Fatal Attraction: The CEO & His Mischievous Wife - Chapter 119

Hearing her question, Ming Ming kept silent while continuing to alter the screen.  When she had paused her typing it was not because she was done but to let her mind catch up with her body. Seeing a clue her mind began racing with different possibilities but needed to see it on screen for it to make sense. As each option became more solid she started coding in the next one but mixed up two in head mid-thought. That’s when Ying Yue had asked the question again but speaking now would only disrupt her. Speeding up her typing she finally finished up the final possibility and there was a satisfying click in her mind as everything came together.  Moving her seat back she turned towards Ying Yue and responded.

“Now, you know I can’t speak and type at the same time. Wait till I’m done, oookkaaayyyy.” There was a stern expression on her face but a teasing glint in her eyes that dispelled the aura.

Ying Yue rolled her eyes at her friend’s comment, it was no surprise that even in a situation like this she felt the need to put in a cheeky comment. Not to say she was any better, “well who told you to pause, maybe you need to work faster oookkaaayyy?”

“YOU-”

“Can we get to the point, thanks.” Neo interrupted Ming Ming mid shout as he brought them both back to the main issue. Here he was dragging them over to check out Blue 47 and they were just joking around in front of the information. Looking at the various windows they were all stopped at different time stamps. Wu Gang also never went to these stores at the same time and never ordered the same dish or drink. His mind was tired from staying up last night that even if the clue was obvious he was missing it.

“Okay, so before I start I’m not sure if I’m overthinking this or this is really what is happening but do you notice something odd about Wu Gang? Look here.” She zoomed into the Starbucks CCTV and pointed at his body. “See his gait seems to be off when he comes in but as he walks out it goes to normal. I’m starting to believe that he dropped something in these stores or he’s injured because there has to be something wrong with his body. But, that’s not what I wanted to talk about.”

She again began typing and switched between screens and had all the screen captures lined up in two rows. “Now look, if we look at all these separately it makes no sense. Even the dishes he was ordering have no relation – a mocha caramel frappe? Does this look like a man who would drink that? Especially for a sewer rat who lives in the darkness, there must be an important reason for him to show himself like this. So I think he’s risking this for a message right now, the point isn’t the restaurants but the their name.”

Quickly picking out the first letter of the restaurants into order Ying Yue pieced together one word. “S-C-O-R-P-I-A-N, what is this supposed to mean….”

Ming Ming had a curious look in her eyes as she responded. “Its a code word for sure but the meaning behind it is unclear. The animal itself is something that’s more common in desert regions, usually having poison in its tail to attack their prey.”

“Yes but don’t you think its also an analogy for being on two sides? Like a double agent? Is he trying to prove his loyalty to someone….but who would be that great for him to risk himself like this?” Ying Yue looked to Neo for some confirmation or input on what was going on because she was fairly confused. They had watched this man for over 6 months and knew his personality in and out. He was someone who never strayed from his regular pattern, that was how he lived and how he survived but these actions were out of the blue. All this drama simply to spell out the word scorpion in a secretive manner? There had to be something more since that message could have easily been sent in other ways. So why this method and who does he think is watching him? Her brain hurt a little from all the theories she had and the unnecessary problems it brought to their mission.  Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click <a href=”#.-2_52277413777823794″>#.-2_52277413777823794</a> for visiting.

“I don’t think its only about being a double agent, I think this is….a project.”

“A project?” The look in both Ming Ming and Ying Yue’s eyes changed quickly from confused to alert.

“The Scorpion project.” He lightly pulled Ming Ming out of his seat and sat back in front of the keyboard. Minimizing her tabs he triggered the command screen before typing in a new set of codes. “Back in the day many organizations like to put a codename as the title of their mission, they were referred to as XX projects. It was used so that people outside the involved parties would not know what they were referring to. The name itself never had a connection to the actual mission, so the use of this scorpion may just be a random placeholder. However, its rare for the mafia to use these codenames its not their style.” Clicking enter, a couple of different confidential doc.u.ments appeared on the screen. There were various different projects all from government bodies like the military and within the distance of the west coast.

“If you look at these, they all follow the same pattern. A code name was issued, the relevant parties disappeared for a couple of months on a ‘work trip’ and their background became top level clearance. Only to each other would the code name be brought up and they were bound not to speak of it once they came back…if they came back. So if we are going based off of this and this was indeed a project, the important party he’s trying to contact might be the -”

Ying Yue cut him off with a bit of shock in her voice, “the military.”