And then Mu Yunchen had been shot, and she'd flown across an ocean, and Liu Chen Xi and his team had fallen completely off her radar in the triage of priorities.
They were still out there. Still running. Still waiting for help she'd promised and then forgotten to deliver because someone had tried to kill the man she loved and everything else had become secondary to that singular crisis.
Zhou Yuxi opened her eyes and began typing, her fingers moving with swift efficiency across the keyboard:
Li Si Ming,
I need you to handle an urgent matter immediately. There are five individuals currently in wilderness areas northwest of Chengdu, I'm attaching their last known coordinates and the routing protocols I gave them. They are wanted by Chinese authorities on false charges related to industrial espionage.
Wire 500,000 RMB to the encrypted account I'm providing below. They'll need cash, supplies, and extraction resources. Additionally, I need you to:
