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4 months later-

It had been two months since the global launch of HoloX. It was a huge success. Yang Li had overseen the launch from the branch office. In the meantime, the workshop was handled by Jin.

Yang Li would return to Colchis in 3 days. It had been 4 years since he left Colchis. He was 27 years old now. It was the last three days of his vacation. As soon as he reached Cinea, Zhou Jin would hand over the responsibilities back to Yang Li and go on a vacation. Kai had already gone back to Colchis after the launch of HoloX. After that day he met Zhou Shishi a couple of times. He looked happier but he didn't tell Yang Li anything.

3 days later-

As soon as Li left the airport, he spotted Jin standing by Yang Li's black jeep. As soon as they saw each other Jin gave Li a friendly hug. Then Zhou Jin gave the keys to the jeep to Li and they drove off. They went directly to the workshop. During the journey, Zhou Jin updated Yang Li on all the major changes that took place during his absence.

YLM was currently the leader in all its segments. The security software for financial institutions was a huge success. More than 50 percent of all financial institutions in Colchis were installed with YLM's security software. Even in countries like Uruk, Phyrgya, and Westphalia the security software was the best in the market.

The virtual assistant was also doing well. Although its sale had dipped in the past year it still occupied the first position.

Finally, HoloX had lit the market on fire. This product had made YLM a household name. HoloX was selling like hotcakes not only in Colchis but globally. The HQ in Cinea was completed 6 months after Yang Li left.

As far as YLM Security was concerned its development had been phenomenal. Currently, there were 56 mercenaries in the company. Apart from alpha1 there were 10 other teams with 5 members each. Alpha1 was still responsible for protecting Yang Li's family.

These groups had taken several missions in the past few years -from security details to hostage rescue operations. Zhou Jin had done a beautiful job as far as the development of YLM Security was concerned.

As he had discussed with Li, Jin had formed their elite group- 'Grey Shadow'. Every year the top 6 mercenaries were selected and the group was formed. The process was repeated each year. However, Jin observed that the core remained the same and only one or two members would change.

Grey shadow had gone on 3 missions in the past 4 years. Two were from the Bureau and one was from the Tang family. All of them were a resounding success.

He also informed Yang Li that he had bought a chopper and a private plane.

Yang Li then asked about Zenith Biotech.

Zhou Jin told him everything related to Zenith C&D. With the armed forces as its client, Zenith C&D turned profitable very quickly. It was estimated that in another few years the net worth of Zenith Biotech would cross a billion dollars.

His mother had been working on gene editing and precision medicine. Any breakthroughs in these areas would be revolutionary. He also inquired about any major changes with regards to the elite families.

Zhou Jin said that the Song family had approached him for a collaboration. They wanted to contract them for developing navigation software for their space division. However, Jin had rejected them as they were busy with the development of Holographic technology.

In the past 4 years, the Tang family had been using their security services very frequently.

They reached the workshop by noon. Everyone in the workshop knew that the Big Boss was coming back today.

Many of the mercenaries who were at the base came to greet Yang Li. He greeted all his employees.

He then gave everyone the rest of the day off. Li went to the third floor and settled himself in. He took a shower, had his lunch, and then sat down in his workspace. After looking at the documents for an hour he took a nap. In the evening, Zhou Jin came to his workspace.

He said, "I will be going on a vacation from tomorrow."

Yang Li said, "For how long?" Jin replied, "About 2 months."

Yang Li said, "Alright."

Jin was about to leave the room when he suddenly stopped by the door. He turned around and looked at Yang Li in a dilemma.

Looking at his perplexed expression Li asked, "Is something on your mind? Do you want to tell me something?"

Finally, Zhou Jin said, "There was an incident last year related to sister Mei. But she forbade me from telling you anything. But I think you should know."

Yang Li narrowed his eyes and said, "Go on…. Tell me what is it?"

By the time Zhou Jin finished narrating what had happened, there was an eerie calm in the room. Yang Li was emanating a dangerous and violent aura. Even Zhou Jin felt a chill down his spine.

Yang Li spoke in a tone devoid of any emotion, "Good… I will handle it."

Zhou Jin quickly left the room and had a feeling that a storm was about to hit Cinea.

Inside, Yang Li was staring in space and thinking when he suddenly said to himself, 'Sister such a huge thing happened and you didn't even tell me…. No worries I will resolve it soon.'

After this, he called a person on alpha1 and said, "I will message you the details of a person. Bring him to the workshop in 24 hours. Make sure no one notices." And he ended the call.

He started thinking about what Zhou Jin told him about his sister Yang Mei.

A year and a half ago-

Yang Mei had finished her studies and finalized the designs of her 2nd hospital in Cinea. Its construction would begin in a week. Yang Mei wanted to build her hospital on her own without any help from her mother or brother. She would only use her own means and her own network. She had made this clear to Yang Li and he respected that. So, he didn't interfere with anything. He even instructed the alpha1 members guarding her to never interfere unless it was a life and death matter. She was her elder sister and he had to respect her wishes. Therefore, for the past 4 years, Li had been oblivious of what was happening in her personal life. He gave her privacy and believed that she would come to him if something happened.

So, Yang Mei had started contacting the required people to finalize the contracts related to the construction of the hospital. However, Yang Xiong came to know that his niece Mei was starting a hospital in Cinea. He immediately informed the family. The patriarch ordered Yang Xiong and Yang Mu to suppress her. They had to make sure that the project wouldn't succeed.

They wanted to find the investors of the hospital so that they could pressurize them to back out. However, they couldn't reach any of the investors. Thereafter, they tried to create obstacles in the project. From the simplest Building permits to NOCs by various government departments, everything was obstructed by the Yangs. This in turn delayed the project. In the later stages, the Yangs pressurized the medical equipment manufacturers to either stop or delay the delivery of surgical instruments.

Yang Mei was not a simple woman. In fact, she was brilliant. She was able to bypass these issues by herself but it still took time and effort. Needless to say, she was under constant pressure and was quite exhausted.

One weekend she went out to relax her fatigue. She went to a nice restaurant by herself. However, here she caught the eye of Mo Hai. Mo Hai was the younger brother of Mo Family's successor Mo Ting. He was instantly captivated by her beauty and decided to pursue her.

Mo Hai was a beast in man's clothing. His brother Mo Ting was the famous hedonistic young master of Cinea. All the girls from decent families would steer clear of him. There were many horror stories of girls being forcefully abducted and never seen again. All this was attributed to Mo Ting.

However, Mo Hai was even worse than his brother. The only difference was he was very shrewd and kept it hidden and nobody except his closest confidants knew of his beastly nature. He was a sadist and an addict. He had raped many innocent girls from commoner families. He had even killed some of them. All of this was kept hidden from the public. As he belonged to the Mo family it was easy for him to clean up his acts. Mo Ting was in charge of the drug trade whereas Mo Hai was in charge of the prostitution business.

He even owned an underground club that was famous for hosting sex parties. Many high-level officials and businessmen participated in these events.

The upper echelon of the Great Families was aware of these activities. However, they didn't interfere with each other's businesses, whether legal or illegal. As long they didn't step on each other's toes, they simply ignored it.