In the meanwhile at Prima Pearl Hotel, Xia Jiaying had already arrived at the hotel without any mishaps. Following along with her were six bodyguards that were assigned to her by Long Ning - three stationed at the front and three positioned behind her.
Escorting her was an assistant that also belonged to Long Ning - taking her to where the business meeting would happen; the biggest room available in the hotel.
Upon entering the room, she saw a young man wearing a royal tunic white suit with a golden dragon embroidery and had rose-gold hair with a pair of jet black eyes, making him a rare beauty.
'Such a beautiful man!' Xia Jiaying internally screamed after taking a small glance at him.
At the same time, she also recognized who the person was after seeing him for just a short moment.
This person was none other than the second prince from the Kingdom of Shi, Prince Shi Jiayi.
When the young man saw who just entered the room, he immediately stood up to greet her.
"It is a pleasure to meet Princess Jiaying of Xia Kingdom," Shi Jiayi greeted with a smile that did not reach his eyes yet at the same time also not showing any form of disrespect towards the princess.
"It is my pleasure too, Prince Jiayi," Xia Jiaying greeted back and made her way to her own seat.
Refreshments were served to both sides with neither of them speaking to each other - simply keeping themselves distracted with other things would refrain them from attracting the attention of each other.
Xia Jiaying was busy reviewing her proposal while at the same time also glancing at the door from time to time, waiting to see the body of Tang Yazhu.
An hour passed by with them waiting and Shi Jiayi began to show signs of boredom as he started getting tired from the long wait.
'The business meeting should have started an hour ago,' Shi Jiayi inwardly sighed but knew to keep his patience as this was an important meeting.
Xia Jiaying was also beginning to show some discomfort and anxiety. Long Ning and Tang Yazhu should have arrived just a little after her, but until now, they still have yet to show up. This was making her heart worry and think that perhaps something might have happened.
A little while later, the door finally opened again with the appearance of Fu Chao. However, this caused Xia Jiayi to be unable to help but furrow her brows.
With the anxiety that she was carrying, she was able to notice the little things that others might not have paid attention to. For example, she saw that Fu Chao was looking slightly haggard. This caused her to look back at the door and wait to see the person she wanted to see, but there was no one aside from the assistant of Long Ning.
"I am very sorry, Your Highnesses, for the delay. Some things came up and Mr. Long is unable to attend this meeting. Instead, it will be me representing him for this meeting," Fu Chao explained and bowed apologetically to both of them.
"It is fine, we understand," Shi Jiayi said while maintaining a vague air of mysteriousness.
Xia Jiayi wanted to ask questions, but she knew that to ask them would be a bad idea as this was not a good time to let anyone know about her connections to Tang Yazhu. With this, she could only quietly worry on her own.
"How about we start the meeting now?" Xia Jiaying suggested while also positioning herself to get ready for the presentation.
"We may start now," Fu Chao stated after taking his seat to start listening to the business offers from both royalties.
Once he took his seat, both sides began to discuss the details and pros of their proposals.
Throughout the entire time, Fu Chao was simply quietly sitting on his chair. Even though he looked to be silently paying attention to the two people, his mind had in fact already wandered off due to what happened today. In fact, he was still feeling a little at a loss at everything that had occurred.
Fu Chao did not have to worry much about who to pick as he and Long Ning had already discussed the outcome of this meeting since the paper proposals were already sent earlier to them. Reading through the proposals, they were already able to choose which royal family to side with.
After the two royalties stopped talking, they both waited for Fu Chao to give an answer on who would receive the signature.
Fu Chao took a deep breath and started talking, remembering everything that he had discussed with Long Ning.
"Both of your proposals are good and have caught the eye of Mr. Long. No matter the outcome, I hope that both of Your Highnesses will be glad," Fu Chao stated, letting the two royalties nod their heads in agreement.
Business is business, no matter the results, they will have to accept it either way. Though, it would be best if one of them is able to receive a positive answer.
"We will be glad to have this collaboration with both kingdoms. Today, we will be signing both contracts from both kingdoms," Fu Chao told them, causing the two people to gasp in surprise as well as the companions from the Shi Kingdom.
"You mean that if we agree to sign this contract, we will have to collaborate with the Xia Kingdom?" Shi Jiayi asked, being unable to imagine their kingdom having a collaboration with the other party.
Their kingdom may look to be in harmony with the Xia Kingdom, but that was only on the surface. Underneath, both kingdoms hated each other to the core of their hearts.
"Yes, by signing this contract, both parties will benefit. Naturally, both will also be listed as one of the Long's Group of Companies," Fu Chao nodded before handing the finalized contract that he and Long Ning made to the two royalties.
The two royals simply looked at each other before signing the papers. Although they wanted to have a collaboration with the king of the business empire, they did not expect that they would have to collaborate with each other. They did not know how their kingdoms would react once the news got out.
For Fu Chao, he would naturally be happy and joyful at this collaboration. However, due to what happened earlier, he did not even have the energy to smile.
After the signing of the contracts, Shi Jiayi immediately left where Xia Jiaying stayed behind for a while.
"Assistant Fu, where is Sister Bao? I thought she would be here? Did something happen to her?" Xia Jiaying anxiously asked while clasping her two hands together.
"We were ambushed on the way here. Don't worry. Young Lady is fine and already at home," Fu Chao said with a hint of coldness in his voice.
He still needed to investigate this matter and figure out why their young lady was being targeted while the princess was completely fine.
"What?! I need to go back then! I want to see her!" Xia Jiaying immediately exclaimed and had the bodyguards follow her back to the mansion.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Currently, Long Ning was intently looking at Tang Yazhu was being examined by Dr. Mu - who had just come back from England.
"Could you tell me what happen?" Dr. Mu asked after examining her condition.
"I was away on a business trip to Hou a week ago and found out that she killed some people who ambushed her. I called you back because I was afraid that she'd have a trauma. When I came back, she told me the truth and I told her to not worry. However, this time… another ambush occurred," Long Ning explained what happened to Dr. Mu and then turned to look at his wife who was lying on the bed.
"I see. Her case is going to be a bit difficult then. Did she suffer from a small case of amnesia?" Dr. Mu asked.
"No, she hasn't," Long Ning answered, knowing that she still remembered everything that happened.
"Does she have any case of childhood trauma that could possibly trigger this killing intent?" Dr. Mu continued to ask.
"I don't know about that," Long Ning quickly answered.
"What about a split personality case?" Dr. Mu asked another important question.
"I also don't know about that," Long Ning gave a deep sigh.
He did not know much about her. There were a few simple things that he knew only because he investigated her background.
"I see. It seems that she still has consciousness while and after her killing intent is triggered. This trigger should only happen if she's being threatened or her loved ones are being targeted and threatened. She might have a case of what we call the Lucifer Effect," Dr. Mu told him, his expression turning black as soon as he heard it.
Hearing his explanation and analysis, they made some sense. She only killed when they were being threatened by the ambush. The perfect example was what happened today after they got ambushed and he decided to leave the car.
"Long Ning, we'll need to give her a few more examinations. I'm afraid that if this goes on, there might be a possibility that she is unable to control her killing intent and be unable to return to her normal self - killing the people around her," Dr. Mu said with a worried voice.
Dr. Mu did not know that Long Ning would get married to such a beautiful and talented woman. He already knew who Tang Yazhu was as he had managed to meet her during the Doctor's Banquet back in Europe. However, he did not know that he would meet her once again under a condition like this.
"I understand. Please keep this matter a secret from my parents. I don't want them knowing about this," Long Ning requested with a cold voice while maintaining a blank expression.
"Don't worry. I'll make sure to do that and I'll also look further more on her condition. There are still a few matters that I have to discuss with you about your wife," Dr. Mu stated, leaving with Long Ning to continue discussing the matter in his study.
After they left, Tang Yazhu who was supposed to be sleeping immediately opened her eyes and stared blankly at the ceiling.
"When did I become a crazy person diagnosed with a disease!?" she cursed.
"What trauma?! I'm fucking fine!" she continued to curse.
"Do I look like I have split personalities?!" she angrily spat.
"What the hell is Lucifer Effect?! Do I look like I came from hell?!" she almost got up from her bed while silently shouting.
Tang Yazhu could not help but curse in her bed and trash around the blanket. She was only pretending to sleep and even earlier, she had only pretended to faint. Who knew that she would suffer the fate of listening to a doctor spout nonsense?!
If not for her husband, she would have already pounced on the doctor and tortured him to death for spouting nonsense! Is he really a doctor?! How dare he say that she is psychologically ill!?
'I am a perfectly healthy person!' she screamed in her head.
However, when she thought about the conclusion that they came to once again, she found that it was not too wrong - considering what just happened a week ago and today.
Not wanting to get too angry, she took a deep breath. Long Ning must be worried to death seeing her act like this… Tang Yazhu was really sorry to him. She did not want things to be like this…
'When I'm done with my investigations, I promise that I'll tell everything to you,' she inwardly promised.