Chapter 155 - The First Step

The KSS building sat empty with only a few night guards who were waiting to go home. They were quite frightened when they saw the company boss so early. Like a devil,he was dressed in black from head to toe as he walked into the quiet building. 

A little while later,another suit clad figure walked in with a file in his hand and pressed the elevator  button to the top floor. Though there were now two people in the office,it was still just as silent.

Assistant Yang have a perfunctory knock on the door before he entered the office. Without a word, he nodded at Ah Hai who sat at his desk before placing the file in his hand in front of the man and beginning his report.

There are two pieces if news. The first is that I have found some of the previous but recent victims though they are going not going to be of much help. Shi Qinglan seems to have a modus operandi. Every year he chooses a charity and then two victims under the guise of 'helping' them. But the bad news here is that though they leave his place safe and sound,these people tended to disappear off the face of earth after a couple of years. So I have been only able to find the ones from the last year. But that too is not helpful. The last victim is in a mental institution in country M. As you know country M is presently in chaos so getting someone to penetrate the place and get information is going to be a little time consuming but we are working on that. 

As for the second part, he still has a young girl who he is preparing to send abroad for further 'studies' as soon as he gets approval to foster two new kids from the orphanage he has recently supported. By using a different charity every year,he has planned very well to not arouse suspicion. Anyway,this girl has tried to repeatedly run away from him but to no avail as the previous orphanage's coordinator was bought by money. Thay seeks to be the case with this one as well. So,this is the plan that you wanted me to design. The person to stop this is going to be the social worker appointed by he government. This is that person's profile who had been appointed by the government. She is also corrupt to the core and has worked with this man in the past.Soon she is going to be suspended for accepting bribes and will be under investigation.. So I have pulled some strings and now Madam Xaio Ai will be taking the place as an intern social worker and we have already created a profile for Xu Likun to take the place of the Senior Social worker. Is there anything else you want me to deal with?"

Ah Hai's eyes narrowed at all the details that Assistant Yang gave. Nodding,"Don't put Xu Likun in charge. Make Knox. Let him be the senior social worker."

Assistant Yang felt his brows raise at this instruction. Before he could question him,Ah Hai explained,"She needs to sort out her priorities and is not safe for Ah Hai at present. Knox is agile and observant so he will balance out Shi Ai's flaws well. Let him know and create a good background for him too. A corrupt one. Hmm?"

Assistant Yand nodded in undertanding and now that this topic was over,Ah Hai moved onto thenext subject matter,"And do you have any news about the other matter that I messaged you to investigate about?"

Yang nodded and then pointed to the unopened file on Ah Hai's table,"Yes.These are the details of Elder Shi's bank accounts and the people he meets. There is no anamoly in his bank statements or any of those people working for him. There are no miscellaneous expenses but there is something interesting that I found for you. You see, Elder Shi regularly visits the place where he has put the ashes of his late wife and daughter. As you know most people would do it once or twice a year but Elder Shi visits every week. Now the interesting part is that a woman used to work there and some other employees used to gossip about.It seemed Elder Shi was especially kind to her. But she has now resigned.And coincidentally that woman is now your new Assistant-Yang Mei."

This time Ah Hai almost gave a small laugh as he said,"Well done.Assistant Yang. You have most certainly not lost your touch! Thank you for your hard work."

Assistant Yang nodded and soon left the office,disappearing without a trace.

Ah Hai leaned back in his chair as he pondered this new person.Mis Yang Mei was planted by Elder Shi. How interesting. The question was why. Shrugging his shoulders as he decided to wait out as she revealed her own plan,Ah Hai left the office to buy something tasty for his wife. Since Shi Ai had been training hard these days,he decided to buy a box of donuts for her even as he bought a cup of black coffee for himself. Shi Ai must be about to wake up and would be happy to see her favorites. He could even get lucky. Though all these perverted thoughts went through Ah Hai's head,his expression remained the same and nobody could have thought that he was having wild thoughts of pleasing his wife in different ways.

Shi AI had just woken up after an exhausting night and was cursing Ah Hai for being so greedy. It seemed he was going to use up his years of abstinence within a few days. But before she could be riled up in her head,Ah Hai placed in her l.a.p a box of fragrant donuts. Happily hugging her husband,Shi Ai poinced on the box of donuts like a starved junkie amusing Ah Hai to no end. Midway through the box,a long lost memory flashed in her mind. This caused Shi Ai's eyes to widen as she slowed down on eating trying to catch a glimpse of what had flashed in front of her. Naturally this was noticed by  Ah Hai. Looking at Ah Hai,Shi Ai explained,"I just had a memory flash though I am not too sure if it's is true or not. I think it was a little while before I was dropped at the orphanage. Our mother had got the two of us a donut each and we were stuffing our mouths trying to see who would win first.I think that could be why I love donuts so much and feel like they are my comfort food. Ah Hai, do you think my sister also likes donuts now? Or will she have changed and like something else now?." A nostalgic smile graced Shi Ai's face as she tried to catch the elusive memory to lock away in her heart all the while continuing to eat her breakfast.

But she failed to notice that Ah Hai's smile had stiffened a bit. 

Yang Mei. Though he paid no attention to the woman,he could still recall her features with perfect accuracy. They had been looking for Xaio Ai's sister for so long now. The only thing they had relied on was to find a girl who closely resembled Xaio Ai. But siblings who resemble each other closely can grow up to look apart. In his mind,he dissected Yang Mei's features and though there was nothing much similar,he realized that the shape of Yang Mei's eyes was actually a perfect match to Shi Ai. If a person was to show only the eyes then no normal person would be able to classify whose eyes were which.

So Yang Mei was here not to spy on him

Yang Mei was the real Shi Ai 

But why was she here undercover.  Why would a girl who had sacrificed so much for her little sister not jump at the chance to meet her baby sister but instead start to work under her brother in law. Thinking it over,Ah Hai nodded to himself,deciding to let go. He would keep quiet for now and as decided earlier to wait for Yang Mei to make her move. There was no guarantee that Yang Mei was not dangerous to Shi Ai.  People changed whether by choice or force was just circ.u.mstantial.

So let Yang Mei be the cat and sniff around. He would wait to see if she was worth his Xaio Ai or not. And if he thought even for a moment that Yang Mei was dangerous then the girl would have to disappear off the face of earth. Xaio Ai did not know whether her sister was alive or not and had lived so many years. She would have to continue living like that. Yang Mei,I hope that you do not have any nefarious intentions. Your presence would be welcome to my Xaio Ai but if you are not worthy of her love,she will never know of your existence..