Chapter 772 - Who Is It? (2/2)
”Oh,” said Xiao Li. ”Then you should go ahead. They must be sleeping now so be careful.”
Xin Zimen silently stared at his son for a while before asking directly, ”What are you hiding behind your back?”
Xiao Li stiffened for a moment before saying, ”If I say it's my report card, it won't make sense now, would it?”
Xin Zimen continued to stare him down, ”Are you trying to be funny right now? Xiao Li tried to avoid his eyes. ”And since you're trying to be funny that means you're definitely hiding something. What is it?”
Xiao Li closed his eyes and cursed under his breath, ”It's nothing, dad.”
”Xiao Li...” Xin Zimen's voice was dangerously low. ”Are you really gonna be like this?”
Xiao Li was in a dilemma, ”Dad, I do want to tell you everything. I promise I do. But there is always something I can't bring myself to tell you.”
”I wonder why is that?” questioned Xin Zimen.
”It's because I don't want to hurt you,” answered Xiao Li matter-of-factly. ”As your elder son, I also need to care about my father.”
”So just so don't you hurt me, you're willing to lie to me and deceive me? Don't you think that's more hurtful?”
”Dad, you can't say it like that,” said Xiao Li.
”Then show me what's behind your back.” Xin Zimen extended his hand urging him to give up whatever he was hiding.
”Dad, not now,” pleaded Xiao Li. ”As soon as everything is under my control, I'll show it to you. But not now.”
”If you just show it to me, I can help you,” said Xin Zimen. ”I don't need my son to protect me from anything. Protecting is my job. I'm the father here. Don't try to act like my father.”
”I wouldn't dare,” was Xiao Li's response. He hesitated for a long moment before he put everything in front of his father. Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click /book/imperfect-desires_14488421705519105/who-is-it_50883911084984792 for visiting.
Xin Zimen picked up the doc.u.ments but didn't understand what was he supposed to see in there. Then he picked up the recorder and pressed the play button. A feminine voice rang out, ”I don't care how much you need. Just hire me the best mercenaries. I want her dead at any cost! My uncle would have arranged for tight security. So, make a better plan and make sure she doesn't come out of that hospital alive!”
When the recording ended, Xin Zimen's knuckles had turned white from how hard he held the edge of the table before him. ”Is this whom I'm thinking of?”
”Yes,” answered Xiao Li.
”Where is she?” questioned Xin Zimen.
”She'd be taking a flight to Capital soon.” Seeing how Xin Zimen stood up in a hurry, he added, ”Dad, you don't have to do anything. I won't let her leave. My subordinates will not let her leave.”
”Make sure to bring me with you,” said Xin Zimen in a stern tone. ”And don't try to deceive me again.”
”Yes, dad!”