177 Lovers Dead body (2/2)

But even standing here he couldn't believe it was her. Wasn't facing it head-first supposed to melted the state of denial? Then why couldn't he believe the love of his life was the reality of his life, on the ground to be deposited under the ground?

Why couldn't he morn for her and himself?

No! It couldn't be true! God wouldn't do that to him! NO, he wouldn't take away the only thing he had ever asked from him.

His eyes teared like the melting of a mighty glacier by the harsh heat slapping his face with reality. There was nowhere the man that ruled and commanded. He was helpless. He couldn't do a thing against death.

”Proof.” Ji Zhou froze listening to his Master. His voice wavering yet cold.

His waving of hand was enough to send everybody away. He didn't want statistic and progression, right now he only needed to hear the...corpse wasn't his Lei Xinyi.

He snapped his head in his direction, ”Sir, n...no identification can be possible. Sh...She was a very private person. She had no dental record for a dental or a known relative for DNA, not even a sample of her blood...”

He hesitated and looked at Jiang Cheng who was wailing by the corner and Yu Wang who had now joined him and was trying to get him away from the corpse with tears streaming down his own face.

He had heard of the woman, how she led a secluded life in distrust and scepticism and would never know how much of an impression she left. People loved her they just didn't know and neither did she ever made it easy for people to express love to her.

When Jiang Cheng and Yu Wang were out of earshot, he took out a plastic transparent zipper bag and extended it to Li Yaun, ”Sir, we found it close to the...her.” He didn't dare call the girl a dead body and dig his own grave.

Li Yuan brows furrowed and his eyes shifted to a bracelet in the plastic bag, The Yu's heirloom.

His eyes hardened on it and the memory struck him and his head turned to Ji Zhou, ”Where is the dagger?”

Now that he remembered Lei Xinyi was infamous for having the Lei's heirloom, the dagger. He had only seen it once in the bedroom she stayed in the Lu's Mansion but it was definitely authentic.

Because it was something more than on-sale, it was valuable. There was no way she would leave without it. If the bracelet was here, the dagger was supposed to be here too.

Ji Zhou looked at him in confusion, ”Dagger? There was no dagger. My men have searched the whole area. There wasn't a speck of dust that wasn't searched or inspected.”

It wasn't that much of an exaggeration. Li Yaun men weren't normal law-abiding authorities. They ere far more precise and efficient.

Li Yuan looked at him with an unknown emotion in his eyes. Realization widened Ji Zhou eyes a fraction.

If it was a thief would have taken the dagger then they wouldn't have left the bracelet worth millions. It was a set up to make it look like Lei Xinyi was dead.

But they couldn't leave the dagger even for the setup.

The question was who was the one who planned the setup. Was it Lei Xinyi, who did it to go in hiding or was it someone else and she was kidnapped?

”Look for her. She is still in the country and keep a watch on the border, ports and check posts.” Ji Zhou heard the dark and cold voice of his Master and stiffened.

Li Yuan turned around to walk away when his steps halted, ”Give a proper burial to the corpse and... keep it low on the search. We don't want to alert anyone.”