10 June, David Hwang's Villa, City K

Joan, sat quietly with David in their suite, before saying "We have an opportunity for a first strike?"

"Publishing the data about all the allegations about Madam Mo?  Do not forget my skills and how I started my legitimate businesses.  Information technology.  And without sounding like I am bragging about my skills; I am as good as any programmer I employ.  I can hack any system, extract the information that I want, and generally exit it wiping every electronic trace of my action.  I have broken into the court system and gotten everything I need."

Joan tilted her head slightly and smiled before saying "Not what I was thinking about.  You can tell me about your plans in a little while.  What I have in mind will ingrain yourself with those childhood friends of mine.  Maybe even get you easily into their systems so you can easily implant those programs you need to ensure that when we strike, we increase the economic damage done."

"Mmmm"

"You know how I had a fitting at Lexi's studio today?"

"Yes.  You were mean and refused to allow me to accompany you, let alone video-conferenced me while you were changing."

"Hey, I have to have some mystery for you, because people will be expecting a certain reaction when I walk into the church…"

"Ha!  You know I like the design, and so much want to take you in it as soon as possible."

"We will have to find the opportunity after everything to have a proper opportunity to do so but stop distracting me."

"So, you and I both want what we want."

"I know, and we will have a chance to indulge soon.  But we must play the master and slave game the next few days.  That b*tch Naomi was trying to snoop around and figure out what you and I are up to."

"I want to destroy that b*tch.  She played me well for years."

"You were led by your desires, and she played on that."

"I hate being manipulated by people, and she deserves to go down."

"You found me, and we have gotten her where we want to.  If she tries to bring us down, we can totally discredit her.  But we need to leave her aside presently."

"I want to crush that b*tch."

"Me to my love…"

"I have plans to humiliate her before we strike.  A few of the men want to have some fun."

"If it is the ones that I think, we are quite willing to throw them out as the perpetrators and if we can gather enough of her interacting with them beforehand, it will work on that credibility destruction that we need to protect ourselves."

"You are devious."

"That is one thing you love about me, and the I love about you," said Joan.  "However, stop distracting me.  As I said I had another fitting and sat with Lexi in her office before I left.  The last thing I wanted to do was that, but I am glad I did.  She got a telephone call from Dominic's school.  Apparently, there was an incident there where Dominic pushed and hit the son of the current CEO of the Kang Group…"

"Those two self-absorbed idiots.  They have, ever since I relocated here been trying to strike up a deal with me.  There is no way that I would jeopardise my business in making a deal with someone that has nothing to offer me, and in fact would drag my business down."

"The strange thing is Lexi did not want to talk about it too much.  She has always wanted to talk about Dominic.  All I could gather is that there was an incident where he used some violence, and that is contrary to Dominic's character.  He is a lovely child who does not overreact."

"You want me to find out?  I could easily hack into the school's systems and surrounding CCTV footage to find out what I can."

"Why not.  If it benefits us, we should use it."

David stood up and quickly headed towards the suite door, motioning to Joan to follow him, before heading towards his public study just inside the entry to the Villa.  Joan, knew from their discussions, this did not have the protection that the hidden study had, but was designed to hide the reality of the villa from those who were not tied with his plans.

Within five minutes, David had successfully infiltrated the school systems, and nearby CCTV footage, before starting to scan it for data that would expose the events.  It was hard to tell what happened at the school gates because there was no sound.  Joan observing his reaction quietly said "Someone said something he did not like, and…"

"That woman, the is the wife of Kang Group's CEO.  He invited me to a private dinner to convince me to partner with him, and she was there blatantly in front of her husband trying to seduce me. I like forward women and have had my share of relationsh.i.p.s with married women, but the one thing that I hate is them trying to manipulate me into their husband's requests in front of their husbands."

"Then that boy that came out from behind her must be her son."

"Mmmm."  David quickly started to move through the footage he accessed, until he came across an incident at lunch time outside.  The footage came from a building where a subsidiary had an office, and using the various programs at his disposal, he quickly zoomed and enhanced the footage to see what happened.

After they watched the footage, David said "You were right.  Dominic reacted rather than instigating the matter."

Pulling up his personal verified Weibo account, David quickly posted a timestamped set of clips, with the caption 'What a wonderful family, the mother scaring a child, then the son with the help of older children assaulting him.  Forget about me ever doing business with the Kang Group!'.

Seeing the post, Joan, quickly shared it on her verified account before David arranged for his companies to also share it.

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