The Villain's Wife

The letter was written by Anna. Based on the strokes, she must have hurriedly wrote it somewhere and put it on Lily's clothes. Lily immediately thank the fact that Jack wanted her to have her own privacy and did not install any camera's inside her room.

She read the letter one more time before she put the small piece of paper in her mouth and swallowed it. There is no way that she will create some trouble for Anna. Not after she warned her that the pregnancy was fake. She then closed her eyes and decided to sleep.

Right now, Lily could not just trust anyone. She is alone. However, Anna's letter gave her little hope. Of course, Lily also considered the fact that Anna was acting as a double agent to spy on her. However, to Lily, this does not matter. Lily knew that she could this woman to come up with a plan.

A flash of hope started gleaming her eyes as she thought of seeing Zhou Jingren soon.

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Zhuo Capital

"How was it?"

"Your method worked." Bei Tian stared at the bags below Zhuo Jingren's eyes.

"When was the last time that you slept?" he asked and clenched his jaws. "If you won't sleep… you will get sick sooner or later. How will you face her once she comes back?"

His question seemed to wake Zhou Jingren up from his stupor. But, instead of giving him an answer Zhou Jingren only shook his head, as if silently telling him to stop talking anything unrelated to Lily's location. He held his hands, waiting for Bei Tian to gave him the tablet.

In response, Bei Tian, who sitting opposite to Zhou Jingren handed him a tablet with the list of places that Fernando provided.

"Yunnan province?"

"Hmmm… It says it's a castle near the Yunnan- Myanmar border. He flies there every now and then since he started working for his father. But he started to frequent the place this past few weeks."

"Check the ones on Asia first. And keep it quiet." Zhou Jingren said. In response, Bei Tian nodded and bid him goodbye. Not long after Zhou Jingren left, his mother arrived.

This time, Zhou Jingren did not asked his people to stop her.

"How have you been?" Zhou Dae Un asked. Unlike their first meeting, her face was devoid of any expression this time. "Can you still hold on?" she asked.

"What kind of question is that?" Zhou Jingren snapped, irritation flashed in his tired eyes. He had not slept for three days now and he already started feeling the brunt of his abuse towards his body. He watched as his mother pursed her lips. Her gaze wavered.

"The Zhou Enterprises are already in turmoil. We already involved the authorities and Zhou Kang is already on the run." She added, ignoring the irritation in his voice. "I am only here to update you."

Zhou Jingren's lips thinned as he stared at her. All these things were already in the news. His mother does not need to come here and tell him about this matter. "Why are you here?" he asked.

A sigh escaped his mother's lips. "Do you hate me that much?"

"Hate is a strong word."

"Well… I can't blame you for that." A gleam of sadness flashed in her eyes. "I know that your adoptive mother was the one who told you about me. I don't blame her. She was already sick when you met so…" she lowered her head.

Zhou Jingren scoffed. "You can't really blame the woman who raised me, can you?" The reason why Zhou Jingren knew all about her real mother's past as well as the Zhou Family was because of his adoptive mother in Japan.

Since she was already sick, most of her words made little sense to Zhou Jingren. He thought it was nothing but a joke. Or one of her episodes. Even when she told Zhou Jingren the danger of being a Zhou, he did not believe her. However, this all changed with his adoptive father also informed him of the matter.

His father later told him that the reason why he adopted him was not only because he saved his wife. But because he knew his parents. Aside from this, his wife is also a close friend with Lingling when they were still younger.

At first, he did not intend on adopting him. After all, he knew the danger of becoming a Yakuza. However, his father received a call from Lingling and her father. Asking him to adopt Zhou Jingren and Bei Tian.

"I'm sorry," Zhou Dae Un said, almost meekly. "I'm sorry for not being there when you need me. I just thought it will keep you safe."

Zhou Jingren's eyes fluttered. All this is making his head ached. He closed his eyes as he massaged his temples.

"I hope… you would find it in you to forgive me. Just know that we are always here for you. And I am willing to wait until you could forgive me." She smiled.

"The list that you gave me was a lot of help," Zhou Jingren sighed as he changed the topic. His exhaustion is apparent in his face. Zhou Jingren had been working with Bei Tian for days now. He had been checking out Jack's activities, trying to trace the places that he frequented. "We narrowed down the location into three, two in Southeast Asia, one in Yunnan."

Zhou Dae Un's face immediately lit up at his words. "Can I see the specific address?"

He handed her the tablet and watched as she read the address one by one.

"Yunnan," she uttered. "She is in Yunnan."

Zhou Jingren waited for her to continue.

"I know… you don't believe me. You can ask your people to check this place first. Or you can send people to the other two locations as well. Your choice, but I am almost a hundred percent sure that she is in India and not in South East Asia."

Zhou Jingren stared at her for a few seconds before he nodded. He initially thought that Jack brought Lily to Mainland China, then flew her somewhere in Europe or the US. However, now that he had heard about the place near Myanmar, Zhou Jingren immediately had a Eureka moment and thought about the possibility of road trips.

What if Jack did not fly Lily out of China but drove her into the provinces?