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Elsewhere before leaving to pick up Zero. Yuze seems to be in the fog looking for a billion dollars to redeem Zero from Sembo. Yuze asks his mother for help to borrow money. However, Yuze's request was immediately rejected because he was in debt and had not paid him once.

Yuze also tried to ask Grandma, but the old woman initially refused on the grounds that she was still punished. Cannot get monthly money before three months expire his sentence.

"Grandmother, the money I borrowed to redeem Luna's child. The person who adopted the child wanted to charge a billion dollars in exchange. After that, I can bring her here," Yuze said.

"If the child is indeed Luna's child, why bring her here? Just ask for a DNA sample and prove that he is Luna's son. No need to make up for it let alone bring the child here" replied Clara.

"But, Auntie. Alvin wouldn't have divorced Luna if the boy hadn't been taken. With that child, I'm sure Alvin will rethink not to make Luna his wife again. The boy was just used as bait to have them split up Auntie." Yuze reassures Grandma Alma and Clara.

"It doesn't matter Yuze. After all, our family relationship with Hideon is coming to an end. They have been deceiving and not telling the truth from the beginning" said Clara.

"Well, I'm just afraid Auntie and Grandma won't believe that I brought the original sample. Unless I bring the child directly," Yuze said again.

Considering Yuze's words, the woman finally gave her the amount of money she asked for. Alma's grandmother also said that she wanted to see the child directly.

"Whoever is the father of the child. Bring the child here" Grandma Alma ordered.

After nodding and earning some money, Yuze immediately went to say goodbye and met Lily who was already waiting outside.

"Have you got the money from Grandma?" ask Lily.

"No, Grandma Alma won't give it to me" Yuze replied lyingly.

Before they set off, Lily held Yuze's hand first. "Wait Yuze! Looks like I can't take you to pick up the kid. My back still hurts from the fall" Lily said, holding her back.

"All right, let me pick him up myself. But, I don't have the money to redeem the boy yet. Do you still have any money left, Lily?" ask Yuze. He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to rake in money from various parties.

Lily took a slow breath. He was not surprised because surely this problem will lead to money. Before Yuze asked, even Lily had already provided far away.

"Don't worry. How much money did Sembo ask for?" ask Lily.

"One billion, he's asking for a billion right now when we meet him. After that I was allowed to pick up the boy" Yuze said.

Not much to ask, Lily immediately took a suitcase of money and gave it to Yuze. He was convinced that Sembo would want money in cash rather than money transferred.

"The number is not less than one billion. Quickly pick up the boy and do a DNA test immediately after finding him," Lily said before Yuze left.

"Thank you, Lily. If we manage to get Alvin off the main heirs list. I promise to divide the two fairly" Yuze said before he left.

Lily just nodded slowly, she believed that Yuze would not lie and would halve the results later. After Yuze gets the money, then the two split up.

***

Elsewhere in a hotel. Before meeting Yuze, Sembo also contacts Hideon and asks for a ransom for Zero. The amount was the same as what he had asked Yuze for a billion. Sembo accidentally extorts the money of the two of them, telling the two of them to tell Zero whereabouts entrusted to a village.

^^^"Alright I'll get people to send the money. Now tell me, where are you now?" ask Hideon on the phone.^^^

^^^"All right," Hideon answered on the phone. ^^^

Afterwards, Sembo hung up the phone when his wife said Yuze was waiting in the hotel lobby. Sembo doesn't know that Alvin's men are still watching him there. Still monitoring every movement of Sembo from outside the room.

"Where is Yuze?" ask Sembo to his wife.

"He was waiting at the front cafe, fast the way," Mrs Sembo said.

"The windfall, we get two streams of funds at once. After this, Hideon's men will deliver the ransom" Sembo said.

"You are smart my husband. But what if they protest later?" ask Mrs Sembo again.

Sembo could only smile, "Ha, ha, let it go. After all, the money was only exchanged with Zero's whereabouts. The rest, they're looking for themselves."

Madam Sembo endlessly praised her husband's cunning wits. He had already imagined how much money he would earn today. After getting out of the elevator, they walked towards the cafe. Yuze was sitting waiting for them.

"Young Master, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting," Madam Sembo said in pleasantries.

"It doesn't matter, where's the kid?"

"We will inform you of the whereabouts of the child. As long as we have ...." Sembo just glanced at the suitcase with a smile.

The expression of the two made Yuze understand. Yuze instantly opened the suitcase filled with piles of money. Yuze instantly showed in front of Sembo's eyes straight away.

"The amount is at your request, Mr. Sembo. If you agree immediately inform where the child is now," Yuze said before handing over the money to Mrs Sembo.

"Eum, of course, sir. This is the address where Zero lives now, not far from here." Mrs Sembo immediately pulled the suitcase, exchanging it for a paper.

"Alright, remember that if you lie to me, I don't hesitate to make calculations with you guys" Yuze said threateningly.

After Yuze's departure, Sembo and his wife were thrilled and in a hurry to get out and spend the money to have a splash outside. However, Sembo did not expect when he was about to come out, a man dressed in a black suit pulled his hand and put a gun on him.

"Now tell me, where did you hide the boy? Otherwise, I'll shoot you in the head right now," said Jo, he's Alvin's bodyguard who was purposely assigned to follow Sembo.

Sembo and his wife were flabbergasted. Mrs Sembo could not scream for help for fear that her husband might be shot. Instead of him being shot dead, Sembo finally gave the address where Zero lived for free.

"The boy is not with us, please let me go" Sembo said in fear.

"Thank you, I'll kill you if this address is fake" Jo said.

I think he got what he was looking for. Jo's assistant immediately ran away. He immediately looks for a safe place to contact Alvin, telling him where Zero's specific address lives.

"Great work! I'm going fast to that place right now" Alvin said, then drove his car to the countryside of Miwa's house.