They had all looked into Lu Mingfei's connections on the Night Watch Forum, but none of them knew who this mysterious Miss Su was. She was not a relative of his, nor did she seem to belong to a branch office. They felt like Tripitaka traveling with Sun Wukong to fetch the scriptures, only to discover one day that the all-powerful Great Sage, conqueror of demons, had a girlfriend named Lin Daiyu...
The three of them got into the vehicle without speaking.
The doors closed, and the Hummer sped away.
The rear compartment was a private space, completely separated from the driver's seat and decorated with cherrywood and burgundy lambskin. Crystal glasses clinked inside a temperature-controlled wine cabinet as the vehicle swayed. A broad kangaroo-leather sofa faced a forty-two-inch LCD screen, which was currently switched off.
From experience, Caesar could tell that the owner was a career-oriented woman, probably with a languid, easygoing manner. People like that generally held real power. Every such woman Caesar had met was older, and some were elders of his own family.
The Hummer stopped outside the Regent Hotel, where the general manager had been waiting for some time. Before leaving, the driver handed Lu Mingfei a business card and said he was available whenever needed.
The three followed the general manager to the Presidential Suite. After dismissing the chef and servers waiting inside, they each found a room for their backpacks and other light luggage, then gathered in the conference room between the entertainment and bedroom areas. Two walls of floor-to-ceiling windows overlooked the brilliantly lit city at night.
Caesar wheeled a serving cart out of the kitchen and lifted its cloth cover. An ice bucket held a bottle of Perrier-Jouët, a top-tier champagne: Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque.
A small tag hung from the