An Eye for News Chapter 27
After Sister Xu left, Xin Yu
clambered out of the tub to grab a towel to pull it around herself.
“Well, that went swimmingly,” Se Cai said as
he came up for air.
Xin Yu fixed him a laser sharp
stare.
“You better explain yourself quickly
or I swear you’re in for a world of pain!”
She warned as she rubbed the
claw marks that was on her calf.
“Get dressed because we need to
get out of here. Sister Xu intends to mean you harm!”
Se Cai blurted. This was the
information he got from reading Xu Jin Feng’s mind.
The mercenary did have a partner
and it was none other than Xu Jin Feng!
Thankfully, Se Cai was
accompanying Xin Yu or she wouldn’t have a chance to escape their convoluted
trap!
“What? Sister Xu has always
treated me like her daughter, how could she…”
Xin Yu retorted disbelievingly.
“Well, think about this. Your
Lexus is a high quality piece of vehicle, I bet this is the first time it has
broken down. Who other than yourself could tamper with it?”
Se Cai continued calmly, “And when
you called for her, she arrived to fetch us in less than 5 minutes. Xin Yu, we
were in the middle of nowhere, how could she know where to find us so fast?
Lastly, can you remember which side of the road the limo came from?”
“She came from the northern side
of the road…”
Her voice petered to a whisper
as she started to accept the uncomfortable truth.
Jin Feng, if she truly was at
the house when Xin Yu called should have arrived from the southern side of the
road. This was because XY Residence was at the southern part of town.
“Sister Xu has been a.s.sisting
father since the very beginning. I suspect she has gotten dissatisfied of her
current position…”
Now that Se Cai thought back to
his interaction with Jin Feng everything started to fall into place.
2000000 RMB was a huge amount of
money but it was only a drop in the ocean when compared to Xuan Wu Group’s
total funds. The fact that Xin Yu’s father only trusted Jin Feng with such a
small amount of his total account showed friction between the two parties.
Then again, he might not have
realized Jin Feng’s festering enmity towards him since he was willing to leave
his daughter in her care.
In any case, Jin Feng’s plan was
to share the ransom money with the mercenary. Xin Yu’s ransom could easily
reach into the billions. Se Cai had seen people killed for far less. Xin Yu’s
life was worth more than that for Chang Seng’s enemies, it was the perfect chance
for Jin Feng to bank in, to take back what Chang Seng had owed her over all
those years.
“So, what do we do now?”
After hearing the evidence
presented by Se Cai, Xin Yu asked worriedly.
He had become her sole
confidant, the only person whom she could trust implicitly.
“Listen to me, here’s the plan…”
A man who wore a black jacket
paced impatiently around the second floor indoor courtyard. The place was Xin
Yu’s personal garden. It was filled with potted flowers that she liked and
cared for daily. She would spend hours tr.i.m.m.i.n.g and watering her plants but
that day it was occupied by an incongruous presence.
“What took you so long?”
The man demanded as another
figure arrived at the courtyard.
“I had to check up on her. Don’t
worry she’s still in there. This garden stands in the middle of the route to
and from Zhang Xin Yu’s bedroom. She won’t be able to go anywhere without
pa.s.sing through here.”
Jin Feng twirled a dagger in her
delicate fingers. It glinted dangerously in the moonlight. She added in a
deliberate drawl, “Remember, you’re a driver a.s.signed by the Old Master to
fetch her to a safe place. Be careful to not raise any suspicions. We’re
relatively safe within this residential area but there’s an army garrison
nearby so don’t create any unnecessary trouble! After everything’s completed,
you’ll get 30 percent of the profit!”
The man frowned, “50 or no deal.”
Jin Feng shook her head and said
smilingly, “I would have gladly given your people half but your man couldn’t
even take care of a common reporter. Luckily I reacted quickly or he would have
exposed our ident.i.ty!”
“That is our boss’ terms, I’m
just the messenger.”
The man continued with an empty
expression, “But, a word of advice, all this will go up in smokes if we fail to
kidnap the girl.”
“You know what, you’re right. I’ll
go check on her again.”
Jin Feng didn’t want to dawdle anymore
with a mere lackey so she left for Xin Yu’s bedroom.
The bedroom was unlit and didn’t
seem to be occupied. The only noise was the curtain that flapped in the wind
from the open balcony window.
With increasing nervousness, Jin
Feng rushed to the bathroom and of course, it was empty.
“The girl must have seen through
me somehow and ran!”
Jin Feng followed a series of
wet footsteps to the open balcony. She leaned over and saw a pink color bed
sheet fluttering in the wind.
“d.a.m.n, Zhang Xin Yu saw through
our ruse and escaped. She still should be around the area, get the car!”
Jin Feng hollered at the man
waiting in the courtyard. Both of them rushed downstairs.
After some time, rustlings could
be heard coming from the closet.
“Do you think your trick work?
Are they gone?”
Xin Yu whispered in the dark.
“They should be gone by now but
there are still people inside the house. It’s hard to tell whether they are Jin
Feng’s people or not.”
The closet was not big to begin
with but with Xin Yu’s ludicrous amount of clothing, there was barely s.p.a.ce for
one person to stand much less 2. Se Cai was basically breathing into Xin Yu’s
face when he talked.
The close proximity discomfited
him. And what made it worse was that she was only wearing a towel.
Xin Yu felt Se Cai’s breathing
and sidled away from him even though there was literally no s.p.a.ce left for her
to retreat.
“You… s.e.x maniac!”
Se Cai grimaced. He added
awkwardly.
“It’s your fault for designing
such a small closet. The rest of your room is so big, why allocate such a
small s.p.a.ce as the closet?”
Refusing to stay in the same
s.p.a.ce as Se Cai anymore, Xin Yu shoved open the closet and tumbled out into the
open.
Her movement was so sudden and
big that it caused the knot on her towel to unravel.
“Ah… Look away!”
She howled as she grabbed a
random piece of clothing from the closet.