Dark Purple Rose [YiZhan FF]

Chapter 28

It was almost midnight when Yibo reached the bar, known only to agents, and knew that he shouldn't have gone there. He was already drunk and drinking more alcohol would not solve his worries and problems. But, he hoped, maybe he would be able to forget his grief at least a little.

Yibo entered the bar and immediately the agents turned to him. He recognized two of them. They were colleagues from his agency. And as soon as they recognized him, they started whispering to each other while looking at him openly. Yibo was not surprised. Because not only had it become known throughout the agency that he was not only an idol who often visited his aunt, Agent Nax, but an agent like all of them there. But also what a huge mistake he had made a week ago, when he got distracted from his work while talking to Youn and let Zhan out of his sight for a few minutes, which then led to a disaster.

Yibo's carelessness had led to some bad consequences. Agent Lee managed to kidnap Zhan practically before his eyes. He stole half of Zhan's money that he inherited from Isla Isari, killed the lawyer and then managed to leave the country unnoticed in a private jet after leaving Zhan at a train station. The fact that Zhan was not killed as well was probably only due to the fact that Agent Lee had a "business relationship" with Isla Isari and he still respected her even though she was dead.

As it turned out, after his team, now led by Agent Chen, read the police report with Zhan's statement, Agent Lee had confessed to Zhan that he was working for Isla Isari. Agent Lee was the mole! Everyone was stunned. Because he was the one they least expected it from. And on the same day, Jackson Wang had found several recordings of Agent Lee entering and leaving Mrs. Isari's villa.

Yibo and his colleagues turned their full attention to Agent Lee and discovered that he had been planning all this for a very long time. Over the past three months, Agent Lee had created several new fake ID cards and passports with false identities. He had traveled the route between the agency and the lawyer's office several times, using different transportation and at different times. He had also obtained a pilot's license and bought a private jet. It was an old private jet that he restored himself with the help of a mechanic and made it airworthy again. To be able to afford this, he had sold his house and secretly slept in his office for three months. A simple sign on the door for the cleaners, letting them know that he was cleaning his office himself, was enough to avoid being discovered by the cleaning crew.

In their investigation, Yibo also found out, when he read Agent Lee's emails, that Agent Lee had contacted Pete Kapajewski after learning that a certain Xiao Zhan was going to inherit a lot of money from Mrs. Isari. He tipped Pete Kapajewski off as to where he could find Mrs. Isari! And that had been three months ago. Exactly at the time when he was making his plans and gradually putting them into action. Everything had been meticulously planned by him. Just like Mrs. Isari's death. Because in order for him to take half of the money from Zhan, Mrs. Isari had to die. And preferably at the hands of Pete Kapajewski. Thanks to the emails, Yibo knew that Mrs. Isari had confided a little about her past to Agent Lee. Which Agent Lee in turn let Pete Kapajewski know. Including some things that were probably made up. And that was just to get this killer to come to Beijing and actually kill Mrs. Isari.

All in all, Yibo and everyone else had been amazed at what a master mastermind Agent Lee had actually been. Had they all just underestimated the agent over the years? At the same time, they realized something else. Namely that they would probably not succeed in finding Agent Lee. He is an agent with special training who has learned to disappear into the crowd. He can slip into a new identity from one moment to the next and knows exactly what to look out for during his escape to avoid being discovered. And with his preparations, it will be virtually impossible to find Agent Lee.

Yibo finished his glass of whisky and placed the empty glass on the table in front of him. He almost laughed when he thought of what the director had told him that morning. "The only reason you won't be punished by us for your mistake is because you had no way of knowing what Agent Lee was up to. He was your team leader and when you saw him leaving with Zhan, you had to assume that he might bring Zhan to the office. You had no reason to assume otherwise."