Book: Lost mine

I doubt that he plotted the murder. His idea was that some Chinese gave himself to the Board of Directors for Wu Ling and received money in exchange for paper. But the reality was much worse. For the Eastern mind was infinitely simpler to kill Wu Ling, than somewhere to hide it that the Chinese associates and Pearson did not even notice it. To kill and throw corpse in the river. Now imagine the state of Mr Pearson - the English word "confusion" conveys it very roughly. He could see Wu Ling in the train, and between the kidnapping and murder there is a very significant difference.