Chapter 396 - Means Nothing To Him (1/2)
Elizabeth and Jo were on the way to board their plan when Elizabeth's attention was suddenly caught by someone. She hastily went to that person causing Jo to wonder as to why she suddenly runs off.
”Jackie!”
She grabs hold of the woman whom she thought was Jackie. But as the woman turned to face her, it startled her to see a different person.
”Can I help you?” The woman asked.
”I'm sorry; I thought you were someone I know,” Elizabeth replied embarrassedly.
”No worries.” The woman smiled as she headed her way.
Elizabeth bid the woman and as she was about to turn around, her face turned so red again when she saw Jo looking curiously at her with a meaningful smile.
”Don't ask!” She spoke in such a stretch manner.
”Chill…” Jo waved his hands and added, ”Anyway, who was that?”
”I told you not to ask!”
Elizabeth walked away with a heavy heart as she headed to the boarding gate. She really thought the person could be Jackie. Since the day she made her decision to find answers for herself, she has not heard from Jackie at all and has been worried about her.
”Jackie, where are you?”
…
Meanwhile, somewhere on the western side of the world, Elder Lord Knightley stormed inside his son's office that was being occupied by Lord Knightley and his subordinates.
”What is the meaning of this?” Elder Lord Knightley roared like a lion from the information he just received.
”What's wrong?” Lord Knightley asked emotionlessly showing no care to his father's concerns.
”Why didn't you tell me we were able to track Liz this whole time?” He went closer to his son who continues to busy himself with the paper works. Seeing his son was not answering him, he turned to the Winston and the rest of the subordinates. ”Why didn't you inform me?”
Winston shook his head worriedly from the look Elder Lord Knightley expressing towards them, but before he could answer, Elder Shou, step in and answered for them. ”Elder Lord, you were too busy and you left the country.”
”I was…” Elder Lord Knightley couldn't raise another word when he recalled what Elder Shou mentioned was true. He was too busy searching for the girl that he too has forgotten about the tracking system. ”Boy, what are you doing still doing all this nonsense paperwork? Is work more important than your daughter?”
”She's fine.” Lord Knightley raised his head for a moment to answer his father.
”Why you?! Do you even worry about your daughter? She is somewhere in the air and I don't even know where she is heading and who she's with. I heard that that the Western Org even broke the code and tried to harm Liz yet here you are not doing anything.”
Instead of answering his father, he pulled out one of the doc.u.ments and handed it to Winston to hand over to his father.
”What's this?” Elder Lord Knightley was dumbfounded as to why he suddenly received one of the ridiculous paperwork. As he read through what it was written, his eyes widen in shock from what it stated. ”What have you done?”
”They dare lay their hand on my daughter.” Lord Knightley's cold and hostile tone brought a shiver down everyone's spine.
”Must you really do this? If you do this it will affect the business market. You are declaring war with almost everyone in the Western Org. Most of them are in the underground society. Even with the help of the Zhao family, surely, this is a big risk.” Elder Lord Knightly explained.
”No worries, the underground society won't be able to lay their hand on me.”
”Boy, have you gone mad?”
”Elder Lord, don't worry, rest assured that everything will run smooth and it won't affect us at all.” Elder Shou interrupted to put a halt between the two.
”Elder Shou, you are my son's teacher, I know you know that if he does this he is challenging the world. Two of the people on the list are among the top richest people in the world. They are known to be richer than us. Plus, they have a strong connection with the underground society. If he does this, it will also affect the reputation of our family.”
”Don't worry Elder Lord; I'm sure he won't let anything happen to his in-laws.” Elder Shou responded.
”What do you mean?” Elder Lord Knightley was bewildered to what Elder Shou was trying to imply.
”The girl is now making her move to recover her memory, I'm sure, and he too will soon make his move to recover her. Most of the underground society might know who she is, but they are unaware of whom she in yet…”
”You mean the old man?”
”Precisely.”
”Does he really care for Lizzy?”
”Who knows Elder Lord, all I can say is the old man is also making his move. There will be a battle within two societies. But only those on top will be aware of it and its result.”
”Elder Shou, I just wish to end this now, I want to see my granddaughter, why are you not retrieving her yet when you already know of her location.”
”In regards to that, it's best you speak with the master.” Elder Shou spoke and prompted everyone in the room to leave.
As everyone left the room, Elder Lord Knightley was left all alone with his son and directly asked: ”Why aren't you retrieving her.”
”I want her to recover her memory.”
”What? Why? If you wish to do that, then bring her home and call Petrovich.”
Lord Knightley put down what he was doing and looked at his father. ”No, she needs to recover them and find out who she is.”
”What do you mean? She is your daughter, the heiress of the Knightley family, what more can she be?”
”Sadly, that not all who she is, she is to be the bride of someone and is to replay the life she was given.”
”So, you're telling me you wish for her to recover such horrible memory as well.”
”I dare not, but I have no choice, I have less than 2 months left, soon, the old man will come for her and I have no power to stop him from taking her away from him.”
”Boy, tell me, have you still have no clue of who this man is?”
Lord Knightley shook his head desperately.
”Then let's hope Lizzy will regain her memory and find a solution to all these problems. But I fear she will no longer be the same, Lizzy.”
”I fear that as well.”
Unexpectedly, the conversation between father and son was interrupted when someone came knocking at the door.