The two familiar faces were that of Folsom and Hattori Mei. However, there was an addition of a stranger in the room. It was a man with dark skin and features pointing towards a Hispanic origin. The stranger looked to be about in his early forties, his body stature strong and powerful. 

Noticing his appearance, Xia Lei quickly abandoned the thought of barging in. He quickly pulled away Zhu Xuanyue. 

Zhu Xuanyue was confused. “Uncle Xia why…?” 

With a swift motion, Xia Lei pulled her into his embrace and placed a palm over her mouth at the same time. He ducks down to place his lips near her ear. “Shh! Keep quiet. I need to know what they’re talking about inside.” 

A string of mumbled words came out of Zhu Xuanyue’s mouth despite there being a hand over it.

Her words may be difficult to comprehend but she was clearly asking, “Whoa, you can hear them?” 

Xia Lei opted to ignore her, holding his palm firmly against her lips. At the same time, he kept his left eye in active X-ray vision mode along with the lip-reading ability to comprehend the conversation happening within the room. 

“Madam...