I said this because there was a piece of land in the southern part of the city that would be auctioned soon.

If we could secure it, it would bring in profits of over a hundred billion.  

To qualify for the auction, Lakeisha wouldn’t even meet the minimum requirements without my unit’s recommendation. That was why I originally intended to use this matter to warn her.

Unexpectedly, she had already become arrogant that she didn't know her place.  

After a two-second silence, Lakeisha burst into laughter, looking me up and down with contempt in her eyes, “Mario, don't you even look at yourself? With your poor appearance, you dare to mention divorce to me?”

“But since you’ve brought it up, I’ll grant your wish today!”

After that, she took out two pieces of paper from her bag and threw them to me.

“All that's left is your signature. Hurry up and sign it. Once it’s done, I’m leaving. I have plans with Elton tonight.”  

Mentioning that, she and Elton exchanged a lingering glance.  

I glanced at the drafting date of the divorce agreement. Four years ago.

It turned out this woman had already given up on me.

In the divorce agreement, I didn’t get a single penny of the property.

I didn’t care about that, but custody of our daughter was also in her hands.

I threw the divorce agreement back at her.

“You can have whatever you want, but you can’t have custody of our daughter because you don’t deserve to be a mother!”

Lakeisha raised an eyebrow at me and sneered, “Mario, you're still as stupid as you were five years ago. Do you think your daughter wants to follow you, this good-for-nothing father, or follow me, her glamorous mother?”

“What do you expect your daughter to do with you? Regress into a wild monkey in this remote mountainous area?!”

As soon as Lakeisha finished speaking, the surrounding area erupted into thunderous laughter.

“This father is truly foolish! What future could his daughter have with him? Although Mrs. Roberts is strict with her daughter, at least she can provide her with a bright future!”

“Exactly! Besides, the daughter already calls this man ‘Father Elton.’ She must despise his poverty-stricken appearance, yet he still doesn’t get it!”

I glanced at these ungrateful villagers.  

Over the past five years, the unit had provided them with electricity and water and I had often gone down the mountain to help them. Yet I hadn’t received a shred of genuine gratitude in return.  

When I returned, I would definitely report this to the unit and have these ungrateful people sent back to live in poverty.  

I didn’t want to waste any more time on them. My family visitation leave was about to end and my daughter wasn't in a good state either.  

I ignored Lakeisha and took my daughter's hand and walked towards the base.

Lakeisha roared at me from behind, “Mario, you bastard! Let go of my daughter! If you take another step forward, I'll run you over!”

I didn't even bother to respond to her, I continued walking forward while holding my daughter's hand.

But just as I stepped over the edge of the base, a loud roar of a car engine suddenly came from behind.

I turned around and saw Elton already driving Lakeisha towards the restricted area.

This base was the highest-security restricted area. 

If they were to break in, it wouldn't just be a matter of accountability and imprisonment, whether their lives could be spared would depend on my influence.  

At that moment, I didn't care about the lives of these two beasts, but I didn't want to cause trouble for the unit.  

I immediately shielded my daughter behind me and quickly stood in front of the speeding car. 

I was certain that these animals were just putting on a show. When it came to human lives, they wouldn't dare.

But even so, this outermost layer of protection worked.

A row of ground locks quickly rose, shredding the tires and wheels of Lakeisha's SUV.

Lakeisha and Elton were caught off guard in the car.

The momentum of the impact caused them to crash directly into the dashboard.

The villagers behind them gasped in surprise; they had clearly never seen anything like this.

At first, Elton was also stunned by the sharp ground lock.

By the time he came back to his senses, Lakeisha had already wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and rushed towards me.

She pulled me by the collar to the ground locks and slapped me in the face.

“Mario, you installed this thing on my Roberts Family's property? Do you want to die?! Do you know how much my car cost? Can you afford to pay for it?”

Perhaps Lakeisha's attitude gave Elton courage again. He rushed up from behind and kicked me in the stomach.

Things had come to this point that day and the leaders must have been alarmed.

I didn't want to hesitate any longer, so I dodged and punched Elton in the face.

Elton was stunned and cursed at me in anger, “You bastard! You dare to fight me?  Do you think you are immortal?!”

I was about to respond when my phone rang rapidly.

I saw it was my leader's call, so I picked it up quickly.

The leader on the other end of the phone sounded extremely serious.

“Mario, what's going on? The monitoring room is calling. The outermost ground lock has been activated. Weren't you going to see your daughter? Did you two accidentally wander in while playing around?"

“It wasn't an accident; they did it on purpose. They said this was their Roberts Family's territory and that we installed the ground lock without permission.”

The leader was stunned for two seconds on the other end of the phone.

Before he could say anything else, Elton snatched the phone away.

He started cursing, “You're that bastard leader, right? I don't care which family you're from, I'll give you five minutes to kneel down and admit your mistake to us. Otherwise, I'll set your den on fire!”

The leader on the other end of the phone was obviously stunned.

He never thought that someone would dare to talk to him in that tone.

Elton clearly had no idea who he was dealing with.

“Also, since that bastard subordinate of yours said this is a restricted area. I want to ask you today, can Mrs. Roberts and I enter this damn restricted area?”

After a while, the leader on the other end of the phone slowly spoke, “Come in.”

“Okay, I’ll give you five minutes to get out and apologize. There are only four minutes and thirty seconds left! Hurry up!"

“Okay.”

The call was disconnected and a shrill cheer echoed from beside me.

Elton came up and tapped my face with the phone.

“You bastards, your leader is only as good as this. Keep pretending! I’ll see if you and your little brat daughter kneel down when your leader kneels!’

Lakeisha also had a smug look on her face.

I sneered in my heart, ‘These idiots are on the verge of death!’

Elton was holding a cigarette and counting on the stopwatch.

But just as he pressed the timer button, a tremendous roar accompanied by a torrent of air rushed towards him.

When he opened his eyes again, Lakeisha and Elton were surrounded by a group of fully armed men.