Flash Marriage: The Domineering Wife

Chapter 427 War

"The river starts here," Edward finally began what would soon become a lengthy conversation.

His index finger landed on the beginning of the line he had drawn himself. "It runs across this terrain, through the Gu hi forest—" as he spoke, Edward's fingers moved along with the landmarks until it reached the point at which the river branches off. "—and it ends here."

Viktor nodded once. Edward still hadn't answered the question that was on his mind.

"The river is called Jan xi by the natives and it is one of the longest rivers here in this city."

By reason of the three years he'd spent taking a geography course in high school, Viktor knew precisely what Edward was going on about and he was beginning to realise why they were discussing the river Jan xi at all.

"It was at this point—" Edward's finger moved back down to somewhere close to the beginning of the red line, "—Amy was shot and fell into the tides."

According to his research, the river tides were known to be high by that time of the year and so he believed that the turbulence had washed Amy's body somewhere along the course of the river. It was this Edward explained to Viktor.

"Now, I know it's been a while and anything could have happened by now, but I need Amy's body found," he revealed calmly. "I want every nook and cranny and whatever side this river has to be searched until Amy's found.

Go into the surrounding villages, dig the sand beneath the river if you have to; Amy must be found!"

Viktor nodded his understanding. He had been expecting this. After their initial weeks of searching that had turned up nothing, he hadn't believed his boss would let the missing body go just like that and since he found out the group behind the issue, Edward had been spending a lot of time staring at nothing while he ruminated in his head. Viktor had definitely been expecting something like this.

"Now, the last time we looked, there was no direction, no path to our search. We are going to do it differently this time," Edward cautioned.

"Is that why we are setting up two teams?"

"No. I'll get to that part soon. It's only one of those two teams that will be involved in the search."

The guard nodded firmly.

"I want the team to split into groups so they cover a wide search area. If I cannot have my woman back alive, I must bury her body."

"Yes sir, I understand."

There was a short pause before he spoke again, "And I must avenge her too."

Edward rose from his chair and went back to the window. The woman with the ginger red hair he'd been watching before was still there, but now she had been joined by someone else— a man, in a navy blue suit.

Edward watched as the man took her palm in his before pulling her into an embrace. He blinked at them then looked away once again as memories of when he'd held someone with that same colour of hair flooded his thoughts.

Like a man who was embarrassed to be caught displaying any form of weakness, Edward fought back the tears that threatened to spill over.

"I must avenge her," he repeated and Viktor nodded again.

"The Yangs are responsible for the loss," Edward stated matter-of-factly. He moved back to his position in the chair and drew it closer to the table until his elbows rested on its surface.

"I know this for a fact and I'm not going to let them get away with it."

"Going after the Yangs will be the equivalent of starting the next world war, sir. Do you want that?"

The look Edward shot the man he'd hired personally answered any questions Viktor had and cleared every form of doubt as well.

If the boss wanted to swallow a grenade then he, Viktor and the other soldiers would make sure they took their own portions as well.

"Amy is worth every drop of blood that will be she'd during this battle and more." He stared long and hard at Viktor, "I need your best men working on this.

It's going to be chaos in the underworld by the time I unleash my wrath on those people."

Viktor nodded. He feared for what his boss was about to do, but once Edward Wu set his mind to something, there was no stopping him.

Going after another mafia family was breaking the most important rule in the underworld, especially if that family was affiliated with yours in some kind of way.

The Wus and the Yangs had been identified as friends for a long time amongst both rivals and other allies.

If word got out that there was a war between the two then it could mean something terrible for everyone, innocent or not.

"The Yangs are a very powerful gang, sir. We used to need their help in the past."

"Used to," Edward hammered emphatically. "Now, they've crossed sides. They're now after me." Edward paused.

He looked taken aback as something dawned on him. His eyes shone as though a veil had been lifted from his face and he cursed, "Goddammit! How did I not see this before?"

"See what sir?"

Edward growled and stood up from his chair abruptly. He turned back to the window, banged his first against the wall that framed the glass hollow and cursed again.

"Goddammit Viktor! It's been the Yangs all along. All the failed missions, the hits, my parents. It's been Jinn fucking Yang and his squad of backstabbers."

For the first time since he entered the office and probably his enter life, Viktor appeared shocked by something mafia related.

Usually, before you entered the field, you were taught to expect everything. Nothing was news amongst mafia bosses because life wasn't predictable.

There were no absolutes, no certainties but Viktor had let himself believe that the Yangs and Wus had established a friendship that could not be breached.