Chapter 574

• “You think I just showed up on a whim?” Zhu Huiping snorted hard. “I know Jeremiah’s moves in Bruiville like the back of my hand. I also know he met you for dinner the very day he arrived, arranged by Shen Ningmei. Looks like Shen Ningmei’s quite the operator.”
• Francis pressed her: “Since you know Shen Ningmei was at that dinner too, why aren’t you going after her?”
• “Because Shen Ningmei is a middleman. She’s the one who set you up to meet Jeremiah…” Zhu Huiping stared straight at Francis, enunciating each word. “I asked around. You’re not ordinary. People who cross you end up in a living hell. Yesterday Jeremiah’s talk with you went south. It’s no surprise if you took a swing at him.”