Mu Lan felt like laughing in disbelief. "You are almost saying that Li Shen"s younger brother Li Sheng already knew that Mu Lin was an imposter."
The three men said nothing.
Mu Lan frowned. "That"s impossible! That will make Li Sheng is a part of our enemy!" She meant that Li Sheng would be the part of the Mongoose.
Luo Yicheng warned her, "Don"t forget that the one who created the poison was the Chinese military."
"So, you are saying, Chinese military, Chinese mafia and they are grouping together. How patriotic!" By "they" she meant The Mongoose. Since Mu Liang was with them, she avoided mentioning it like the rest of them. She bit her lower lip and began to chew it.
Juan saw it and said, "You don"t have to think about it. All you will do is to go there and take the gold key and come back safely and soundly. You will not look for trouble. You will not poke your nose into something that is none of your business. You will not do something dangerous other than taking gold key."
Mu Lan rubbed her cheeks. "The more you are saying "will not", the more I want to do it."
"I won"t hear any excuses, little one." Juan pampered her the most. However, he was strict when it was needed. That"s why Mu Lan was slightly obedient to him.
Before she could reply, Mu Liang asked, "Is she not going with you?"
"She is not." Juan truthfully answered. Since Mu Liang was her husband, he had a right to know.
Mu Liang slowly shook his head. "There is no way I will let her-"
"We can"t go with her because of our enemy. They wanted to make her a killer machine. I think you already knew that she was an experimental tool in a laboratory in j.a.pan. If they find out that they girl they lost years ago is her, they will do their best to take her away. And we cannot overpower them in their territory. Little one will simply go to China and bring the gold key. Only after that she will get her father back."
Mu Liang didn"t know many things yet. He asked, "Doesn"t that gold key lead to the treasure? What does it have to do with Xiao Lan"s father?"
s.h.i.+ntaro replied, "That"s everyone thinks. Because they think it"s treasure, they are after the gold key. The gold key leads to our headquarters where Ryuren is resting for several years. I"m sure Li Sheng knows about it too. If he had the gold key, he would definitely come after us with our enemy. However, he didn"t. That means, the key is with Li Sheng"s older brother Li Shen. While Li Sheng didn"t tell his older brother about the value of the gold key, Li Shen didn"t tell his younger brother about the gold key in his custody. Their brotherhood relations.h.i.+p is the worst. When there is no trust, there is no relations.h.i.+p." Saying that, he took a large bite on the chicken drumstick.
Mu Liang also had the same thoughts about the gold key. He wanted to know more but s.h.i.+ntaro amazingly turned the whole conversation to the different side. That"s why he also changed the topic and talked about his main concern, "That"s not I"m worried about. Is it okay to leave her alone in China? At least one of you will be there to protect her if anything goes wrong."
Lou Yicheng patiently described, "I will be there for my own mission and she will be on her own. It will only hinder her if we tag alone. She has the ability to go and do her job. The more people will accompany her, the easier target she will become. Also, our enemy cannot be underestimated. Once they find out she is our weakness and the gold key is in their territory, it will be a disaster. Our target is to open the gate before Ryuren wakes up. We are not looking for war right now. We must not let them find out Xiao Lan is Ryuren"s daughter and the whole family is alive. After we hide Ryuren and his family, we will fight them."
Mu Liang silently chew his food. Though his heart wasn"t in it, he had to agree as Luo Yicheng was correct.
Mu Lan stopped eating and said, "Hold on, I want to take part of it. I"m one of you!"
Juan said, "Focus on your family. Do you want them to face danger because of your selfishness?"
She bit her lower lip again. She wanted to go too. They were going on a circle. Juan did inform her about the whole situation, but her heart still wanted to fight beside them. What was family for? When one of the members was in danger, the others would come to help him. Now she knew why these daddies of hers had no family members.
After dinner, s.h.i.+ntaro gave her a small device. "It is a communication device. This one is made of plastic. Security scanner won"t find it inside you and guards will think it"s a cheap toy. With this you can contact any one of us anytime. But use it only when you are in danger and you have no way out. Don"t forget to keep it with you all the time."
Mu Lan tilted her head. "Even if I go to the toilet?"
s.h.i.+ntaro shrugged. "We won"t be able to see anything anyway. What are you afraid of? If you turn on the switch, only then we will hear if you are p.o.o.ping or farting."
"Gross!" Mu Lan twisted her face.
s.h.i.+ntaro didn"t heed to her disgust. He took out a small bottle and continued, "And Pedro gave me an antidote. If you were drugged, it may affect your consciousness, but it won"t harm your body. I think he thought of it since the last time you were in China. That poison almost killed you. if it wasn"t for your special blood and old geezer Lu"s prescribed medicine, you would be long dead. I"ll inject the antidote and then inform Pedro. It will make him less worried."
Mu Lan shook her head. "Pedro is such a busybody."
s.h.i.+ntaro pinched her left cheek. "You are the busybody here, making us all worried."