Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 563 - 561 Lawless Man

He could roughly guess the purpose behind the investigation into him and also which type of people might be from where.

However, since he wasn’t completely sure, he preferred not to elaborate.

"But... Boss, Miss Liang is in the hands of that person, could she be in danger? That person probably threatened her to plant a listening device in your study because she is Miss Jiayi’s good friend. Now that the matter has been exposed and Miss Liang is no longer of any use to him, might he... There’s nothing else to worry about, but if something happens to Miss Liang, Miss Jiayi might resent you for it." George was very clear on the Boss’s thoughts.

Huo Zhenyang’s pupils shifted slightly, casting a faint and cold gleam: "Liang Anya should be safe for the time being. Jiayi just said that Liang Anya sent her a text message, which indicates that the person is merely keeping her confined, and has no intention of harming her. Otherwise, why wouldn’t he have killed her right away? Plus, that person knows that Liang Anya is Jiayi’s good friend. Killing her wouldn’t benefit him in any way, so I estimate that he plans to keep her around to use her further."

George nodded his agreement: "What the Boss said makes sense."

Now it was a case of neither the enemy nor I making a move. We’ll see what chances arise to draw out the person behind the scenes.

Right at this moment, light footsteps sounded.

Upon seeing Su Yan, George immediately fell silent and left.

Su Yan looked at Huo Zhenyang, her eyes still soft with affection that rippled for a moment: "Mr. Huo, the old master is asking for you."

Huo Zhenyang could guess what the old master wanted to talk about. With a calm expression on his face, he walked into the sickroom.

In the sickroom, Huo Tianpei leaned against the bed, his words muffled as he tried to speak.

Huo Zhenyang spoke calmly in advance: "Dad, are you wondering why I’m not helping look for Liang Anya, is that it?"

Huo Tianpei’s face shifted as he nodded.

"Dad, please don’t get involved in this." He looked fixedly at the old man on the bed, his statement emphatic.

Huo Tianpei was genuinely puzzled and, despite the struggle to speak, he blurted out, "You... are you telling me not to look for Liang Anya? Why? Could it be—do you know where Liang Anya is?"

Huo Zhenyang’s eyes hardened slightly: "The person behind the scenes threatened Liang Anya to investigate me covertly, and I discovered it. She is now under house arrest by that person, but for now, she’s not in any danger. So you don’t need to send anyone to look for her. Naturally, I will follow up on this matter."

Huo Tianpei was stunned, clearly surprised: "Who’s investigating you? What are they looking into... "

With a flicker in his gaze and an indiscernible smile on his lips that seemed ill-fitting on his stern face, Huo Zhenyang stuffed his hands into his pockets and slightly turned his torso towards the clean and bright floor-to-ceiling window, as if speaking to Huo Tianpei but also as if musing to himself:

"It must be someone from A Country, probably because of my campaign for mayor of Yunling City."

Of course, Huo Tianpei understood that his son’s campaign for mayor in China might arouse suspicion from A Country, making it natural for them to send investigators. Yet, a thought flickered through his mind: "Zhenyang, your venture into politics in China and running for mayor of Yunling City... are you truly without any ulterior motives?"

Huo Tianpei had always known about Huo Zhenyang’s ambition, which was thriving within the business sector, so his entry into politics might not have a simple objective.

But since Huo Zhenyang had never disclosed these thoughts, Huo Tianpei hadn’t pressed further.

And Tianpei knew that even if he asked, Zhenyang, given his nature, wouldn’t say more than he wanted to.

However, his son’s mayoral candidacy had now drawn investigators from A Country, indicating his son’s campaign wasn’t as straightforward as it seemed, and A Country might have sensed something—

Sure enough, Huo Zhenyang turned his head, his eyes momentarily narrowing in darkness, deep and inscrutable, his voice cool and detached:

"Dad, rest assured and focus on your recovery. Don’t worry about other matters."

*****

From the skies above, looking down upon a small island near the center of Yunling City, a little villa uses dense woods as a natural barrier, concealed in lush greenery.

Around the villa, in the eastern, western, southern, and northern directions within a few hundred meters’ range, brawny men stood guard— all from Beiming Hall, vigilantly observing the surroundings at all times.

In a second-floor room of the villa, Liang Anya, who had been confined for several days, was growing impatient.

In the first two days, she could still comfort herself by thinking that once Beiming Hall’s people finished their task, Si Yuheng would release her.

But in just a few days, her calm and patience had completely worn thin.

Over these days, Kasey’s descriptions of Si Yuheng allowed Liang Anya to understand more about this young Hall Master of Beiming Hall, deepening the fear in her heart daily.

Si Yuheng’s parents died in a gang fight, and before he was even seventeen, he had taken over the formidable role of the leader of Beiming Hall.

At nineteen, Si Yuheng unified all the small and large gangs in A Country, avenged his parents, and hung the severed head of the gang leader who killed his parents on the busiest building in the Capital of A Country.

By twenty, Si Yuheng had become allies with the Royal Family and government of A Country, elevating Beiming Hall to unprecedented heights.

At twenty-three, Si Yuheng personally put an end to his betrothed fiancee...

Up to now... his hands were stained with who knows how many lives.

Such a background was something Liang Anya had never encountered in her life, nor had she ever imagined she’d come into contact with one day.

She even dared not believe that such a lawless man could truly exist in this world!

Would such a man really honor his promise and let her go?

Killing her would probably be easier than crushing an ant, right?

He had placed her under house arrest, probably only because he valued her as Jiayi’s sister, and maybe she still held a little bit of utility to him. If that value diminished, wouldn’t he just strike without hesitation?

She couldn’t just wait for death like slow slicing, she had to find a way to escape!

The quiet of the afternoon made the air seem to contain gunpowder, ready to explode at the slightest touch.

Liang Anya, seizing the moment Kasey opened the door, didn’t care for anything and pushed past Kasey, rushing downstairs.

"Oh, my God! Get back here!" Kasey screamed.

As expected, at the bottom of the stairs on the first floor, two Western men restrained Liang Anya, "Miss Liang, are you attempting to run away?!"

Liang Anya shouted defiantly, "I’m not trying to run! Let me see Si Yuheng! I have something I need to tell him in person!"

The subordinates of Beiming Hall were about to haul the girl back upstairs when they heard a young man’s lethargic yet incredibly sinister voice from the first-floor patio, "Let her come here."

Disturbing the Hall Master’s afternoon rest, a bunch of subordinates trembled with fear, "Hall Master."

"Let her come here," Si Yuheng’s nap was disturbed, his mood foul and his voice even more threatening.

Liang Anya hadn’t recovered her senses yet when a subordinate picked her up and took her to the patio.

On the patio, Si Yuheng reclined on a sofa, flanked by two powerful wolfhounds as tall as a half-grown person, while a large plate of raw beef with traces of blood lay beside them.