In the end, Hattori Mei’s response had arrived in the form of a message. 

Mister Thompson, five million dollars is no small amount. Please give me more time to get things ready. I’ll meet you soon. 

Xia Lei had too received it right when Thompson had received her answer. 

Immediately after, Thompson’s call came. “Mister James, Hattori Mei sent me a message instead of calling me. She said she needs more time to get the cash ready and she’ll meet me soon. What do I do now?” 

Xia Lei replied, “Continue waiting at Area 51. Stay the night there. You don’t need to do anything else other than waiting for her contact for the time being. I’ll transfer five million dollars to your bank account as promised.” 

“Thank you, Mister James.” Thompson couldn’t suppress his excitement. 

Ending the call, Xia Lei placed the satellite phone down and gazed at Hattori Mei, Anjum Khan, Sa’im and Qian...