Chapter 315 - How is my Wife?

Andrea woke up the following day, confused about what happened the night before. The last thing she remembered was falling asleep to gas as she tried to open the door from the hotel's restroom. 

"My head hurts," she said as she tried to sit up. She looked around and found it was Arti who was with her. Her eyes narrowed at her and asked, "Where is my husband?"

"Mrs. Lu, the boss left to complain at the Peninsula hotel and to get a copy of their surveillance," she said and got up to help Andrea sit down properly. "Maybe you should still take a rest."

"No. I'm fine. I just need a cup of coffee… Hanxi, what about Hanxi?" 

"He is outside, giving instructions to the security."

"I want to go home," Andrea said, trying to get down from the bed. 

Hanxi walked in the room and saw his sister stepping down from the hospital bed. He hurriedly scolded her and said, "Sis, what are you doing? Take a rest first - "

"I am not tired, Hanxi! In fact, I have rested long enough. I want to see my children! I want to see my husband!"

"You can't just yet - "

"Why?" Andrea was already flustered. The truth was, she was upset with herself. It was her second time to fall victim to a sleeping gas. 

Hanxi took a deep breath and said, "We think they injected you with something. The hospital still needed to study you."

Meanwhile, at the hotel. Lu Fang's head was burning in anger. The hotel's surveillance had miraculously disappeared. He yelled at the hotel's general manager repeatedly. The Peninsula hotel was supposed to have the best security in Beijing amongst all in the hospitality industry. 

"If anything happens to my wife! I swear, you will pay with your life!" He yelled at the man before him.

The General Manager felt Lu Fang's frustration, but he could not help but question his words, "Mr. Lu, is that a threat?"

"Yes! I am threatening you! You better find the answer I am looking for within 24 hours or this hotel will cease to operate soon enough!" The man walked out of the hotel's security room and slammed the door behind him. 

"Sir?" How can we help?" Said one of Lei Dong's soldiers. 

Lu Fang looked blankly at him, unsure of what help he can offer but he still managed to say, "I am unfocused right now. The best help you can do is to look out for me."

The man stepped out of the hotel lobby empty-handed. He called Li Wen to update her, and she was on it right away. 

"Lu Fang, give me a day to look into this. I can see that there is another hacker who had infiltrated the hotel's system. I'll do a trace and see what I can find. Please go back to Andy… and the children? Have you secured them?"

"I have asked dad to take them to the old mansion and requested more men from Gabriel's Den to stand guard," He replied, lifelessly. 

"This could not have been a coincidence, nor a random scheme. Lu Fang, this was planned. Whoever did this knew Andrea could not be easily taken down. The fact that they had to use a sleeping gas, it meant they knew her strength... Tell me, how did you get to the hotel in the first place?" Li Wen probed on the phone.

Lu Fang's hand turned into a fist. He thought of Michael Song, but he also remembered him having left before them. He asked himself, 'Could he have something to do with this?'

"Wen, find everything you have on Michael Song."

"Michael Song? Is he not the billionaire who owns several laboratories and being called the miracle man?" 

"Yes, that is him. See what you can dig up on him."

Michael Song was named the miracle man because his research always involved finding the cure to long-term illnesses and unknown diseases. His company had come up with several miracle drugs that aided many individuals to survive their strange conditions. 

He traveled all over the world to learn of any epidemic and initiated a study from there. Many people believe he and his company was the answer to most of their prayers. For that reason, he was named as such. 

Lu Fang went back to the lobby to know which room Michael Song was staying at, but to his dismay, the front desk told him that he checked out last night, just before the incident of his wife happened. 

"Mr. Lu, he did say he will be back in a month. In fact, he already pre-paid his room," said the front desk manager. "Oh, and Mr. Lu, please don't tell anyone I told you this."

It surprised Lu Fang that he had left. If he checked out before his wife was trapped inside the ladies' room, it meant he left immediately after their meeting. He frowned, thinking of how he could be the person behind all this.

When he arrived at the hospital, the doctor came inside Andrea's room coincidentally. Hanxi and Arti were still there for Andrea as well. 

"Babe?" Andrea looked past the doctor, directing her gaze to her husband. 

"Babe," he replied and immediately came up to her, kissing her forehead. He hugged her tight before turning to the attending doctor asking, "How is my wife?"

"Mr. Lu, we found nothing wrong with your wife so far. She seems completely healthy - "

"But?" The man asked, seeing the reluctant expression on the doctor's face. 

"The sample you gave us. We simply don't have the facility to identify it. It was not any medication. We are merely a hospital, Mr. Lu. However, we have sent the sample to a partner laboratory in Hongkong. We will tell you if we find anything unusual," said the doctor. 

The man nodded, relieved that his wife's tests turned out fine. However, he thought, it may be too early to relax. Who's to say, whatever was inside the syringe would only manifest after certain days. He needed to be sure and have Andrea checked regularly. 

When the doctor left, Lu Fang asked Hanxi, "Did you give them all the sample from the syringe?"

"No, I still have the syringe. I only gave them a fraction of it," replied Hanxi. 

"Good. Let's send the other sample to Darwin and see what we can find. Right now. I don't know who to trust. It's best that we ask help from people we know won't betray us." 

Meanwhile, oceans away, a man was starring at a photo that belonged to Andrea. It was blown up on the wall, large enough for him to appreciate fully. He said, "How beautiful is she. Don't you think? I can't believe someone so angelic is the ruthless killer, Amaryllis Red."

"Brother, don't be ridiculous! That woman is not Amaryllis Red! Amaryllis Red killed our heartless and inhuman father almost fifteen years ago! Look carefully at that woman. Fifteen years ago, she was still what? ten, eleven or twelve years old?!"

"Don't! Don't fight me on this. In my heart. I know she is the one."