Chapter 729: Take Me to The Fifths’ Home
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Mrrs. Yu, do you know him?” Shen Xi was puzzled by the meaning behind Mrs. Yu’s words, but she sensed the latter’s turmoil of suffering, regret, anger, despair, as well as relief and lowly joy from finding out the truth.
With reluctance, Yu Qiubai’s mother slowly tuned her gaze to him, gesturing him to leave. After Yu Qiubai closed the door, she looked at Shen Xi in imploration. “I don’t bear the hope to meet him, but can you tell him I’m sorry?”
It was good enough for her that he was alive and well.
“Mrs. Yu, I want to know what happened to him in the past. Can you tell me?” Shen Xi’s mind harked back to the first time she met him. The boy in tattered clothes amidst the snow had such wary and savage eyes like a wolf.
She could not imagine the hards.h.i.+ps he went through back then to end up like that. He was practically skin and bones and acted like a wild animal, fighting to survive after being pushed to the edge. All his animal instincts came to life.
“You’re his wife.” Mrs. Yu gazed at the ring on Shen Xi’s finger with a softened expression as she was brought back to a time she longed for. Nevertheless, the nostalgia was mostly filled with pain. She murmured, “This is the ring pa.s.sed down through generations within the Li family. His maternal
grandmother gave it to his mother, and his mother wore it the whole time. I didn’t see the ring on his mother after she died. I see now that he took it away.”
Without a word, Shen Xi quietly watched and listened.
She gently stroked the ring on Shen Xi’s finger. After making up her mind, she lifted her head and looked into Shen Xi’s eyes. “Dr. Shen, I should introduce myself. I’m Li Yuan’s aunt. My last name is Fifth.”
Shen Xi’s pupils dilated as an unspeakable emotion brewed within her. Her hands that were on her lap unconsciously tightened.
She managed to gather a lot of intel while running after shadows. All rumors pointed back to the Fifth family dying in his hands as an act of vengeance.
Although it was never said out loud, these people would call him an inhumane devil behind closed doors. Yet, no one in this world would become the devil for no reason.
Outside, the sky turned dark and gloomy.
Waiting at the door, Yu Qiubai paced around in anxiousness. He was dying to find out about the conversation inside. What was the relations.h.i.+p between Mom and Li Yuan? However, there was nothing he could do other than wait with bated breath.
He had been looking into his mother, but her history was like a blank piece of paper. There was nothing to trace back to. Her name, ident.i.ty, and even her looks were possibly fake.
The one thing he could be sure of was that there was a connection between his mother and Li Yuan.
Time pa.s.sed.
Leaning against the wall, Yu Qiubai would turn to glance at the door on occasion. It was quiet despite his effort to pick up on any noise inside.
It was unknown how long it had been.
The door finally opened in a creak.
Shen Xi saw Yu Qiubai and nodded in his direction. She walked ahead with a disoriented look on her face, looking rather normal albeit like a puppet that lost its soul.
Yu Qiubai s.h.i.+vered as he observed the girl. He got a terrifying feeling from her face. Sure, she seemed in a trance, but he could sense a gut-wrenching murderous intent and resentment from her. Still, Yu Qiubai bit the bullet and looked at her with worry. “Are you okay, Xixi?”
“Tm fine.” Shen Xi suddenly curled her lips and smiled at him.
Startled, Yu Qiubai took a step back from the murderous and bloodthirsty intensity coming his way. He knew it was not meant for him, but he was still shaken to the core. He braced himself. “Tl drive you home.”
“Do you know where the Fifth family’s home is?” Shen Xi abruptly asked.
With his heart sinking to his stomach, Yu Qiubai nodded. “I do.”
The Fifth family was dead with no survivors. However, the family home had been left empty and rumored to be haunted.
People living around the area had moved away, saying that they could hear cries and shrieks in the middle of the night as they pa.s.sed by the residence. Others mentioned hearing gunshots and quarrels. There were also sightings of lights flickering inside much like a house of horrors. It was eerie even
during the day.
“Take me there.” Shen Xi spoke in a low and raspy voice. She lowered her gaze to hide the blood streaks in her eyes.
“Sure.” Yu Qiubai took a glance at the room. Seeing that Mom was not behaving out of the ordinary, he excused himself from Mrs. Li before catching up to Shen Xi.
What did Mom say to her?
What was her purpose to go to the Fifths’ home?
Since it was already dark, the residence of the Fifth family must be at its spookiest.
He had heard a lot about the Fifth family. They were a family of lunatics for centuries. Following their deaths, the family became evil spirits forever haunting the grounds due to their unwillingness to let go of the past.
Snowflakes fluttered in the air.
The car made its way to the Fifth family’s house. The closer they got to the place, the chillier it became.
Yu Qiubai saw the old mansion from afar. The age-old estate brought out a sense of heaviness, but the gloomy sky only added a creepy air to it.
Second to the Li family’s ancient building compound in the capital, the Fifth family’s estate was in a prime location and worth a lot. Ever since the family was wiped out, the place grew desolate day by day. There were some curious adventurers and paranormal explorers who would swing by for an
excursion every now and then.
The car rolled up near the property.
Yu Qiubai turned around and looked at Shen Xi who had been quiet in the backseat. “We can’t go any further. There are people keeping watch. I’ll walk you there. I know a way to steer clear of the surveillance cameras.”
He had once snuck to the house and found a safe route when he was investigating his mother.
Yu Qiubai suspected that the watchmen and surveillance around the Fifth family’s property were arranged by Li Yuan. He later found out that that was not the case. These people were sent by the government to prevent vandalism of historical buildings.
This building was listed under Li Yuan’s name. No one had the right to his property until the day he gave the word.
Relevant departments of China had tried to engage with Li Yuan regarding the matter, but it came to no fruition.
Yu Qiubai got down from the car and strolled ahead.
Following behind, Shen Xi looked up at the residence as she walked along in the shadows, throwing off ominous energy.
She was tempted to blow up the place!