Mu Feng entered grandfather Mu Cheng’s chamber. He found Mu Lin’s dead body on the floor. Blood dripping out from her mouth. Grandfather Mu Chen was on the bed unconscious. Two female bodyguards were there. They were talking to Mu Liang. Also, there was another man with Mu Liang that Mu Feng has never seen before.
Mu Feng directly asked about Mu Lin’s death, “Was it poison?” He didn’t care about the unknown person right now.
Mu Liang replied, “Yes, she killed herself by eating a cyanide pill right in front of me.”
When the female bodyguard opened the door for him, he entered the chamber. He thought that his grandparents were in their bedroom. Walking towards the bedroom door, he didn’t knock before entering and was shocked to see Carlo hovering over Mu Lin on the floor while his hand was gripping her neck and Mu Cheng was lying on the bed. Mu Lin was saying something to Carlo as he forcefully grabbed her neck tighter. He was using his power to make her speak. But when Mu Liang came, Carlo got distracted and Mu Lin took the chance and bit down on the cyanide pill that was inside her mouth and died instantly.
Unbeknown to the female bodyguard who was guarding the couple outside the door, Carlo entered the room and attacked Mu Lin and Mu Cheng. The bodyguard continued to not notice the happenings inside the bedroom. When the bodyguard entered the bedroom with Mu Liang, she nearly shot Carlo who was uninvitedly hovering over Mu Lin’s dead body. Mu Liang commanded her not to shoot. The bodyguard was puzzled by this but obeyed.
Mu Liang instructed Mu Feng, “Take care of grandmother’s dead body.”
“…Um… that’s not your grandmother. She is an imposter.” Al came out of nowhere and declared.
Mu Liang and Mu Feng glanced at him. They didn’t know how to react to this sudden new development in the plot.
Mu Feng got over his astonishment and asked, “What do you mean by that? Where is our grandmother then?”
Al answered while rubbing off the dirt from his clothes, “Your real grandmother was killed by this imposter long before your parents got married. Her body was buried in your grandfather’s flower garden. Irony? Or cruelty? I’m not sure. But to think your grandfather watered his garden and walked by there every day without even knowing that his beloved wife was buried there and that he living with another woman… This sure is scary.”
When Al found the dead body, he let Carlo know telepathically. Carlo also told him what he found out from the Mu Lin impersonator. She told him how she easily killed the real Mu Lin after got plastic surgery to look like her and took over her position.
Mu Feng grabbed Al by his shoulders. “Do you know what you are saying?!” He roared. He couldn’t believe that person he spent all this time with wasn’t his real grandmother but an imposter, a fake.
Al calmly said, “I left the dead body in its grave after finding it. You can take it to get an autopsy if you want. There isn’t much left though.”
Mu Feng’s expression twisted. “Who are you people?”
Al smiled and scratched his head. “Ah, did you not know? I was recruited by first young master. I’m first young mistress’s assistant.”
Carlo frowned. “Do you think this is the time to laugh?”
Al flinched. “Ah.. no….” He looked confused and a little sad as if he was wronged. He looked completely innocent.
The Cobra members must have taken acting lessons when they became a part of the team.
Mu Feng glanced at both of The Cobra members doubtfully before talking to his brother, “I’m going to the garden.” After that, he glanced at the female bodyguards and commanded, “Follow me.”
“Yes, sir!” They said in unison and followed him out of the room.
Mu Liang was left alone with two Cobra members. He asked Carlo, “What did you find out about this imposter?”
Carlo sat down on the sofa and explained, “Al found a couple of bugs in every room of this castle, so we sent one of them to our comrade. Then he called us to let us know what he had found…”
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An hour before…
Shintaro called and told his three comrades, “…This is bad. You should capture the person who planted these bugs as soon as possible. The one who did it isn’t the enemy of the Mu boy’s mother but The Mongoose.”
“What?!” Altan, Carlo and Osiris exclaimed in unison.
The Mongoose were The Cobra’s sworn enemy. They were at each other’s throats since the very beginning when their teams were formed. Their animosity was unavoidable as they both thrived for power. However, one team used it for good reasons, the other one used it for bad reasons. If they tried to kill Jing Sheng and Mu Lan, then their real target could only be Mu Lan.
Osiris put his right hand under his chin. He commented, “If that’s the case, Jing Sheng is only a scapegoat. Their real target is my baby.”
“But for them to enter the Mu Household, before the kid and the Mu boy got together, there’s something fishy about it.” Carlo spoke.
Al said, “Maybe their target is the powerful Mu Family, however since kid entered the household, they recognized her and found her as a threat and that’s why they wanted to eliminate her.” He was in deep thought. “But how did they recognize her?”
The Cobra has never let their identity be known. If the two teams ever came face to face by accident, they would have covered their faces. Not even their team leader would have any idea who the other person was. However, if they had powers like Juan, and could see into the future or power like Carlo who could read minds, they would know.
The Mongoose discovering Mu Lan’s face could be the worst thing that has ever happened to The Cobra.
“What are we going to do now? Their whole team might know the kid’s face.” Carlo solemnly spoke.
