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the reunion
The reunion invitation had arrived in the least expected way — a woman named Sandra Kim appearing out of nowhere at the steak restaurant, delivering the information at speed before disappearing back into the city, leaving Kelvin standing with an invitation he had not sought and an event he had not considered attending.Sophie had been the first to form an opinion."Go," she said, over the remaining portion of her steak. "You should go.""I barely knew most of them," Kelvin said."That is exactly why you should go," Sophie said. "To see what happened to them.""Or to be seen," Anna said. She said it without judgment — just the observation."Both," Sophie said.Kelvin had thought about it for most of the following day, through the morning operations briefing with Frank and the afternoon Catherine Walsh call and the hour he spent with the RuiserChi registration documents that still felt like a claim he was making on something.He had decided to go in the specific way of someone who had d
celebration
The company registration happened on a Tuesday.Kelvin had been attempting to avoid being the legal person of record for the new company — not because he did not want the company to exist, but because the specific administrative weight of being listed as the legal person on a registration document felt like a step that deserved more deliberate choosing than being physically dragged into a government office by Anna and Derek.This was, apparently, not how Anna and Derek saw it."The company is yours," Anna said, for the third time in the car. "The land is yours. The capital is yours. You are the legal person.""You and Derek could be co-directors," Kelvin said."We are co-directors," Derek said. "You are also the legal person.""Those are not mutually exclusive," Anna said."I understand they are not mutually exclusive," Kelvin said. "I am noting that the legal person designation carries specific liabilities in the event of—""Kelvin," Anna said."Yes," he said."We have been studying
a good start
Brother Long came through the door of room 222 like a man who had assessed the situation incorrectly from the outside and was discovering the error in real time.He stopped when he saw the configuration of the room.Four bodyguards positioned with professional efficiency. Carter Webb on the sofa with the specific posture of someone whose authority has departed and left the structure of it behind. Kelvin in the chair across from him with the unhurried quality of someone who has chosen their seat carefully."That is your trump card," Kelvin said, looking at Brother Long with the calm interest of someone identifying a piece of information. "The delinquents outside."Brother Long looked at Carter Webb.Carter Webb looked at the floor.Brother Long had the expression of someone who has been given a significant piece of information without anyone having spoken."I am going to leave now," Kelvin said. "Carter Webb and I have finished our conversation." He looked at Brother Long directly. "Th
Carter's investigation
The van smelled of cigarettes and industrial cleaner, which was a specific combination that Kelvin filed away as information about the kind of operation he was walking into. He sat in the back with his four bodyguards arranged around him in the configuration of people who were supposed to be holding him and were actually protecting him, which required a specific quality of acting that all four of them were managing with professional competence. He kept his head down and thought. Carter had not acted alone. The dinner had been arranged too specifically, the coordination with the kidnapping attempt had been too clean. Someone had told Carter that Anna and Derek would be at that location. Someone had arranged Brother Long as a backup when the dinner plan failed. The question was the same one he had asked in the hospital room before Derek briefed him. Who knew. The van stopped. The Imperial Entertainment Club had the specific aesthetic of a place that had spent a significant amount
cultural relics group
“The time has come for you two to step in. Yesterday, three new students from Ebinghao Business School—and the woman who brought me here. As for the two men, don’t kill them… but make them suffer as much as possible.”The moment he finished speaking, Ryan closed his eyes again, a blissful, almost euphoric expression spreading across his face, as if he were drifting off to heaven.Hearing those words, the tattooed man felt his heart pound. If Ryan hadn’t been paying him so well, he wouldn’t have bothered dealing with such filth. Over the years, he had already helped him abduct countless women—every single one of them beautiful.Seeing that Ryan had nothing more to say, the tattooed man quietly left the room.There was no way he could stomach that scene any longer. The moment he stepped out of the private room, he hurried off to his own quarters to vent his frustration.Of course, he didn’t forget the task Ryan had just assigned. After all, every time he handled such matters in the past
Mr Ryan
Before hanging up, Frank could hear someone beside him asking who was on the other end of the call.At that moment, Kelvin finally understood why his father could be so cold and ruthless toward ordinary people. It was because kindness meant nothing to those who didn’t value it.Less than ten seconds later, Kelvin’s phone rang again. It was the Carter Group representative.“This is the second time. I don’t want it happening again. You have one hour to gather all illegal evidence on the Civil and Martial Group. If you can’t find any, then make something happen. I’ll be waiting for you at Meridian Tower.”Kelvin didn’t believe for a second that Ryan’s company was clean. If there was dirt to uncover, that was the best place to start.Anna, who was driving, said nothing as she glanced at Kelvin. The sudden shift in him—cold, sharp, and distant—made him feel like a stranger.On the way, Kelvin drifted off again, still dizzy. When he woke up, the car had already been parked outside Meridian
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