Free Web NovelChapter 567: He Is Reluctant to Let Her Go
Wendy glanced over to Zen as well and gave a slight sigh, "Zen might not know about the safe too. Someone like Christian would not tell something that important to Zen."
"I know. I was just thinking, since Zen had been at Christian’s side for so long, maybe she would have a clue." Michael said, "But, we’re trying to find it ourselves first."
"There is no point searching blindly. The world is indeed way too big. Even if we know that the safe is in Lake City, it would be very difficult to pin point the exact location of it." Wendy added, "I feel, we would need to think and brainstorm about this carefully, on where Christian may have placed his safe."
"Lake City..." Michael silently muttered, "Christian used to place his safe at HG Enterprise. Then, Timothy was there to safeguard it for him. Once Timothy was gone, he shifted his safe away. Other than Timothy, who else would Christian task to take care of his safe?"
"Are you trying to say that, Christian may have decided to safeguard his own safe himself?" Wendy asked Michael after hearing what he said.
"That is another possibility. Christian is very suspicious of others. If it wasn’t someone he truly trusts because he has a bargaining chip over them, he would definitely not hand something as important as his safe to others." Michael deduced, "Also, for someone like Christian, it seems like he doesn’t have someone he truly trusts."
"How about Clement?" Wendy asked and frowned slightly.
Michael shook his head, "Nope, I don’t think so. Do you still remember Christian’s broken finger?
We are still uncertain about the true relationship between Christian and Clement, and why they are working together. However, we can confirm that Christian does not have full control and power over his drug business. If not, Christian wouldn’t have chopped off his own finger just to realize his drug business.
This shows that there is still a layer of distrust between them.
Also, didn’t Todd say this before?
The safe most likely contains evidence of Christian’s illegal activities and likely has evidence of his illicit drug business. Christian’s partners in this business are Clement and his gang.
Christian collated the evidence of their illicit business and handed it over to Clement to safeguard? Based on Christian’s personality, that will unlikely happen.
He would protect himself. If Clement betrayed him or something like that happens, with this evidence, he could easily report Clement to the police."
Hearing Michael’s deduction, Wendy nodded her head in agreement. Indeed, what he said made a lot of sense.
"That safe, where could he have hidden it?" Wendy pondered in a low voice. "For someone like Christian, if he didn’t pass it over to someone else, where would he have hidden it?"
Suddenly Wendy raised her head and looked up to Michael. In the next second, both Wendy and Michael both blurted out, "His house!"
"That’s what you think as well right?" Wendy asked, "They always say that the most dangerous place is the safest. If he hid it in his house, it would be the most unexpected place. He must have thought that we wouldn’t think he would be so daring. In fact, since you’ve been searching for this safe for so long, Christian should be worried that it would be found and would hide it at some place very far away."
"Seems like we need to find a way to enter Christian’s house without alarming him."
said Michael.
"Christian lives in a high-class and secluded district. Outsiders are definitely not allowed to enter. Moreover, near his place, there are definitely bodyguards around.
When we are near his place, Christian would already be alerted of our presence."
Wendy seriously said, "Wouldn’t this be too obvious?"
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"Yes," Michael said as he helplessly shook his head.
Indeed, trying to sneak into Christian’s house would be near impossible. If they brought people and forced their way into his house, it may be possible. However, if they couldn’t find the safe at his place, he would definitely make this a big issue. He could use this chance to look good against the negative online feedback of him now.
He could argue that he was deliberately slandered by Michael. Moreover, this would also make Christian warier and he would hide the safe even more securely.
"For now, the only people who can approach Christian was probably only Zen," Michael sighed, "it’s a pity Zen is in this state now."
"Zen? Christian doesn’t love her. Even if she wakes up, she can’t get close to him either. At least Christian won’t give her a chance to go near the safe," said Wendy.
"I don’t know if Christian loves Zen or not, but I’m certain that Zen is special to him," Michael deduced. "If you think about it, for someone like Christian, why would he keep Zen by his side all these years? What is it for?
Even when Zen wanted to escape, he even shot his men in order to snatch her back from us. He didn’t care about the consequences and had forced his way to bring Zen back. Based on Christian’s personality, if he didn’t care for Zen at all, why would he treat her like this?"
"But, when Zen was pregnant, he even hit her and forced her. How is this even love?" Wendy argued.
"It may not be love, but a special presence," Michael added. "It seems like he thinks she belongs to him. No one can snatch her away and she can’t leave him. Zen is this kind of presence to Christian. He thinks that Zen belongs to him and that he is the only one who can decide if she goes or stays."
"That is too scary! Zen is a human being, what did Christian think she is?" Wendy felt upset about Zen.
"I just think that if Zen regains consciousness, Christian would allow her back to his side. In this way, Zen can pretend and stay at Christian’s place, helping us find out where the safe is located." Michael added, "Christian is a control freak. He would definitely want Zen back at his side."
"Is it really necessary to go there?" Wendy glanced down at Zen and her tears welled up again.
In order to leave Christian, Zen had even lost her child and almost lost her life. If she woke up and had to return to his side, she would break down.
However, Wendy knew that Michael was right. Christian is now involved in not only commercial corruption but also the country’s drug business. If they couldn’t bring him down, there would be many innocent victims.
Between personal interest and for the good of the country, logically speaking, it was easy to choose. However, emotionally, it was difficult.
This was the most painful.
"Let’s not think so much for now. We are still unsure if Zen can wake up," Michael’s voice lowered and turned solemn. "Moreover, we will need Zen’s agreement to this.
If she wakes up and is reluctant to do so, we won’t force her either."
"Zen can definitely wake up, she can definitely regain consciousness." Wendy was unsure herself but repeated it to sound confident.
Michael took Wendy’s hands in his and consoled her.
He gave her a heavy nod and agreed, "Yes, she can definitely wake up."
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Michael was very busy and didn’t have the time to accompany her by Zen’s side.
However, Wendy was reluctant to leave. Moreover, Zen’s parents would be coming in the afternoon. Wendy had to explain to Zen’s parents and try to console them.
Thus, Wendy didn’t leave.
Zess left as well as she had to pick up her two children from school. Moreover, Wendy was pregnant and needed to be careful of what she ate. Hence, Zess’s first task when she went back was to prepare a proper meal to send over to Wendy at the hospital.
The hospital ward only had Wendy and Zen. Even though Wendy knew that talking to Zen would not wake her up, she still didn’t want to give up. Holding onto Zen’s hands, she thought back to their happy memories and narrated, talking to her nonstop for the whole afternoon.
The city that Zen’s parents were in was just next to Lake City. Driving over would take only about four hours. Wendy called them at about eleven in the morning. It was about four in the afternoon when they arrived.
"Zen..." Zen’s mother called out before even entering the room.
Wendy hurriedly stood up and wiped her tears with her hands.
"Auntie, Uncle..." Wendy saw them enter and greeted them.
However, they didn’t react much to Wendy as their gaze was fixed on Zen in the hospital bed. Wendy stood by the side silently and stared at them gathering around Zen’s bed.
"Zen, what happened to you?" Zen’s mother wiped her tears as she sobbed, "if you’re like this, what will happen to your father and me?"
Zen was the only child and Zen’s parents had her when they were pretty old. If Zen really couldn’t wake up, it would be a deathly blow to both her parents.
"Aren’t you on a business trip? Why are you lying here?" Zen’s mother raised her hands shakily as she reached out to stroke Zen’s face. "Zen, wake up. Hurry, regain consciousness. If you don’t do so, your father and I won’t live anymore."
Zen had lain on the hospital bed for so long, her face was pale and sickly white.
Zen’s father was a man and much calmer than Zen’s mother. However, even though he was calm, he was still her father.
He clenched his fists together and turned around looking at Wendy. He asked in a strained voice, "What exactly happened to Zen?"
Zen’s father was already in his seventies and his back was already hunched.
However, he was trying his best to raise his posture. It seemed like he was trying to find justice for his daughter.
"Uncle, it’s a really long story." Wendy had wanted to continue saying but was immediately interrupted by Zen’s father, "Then, just summarize it for me!"
Wendy was frightened by the sternness in Zen father’s tone and her body trembled slightly.
She nodded her head and explained simply, "Zen fell in love with a man. This man is very powerful. Zen became pregnant and for her child, she decided to leave this man.
That is because she was aware that this man did not love her. She wanted to leave his side. However, even though this man did not love her, he was not willing to let her go.
When I was helping Zen escape Lake City, this man got several people to stop Zen.
He even threatened your lives and the lives of other innocent people to force Zen to stay behind. Without a choice, Zen had to stay behind.
However, Zen had made up her mind not to return to his side and hence, on the way back, Zen jumped out of the car. Zen was already in the later stage of her pregnancy and with this jump, she lost her child and her life fell into critical danger."
