Chapter 141 - Meeting her past self

Lina's heart began to race as she held the big while envelope in her hands. What did this mean? Who could have left this here besides her? This envelope was so well hidden, she didn't know if she could remain calm opening it. 

Since she had awoken, she knew, there were many secrets to her life, things she couldn't even keep track of anymore. There were mysterious people appearing out of nowhere who had thrown information at her she couldn't keep track of anymore. 

Tachi…she thought about the man she had last seen only a while back. He told her he was her real husband. 

Her heart began beating faster…what if there was something in this envelope proving Tachi was her real husband and not Shen! She had totally forgotten about his existence, despite their last run-in! 

Lina steadied her breathing, as she opened the envelope and pulled out the stack of papers from within. 

Along with the papers also came a small black diary. But first she looked at the papers. 

The doc.u.ments seemed to register a series of numbers in rows. Under each line of numbers, Lina found little notes in her own handwriting. 

The numbers seemed familiar, and she automatically typed them into the map on her computer. 

It was a location, a very specific longitudinal and latitudinal indication. The other number was a time and date. 

Her notes seemed coded though. 

They said strange things like: 

"L1 x A8 - 3 strong, cash, port" 

Lina bit her lip as she pondered what to make of the doc.u.ment. As she flipped page after page, she saw similar notes that made no sense at different locations and times. 

There was no way she could derive meaning simply out of thin air. 

But a thought struck her. The diary! It must have been there for a reason. 

She quickly opened the first page - and sure enough there seemed to be a key for the code, also written in her own handwriting. 

Her heart began to race and her breaths became shorter as the adrenaline surged through her body. 

The numbers meant something, so did the signs. The only thing that didn't make sense were the words. 

'strong, cash, port' — the three words staring back at her were the keys to the riddle. 

The alphabets with numbers were people. The alphabet referred to the party they belonged to and the number referred to the individual from that party. 

Lina found notes in the diary, listing these facts. The first few pages were full of names or code-names for the agents of these parties

*A - Country A* 

*L - Lim Clan* 

*U - Unknown Party*

*M - Moshi Corporation* 

Lina's heart stopped. The M alphabet meant there was someone from Moshi Corporation definitely involved in whatever she had been so secretively looking into. 

From what she understood, under the party A column, there were several agents, namely 1, 2, 3 — all the way to 12, that she had supposedly tracked. 

The signs meant the following; 

*x -> transaction/cash or payment included*

*+ -> only goods transactions without cash/or only cash without goods* 

*(-) -> only meet, no transactions* 

Therefore, the code in the doc.u.ment reading L1 x A8 meant that agent 1 from the Lim party had conducted and transaction of goods as well as cash with agent 8 from Country A. 

As Lina bit her lip, she realised there were some similarities between what she was investigating with the Country A case and the notes in the doc.u.ments from the envelope. 

Some kind of illegal transaction was taking place between Country A and the Lim Clan.

A sudden realisation washed over Lina, in that moment. That very day, Moshi Corporation had shown up on the list of gold pass recommendation shipping companies that Takashi had a given her. 

Shipping companies operated from ports. 

Cash, the word made sense now. The sign was an 'x', so there was a cash payment that was made between the agents. 

And then, the final chord hit. L1…an agent from the Lim clan. The Lim clan was associated with Lila Lim, whose villa she had walked into undercover as June's store assistant with Meimei. 

She remembered what she had found there — proof that the Lim clan did indeed operate Magnolia Holdings. And then Shen had told her about the deal they were trying to make, renewing their shipping contract! 

And country A's problem, that was the worst part — the arms dealing. It all made sense. The Lims were trying renew their contracts through Magnolia Holdings' relationship with Moshi Corporation. They were using Shen! 

Now Lina's hunch was stronger than ever. The Lims' business was fishy and they were almost certainly shipping illegal arms to Country A using Moshi Corporation shipping. After everything Shen had done and gone through to clean Moshi Corporation for the last five years after the mess his brothers had made, the Lims were trying to tear him apart from the inside. 

Then the third word 'strong' made sense. It described the goods. Armaments meant 'strong'. There was almost no doubt left in Lina's mind anymore. Everything was connected, and yet it was all disconnected. But the only person who knew how…was her. 

And she had gone and lost all her memories. 

As Lina's heart began to beat faster, it hit her. Why did she know about these things before the assassination attempts on her life? Why did the Magnolia Holdings inventory files from Shen's study look so familiar to her? 

More importantly, why were these files kept so hidden in her office? Why didn't anyone else know what was going on? 

There were too many questions and too few answers. Unfortunately for her, she knew only one person who could help reach into the recesses of her own mind. And she didn't like that person at all. 

But this time, she would have her husband to protect her. Shen and her had decided to visit Dr. Hayama together again. As the mysteries in her life escalated, so did the risks. She had almost died two times over. If she didn't figure things out and watch her back, this time she might actually die. 

And what's worse, she might also take her beloved husband down with her. 

Yet, there was one thing that bothered her the most. 

Tachi. 

The man had successfully stalked and cornered her, but hadn't been seen since. In fact, he had disappeared after dropping a big fact bomb on her — that he was her real husband! 

As much as she had been avoiding it, finding the hidden compartment in her office today made her believe that there were other imperative things she could uncover about herself. She would have definitely left traces. 

If her work was hidden in her office, any proof of a marriage to Tachi…it would be hidden in her home. 

But it couldn't be hidden in her marital home. That would be too simple. 

She needed to look into her old apartment, the one she lived in before marrying Shen.