(Chapter posted unedited due to complaint about speed. Fully edited version will be updated later.)

“Mr. Xia, you came at the right time. Please give us your opinions on this matter!” Connell Bridge pointed at Song Baicheng, “He attempted to rape Miss Sylvia and yet he does not admit. This Mr. Ling tried to solve this problem with money. I think that this is an insult to us!”

“夏先生，你來的正好，你來評評理！”康納橋指了一下宋百成，“他企圖強姦西爾維婭小姐，卻不承認，這位凌先生甚至想用錢來解決問題，我覺得這是對我們的侮辱！”

“Something like this was going on?” Xia Lei looked angry, “Doing such a thing under the broad daylight, where is the law of the land?”

“還有這樣的事情？”夏雷很氣憤的樣子，“當天化日之下幹這種事情，這還有王法嗎？”

He seemed to have forgotten that it was not day but night. But his words expressed his stand and att.i.tude. He was standing on the German's side.

他似乎沒有忘了不是什麼光天化日，而是在夜裡。不過他的這句話是否表明了一種態度，也表明了他的立場，他是站在德國人這邊的。

Ling Han's expression darkened. He had a feeling that this was not simply a scandal. Song Baicheng is his right hand man, he knew his conduct. Although Song Baicheng was somewhat of a pervert, he would never be reckless not to mention rape the German delegation's important person Sylvia in the Thunder Horse Military Factory!

凌浩的臉色越發的陰沉了下來，他有一種預感，這事並不簡單。宋百成是他的心腹手下，他很瞭解宋百成的爲人。宋百成雖然有點好色，但絕對不會亂來。更何況是在雷馬軍工廠裡強.奸德方代表團的重要人物西爾維婭！

"Are you okay Miss Sylvia?" Xia Lei came to Sylvia's side. He asked gently, "Do not be scared and do not be nervous. Ling Han is the supervisor. He will stand up for you."

“西爾維婭小姐你沒事吧？”夏雷走到了西爾維婭的身邊，關切地道:“你別害怕，也別緊張，凌先生是負責人，他會爲你主持公道的。”

On the other side, Ling Han's translator translated Xia Lei's each and every word.

另一邊，凌浩的翻譯一字不落地把夏雷的話翻譯了出來。

Ling Han's expression darkened further. His eyes stopped on Xia Lei, his eyes becoming cold. At this time he had smelled a hint of a scheme.

凌浩的臉色更陰沉了，他的視線落在了夏雷的身上，他的眼神開始變得冰冷了。這個時候他已經嗅到了一絲陰謀的味道。

Xia Lei did not care about Ling Han's feeling and reaction. After he had comforted Sylvia, he took off his tank top and tied it around Sylvia's waist. Although Sylvia was still wearing an underwear, it was still, not appropriate to be so exposed in front of so many men.

夏雷一點都沒把凌浩的感受和反應放在眼裡，安慰了西爾維婭之後他利索地脫下了身上的背心，然後爲西爾維婭系在了腰上。西爾維婭的身上雖然還穿着一條內褲，可老是曝露在這麼多男人的面前也不是一回事。

“Thank Mr. Xia, thank you.” Sylvia wiped the tears on the corner of her eye looking very thankful.

“謝謝你夏先生，謝謝你。”西爾維婭擦着眼角的淚痕，很感激的樣子。

“Mr. Xia, please tell me, how do you plan on taking care of this matter?” Connell Bridge pressed.

“夏先生，你說吧，怎麼處理這件事？”康納橋催促道。

Before Xia Lei could say anything, Ling Han pulled Connell Bridge to the side and whispered, "Mr. Connell Bridge, you guys came to do a technology exchange, we were also very cooperative. As for me, I think that this situation is a misunderstanding. Give me a little time and I will investigate clear and then give a satisfying answer. So in consideration of both of our interests, let us not make this into a huge deal. If this situation becomes big, it will not be good for you, and it will not be good for us."

夏雷還沒有說話，凌浩便將康納橋拉到了一邊，小聲地道：“康納橋先生，你們來是交流技術的，我們也很配合。我吧，我看這件事肯定是一個誤會。給我一點時間調查清楚，然後我一定給你一個滿意的答覆。所以，本着我們雙方的利益，我們就不要把事情鬧大了。這件事鬧大了，你們沒有好處，我們也沒有好處。”

This was a cue.

這是一個暗示。

This cue immediately played its role. Germany really valued this exchange. The Thunder Horse Military Factory’s technology was the main point and not this stupid situation that was happening in front of them right now. Connell Bridge felt hesitant.

這個暗示很快就起到了應有的作用。德國很看重這次交易，雷馬軍工廠的技術纔是重點，而不是眼前這件破事。康納橋有些猶豫了。

Xia Lei lightly touched Sylvia.

夏雷輕輕地碰了一下西爾維婭。

Sylvia suddenly started bawling again, her emotions looked uncontrollable, “I have never received such an insult. I...I…” She began to climb up the balcony’s guardrail.

西爾維婭忽然又大聲哭了起來，情緒也有失控的跡象，“我從來沒有受過這樣的侮辱，我……我……”她忽然往陽臺的護欄上爬。

Xia Lei hugged her waist and said, “Mr. Connell Bridge, quickly come and comfort her.”

夏雷一把抱住了她的腰，一邊說道：“康納橋先生，你快來勸勸她。”

Connell Bridge came over and tugged Sylvia's arm. He comforted, "Sylvia, do not be too impetuous. You need to calm down. Their will definitely be an explanation to this. Do not forget what we came to do."

康納橋跟着過來拉住西爾維婭的胳膊，勸說道：“西爾維婭，你別衝動，你冷靜一點，這件事肯定會有一個說法的。你別忘了我們是來幹什麼的。”

As they talked, Xia Lei let go of Sylvia and Sylvia and Connell Bridge came together. She whispered, "If you want Xia Lei's technology, you must make these two leave."

糾纏中夏雷鬆開了西爾維婭，西爾維婭與康納橋糾纏在了一起。卻就在糾纏中，她壓低了聲音，“你要夏雷的技術，你就得讓這兩個人走。”

Connell Bridge took a second to process what she had said.

康納橋頓時愣了一下。

Sylvia's voice became even smaller, "Making Mr. Xia happy should be better than making these two officials happy right? You need to understand, what we want is Mr. Xia's technology, not someone else's."

西爾維婭的聲音更小了，“討夏先生的歡心總比討那兩個官員的歡心好吧？你要明白，我們要的是夏先生的技術，而不是別人的技術。”

話都說到這份上了，康納橋又不是傻子，他豈有不明白髮生了什麼事的道理。西爾維婭被強.奸是假，這是一個涉及到權利鬥爭的戲，而西爾維婭是得到某人的授意才這麼做的！這個某人，還用費神去猜嗎？

Although Connell Bridge did not know why Sylvia would enter into this battle over power, he understood which side he needed to stand on. There was nothing to gain from getting on the good side of two Chinese officials like what Ling Han had suggested. But if he were to get on Xia Lei's good side, he could complete his mission more beautifully and maybe even get some unexpected surprise. How would someone like him who had worked in the political world for so many years not know how to choose in this situation?

康納橋雖然不知道西爾維婭爲什麼會參與到這場權利鬥爭之中，但卻很清楚應該站在哪一邊。順從凌浩的意思，討好兩個華國的官員，這對他來說沒有半點好處。但討好夏雷，他卻可以更好更出色地完成這次任務，甚至還有可能得到意外的驚喜。這麼一種情況，在政界混了這麼多年的他又怎麼會不知道該怎麼選擇？

“No problem, do you have proof?” Connell Bridge whispered in Sylvia’s ear, “If you can give certain evidence, this case will become easier.”

“沒問題，你有證據嗎？”康納橋在西爾維婭的耳邊低聲說道：“如果你能拿出一定證據，那這件事就更好辦了。”

Sylvia said, “I took a video with my phone.”

西爾維婭說道：“我的手機拍了視頻。”

Connell Bridge said, “That would be great, give it to me.”

康納橋說道：“那太好了，把它交給我吧。”

Sylvia stopped crying and stopped throwing fists. She calmed down. When Connell Bridge let go of her she gave him her phone.

西爾維婭不哭也不鬧了，安靜下來了。康納橋鬆開她的時候，她將手機遞給了康納橋。

Ling Han was suspicious when Sylvia and Connell Bridge whispered to each other. When he saw Sylvia gave her phone to him, his heart suddenly dropped. Before Connell Bridge could look at the phone's content, he walked up to him and tugged his hand, "Mr. Connell Bridge, I had been very clear. I really hope that you would consider it."

凌浩在西爾維婭和康納橋耳語的時候就有所懷疑了，看到西爾維婭將她的手機交給康納橋，他的心頓時往下一沉。不等康納橋看手機上的內容，他就走了上去，拉住了康納橋的手，“康納橋先生，我剛纔已經說得很清楚了，請你務必仔細考慮一下。”

Connell Bridge knotted his brows, “Mr. Ling, can you please wait a moment? Sylvia said she took a video of what happened with her phone, I want to see it.”

康納橋皺了一下眉頭，“凌先生，請你等一下好嗎？西爾維婭說她的手機拍下了剛纔的經過，我想看一看。”

Ling Han's face stiffened.

凌浩的面色頓時一僵。

Connell Bridge clicked open the video on the phone. The video was very shaky but you could still clearly see Sylvia and Song Baicheng's face. Sylvia's voice was also very clear. She was clearly rejecting and calling for help yet Song Baicheng still pushed her onto the bed, roughly holding her underneath him and moving his hand to pull her underwear.

康納橋打開了手機上的視頻。視頻晃動得很厲害，可還是能清楚地看到西爾維婭和宋百成的樣子。西爾維婭的聲音也聽得很清楚，她明顯是拒絕的，甚至還叫了救命。可宋百成最終卻把她推到了牀上，粗暴地將她壓在身下，動手去扯她的內褲。

"Hateful! He is a barbarian!" Yelled a German technician.

“可惡！簡直是禽獸！”一個德國的技術人員罵道。

"This matter cannot just be put aside. This is an insult to Germany!" Someone called out.

“這件事不能就這麼算了，這簡直是對我們德國的侮辱！”有人嚷道。

“Call the police! Take this guy up to court!”

“報警！把這傢伙送上法庭！”

“A barbarian! He is such a barbarian! I believe he must be punished!”

“禽獸！簡直是禽獸！我覺得應該處以閹刑！”

A group of German were filled with righteous indignation.

一大羣德國人義憤填膺。

Ling Han’s eyes turned to Song Baicheng. His eyes were filled with hatred and scarily cold.

凌浩移目宋百成，他的眼眸裡滿是恨意，冷得可怕。

Song Baicheng was scared to look Ling Han in the eye. He avoided his gaze, his forehead full of sweat. He never thought that Sylvia had turned on the video recording on the phone and recorded the whole process. He actually did not do anything too beyond measure but there was definitely something wrong with the German that Sylvia said that he could not understand.

宋百成哪裡還敢與凌浩對視，他避開了凌浩的視線，額頭上直冒冷汗。他萬萬沒想到西爾維婭剛纔居然一直開着手機的攝影功能，將那個過程拍了下來。他其實沒做什麼過分的事情，可西爾維婭說的那些他聽不懂的德語卻絕對有問題！

Connell Bridge finished the video. He looked very angry, “Mr. Ling, didn’t you say you want evidence? Now we have the proof, how do you plan to take care of this?”

康納橋看完了視頻，滿面怒容的樣子，“凌先生，你剛纔不是要證據嗎？現在有證據了，你打算怎麼處理？”

Ling Han said coldly, “We will take care of it the way it should be taken cared of. We have our laws. Whichever one Song Baicheng committed, we will punish him accordingly.”

凌浩冷冷地道：“該怎麼處理就怎麼處理，我們有我們的法律，宋百成犯哪條治哪條。”

“I…” Song Baicheng wanted to explain but when the words came to him mouth he swallowed them again. Nevermind explaining, he would not be able to prove his innocence even if he were to jump into the river.

“我……”宋百成想解釋，可話到嘴邊又吞了下去。現在別說是解釋了，就算是跳進黃河洗不清了。

Connell Bridge took out his phone.

康納橋掏出了手機撥號。

Ling Han knotted his brows, “Mr. Connell Bridge, who are you calling?”

凌浩皺了一下眉頭，“康納橋先生，你給誰打電話？”

Connell Bridge replied, “Of course I am calling our amba.s.sador. This case is very serious, we cannot just let it go.”

康納橋說道：“當然是給我們的大使館打電話，這件事很嚴重，我們不能就這麼算了。”

Ling Han said, “Making a big deal out of this will do you guys no good.”

凌浩說道：“你把事情鬧大對你們也沒有半點好處。”

This time Xia Lei said, “Mr. Connell Bridge, I think it must be because Mr. Song drank too much so he is also unsure of what he was doing. How about we give him a chance. What do you think?”

夏雷這時出聲說道：“康納橋先生，我覺得吧是宋先生多喝了幾杯，他也不清楚他在幹什麼。我看給他一個機會吧，你看行不行？”

凌浩和宋百成忍不住對視了一眼，兩人都懷疑夏雷在這件事裡搞鬼，卻沒想到他居然在這麼關鍵的時候幫他們這邊說話。

Connell Bridge cursed in his head but he kept an angry face, "Fine, since Mr. Ling will plead for us, as long as Miss Sylvia does not want to continue looking into it, I also do not want to make this into a big deal. This is after all a scandal that will negatively affect both of us." He faced Sylvia, "You will make the decision Sylvia."

康納橋的心裡暗罵了一句，面上卻還是一副很生氣的樣子，“行，既然凌先生幫忙說情，只要西爾維婭小姐不追究的話，我也不想把事情鬧大。這畢竟是一個醜聞，對我們雙方都不好。”他面向西爾維婭，“西爾維婭，你來做決定吧。”

Everyone’s eyes focused on Sylvia.

所有人的視線都聚集到了西爾維婭的身上。

Sylvia’s eyes were blurred by tears, “I do not want to see these two anymore. If they continue to stay at the Thunder Horse Military Factory, I will go to the emba.s.sy myself to get justice.”

西爾維婭淚眼迷濛，“我不想再看見這兩個人了，如果他們繼續留在雷馬軍工廠，我就自己去大使館要一個公道。”

“This…” Xia Lei paused.

“這……”夏雷欲言又止。

Sylvia continued, “Mr. Xia, I respect you but I have decided on this. It will be either they leave, or I go to the emba.s.sy.”

西爾維婭說道：“夏先生，我尊敬你，但這件事我已經決定了。要麼他們離開，要麼我去大使館。”

The translator translated Sylvia’s words to Ling Han.

翻譯將西爾維婭的話翻譯給了凌浩聽。

Ling Han was immediately enraged, “You want me gone? Miss Sylvia, are you somehow mistaken? What did I do wrong? I am helping you solve the problem! Even if I did do something wrong, you do not qualify to tell me to leave! Unless if you guys do not want to stay here anymore!”

凌浩頓時怒了，“要我走？西爾維婭小姐，你有沒有搞錯？我做錯了什麼？我在幫你解決問題！而就算我做錯了什麼，你也沒那個資格讓我離開！除非你們不想在這裡待下去了！”

This was already a warning.

這已經是一個警告了。

Xia Lei said, “Brother Ling, calm down. Why make such a big deal out of something small? Moreover, no matter how big of a situation it is, we cannot let the German members leave.”

夏雷說道：“凌哥，你別激動，一件小事你何必鬧那麼大呢。再說了，就算天大的事，也不能讓德方的人員離開吧。”

Ling Han threatened that if the German party continued to make trouble, it would end this exchange but Xia Lei stepped out and said that no matter what happened the Germans cannot leave. This was obviously helping the Germans and relieving their pressure.

凌浩恐嚇德方人員再鬧下去會結束這次技術交易，可夏雷卻站出來說天大的事都不能讓德方的人員離開。這顯然是在給德方的人撐腰，給德方的人緩解壓力了。

Ling Han stared at Xia Lei. He was not stupid. Things have progressed so far, he had already understood a good 70 to 80% of it.

凌浩冷冷地看着夏雷。他不是傻瓜，事情發展到現在，他已經明白了七七八八了。

Xia Lei did not care how Ling Han felt at all. He also did not care if Ling Han knew that he played the role of the manipulator behind the scene of all this. Actually, he would not be able to hide it even if he wanted to because tomorrow Fan Fan would come to the Thunder Horse Military Factory to accept the responsibility for this technology exchange. By then how would Ling Han not understand that it was he who caused his misfortune.

夏雷一點都不在乎凌浩的感受，他也不在乎凌浩知道他在這件事裡面扮演着幕後主使的角色。其實這事想瞞也是瞞不住的，因爲明天凡凡就會來雷馬軍工廠接受負責這次技術交易。那個時候，凌浩還能不明白是他陰了他嗎？

So what if you understand? I do not care!

明白就明白，老子不在乎！

Back then, when Ling Han and Yu Shanhe cooperated to deceive him, he had already not regarded Ling Han as his friend anymore!

當初，凌浩合着餘山河來坑他的時候，他就已經沒把凌浩當成是他的朋友了！

Now that Xia Lei had expressed his standpoint, Connell Bridge no longer hesitated, "Mr. Ling, I think that it is going to far that you are aiding with your man. Since Miss Sylvia has made her decision, then I will respect it. I will now give our amba.s.sador a call. The amba.s.sador Phillip will negotiate with your side to let them a.s.sign someone else over.

夏雷這樣一表態，康納橋再沒有顧忌，他冷笑了一聲，“凌先生，我覺得你偏袒你的人有些過分了。既然西爾維婭小姐已經做出了決定，那麼我尊重西爾維婭小姐的決定。我現在就給我們大使館打電話，菲利普大使會與你方交涉，讓他們重新派人過來。”

There was nothing more to be talked about.

這事已經沒有商量的餘地了。

Ling Han faced Xia Lei. He smiled, "Xia Lei, my good brother, thank you for pleading for me."

凌浩看着夏雷，忽然咧嘴笑了，“夏雷啊，我的好兄弟，多謝你剛纔爲我說話了。”

Xia Lei sighed, "We're brothers, do not mention it. It is regretful that I was not able to help."

夏雷嘆了一口氣，“你我兄弟說這些幹什麼？我沒幫上忙，心裡挺過意不去的。”

"Xia Lei!" Song Baicheng pointed at Xia Lei's nose and spoke in fury, "Stop acting, are you going to act like you were not in behind this!"

“夏雷！”宋百成忽然指着夏雷的鼻子，憤怒地道：“你少在這裡裝模作樣了，你敢說這件事你沒搞鬼！”

Xia Lei shrugged his shoulders, "It seems that you show no repentance for your behavior. Why not just let the Germans take you to court?"

夏雷聳了一下肩，“看來你還是不思悔改，要不，還是讓德國人把你送上法庭得了。”

"You…" Song Baicheng was unable to answer.

“你……”宋百成頓時焉氣了。

"Have you not embarra.s.sed yourself enough? Leave!" hollered Ling Han.

“你還嫌不夠丟人嗎？滾！”凌浩怒斥道。

Song Baicheng glared at Xia Lei and turned and left.

宋百成恨恨地盯了夏雷一眼，轉身就走。

Ling Han looked at Xia Lei again, “Brother, must you do this?”

凌浩又看着夏雷，“兄弟，真要這麼做嗎？”

Xia Lei looked as if he had been wronged, "Brother Ling, do you also believe that I am behind this? If that is what you really think, then I also have nothing to say. Do as you guys please. Now I will take me leave."

夏雷一臉委屈的樣子，“凌哥，難道你也認爲這件事是我在搗鬼嗎？如果你是這樣認爲的話，那我也無話可說了。你們愛這麼搞就怎麼搞吧。失陪了。”

Ling Han’s lips moved but he did not say anything. His eyes were extremely cold.

凌浩的嘴脣動了一下，但什麼都沒說。他的眼神冷得可怕。