Chapter 226 - Tears of Hurt (1/2)

The BMW M6 stopped along a desolate riverside Reeds grew along the river but their leaves ithered, dead Their existence reassured Xia Lei that he did not have to worry about being discovered

Xia Lei got out of his car and walked through the reeds to the river He splashed river water on his face to rely cold and his thoughts sharpened

Yevgenia had asked hishan Cemetery and whoever who kneas suspect

However, only one person could have seen the note that Yevgenia had left for hi Si-Yao

Xia Lei held his head and shook it hard,to himself, “It can’t be Si-Yao It can’t be Why would she do so suspected that shearound ht? It’s not her, it cannot be her…”

Was Liang Si-Yao the one who had killed Yevgenia? He wasn’t even willing to think further on this,Si-Yao deeply and was evenplans to marry her, have children with her and spend the rest of their lives together in bliss He illing to share everything with her - hisSi-Yao betray hi Si-Yao, then who? Who killed Yevgenia?

Xia Lei opened Yevgenia’s wallet There were some Chinese coins in it, plus some Russian and American currency Other than cash, there was also a hotel card and an English chip-card

The English chip-card had ‘Temporary Pass’ printed on it Xia Lei turned it over and two black letters, ‘AE’, were printed on the back He did not knohat this meant

Xia Lei’s left eye locked onto the ‘AE’ letters and his left eye drew everything which had ‘AE’ on it that he had seen, sending the infor to his brain He was surprised to discover that the ‘AE’ he saas a popular piece of software on the internet, used for processing videos and graphics

“Why would processing software for videos and graphics require a temporary pass?” Xia Lei shook his head He’dbut he did not think it hat he’d found He then tried another lish dictionary Words beginning with ‘A’ and ‘E’ appeared one by one in his head

Half an hour later, Xia Lei gave up There were just toowith these letters in the dictionary and each co it using just words

Xia Lei put the hotel card and English chip-card away, then removed his jacket and trousers He bundled them with the wallet and set them all on fire When the clothes and wallet were incinerated, he pushed their ashes into the river and let the river water carry the just his briefs and socks, back to his car He drove back to the city

It was al asleep Xia Lei went straight to the television cabinet and relass bottle was still there and the pill sat quietly in the bottom of the bottle

Back in his roo intently at the pill in the glass bottle A question surfaced in his head - Do I eat this, or not?

Hisat that moment

Xia Lei looked at the phone screen The caller was ‘Housekeeper’ - it was Liang Si-Yao

Xia Lei would always be very happy when Liang Si-Yao called in the past but this tie

He picked up the phone at the fifth ring and unlocked the phone to accept the call “hello? Si-Yao? You’re not asleep at this late hour?”

Liang Si-Yao’s voice came from the phone, lazy and marshmallow-soft, “I can’t sleep without you by hed, “You called just as I was about to s to please ht, did you goin Xia Lei’s heart grew stronger

“I thought it was soate”

“It was indeed a wo Si-Yao sounded surprised, “It really was a wo, she’s…”

“Who?”

“A friend ofSi-Yao was quiet for a bit before she spoke “I’ve heard you talk about it before Didn’t your father disappear?”