Only after a long moment of silence, Ai Lin pushed Lu Qi Feng away and separated themselves. Knowing her attempt to lie to him was a big failure, she became more awkward. She didn't know what to say anymore.
" I know you're hiding something from me but I won't force you if you don't want to tell me. I just want you to know that I'm always here for you. I will always be. So you don't have to force yourself lying to me. It's not suit you." Lu Qi Feng patted her head with a loving smile on his face. He knew Ai Lin was feeling guilty and the she began to felt awkward with him, but he didn't want that. He didn't want their relationship deteriorate because of misunderstanding.
For the first time today, Ai Lin lifted her head and locked her gaze with Lu Qi Feng. Her eyes showed obvious guilt she had. " I'm sorry."
" Hmmm.. If you're really sorry then you should come back home. Mom and dad are really worried about you and keep calling me at work asking for you. They almost turned the whole city upside down looking for you." Lu Qi Feng tried to ease the awkward situation by changing the topic. He knew Ai Lin had a soft spot for his parents.
Ai Lin fell silent after hearing the word 'home'. She knew Lu Qi Feng's parents really treated her as their own child and even wanted to adopt her to be their adopted daughter but she refused. She was only an orphan while they were a prestige family which held high identity in the eyes of the public. So did she deserve to be a part of their family? Of course not. She knew her place well. Thus, to call their home as her home, was it alright?
"We'll see." That's the only answer she could give for now.
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Somewhere else in a huge and luxurious office of the high rise building, Mu Zihan was busy attending the documents piling up on his desk. He read each document carefully before signing his name. At this moment, a series of knocks was heard and Secretary Lu entered.
" Have you find anything?" Mu Zihan stopped his work and began to divert his attention to Secretary Li who was just entered with an envelope in his hand.
" Yes, master. This time we discover important leads."
" Speak."
" It seems the perpetrator had been really careful in handling this matter and they deleted all cctv footage of Miss Tang that day. The last footage that recorded Miss Tang was at this city and not City T. However out team managed to retrieve some of it.
Miss Tang had been chased from suburb of City A until she reached City T and she started to be attacked at City T, not far from where we found her. And the people who attacked her was related to Ni Tao. However, for now we still unable to find his motive for attacking Miss Tang."
Mu ZIhan creased his brows listening to the finding. The assailants chased Ai Lin from City A until City T? It looked like Ai Lin was really their target that time. But what with Ni Tao? Although they didn't know each other but Ni Tao was a familiar figure in the business world. Thus, he heard about him before.
Ni Tao was from Ni family. They were not from this country, Country Z, where they resided now but Country M. The Ni family ranked number one in business world in Country M and top 3 in Asia. But why Ni Tao wanted Ai Lin's life? From his attack, it seemed he had a great enmity with Ai Lin, but why?
" What's the relationship between them? Does Ai Lin know him?"
" This is what makes it weirder. From our investigation Miss Tang never going abroad nor meet him in any occasions. Thus, we conclude that Miss Tang never know Ni Tao. But from the way Ni Tao dispatched his men to attack Miss Tang, it looks like he had a huge grudge against her."
The crease on Mu Zihan handsome face deepened. It's just as he thought. If Ni Tao really wanted to kill Ai Lin, it would be hard for her to protect herself since Ni Tao was not an ordinary person.
*Ring, ring*
Just at that time, Secretary Lu's phone vibrated and rang loudly. He looked at Mu Zihan asking for permission and when Mu Zihan nodded did he answered his phone.
However, Mu Zihan was still in a deep thinking. He really couldn't relate all the dots he had so far. Why did Ni Tao wanted to kill Ai Lin? What was his motive?
" Errr… Master." Ending his call, Secretary Lu called Mu Zihan hesitantly. He knew he should tell Mu Zihan about the thing he was told but he was really scared of Mu Zihan's next move. He already could imagine Mu Zihan's reaction when he heard the news. He would go berserk!
" Speak."
" T… That..That…"
Mu Zihan was impatient. He shot his secretary a deathly glare. " I don't know that you're unable to speak properly."
" Chen Yao called and he said a man visited Miss Tang." Secretary Lu felt like crying when receiving that stare. But what could he do? He was really scared ahh.
Just as he expected, Mu Zihan expression changed instantly. A murderous aura permeated the air and the temperature in the room decreased rapidly. Secretary Lu shuddered at sudden change of temperature but took the liberty to look at Mu Zihan's gloomy face.
" Who?"
" Lu Qi Feng from Starship Corp. Chen Yao said it seems Miss Tang know him and opened the door for him."
Without wasting a second, Mu Zihan grabbed his car keys and left Secretary Lu alone in the office as soon as he finished his sentence.
Secretary Lu was dumbfounded. He only felt a gush of wind passed him and his master already disappeared. He never knew Mu Zihan has a secret technique to make himself disappear in a blink of eyes. He really should study more from his master.