Chapter 12

On a sunny day .

Zhen Zhen dressed and visited Louis . She chatted with him about sightseeing in Florence . He arranged for a trusted driver to take her sightseeing .

The driver drove around the city to tourist attraction sites . Zhen Zhen thought the architecture and natural landscapes were beautiful . After sightseeing she asked the driver to take her to an international book shop .

At the book shop, Zhen Zhen selected a book and read for more than an hour . She didn’t want to make the driver continue waiting so she brought the book to the counter .

‘Miss, it’s one hundred and thirty-four euro,’ the shop assistant said .

Zhen Zhen searched her bag but found only yuan notes .

‘Can I pay using credit card?’ Zhen Zhen asked .

‘Yes,’ the shop assistant said .

Zhen Zhen passed a credit card to the shop assistant . While the shop assistant processed payment, Zhen Zhen noticed a suspicious man dressed in a black suit was standing next to her . She looked away after he noticed her staring at him .

‘Miss, here is your book,’ the shop assistant said . ‘Mr, here is your book . ’

Zhen Zhen dropped the book bag she bought . She picked it up and accidently bumped into the suspicious man and they both dropped their book bags .

‘I’m sorry,’ Zhen Zhen apologized .

The suspicious man glared coldly at Zhen Zhen like he could kill her, but the second man in a black suit called him from behind .

‘Jia Ha,’ the second man said .

Jia Ha grabbed a fallen book bag, stood and left the shop .

Outside in a black car, Jia Ha sat across his handsome boss .

‘Did you receive the goods?’ boss asked .

Jia Ha passed the book bag to boss . But neither of them expected to see a book about ‘life encounters with bacteria . ’

‘Boss, I’m sorry,’ Jia Ha apologized . ‘I deserve punishment . ’

Boss tossed the book on the floor . ‘What happened inside the shop?’

‘Earlier I bumped into a girl and I must have picked up her book by mistake,’ Jia Ha said .

Jia Ha noticed Zhen Zhen entered a car in front of him .

‘Boss, she’s the girl,’ Jia Ha said .

‘Follow her car,’ boss instructed the driver .

Jia Ha’s body broke in cold sweat . He knew he seriously screwed up .

Inside Zhen Zhen’s car, she asked the driver to show her famous cathedrals . The driver stopped in front of Saint Mary of the Flower cathedral .

Zhen Zhen entered the peaceful cathedral and she sat in front of a confession booth . She read the signage, inside the booth was Father William .

‘Father William,’ Zhen Zhen called .

‘Yes,’ a familiar suspicious voice said .

‘Father, my new lifestyle is making feel confused,’ Zhen Zhen said .

‘What are your worries?’ the suspicious voice asked .

‘I don’t know,’ Zhen Zhen said . ‘I thought it’s clear I hate someone . But I don’t know why I don’t want to be separated from that person… Father William… what’s love-’

Zhen Zhen didn’t finish her confession, she was kidnapped .

At Ni Sheng’s secret headquarters in Florence .

Inside no one dared to breathe loudly . Yue Gu Zai was interrogating the members who didn’t protect Louis properly and let Louis be poisoned . The members’ fearful eyes pleaded Bai Yu Tian to save them from Yue Gu Zai .

‘Isn’t there anyone who can explained how this happened?’ Yue Gu Zai asked coldly .

Everyone knew Yue Gu Zai threatened if no one gave him an acceptable explanation then he’d punish everyone together .

‘Boss, you have a phone call,’ Elder Chen said .

Yue Gu Zai frowned . He knew Elder Chen wouldn’t interrupt unless it was an emergency .

Everyone was temporarily relieved . They didn’t care who called Yue Gu Zai as long as his attention was off them . But their relief was brief, Yue Gu Zai looked like he could kill everyone instantly .

‘Everyone based here will be disciplined for one month,’ Yue Gu Zai said .

Yue Gu Zai rushed to the car while everyone were perplexed . They didn’t know what happened to anger Yue Gu Zai to the extent of punishing them for a month . But no one dared to protest .

Inside Yue Gu Zai’s car, Zhen Zhen’s driver’s face was sweating .

‘What happened?’ Yue Gu Zai asked .

‘This morning Miss Zhen Zhen asked to go sightseeing,’ the driver said . ‘The last place she visited was a cathedral . I waited in the car for a long time but I didn’t see her come out . ’

‘Did anything happen before she disappeared?’ Yue Gu Zai asked .

‘Nothing unusual,’ the driver said . ‘Miss Zhen Zhen bought a book before visiting the cathedral . ’

The driver passed Zhen Zhen’s book bag to Yue Gu Zai . Yue Gu Zai opened the book and found two suspicious sealed test tubes .

‘Starting from today, you won’t be working at the main house,’ Yue Gu Zai said coldly .

‘Yes,’ the driver said .

The driver was grateful his heart was still alive and beating .

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End of Chapter Twelve