From this moment on, Ye Chen became extremely wary of coincidences in his heart.
Now, whenever he looked at these coincidences, a reaction would immediately pop up in his mind: How could there be so many coincidences in this world?
Even the Nine Mysterious Heavenly Scripture that his father-in-law accidentally revealed by breaking a bottle was not something he obtained by chance, but the result of his parents’ careful planning many years ago.
His smooth enlightenment was also thanks to his father overlaying his own Dragon Grid onto him, turning him into the Ascending Dragon Grid.
So, Nanako hearing by chance in the elevator that Master Jingqing was coming to Qixia Temple, then feeling moved to go there, and being enlightened by Master Jingqing, these seemingly interlocking strokes of serendipity felt more like a sophisticated trap designed to lure someone deeper step by step.
If this whole series was a chain of schemes, then the woman Nanako met by chance in the elevator was the first bait!
Thus, he immediately asked Nanako, “Do you know that woman? Does she live right below your floor?”
Nanako nodded and said, “I’ve seen her a few times later, and we occasionally exchange pleasantries in the elevator, so we’re somewhat acquainted. She lives on the ninth floor. Her husband is often away on business in other places, so she lives alone.”
Ye Chen immediately said, “Wait for me a moment. I’ll make a phone call.”
With that, Ye Chen took out his phone and called Hong Wu.
As soon as the call connected, Hong Wu said respectfully, “Master Ye, what are your instructions?”
Ye Chen instructed him, “Hong Wu, check the owner information for Tomson Riviera. Pull up the owner details for the ninth floor of Miss Ito’s building and send them to me.”
The high-rise where Nanako bought her place was the best in Tomson Riviera’s towers, with only one unit per floor.
Hong Wu had deep connections in Jinling. Upon receiving the call, he immediately started inquiring and soon sent the information to Ye Chen.
The ninth-floor apartment was registered under the name Zhang Xixi on the property deed, but this Zhang Xixi was not a Chinese national; she was a Chinese-American. She owned a company in Jinling specializing in import-export trade, and she qualified to buy property in China due to her investments here.
Ye Chen found it suspicious. This woman’s background differed greatly from Nanako’s description. Nanako said the woman’s husband was often away working in other places, and she was a housewife, but it did not seem that way at all.
Next, he needed to confirm whether this woman’s company was just a shell and whether her American citizenship could be verified.
Thus, he planned to have Hong Wu continue investigating the woman and her company, then send her identity details to Fei Kexin, who was far away in America, to have her check if the American citizenship was genuine.
Nanako also realized the severity of the issue and knew Ye Chen must be feeling very frustrated inside, so she comforted him, “Ye Chen-kun, don’t take it too much to heart for now. We’ll investigate slowly and surely get to the bottom of it. From now on, we’ll pay more attention to any unusual coincidences around us. That way, we might even seize the initiative.”
With that, she suddenly remembered another detail and quickly said, “But Ye Chen-kun, thinking back, I haven’t seen this woman for quite some time now. She might have already completed her task and left. If you investigate her too openly now, it could alert the enemy and startle them away. In that case, the other side would know you’ve detected their presence. If they had other plans originally, they might become even more cautious, making it harder for us to catch any leads.”
