Second Lead Syndrome: A Second Chance Chapter 196 - Lena cannot know - Novel Cool

Second Lead Syndrome: A Second Chance Chapter 196 - Lena cannot know

Kris went to his room and took a shower. He went to sit on his desk and looked at the file he brought with him. It was a report of Madam Yang's body and the head that was sent to him the next day after Madam Yang was gone.

Gary told Kris that his father killed her, but they both knew there was something more going on. When Madam Yang told Gary that she was his mother, she never told him who his father was. For him, it was never a concern. He did not accept her, and he did not care for his biological father too. They both left him, they were no parents to him.

He only dug out the information on who his father was a few days after Madam Yang pressured him to use Lena. And on the night of the engagement, Madam Yang already came and took Gary away to kill him.

-- Flashback to when Gary woke up --

(This was the same night as "Drink with me")

Kris tried to sleep, but how can he sleep after all the thing that Lena did to him that night. And now, the vegetable man was awake?!

He tossed and turned a few times for a few hours. He finally stood up and walk out of his room. He stopped in front of Lena's room and opened the door slightly. She was sleeping soundlessly. Kris went down the stairs and back to Gary's room.

Kris could hear James talking to Gary as he walked him. James turned and looked at Kris when he walked in. "Mr. Li."

"Kris is fine. You're older than me... makes it weird you calling me Mister." Kris replied and walked over to stare at Gary again. He did not know what Lena saw in the man... except his stupid 6-packs. Were women really into that so much?

"I already explained the situation to Gary." James stood up from the chair. "If you don't mind... I need to use the bathroom."

Kris nodded. "I can stay with him."

James left and Kris sat down on the chair that James was sitting on. Kris casually yawned but Gary suddenly reached out and grabbed Kris' hand. Kris did not expect the man to have such strong senses after being unconscious for about a month.

When his mother woke up, she had to work on his vocal and strength build up again. But he guessed since Tye took good care of Gary and he was only down for not very long, his muscle and reflex were still good.

"Le...Lena." Gary spoke but his voice was dry and weak.

"James should have told you. She's fine."

Gary cleared his throat. "I can help you." He paused before speaking again. "Last time, you said you wanted me."

Kris did say that. It was the last time when Lena came and brought Gary with him. Kris knew that Lena does not really know who Gary really way... his web identity. It goes beyond his gaming champions and his master level of hacking.

Gary's skill was a weapon, a highly sought asset. Kris wondered how Gary had lived such a normal life when if found out, every country in the world would kill for him. But that must have been how good Gary was... not he was living in plain sight, but no one knew.

Kris stood up from the chair and looked straight at Gary. "How do I know.... you've not defected since you have been... injured."

"You don't." Gary answered. "I will only help if you help me too. You need me."

Kris put his hand on Gary's neck and applied a small pressure. "I can simply just kill you now before you get into the wrong hands."

"You won't. James told me that Lena has been helping you with something important. You need her. As long as she is alive, you can't touch me."

Kris released his hold on Gary's neck and chuckled. "Look at you, finally showing your true colors. Using a friend as a shield. Do you ever show her this side of you?"

"I am only protecting her. So.. are you going to help me or not."

"Gary Chen... you should know fairly well how I do business. I don't help people..."

"I know. Once you help me, I will be entirely under you."

Kris walked to the door and closed it. Making sure it was locked also. He went back and sit on the chair. "Are you sure you want to give up your entire life, just for me to help you? You just woke up, I don't want to be doing business with a non-lucid man."

"I am sure. The quicker the better. Only you can match his powers. You and your family."

"Match whose?"

"My father."

"Your father..." Kris already knew that his mother was Madam Yang, but he had not completely confirmed who Gary's father was. He knew that Gary's father was not a lowly man or fling that Madam Yang had with though.

"What I am going to tell you, Lena cannot know one bit about it."

"I have no relationship with her. Once Madam Yang is gone, we are strangers."

"I can't tell you who my father is yet until I am better. But until then, you need to keep me and Lena secured and protected."

"Why is that stupid woman involve in everything?" Kris was referring to Lena.

"Becuase she is the woman that I have loved for years. She is my weakness. And if my father finds that out or anyone else, it would do us no good. I am no genius... I just have a skill that makes me valuable. I already made a mistake when I was looking for my father, for sure that will trigger him to look for me. Even if I died... we need to make sure that was 100% fool proof."

"Who is your father?" Kris was curious.

"An enemy of my enemy is my friend."

James knocked on the door. Kris looked at Gary and gave him some water before he left to go open the door for James. Gary glanced and Kris, and without talking, they both knew what each other were saying.

Kris left as soon as James arrived. He wondered how f*cked up Gary's family was... child born from an affair. He was willing to let his birth mother die by someone else hand, and now... he wanted protection from his own father... Just who was Gary's father?

Chapter end

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