Simon could possibly be the person who is behind all this. 

“Hello Jack.  I’ve a present for you.”

Xie Han is sitting on the couch.  He’s studying the “Washington Financial Instances”.  Within the categorised part, he finds a message.  he’s overjoyed.  He shortly walks down the steps to the cellar the place Jian Yao is. 

It is a villa within the countryside of a small city.  The home was used as a warehouse through the civil wars.  Now it’s his little playground.

He hurries downstairs and finds Jian Yao nonetheless tied up in the identical place the place he left her.  

“Oh…” He sighs.  He places the newspaper in his hand on the couch.  He releases the locks on her limbs and carry her in his arms.  

She coils up right into a ball.  Her face is as white as a sheet of paper, and her arms and toes are chilly.  She tries onerous to not transfer in any respect. She shouldn’t be positive if she will take any extra threats and intimidation. She would possibly collapse.  

Xie Han may be very mild.  He places her down on an enormous snug couch.  Then he takes off his swimsuit jacket and locations it over her physique.  He sits down moreover her and wraps his hand round her shoulder.  He leans over and provides her a kiss on her cheek.

His actions frightens her.  She stiffens her physique much more. However he would not appear to note her rigidness.  He picks up the newspaper and says to her: “Excellent news and unhealthy information.  What do you wish to hear first?”

Jian Yao tries onerous to manage the shake in her voice.  She solutions softly in a rough voice: “…unhealthy information.”

He smiles and reveals her the categorised web page: “Our little Tommy is again.” 

Jian Yao seems to be on the a part of the paper he’s pointing at.  Her coronary heart sinks.  This have to be the standard method of how they convey to one another.  It’s clearly a secret between the 2 of them.   Others don’t have any method of understanding or imitating it. 

Jinyan… you may have enemies in entrance and behind you on the identical time? 

What are you going to do?  

Xie Han is aware of what goes via her thoughts.  He says with a smile: “Don’t be discouraged.  I’ve not shared the excellent news but.” He throws the newspaper onto the espresso desk.  Then he leans again onto the couch once more.  Jian Yao would not dare to maneuver, not even a tiny bit.  She waits for him to talk.

“The excellent news is…” he says slowly: “Simon is perhaps behind all this.” 

Jian Yao is startled by his remark.  Xie Han continues: “ Tommy can’t defeat Simon.  Maybe he thinks he’s escaped, however Simon is watching his each transfer.  That’s doable too.” 

He picks up her hand.  He examines and admires his personal helpful work for some time.  Then he says: “Chill out.  Are you aware what I’m going to do subsequent?”

Jian Yao retains quiet. 

He laughs: “I’m not going to answer.  It doesn’t matter what occurs to Tommy, they gained’t get a phrase out of me.  Simon takes a dangerous step, however his efforts will likely be futile.  What a waste.”

—————-

After ‘sharing’ the information along with her, he sits on the couch to look at a bit extra tv.  Then, like a gentleman,  he says good night time to Jian Yao and leaves.  

Jian Yao hears the noise of a closing door from a distance.  She continues to be sitting on the couch.  He have to be actually glad.  He forgot to lock her again within the cage. 

However it doesn’t make a lot distinction.  

Jian Yao picks up a field of tissues from the espresso desk.  She walks over to the sink and begins to rinse the dried blood off her wounds.  A spherical of ache comes over her.  She is used to it.  She seems to be into the mirror.  She sees a girl that’s pale and skinny. Is that her?  

Similar to Xie Han, she wonders what’s Bo Jinyan’s subsequent transfer.  She is aware of that he has efficiently aroused his curiosity.  A minimum of for now – Xie Han’s consideration is on Tommy.  He appears to have misplaced curiosity in torturing and skinning her.  

However Jinyan, what are you going to do subsequent?  How lengthy can you retain his consideration? 

——————-

Xie Han sits at his desk.  He’s looking out the web on all of the lastest information on Tommy.  Then he leans again and appears on the fields exterior the window.  

His objective is to win Bo Jinyan over.  Somebody that’s as superior and proud as him.  The one particular person on this planet that’s worthy to be his accomplice.   They’ve had just a few rounds of contests.  Generally he wins, generally Bo Jinyan wins.  He’s extra positive than ever that he made the suitable choice.  Bo Jinyan is his personal match.  

To get Bo Jinyan, the very first thing he has to do is to crush him.  Lead him to the bottom level of his life.  Wait till he’s most susceptible… then he can seize him.  

He’s very assured Bo Jinyan will ultimately undergo him.  As a result of they’re very comparable folks. Folks with the identical nature.  Oh… angels and demons, it’s a tremendous line between the 2.  As soon as the demon in Bo Jinyan’s coronary heart is woke up, they are going to be collectively, ceaselessly.  

As for Jian Yao…. she is disrupting his plans.  The extra he thinks about it, the ‘current’ of a chunk of her pores and skin won’t be sufficient.  He wants an even bigger blow.  Bo Jinyan must obtain the suicide observe.  A observe that accommodates all her regrets, pains and sufferings.  That is the weapon Xie Han must ship him to hell.  

Nevertheless, this girl’s tenacity is greater than he had anticipated.  It’s nearly one week.  Even underneath the affect of medication, she refuses to jot down a suicide observe.  He’s dropping curiosity in torturing her.  And he is aware of in his coronary heart.  Even when he peels off her pores and skin, she won’t raise the pen.  This high quality reminds him of Bo Jinyan, and Li Xunran.  Cussed and headstrong. He admires this.  It makes him slightly reluctant to kill her…

However anyway… one thing else intrigues him now. 

He seems to be on the newspaper categorised advert once more.  His eyes lands on the phrase ‘current’.

He is aware of precisely what Tommy means by ‘current’ – Tommy is jealous of Bo Jinyan.  He desires to kill Bo Jinyan and provides it to Xie Han as a gift. 

Tommy worships and loves his mentor.  He can’t tolerate his place being changed by Bo Jinyan.  If he removes Bo Jinyan, then he’ll nonetheless be Xie Han’s solely accomplice.  

Xie Han laughs out loud.

Tommy… Tommy… you might be no match for Bo Jinyan.  You’re doomed.  

Nevertheless, it’s an attention-grabbing twist to the sport.  How thrilling.  

He can relaxation for some time and watch the 2 of them combat one another. 

——————-

Two days later.  Early morning.

Xie Han is sitting on the eating desk, having breakfast.  He’s holding as we speak’s “Washington Financial Instances”.   

After breakfast, he turns to the categorised part.  As he anticipated, Tommy has contacted him once more.

“My pricey.  I’m nonetheless your solely buddy.”  Xie Han works backwards.  This message is printed greater than 8 hours in the past.  Meaning on the time, Tommy continues to be free – or least he considers himself to be.  

Xie Han smiles.  He places apart the paper.  There’s a pile of newspaper on the desk.  On a regular basis, Tommy sends him a message.  

Oh….Simon, Tommy, with none reply from me… are you each disillusioned? 

He sits again on the couch.  He switches on the TV and watches the information.

Financial summit assembly, presidential voting traits, a hurricane that’s sweeping via Louisiana…. This world is so boring and boring.  He activates the surveillance digital camera photographs.  In his underground playground, Jian Yao is quiet as a cat, curled up within the couch.  

Xie Han smiles.  As he picks up a glass of purple wine, the voice of the information presenter on tv catches his consideration: “We have now the most recent information on the flower cannibal case….”

“Breaking information:  The flower cannibal has despatched the TV station a secret parcel.”

A parcel?

What is that this all about?

What occurred subsequent took him fully unexpectedly.  

Xie Han places down his glass.  He fixes his eyes on the display.  The information presenter seems to be extra critical than common.  She says with a transparent voice: “We obtained a parcel from Tommy, the flower cannibal no.2 ten minutes in the past.  It’s dispatched from the Pelican Bay jail.  It is a USB persist with a video footage.  Please be warned.  What you might be about to see is disturbing and brings nice disgrace to the entire of the USA, FBI, and the US and Chinese language police.” 

She pauses for some time, then she continues: “This footage is from two years in the past. The particular person within the video is the guide for the Chinese language police, an ex-analyst for the FBI, the well-known Maryland College Professor – Bo Jinyan. Simon.”