Chapter 255 - Five years ago (2/2)

Yan Mei narrowed her eyes at him, ”Are you keeping something from me?” she asked Lei Zhao, her husband shaking his head as he tried his best to convince Yan Mei to believe him even though he is lying.

He only wanted to protect her and not worry her since she is also facing her internal struggles.

”I'm not,” Lei Zhao flatly said, giving Yan Mei another kiss, this time on the lips. ”Now rest. I would take a shower and make final calls so my attention would be yours only.”

”Oh...” Yan Mei yawned, no longer masking how tired she was from the trip that they had. ”Alright, then. If you need help or whatever, don't hesitate to,” another yawn came from her once more, ”wake me up...”

In an instant, Yan Mei fell into slumber. Lei Zhao smiled as he kissed her on the top of her head, then he proceeded to shower as he waited for his secretary Ye Xing to arrive.

***

Ye Xing used Lei Zhao's private helicopter after driving to the helipad. In just one and a half hours, he arrived on the island, already informing Lei Zhao that he is already on his way to meet him.

”Mr. Lei,” Ye Xing said, checking his watch to look at the time. It was already 10 in the evening. ”Shall I come to the island villa, or should I wait for you outside?”

Upon hearing that Lei Zhao expected him in the villa, Ye Xing unconsciously nodded.

”I'll be right there, Mr. Lei.”

Ye Xing ended the call and had quickly made his way to the island's villa. The moment he knocked on the door, Lei Zhao immediately opened the door, inviting his secretary inside.

”Thank you for coming as soon as you can,” Lei Zhao said, his secretary giving him a small bow as a greeting.

The two men made way to the villa's veranda, with the pen drive and the laptop on hand. Ye Xing then put the folder on the table. It contained the little information he found out during his investigation.

”I want you to watch this video,” Lei Zhao said, opening his laptop and immediately playing the video in the pen drive.

The two focused on the video once more. The moment the video showed the two women, Ye Xing's eyes widened in shock when he saw the younger woman.

”M-Mr. Lei Zhao,” he called out his attention, his shock making his boss pause the video.

”What's wrong?” Lei Zhao asked, Ye Xing already opening the folder to reveal a picture of the young woman in the video.

”This woman--she is the same as the one in the video,” he said, Lei Zhao, comparing the two. His eyes also widened when he saw the resemblance, the two looking at each other in consternation and, at the same time, amazement.

”So this was what you investigated so far?” Lei Zhao asked, Ye Xing, nodding to answer his question.

”I found out that this woman in the picture is Mrs. Lei's best friend. Now that I saw this video, I could say that the woman in this picture is the same and that she is involved in this.”

Lei Zhao was silent for a while. He leaned on the table, his hand on his chin as he started to ponder what he will do next.

”To get to the bottom of this, we should talk to the people involved,” he mumbled, but it was enough for Ye Xing to understand.

”What should we do next, Mr. Lei?” he asked, feeling motivated to connect the pieces now that they have more clues.

Lei Zhao was silent for a while. He heaved a small smile as he looked at the night sky above them, thinking of what to do next.

If Shadow did not give him the pen drive, they might not get enough evidence for the issue at hand. Now that they have--even though this is the slightest clue, it was enough for them to continue the investigation.

It was also that at this moment, that Lei Zhao realized that they should talk to the people involved to get the information that they needed.

”I want you to arrange an appointment with Wang Lu. Make him come to this island in secret, and make sure to do something about my wife so she would not know about this.”

Even Ye Xing was surprised to hear this. He somehow knew that Wang Lu was Yan Mei's ex-husband--why would he want to invite him here in a honeymoon?

But he is but a secretary--and he would have to follow the orders of his boss.

”Understood,” Ye Xing said, standing up at the same time. ”I will arrange a spa day for Mrs. Lei tomorrow and would have to arrange a location where you could freely talk with Mr. Wang Lu.”

Satisfied with what he heard, Lei Zhao nodded, signaling Ye Xing for him to carry on with what they have talked about.

'Now we're getting closer to understand the bottom of this,' Lei Zhao thought, light passing through his eyes as he looked at the sky. 'I'll finally end this and protect my wife.'