If there was one thing she was good at, it was being stubborn with what she believed. Her beliefs were what made her into the person she is today. "Are your men even capable of the work you've been giving them? There are hackers that can be hired. You can even ask Yizhou to assist you, right?"

"Not totally. I was the first one to approach him. I was only able to convince him to work together with me because at that time, he was kind of doubting Bai Keran with the death of his secretary. He thought that he must have the information on whoever was the mastermind but there was not enough evidence found against grandfather. We didn't have a lead at all. His secretary's death was an unusual case even with the help of a private investigator. There were no clues found." He paused and cupped his chin to think about her odd case. "Mr. Han had a few people in mind and he only needed to bait them into confession. We came to terms as long as in return, I will keep my eyes on the old man."

Ah… yes. There was that Chen Yuyan case that was still going on. She couldn't help but wonder how things were going on Han Yizhou's side? Was he able to find out the real person behind her death or was he still looking? Was that person powerful like him that he needed to gain enough evidence before striking as well?

Lu Mengjie still had to inquire about it. Hopefully, he would start sharing his thoughts and problems now that they were married.

Married… her mind paused at the word. That's right, they just got married. It still felt so unreal. Maybe it was because they weren't able to have the ceremony itself? They just filled up papers to register their marriage. She ended up looking at the ring around her finger. It was so pretty that every time her eyes landed on it, she ended up staring at it. He knew what she liked… Now that she thought about it, she never told him about the importance of her necklace.

"I don't think he will be willing to help me right now when he has other things in mind," Bai Jingye said, snapping her thoughts.

She heaved out a heavy sigh. "And what is that?" She muttered to herself that the man was not able to hear it. If things were being played this way, they would end up nowhere.

"I plan on going back to the mainland soon," she said, changing the topic instead.

"Are you going back as my wife or Han Yizhou's?"

She ended up chuckling a bit when she heard the way he addressed her. Well, she was still his fake wife. "No, I'm not going to go back as anyone's wife but… as Lu Mengjie."

There were people looking for her, including her family. She wanted to use this as an advantage. "As for my son, I guess I will have to keep him hidden for a while."

Considering that Yong Liwei was going to be in control of Han Yizhou's body for most of the time, she could not just leave their son in his care. They were not on good terms. She should not expect anything from that man. Of course, it was going to be another matter if it was going to be Han Yizhou, himself. She could only sigh inwardly when she thought of loving a complicated man but how could she choose who to love? It was not like she could scold her heart about it. Love was indeed complicated in every way.

Other than that, if she was to come out of her cave, her enemies, including those who kidnapped her were going to be notified. Things would be dangerous if she came back with her son. She was not going to allow anyone to use her son as her weakness.

Bai Jingye raised his brows, looking at her in confusion. "How do you plan on hiding your son?"

"My brother and aunt are here in Japan. They found me and they will be staying here for a while so…" she paused and smirked at him. "I have the people I need now."

His eyes widened in shock when he heard what he said. "Do you remember them?"

"Of course. If not, I won't be mentioning them to you." She uncrossed her legs. "Besides, we already expected that it would only be a matter of time before they would be able to find me. This should be expected, knowing how skilled they are."

That was quite true. Bai Jingye thought. But… "If they are here, then how do you plan on helping me against my grandfather?"

"Haven't we already discussed this? Our first target is your father. We will focus on him but at the same time, we must not allow Bai Keran to notice what we are up to so we need to be careful. Extra careful," she instructed. "I don't need to be inside the family. They are already wary of me so why should I give myself a hard time when I can do the same things even without being inside the family?"

That's right. No one trusted her, including the servants so why should she trust them back? Even if she befriended one servant in this place, she couldn't possibly bring her back to the mainland. She was only going to deal with a new round of headaches and because of that, planting spies was going to be hard.

Bai Jingye smiled a bit. "Good to see you back, Ms. Lu."

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