Chapter 382: Come Clean

After hearing Zong Long's some arrangements, Xiao Ming merely nodded.

It seems he really cares about his daughter, but what he now finds hard to understand is why he initially used his daughter's innocence and kindness, and then why he dragged Zong Mengni into this trap and the scheme.

But there's nothing to be done; now that everything has happened, afterwards he drove the car directly into the villa.

Finally, Xiao Ming followed him into the villa, and then Zong Long pointed to the side.

"You wait here for a moment; I'll go upstairs to retrieve that thing."

"Okay, then I'll wait for you here."

Xiao Ming nodded, then sat down right there, and began to wait patiently.

While waiting, Xiao Ming heard a sound like something being moved upstairs, and the commotion was indeed not small; he believed Zong Long must have hidden that thing very carefully.

After a while, the sound gradually faded, and then he heard footsteps coming down from the second floor.

When Zong Long came down, Xiao Ming immediately saw that he now held a black small box, and he thought that all those things should be inside this box.

Zong Long quickly came down from upstairs; he saw he was also carrying a laptop, and at that moment he walked straight up to Xiao Ming.

"The things have all been brought; this is it."

Speaking, he pulled a USB drive out of that black small box and plugged it into the computer.

After opening all of these, Xiao Ming carefully examined them.

He hadn't expected that the JK Group's overseas annual income was so high, and these items contained evidence of money laundering; besides these, it also had some economic dealings with a certain country's high-ranking officials.

"I never expected the JK Group to actually be controlling a country?"

"Yes, that's his terrifying aspect; and since he can control a country, I believe he can control everything in that country, so the JK Group is incredibly powerful—we're not dealing with a mere group but a powerful nation."

"Including looking at his country's contract, there's nothing positive anyway, and basically I don't know."

"Strictly speaking, it was actually an island that was occupied fifty years ago, then became an independent small state; frankly, its area isn't large, but the place produces oil, so that's their sole source of income."

"No wonder the JK Group's profits are so huge, and he can clearly control all of this; surely he has his own arrangements and purposes."

"Yes, so when I came to gather this data, I was risking my life; actually, I didn't think much then—I just wanted to have some leverage so they wouldn't easily get rid of me."

"But maybe you haven't realized—these things were actually discovered by him, right?"

"Exactly; I once tried to return this to them, knowing their background is immensely strong, and my alone could not accomplish this, so I even considered giving up, but I found they wouldn't let me go, and even if I handed the items over, they'd still think I kept a backup, so they'd never let me off."

"The best solution is just to kill you; you mean that, right?"

"Exactly, that's the meaning; that is the proper way to handle it, but after learning the situation, I that night liquidated all my assets, sold everything sellable, took my two most trusted people, and left for the domestic."

Xiao Ming finally understood how all this happened; it wasn't overseas financial trouble or business failure, but merely that Zong Long fled for his life and hid domestically.

"I believe that after I came here, they would never dare to come out; moreover, the JK Group now regards domestic as a terrifying place—they'd go to any other country, but not here—so I also know this is the safest hideout."

"But now there's Tang Mu and Bo Er; you brought two time bombs close to yourself, exposing all your actions—ask yourself, when the JK Group finds out, they'll surely not let you off easily, so his purpose this time is simple: likely to deal with you, perhaps he already knows of my existence and maybe also wants to eliminate me."

"So, Xiao Ming, we two are like grasshoppers on the same rope, indispensable; we must hold tightly together, only then can we have a chance to turn defeat into victory—do you have that confidence?"

"Heh, as expected; moreover, I never thought before that I would actually accomplish these things—this paragraph I must eradicate, root and branch; your criminal evidence is truly vital—if we could really hand it over to the International Criminal Police Organization, I believe they'd soon grasp it."

"But the key problem is, we don't have time to spare on this, and what's most important now is to settle those two assassins; only then will the jk group see our sincerity, and perhaps we'll have a bargaining chip to negotiate with them."

"Well, this matter really happened too suddenly; besides, I hadn't thought about this much before, so please give me some time to think it through and see what's really going on."