"Boss, I've followed your orders and investigated the guestlist for yesterday's auction. We found something."
Ah Yong carefully presented his findings to the quiet man sitting in the passenger seat in the car. The man was still wearing a hat and dark sunglasses like before, and his black coat almost covered him wholly. Both his hands were in his side pockets as he took a glance at the paper. Then, he took it and then started to read through it.
When he saw the name Lisa, his gaze turned cold, but his eyes returned to normal soon after that.
"Lisa is in City B just like you said. I'm sure that pen was his trap for you, Boss. However, they took the pen away in the end. What should we do? Do we just give up like this?" Ah Yong seemed disgruntled.
The man who was called "Boss" took a deep breath as he put on a cold smile. "It's within my expectations. Also, it's only natural that we shouldn't take Lisa lightly."
"By the way, they also went to Doyle Street this morning. I bet they know about that house already."
"Lisa acts pretty fast. He saw through Kim Joon's end very quickly and is now getting closer to the truth already. It might not be a good thing for them. Actually, it might have been better if no one knew." The man's tone was filled with sarcasm."Once these secrets are revealed, I doubt there's anyone courageous enough to accept them."
"What should we do now, Boss? There were two groups of people tailing us last night. The other group must be Lisa's people."
"Just leave it for now. You don't have to do anything from now on. Just wait for my orders."
"Yes, Boss!"
...
In the afternoon, Bambam finally returned to the hotel to report to Lisa after working hard for a whole day.
"Head in. Master is out on the balcony. I'm going out," said Haruto when he bumped into Bambam at the entrance. Bambam took a deep breath before going inside.
Lisa was relaxing on the balcony as he relaxed on a rattan chair. He was sunbathing while wearing a pair of huge sunglasses.
"Master!" Bambam quietly called him.
"Speak," Lisa replied briefly without moving his body.
"I've found out that the other group pursuing the man was the wife of the Hui Cho Corporation CEO, who is Doris."
Lisa clenched his fist as he heard the name. Even Bambam could sense some hostility in the air. Moments later, Bambam took a deep breath and continued, "But we don't know who the person we're chasing is yet. According to the other group, they are trying to find out who that man was well, but they lost track of him too, so..."
Lisa nodded. "I understand. Great job. You can leave for now."
"We're not doing any further investigations?"
"There's no need."
Bambam left after Lisa gave him a short reply.
"Have you figured something out?" Seulgi asked after the door was closed.
Lisa took off his sunglasses and turned his head over to see Seulgi standing nearby.
"What could I have figured out?"
Lisa smiled as he grabbed the glass of water beside him and took a sip from it before looking at the vast, blue sky. "Let's return to City Z tonight. Leave things here to Bambam and the others."
"What's wrong with you? You seem to have a lot on your mind. What are you thinking about?"
Seulgi was friends with Lisa for many years after all, so he noticed something was not right. "What did Bambam tell you just now?"
"Nothing much, but I have a bad feeling. It's been some time since Ryujin and Yeji went to Australia. I guess there'll be news coming in a few days, so we'll talk about it again then. There's something else I need to do before heading back," Lisa said calmly.
"To meet Ji-Shung, isn't it?" Seulgi walked over and lay down on the rattan lounge chair beside Lisa.
"How will he face you? Now that I think about it, Ji-Shung felt really strange to me. He didn't react ever since that incident, and he seemed too calm for it. He might be the one who saved Miyeon and Sehun. Moreover, I remember his attitude towards you wasn't very agreeable. Does he not like you or something?"
"I don't really know him that well. We only started getting involved with each other after I left the army, but I do know he doesn't exactly like my parents a lot. When my father was still working in City B, several projects from the Hui Cho Corporation were stopped. I think the relationship between the Manoban's and the Cho's has been deteriorating ever since, and six years ago, during the financial crisis, the Hui Cho Corporation almost went bankrupt. There was a project that could help them go through that difficult period, and they were secretly in contact with Kim Joon. However, their opponent for that project was Glory World." While Lisa recalled the past events calmly, he did not project any emotions into his words.
"Oddly enough, he insisted on letting Miyeon marry me, and his attitude towards me during that period of time was beyond expectations. In order to make me accept Miyeon wholeheartedly, he suggested I stay with the Cho family for three months. He promised to leave us alone if we didn't feel anything for each other after three months."
Seulgi nodded and took a deep breath. "I know about that. Ryujin told me about it before too, but you didn't stay with the Cho family, did you?"
"Yes, I don't like Miyeon at all, so I inherently reject her. I can't even stand talking to her. How could I stay with her for three months?" Lisa then put on a cold smile. "I left that night itself, but Ji-Shung tried to use the media to force me to follow his plans. We were the talk of the whole town. If I just left, it'd be a big slap on their face in public, so I couldn't just go so easily."
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The Most Loving Marriage In History: Master Manoban's Pampered Wife Book 4
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