Chapter 122 - How is she?

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"How is she?" Murong Yu asked as he drove on the long city road. There was no expression on his face; it was as if he were asking about someone who was a nobody to him.

Yet Li Li knew the truth. The man who was so cruel toward everyone else had a woman in his heart and it was not her. Despite that, she smiled. As long as she could be a part of his life, even if it was a small part, she was happy with it. 

She leaned back against the chair and closed her eyes as she explained, "She seems fine... Happy even. But you're right. Ah Jie is not with her. She said he went missing two years ago... But she's waiting for him to come back."

Murong Yu nodded. He already knew that; he just wanted to see how Xiao Lei was. "That man... The one who picked her up earlier. Who was he?"

He was actually parked nearby when Li Li and Xiao Lei talked. Despite wanting to go over and grab the woman and throw her into his car, he did not do so. At this time, Murong Yu's mind was filled with conflict. On one hand, he wanted to possess her, and on the other hand, he did not want to hurt her.

As he watched Xiao Lei and Li Li talking to each other, in his heart, he felt... sad. Especially when he saw the driver who came out of the car earlier. Murong Yu recognized Han Ye as the driver of the car that was parked near the sandwich store. 

He knew then that the other person in that car that day was Xiao Lei. 

Li Li opened her eyes and glanced at Murong Yu. She noticed that his grips on the steering wheel was so tight that his knuckles were turning white. "Her boss, Han Ye. Also her neighbor, apparently." 

Murong Yu did not say anything, but Li Li noticed that he narrowed his eyes a little. 

"Yu..." she said as she placed a hand on his thigh with the intention to calm him down. She knew that if he were to get too upset, he would be sick again. 

Murong Yu glared at her for a second before looking back at the street. "Don't call me that."

Li Li sighed sadly. "Yes, Mr. Murong." 

Murong Yu stopped outside an apartment building. He took out a keycard and handed it to her before he said, "I have something to do. Go to Unit 701 and wait for me there."

He then glanced at her. "N.a.k.e.d." 

Li Li shivered, both in fear and anticipation of what was coming. She looked at the man who had taken over her body for the last few years; a man who could be so kind at times yet cruel at others.

Perhaps it was because he knew that Li Li was close to Xiao Lei and that was why he kept the woman close to him. He offered to reduce her debts and all she had to do was to clean his house. At that time, Li Li was afraid of him, and so, she accepted it as long as he would allow her to live. 

But after a few months of cleaning, they started to sleep together. Even though it was painful that Murong Yu called out another woman's name, Li Li still stayed with him. To her, other than Xiao Yunjie who stayed away from women and spent most of the time with his "little sister", Murong Yu was the only man who was kind to her. 

"Yes, Mr. Murong." Li Li nodded. 

After he dropped Li Li off, Murong Yu drove to the apartment that Xiao Lei was staying in now. His men had found her whereabouts yesterday, and he had been following her for the entire day, leaving the teaching job to Xiao Yu instead. 

As he looked at the apartment from his parked car, he could not help but frown. "Yan- Xiao Lei... Are you doing the same thing as Li Li?"

He could not think of any other ways that Xiao Lei could afford to live in this high-end apartment other than selling herself off. "Damn it!" he cursed and slammed his hands against the steering wheel. "Why don't you just come to me, you idiot?!" 

A flashback of him looking up at a man and a woman arguing caused him to frown.

"Leave her alone!" 

Murong Yu heard a boy's voice and saw a pair of small hands pushing the man. Next thing he knew, he saw the man moving and suddenly, something fast was heading toward him.

The flashback caused Murong Yu to buckle as he held his head and cried out, "Argh!" 

It was as if he felt the pain of being hit.

Another memory surfaced involuntarily and he saw tiny fingers that were resting on the woman's chest and he smelled the scent of soil as the sound of a shovel hitting the soil hit his ears.

Suddenly, he felt nausea and opened the door to vomit at the sideroad. When he was done, he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and sat back on his seat, obviously tired out from heaving. 

With a groan, he closed the car door and leaned back against the chair with his eyes closed. "Xiao Lei... I really miss you."

He had been so hurt at first. He thought she was kidnapped by his enemies when she disappeared all of a sudden. When there was no ransom or news, he had a feeling that he was tricked. Then he searched for her in every state that he could think of. It took him one year before he found out where she came from, and the only reason why he knew was because of the necklace. 

That man was showing off the necklace to his friends, and one of Murong Yu's men saw him. Murong Yu had been furious. He forced the truth out of Xiao Lei's ex-boss and when he realized that the man sent her into such a dangerous situation, he flipped and killed him.

"Urgh..." Murong Yu groaned as he bumped his head against a fist. 

When his head started to hurt badly, he reached for the glove compartment and took out two bottles of pills and a small bottle of water. Once he took some of the pills, he rested for a moment while waiting for the pills to kick in. 

Suddenly, he received a call from someone. 

"Hello..."  Murong Yu said as he switched on the speaker. 

"Boss." 

"Uncle Chen?"

"That man's body has been found." 

Murong Yu opened his eyes and stared at his phone. Uncle Chen was the only man in the entire organization that knew about his real identity. Courtesy of the late leader of Lion's Herd, anyone else that knew about his identity was dead... including the plastic surgeons and doctors that operated on him.

Murong Yu expression turned grim as he asked, "When?" 

"A few days back. His identity has been confirmed." 

Murong Yu scoffed, "F*ck! That's quick. I thought he'd lay there forever... Do something to stop the investigation."

"I would... but," Uncle Chen hesitated and said, "there's a little problem." 

"What?" 

"The building is currently owned by Du Corporation, and the heir of the Shenlong Family is the person in charge of the site." 

Murong Yu frowned. "Shenlong Yuan?"

"No. The eldest heir, Shenlong Xun."

"F*ck!" Murong Yu cursed. He could try to bury the case by paying someone off, but if for any reason, the Shenlong Family decided to step in, it might cause an underground war where his gang would be at the losing end. Not to mention, Shenlong Family had a great influence in the underground world while the Lion Herd's standing in Imperial City was that of a small fry. 

"In addition, Boss, Shenlong Xun was injured a few days ago while he was helping out with the investigation. It was a hit. I don't think we can do anything now. If we were to step in, the Shenlong Family will think that we have something to do with it. Boss, we can't afford to anger them." 

"I know..." Murong Yu scoffed and slammed a fist against the door. "Just let it be then! That man is dead. Zheng Xuefeng has been dead for a long time. No matter what, they won't be able to find me!" 

"Yes, Boss! I'll let the underlings know."  

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