Chapter 9: The Avenger (1/2)

Xu Zijin found herself lying on a bed in the hospital when she awoke. She pulled out the needle of the perfusion tube from the back of her hand without hesitation and rushed out of the ward.

When she arrived at the funeral home, she saw a group of people standing in the mourning hall. Xu Zijin suddenly stopped and dared not walked in.

On the way here, she had kept telling herself that it was just a practical joke. They tried to make a fool of her because she rubbed them the wrong way. 'Dad is still alive. The Xu Consortium is booming... What happened these days is a bad dream. It's unreal,' she thought to herself.

Soon someone noticed Xu Zijin and mourners stepped aside to let her pa.s.s.

Xu Zijin slowly walked up to her stepmother, Liu Xin. Everything in front of her became unreal to her. She felt weightless, mechanically stepping forward like a lost soul.

The mourning hall was silent. No one sneered at her; no one railed at her; no one even made a noise.

Xu Zijin walked for a long time before she reached the coffin.

Liu Xin in a white mourning dress knelt beside the coffin alone, her face pale and drawn as if Xu Yuanshan's death had taken a dozen years off her life.

Liu Xin was crying sadly and her tears needled Xu Zijin's heart. She immediately came back to her senses and recalled all Fu Sinian had done to her and her family. It was not a dream. She could no longer deceive herself.

She burst into tears.

Xu Zijin suddenly threw herself on her knees and wailed with sorrow.

”Dad--”

Liu Xin struggled to her feet, rushed up to hold Xu Zijin, beating at her shoulders while crying loudly, ”You wicked girl! Why did you come here so late? You father...You father is dead...”

The two women embraced each other tightly and cried bitterly. An intangible air of sadness filled the mourning hall.

Suddenly, there came a commotion from the crowd. Fu Sinian walked into the hall, followed by many people.

Liu Xin became agitated at the sight of him.