Chapter 41 - Truth draws closer (2/2)

”President...” Heng Bingwen sounded upset.

”What is it?”

”I've already sent the video to that celebrity and made the transaction. Now even if I ask him to stop, it'll be useless. The video will get out one way or another”

”Alright, don't fret. It's not a big deal”

Sorry, sister Lanfen. I tried.

After instructing him a few more things, Jing Lihua hung up and called Mei Xiu.

”President?”, the sound of paper shuffling appeared from the other end. Jing Lihua wanted to berate her for being more loyal to her grandfather than her, but noticing she was still working behind her presence, Jing Lihua relented.

”About the lists, I asked you to check... what is your progress?”

”I just finished the lists”, Mei Xiu said as she placed the phone on the other side of her head and placed the stack of files in the cupboard.

”President, there were only four people that had ended up in the hospital for the last six months. One of them was an old man who had cancer. So it could not be related to any sort of poison. The second and third ones had common gastritis. To confirm it, I even checked for the hospital records. Indeed, it was gastritis and they were soon recovered. None of those three belonged to any powerful family and they had suffered from these three months ago. At that time half of the chef crew was different. And the fourth one...”

”The fourth one?”

”The fourth one is you, President”