David Thompson let out a soft sigh, then said in a low voice, “That Grace Bennett was never really in any trouble, you don’t need to worry about her. As for Eric Palmer, if he committed a crime, then he’ll get the punishment he deserves.”

“Thank you, Uncle Thompson.”

David Thompson patted Brian Carter on the shoulder and said quietly, “Let me say one last thing: no matter where you are in the future, no matter what you do, never forget that you are Chinese.”

Brian Carter’s expression grew serious as well. He put away his playful smile and said solemnly, “Don’t worry, I will never forget that I am Chinese.”

David Thompson gave Brian Carter’s shoulder two more firm pats, then nodded to the young man beside him, silently opened the door, and walked out.

“Come with me.”

After leading Brian Carter out of the interrogation room and all the way to the police station entrance, the young man who came with David Thompson spoke to Brian Carter very politely: “You’re free now. That Grace Bennett will be out soon. You can wait for her here, or you can leave. I have some things to take care of, so goodbye.”

“Goodbye, and thanks, man.”

Watching the young man walk back into the police station, Brian Carter really couldn’t decide whether to wait for Grace Bennett to come out. But thinking about Grace Bennett’s long legs, he figured it wouldn’t hurt to wait a bit.

Soon, in about ten minutes, Grace Bennett came out together with a slightly chubby young man.

Grace Bennett looked upset, and the Little David beside her looked even worse.

“Come on, sis, I was counting on that car to pick up girls, and now look, you just crashed it.”

“Just get it fixed.”

“Oh, so you’re paying for it?”

“What about insurance?”

“Insurance is too expensive, I only got the mandatory liability.”

“You… I’ll pay for the repairs, now shut up!”

“It’s not about the money. I have a date tomorrow, what am I supposed to drive now? And if your mom finds out you crashed my car and tells my mom, I…”

The two of them kept talking as they walked over. When they finally saw Brian Carter, Grace Bennett immediately looked surprised and said, “I was just asking about you inside, the police said you were already out. How did you get out so fast?”

Brian Carter smiled and said, “It was never really about me, just a few words and it was all cleared up.”

The Little David looked at him curiously and said, “No way, man. With how fast you were going, you should’ve been detained for at least ten days or half a month, right? So, you got connections? Man, your connections must be strong. This whole thing is probably going to make the news, and you still got out?”

Brian Carter did have strong connections, but since he was being exiled abroad and could never come back, no matter what, David Thompson couldn’t just watch him get detained for half a month before leaving.

Chapter 6: Transformation

With his relationship with David Thompson, Brian Carter definitely couldn’t say a word about it. Just as he was thinking up a lie to cover it up, Grace Bennett nudged the Little David with her elbow, then carefully asked Brian Carter, “What about your driver’s license…”

“Oh, my license got revoked.”

Grace Bennett immediately looked apologetic and said in a low voice, “I’m sorry, I’ll pay you. Little David, lend me ten thousand yuan—no, make it thirty thousand.”

The Little David exclaimed in surprise, “What the hell! You crashed my car and now you want to borrow money from me?”

Grace Bennett turned her head, lowered her voice, and said through gritted teeth, “It’s not like I won’t pay you back! Hurry up! Transfer the money on your phone, give it to him now!”

Brian Carter waved his hand with a smile and said, “Forget it, I don’t need that ten thousand. You don’t need to borrow any money.”

Grace Bennett looked at Brian Carter in surprise and said, “Why not? I made you lose your license, I should compensate you. I’ll give you thirty thousand, or you can name your price.”

Brian Carter laughed and said, “It’s fine, I was short on cash a while ago, but now I’m not. As for the license, I won’t need it anymore anyway, so it doesn’t matter.”

Little David immediately gave a thumbs up and said cheerfully, “Man, you’re generous!”

Grace Bennett shot an annoyed glare at the Little David beside her, then looked at Brian Carter and asked, “Why won’t you need your license?”

“I’m going abroad. A Chinese license is useless there, I’ll just get a new one.”

“Abroad? Which country?”

“Probably the UK.”

“I’m studying in the UK! Yeah, you probably noticed earlier, I’m at Trinity College, but I’m about to graduate and go back to the US.”

“Oh, really? Haha, what a coincidence.”

Brian Carter smiled sincerely. Even though he already knew about Grace Bennett’s situation, this wasn’t something he could brag about.

Grace Bennett took out her phone and said, “Let’s exchange numbers. Also, I’ll definitely pay you back. Whatever we agreed on, that’s what it’ll be.”

Right now, Brian Carter really wasn’t short on money. Since he was going abroad, he’d have to sell his car anyway, and his car was worth quite a bit. It cost over a million yuan new, and he’d put another half a million into modifications. Even if he had to sell it quickly, he could get at least a million for it. So whether Grace Bennett gave him ten thousand or thirty thousand, it really didn’t matter to him.