Anything that happens in the world will eventually leave traces.
No matter how thoroughly it is hidden or revealed...
Guo Jingzhu sniffed hard again, trying to catch a faint, indescribable, special scent in the air that was different from the fragrance of tea and agarwood, mixed with a hint of ambiguous warmth.
"...Hmm...Is it that Mr. Kobayashi's servant is lazy?
It looks clean, but are the corners not cleaned properly?
Why does it feel a bit weird and stuffy and damp..."
She muttered softly, her eyes scanning the spotlessly clean floor and furniture with some suspicion.
Liu Rumeng had her back to her. Although her expression was normal, her white jade-like earlobes were quietly stained with a very faint, barely noticeable blush that disappeared in a flash.
She said gently, "Maybe it was because the thunderstorm was too severe and the window was not open enough, so the air wasn't circulating well.
It's really late, let's leave quickly and not disturb Mr. Xiaolin's rest."
At this time, Lin Huowang has also recovered into the elegant and graceful Japanese overseas Chinese businessman Mr. Kobayashi Tenwang.
With a slightly tired look after a busy day, he nodded politely, "Yes, I'm sorry to have let Miss Guo fall asleep here.
Miss Guo, Miss Liu, take care.
I'll invite you over for tea another day to apologize."
His tone was polite and distant, exactly the standard attitude he would use towards two ordinary female friends.
Liu Rumeng also bowed slightly, smiling gently and appropriately, maintaining an absolute social distance:
"Mr. Xiaolin, you are too polite. I am sorry to bother you today.
Jingzhu, let’s go.”
Her eyes swept across Lin Huowang's face quickly, calmly and cleanly, as if they were a stranger she had just met.
The two said goodbye at the door. Liu Rumeng took the arm of Guo Jingzhu, who was still a little confused, and gracefully got into Lin Huowang's Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow.
The car windows were closed, isolating the inside from the outside.
When the silver Rolls-Royce lit up its taillights and drove smoothly away from Repulse Bay No. 3, the magnificent iron gate hidden in the lush greenery.
In the shadows of the woods opposite the villa, at the corner of the street in the distance, and even on the hillside farther away, several pairs of eyes like those of beasts lurking and hunting at night lit up at the same time, or rather, the lenses hidden in the dark slightly turned their focus.
Night vision binoculars and cameras equipped with telephoto lenses accurately captured the scene of the departing vehicle.
"Targets Liu Rumeng and Guo Jingzhu separated from the island at 21:47.
The host, Kobayashi Tenmo, escorted her to the door. The interaction between the two was… polite and unremarkable, with no particular physical contact. Guo Jingzhu seemed a little sleepy…”
A man in ordinary work clothes lowered his voice and whispered quickly into the miniature recording device in his hand, his eyes as sharp as an eagle.
Such news is like a stone thrown into a calm lake.
It instantly stirred up tiny but fast-transmitting ripples, which quickly spread along invisible lines.
It took almost no time.
The Governor's Residence is located in the magnificent Governor's Office on the shores of Victoria Harbour.
Crystal chandeliers illuminate the dark wood wainscoting and rich Persian rugs.
Sir Murray MacLehose, the long-serving Governor of Hong Kong, had just put down his cigar cutter.
He picked up a thin piece of intelligence with an internal top-secret number printed on it that the aide had just presented to him.
His eyes quickly scanned the few lines of brief description, and the corners of his mouth stiffened slightly.
Then, an irrepressible smile appeared, full of pride and relief.
Like ripples from a stone thrown into the air, it spread across his well-maintained face, which exuded the shrewdness of a professional politician, and grew larger and larger.
He couldn't help but let out a short and pleasant "huh".
The Governor's wife, who was reading a picture magazine with a cup of black tea by the fireplace, keenly caught her husband's unusual reaction.
She put down the exquisite bone china teacup, with just the right amount of curiosity and concern on her face, and asked in a gentle voice:
"Honey?
See anything interesting?
It's rare to see you so happy reading intelligence."
MacLehose raised his head, but the smile on his face did not fade. Instead, it showed the shrewdness of a chess player who saw his opponent fall into a trap.
He raised the paper in his hand and said, "It's indeed worth being happy, dear.
A problem that has troubled us for many days seems to have found an unexpected breakthrough.
He had no intention of hiding anything and directly handed the information to his wife.
The Governor's wife took it and quickly glanced through it, a look of enlightenment flashing in her eyes: "Oh? Is it that... Mr. Kobayashi Tenmo, the Chinese-Japanese businessman who has recently become famous?
And... the Huo family's favorite future daughter-in-law, Liu Rumeng, the granddaughter of the Repulse Bay Guo family?"
"Exactly!"
MacLehose stood up and walked triumphantly to the huge French window, gazing out at the brightly lit Victoria Harbour night scene, which looked like tiny diamonds inlaid on black velvet.
But his mind was obviously not on the charming scenery before him.
"Ever since this Kobayashi Tenmo came to Hong Kong Island."
MacLehose spoke with the calmness of an analyst, but also with a lingering hint of worry.
"With 'Dragon Jump,' which sold five million copies in Japan and is now a huge hit in Hong Kong, and the huge amount of 'funds' he brought with him... he established a firm foothold in Hong Kong at an incredible speed.
You also know that in Hong Kong Island, our British capital has gradually declined, and a large number of Chinese companies have emerged. The speed at which those Chinese make money is really beyond our expectations.
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