The Killer Queen ( Noella Briony ) novel Chapter 450

"It’s like they've lost someone from their own family!"

And not just anyone, but the head of the household, Tristan!

How come they're all acting so cool about it?!

"Tristan was your father, right? Since he was, it's only natural for you to come and claim his body. If you don't, we'll have to treat him as an unidentified corpse and cremate him with the others!"

Ulrich: "He's my dad, sure, but there's probably a dozen Tristans in the country. How can you be sure this one's him?"

The other party quickly recited Tristan’s social security number.

"After checking, we've confirmed this is indeed your biological father."

"Oh, then just ditch him."

The other party: "What?!"

Ditch him? Where exactly?

The Schnabel family must be joking!

Even a con artist would be shocked at this point!

Are these people seriously ill?!

Isn't this the time for tears and mourning?

"This is your biological father we're talking about..."

Ulrich raised an eyebrow, "Everyone dies eventually. Don’t be sad, your time will come too."

The police officer was totally taken aback.

"Why would I be sad? He's not my father!"

"Exactly, not your dad. So what's the fuss? Just dump him anywhere!"

Ulrich said, ready to hang up without leaving any room for further discussion.

The other party was clearly panicking!

"Wait a minute! We can arrange to send him back to you, but you’d need to cover some expenses."

"How much?"

"Five million dollars."

Ulrich immediately shook his head: "Five hundred Vietnamese dong, maybe. My dad's not worth that much! Just find some place to dump him, goodbye!"

With that, Ulrich hung up the phone.

Malvina was almost dying of laughter!

All her fears had evaporated, replaced by tears of mirth.

"I didn’t know you were such a scammer yourself. Five hundred dong isn’t even a cent. You're gonna give those scammers a heart attack!"

Real Tristan frowned: "Five million dollars. Am I really worth so little?"

Noella laughed: "Dad, they wanted to use that as a pretext to get our bank account details, and then drain it through illegal means."

Tristan stroked his chin.

"So they're after the money?"

"If they could've fooled us into paying, it would've been a bonus. Intimidating the Schnabel family and landing a fatal blow, while also making some cash on the side. All part of the plan."

It made the entire Schnabel family view this as a mere telecom scam, trivializing the whole episode!

Wealthy families often feel embarrassed by falling for scams and usually keep it to themselves.

Knowing this, groups that target wealthy families are not uncommon!

Tristan: "Losing money is one thing, but spreading rumors of my death? That's downright ominous."

Sienna piped up, "I got a message too, saying mom was seriously ill and needed money."

Tristan: "Should I send it to the underworld?"

His mother had passed away years ago, and Ashlyn, that stepmom of his, was barely hanging on as it was!

"It'd be more believable to say my dad was dying. Let me see... And now there are messages saying my daughter needs tutoring fees?"

Tristan was dumbfounded!

Noella: "Using my name to ask for money from my parents is easy, but there's a flaw in their plan. If my parents had sent money to the account provided, their personal information would've been compromised."