Chapter 141 - Lied (1/2)

Alexander caught a glimpse of a black van with tinted windows on his way out of the hospital. He recognized the license plate and was glad that he stabbed himself earlier in the hallway. He limped to the van and the window rolled down.

A man around sixty years old sat by the window that rolled down and said, ”Where is she?”

”She escaped.” He lied to the man's face while hiding the nervousness inside of him. Alexander could feel a tinglish sensation similar to ants crawling up his legs and biting him along the way as he made eye contact with him.

”Are you sure she's not in there? If I send my men in there, are you sure that they won't find traces of her anywhere?” The old man showed doubt in Alexander's response.

”I'm sure. Even if you send your guards up there, there will be nothing but an emptied room.” His voice was filled with certainty, but truthfully speaking, his hands were trembling. He had to squeeze his wound to speak with such assurance.

”Very well. Accept your punishment when we get back for failing this mission.” The old man turned his head and rolled up the window. Before the window had closed entirely, Alexander heard another man's voice from the back of the car. His sharp sight caught the man's face, 'Yin Zin Leung..'

After the van had left, Alexander decided to personally investigate Yin Zin Leung and his motives. ”How did he manage to connect with Leader Rong?” On the spot, he typed in his notes app on his phone:

Date: 2/27/2020

Progress: Yin Zin Leung is also a suspect. What is his relation to Leader Rong? Why were they together? What was that Project from many years ago and why does Leader Rong want to find Yin, Susu? Were those weird underground tunnels the current location for the laboratories? Related to Xu family's disappearance over night?

After typing his inquiries and findings, he called it a night and locked up the notes. Once he clicked save, the notes disappeared and was delivered to his hidden app. Over the years, nobody had figured out his notes.

Although he was still afraid of heading back to the headquarters to accept his fifty whips as punishment for letting Ariana go, it was inevitable. He could only hope that Ariana is lucky enough next time to knock down her opponent because after this failed mission, it would be unlikely that he would be chosen again for the next task.

- Susu's Hospital room-

The girls sighed in relief when they saw Ariana. They heard some lock picking noises and was prepared for their jump.

”Ariana! Are you alright?!” The girls ran over to inspect her from head to toe. She giggled and hugged them both, ”I'm fine. The person is gone.”

”Who was it? Did you fight? We heard some noises, but you told us not to peek so we didn't dare go near that door.” Lily squeezed Ariana's hand.

Giving her a tight squeeze back, Ariana said, ”He was a passerby. No biggie. We need to be more careful from now on, though.”

Suddenly, the door was barged open by Lin Que, Zi Yan and Professor Luo Xia. They were on top of one another; forming a straight line.

”A..Are you girls..okay?” They asked at the same time.

The girls helped each of them settle down first before hearing Ariana's explanation of what had happened.