After leaving the hotel, he drove the car all the way to the address Datuk Lin had given him.
But Chen Mo had not expected the address to be correct and the shop to really be there, only for its doors to be tightly shut, with a notice posted saying it had suspended business for three months. It caught him off guard.
Although this broker dealt in information behind the scenes, his public-facing business was an electrical appliance store. Thus, what appeared to be an ordinary closure notice seemed problematic to Chen Mo.
He had not expected to find no one here after coming all this way. It was truly strange. Besides, according to Datuk Lin, this broker had been in business for years. How could he possibly be absent and have closed up shop?
Moreover, the date on the closure notice was only a few days apart from when Chen Mo had arrived in Malaysia. It made him feel that Datuk Lin had still withheld something from him.
Indeed, Chen Mo's suspicion was correct. Datuk Lin had not told him everything. Even after Chen Mo had put him through such harsh treatment, he still had not revealed the full truth.
After Datuk Lin fled everywhere out of concern for his safety and finally decided to return to his sect, he had called the broker and told him to go into hiding as well. The broker and Datuk Lin had a good relationship, especially after dealing with each other for many years, so whenever danger arose, they would notify one another.
After Datuk Lin had been interrogated by Chen Mo, he had honestly given him the address, but he had not mentioned that he had already warned the other party about the matter. He had even told him that the