Chapter 565 - He Died Because Of You (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The butler pulled a luggage in front of Xia Yanran.
Xia Yanran was a woman who Xiao Yi doted on before, so the butler’s att.i.tude towards her was still as respectful as ever. “Miss Xia, these are the things you left in the villa.”
Xia Yanran glanced at the luggage, before she glanced towards the completely pale Xiao Xi. Her throat was a little tight. “Where’s Xiao Yi?”
Xiao Xi’s long eyelashes fluttered, as a weak smile appeared on her pale lips. “Auntie Xia, how dare you still ask about my Uncle Xiao?”
Xia Yanran clenched her hands into tight fists. She stopped looking at Xiao Xi, turning her eyes towards the butler sharply instead. “Where did Xiao Yi go?”
The butler opened his mouth, “Sir, he…”
“Butler, lead the guest out.” Xiao Xi coughed a few times, interrupting the butler.
The butler made a gesture to ask Xia Yanran to leave. Xia Yanran’s expression darkened, as she pushed the butler away with all of her strength and walked towards where the smell of incense came from.
When Xia Yanran saw the white and black deceased portrait hung on the wall, her body trembled terribly.
She took a few steps back, both of her hands cupping her mouth as disbelief took over her expression.
Impossible!
Impossible!
Her lips trembled slightly, as scorching hot liquid threatened to fall from her eyes. She looked up, stopping herself from crying.
Xiao Yi couldn’t possibly have died!
People like him had the strongest lives.
Besides, didn’t he just call her a few days ago?
Xiao Xi walked over, glancing at Xia Yanran’s red eyes before she turned to glanced at the deceased’s photo on the wall. Her weak voice was slightly hoa.r.s.e. “Since you’ve seen it, you should light an incense for Uncle Xiao! Although I don’t like you, Uncle Xiao did like you a lot. Before everything happened to him, he still wanted to meet you, but you didn’t answer his call.”
Xia Yanran stared at the handsome man in the photo. Her heart tightened in pain under his sharp and cold eyes.
Her throat seemed to have been strangled ruthlessly by an invisible hand.
She only found her voice after a long while. “What happened exactly?”
Xiao Xi glanced at Xia Yanran, before her eyes landed on the handsome man in the photo. Her tears seemed to drop like the beads of a broken pearl necklace as she walked forward to light an incense before she turned back towards Xia Yanran again.
“All of this was because of you.”
Xia Yanran trembled ruthlessly.
It… was caused by her?
Xiao Xi’s wet eyelashes fluttered as she walked in front of Xia Yanran with her thin and frail figure. “If you didn’t insist on reporting the news about the Entertainment Town abducting young girls from villages and forcing them into prost.i.tution, nothing would have happened to Uncle Xiao!”
Xia Yanran’s eyes constricted immediately at the news.
The tips of her fingers sunk into her palm hard, almost breaking her skin.
She was a news reporter. Her duty was to report the news as it was.
“The secret boss behind the Entertainment Town is Second Master Qin from Hong Kong. Before Uncle Xiao came to Ning City, he was working under Second Master Qin. Second Master Qin was his big boss, and Uncle Xiao continued to give Second Master Qin benefits even after he came to Ning City.”
“However, you should know that bosses of mafia triads like to keep the power with them. Second Master Qin had long been unhappy with Uncle Xiao after noting that Uncle Xiao’s business was getting better without any change to the benefits he received.”