72 Great Escape - Part 1 (1/2)

”Good afternoon, Chief Warden, Counsellor. Thank you for coming.” When Wuxing opened the door, he spotted Chief Warden who was just about to knock on the doors again and a handsome and slim middle-aged man who Wuxing guessed was the promised lawyer. Wuxing greeting them both with a firm handshake and smiled like a kind host.

”Did something happen? You were not opening the doors for so long.” Chief nodded to him and asked, quite irritated for waiting this long but Wuxing simply smiled and blamed it on Dongmei, ”I'm sorry, Miss Guan was still in her nightgown when you guys knocked so she had to first choose her clothes before locking herself in the bathroom. We all know how slow girls can be when picking clothes, am I right? Hehe.”

Hearing Wuxing comment, it was the lawyer who laughed first and confirmed while showing off the ring of his finger, ”Haha, true, true. No problem. I have been through that so many times. We didn't wait for that long anyway. Shall we enter?”

”Yeah, let's not waste any more time.” Wuxing nodded with a calm smile and opened the doors further, looking like a proper gentleman, not some kind of prisoner. The lawyer naturally didn't mind, knowing he only had an hour of time before the ship will leave so he wanted to have this over as soon as possible and entered first, looking around the apartment.

Just as the Chief Warden wanted to enter too, Wuxing blocked his way and asked, ”Chief Warden, will you wait outside? We just need to sign some papers. It won't take long. I don't want anyone other than my lawyer to know my details. Does Counsellor mind?”

The lawyer shook his head, not believing anything would happen to him, knowing that even Miss Guan was friends with Wuxing and said indifferently, ”No, it's fine. I know the case so I believe I can trust Mr Li.” He also looked towards the bathroom and heard the running water of the shower, meaning the mysterious miss from the Guan Family was really there. The lawyer didn't mind prolonging their stay just to see her.

Wuxing saw that but didn't say anything and commented with respect, ”Naturally. My freedom depends on Counsellor efforts.”

The counsellor grinned, knowing that Wuxing was just being polite and humbly shrugged, ”I'm just here for formalities. I was already contacted by Guan Family. I know they have my back in this case so there shouldn't be any problems. Shall we start?”

As they both looked at the Chief Warden, waiting for his decision, he could only step back, knowing when he was welcomed and when he was not. If the lawyer was fine with that, he couldn't say anything to them and Chief Warden backed away, saying with a smile, ”I will wait here then.”

”Alright, it won't take long.” Wuxing only nodded before closing the doors, locking them. The lawyer thought it was weird but when Wuxing walked forward with open arms, showing him around, he lowered his guard and following him.

As they walked past the bathroom, the lawyer looked, maybe hoping to spot something, but the matt glass doors didn't show him anything, knowing Dongmei was at the shower hidden from the door's view.

”Stop.” Just as he was about to look back at Wuxing, he heard a cold order coming from the host and looked in front of him only to see a gun being pointed at him.

”If you start screaming, I will shot your head off. Don't worry, they won't hear you, this room is soundproof and I have a silencer as well.” Wuxing face wasn't smiling anymore and was exchanged with a calm stone wall, showing no emotions.

The lawyer was surprisingly calm and asked what everyone would in this situation, ”What do you want?” He already had a gun pointed at him before so it wasn't anything new. He knew that staying calm and collected is always the best solution in such situations.

”I won't kill you if you do everything I tell you.” Wuxing assured him before asking with a grin, ”Do you want to earn half a million today?” It was quite an unusual question from someone who was aiming his gun at you, but the lawyer understood that Wuxing wanted something so he nodded, asking back, ”What do you want me to do?”

Hearing the agreement, Wuxing threw Dongmei's phone at him and commanded, ”First input your account number on the receiver point. I will send you half a million right now so you behave nicely. Well, you don't have a choice. You can either work for me and earn money or work for me for free. I only need you for one day. What says you?”

The lawyer caught the phone, first looking at Wuxing and then at the phone, checking the contents on the screen, asking suspiciously, ”Nothing illegal?” The terms Wuxing presented him were naturaly too hard to believe so the lawyer didn't act rashly because of money. Half a Million was a lot of money even for him but he wouldn't go crazy over it.

Wuxing still heard the shower running so he knew he had some spare time before Dongmei leaves so he replied calmly, ”Nothing illegal. Actually, you will be the victim. You don't need to do anything, just stay here.” The lawyer could feel that Wuxing was getting impatient so he quickly put his account number on the phone and threw it back to him which Wuxing caught skillfully. He had no choice so he might as well benefit from that.

Confirming that everything was alright, Wuxing sent the money and they both heard a beep in lawyer pocket signalling he got the money. Without letting him check it, Wuxing put the phone away and finally started moving on with his plan, ”Smart choice, now listen to everything I say. Let's start with your clothes. Take off your suit, I will need it.”

The lawyer gave Wuxing a weird look but seeing the calmness on his face, he trusted him and complied, somehow finding Wuxing trustworthy. He didn't need to pay him, but he did, making it more like a deal than a threatening.

...….

At first, Dongmei wanted to quickly take a shower and then join Wuxing and his lawyer, listen to their chat but the more she stayed under the hot water, the more different thoughts started appearing in her mind. She was recalling Wuxing's behaviour today and found it really strange.

Not only was he staring more at her, looking at her more tenderly than before but he caressed her more, gave her more hugs, pats or kisses. This could be said about his last unexpected kiss in front of the closet which she still felt on her lips. She couldn't stop feeling as if the kiss was a goodbye.

What also made her wonder were his words which also led to that standpoint. Telling her to remember this kiss and that they will meet after some time made her now wonder if he really meant it. Did he plan to leave her for a much longer time than he told her?