178 The Pieces 1 (2/2)

”Wait!” Ming Tian suddenly cried out to cut through Sylvia's thought. He pointed his finger at her computer screen and urged her to go back to the picture that she had clicked through several seconds ago.

Sylvia did as she was told even though she had no idea what Ming Tian had seen. Then again, while the man had questionable moral, it was undeniable that he had the eye for news. It was how he had managed to stay at the papers for so long even though he was just coasting all through his career. He had done just enough so he would not get fired but not enough to get noticed for promotion. That was why even though he was technically a senior to Sylvia, he had the same job post as her.

”This one!” Ming Tian called for her to stop. ”Why do you have this picture? Where did you take it and what's the story behind it?”

Sylvia looked at the picture on screen and she was at a loss for words. If not for this assignment, she would have completely forgotten about this picture. It was the one she shared with her mother, the one her mother asked her to hold.

Sylvia quickly got over her initial surprise and she explained to Ming Tian, ”That's a picture I took outside of Lee Mu's apartment. At the time, we suspected he was in a relationship with the girl because as you see in the picture, she was captured paying him a secret midnight visit...”

At this point, Sylvia stopped abruptly because something did not add up in her mind.

During her interview with Lee Mu, the man had already confirmed he was in a steady relationship with his agent, Zao Ming since he was assigned to the man to be managed. In that case, Lee Mu wouldn't have been in a relationship with the girl in the picture, so what was she doing there at Lee Mu's place so late at night? Was there another reason that she did not wish to be seen?

Sylvia looked closer at the picture and she caught many other details that she did not pay attention to at the time because she already had a fixed preconception in her mind, one that was supported by her mother.

Now that she viewed the picture with a new eye, details started to surface. Details like the backpack that the girl placed in the seat beside her had something poking out of it. It looked suspiciously like Sylvia's own tool of trade, a camera.

'Why would she be there with a camera? Wait a minute... The picture used to blackmail Lee Mu and Zao Ming was taken outside of their apartment... Does this mean...'

Interrupting her thought, Ming Tian said, ”Actually, I do have a story of my mine with regards to the girl in the picture. She has approached me quite some time ago to write a slanderous piece on your mother...” His voice trailed off, dampened by shame and guilt.

”What?!” Sylvia turned around in her chair to face Ming Tian. ”What are you talking about?”