Too much of a coincidence?
Ruby frowned as the events that had taken place during this time occurred to her mind.
In Sea City, she had clearly disguised herself and shaken off those ‘flies’ that were tracking her, only to be ambushed outside Dr. Moore's lab.
They were obviously sure that she would be here.
Clearly, this must be someone who knew her very well.
What was more, she encountered the hijacking of the plane on her way out to Z Country, and the ambush and pursuit by mercenaries after landing.
In the end, by 'coincidence', they were saved by Benjamin.
According to Benjamin's own words, he was there by chance.
But what if everything was not some so-called chance or coincidence?
If all this was arranged by Benjamin in secret, then all these things that had happened made sense!
It was also because he was secretly directing them that they left Benjamin's villa, arrived at the hotel and were chased by mercenaries that night.
It seemed that all the clues were connected, and without much proving, Ruby had her own judgement.
At that moment, she bit her lower lip, and turned to rummage through her own clothes and luggage.
"What are you looking for?" Levi asked.
Ruby said, her tone laced with indignation, "Find the tracker."
Levi hooked his lips and pulled out a tiny black object like a button from his shirt pocket, "No need, I already found it when you were taking a shower."
Ruby saw what was in his palm, and there was slight irritation in her clear eyes.
In the past few years, although she did not have much contact with her friends in the capital, she had always regarded Benjamin as a friend.
So, even though there had been coincidences before, she had not actively suspected him.
Little did she know that it would really turn out to be him!
"Why do you still have this thing? Why don't you throw it out? Do you want him to follow us all the time?"
The thought of being betrayed by a friend she trusted gave her a pang of no good.
Levi raised his eyebrows, first sweeping his eyes at the mess on the ground, then inclining his head to look at her, "Leave here first."
Ruby pursed her lips and did not say anything.
The two of them changed their clothes and left the hotel afterwards.
"Where are we going now?" Standing at the entrance of the hotel, Ruby asked with a tilt of her head.
Levi thought about it and asked her in turn, "Can we go to your LW lab?"
Not wanting him to ask this, Ruby was surprised: "Yes, but......"
She remembered the tracker in his shirt pocket, "If you keep this tracker, you want Benjamin to know our movement, why are you going to the LW lab? There is a shield there, by then this tracker will have no signal, what is your idea?"
Levi hooked his lips and gave a smile, "Get in the car first."
Levi raised his eyebrows, "Well, it wasn't very early, I only thought it was a bit too much of a coincidence after he saved us, and then later that evening, I went downstairs to get you some water and happened to hear him on the phone in the dinning room, talking about the mercenaries, before I was sure it was him."
Ruby remembered how different he had been in the past two days and it dawned on her.
"So you did it because you knew who he was, and I thought you ......"
Her voice stopped abruptly, and she was embarrassed to say the word "jealous".
But Levi could naturally guess it.
His hand clutched the steering wheel, his long fingers tapping gently on it, with a lazy smile at the corners of his eyes.
"It's not all because I know he's behind it, naturally there are other reasons too."
At this point, he paused, the tip of his tongue tipped his upper jaw in a rather unpleasant way.
"His eyes were glued to you, I've been upset about that. Well, I'm not that generous."
Ruby’s heart palpitated slightly, her eyes half-lidded as she cooed in a small voice, "He's just pretending to be in love in order to get what I have."
Levi thought otherwise.
It was true that Benjamin was setting up Ruby, there was no doubt about that, but that man was not devoid of feelings for her, either.
Of course, this was something that he naturally would not say to Ruby.
Clearing his throat, he continued, "Actually, I only know that he sent those mercenaries, but the identity about him has not been established yet, Ruby, do you have any idea?"
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