When Lena woke up the next morning, as Kris told her last night, he was gone already with Becca. He left her a note, saying that people will come later on in the afternoon to upgrade the security system.
Lena was hoping to spend the day with Kris, but she guessed she can go out and do some of her own productive things today instead. She ate a small breakfast and then head out.
Kris dropped Becca off at the safe house in the city and then immediately drove to the Li mansion. He was not even parked when Madam Li was already outside so early in the morning, waiting for him.
Kris got out of his car and Madam Li rushed to him.
"So... am I going to hear good news soon?" Madam Li grinned.
Kris did not smile at all. Instead, to Madam Li, he looked angry.
"What...? Did something not work out? Did... did you not satisfy her? Mother can help you with that." She added.
"Mother would hear wedding bells and babies crying faster if people would stop interferring." Kris spoke.
"Who is? Are your grandparents bother you again?"
Kris walked inside as Madam Li followed him into the living room. He sat down on the main sofa and stared at his mother. "No, it"s Becca."
"Becca?"
"Did you know she broke into my house? Pointed a gun at Lena... I don"t think I need to tell you what would happen if anything harms Lena. All the hard work I did with her the night before would have gone to waste. Who knows? Maybe she is carrying your grandson right now?"
Kris knew that it had just been two days and Lena was on birth controls, but if just mentioning grandkids would make his mother think more logically, then he"ll play that card.
"Where is Becca now?" Madam Li was displeased too.
"I sent her to the safe house in the city. She"s already terminated from me. I haven"t done anything to her since I thought I would come and inform you first. After all, I know you took care of her after her parents died."
Kris stood up from the sofa. "But let me express it only once to you, mother, if Becca comes near Lena again the same way she did yesterday, I would not care if she was your real daughter or not. I hope you can deal with her appropriately if not, your son knows several ways on how to discipline people."
Madam Li had taken in Becca when her parents died. Becca was the granddaughter of her uncle, from the w.a.n.g family. No one wanted to take Becca in but since Madam Li did not have many children and with her ongoing struggle with Kris during that time, she took Becca in.
One could say Becca grew up with Kris when he was recovering... but to Kris, the woman was just air. Any woman was air. Madam Li guessed that after all this time, the girl had gone rogue.
"What about Ace?" Madam Li pointed out.
Kris was walking out but he stopped and turned around to look at Madam Li. "What about him? He said he came back to protect his sister-in-law... well I guess he too, needs to choose between his sister-in-law or the girl he loved. A real test on his trust and motive."
Kris turned around again and walked out to his car. He has much to do yet.
After Kris left, Madam Li made a call.
"Yes, Madam?" A voice answered.
"Where are you now?"
"I am at the Old Li Mansion."
"Why are you there?"
"I am not sure... Miss. Shen came out early to the mansion this morning. I just follow her as you instruct."
"Then you were with her yesterday night too?"
"Yes, Madam."
"Then what were you doing when a gun was pointed at her?" Madam Li raised her voice.
"The gun was not loaded. And the woman was just throwing a trap for Miss. Shen. I detected that the Miss was not in danger so I stayed in my position. Likewise, the Miss handled the situation herself pretty well. There was no need for me to interfere unless Madam wants me to in the future."
"No. What you a.s.sessed was correct. I don"t want you to move out unless she is in real danger."
"Would Madam like me to watch Miss. Becca instead?"
"No. Kris has his people on her. She is a dead end... if she is no use to my son, then she is no use to me."
Madam Li ended the call after a few more words of exchange. Four sighed and put the phone back in his pocket. He took out his binoculars again, wondering what Lena was doing at the Old Li Mansion.
It was really hard to watch her when she was at Kris house. Four stationed himself in the tall building next to theirs instead. Last night, he was already alerted when he spotted the helicopter hovering over the building. He had his sniper rifle ready to eliminate the target, but once he realized and a.s.sessed the situation, he let Lena handled the rest.
Lena looked like a pretty woman, but she had her own hidden strength. After all, people say never judge a book by its cover.
Lena did not stay long in the Old Li Mansion. She came out after 20 minutes or so. Four went back to his car and followed Lena, wherever she was going next.
After 30 minutes of driving, Lena stopped at a paintball arena. James walked out and greeted Lena.
"Are you sure this is what you want to do?" James asked Lena, walking her inside.
"Yep. I need to shoot someone and I can"t do that with a real gun."
"So.. you"re just going to shoot me instead?" James shuddered. His student has graduated... and her way of celebration was shooting the teacher... what did he even teach her to do?
Lena smiled and went to get ready for some paintball games.
After Kris was done speaking with his mother, he drove out to Area 2. When he arrived, Keso immediately greeted him.
"Where are they?"
"They are in the interrogation room. I"ll take you there." Keso replied, leading Kris to the room.
Kris opened the door and entered the room. Four men were sitting in the room.
"Boss!"
"Boss?" Kris scoffed. "Am I really your boss?"
"Boss! You"re the only boss we have!" They all shouted.
"Then tell me why you all helped Becca break into my home?"
"We---" One of them stuttered but did not continue.
"I understand that the lady is quite charming, it is her specialty to get into a man"s head hence why she was placed on her current mission. But two of you are married.... how did she make the both of you break protocols?" Kris" stern and aggressive voice demanded an answer.
"Boss!" One of the married men answered as he looked down on the floor, not daring to look straight into Kris" eyes. "Miss. Becca had always been close to you so when she told us what she wanted, we didn"t question her..."
"Close to me? When had she ever been close to me?!"
"Well... she... she was close with Brother Ace..."
"Ace? And where is he now?"
"...." All of the four men had no replies... they knew what happened to Ace.
"This is ridiculous. Seems like I have been gone too much that people think that I am too lenient lately..."
"Boss, we don"t ---" Before the man can finish his sentence, a gunshot was fired.
The other three men looked at the dead body and panicked. "Please, boss, we---"
Three more gunshots were heard. Kris threw the gun back to Keso and walked out of the room.
"Which team were they from?" Kris asked.
"Area 4."
"Tsk... she can"t break the men up here so she goes for the newest ones. A faulty on my part." Kris stopped his footsteps. "Have Lay go down to Area 4 and 5. I want a full inspection down there. And punish everyone"s salary from Area 4."
"Yes."
"And I also want you to inspect everything from Alpha and Beta Team. I don"t want this to be repeated again."
Keso nodded. "And what about the bodies?"
"Have Lay take them with him. Everyone should know that just because I have a woman beside me now, it doesn"t mean I am still not Kris Li."
"And what about Becca?"
"I feel like she is already digging her own grave. I don"t need to get my hand dirty for a woman like her." Kris lifted the left corner of his lips.