Chapter 1071 - 423: Coincidence
Just as Zhang Beixing and Richard took their seats, everyone in the restaurant was calmly seated at the dining table.
The sound of footsteps, one heavy and one light, echoed again from the entrance of the restaurant.
As the sound rose, everyone’s gaze was directed toward the restaurant entrance.
Sure enough, it wasn’t long before Peter Shen walked into the restaurant with his characteristic uneven gait, still looking exactly the same as before. Although he knew everyone at the table was watching him, he didn’t make eye contact with anyone.
Deliberately ignoring them, he walked to his seat with a hint of disdain on his face.
However, Peter’s face now seemed less gloomy and violent than before, and even carried a touch of satisfaction.
Seeing Peter’s expression, White and the noblewoman both had a fleeting change in their expressions, but quickly returned to normal, exchanging silent glances without speaking.
Zhang Beixing smiled faintly, observing everything happening at the dining table.
The steward’s attitude was very professional; he showed no expression from start to finish, as if these people were always there at the dining table, never more or less.
Throughout the dinner party, apart from White cordially inquiring about a few trivialities with Zhang Beixing, the atmosphere was unusually quiet.
Everyone seemed somewhat hungry, focusing on their own food.
When Zhang Beixing was about halfway full, he suddenly heard a smartphone notification sound.
Zhang Beixing glanced sideways toward the source of the sound—it was Richard, sitting to the side.
Unexpectedly, Richard, who always paid attention to various etiquettes, directly took out his phone at the dining table today and began checking messages.
Being such a distinguished guest, White naturally dared not say anything, nor did he dare to display any slightly suspicious expression.
Of course, Zhang Beixing felt that Richard was completely oblivious to all this at the moment, as he was focused intently on the suddenly received message on his phone.
It was totally unlike his usual manner; not only did he fail to put away his phone promptly, but he even began reading with interest.
A moment later, Richard slowly put down his phone and glanced at Zhang Beixing meaningfully.
Finally, he gave everyone else a knowing smile, quickly cleared his plate of food, and sat watching Zhang Beixing.
Noticing Richard’s gaze, Zhang Beixing silently finished the food on his plate, leaving the restaurant with Richard.
As soon as they exited the restaurant, Richard eagerly pulled out his phone and handed it to Zhang Beixing.
"Minister Zhang, look quickly."
Zhang Beixing took the phone from Richard—a document resembling a report was displayed on the screen, accompanied by numerous photos.
Most of the images were of a small, slender man.
However, the angles appeared to be taken surreptitiously.
A detailed description was provided below in text.
It turns out that this small, slender man was named Jimmy, a native of the lower strata in Madrid.
But as the saying goes, ’The rope always breaks at the thinnest part,’ though he was small and struggling, he had a mother suffering from a severe illness.
According to the investigation, his mother has been residing in an expensive private hospital in Madrid.
The largest shareholder of this hospital is the Alba Clan.
Seeing these details, Zhang Beixing understood why the slender man had to endure Peter’s beatings.
Then Zhang Beixing looked at Richard with a puzzled expression.
"Is this all you found after investigating for so long?"
Upon hearing Zhang Beixing’s words, Richard grinned and then directly swiped the screen of the phone Zhang Beixing was holding.
"Look at this."
As Richard swiped, several documents captured by a phone camera appeared on the screen.
"This man named Jimmy constantly receives large amounts of money in his bank account, but his daily life is almost poverty-stricken.
He has no substantial expenditures, yet his current bank balance amounts to several million.
Moreover, the most suspicious part is that he actually enrolled in a test subject research project to earn money."
As Richard swiped, a research company’s logo appeared in Zhang Beixing’s view.
The name was composed of complex English letters, seemingly not common English words, but rather specialized terminology from highly professional research fields.
"A research project?"
Zhang Beixing murmured, and upon hearing the words ’research project’, his mind immediately drifted to the BE organization. One couldn’t blame Zhang Beixing for being sensitive, having interacted with the BE organization excessively recently, knowing they particularly enjoyed conducting human experiments.
Richard nodded, seemingly aware of Zhang Beixing’s thoughts.
"Yes, this company claims publicly to be a pharmaceutical company conducting drug experiments. However, according to my investigation, this company is actually controlled by the BE organization via several smaller companies; in short, it’s an extension of the BE organization."
Upon hearing Richard’s words, Zhang Beixing was momentarily stunned, his mind flashing to the small, slender figure’s limited mobility arm crawling up from the ground today.
If Zhang Beixing’s memory was correct, the arm broken on the monster previously matched that small, slender figure.
Zhang Beixing frowned; could there be a connection between them?