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Zhou Jingren sat on the only chair next to Bei Tian’s bed. He stared at his sleeping cousin before he sighed. So far, no examination showed that Bei Tian had some sort of illness or virus. Aside from the small needle mark on his spine, there is no other sign that he had been injected with something.
He recalled Harringfort’s angry tone as he walked out of the living room. Everything about it is off. From his tone to the way, his voice changed. It was as if… he was talking to a different person. Moreover, he said that he already injected Bei Tian with something. Is it possible that he already injected him even before the bet? Was he planning to use Bei Tian when he saw how much Zhou Jingren cared for his cousin who had been with him since he was a baby?
Zhou Jingren’s face turned serious. Bei Tian is undeniably one of the two people that he would trust with his life. He was a cousin, yet he had long considered him as his brother. He is someone very dear to him. Seeing him suffer because of something like this is making Zhou Jingren rage with pure anger.
The small knock on the door interrupted his stupor. “President, the madam just called. She is asking when we are going to leave the Mainland to go back to Hongkong.”
“Is mother already with Lily?”
Secretary Go nodded in response.
“Alright. Tell her we are leaving in an hour.” He already arranged for Bei Tian to go and stay with his father while waiting for the test results. They already prepared a separate house for him to stay with. Then he would go to Hongkong and stay with Zhou Jingren, Lily, and Qin Yuanfeng.
“How about the Inagawa’s?” Secretary Go asked. They had been planning on dealing with the Inagawa’s and their small army. Would Bei Tian’s situation affect their initial plan?
“We will still deal with them. After Bei Tian’s test comes back, we will start the operation in destroying the Inagawa’s ties with the black market in Japan. “That is the only thing left that could support them. Without it, the Inagawa’s or the Su’s would contact whoever it is that is helping them recover. However, after what happened tonight, Zhou Jingren already had his initial suspicions about this whole thing. “Also… give Lily everything that we have against the Li’s.” As much as possible he would want to make Lily busy.
After what happened last night, Zhou Jingren is wary and confused about this entire Order of the Spectre. First and foremost, there is no trace of the organization anywhere. No news, no social media posts, and no traces on the dark web. Of course, he already expected this result. However, this could only mean that these people can indeed hide from the eyes of the world.
Second, Qin Yuanfeng didn’t really manage to see anything. Everything about the area last night seemed blurry from the satellite. All CCTV’s near the area were either disabled, broken, or blurry. Third, the signal on the phone was another issue. Harringfort obviously shut it down and turned it on, then shut it down again in a couple of seconds. This means that they have something that could control this, and if his guess was right, it was not just some signal jammer. Everything seemed so perfectly planned.
It was executed perfectly that Zhou Jingren did not notice anything amiss when he was still outside of the house. He only felt that something was wrong the moment he already walked inside.
Third, was the money. Harringfort had five hundred million with him. A man who walks around with that amount of cash is not something that one could underestimate. Then there is the fact that he threatened Bei Tian with something that would not show any signs in the next seven months.
He could not seem to fathom this last thing. It was because he hasn’t heard of anything like that in the medical field. Zhou Jingren could only conclude two things from this. Either that man is bluffing, as he wanted Zhou Jingren to show up six months from now. Or… someone is going to help them hide the symptoms and give Bei Tian and antidote every now and then to hide whatever it is that is inside him.
And that could only mean one thing.
This person needed to be next to Bei Tian all the time. In this state, Zhou Jingren would not just let anyone near Bei Tian. So, that person must have the ability to get close to Bie Tian without raising suspicions from anyone. Meaning… it is a person that is close to them.
Meaning…. A traitor.
He clenched his jaw and rose from his seat, his eyes straight towards Bei Tian’s face. He had long suspected that someone is a traitor. However, he had no way to confirm this since he basically doesn’t know who his enemy was. However, his knowledge of this organization just changed everything.
A powerful organization that maintains the status quo of the world. Anyone that is greedy would never bat an eyelid in becoming a member of this organization. But Zhou Jingren is different. To him, something like this screams chaos and danger. Memories of what happened to Lily earlier this year because of his enemy resurfaced in his mind. He could not allow something like that to happen again. He could not endanger Lily again.
However, at the same time, he clearly remembered Harringfort saying that he never had a choice about the matter. And that there was no recruitment. There is only when he would start working with these people. That statement automatically makes this Organization more dangerous.
An organization that does not take NO for an answer that claims to be powerful enough to stop a country from dominating the world is not something to be taken lightly. For a few more minutes, Zhou Jingren turned silent as he shoved his hands into his pockets. “Let’s go.” He said to Secretary Go. “We are going home.” Both his and his father’s men are making sure that Bei Tian is safe. Now, all he needs to do is make sure that his life, his Lily safe.
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