Early the next morning, Mr. Wang ca personally to wish them goodbye. He was hoping to get a glimpse of Sarah's friend, but she ca to the lounge to greet him.
Mr. Wang never voiced his desire to et the person in the VIP room, so Sarah didn't bother with it.
Sarah was happy that he ca without ili.
"I hear that you are leaving.", Mr. Wang said after greeting Sarah.
"Yes. My friend is a bit anxious to stay here." Sarah responded while gesturing toward the room where Master Hollow is.
"Uhm… that is understandable.", Mr. Wang said vaguely. "I brought you a solar-powered power bank that is compatible with your laptop. When I saw your desired destination, I thought you might need it."
Sarah understood that he saw that they are going into the mountain (aka Master Hollow's camp). She provided the coordinates when she asked for a helicopter.
Before giving away the coordinates, Sarah asked Master Hollow if that is OK, because Mr. Wang will know where he is, and Master Hollow had to agree. There is no way that he can walk through the forest, and if Sarah found his location, and Mr. Patel (last year when his n delivered files to Sarah), then Mr. Wang can find it as well, if he wants to bother with it.
Sarah observed the power bank and thought about how Mr. Wang is considerate.
"Thank you. Is ili OK?", Sarah asked.
Mr. Wang paused for a few seconds before responding. "She will be."
Sarah understood that he probably followed up on her advice from the previous day. Well, as long as ili stays away from her (and Aiden), Sarah does not want to bother with her.
Sarah reached into her pocket and got the jade token (which is now a dandy keychain). "Let return you this since I've used it. Thank you for…"
Mr. Wang refused. "No, please. Keep it. This is not one-ti use. As my benefactor, I will co to your aid whenever you need ."
Sarah was surprised. If previously she didn't understand the power of this token, she got a glimpse of it now. After all, they were in the middle of the forest and a helicopter showed up to whisk them away, and Master Hollow got top-quality dical treatnt without any questions asked.
"I'm not sure I deserve this.", Sarah said honestly.
Mr. Wang smiled. "To you, that was just a vase. For , it was much more. And you helped with ili as well. She is not grateful to you now, but I am confident that one day she will be. Please... it will be my honor for you to keep it."
Sarah realized that he will not take the jade token back. Well, there is the thing she can give in return.
"I humbly accept your token. And I hope that you will accept mine.", Sarah said while handing him the token with the Chaos symbol on it. She used a mont of his confusion to explain: "It opens here... If you need anything, press this button and or one of my n will find you."
Mr. Wang's eyes widened when he recognized the symbol of Chaos. He looked at Sarah, unable to hide his surprise. "The Army of Chaos. Are you sure you want to give this?"
Sarah was visibly happy that he recognized it. Ah, they are famous even in China! "I trust the man who sticks to his word. That is enough for ."
"Do you know in what kind of business I am?"
"I could ask you the sa thing when you gave your jade token." Sarah responded with a smile. "You answered my call and helped my friend without asking any questions. I will not ask any questions either. A favor for a favor. That is how we build trustworthy relationships."
"I will not use it lightly." He accepted the Chaos token and said with a hint of embarrassnt: "I still don't have a suitable wedding present for you."
Sarah smiled. "Next ti, Mr. Wang."
He confird. "Next ti, Mrs. White."
They bowed to each other and Mr. Wang left.
Sarah looked through the window at the small fleet of cars filled with bodyguards who are accompanying Mr. Wang, and she rembered their talk. Now that he ntioned his business, Sarah realized that she never looked into Mr. Wang and his family. It was not important because he was a guy she t in Las Vegas in a poker tournant, and she was confident that they will not cross paths. But now she realizes how wrong she was. It's not that they t again, but he is also ili's Uncle.
Sarah wondered, if the Wang family is this powerful, how co they didn't look for ili when she was kidnapped by sex traffickers? Sarah brushed it off with a thought that maybe Wangs don't have good connections in the United States. Or maybe it's one of those 'complicated family' issues which she does not understand.
Sarah shook those thoughts away and went to join Master Hollow in his room. They are about to leave soon, and she wanted to take advantage of the internet connection and check one more ti Mishi's progress related to the poachers. So far, everything is going according to their plan (other than Master Hollow getting shot).
About half an hour later, a nurse ca to Master Hollow's room to inform them that the helicopter is ready on the roof.
Master Hollow could not wait to leave, and his mood dropped when he saw two dical workers bringing in a stretcher.
Master Hollow wanted to go in a wheelchair, but the doctor insisted that he stays laying down. "When you are out of my care, do what you want."
Sarah exhaled. It will be tough taking care of that stubborn old man. But on the bright side, when Aiden and the others return, she will be there already. She can't wait to see Aiden's face when he realizes that he does not need to pick her up.
~ Close to the border of China with Kazakhstan ~
4:48 PM
Sarah is humming a song while adding logs to the fire.
She is in a good mood. First, because Master Hollow slept off (finally). The old man refused to rest, and he even wanted to walk around. Only when Sarah threatened that she will knock him out, he gave in. And now he is sleeping. Hopefully. Well, even if he is fake-sleeping, at least he is in bed.
Second, Aiden is going to pop out from those bushes on her right within the next five minutes.
She is tracking his location on Eve-lens and she knows that he will be super-surprised because she disabled her location tracker. Or to be more accurate, she instructed Eve to maintain signal like she is still in China, in the hospital with Master Hollow, so if Aiden checks, he will think that she is there.
Sarah was contemplating to go and et him in the forest, or maybe to hide and surprise him. But then she thought how that will probably spook him and he might end up attacking on a reflex, and that can't end up good. That is why she decided to wait for him here, next to the fire, in the clearing. That will be a surprise enough.
She added two more logs to the fire and checked the pot with water. It's almost boiling. When Aiden and the others arrive, they can have tea and coffee. She prepared mugs already. It will be perfect.
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