The pen drive that Richard gave them contained a medical report and two cctv footage. One of a hospital and the other of a private gathering.
When played one after another, they shook both Liang Jie and Zhuang Gohan off their very core.
" Sir does that mean... " Liang Jie swallowed his next words and dreadfully turned to his boss just in time to see him turn ghastly pale.
A few seconds later....
" IMPOSSIBLE!! RICHARD!! WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS? " Zhuang Gohan roared like a mad lion. A feeling of uneasy gripped his heart. Though he already knew what it meant, he still didn't like what they said.
The medical report was a normal pregnancy routine consisting of a pathology report along with an ultrasound film and its written results confirming that the patient was pregnant and was into her seventh week of pregnancy.
Nothing worth noticing except for the name of the patient, age and the date of the sample collection.
Name said Lianna Abraham whose age was eighteen years at that time and the date was twenty-nineth of December seven years ago!
Counting back on the timeline, something resurfaced from Zhuang Gohan's memories.
He didn't know why out of everything only that memory for which he felt disgusting about himself resurfaced upon seeing the medical report. More so, when it wasn't even related to that person.
A feeling of uneasy and guilt began to brew intensely in his heart. He tried to squish the idea but, neither his mind nor his heart was in his control anymore. And soon he realised why?
After that footages began to play and the first footage was that of a hospital in Dubai. The footage showed a young girl entering the hospital and asking something at the hospital's main reception desk then entered the gynaecology department. The girl's face was not fully visible due lack of cameras at every angle. The footage inside the gynaecology department showed how the girl was feeling constantly nauseous, dizzy and somehow in pain. She rushed to the washroom about five times in just half of an hour. When the nauseous waves finally calmed down the girl lined up to make an appointment holding her lower abdomen. At the appointment desk the girl's face finally appeared in full view. Richard hit the pause button immediately.
Zhuang Gohan and Liang Jie were completely taken back. They both paled out as if they have seen a ghost.
It was none other than LIA!!!
Zhuang Gohan could recognise that face even in his sleep. It was that very face that tormented him for past seven years.
How could he forget that unworldly mythical face which was nothing but a seduction spell that hypnotizied him that night and tinted him forever?
No, he would never!
Her face was quite pale than what he remembered, but still mythical as ever.
Hatred burned in his eyes. If not for his mind reminding him that it was just a footage from the past and not the real person, he would have punched the screen by now.
As for why she was visiting a gynaecologist, he couldn't care less.
Pregnant? Hell no!
He would never let a lowly bastard be a part of the Oriens royal family with that dirty trick. ' I swear I'll send her to a slime worst than the one she came from. '
What concerned Zhuang Gohan now was why Richard was showing him about her? He had asked Richard for something else entirely.
Meanwhile, Richard observed a shell shocked Liang Jie then a vengeful Zhuang Gohan and laughed in his heart as he pressed the play button.
' Had enough already? Alas, this is not even the trailer guys. You gotta long way to go... '
When Richard collected the contains for the pen drive, he had purposely place the medical report first in order to tame Zhuang Gohan. Or else, he wouldn't have listened to a word he had to say.
The footage began to play again and soon it was Lia's turn. They saw Lia taking out her passport for identification. That's when Richard paused again and Zhuang Gohan's bearings began to fall apart. Because what Lia took out was beyond either of their exceptations.
It was an Indian passport with the name Lianna Abraham and no Dubai's own identification card.
' Wait, what's going on? Where is Dubai's id card? ' Surprise flashed in Zhuang Gohan's eyes but, disappeared by the next second. Liang Jie first looked at the screen then at his boss and finally at Richard, after which he decided not waste his brain cells on thinking about something that was way out of his scope.
Zhuang Gohan also looked at Richard with a raised eyebrow. Clearly, asking him what was the meaning of all this. But, Richard only signaled him to continue watching.
Zhuang Gohan's bearings began to resist each other. Questions drowned him yet, he had to wait until the end.
' What the heck are you upto Richard? ' He glared, gritting his teeth. But somehow couldn't ignore the pain that was slowly rising in his heart and only he knew how unbearable it was becoming for him.
Back in the footage, after getting her appointment the girl waited for her turn in the farthest corner of the waiting area hugging herself.
She was there all alone crying.
She was weak and pale from under nourishement. And most of all she was completely terrified. She looked around her to find happy couples excited to visit the doctor to know more about their babies, but what about her?
She was there ashamed...
Morning passed followed by afternoon and finally it was evening, yet Lia remained there without any food or even a drop of water. She just sat there like a stone statue, crying to herself.
The attending nurse called for Lia at last, but compared to other patients her attitude towards Lia was shockingly different. Hardly anything one would except from a nurse.
They couldn't hear what she was saying but, it was clear she was yelling at Lia and even pushed her into the corridor. Lia fell on the floor because of the impact and before she could even stand up on her feet the nurse kicked her back and stamped right on her face. Lia tried to struggle but since there was no one around, her voice for help didn't reach out to anyone.
Without giving anyone a chance to react, Richard skipped the rest of the footage and started playing the next. It was that of a private gathering in one of the Ai family's private luxury resort.
Liang Jie's lips twitched upon seeing the logo. His allergy of the Ai family was getting worst by the day. He swore he would skin each and every member of the Ai family alive and feed them to the sharks.
The footage showed recordings of a party at the resort's night club.