Chapter 135 - Stronger together

Lina coughed stupidly. She couldn't giver herself away so openly. She knew she had to butter her husband up at least a little before she turned her attention to the food. 

"Oh, I just realised I'm not so hungry. Here, sit down, hubby, let me massage your back - you've been working so hard all day!" Lina tried to save herself, willing herself to look away from the chicken soup.

Shen wasn't fooled. He sighed deeply. This idiot wouldn't stop stealing glances at her favorite meal if she was held at gunpoint. Why did he dote on her so deeply?

He gently held her arms to stop her from massaging his back, and sat her down at the table in his office. Without saying much, he carefully placed all the dishes in front of her, even spreading a napkin on her lap.

Only then did he sit down to eat as well. Lina smiled, love sparkling in her eyes for her kind husband. He knew full well that her stomach's needs were primary.

Since the doors to his office were finally closed, Shen spoke frankly to Lina as he served himself some rice a bowl.

"Was there any new information on the Country A case?"

Lina remained quiet for a second, remembering the list Takashi had given her about gold pass shipping companies. That was the key to deciphering the puzzle.

"Lina?" Shen asked, sensing that she was trying to decide once more to tell him something important or not.

Lina recalled their conversation the previous night - the truth, the peace and the security that prevailed between them, strengthening their relationship. She couldn't destroy that again. Or she may as well never recover.

She took a deep breath, before she started.

"Yes, actually. There have been some further developments I heard about this morning at the office. But it doesn't look good…for you."

Shen grimaced, knowing full well what was coming. After Lina had told him about Magnolia and the Lims, he had looked into it a little deeper that morning. It definitely had to do with their shipping contract, since that was the only way in which Magnolia was trading with Country A.

Why had Magnolia lingered in her memories while everything else had virtually disappeared?

But what all this eventually meant, was that Lina had been tied up in something that involved him before she was attacked. And not even she could remember why.

"Just tell me. we will deal with it together."

"Shen…it seems like they've been dealing in illegal arms. They've been supplying to a mutinous faction in the ruling party that wants to wage a war."

"The Lims?"

"Yes."

Shen was quiet for a few seconds, as if to process the information bomb that was dropped on him.

Everything made sense. He had been going over the Lims' shipping inventories lately since there had been some discrepancies with the weight of the goods that had caused problems on route.

Who knows what his cargo vehicles had been used for.

Shen's palms got sweaty as his face paled. What the hell had happened under the Moshi name?! Especially after all he had done to curb his brothers' illegal activities using Moshi Corporation to become the CEO.

He had promised his father and himself to run the company with as much integrity as he could.

He felt Lina's soft hands cover his big ones. He looked up at her worried face.

"It's not your fault" she said quietly, her voice firm. She knew instinctively that this upstanding husband of hers would beat himself up for being a fool when someone had clearly betrayed him.

"But it is—someone had played me for a fool. I knew there was a mole, but I didn't know they would have gone so far! And now I know they are directly connected with the Lim clan."

Lina stood up and hugged him, knowing he was in need of comfort. He worked incessantly and tirelessly to make Moshi Corporation what it was.

From what everyone had told her, this company was his life, before she met him.

Moshi Corp was his heart, and somebody had stabbed it. Someone had hurt her husband, and now Lina was filled with a thirst for vengeance.

"We will find the people who did this, I promise."

Shen held her back and looked deeply at her face.

"Baby, these people…I don't want you to get entangled in my mess."

She frowned. Had they not decided that they were in this together?

"You know I'm strong. I can be of use" she pressed on.

"I don't know how involved you were with this before, but I can't lose you again" Shen's voice trembled as he spoke to her, holding her face close to his.

"And I don't want to lose you either. It's time we stopped trying to solve our problems alone. We can protect each other better if we work together. Please, darling, trust me."

Lina's words and the depth of her dark eyes gave Shen the belief and faith in her ability. This was the best way to keep her close.

"Okay. Let'd do this. Together."

Lina grinned and hugged him tightly. She was overjoyed. She felt more energetic than she had ever felt since she woke up from her coma.

She was already making extensive plans in her head, it came to her so naturally.

"Let me use my resources and networks to look into Country A's end of this correspondence."

Shen nodded, making his own plans as well. This husband and wife pair were truly very capable.

"And I'll play along with the Lim's and look into their dealing with our shipping department more carefully."

Lina nodded, completely in agreement with her husband. But then a thought hit her.

"What would help the most, though, is if I could get my memories back. I have a lot more information we could use."

"Would you like to make another appointment with Dr. Hayama?"

Dr. Hayama...did she really want to see that man again?