Li Du took out his cell phone and called Bob. When Bob picked up the call, Li Du asked, "Do you know Blanchette? He said he is your buddy."
Bob, who was in Hobart with his son to treat his son's brain injury, listened to Li Du and quickly said, "Stay away from that b*stard. He's a jerk."
"What's the matter?" Li Du asked calmly.
After the initial indignity, he had now cooled down. He only had been robbed of $550,000. He could earn more than that in a day just harvesting black gold abalone.
"He's a sly bastard," Bob said.
"Why?"
"You helped me find my child, but he and I are enemies. I could not bear him deceiving people before, and I have exposed him a few times. Because of this, the two of us have fought in the mines!"
Li Du sighed. He asked about the child's situation out of courtesy, then hung up.