Chapter 165 - 159: True Lies I
In the following days, Lin Fei had no plans to meet with Chen Wu. The death of Xu Ruoruo was unexpected, but he could feel Chen Wu’s craving and determination for strength, a determination that had reached a twisted extreme. Lu Jun took care of all matters pertaining to Xu Ruoruo and accorded her the status of a special person.
Early morning light streamed through the gaps in the office curtains.
Lu Jun sat in the leather chair in front of his desk, his expression solemn. His hands were clenched into fists on the desk. Beside him, a young man in his twenties stood by the curtains, looking out the window through the gaps.
"Chen Wu’s sister, Chen Jing, has made contact with the Wu Family again. How should we handle this now?" Lu Jun asked softly.
The man at the window did not respond, just stood there. After a long while, he turned around.
"Chen Wu deliberately misinterpreted my intentions. It seems his sister is very important to him, but I don’t know if he knows that Chen Jing has become a Dream Eater. Chen Jing told him she hadn’t. If she had, then neither of them could be allowed to remain."
"The Wu Family has been spreading their network throughout the country on a large scale. It seems they have great ambitions as coordinates for the ’Void’s Child.’ Regarding the ’Void’s Child,’ I clandestinely gathered some information and barely understand that he needs a Dream Eater as a fixed coordinate when he travels. Should we report this intelligence?" Lu Jun inquired. He was very certain now, his entire position tied to Lin Fei, sitting in the branch leader’s office represented him embodying the identity of Yan Fei.
"No need to report it. Chen Jing is Chen Wu’s sister and also one of the Wu Family’s anchors here. Have you managed to get a handle on the other anchors?"
"Almost, but it’s hard to say there won’t be any that slip through the net." Lu Jun was not certain, "This time the Wu Family has returned to the country, deploying a vast number of Dream Eaters entering the country, completely disregarding local powers, placing coordinates everywhere. But those who know about the Void’s Child should be few."
"Regardless, we are no match for the vast power of the Wu Family, just playing on the margins is enough, but it really is a pity for Xu Ruoruo, taking on someone else’s suffering is truly not worth it. Try to keep track of Chen Jing’s movements. Use ordinary people for surveillance; stronger ones might alert them. Let’s just drag this out, they are still accumulating opportunities. The local powers definitely won’t let them stabilize, those nominal Dream Eaters are not simple characters."
"But if you hadn’t personally informed me about the matter of the Dream Eaters, I would never have believed that the Wu Family was actually the legendary Dream Family. These dream awakeners are extremely secretive, almost impossible to approach. They have retreated behind the scenes for too long, long enough that the outside world has almost forgotten them. I expect the upper levels are the same, our disconnect with dream awakeners has been too long, long. Their battlefield is a place we cannot see."