Mr. CEO, Spoil me 100 Percent! - Chapter 470

Chapter 470: Teach Them a Lesson

 

Following Sam’s sudden declaration, the atmosphere suddenly took a weird turn. Ali and the rest felt a sinking feeling in their stomachs but they had no idea why. There was a contained commotion within the military as well.

The next second, a man’s chilling orders could be heard, “Surround them completely; shoot anyone who dares to move a muscle!”

At that moment, all the helicopters in the sky started moving, their searchlights directly landed on Charlie’s group. The light was so blinding that they could barely open their eyes. The low flying helicopters blew up a strong draft that tousled their clothes and hair. Amidst the commotion, they could see dark gun barrels aiming at them from above!

This was the most threatened Charlie’s group had ever felt!

This showcase of military power crushed their will to fight. Their thoughts of taking down their enemies with them were crushed. They felt completely helpless because they knew that being riddled with bullet holes was only an order away. If the helicopters fired down on them, they would be dead in an instant!

Sam’s group was despondent. At that moment, the same man opened his mouth to say, “Xinghe, you still don’t want to come out yet?”

Sam’s group was shocked. They know each other‽

For some reason, they could hear the murderous intent in Mubai’s tone.

“Just a minute,” Xinghe answered softly, she turned to give Sam a side eye. “You have to stop making those declarations; they might get you killed.”

“…” What does she mean by that?

Xinghe didn’t elaborate but walked out into the open calmly.

“Wait…” Sam tried to stop her but was pulled back by Charlie.

“You idiot, one more word from you and you’re going to get us killed!”

Sam couldn’t understand. “But we cannot let her…”

“Haven’t you realized yet? They know each other!” Charlie rolled his eyes at Sam. “Plus, you’re not his match.”

Finally, Sam took the hint. Charlie’s words were indeed proven true. Xinghe did appear to know them. The soldiers parted for her, no one giving her any difficulties.

Xinghe stopped before Mubai and looked into his dark eyes. “They’re my friends, don’t make this difficult for them.”

“Are you hurt?” Mubai asked instead.

“I’m fine.”

“You’re friends with them?” he asked again.

Xinghe answered truthfully, “Yes, we’re friends.”

Mubai’s lips curved into a smile and he replied rather sarcastically, “Only a few days and you’ve found quite a good group of friends, not bad.”

Xinghe felt there was a hidden meaning in his words. Mubai gave another chilling smile, “But they seem to harbor unclean intentions towards you, so a little lesson is in order.”

He picked up his communicator and ordered, “Teach them a lesson but don’t overdo it.”

“Yes, sir!” The leader up in the copters responded and ordered, “Fire at once!”

At that moment, bullets rained down on Charlie’s group, not giving anyone time to react. Ali’s group screamed in fear and shock from the sudden assault from the sky.

Xinghe’s eyes widened in shock. “What are you doing?”

Mubai answered nonchalantly, “Teaching them a lesson.”

“You might accidentally hurt them.”

“Well, accidents can’t be avoided sometimes.”

Chapter 471: Face Stinging a Little

 

How could she accept that? So many bullets were raining down on Sam’s group; even though the soldiers made sure to avoid firing at the people, there was no guarantee they wouldn’t be grazed by stray bullets or rebounds.

“Make them stop!” Xinghe was quick to intervene.

Mubai stared at her and said innocently, “I don’t have the right to order these men.”

Even Philip couldn’t help but be impressed by Mubai’s shamelessness. If you don’t have the means to orders these men, who gave the order to fire just now?

“They’re your men, right?” Xinghe turned to Philip. “Can you please make them stop?”

“Definitely,” Philip laughed helplessly. “But the communicator is not with me at the moment.”

Mubai had forcefully taken his communicator earlier. Xinghe grabbed the communicator back from Mubai and tossed it to him, “Now, can you stop the order?”

“Of course,” Philip picked up the communicator and said slowly, “I think that’s more than enough, you can all stop now.”

The helicopters slowly returned back into the sky. SamWolf was frozen like statues. Even though the copters had stopped firing, they still squatted motionlessly after that bullet storm, scared it would continue the moment they relaxed.

Xinghe quickly ran over to check up on them. “Are all of you alright?”

Ali raised her eyes slowly and tears were running freely down her face when she saw Xinghe.

“Xinghe, that was too scary!”

Everyone else crumbled the floor, their legs still shaking from the trauma. Some of them even suffered minor wounds from stray bullets. However, their focus wasn’t on those wounds because their consciousness was occupied by the fact that they were still alive…

That scenario just now was too scary.

Xinghe looked at Mubai who was walking over to her and demanded helplessly, “Are you satisfied now?”

Of course, she knew he purposely did all that because of what Sam said.

Mubai glared at Sam’s group coldly before his gaze fell squarely on Sam. “Looks like you guys have been taught a lesson. Be respectful from now on and keep those unneeded thoughts to yourself. Otherwise, next time, the lesson won’t be so minor.”

F*ck! That was just a minor lesson‽

Sam almost leaped up to swing at Mubai but was pulled back down by Wolf and the rest.

“Sam, calm down, don’t do anything stupid.”

“How can I calm down?” Sam yelled angrily, “He almost killed me. Let me go, I’m going to…”

Wolf smothered his mouth and offered a smile at Mubai, “There’s something wrong with his brain; I will look after him from now on.”

“I’m sorry, he is indeed an idiot,” Cairn added seriously.

“None of us really know him,” Ali even went as far as cutting ties from Sam.

Sam pulled away Wolf’s hands angrily, “You bunch of cowards, you might be afraid of him but I’m not! Let’s me go, I’ll teach him a lesson!”

“Fire—” Before he could finish, Mubai ordered suddenly.

“No!” Ali squatted back down on reflex and hugged her head. The rest, including Sam, following suit…

However, the forest remained quiet, there were no shots.

Mubai didn’t have the communicator on him; he was just scaring them. Sam’s face stung with shame and anger.

Ali and the rest looked at him mockingly. Didn’t you just say you weren’t afraid? Why did you start cowering like the rest of us?

Chapter 472: Wrong Move!

 

Now, wasn’t that a swift face slap?

Even Sam knew he’d lost. In just a short period of time, Mubai had secured a landslide victory!

The contest between men had reached an end. Mubai nodded satisfactorily. “Now that we’ve that out of the way, let’s try this again. First, thank you for keeping Xinghe safe.”

“Of, of course.” Ali and the rest nodded honestly. It was not that they were afraid of death but dying because of jealousy between two men was just too dumb. They also, in a way, appreciated Mubai showing them his bottom line so early; at least that way they wouldn’t over step it accidentally. As long as they didn’t cross the boundary with regards to Xinghe, everything would be fine and dandy…

With their promised cooperation, Mubai decided to let certain things rest. He smiled kindly. “Let’s go, it’s safe now.”

He pulled Xinghe and walked away. Ali and the rest helped each other up. Sam was the picture of despondency.

Wolf slapped him on his shoulder and comforted him, “Brother, you still have us.”

Cairn also added, “Don’t take this failure to heart; this wasn’t your first failure and will definitely not be your last.”

Sam had on a pained expression being reminded of that. Why am I so unlucky with my romantic relationships?

Ali stared at him with a curious expression. “Why would you think someone as impressive as Xinghe would be available? It’s rather a given that men would be fighting for her.”

Of course, Sam had thought of that, he just didn’t think his competition would overshadow him so much.

Charlie also came over to console him, “It’s not a shame for you to lose to him. Let’s go, after all, it’s thanks to him that we are saved.”

This pained Sam the most. His life was saved by his competition. How could he lift his head up in front of Xinghe as a possible romantic candidate?

Therefore, he had no choice but to eliminate that thought from his mind.

Charlie’s group followed behind Mubai and Xinghe and none of the soldiers stopped them. Philip ordered the military to disperse and they were going to leave with their vehicles.

Barron who had been standing to the side too afraid to speak up finally couldn’t stand it anymore. “General, wait!”

Philip who was getting into the car turned back to address him, “What else do you need?”

“General, they are all criminals who committed the great sin of breaking into the military prison. Are, aren’t you going to arrest them?” Barron asked with righteous indignation.

Mubai who was also climbing into the car turned to look at Barron as well.

Philip nodded and turned to ask Sam’s group, “You guys broke into the jail?”

“That’s right, but as to why we did it… I’m sure General Barron knows very well. He was keeping Charlie captive illegally and is smuggling drugs. Not only that, he tried to murder us. He’s the one that should be arrested,” Xinghe said clearly.

Barron’s face immediately changed. “You’re lying, you’re the criminal here!”

Afraid that his criminal activities would be exposed, Barron pulled out his gun and said, “General, they are my convicts so they fall under my jurisdiction; I refuse to let you pardon them! Therefore, it is within my right to execute them on the spot!”

As he said so, he pointed his gun at Xinghe—

“Wrong move!” Mubai sharpened his gaze and fired a shot at Barron without hesitation!

The bullet shot through Barron’s chest. Everyone was shocked. Barron widened his eyes in shock. Like a cartoon, he looked down at his chest wound which was leaking with blood and his entire body convulsed.

Chapter 473: I Was So Worried

 

His bloodshot eyes glared directly at Mubai; he was angry beyond words. “You, you dared to attack me! Men…”

Mubai shot another round at him without batting an eye. This time, Barron’s face could no longer be described with the word shocked or angered. However, what could he do to prevent his blood from escaping his body?

Barron collapsed to the ground with his eyes still wide open. The whole military was on full alert, waiting for Philip to order Mubai to be detained. Even Xinghe’s group was starting to get worried for him. After all, Barron was a General, killing him outright didn’t seem right…

However, Philip turned to Xinghe and asked, “Do you really have his proof of criminal activities?”

Xinghe recovered and nodded. “That’s right.”

“In that case, he deserved to die. Remember to pass me the evidence after this,” Philip said matter-of-factly as if the person who’d just died was of no particular significance.

“No problem!” Xinghe promised as she sighed in relief. At least Mubai was safe from prosecution.

Sam’s group was quite scared by this man’s decisiveness and ruthlessness. He killed Barron just like that. They realized they literally had just dodged a bullet earlier.

Barron’s body was quickly and quietly taken away. He couldn’t have guessed in a million years that his life would end this way. He’d brought his soldiers to end Xinghe’s group and it was him who was carried away in a body bag. Sam’s group didn’t think it would end like this either.

Regardless, they were thankful that it did and they came out the other end with all of them still surviving. Their luck did seem to have taken a turn for the better after they’d met Xinghe. It was thanks to her that they could overcome the series of hurdles. They decided to stick to Xinghe from now on!

Xinghe and Mubai had the whole car to themselves. The moment the door close, Mubai pulled her into a powerful hug!

This stunned Xinghe.

“You have no idea how worried I’ve been for the past few days!” Mubai said in a tone heavy with relief as he took in her unique scent.

Xinghe’s eyes shone and replied, “Actually, I felt the same way. I thought something bad happened to you.”

A wicked smile descended on Mubai’s face like a thin veil. “You were worried about me?”

“Naturally.”

Mubai understood her worry was more on the side of her being worried as a friend but he was still overjoyed with the knowledge that he got her worried. He explained, “I’m fine, after I pushed you out the plane, I also hopped out of it with a parachute. However, I was injured in the progress so it took me some time before I could make contact with Philip. After that, I was unconscious for a few days due to exhaustion. Thankfully, I woke up in time or else who knows what would have happened to you.”

Xinghe didn’t expect things to unfold this way as well. The first thing he did after he woke up was to locate her and then save her. He seemed to appear every time she needed his aid. She found herself owing him more and more…

Xinghe pushed him away politely and asked, “Then, you’re alright now?”

Mubai smirked. “That’s right, fit as a fiddle. How about you? How was your injury and how did you end up with those people?”

Xinghe roughly explained everything that had happened to her after the plane crash.

After he heard everything, Mubai’s heart was pierced with fear. If not for Sam and his friends’ intervention, Xinghe would have been sold. In such a country, that would have been a horrible, horrible fate!

“Where is that group’s base?” Mubai asked darkly, he was going to wipe them out of the map.

Xinghe read his thoughts and said softly, “We’ve levelled the place and killed all the disgusting men there.”

Chapter 474: Demolish this Organization Completely

 

“Nicely done,” Mubai praised. “But I hope that, in the future, you will leave the hard work to me.”

He didn’t want her to face the world alone. He wanted to solve every problem for her.

Xinghe looked at him and said, “I’m not your typical damsel in distress. However, I realize there’s a limit to what I can do. You can help me with those things that I can’t handle and vice versa. I want us to be equal, neither of us less valuable than the other.”

Take the matter of Barron as an example, if not for Mubai, they would be dead.

Mubai smiled when Xinghe said so. He took her hands and said, “Xinghe, I’m glad that you’re okay.”

He felt he was dreaming that he was physically beside her. Xinghe’s eyes shone slightly; actually, she was glad that he was fine, too. They were divorced and had an uncertain future, but she didn’t want anything bad to happen to him. Thankfully, they were both alive.

“The ‘Philip’ that you mentioned earlier is the General?” Xinghe asked suddenly.

Mubai nodded. “He has great influence in this country; we are going to need his help if we are to take down IV Syndicate.”

“Charlie knows the location for one of their bases; we can start from there,” Xinghe suggested.

“I agree. We’ve gathered the information from him earlier. Leave the rest to me, after we find the base, it’ll be time for you to shine.”

“Alright, we need to resolve this as soon as possible.”

The longer this dragged on, the worse it would be for things back at City T. Feng Saohuang would have time to grow with them out of the picture. Therefore, they needed to find the proof of his criminality as soon as possible and rush back.

Mubai thought the same. Therefore, after they returned home, they started planning. Sam’s group joined them in the living room, after they’d patched up their wounds and changed their clothes. Charlie was still recovering, but he made the effort to join them.

“Why are you looking for IV Syndicate?” Charlie asked. Earlier he didn’t care but now that they knew each other. Now, he couldn’t help but be curious. Sam’s group was curious about it, too.

Cairn said, “Almost no one dares go up against IV Syndicate; it is not a good idea going after them.”

Xinghe replied softly, “We have to.”

“Why? Has the organization wronged you?” Ali asked.

Xinghe answered, “Indeed, they have, albeit indirectly.”

“I think you should just let this be!” Sam warned them seriously, “IV Syndicate is not something you should approach willy-nilly. All of their enemies have been found dead in mysterious circumstances, so if the wrong wasn’t that serious, there no need to take this risk.”

“As I’ve said, we have to. Not only that, we’re going to demolish the whole organization!” Xinghe said confidently, shocking everyone present.

“You’re going to demolish IV Syndicate?” Ali yelped, “Xinghe, have you lost your mind?”

Destroying IV Syndicate was harder than climbing into the sky. If not, they wouldn’t have survived for so long.

This time it was Mubai who answered, “Whether we can destroy them or not is not your concern, as long as you cooperate that’s more than enough.”

“That’s right, cooperate with us. If we can demolish them, I will overlook the fact that you broke into the military prison,” Philip said with authority.

Charlie replied anxiously, “General, even with the military’s support, you might not be able to demolish them. In fact, I fear you’ll get a target on your back. I’ve interacted with these people before and I’m somewhat familiar with their situation. They are a scary organization.”

Chapter 475: A Big Investment

 

Philip laughed. “Scary? If I was fearful of these kinds of people, I wouldn’t have reached the position I have today! This organization must be demolished because their very existence is a threat to this country!”

Charlie and the rest were silent. The General was right because this organization was a major player in the war currently raging in Country Y. They smuggled and sold military munitions, causing the rise of insurgency groups, making the whole country descend into chaotic madness. Without them, the country would have been a lot more peaceful.

“In that case, I will lend as much aid as I can!” Charlie promised determinedly, no matter the outcome, he wanted to give it a try. He wanted to save his country.

“We will try our best, too, it’s time IV Syndicate meets its match!” Sam added with fiery determination. Everyone else nodded. At that moment, they were burning with nationalistic pride and fervor.

Xinghe nodded satisfactorily. “Don’t worry, our hard work will not go to waste. We will definitely see this organization destroyed.”

The Xi family and her destiny was tied to this IV Syndicate. They would survive only after this organization was taken down. Therefore, they had to decimate this IV Syndicate no matter what!

Just like that, the whole room became united by one goal: destroy IV Syndicate.

After they left, Mubai told Xinghe about Philip. “I found his cooperation not only because he was an influential general but also he had an unhappy history with IV Syndicate.”

“What kind of history?” Xinghe asked.

Mubai explained in a whisper, “Philip’s parents were both killed by IV Syndicate and the organization is currently holding his wife as hostage to prevent him from attacking them.”

“Is that so?” Xinghe nodded in thought. “This organization must have dirt on many people then. Or else they wouldn’t have grown to such strength.”

Mubai nodded. “It is so. They threaten or remove those that they can’t pull into their midst. One of the reasons this country is so chaotic is because it has been corrupted from within.”

“Then, can we trust Philip to help us with IV Syndicate?” Xinghe asked with concern.

Mubai smirked. “Of course, only by taking out the IV Syndicate can he climb to the top and take over this country completely.”

Xinghe understood then. Philip needed them to remove this syndicate to strengthen his influence and position. In such a rocky climate, the person or party who could instill peace would have the support of the people and the military. Philip would have the absolute support of Country Y’s citizens if he took down IV Syndicate. Furthermore, he had several personal reasons to hate IV Syndicate so they could trust him as an ally.

Xinghe was impressed. “It’s incredible that you managed to contact him and make him cooperate with you.”

Mubai gave a wry smile. “I gave him an offer he couldn’t refuse; that’s why he is willing to support me.”

“How big was that offer?”

“Very big.”

Xinghe nodded quietly. Philip might have the influence but the military was always in need of monetary support. Money speaks, that’s the iron rule, especially in a war-torn country like Country Y.

Therefore, she could attempt a guess at the offer number. It must have been astronomical!

Xinghe, who was not good at consoling, awkwardly said, “No matter, you will earn it back sooner or later.”

Chapter 476: I Would Die Without You

 

“With your ability, you’ll be able to regain everything you’ve lost.”

Mubai was shocked by how serious she was in comforting him. He found her awkward attempt at comfort irresistibly cute…

He couldn’t help but smile. Mubai looked into her eyes and said, “You have that much confidence in me?”

Xinghe nodded, her face genuine.

The humor in Mubai’s eyes increased. “But I have no confidence in myself. What if this will end up a huge blow to my financial condition and I’m not as rich as I once was?”

“You’ve really lost a lot?” Xinghe frowned, why else would his confidence be so low? This was so very unlike him.

Mubai nodded. “That’s right. The offer is equal to this country’s yearly capita.”

The amount is so high‽ Xinghe had no clue Mubai would sacrifice so much just to find Saohuang’s proof of criminality. She was at a loss.

She thought about it and came up with a weak encouragement, “Wealth is not that important. At least from my perspective, no matter what happens to you, you’re still you.”

Therefore, even if he was dirt poor, he was still that Xi Mubai. Mubai understood her meaning and purposely added, “You might say so but what if I don’t want to lose everything that I have?”

Xinghe replied instantly, “Then I will help you earn back everything you’ve lost. My business skills might not be as good as yours but they’re worth something.”

“You’re going to help me?” Mubai was taken by surprise. Xinghe nodded slightly.

Mubai’s voice was coarse thinking about the possible implication. “But why would you help me?”

Xinghe looked at him curiously. “Didn’t you say you don’t want to lose anything? Then, I will help you earn it all back.”

“But don’t you think it’s very not worth it for you to hand me every single cent of your earnings?”

Xinghe had really not thought about that. She gave it some thought and shook her head. “There is no question of worth because I’m willing to help you voluntarily.”

Therefore, she didn’t mind giving him every penny she earned. After all, money didn’t mean much to her. What she valued in life was her will. Since she was willing to help him, that was everything that mattered, everything else was not that important.

Xinghe didn’t think her way of thinking was weird but it was shocking to Mubai. He didn’t expect that she would be willing to sacrifice so much for him. Just because he didn’t want to lose his money, she would help him earn it back.

Not only that, she didn’t ask for compensation or want him to feel in her debt. She wanted to help him pure and simple.

I will never come across such a woman again in my life.

Mubai suddenly lowered his head and smiled.

Xinghe again looked at him with curiosity. “Why are you smiling to yourself?”

When Mubai raised his head, Xinghe was stunned when she met his pair of bright eyes. She could see the whole galaxy in there, glittering like a beautiful picture of a starry night.

He stared at her both gently and intensely before opening his mouth to say, “I’m just happy. Actually, this past few months have been the greatest and happiest time of my life, do you know why?”

“…” Xinghe didn’t answer, she just looked at him silently.

“Because of you… you’ve brought me immense joy. Xia Xinghe, you have no idea how important you are to me and how much brighter my life has become with you in it, therefore…”

There was a sudden melancholy in Mubai’s eyes when he continued with a suppressed sob, “Without you, I believe I would die.”

Chapter 477: No Matter How Long

 

Xinghe froze when he said that.

That came out of nowhere.

Mubai seemed to be surprised by his sudden confession as well.

“Did I put too much pressure on you? I’m sorry…” He laughed to smooth over the awkwardness but then he turned serious. “But those are words from the bottom of my heart. They will not change… ever. Xia Xinghe, I will wait for you no matter how long. I will not give up, no matter what.”

With that, Mubai stood up to leave. After he took a few steps, Xinghe’s voice came from behind him.

“I will also do my best to figure this thing between us out. When the time is right, I will give you an answer.”

Mubai froze. He whipped around suddenly and there was joy in his eyes, like he had just been given the greatest gift in the world.

“Okay!” Mubai’s lips curved up happily, his whole being radiating happiness, “I will wait, no matter how long! Of course, this is not to say that I’m rushing you, consider everything that you need to, I will wait forever if necessary…”

Xinghe’s eyes shuddered and she nodded slightly.

It took every ounce of Mubai’s self-control to not lunge at Xinghe and kiss her. He didn’t because he knew Xinghe was still considering whether to accept him or not, pressuring her was not going to help his case.

In any case, he believed the best of things needed time to develop and grow. He treated this relationship the same way. He believed his patience would be rewarded eventually.

That was Xinghe’s line of thought as well. Even though she didn’t need a relationship in her life, she was not averse to one. However, like everything else, she needed to have confidence in that relationship. She needed time to observe it first.

Xinghe was a traditionalist in this sense, marriage was something permanent, a lasting bond between two people. Her broken marriage to Mubai was an exception, because she wasn’t really her then.

In the end, she might end up choosing Mubai, but until then, she was not going to take this relationship lightly. Her cautiousness might cause her to miss out on a great relationship but she wasn’t going to change herself for the sake of nabbing a man.

Therefore, it fell to Mubai to have the patience to wait for her to come around.

She didn’t expect he would really do that. He chose to see it from her perspective and respect her decision to wait.

Even though, they didn’t cement their relationship as a couple that day, it was a start. Xinghe had started to treat their relationship seriously. Mubai, on his part, tried his best to stay by her side and to accompany her.

Perhaps from other people’s perspective, there wasn’t anything intimate going on between them but they knew internally that their relationship had reached a deeper level. They shared a spiritual bond, one that was more rewarding than any carnal satisfaction…

Of course, this didn’t mean that they had stopped working. Both of them were action-orientated individuals.

In terms of relationship, they might have a spiritual communion, but in real life, they hurried on with their plan. Nothing, not even relationship issues, could stop them from moving forward.

The next day, they started searching for IV Syndicate’s base, throwing themselves fully into the operation. After they located the base, Xinghe could hack into their server to siphon any information they needed.

However, at that juncture, a video appeared suddenly online.

The video showed a fully naked woman cowering in the corner of a room. No men were on screen, but one could hear their salacious laughs behind the camera. It gave the impression that the men were going to ravish that poor, naked woman.

Chapter 478: That’s His Wife?

 

However, the men didn’t. The video focused completely on the frail, shivering woman who hugged herself tightly.

No one could understand the meaning of this video, other than telling them that the woman was in incredible danger. No one knew who the woman was, what the purpose of the video was, or who the sender was.

However, the target audience of that video was clear because Philip received a disk containing that video in mail!

Philip didn’t know what was on the disk so he put the disk on while Mubai and the rest was discussing their mission plan.

However, the moment the video started playing, he reared up angrily as he pulled out his gun to threaten the room. “Look away, move your eyes away! I will shoot anyone who looks!”

The people in the room were not dumb. Based on Philip’s reaction, they could guess the woman in the video was someone important to him.

Mubai was the first to avert his eyes. Actually, the only thing he felt when he saw the video was worry and fear for that woman. It was the same for everyone else.

Furthermore, they didn’t see much because the woman hugged herself as she turned away from the camera. The most they could see was her legs and bare back. However, these images were enough to make Philip go crazy with anger; the threat in his voice was real.

He quickly pulled out the disk and shut down the television. He stormed back to his room to review the rest of the video. Very soon, the sound of items crashing and heavy cursing came from his room.

“That’s his wife?” Xinghe turned to Mubai.

Mubai nodded. “Should be.”

This shocked Sam and the rest. “How can the woman in the video be General Philip’s wife? What’s happening?”

Xinghe explained, “His wife is in IV Syndicate’s hands.”

Ali yelped, “That means this is IV Syndicate’s doing! They are…”

Ali didn’t dare continue but they could fill in the blanks on their own. No wonder Philip was so hell bent on destroying IV Syndicate. No man could bear seeing his wife being treated this way.

“But what is the point of IV Syndicate mailing General Philip this thing? Could it be that they’re on to us?” Sam asked.

A feeling of unease passed through the room. If IV Syndicate had found out about their plan then things would be a lot more complicated.

However, very soon they would find out the reason why.

Right then, a woman arrived at Philip’s house. The woman was young but had Country Y’s military uniform on. She also came with a small military escort.

The woman was brash and arrogant; it seemed she was about to join the list of this novel’s cannon fodder.

From her badges decorating her uniform, she was of a certain ranking, just a smidgen lower than Philip. However, she was not at all respectful when facing Philip, in fact she might have gotten even more conceited.

When Philip saw her, his eyes were as cold as grave. He tried his best to suppress his killing intent.

The woman saw the hatred in his eyes and smiled coquettishly. “Looks like you’ve seen the video leaked onto the internet. Philip, why are you still so stubborn? If you don’t cooperate soon, you will cause Kelly’s death.”

“Internet?” Philip caught the word she used.

The woman’s brow raised with interest. “You’ve not seen the videos online? Well, I did manage to recognize the woman in the video as Kelly.”

Chapter 479: Shameless Woman

 

Philip’s face immediately changed and the words were almost squeezed through his teeth, “The video is online as well‽”

His eyes were burning with the desire to kill!

The woman sensed the change in him and smiled slightly. “That’s right, it was posted online as well. I guess the whole country has seen it by now. But don’t you worry, they don’t know Kelly personally so they won’t know that’s your wife.”

Philip pulled out his gun, pointed it at the woman and interrogated, “What is the meaning of this? Didn’t I warn you guys not to do anything or I will crush your organization?”

The woman was unfazed. She stared back at him and said, “We didn’t do anything, we just made a video. However, I can’t promise what will happen next if you still refuse to cooperate. Philip, why would you be so stubborn for a woman like Kelly? She doesn’t deserve to be by your side; only I do. If you cooperate with me, this whole country will be ours. Now you might lose everything you have because of Kelly; ask yourself, is it really worth it?”

Philip smirked as his eyes filled with derision and contempt.

“Aliyah, I’m doing this not only because of Kelly but also because of my parents!”

“That was an accident; there will always be casualties when two great forces clash. You shouldn’t blame the organization but your parents for standing in the way,” Aliyah retorted naturally like she was in the right all along.

The gaze that Philip had become increasingly disgusted. “You’re here only to tell me all this?”

Aliyah smiled thinly. “Of course not, I’m here on IV Syndicate’s behalf to advise you to cooperate with them if you’re planning to join the upcoming election. If you don’t, I can’t guarantee what will happen to Kelly but I’m sure you can make an educated guess. Therefore, I advise that you cooperate with them.”

Philip couldn’t help but laugh at the absurdity of it all. They had killed his parents in cold blood and had detained his wife, how could he cooperate with them?

He couldn’t do it no matter what. But if he didn’t, what would happen to Kelly?

The thought made him turn murderous again. Aliyah looked at him and said gently, “Philip, why don’t you work together with them? Look at me, there’s no losses, only gains. Work with them and you can even save Kelly. Of course, why would you do that? She is not a good match for you from the beginning and now such a video about her has leaked. She is no longer worthy to be your wife.” Aliyah stepped close to Philip and brushed her body against his. “Philip, why must you choose the hard road? Get together with me and we can claim the whole world together, isn’t that the better choice?”

The whole room froze when the woman said that. Just how shameless this woman had to be to suggest such a thing in front of them to Philip?

Sam and the rest’s opinion of this woman had dropped to rock bottom so it must feel worse for Philip who was directly involved in it.

“Aliyah, you listen to me.” Philip stared into her eyes and declared, “Even if I choose to cooperate with them, I will not get together with you because you are worth less than Kelly’s pinkie finger!”

“You…” Aliyah’s features were twisted by anger and jealousy. “Even if Kelly was mounted by so many men, you still want to stay with her‽”