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15After the cabal, Wentao Li and Wang Kezhi retired to Wang Kezhi’s house. Kezhi paced over to his bar, poured two shots of bourbon. He faced Wentao Li, swirling the amber liquid in both hands.
“A treacherous dog,” Kezhi continued, having had enough of thinking well of the dead Wei Ling.
Wentao Li did not argue the point.
When Kezhi’s spies discovered that Wei Ling was working for Qin Zhou, he wasted no time coercing Ling to spy on Qin Zhou: What if the State Council discovered you faked your death, Wei Ling? Through this arrangement Kezhi learnt of Qin Zhou’s immortality research. While Qin Zhou was alive, the transhumanists could not get their covetous fingers on his research. By Wei Ling’s treachery, Qin Zhou was removed, and Wei Ling assumed control of Zhou’s research facility i
