The meeting with his father had not solved the mystery of AE but he had gained knowledge of his father’s status and what he had done for him. This was enough for Xia Lei. His father had given him life twice, and had disappeared suddenly to hide from the CIA and FAs. It was all due to circumstances - how could he resent his father? 

Knowing the truth unknotted the heaviness in his heart and Xia Lei was in a good mood on his way back to the embassy. He smiled when memories of his childhood with his father surfaced in his head. 

“You sure have nerves of steel.” The re-transformed babushka Yelena broke the silence in the vehicle. “Those people were killers from the FA. I’m still feeling nervous now. You really are quite something, aren’t you? Killing six of them on your own.” 

Xia Lei just laughed and didn’t say anything. He knew though that if it had been in another environment and he were visible to that team, that the result would be different. 

Yelena sighed. “Your father and I have to be on the run again after I send you back. We’ll lay low for a period of time so you’d better...