case scenario would be that we could protect our dignity and our overseas businesses."

Penny chuckled. "This will be up to you."

In the meantime, Jemma and her people scurried to Alberesque in the

South.

They came to Ariarica's embassy in Eurasia. There, she saw her superior, who was also the famous Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jessica.

department, as well as elite soldiers from the army, to form a negotiation team.

was known in

had already sent Jemma and the others for the first round of negotiation at Cross

terms, then

to do Zion a favor

to her surprise, Jemma had failed to get

stubbornly reject Ariarica's terms, but they had even humiliated Jemma and

that moment, the middle-aged woman in a black suit and gelled hair, Jessica, was

describe what I'm feeling right now. Maybe the word "anger" would be a somewhat appropriate one. Jemma

Jemma stammered, "Ms. Pattinson,

are horrendous people. They even looked down on Ariarica and said that anyone would have to bow before him regardless of who they

the table.

our negotiation. Even he has to be polite and respectful when he speaks to me on the call. Who do Nathan and his wife think they are?

right arm was in a cast, could not help but whisper, "Ms. Jessica, I'm not trying to excuse my incapability by saying this, but that

even deal with a small

from the