Lu Fang and Gao Rou were sitting at the mansion's patio, drinking hard liquor. It was late in the evening but the lights were sufficient to bright up the surrounding gardens and Gao Rou's gaze was fixed on the roses, the same kind his mother had grown in the old Lu Mansion.
"I remember well. My mother loved flowers," said Gao Rou after pouring himself another shot of whisky.
Lu Fang turned to where Gao Rou was looking and came back to him saying, "Has Luis find out anything?"
"I received another call just after I arrived from the Maldives. This time we were ready and Luis was able to trace it to a public phone in Shanxi," replied Gao Rou. "He is asking for One Million Dollars in exchange for the information."
Heeding Deana's advice, he finally told Lu Fang what has been disturbing him for months. He waited until Bolin returned, knowing Lu Fang and Andrea were busy with both work and pregnancy matters.
