Chapter 197 - Rainmaker

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Neil walked into the cafe and found that Henry had his arms crossed on his chest as he stared at the young man in front of him. He slid into the chair next to Henry and the waitress came to serve their drinks. 

Sensing that his friend had returned, Henry eased his pose and barked, "Speak."

The young man chuckled. He took a sip at his coffee languidly and smiled. "First, let me introduce myself. My name is Charles Tang. But you probably know me as Rainmaker."

Henry laughed at his words. "Rainmaker? What's that supposed to mean?"

Meanwhile, Neil frowned upon hearing that very familiar name.

"President Mo, I believe that you should recognize this name," Charles spoke. "After all, you have sent your lawyer to look for me previously."

Henry turned his head to Neil and watched as he spoke slowly. "You're that blogger."

The smile on Charles' lips stretched up.

"You know him?" Henry asked. 

"We have a dealing with him previously," Neil said. "He operated a blog and mostly write on sensational news to attract his readers."

Charles laughed. "Don't confuse us with those yellow press. What my team and I did was to expose the truth to the public. We don't write reports without carefully investigating them."

Neil closed his eyes and leaned lazily on his chair. "Let's not waste our time. Mr. Charles, I would appreciate it if you tell me why did you come to find me. What do you know about my brother's death? Or, were you just bluffing to get my attention?"

"President Mo, since I dared to publish those articles back then, naturally, I do know something about it," Charles said. "What was he investigating before he died as well as what he found out before he died."

"How can we trust your words?" Henry asked. 

Charles turned to Henry. "Mr. Wu, I believe that you were looking for a prosecutor named Jennifer Jiang."

Both Neil and Henry's eyes turned darker at the mention of the name. 

Henry had previously found out that Adam and Clare had a few meetings with that prosecutor in a restaurant in A City. They sensed that the prosecutor might know something behind Adam's death and had tried to find her. However, after Adam and Clare passed away, Jennifer Jiang seemed to be disappearing as well.

Her co-workers mentioned that she had stopped showing up at work without notice and her family believed that she was on a holiday in Paris. It has been more than half of year but Jennifer Jiang has not shown up and her family continued to believe that she was on holiday all around the world.

"You know where she is?" Henry asked. His eyes narrowed. "What is your relationship with Miss Jiang?"

"Jennifer is my sister," Charles said. He saw the confused look on the men's face and took the initiative to explain. "Our parents got divorced when we were still young. I went with my mother and my sister went with our father. We were separated for years and only reunited after we were in college. Regarding her whereabouts… I'm sorry, for our safety, I cannot tell you where she is."

"What do you know about Adam's death?" Neil asked

"I'm sure by now you should know that your brother has been investigating MH Group's hospital project," Charles said. "He found out that the fund was misappropriated by a few of your directors."He took out a pen, write down a few words, and pushed the paper across the table. "These were the names that my sister had mentioned previously."

Neil read the name and recognized that they were the directors of MH Group. Before he was able to take the paper, Charles had retracted his hand and tore the paper into tiny pieces.

Through his investigation, Neil found out that Adam was looking into these directors before he died. At that time, Neil had a suspicion that these directors were somehow involved with Adam's accident, however, they could not find out any leads and the evidence had disappeared.

"Your brother found out something else during his investigation and that was how he and my sister started to contact each other," Charles continued. "My sister was investigating some higher-ups on a bribery case when they met. From what I understood, your directors and these higher-ups were working together. As for who was that higher-ups involved, my sister never mentioned them to me for my safety." 

The frown on Neil's face deepened. 

"Your brother was cooperating with my sister to get these men," Charles said. "Later, I heard that your brother might have found strong evidence to put them behind bars. My sister was working on some papers to charge those men with their crimes when your brother suddenly met with an accident. After that, my sister went missing as well. It was not until recently that she began to contact me again."

"Why do you come to me at this time and tell me all these?" Neil asked. "Why didn't you come earlier and explain?"

"President Mo, you threatened to close my company and sue me after I posted that article, do you think I would be in a mood to contact you?" Charles said and chuckled. "If it was not for my sister, I would not be here."

"What do you want?" Henry asked. "Your sister asked you to find President Mo, what is she planning to do?"

"Of course, she was hoping that President Mo would be able to cooperate with her and help her to continue where they have left off." Charles stared at Neil and continued, "President Mo, don't you want to find justice for your little brother and your sister-in-law as well?"

…

Neil and Henry left the cafe after exchanging a few more words with Charles Tang. Neil did not quickly agree to work together with the brother and sister and instead, told Charles that he was going to think about the matter first. Before they parted, Charles had passed him a black USB and asked him to look at them when he was at home.

The talk with Charles took a long time. Henry decided to postpone his dinner at Neil's place and instead went to the club to see his friends and welcome Jamie back to the city.

When he entered the house, Hazel walked over to welcome him with a bright smile on her face. Seeing the face that resembled both Adam and Clare, Neil became momentarily stunned. Suddenly, the conversation with Charles came over to his mind.

"Uncle, are you alright?"

The little girl's voice snapped him out of his thought. 

"Why are you late? Auntie Edith had made a lot of dishes. If you come back later, the food was going to get cold," Hazel complained. Her tiny mouth opened to continue, but Hazel stopped herself when her uncle suddenly pulled her into a hug.

"Uncle, what's wrong?" Hazel asked. "Are you unwell?"

"No. I'm fine," Neil said.. "I was happy to see you welcome me at the door. Let me hug you for a while, alright?"

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