Time rewind back to the moment Yue Ling and Liu Shan step foot inside Fang Fabrics. In the distance away, Lu Tian had returned to Lu Corps after learning the news about Grandfather Ji.
*Ding
The private elevator door slides open at the highest floor level of Lu Corps. Lu Tian's almighty figures exits and head in the direction of his office.
"Boss! Wait for me!"
His hand had only touched the door handle when Xu Long's voice calls out to him from behind. He doesn't turn to look at the man but opens the door and enters.
However, despite doing this, he didn't close the door and left it ajar for his assistant.
"Speak."
His deep and domineering voice sounds when he heard Xu Long's footsteps enter the room. He strides to his desk and removes his coat and suit jacket before sitting down.
Xu Long had only closed the door to the room before hearing his boss's words. In one hand was a file folder as he raise his other hand to scratch the side of his head.
"How did it go with Grandfather Ji? Is everything alright on his side?"
He had been curious and worried about the old man. Even he was surprised to see his boss rush out of the company. After waiting long enough, he wanted to call and ask. However, he was also hesitant. A part of him wanted to know, but the other part him was afraid of knowing.
Lu Tian sat behind his desk and tilt his head back to rest his mind. When he drove from Imperial Military Hospital to Lu Corps, his mind was flooded with millions of thoughts. Especially towards his wife.
He inhales sharply and looks at his assistant. Able to read the man's expression, he sits up and shakes his head.
"It's nothing. Grandfather Ji wasn't feeling well, so Uncle Zhong took him to the hospital."
He could only partially lie to his assistant. He had already given his word to the old man, so he cannot tell anyone. Even if the person is his most trusty subordinate. As it is not his place to do so.
Xu Long narrow his eyes trying to read his boss. As Lu Tian's assistant of many years, he could sense that the aloof man was acting a little suspicious.
However, he quickly shakes the thought away as he knows the man will never lie about anything. Or so he thought.
Lu Tian doesn't want to speak of the topic anymore and glance down at the file folder in Xu Long's hand.
It was the same folder the assistant had brought in before he left to find Grandfather Ji.
"Report."
Hearing that one word, Xu Long comes to his senses again and looks down at the folder. He takes a few big steps forward until he stood in front of the desk that separated him and his boss.
"I did what you asked me to do and gathered the information on Chief Kim's people."
He held the folder out with both hands and place it down on the desk. Taking a small step back, he purse his lip then looks at Lu Tian.
"However, it's quite abnormal. There was only a small amount of details I was able to find."
His brows scrunch together, and he looks down at the folder again. His boss had ordered him to look into Chief Kim's three men from City Z, but everything he dug up was like trying to solve a mystery puzzle that had a missing piece.
"It's like, whoever they are, Chief Kim doesn't want anyone to know about them and has all their files locked away."
He spoke his thoughts and looks up back Lu Tian.
"I was still able to get my hands on a few things."
Listening to Xu Long's report, Lu Tian also furrow his brows. He stares down at the file folder on his desk for a long second then reach for it.
If its to the point that even Xu Long could not find much information, it can only mean these three men are part of Chief Kim's special unit. As his own information working for the government has been locked away leaving only a minimal detail of his business career.
Holding the folder in his hands, he opens it and looks at the information gathered. However, to his astonishment, there were only a total of three pages with a few words.
"This is all?"
He asks as his eyes scans the pages one by one. Each page wasn't of much, but it did contain a little detail about the people. However, the section that should have been where a person's photo is, is left blank.
Liu Shan force a sarcastic chuckle and scratch the side of his head with his index finger.
"Yea... I had to do some massive illegal hacking to find that information."
Moving his hand to the front of his face, he then scratch the tip of his nose.
"Before I could find more, the page I was on was wiped clean by a bug."
When he was looking into the three men, he had called to ask Chief Kim, since his boss is the one taking the fall if anything goes wrong. However, the middle-aged man only told him that the names were confidential.
Thus, this led him to a dead end on that part.
Thinking that it isn't fair to his boss, he decided to do something very bad.
And that was hacking into City Z's law enforcement data system.
It was a difficult task, but he managed to sneak in without being notice. Of course, that wasn't until he entered the confidential area. From what he could tell, there was a list of files locked away about specific people.
However, before the other side was able to notice him, he quickly tries his best to gather the small amount of information on the three men. When the data system suddenly self-deleted itself, he knew right away that they had detected him.
Of course, being the smart man that he is, he quickly left the data system and made sure to erase all his steps, so that nothing leads back to him.
Indifferent to his assistant, Lu Tian continues to read the information. When he came to the third and last page, his brows furrow when he saw something. He doesn't read any more and close the folder.
"This is enough information."
His suddenness brought Xu Long out from his own flashback. The assistant looks at him and pout his lip.
"Boss, that little information is enough? How?"
Xu Long was sure that the information didn't even have any of the men's photo let alone their name. So how can his boss say that it was enough?
Lu Tian set the folder down and stood up from the chair. Taking a cigarette out from the box on his desk, he walk over to the stand in front of the floor to ceiling window.
He lights the end of the cigarette and inhales a mouthful of the tobacco.
"I need you to find a person."
Xu Long's eyes and body follows Lu Tian's every move. He was puzzled about what is going on and decides to ask.
"Who?"
Lu Tian inhales another mouthful of tobacco then smoothly blows it out. He stood facing the window with eyes gazing down onto the busy street below.
His eyes slowly flutter like time had slow down before his lips part and his deep voice resonated in the room.
"Qin Jun."