87 The Folder (1)

Neo strode towards the vacant single seater sofa in the corner of the room. He glanced outside the window beside it, his thoughts unreadable and his expression stone cold. There are a total of 5 persons present in the area including the weak and bloody man on the floor. In contrast to the lively and exciting sounds from the first and second floors, the third floor is eerily silent. Only the disjointed plea for freedom and forgiveness can be heard inside the room.

"Yo-- young-- young master.... forgive me.. Im *cough* *cough*" the man said in a hoarse voice.

"Shut it." a voice roared, the man groaned in pain as he endured the new hit inflicted on his stomach.

He looked up, the bright light coming from the luxurious chandelier hanging on the ceiling hindering him from recognizing the person who kicked him. He can only see a silhouette of a young man hovering over him, his eyes misty due to that blood and tears over his eyes.

"Jed, sit down." another voice said, the young man called Jed clicked his tongue and slowly went away from him. The man on the floor felt relieved and nervous at the same time.

"You're being too soft on that traitor Keannu." Jed said as he slumped his body on the couch.

The man trembled in fear when he heard this. If what they did to him was being soft on him then what would have happened if they are serious? He clenched his aching hands tightly, his mind cursing Juaqin Yuan for causing all this misfortune to befall unto him.

"Keannu is just being careful my dear brother, remember the last time you lost control of your self and actually tortured to death that poor little girl?" a calm yet slightly flirtatious voice said.

"That girl is far from pitiful Damian. You just generalize that all women are pitiful and needs a man's attention and protection. That way of thinking will get you killed one day. If it weren't for me, you would have been stabbed to death by that girl you call pitiful." Jed said as he grabbed his glass of wine on top of the table and drunk it in one gulp.

"Stop it, both of you. You're making more noise than that guy over there. It's making me more irritated." A young man said as he flipped a page on the book that he is holding.

"Keannu, did you already gather all the evidence that we need?" Neo suddenly said making everyone's head turn to look at his direction.

Keannu stood up from his highchair by the bar and placed down the book he is holding. He did not forget to place a bookmark before closing the book and abandoning it on top of the bar counter. He then gathered in to his hand a red folder before stroding towards Neo's direction.

Neo received the folder without saying a word. Keannu is already used to this kind of treatment from him so it didn't bother him one bit. Neo flipped open the folder and looked at a couple of pictures attached to a paper with written description of the complete details regarding the picture.

In one of the pictures, you can see a man and a young man shaking hands in the entry way of a restaurant. Another picture is taken in a karaoke room. The light is a bit dim but you can still clearly see the same young man standing in front of the man who now have two girls on both of his arms. The young man is showing a briefcase full of cash and the man is obviously delighted by the offer.

The man is no other than the bloodied man lying on their expensive carpeted floor right now. The young man is Juaqin Yuan, best known as the good boy of the Yuan family. Neo smirked as he can now see the future more clearly.

The plan is to have this guy infiltrate Juaqin's circle to spy on him. He should report Juaqin's every movement as he train in one of their family company, but the guy decided to betray them and work as Juaqin's spy instead. Of course Neo and his friends already have a back up plan ready. They only used him as a decoy as they personally investigate and tail Juaqin. Juaqin thinking that he is the only spy Neo have installed, he focused on bribing and making the guy feel good so that he will help him instead.

"Get rid of him." Neo coldly said as he closed the folder and handed it back to Keannu.

"Master! Ma-master... Please don't kill me! I have a family to feed. My child is still young!!" the man endured the pain on his body as he crawl himself towards Neo. He tried his best not to stutter as he plea for Neo's pity. He knows how Neo hates it when someone wastes his time so he couldn't afford making Neo irritated by his croaky stuttering voice. He was only able to crawl a few inches away from his original place when someone suddenly stepped on his right hand making him shout in pain.

"Where do you think you're going?" Jed said as he put more force on his right foot stepping on the man's right hand.

"Mas-master please.. I'm so--rry. I won't ever-- ever betray you again." Tears run down the man's eyes which mixed on the dried up blood on his face.

Jed only evilly laughed at him as he leaned closer eyeing the man more closely. "Neil, 30 years old. Married at the age of 28. Have a 28 years old beautiful wife and a two years old little girl. You work in the membership department of this establishment for a year and a half now. This is the good side of you. The part were people will think how pitiful you are to end up like this. But you can't fool us."

The man trembled as he heard the hidden meaning in Jed's words.