"Mingyu, you are 100% sure that this information is correct? If I recall, Xiao Ying never did say who those two nuisa- *cough* boys names were, only addressing them as her friends" Yang said with a displeased look on his face
"I am completely sure of it! My connection stated that back then, there were people who noticed these three children, aka YingYing and the two, solely because each of them had a pretty/handsome face! Even when they were children, all three of them were very good looking, well that is what those witnesses said. However what really confirmed who they were was that a past maid of the Huang mansion in Japan, who later retired, said that she remembered the three children. Furthermore, I spent a lot of time tracing these kids' origins! Get this, 'Young Master Suzuki' was called that way by the woman as he was not as open as 'Riku', the nephew of that old man, and since he held the status of the Young Master of the Suzuki family in Japan he was then called 'Young Master Suzuki'. On the other hand, this 'Riku' was more open and friendlier since he was younger and no servant of the Huang mansion called him 'Young Master' since he personally asked them not to address him that way. I've also heard at that time, people knew he came from a formidable family but no one really knew which one as he never really admitted his surname. However I went to ask Master Huang since he investigated a bit into the boys, not much though since he only wanted to make sure they weren't going to harm YingYing, and found out his surname was Tsuki which ironically means 'moon' in Japanese. That was suspicious to me since we are dealing with the chairman and CEO of Moon Corp so I dug deeper into this Tsuki Riku and found he was related to 'that old man'! I found out because I looked into Japan's intelligence database, which by the way was a little hard because I don't have as much connection in Japan compared to China, and found only one prominent Tsuki family, which the current head of the family seems to be the Moon Corps Chairman/CEO! But that was as far as I can find out because everything else needed Level 1 clearance which I only held Level 3! Even if I had Level 1 I'd still need to get permission from 'that old man' which means he has ties with the Japanese government. Anyways that was all I can find during this month Yang" Mingyu said all in one time, using around 5 minutes to speak
Mingyu had always been known as a chatterbook and when reporting whatever he needed to report to his best friends, he can talk non stop for a very long time without needing a break or drinking water as if he is some talking robot!
All three friends made sure to pay attention to Mingyu and after hearing him, they turned grim thinking that it would be harder to take this man down as it seems as if not only was he prominent in Japan, he was able to make himself prominent in Asia as a whole! Or else by now they surely could have taken him down. All three had wide connections and even if they cannot defeat this man surely he is very formidable. With time, it has seemed this old man was able to secure a wider connection compared to these four men, who had joined the business world (and even the Underworld) in recent years. If their connections and power they grew were still not able to defeat and sound out this man, how long had this 'old man' been in the business and underworld? How much power and connection was he able to make? These were questions that had plagued these young men since the time they were in high school, when they found out a mysterious man had been trying to break the Wang family both internally and externally.
"Oh and I forgot to mention, I managed to bribe one of the ex maids from the Suzuki family to tell me this 'Young Master Suzuki' first name and get this! His name is Hiroshi which means generous in Japanese! Ha! Generous! Of all things he is named something he is the complete opposite of! Anyways that is finally everything I can report for now, give me more time, I'm slowly getting more connections in Japan right now." Mingyu added to his very very long report
All of them snorted as they found this Suzuki member's name very ironic considering to be part of the Yakuza and right hand man of the mystery man, he is anything but generous. Well maybe to Xiu Ying he was but they would never admit that, especially Yang and Noah.
Out of everyone, Longwei was the least attached to Xiu Ying as he often had been in military training during college but he still is close to Xiu Ying and considers her as his little sister. He was also smart and avoided being too close as he did not need Yang and Noah to come after him, unlike a certain man who did not know when to get the hint.
Author: *ahem* Mingyu he is talking about you
Mingyu: ...what does that mean?!
Author: aiya nevermind, Mingyu sometimes you are very dense
Mingyu: ...fine whatever I'm leaving ＼＼\٩(๑`^´๑)۶//／／
Author: hahahaha ♪~ ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ
"Hmm ok, Yang, you were closest to Ying'er back then, who did she seem closer to out of the two? Or let me rephrase it, who did she mention more?" Longwei ask after hesitating for some time
Yang had a scowling face while replying to Longwei, "she mentioned back equally however when she talked to the one she mentioned as 'Brother R' but whenever she was close to saying, which I now know it's Riku, she stops and only goes as far as saying 'Brother R' or once she said Brother Ri-."
Longwei nodded and thought a bit before saying, "seeing how she reacted to this Tsuki Riku, he will probably be deployed here as they seem closer comparing how she reacted to his name and I am guessing this Riku is probably younger as kids get along easier when closer with age"
Mingyu nodded as he looked up from his phone which he just finished reading a message and said "guys! A connection of mine helped me confirm their age range! This Tsuki Riku seems to be in his late twenties and Suzuki Hiroshi seems to be in his either later twenties or early thirties."
Longwei nodded then added, "just what I thought. I am guessing this Riku must be basically our age so Ying'er would definitely be closer to him then this Hiroshi, even if he was only older by a bit."
While Longwei was talking, Yang and Noah were gritting their teeth to suppress their anger for obvious reasons as they both felt like killing Riku and Hiroshi.
-while these four friends were talking, in Japan two friends were also discussing things in Hiroshi's penthouse-
"Riku, are you ready to leave for China?" Hiroshi asked, envy in his voice
"I am so happy! After so long I can finally see Xiao Ying!" Riku exclaimed still not over the fact he got the chance to meet Xiu Ying after a certain incident that caused all three of them to lose contact.
"Just be glad I have long known that Xiao Ying was closer to you because you were more friendly and warm else I would have gone myself" Hiroshi told Riku with a tone that mostly hide the envy he was trying to suppress
"Of course, man you were so quiet I am surprise Xiao Ying was even close to you and even called you 'onii chan' tsk" Riku replied back to Hiroshi with a tone that was close to gloating
Hiroshi just glared back at Riku while the man being glared at was humming and happily packing while he thought 'I have never been so happy for so long, wait for me Xiao Ying~'
"Just a quick recap in case you forgot Riku, you must get Xiao Ying on your side, it would be best if you can get her to fall in love with you, if not then get her to be closer to you than that Wang boy" Hiroshi stated and reminded Riku who was still humming happily
"Of course, how can I forget? I longed to be back together with Xiao Ying but feared Uncle might hurt her if he thought she would be a 'hindrance' and 'distraction' and kill her but now I have a perfect reason to be together with her!" Riku exclaimed happily
Hiroshi grumbled and said, "be happy I only love her like a sister, or regardless that you're closer to her I would've made sure Boss let me go to China for her. I can't believe Boss even allowed you to go after hearing the plan."
Riku just snorted as he replied back, "as if that uncle of mine would care. Ever since Dad died he has stopped caring and it's as if he no longer has a heart. Although I hate the Wang family I still can't fully blame that Wang Yang *sigh*, cousin, do you think Xiao Ying will like me?"
Hiroshi just snorted while replying back, "cousin? Since when do you address me formally like that huh. Anyways I'm not sure, according to intel she was pretty attached to that Wang boy" he frown after speaking
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