Huo Lin was one hundred percent certain that if Pei Yao knew the truth, he would never let anyone involved in that incident off the hook.
To protect the Huo Family and his mother, he had to prepare in advance.
Now, either Pei Yao would never know the truth, or a scapegoat had to be found.
And Huo Lin had already picked out a candidate for the scapegoat.
Huo Lin suddenly felt a headache coming on; he didn't want to do this, he even felt sympathy for Pei Yao, but, given their different positions, he had no choice but to set aside his sympathy.
...
Meanwhile, the car stopped at the agreed-upon hotel.
Li Hanzhou told Qiao Yun to go in first, and that he would come after parking the car.
Qiao Yun unbuckled her seatbelt and opened the car door to get out.
At the same time, she received a reply to an inquiry she had made.
[Professor Qiao, we have found out that Jiang Jing indeed had a flight plan today, heading to O Continent.]
Is she planning to flee?
Wishful thinking.
