Chapter 401 - Dead

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When Ferne received Jaquan's call, he gathered a group of people to look for Stony at noon. They searched for an entire afternoon but found nothing. Everyone was in a low mood and held their packed lunches. Then, Ferne's phone rang again.

It wasn't Jaquan. It was Randy.

It was not good news, but news about Lord Top being kidnapped.

Ferne rubbed his temples and was a little confused. He was thinking about who would kidnap Stony and who would Lord Top. But his thinking was muddled. Then, Ferne stood straight abruptly.

The others stared at him in surprise. Ferne quickly dialed Noah, "Lord Top disappeared. Do you remember the Forest Hot Spring...?"

Noah knew what he was going to say, "You mean Nikhil."

"Yes, maybe he did it." Ferne finally cleared up his thoughts and spoke logically, "Help me look into Nikhil. I'll look into Branden."

"Christy has been there, but I guess the child is not with him. Go to the GY Temple. If we can't find him, control Leon. Maybe ... Nikhil knew something. They are brothers. They don't keep secrets from each other."

With Noah's words, Ferne was more motivated, "I got it."

Before hanging up, Ferne asked, "What about you? Where are you now?"

Noah said in a low voice, "I need to take care of something else."

"Alright, call me if you need anything."

"I know."

Noah hung up the phone. He looked in the direction of the morgue. There was a middle-aged man standing in the door. He was wearing a suit with good figure. He looked sturdy.

A few minutes later, the man came out. His had no expression. He wiped his hands and threw the handkerchief into the trash can.

Noah watched him leave and waited for five to six minutes. He then slowly paced into the morgue. He saw the newest corpse. There were two words written on the bottom: Maury Britt.

Noah's arrival was just a coincidence. He drove Christy to the Potter's and saw the butler of the Britt family getting a taxi and his destination was the hospital.

His gut feeling was that something had happened to Emily.

Unexpectedly, when he went to the hospital, he found a person that was not supposed to be there. Noah had no impression of this guy. He checked his phone and remembered something about the man, but his fuzzy memory didn't help much.

But this guy's appearance was enough to prove one thing.

Noah was about to leave, but he saw the dead body's finger move slightly. Noah raised his eyebrows and lifted the white cloth up. Then, he placed two fingers on Maury's neck.

People's voices came from outside. Noah withdrew his hand, turned around, and walked out. As he passed by the trash can, he used a tissue to wrap the handkerchief that the man had thrown in earlier and picked it up.

When he reached the corner, he looked back. Emily was wearing Harold's jacket. She stood at the door with a wooden face. Elsie, who was still wearing a hospital uniform, was being carried by Harold.

Elsie was wet to the skin. It was as if she had been doused with water. Behind Harold stood the butler and Susan. Both of their eyes were red, but they were indifferent to Elsie being carried by Harold.

"I didn't know that my father would die.... I really didn't know that. I was wrong. I just wanted to save my mother.... I just wanted to save my mother! I didn't know that my father would die..." Elsie sobbed, "I made a mistake... I'm ... sorry."

Emily was still standing there, staring straight at the body with the name "Maury Britt" on its bottom.

Elsie was crying herself out. She fainted three times and was splashed awake again and again.

At first, when Elsie woke up, she saw Emily holding a dagger and was about to stab her. But Emily suddenly stopped and said indifferently, "You can't die now. Not this easy."

Elsie was so scared that her entire body trembled. It was the first time she had seen Emily like this. Emily was like a puppet, expressionless, staring at Elsie with her ghostly eyes.

"Elsie, do you know what is living death?"

From the Britt's to the hospital, Elsie was trembling all along the way. Fear engulfed her. Emily did not ask anything. She only brought her to the morgue.

Then Emily pushed open the door and said to Harold, "Put her down."

Harold loosened Elsie.

Elsie sat on her knees in the morgue. The floor was so cold that she couldn't help but shivered.

Emily took a few steps forward and stared at the corpse covered in white cloth. After a long time, she said, "Call that person."

Elsie was stunned. She raised her head to look at Emily. She did not understand how Emily knew that there was such a person.

Emily looked like a log. There was no other emotion in her eyes. She squatted down and stretched out her hands which were covered in blood. Elsie screamed uncontrollably, "Can you let me go? I was wrong! Brother! Save me! Brother..."

Emily pinched Elsie's chin. Her little face was blank, "I'll tell you the secret because you are too stupid. The person behind you is aiming to destroy the Britt family, destroy father, and destroy all of you. Are you still expecting him to save Beverly?"

Her voice was flat. Her face looked appalling and frightening with only one pair of eyes rolling.

Elsie trembled and retreated. Her face was covered in tears and snot. She cried and shook her head, "No ... no! He will save mother! He promised me! I didn't know that father would die. I just took his seal! I just wanted to save mother..."

"Phone." Emily tilted her head.

Harold handed the phone to Elsie. Elsie kept trembling. She dialed a number. But no one answered.

She cried and lay on the ground, "No! Didn't you say you would save my mother? I didn't want my father to die! Answer the phone! Save my mother..."

The phone connected. Elsie nervously looked at the screen. Just as she was about to speak, Emily over snatched her phone.

Neither side spoke.

After more than ten seconds, Emily finally spoke. She said to the other end, "I will find you. Wait for me."

Elsie suddenly snatched the phone. She cried and shouted, "Didn't you say you would save my mother? Hurry up and save her! Hello? Hello?"

The phone was hung up.