Noon. When Winston came to Grande, Zuch was answering a phone call from Mr. Ford.

Winston first went directly to the living quarters to look for Old Hank, but it was impossible for anyone to find him, and only noticed various minor injuries on the Grande employees. Winston asks the Grande employees what happened and where old Hank is. No one answered.

Winston can only come to Zack's side. After waiting on Grande's back porch for a long time, no one answered him - we were familiar with Zack's politeness, and he wouldn't enter without his master's permission.

Or Cyrus looked at him pitifully from behind the counter in the showroom and told him to go straight up to Zack.

Even if Cyrus gave permission, Winston still looked hesitant, "What about Miss Louise?" Winston obviously didn't think of Cyrus, who was just an employee, as someone who could make decisions for Grande's master.

"The tour went. Cyrus ignored Winston.

Winston waited a little longer, entered the Grande, and went up to the second floor.

Zach's office was not closed, and as soon as Winston walked up to the second floor, he saw Zack, who was holding a phone in the office, casually pointing to the chair behind the desk.

Winston didn't make a sound, and sat down across from Zach.

Mr. Ford in the earpiece was angry, "I can't believe you would do such a thing!"

"You really didn't expect that. Zach was very calm, "Isn't this what you think Grande should be in an ideal state as a peer and competitor?" ”

"What are you talking nonsense...... Ford in the earpiece said halfway through, and there was no sound.

Let's start at the beginning.

Zach didn't expect to receive a call from Ford so soon - which meant that Detective Corson was very fast, and the case that happened in Grande had been successfully 'planted' to Ford's funeral.

Ford's phone call was purely to vent his anger, because according to him, the case had been reported to the insurance company by the police, so Ford was forced to destroy his own business property in order to match the police description of the case and obtain compensation from the insurance company.

Zach was not surprised or overdone by this development, and was emotionally calm. Let's explain it step by step.

The first is insurance.

It's a fact that Grande's living quarters were destroyed and people were damaged, right? Zach carried it for the staff, and did not record everything in the supervision of the halfway house project, saving everyone trouble, but at the same time, those financial losses also have to be borne by Grande? Impossible, the compensation of the mob is what the mob should give atonement, and before the compensation due to the judicial process is completed and comes, who will pay for Grande's current loss?

Isn't that why Zach once persuaded Ford to replace security with insurance?

Well, apparently the whole case has been transferred, and Grande has no reason to go to the insurance company to ask for money, so it is up to Ford, the 'real' victim in the police case, to ask for it. The police are only responsible for providing the content of the case with absolute credibility to the insurance company, and the rest is for Ford, who was threatened by the police, to weigh and cooperate.

can continue to push forward a little, even if Ford completely cooperates with the police's 'planting', Ford will get less than a point for all the compensation he has obtained, and will continue to be coerced by the police to hand it over to the real victim - Grande.

Then, do you think that Grande is actually not short of this loss, and there is no need for insurance compensation, and there is no need to force the Ford funeral home, which is already resisting the black cauldron, to this one. So, excuse me, the Southern District Police Department, even if Detective Cowson has mastered the illegal activities of Ford Funeral, does he have the right to coerce Ford Funeral in the North District? Without this power, it is a very real jurisdictional problem.

So, it's not the Southern Police Department that is oppressing Ford's funeral for Grande, it's the North Police Department that's doing this, oh, it's Chief Darcy, it's the North Police Department.

Why?

Show loyalty, show love...... Whatever you think - on Saturday night, after Zach showed Darcy a way to survive (Zach made Darcy see the trade-off between the Demon Feast and Toredo, and set Darcy's future path right), is it worth any surprise that the Inheritor Chief of the North Police Department, Darcy, did anything to please Grande?

What Zach didn't bother to do was naturally an opportunity for Director Darcy to perform. We can even imagine Darcy's impatience when Detective Corson, with his original connections at the North District Police Department, was still trying to dredge up and completely distort the facts of a case.

In the end, something that Zach didn't expect or preset was sent to Ford to call angrily, and it was enough that Zach didn't have a heart for it. The calm mood is already a little respect given by Zach when he thinks of Ford's old friend-

Zach said that Ford's current predicament, and the anger he felt at this time, was his ideal state for Ford to treat Grande as a peer and competitor.

Ideally, no one has ever said this is a compliment. The presupposition of a thing and the reality have reached a unity, which is called the ideal state.

What was Ford's preset for Grande? Peers, competitors, these are all Ford's own words.

Before knowing that Zach was inhuman, he watched Grande go from the old Grande retirement home to the leader of Barton's funeral industry, and vigorously expanded Ford's only cremation business.

But as Zach's true face unfolds in front of Ford, we also see Ford's true face, don't we? Don't forget, Zach had to show his vampire identity to save Ford, isn't it because Ford and the Xiaobai group made an illegal death certificate issuance transaction.

After Ford finds out what the owner of the Grande funeral home he has to try to chase is, hehe, Ford simply sits in front of Zach and starts the corpse sale business.

We can't say anything has changed at Ford, he hasn't changed, he's always been like that. The privatization of the funeral industry has allowed Ford to get his own property, then he will use all methods to make his industry flourish, because it is his own!

This is what Ford said to Grande before the collapse of his so-called persona. Now think back to what is the ideal state of a person who has worked hard for his own industry with conscientious dedication.

Isn't Grande an obstacle to his Ford? Huge, incomprehensible, worldviews all collide with each other's obstacles.

Could it be that something called an obstacle is something that will make people happy? I'm afraid that decades of life have been in vain.

There was a long silence on the earpiece before he spoke again, "So that's it." He calmed down, "Don't you even want to defend yourself?" ”

"Excuse what? It seems that you led people to me, and I have returned you, and if you want to justify, it should be you to me. Zach didn't know how long the call would last, it all depended on Ford's state of mind. Obviously, the voice on the phone was calm, but the ghost knows what the state of Mr. Ford on the other side of the receiver is, maybe he is talking to Zach while choosing what he can smash after hanging up the phone.

Since he was not sure when he would finish, he could only give a waiting look to Winston - not to apologize, but to save it for a while when he told Winston that he didn't know what old Hank was doing. Our vampires are hypocritical, and there really is no one to match.

Winston didn't react, just as he had stayed with Old Hank the day before yesterday and listened to Old Hank and Jason arguing, and sat there quietly.

This Winston ...... If it weren't for the fact that he had so many lives and blood on his hands, he would have been a pretty reliable guy...... Uh, I'm sorry, but blood on your hands doesn't seem to have anything to do with reliability.

The voice on the other side of the earpiece was heard again, "You're a vampire, are you having a hard time dealing with those people, do you have a problem with me luring people to you?" Anyway, it's also true that the corpse they are looking for is with you, so why should I defend you from the disaster? ”

The little friendship that used to be with Ford's funeral is gone. Zach replied lightly, "By now." Now you know what you have to suffer, and what the consequences of your attempt to throw yourself at me are. Experience once, learn once. Next time, don't say any more jokes about helping me stop disasters, you said it, nothing is difficult for me. "In front of Winston, Zach didn't repeat the word 'vampire,' Winston should have heard from old Hank's mouth that this species exists, not Zach," he said. ”

There was silence on the other side of the earpiece, but Zach heard the sound of plastic being squeezed. There should be a new phone call after the Ford Funeral Home, congratulations.

Still, Zach doesn't think he's in control of the call. At this time, everything Ford felt was his own fault, just picked up the phone Zack, but he would not be kind enough to end it for him. Make sure that the caller has said everything he wants to say, isn't it, that's good upbringing.

As long as there was Ford's breathing on the other side of the earpiece, Zach kept holding the earpiece and waited.

Wait, wait, "You remember me, Zachary Torrey......"

'Many' was replaced by the sound of a loud slamming phone. I guess I helped Ford complete the final tone particle. Zach remained calm and put down the earpiece in his hand.

Threat?

How can it be.

Although throughout the story, saying Zach's real name in full usually means the position of the person who said it. For example, Papa shouts Zack's full name at midnight, with the intention of expressing that you are my creature of the opposite god, and I am God. Sissi shouted, expressing that you are God's creature and I am God's spokesman. Rut Lesenbra shouted, expressing that it was 'good' that Toredo was alive. Craig shouted......

Ford also called the full name of Zach's name, tsk, what is Ford. He might as well shout Zachary Grande, and limit this boring internal conflict in the funeral industry to what can be resisted on a human level, and involve vampires? Pull out inhuman attributes? Hey, shouting out Toredo can only make people feel sad - Ford, this motivated funeral practitioner, seems to be about to start dying.

Do whatever you want, and see what he can do at Barton. Zach had no sense of expectation at all.

Zach looked at Winston, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Winston really didn't wonder what Zach had just said with an obvious sense of absolute suppression, "I'm looking for Hank, where is he?"

Zach gave the apology he had reserved earlier, "Isn't he in the living quarters?"

The corners of Winston's mouth twitched, "No." Glancing at Zach's genuinely unknowing face, "Uh...... Well, did you know that your employees all seem to have injuries?"

"Hurt? who?" Zach grimaced in surprise.

The entire left side of Winston's face twitched, and he looked uncontrollably at Zach's genuinely surprised face several times, "It's almost all painted, but it looks like it's all skin trauma, but you should go over and see ......"

Zach was already on his feet.

Drama is naturally acted. But we also know the fact that Zack's play is never simple-

As soon as Zach stood up, he walked directly to the door in a hurry.

Winston couldn't keep up: Zack's unknowing, Zack's surprise, and Zack's now anxious and listened to his own opinion to go to the living area to see the appearance of the employees, none of which looked like a fake. The boss of this Grande...... What the hell is going on......

Winston's mind was swirling with such a question, and his body had already gotten up with Zack, asking where Old Hank was, Zach would not have an answer here, follow Zack to the living quarters, and see how Zach asked about the injuries of those employees. What the employees who didn't answer in their lives before should not hide it from this boss Zack, maybe there is news of Old Hank......

Winston almost bumped into Zack who suddenly turned back to his desk!

Zach still looked anxious, but there was a little more irritation on his face, adjusting his body to get out of the way of Winston, who didn't know whether to leave or stop, Zach spoke, "Tsk!" Zach stood next to the desk, his eyes searched back and forth on the desktop, "Where did you put it?" on the desktop, Zach began to rummage through the drawers, "Here? no." Nor here. Hell, where did you lose it?!"

Winston looked at Zach and frowned, "What are you looking for?"

"Uh, that ......" Zach shook his hand as if to gesticulate, "the log book that keeps track of all the employees' schedules......" Zach shook his hand and patted his head, "Ahh If those employees do anything again, I will report it to the supervisor of the halfway house project absolutely completely this time~" Zack's mood seemed to sweep away the ignorance, surprise, and anxiety just now, and he was very happy, "Hmph~ I didn't care about it last time, I went to Newton to relax, this time~ Hehe, it's time to get rid of the burden of these gangs living in Grande~"

Last time, after a reporter was seriously injured by a Grande employee, Zach was taken to Newton by James and Wes, and Winston appeared at Richie's Fantasy Office!

Winston's steps down the stairs paused, stopped, and something was rolling wildly in his eyes.

Yes, Zach has already thrown out all the clues.

The person who can create chaos in the underground drug market in Newton, Winston, will have poor understanding?

"Oops!" Winston shouted.

The frightened Zach also shook on the stairs, stopped, and turned his head, "What are you doing?"

"I'm stupid! I just remembered that I borrowed a bunch of people from Old Hank yesterday to help me get some things! Looks like Old Hank has already done it for me! Oops! I should have checked before coming to Grande, it looks like he missed out with Old Hank! He might be waiting for me in my hotel!"

Zach tilted his head, "You asked Old Hank to borrow us Grande to do something?"

"yes!" was sure, "didn't old Hank tell you?"

Zach could hear it clearly—Winston's fierce heartbeat.

Zach straightened his head, but squinted, "That's right." Hmph, for the sake of your father's former subordinate......" Zach didn't finish, just squinted at Winston for a while, waved his hand, turned around, and went upstairs again, "Then you can go back to Newton, don't let old Hank wait." ”

"Yes!" Winston ran downstairs and left.

The play is over, and the effect of not being simple has also been achieved. Zach went to the entertainment room and watched TV to kill time.

To those who don't understand the drama -

What is the relationship between Zach, Hank, and Grande's employees in this scene? It's clear at a glance, so who will Winston help after discovering the contradiction between these three parties? Is it to help Zack get rid of the employees that Old Hank has been managing by himself? Of course, to help Old Hank!

As for why Zach created this situation for Winston to jump out and help old Hank, even though Winston had no idea what was going on. When expectations and reality are unified, it is the ideal state.

The ideal state of the old Hank-Winston relationship that Zach planned was that Winston would be loyal to the old Hank, as is the case with humans, and continue after becoming a vampire.