Riya had been in hospital for almost three days. Her legs were getting sore because of only lying on the bed the whole day and night. The nurses did not allow her to move too much. She was only allowed to move when she is brushing her teeth, having a bath, or going to the toilet. Kris, Yingjie, Tommy, Susan, and Riya's friends had been visiting her for those three days. Xiao Feng from Michael's company and his wife, Lisa, also came one of the days to see Riya. Lisa also made spicy noodle soup for Riya when they came to visit. Liang was also here to keep her company. The only times he was not around were when he had meetings or functions at his hotel. The nurses came every four hours to check on her. They said that she was recovering faster than they expected. They were also very kind to ask the doctor when Riya was going to get discharged. They had not come back to Riya as yet.
Riya was busy on the laptop. Liang allowed Riya to use his laptop for the time being. She was researching this man Yanwu. Sort far, she only found the names of the women and girls that went missing for the past twenty-five years. Over a hundred million women and girls went missing during that period. The website also gave the details and portraits of the missing victims, ages five and above. Some of the officers stated on the website that the missing victims were sold to other gangsters which were now true. Or they just disappeared out of the blue. Riya was interested in what Yanwu looked like and his background. There was nothing on the internet, no images or details of him. All she saw were rumors of him being involved with this kidnapping which was now true. Other than that, there was nothing.
Riya was so disappointed that she did not find anything useful. Not like she had the guts to bring him down and his gang. She was just interested because she wanted to know who she would be talking to in public or if she met a stranger that came from Yanwu's group. She did not want to get into big trouble. There was a knock on the door. Riya looked at the door and it was Liang. He was dressed up in a dark blue ribbon fabric suit and a black buttoned shirt with a black tie. This was Riya's first time seeing him dressed up like that. He looked like an actual businessman. He looked more manly and handsome in that way.
"How're Moods doing?", he asked with a smirk.
"Moods is feeling much better.", she answered.
Liang entered the room. "Did you find anything useful on the laptop?", he asked. He stopped in front of her.
The back of Riya's neck was hurting. Liang was tall like eight point four, taller than Michael. Riya shook her head to wake herself. "Nope, there's nothing of Yanwu. No images or background information of him."
Liang took a seat on the bed. He took the laptop and placed it on his lap. He started typing. Riya was watching him and the laptop. Liang finished typing. He placed the laptop on Riya's lap. "Read this.", he said.
Riya pulled the laptop to face her. She started reading so much information. It was about the money Yanwu stole from businesses. He was also taking drugs, turning the drugs into powdered sweets then selling them to children at the school tuck shops. He even sold those sweets in convenience stores. She was absurd about this information.
"This is horrible. How can he do such a thing?", she asked Liang.
"As you know now that I'm a gangster but not those gangsters you are thinking of. I do know little about him. He loves money so that explains the stealing of businesses' money and selling drugs. He also loves making quick money by selling women as slaves to other gangsters. For fifty women, it cost about fifty hundred thousand yuans.", he explained.
Riya was shocked about the price. "That's one billion rands. That's ridiculous and horrible. Why do people still selling women and children to make quick money? That's inhuman.", she said.
"I know. He also told me that I should buy some women to entertain me. I refuse to do such a thing."
"Have you tried to save those victims?"
"It's not easy as you think. I tried but some of my men never came back. I have a feeling that they are dead."
"I also have a feeling that some businesspeople are friends with him. He must be promising them that he would make them become richer quicker.", Riya assumed.
"Maybe White Jaguar will help us.", he was being positive.
There was someone at the door. The two of them looked at the door. A new nurse entered the room with a silver tray of medical utensils in her hands. "Miss Moodley, you will be discharged at eight o'clock in the evening today. All you need to do is to sign some paperwork and pay the bills.", she explained then stopped by Riya's bed.
"No problem, how much are the bills?", Riya asked.
"For three days, it's fifty thousand yuans. But the doctor said that you can small amounts at a time. You don't need to pay when you are leaving today. You can pay every week until you paid all the amounts.", the nurses rubbed ointment on Riya's left arm.
"Does this include medication?"
"Yes.", the nurse injected the needle to draw out blood.
"Ssss.", Riya hissed after the nurse injected the needle into Riya's skin.
"Where are you staying?", Liang asked.
"At The Rose Valley Hotel apartments."
"Then I will pick you up at eight."
"Wang, you have done so much for me and I will return the favor."
"No, you don't have to.", he rejected politely.
The nurse finished with Riya. She put a small cotton plaster on the tiny wound. She bowed to Riya and then walked out of the room. Riya looked at her arm. "I guess I won't be writing for the night.", she was indicating that she was left-handed. "But how about I will take you out for coffee?", she suggested.
"No, you don't have to do that."
"But I really feel bad. I will make you a nice dinner if you like.", that was a good idea in her opinion.
"No man honey but okay, you can do that."
"Okay, what do you like to eat?"
"I'm not fussing but I don't like eating raw meat, undercooked meat, sushi, or sashimi.", he said.
"That makes the two of us. I also don't like my egg yolk to be runny."
"One stage, I ate beef tartare. I got really sick for two days. After that incident, I don't eat those things. I still don't get how my family eats them.", he made a weird movement.
Riya laughed a bit. "If they like it, they like it."
"True."
Riya was becoming interested in Liang being a gangster. "So, what's the name of your group?", she asked.
"Python.", he answered in a chilled manner.
"The snake?"
"Yeah. I have a big tattoo of the snake on my back. You can also see the head on my neck on the right side."
Riya nearly flinched just by hearing that. "Well Wang if you are shirtless, please don't show me the snake. As it is, I dream about them all the time and I'm terrified of them."
"Why do you dream about them?", he was curious.
"I just dream about them. I never use to have those dreams before."
Liang was curious about the snake's dreams. Riya closed the laptop and placed it on the table. She was so excited that she was getting discharged. Now she could sort out her apartment. She was also wondering how Ling was doing without Riya. Riya knew Ling was fine without her.