After Sister Xu left, Xin Yuclambered out of the tub to grab a towel to pull it around herself.
“Well, that went swimmingly,” Se Cai said ashe came up for air.
Xin Yu fixed him a laser sharpstare.
“You better explain yourself quicklyor I swear you’re in for a world of pain!”
She warned as she rubbed theclaw marks that was on her calf.
“Get dressed because we need toget out of here. Sister Xu intends to mean you harm!”
Se Cai blurted. This was theinformation he got from reading Xu Jin Feng’s mind.
The mercenary did have a partnerand it was none other than Xu Jin Feng!
Thankfully, Se Cai wasaccompanying Xin Yu or she wouldn’t have a chance to escape their convolutedtrap!
“What? Sister Xu has alwaystreated me like her daughter, how could she…”
Xin Yu retorted disbelievingly.
“Well, think about this. YourLexus is a high quality piece of vehicle, I bet this is the first time it hasbroken down. Who other than yourself could tamper with it?”
Se Cai continued calmly, “And whenyou called for her, she arrived to fetch us in less than 5 minutes. Xin Yu, wewere in the middle of nowhere, how could she know where to find us so fast?Lastly, can you remember which side of the road the limo came from?”
“She came from the northern sideof the road…”
Her voice petered to a whisperas she started to accept the uncomfortable truth.
Jin Feng, if she truly was atthe house when Xin Yu called should have arrived from the southern side of theroad. This was because XY Residence was at the southern part of town.
“Sister Xu has been a.s.sistingfather since the very beginning. I suspect she has gotten dissatisfied of hercurrent position…”
Now that Se Cai thought back tohis interaction with Jin Feng everything started to fall into place.
2000000 RMB was a huge amount ofmoney but it was only a drop in the ocean when compared to Xuan Wu Group’stotal funds. The fact that Xin Yu’s father only trusted Jin Feng with such asmall amount of his total account showed friction between the two parties.
Then again, he might not haverealized Jin Feng’s festering enmity towards him since he was willing to leavehis daughter in her care.
In any case, Jin Feng’s plan wasto share the ransom money with the mercenary. Xin Yu’s ransom could easilyreach into the billions. Se Cai had seen people killed for far less. Xin Yu’slife was worth more than that for Chang Seng’s enemies, it was the perfect chancefor Jin Feng to bank in, to take back what Chang Seng had owed her over allthose years.
“So, what do we do now?”
After hearing the evidencepresented by Se Cai, Xin Yu asked worriedly.
He had become her soleconfidant, the only person whom she could trust implicitly.
“Listen to me, here’s the plan…”
A man who wore a black jacketpaced impatiently around the second floor indoor courtyard. The place was XinYu’s personal garden. It was filled with potted flowers that she liked andcared for daily. She would spend hours tr.i.m.m.i.n.g and watering her plants butthat day it was occupied by an incongruous presence.
“What took you so long?”
The man demanded as anotherfigure arrived at the courtyard.
“I had to check up on her. Don’tworry she’s still in there. This garden stands in the middle of the route toand from Zhang Xin Yu’s bedroom. She won’t be able to go anywhere withoutpa.s.sing through here.”
Jin Feng twirled a dagger in herdelicate fingers. It glinted dangerously in the moonlight. She added in adeliberate drawl, “Remember, you’re a driver a.s.signed by the Old Master tofetch her to a safe place. Be careful to not raise any suspicions. We’rerelatively safe within this residential area but there’s an army garrisonnearby so don’t create any unnecessary trouble! After everything’s completed,you’ll get 30 percent of the profit!”
The man frowned, “50 or no deal.”
Jin Feng shook her head and saidsmilingly, “I would have gladly given your people half but your man couldn’teven take care of a common reporter. Luckily I reacted quickly or he would haveexposed our ident.i.ty!”
“That is our boss’ terms, I’mjust the messenger.”
The man continued with an emptyexpression, “But, a word of advice, all this will go up in smokes if we fail tokidnap the girl.”
“You know what, you’re right. I’llgo check on her again.”
Jin Feng didn’t want to dawdle anymorewith a mere lackey so she left for Xin Yu’s bedroom.
The bedroom was unlit and didn’tseem to be occupied. The only noise was the curtain that flapped in the windfrom the open balcony window.
With increasing nervousness, JinFeng rushed to the bathroom and of course, it was empty.
“The girl must have seen throughme somehow and ran!”
Jin Feng followed a series ofwet footsteps to the open balcony. She leaned over and saw a pink color bedsheet fluttering in the wind.
“d.a.m.n, Zhang Xin Yu saw throughour ruse and escaped. She still should be around the area, get the car!”
Jin Feng hollered at the manwaiting in the courtyard. Both of them rushed downstairs.
After some time, rustlings couldbe heard coming from the closet.
“Do you think your trick work?Are they gone?”
Xin Yu whispered in the dark.
“They should be gone by now butthere are still people inside the house. It’s hard to tell whether they are JinFeng’s people or not.”
The closet was not big to beginwith but with Xin Yu’s ludicrous amount of clothing, there was barely s.p.a.ce forone person to stand much less 2. Se Cai was basically breathing into Xin Yu’sface when he talked.
The close proximity discomfitedhim. And what made it worse was that she was only wearing a towel.
Xin Yu felt Se Cai’s breathingand sidled away from him even though there was literally no s.p.a.ce left for herto retreat.
“You… s.e.x maniac!”
Se Cai grimaced. He addedawkwardly.
“It’s your fault for designingsuch a small closet. The rest of your room is so big, why allocate such asmall s.p.a.ce as the closet?”
Refusing to stay in the sames.p.a.ce as Se Cai anymore, Xin Yu shoved open the closet and tumbled out into theopen.
Her movement was so sudden andbig that it caused the knot on her towel to unravel.
“Ah… Look away!”
She howled as she grabbed arandom piece of clothing from the closet.