1048: To Help or Not to Help?

To Help or Not to Help?

Peter turned serious.2

He had always been similar in personality to Justin—after all, the latter had raised him single-handedly. Peter said seriously, "The lab is forcibly keeping its employees here."

His words made Nora raise her brows. "Forcibly?"

"Yes."

Peter explained, "They refuse to let the employees leave. Now that you guys are here, I reckon they'll also start monitoring you. They will never let me return to the States—after all, I'm one of the talents they specially picked. They gave me a lot of benefits and even promised me real estate. The salary is also high…"

But was he someone short of money?

Peter had never revealed his true identity to outsiders, that was all.

Nora said, "You didn't make us come all the way here just because of that, did you?" Not only was Peter a skilled martial artist himself, but he also had a few other guards by his side. He could easily escape anytime, so he didn't need to have them personally make a trip here if it was just about that.

A disapproving Justin also remarked, "You can't even get away by yourself when the surveillance is this lax? How useless!"

Peter: "…"

The corners of his lips spasmed and he glanced at Mia.

Now that he had grown up, he didn't like being embarrassed in front of others. In particular, he was especially unaccustomed to being chastised by his parents in front of Mia.

He touched his nose—the boy had also picked up Justin's little habits—and answered, "I'm not talking about myself."

"My colleagues are affected too."

He looked up at Nora and said, "Mom, I have 23 colleagues from America who are also facing the same situation. All of them are Harvard and MIT graduates. After they left the country to pursue further studies, they didn't return to America even once. Because of this, they were even flamed by netizens on the Internet, but not all of them had stayed here of their own volition. It's because they ended up becoming exposed to high-end industries under their lecturer's guidance when they were still university students, resulting in them being forced to stay here and being forbidden from returning to America.

"They want to go back too…"

"There are many others like them."

There were already 23 such cases in Peter's school alone. Moreover, most of them had even gotten married and started a family there, so they wanted to return to their country with their wives, husbands, and children.

But there was only so much Peter could do.

He had no problem escaping by himself—in fact, he could even take two or three people with him—but he couldn't take all of them with him.

All 23 of his colleagues wanted to leave this place with him. It wouldn't be right, no matter who he abandoned or took with him.

So… In case of trouble, Mom was the person to go to.

He was only fifteen. It was perfectly normal that he wouldn't be able to resolve such a serious problem.

Nora: "…"

Justin also fell silent.

Peter gave Mia a look.

Mia immediately said gently to Nora, "Aunt Nora, those people are so pitiful. Like Pete, all of them obviously want to go home, but not only are they unable to, their own countrymen misunderstood them and even called them traitors… I'm sure their parents miss them a lot too."

"… Fine, let's help them," Nora said.

"How many do we help?" Peter asked.

Nora looked at him. "Since we've decided to help, then we must get every one of them out."

Then, she cocked her head to the side and suddenly chuckled. "Well, would you look at that? We've got company. Since they have already set their sights on us, let's visit your lab and have a look!"

"Okay."

After breakfast, the group went to the laboratory entrance. Peter said, "My parents and little sister haven't settled their accommodation arrangements yet. Is it possible to let them stay in the laboratory's lounge?"

The security guard looked at Nora and Justin and then replied, "Give me a minute. I'll have to ask the higher-ups about that."

With a walkie-talkie in his hand, he stepped aside and asked, "Do I let them in, sir?"

The person on the other end replied, "Let them in. Three small and skinny weaklings like them aren't going to be much of a threat, if at all. Don't get so nervous just because they are Americans; only the Big Brother of the Irvin School of Martial Arts and the Big Sister of the Quinn School of Martial Arts can pose a threat to us. The rest are no problem!"

"Yes, sir!"

Thus, the security guards let them in. None of them knew just what kind of monsters they had allowed into the laboratory.

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