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Chapter 60
The safehouse was too quiet. After everything that had happened, I had expected alarms, footsteps, another message, another attack. Instead, there was only rain against the windows. Lillian stood near the glass, arms folded, watching the city blur beneath the wet night. I sat at the edge of the sofa, staring at the floor. For the first time in days, nobody was asking me to investigate anything. No Dragon Palace files. No shell accounts. No surveillance vehicles. No dead men whose identities refused to stay buried. Just silence. And Lillian.She turned from the window. "You're thinking too loudly." I looked up. "Is that possible?" "With you, apparently." A faint smile touched her lips. It disappeared almost immediately. She crossed the room and sat beside me. Not too close. But closer than usual. For several seconds, neither of us spoke. Then she said, "Can I ask you something?" "You can ask." Her fingers rested together in her
Chapter 59
Leon's words stayed with me long after the call ended. Someone you trust. Lillian sat across from me in the back of the car, staring at her phone. Neither of us spoke. The city moved beyond the tinted windows, bright and indifferent. Traffic lights changed. People crossed streets. Cars honked. Inside the car, everything felt still.I finally broke the silence. "Who do you trust?" Lillian looked up. "That's the problem." Her voice was quiet. "I don't know anymore." I watched her expression. She wasn't frightened. Lillian Shen rarely looked frightened. But she was unsettled. That told me enough. I leaned back. "Leon could be lying." "He could." "Then why did you believe him?" "I didn't." She locked her phone. "But I believed that he believed what he was saying."That distinction mattered. Leon had every reason to manipulate us. He had been connected to too many schemes, too many secrets, too many people whose names appeared i
Chapter 58
The silence from Elder Han followed me all the way back to Shen Group. He hadn't answered my question. That was the answer I couldn't stop thinking about. But I didn't have time to chase it. The moment we stepped into the executive floor, Lillian's phone began vibrating. Once. Twice. Then continuously. She looked at the screen. Her expression changed. "What?" I watched her read the message. Then another arrived. And another.She opened the first. "Shen Group stock is falling." Victor, who had followed us from the records room, frowned. "How badly?" "Six percent." "In how long?" "Seven minutes." He swore under his breath. Lillian kept scrolling. "Eight percent." The room went quiet. That wasn't a normal market movement. Not for Shen Group. Not without something behind it.I walked toward her. "What happened?" She handed me the phone. A financial news alert filled the screen. SHEN GROUP FACES INTERNAL INSTABILITY AS SECU
Chapter 57
The file remained open between us. I stared at the word MISSING until it stopped looking like a word and started looking like an accusation. Twenty years. An operative had vanished three days before the official record claimed he died. No body. No confirmed witness. No recovery report. Just a name, a death entry, and a blank space where the truth should have been.I looked at Elder Han. "You knew about this." He didn't answer immediately. That was enough to tell me the file hadn't surprised him. "I knew there were records," he said carefully. "That's not what I asked." Han closed the folder halfway. I put my hand on it. "Don't." His eyes lifted. "Zane." "Every time I find something, you give me another piece and hide the rest." "I am trying to keep you alive." "I've been alive for twenty-nine years without knowing why half the people around me kept lying."Lillian stood across the desk, watching both of us. She hadn't
Chapter 57
The file remained open between us. I stared at the word MISSING until it stopped looking like a word and started looking like an accusation. Twenty years. An operative had vanished three days before the official record claimed he died. No body. No confirmed witness. No recovery report. Just a name, a death entry, and a blank space where the truth should have been.I looked at Elder Han. "You knew about this." He didn't answer immediately. That was enough to tell me the file hadn't surprised him. "I knew there were records," he said carefully. "That's not what I asked." Han closed the folder halfway. I put my hand on it. "Don't." His eyes lifted. "Zane." "Every time I find something, you give me another piece and hide the rest." "I am trying to keep you alive." "I've been alive for twenty-nine years without knowing why half the people around me kept lying."Lillian stood across the desk, watching both of us. She hadn't
Chapter 57
The file remained open between us. I stared at the word MISSING until it stopped looking like a word and started looking like an accusation. Twenty years. An operative had vanished three days before the official record claimed he died. No body. No confirmed witness. No recovery report. Just a name, a death entry, and a blank space where the truth should have been.I looked at Elder Han. "You knew about this." He didn't answer immediately. That was enough to tell me the file hadn't surprised him. "I knew there were records," he said carefully. "That's not what I asked." Han closed the folder halfway. I put my hand on it. "Don't." His eyes lifted. "Zane." "Every time I find something, you give me another piece and hide the rest." "I am trying to keep you alive." "I've been alive for twenty-nine years without knowing why half the people around me kept lying."Lillian stood across the desk, watching both of us. She hadn't
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