Malicious thoughts...

Ethan intervened and eased Mei Zhen out of Tang's painful grasp before something went worse than it already had.

"I think we should all cool off a bit and then figure out a way forward. Mei Zhen, would like to go to your parents' house for the time being?" he asked her politely.

She threw a look of naked hatred towards Ethan.

She said, "you both were involved in this, right? You knew he was faking it."

No one refuted her statement.

On a huff, she left the place, her heels beating an angry tattoo on the marble floor.

Tang shut his eyes for a second and then suddenly flipped them open. Dialling a number, he spoke when the line was picked up.

"Follow Liang Mei Zhen. I want an update on her movements at all times," he instructed clearly in the phone.

A deathly silence prevailed in the main living room of the Xie Mansion until Tang spoke again.

"Ethan, has Jia Li arrived in Shanghai? Where is she putting up?" he asked.