474 Drained (1/2)

Some of Jin Liwei and Lu Zihao's subordinates stood by the door and in other strategic points of the library office. They stood like statues in their positions and made sure that nobody disturbed their employers.

Dom and Clover weren't in the library office. The siblings accompanied Little Jun in Clover's bedroom. The poor child was already asleep. However, it was a very fretful sleep. Droplets of tears escaped from the corner of his closed eyes. He also whimpered now and then.

As for Wei Lan, Iris didn't allow her to join them at the library office. Iris felt annoyed by her nonstop complaining and scolding of Jiang Ying Yue. Wei Lan didn't mind because she found an audience for her rants from the younger maids.

At the moment, Iris also felt very annoyed at Jiang Ying Yue. She agreed with Wei Lan calling Jiang Ying Yue a ”stupid girl”. Actually, Iris knew that Jiang Ying Yue let Long Hui go. Ketchup reported everything that was happening in the unit to her and Jin Liwei in real time while they were on their way to the condo building.

If Iris instructed Ketchup to do so, the virtual white cat would have locked Long Hui inside the building, not allowing him to escape even when Jiang Ying Yue and Jin Liwei's subordinates had already let him go. However, Iris didn't do it.

Why?

First, it was because she respected her friend's decision.

Second, she wanted Jiang Ying Yue to realize that Long Hui wouldn't appreciate her kindness and compassion tonight. Iris was sure that Long Hui would retaliate soon. Jiang Ying Yue needed to experience the full brunt of Long Hui's true colours, so that she could finally toss away any of her remaining tender feelings for him.

Third, it wasn't smart to detain Long Hui. He might start accusing them of unlawful detention and use it against them in public.

And fourth, they needed Long Hui to be foolish enough to retaliate on his own, so that they could gather more evidence against him to aid Jiang Ying Yue.

Iris thought of the first and second reasons, but Jin Liwei was the one who advised her about the third and fourth reasons. He was more well-versed in the country's laws than her.

Lu Zihao also followed them on a separate car. He already knew about Ketchup and was very impressed. He was so impressed that he requested for Iris to make a separate version for his own personal use. Iris hadn't agreed yet, though. She had to think about it very carefully first. After all, Ketchup wasn't some simple software that she could give to her big brother like candy. The cat AI was basically a virtual baby hacker that was growing at an incredible rate. It was like having another Drakon—less experienced and not as skilled for now, but had the potential to become extremely formidable in the future.

By this time, Iris was already aware that Ketchup was evolving into something even more amazing than what she first expected. That was why she was being very careful in nurturing the virtual white cat. She didn't want her baby to be used for nefarious means (except by her and her darling, of course).

Back to the present, the heavy atmosphere was interrupted by Lu Zihao's smooth, devilish voice.

”Little sister, my subordinates are tailing that son of a bitch right now. Why don't I order them to…teach him a lesson? Nothing too serious, don't worry. We'll leave a limb or two intact,” he said in light tone that sounded like he was joking but also serious at the same time.

Jiang Ying Yue shivered, including some of the Jin Liwei's newly hired subordinates who hadn't experienced enough tempering yet.

”N-no, please…” Jiang Ying Yue said in a small voice.