Chapter 273 - Missing Members

Whenever Lu Mengjie was not handling the company, her brother, Xia Liqin or Pride would either take her place so whenever she came back, everything was always organized.

The cosmetic brand 'Poisoned Apple', has been doing great lately thanks to their help. This was her job whenever she didn't have a mission relating to the organization she built.

Han Xukun's department, Envy division, had always been in charge of the security of the organization, and they were also trained men that took missions on saving the victims of human trafficking. If the victim didn't have a home to go back to, Lu Mengjie would usually recruit them to the organization. She would usually assign them either under Lust, Gluttony, or Sloth's division, depending on their age and ability to work.

Poisoned Apple may also be the name of the cosmetic company but it was only a front. Most of the workers in the company were actually people she recruited to her 'Harem' so none complained if she was mostly away. If one wanted to leave the company and organization, Lu Mengjie wouldn't stop them. She would even help them apply for a new job. Even if they left, they were still part of the family she created.

"Here are the reports on the missing members of the Harem." Monica handed her a thick pile of documents.

Lu Mengjie frowned. "This many?"

"Yes, this many," she replied with a disheartened tone. Even Monica didn't want to believe that it was this many but this was all the information she found with the help of Sloth. "There's a total of 106 missing members for the past 4 years. It started a year after the founding of Harem."

"..." Four years? Without anyone noticing?

She skimmed through the documents as Monica continued to give her brief report about the matter. 

"Their bodies were found within the week, some took months-long after they had gone missing. Their cause of death… was always through some kind of accident. The details are already in the files."

"Thank you, Monica, you can now go back." 

Lu Mengjie buried herself in the files of the missing members. She even asked Kuro to get her other information concerning their deaths. She wasn't able to finish it all since by the time her assistant told her that Yong Liwei was waiting downstairs, it was already sunset. She decided to bring the rest of the document back home.

She left her office and entered the VIP elevator. She remembered that she had to go shopping with her husband since she would be visiting his parents' place the next day.

When Lu Mengjie left the company with Yong Liwei, they were a sight to behold. The staff awed at the couple's otherworldly beauties. They couldn't help but think that they were perfectly matched for each other.

"My eyes have been blessed by the appearance of the god of fortune!" One muttered

"Our boss is so lucky to have a hottie of a husband!" Another whispered.

"I bet their children will be as good-looking as them!"

"As expected of our boss, of course, she'll marry the most handsome one from the Harem."

"Did you hear the rumors about Pride? I heard he's dating Madam G!"

"If Lust was a boy, I would have tried to use my charms on her already."

"Haha! Lust looks better in a boy's clothes! She's the cutest boy I've ever seen indeed."

Whispers were heard from the staff that just witnessed their Lady Boss from leaving the building with her husband.

…

Lu Mengjie was excited to buy gifts for Yong Liwei's parents even if he had told her that she didn't have to buy much.

"What do your parents prefer? Tea or coffee?" She asked after she came out from a traditional medicine boutique. She bought health supplements for her in-laws as one of her gifts.

He smiled helplessly at her. She could have just given them the health supplements alone but she insisted on buying other gifts. "They both like tea. Mother prefers flower tea while father likes fruit tea more."

"Guess I'll buy both." She chuckled. She clung to his arm as they both walked back towards the car.

After they both got on, Lu Mengjie inquired, "are they the only ones we're going to meet? How about your siblings?"

"Ah…"

His older sister, Si Hongqi's mother was in the Azure Republic while the youngest was currently in another city. "It will only be my parents."

His Yong parents only have one child and that was Yong Sianqi. She became pregnant with Si Guanlin in her early 20s and later on had Si Hongqi after she married Si Enlin. That's why it was only proper for Si Hongqi to call Yong Liwei as his 'uncle'. Aside from that, Yong Sianqi was part of the reason why Yong Liwei hadn't been attacking Si Guanlin despite the things he did.

Now that he thought of it, he realized that both Si Guanlin and Si Hongqi should be Xia Liqin's distant cousins.

"My sisters will not be coming," he informed her.

Lu Mengjie noticed the solemnness in her husband's eyes that was why she decided not to pry further even if she was curious about how his relationship was with them.

"What time will we be meeting them tomorrow?" She asked, hoping that she would be able to stray him from whatever he was thinking right now.

"Don't worry, you'll have enough time to prepare." He chuckled. He leaned and placed a soft kiss on her temple. "We will be having dinner in their place."

"Then we should bring Huasheng with us. Will that be fine?"

"Hn." He tucked a stray strand of her hair behind her ear. "They will be delighted to see him."

They soon arrived at the tea shop. After buying two boxes of different flavored teas, Lu Mengjie and Yong Liwei decided to buy one more box as a gift for her parents since they would be heading to the Lu Residence to pick up their son.