He felt that at least an attempt to sound out the situation or even to sway things in his favor was possible!
Not saying a single word—really just having a simple meal—was he treating himself like the Flower God?!
What kind of decent person eats a meal just to eat?!
Fuming, he hailed a cab and returned to his hotel, where Bai Zhi had already woken up. Fang Ze briefly relayed the intelligence he had gathered the previous night and then began, with Bai Zhi, to reassess the council members they were to meet today.
His primary goal was to identify the other four traitors. Only with the identities of all five traitors confirmed would the Security Bureau and the Special Service Department take action.
Acting prematurely would only alert them.
Currently, he had three pieces of information in his possession.
First was that the 15 council members they met on the first day were largely cleared of suspicion.