Chapter 433 - Relief (5)

11 May, JL International Mall, City F

Two hours later, sitting around a table, Matthew looked at John, Ben, Joseph, David and Head Honcho before saying "For what it is worth, my conclusions are that behind this was the Devil. The locating of what appears to be the trigger person on the third level, clearly killed by a cleaner, and the nature of the maximising of casualties for the minimum deaths is the hallmark of what he does. Anyone else?"

Head Honcho after pausing for a few seconds seeing no one else responding, said "No. Mr Nang, can you go out and front the press conference…"

"Where the hell is that b*stard Matthew Rong," came the interrupting voice from outside.

Matthew looked at John and the two of them saw a look of terror pass across their faces. Chester was here and he was furious at Matthew. They heard a voice outside say "Let me see if I can locate General Rong." A few seconds later a female solider came in saying "General Li, General Rong, Colonels, Mr Nang, there is a President Rong of JL International and a Mr Yao with him. They have been demanding for about fifteen minutes to see General Rong."

John stood up, and before he could move Matthew grabbed his arm and said "Do not think you are escaping those two…"

"I have to get ready for a press conference…"

"Without the senior JL International representative on site, I do not think so."

Matthew looked at Ben, David and Joseph who were all stifling their laughter, before Head Honcho said, "Show them in, but follow up with Colonel Zhang as to whether there is news regarding Madam Rong."

"Yes Sir," was the immediate response and within a minute, Chester came charging in followed by Phillip.

As soon as Matthew came into Chester's line of sight, he yelled "You b*stard. I wish you never came back, because around you my sister is always getting hurt…" As he had reached Matthew, he swung at him, connecting on the left side of his face.

Matthew signalled to everyone to stand back. "Chester, I will let you get away with that, once and once only, because you are worried about Lexi."

"So, you b*stard…" responded Chester, the anger in his voice becoming more intent. He then drew his arm back getting ready to hit Matthew again

Hearing Matthew's clear warning John quickly moved and grabbed Chester pushing him back because he knew Matthew and the military would not give him another chance before saying "Chester, don't go there. Next time will not be so pleasant. Just think about who you hit…"

"That b*stard who is my brother-in-law, so what," came Chester's irate reply.

"Yes, your brother-in-law, and you might get away with that in private as he will not want to upset your husband let alone his wife by doing anything, but get a grip he is in uniform. You struck a general. You think normally you would even get a warning for doing that? No. You would be taken away. Matthew is being understanding but I am not. If I have to I will have you charged with assault."

"You wouldn't…"

"If you do not calm the f*ck down I will." John turned and said "Phillip, get a control on your husband otherwise I will have no choice."

Matthew, watched the conflicting emotions cross Phillip's face, as he said "John, understand he is concerned about his baby sister, and given what my idiot brother has put her through in the last few days he will be overprotective."

"Phillip, I do not care. Every relationship has its issues, but that is no excuse for assaulting anyone. My girlfriend's father wants to kill be for being a daughter stealing b*stard and threatened my career if I dare cause her any little bit of harm, yet we can work together," responded John, frustrated and angry about how Phillip wanted to excuse Chester, who by all rights had no need to be here.

"What do you mean?" came a somewhat stunned response from Phillip.

Matthew smirked at John. He had dumped himself into this, and there was no way he was going to help. He was aware that due to Chester's anger any response would trigger a further reaction.

John turned and saw the look on Matthew's face, and realised that he was going to have no help from him. As calmly as he could, he said to Chester "Will you behave, or do I have to get you removed from the restricted area completely? As Phillip is the president of JL International he can be here, but you have no business being here at all, even if some of the people at the Movie promotion event were employees of Jax Corp."

Chester turned his head and looked at Phillip. When the news of all of this came through, he had seen his widely fluctuating emotions which were not good for him under this treatment regime. He could still see in his eyes his love's need for him to be by his side. That had to take priority over anything else, even his desire to kill his brother-in-law. While not aggressive, he spat out "Fine," and moved towards Phillip spotting a chair and helping him to sit down.

As he sat, Phillip quickly said "Tell me what you meant?"

As he needed Phillip's cooperation for the press conference after a brief pause, he said, "I should introduce you to someone. You know Matthew's three close subordinates Colonels Dang, Wang and Pang."

Motioning towards Head Honcho, John continued saying "This is Matthew's superior General Li. General, this if General Rong's brother Phillip, CEO of JL International and his husband Chester Yao, Head of Jax Corp's entertainment division and Matthew's wife older brother."

Having completed the basic introductions, John could see the confusion on Phillip and Chester's faces. He continued saying "And I did not know this until last night, General Li is Bronwyn's father."

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