Chapter 180 - Who endangered Yang Mei?

Ah Hai turned his face away from Zhang Min's worried one. He had already found his answer in Shi Ai's absence by his bedside. In a hoarse and harsh voice, he asked,"How long have I been in here?"

The three people in the room glanced at each other before Knox answered,"Five days. You had lost too much blood and it was touch and go for the first two days.We were quite worried..." The other two people nodded their heads in agreement.

Ah Hai took stock of his condition and realized that blood loss was the reason he felt so weak and lethargic,even now. He closed his eyes and laid back his head in exhaustion before uttering only one word,"Updates?"

Immediately back to business,Zhang Min sighed in relief and confusion, that he was not asked about Shi Ai so he was the first to begin his report,"All the evidence we have gathered has been submitted in court,the witnesses secured and jury decided and called. All the authorities are working in cooperation and only the news you indicated should be leaked is being given out. The public opinion regarding the case has been swayed in the right direction."

"Knox?"

"We had to do a little extra work for the clean up as some busybody in the hospital had misinformed the police about a stabbing case.Yang Mei has testified and the matter has been resolved. Elder Shi is also doing better now.He had a minor heart attack just before Shi Qinglan arrived,thus he had fainted and suffered a fall because of which he also has a bit of injury on his waist.Shi Qinglan and Qin Yung,both died on the spot. I have taken care to expose the fact that Shi Qinglan tried to kill Elder Shi for having co operated with the police and he and his partner were killed in self defense by the housekeeper of the Shi family who was actually injured by the General. Naturally people sympathise with that. Lastly,Xu Likun has been buried with her family,next to her brother. Everyone of her colleagues believes that she died while fighting with a sniper to save Sh..someone so we will be holding a wake and memorial service for her once you are back. Everyone has also been informed that you were severely injured in the operation. The Lifescience hospitals have been discharged of all responsibilities and everyone involved in organ trafficking is under arrest while the victims will be compensated as per the court directives."

"Shot?"

"General Gu was already dead by the time we entered, from the stab wound you had given him. It seems he was obsessed with ruining you. He has been keeping tabs on you ever since you began your service. The mission where you were shot in your t.h.i.g.h was also orc.h.e.s.trated by him. From what we can glean he wanted to discredit you and not kill you. Out last mission was something he had goofed up in his obsession to ruin you. He wanted you to be discredited and stripped of rank but you resigned respectfully before that and your paperwork was too perfect. But when Genral Gu realized his blunder and the people he had caused the deaths of, he found the families of our comrades later to help them financially. That is how he came in touch with Xu Li and pretended to be a gentle old man. But by the time he had allayed his so called guilt,you had disappeared from the military bases and established KSS here. It took him time to resatablish his connections here and find you, then he discovered Xu Li was working here. He established himself as her new family for a while before pretending to be sick. He then made Xu Li go on a personal leave to accompany him and then started to brain wash her against you. To add insult to injury,she was in love with you and in a dilemma when she came back to tell you everything but she saw your wife and that disturbed her emotionally making her stand firmly against you and us.Another thing that he was focused on was finding Sunshine. It seemed after his son's death, General Gu had only two reasons to live, ruining you and Sunshine. But he wasn't able to find her. We have found various reports from different investigators all leading to dead ends. Sunshine seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth after leaving the army.."

"Hmm..Thank you, everyone, for your hard work!"

All three men had finished their reports and were the usual procedure, they would have left. But all three hesitated. Not as comrades but his well-wishers. Zhang Min wanted to explain the situation with Shi Ai so that Ah Hai would not misunderstand her or be too angry at her. Knox also wanted to talk about this whereas Shot had another question on his mind. He was the one who finally asked,  "Ah Hai, where is Sunshine?"

Zhang Min felt at a loss at this question. He understood that this Sunshine person was related to Ah Hai in some way but why would Shot ask this. From the anger he had displayed when Shi Ai had disclaimed Ah Hai, Zhang Min had felt that Shot would be the first to report the hurtful words uttered by Shi Ai. But the man seemed to have forgotten them.

At first, Ah Hai seemed to not have heard the question but then in an indifferent voice, he answered, "Sunshine is in the sky, of course." A wry smile graced the faces of Knox and Zhang Min at his dry answer while Shot wore a grimace. Shot opened his mouth to question him once more but Ah Hai interrupted,  "Shot, I am feeling dizzy. Let the doctors in and send someone with water. I am thirsty. We can discuss the rest of the unimportant matters tomorrow." Understanding that he was not going to get any answers, for now,  the three people turned to leave.  Shot and Knox had just exited the room when Ah Hai called out, "Min Min. Wait a minute. Close the door."

Zhang Min felt his feet freeze at the voice. Ah, Hai was going to question him now. Only the Gods could save him, lest he, as the messenger be killed!

Gulping, before the man could question him, Zhang Min started to talk,  "Look,  I tried to talk her out of it but she is just being her stubborn self and refusing to listen.  Ah, Hai,  she is emotionally unstable at present and does not know what she is talking about.  Just give her time and she will come to her senses. Please don't take it to heart. You have to know..No, you know her best so you.."

"What the hell are you talking about,  Min Min?",A interrupted Zhang Min's spiel.

Opening and closing his mouth like a confused fish, Zhang Min realized the big blunder he had made. He had been asleep these few days and naturally knew nothing about Shi Ai.  In his own nervousness,  he had made a big error. He looked around the room trying to think up of some excuse but before he could think of a lie,  Ah Hai continued," Find how Yang Mei entered the general's radar."

This brought Zhang Min back to the present with a jolt. With a heavy frown, he asked,  "What do you mean?"

"Yang Mei was supposed to be safe with Knox that day and she was in place when I last spoke to him so why did she suddenly go to him?  She would have done it to protect Shi Ai but she did not know about the general's existence. So why did the general know how to reach her?"

"You mean Yang Mei was not the bait?"

"Of course she wasn't! She is Shi Ai's real sister.  Why would I put her in danger when such a thing could potentially destroy Shi Ai?"

Zhang Min:"..."

Zhang Min had defended Ah Hai's decision to put Yang Mei in danger when Shi Ai had accused him but never once had he doubted that Ah Hai would never do such a thing. That means Shi Ai blamed him for nothing! Ah Hai had not been the one to endanger Shi Ai. 

Seeing that Zhang Min stood frozen in place, Ah Hai ordered him once again,"Go Zhang Min and find out the truth for me. Why did Yang Mei use herself as lure when there was no need for her to do so."

Zhang Min wanted to go and tell Shi Ai everything and so he turned towards the door in a hurry.

But he had only crossed the door when he stopped short. But they had no proof that what Yang Mei did was not on Ah Hai's orders and Yang Mei had recovered a few days ago so she should have told Shi Ai the truth by now.

That could only mean one thing-Yang Mei had an ulterior motive in letting Ah Hai take the blame.