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Purple Roses
“Oh? You’re interested in the things about the five families.”
Xiaoxiao nods, “I can tell that lord belongs to Xuanyuan family. Yet…I want to know whether the killers coming that night targeted at Night Empire or Xuanyuan family?” You must know that in the underworld Night Empire has nothing to do with Xuanyuan family. If she didn’t hear the conversation between Xuanyuan Lie and Lan Tingyan, she could never know this secret.
“Um…how to tell you…if the killers targeted at our Night Empire, they wouldn’t have attacked us repeatedly in such a rampant manner. Therefore, I suppose the real target of those killers is Xuanyuan family.”
“Oh? If the killers really came at Xuanyuan family, then do they think these killers might be related to the massacre of Murong family?” She holds back her agitation and tries to be as calm as possible when asking the question.
Lan Tingyan hesitates, “Xiao Mu, why are you so interested in these?”
Xiaoxiao frowns. Lan Tingyan is indeed a cautious person, otherwise he wouldn’t have taken the throne of the second-in-command of Night Empire. She thinks for a while and replies, “I’m just curious. The incident was astonishingly well-known to all. Though eight years have passed, it’s still one of the great mysteries in the world. Of course I’m curious about it.” As she speaks, she scratches her ear as if being embarrassed.
Her curious look makes Lan Tingyan laugh. The expression of the buddy is so cute. In a good mood, he tells her, “The five families in the world. In order to conquer the underworld, one has to annex the five families first. There are many ambitious people out there, but not all of them have the power. Therefore, they can only spend their life fighting for higher positions in the underworld. Yet, in such a titanic world, there always be someone more powerful, so there must a person who are both ambitious and powerful enough.”
His words shocks Xiaoxiao, “But if that person is so powerful that he can easily erase Murong family, then why did he remain silent for eight years?”
“Hehe…easily erase Murong family? No way! I guess after the massacre the person was deadly impaired, so he has to disappear to recover for a few years. Eight years passed, he has restored his strength, so now he begins to set his eyes on other families…. Of course this is just my guess. Don’t take it serious.” He smiles.
She nods, “Yes. I just take it as TV series. I’ll quick forget it. But, do you think the one behind the Murong massacre may be one of the five families?”
“It’s hard to tell. A person so powerful that he can erase Murong family overnight. It makes sense to regard him as one of the five families. But there’s still possibility that he might be someone else other than the five families. Remember what I told you, there always be someone more powerful…”
“I see. Thank you lord Yan. Thank for your time.” Xiaoxiao bows. Though Lan Tingyan didn’t give her many useful clues, he has made her convinced that the killers might really have something to do with the Murong massacre. She’s not greedy. This slim beam of hope is enough to her.
When she walks Lan Tingyan to leave the back garden, he suddenly stops and brings his eyes onto the purple roses. Then, he reaches out and plucks one of them.
“You also like purple roses?” Xiaoxiao asks casually. This kind of color is specially cultivated. She likes it very much.
Lan Tingyan turns around and puts the flower on her body, “The color looks good on you.” Then he turns and leaves.
Xiaoxiao, holding the flower, remains to stand at where she was. Um…it looks good on me?
Lan Tingyan has returned onto his car. The amber-colored eyes look through the window to the patches of purple roses in the garden. Hehe…funny. He has given a lot of flowers to many women, but it’s the first time he gives a rose to a man. His mind must have been broken that he plucks the rose for that buddy unknowingly.
“Mommy, mommy!” Maomao jumps and leaps over. Searching around, he proficiently climbs onto Xiaoxiao’s back, “Mommy, you sent away fake grandma?”
“Do you want to go with her?”
“No, I just worry if she will go back after she wakes up.”
Xiaoxiao smiles. No. Very sure. Xuanyuan Lie’s mother, with a high and noble social status, is a person who values her face very much. She wouldn’t allow herself being sent away, let alone going back after it. At least, in a short time, his mother will not come again…
“If she comes back, Xuanyuan Lie will handle that.” She rubs her son’s hair.
“Oh, right, mommy. When you talked with that handsome uncle, grandpa Gelao called.” Maomao takes out Xiaoxiao’s cell phone. Why is Xiaoxiao’s cell phone at his hand? Of course he took away for games. He’s been so bored.
“Okay. I’ll call him back.” Xiaoxiao takes over her cell phone and enters the numbers. Gelao knows she’s working at Xuanyuan Lie’s place, so for trifle, he wouldn’t have called her.
‘Beep…beep…beep…’ The line is connected.
“Gelao, anything happened?”
Gelao, “Flying-tiger, is it convenient for you to talk now?”
“Yes. Very convenient.”
Gelao, “There’s the thing. My people found your aunt at the casino in the Eastern District.”
Aunt! The news cheers her up, “Really? When? Are you sure it’s my aunt?”
Gelao, “Yes. It’s her. We found her this morning.”
“Gelao, thank you. I’m going there!” Hanging up the phone, Xiaoxiao gets so nervous. Aunt. Why did you drug me that year? And why are you keep hiding from me for so many years? She’s determined to figure out.
“Mommy, news about grandaunt?” Maomao has listened carefully on her back.
Xiaoxiao turns around, the excited eyes suddenly becoming freezing, “Mu Maomao, if this time, you’re bought by your grandaunt again to send her a message and let her escape again, I’ll kill you.”
Mu Maomao involuntarily shakes, blowing up his cheeks, “Mommy, I’m your son. Don’t be so scary.”
In a coincident, she just manages Xuanyuan Lie’s mother. Now she can go out to find her aunt.
She stretches and breathes in some fresh air, taking her son to walk out of the garden, but before she gets out of the door, “Miss Mu…” she is stopped by the chief maid.
“What’s the matter?”
The chief maid dashes over, “Do you need to go out right now?”
“Yes. I have something to handle. What?”
“Here’s the thing. Lord has told us before leaving that if a killer in the underground cellar wakes up, I should go and find you. Therefore, I’m here to tell you that I just got the news that another kill wakes up.”