Chapter 335
“Gulp.” Someone swallowed loudly, drawing everyone’s gaze to him.
After all, they were not good people, each with blood on their hands. Now, driven by hunger and the desire to survive, they had become beasts driven by desire, their eyes devoid of humanity, filled only with a beastly ferocity.
This made the man being stared at involuntarily tremble, especially since the boss’s precedent was right there.
The man being stared at guardedly watched his former companions and explained, “I haven’t had water for a long time, and I’m a bit thirsty.” As he spoke, he licked his lips, tasting the blood left from when he had bitten someone earlier. Strangely, he didn’t find it disgusting, rather, his stomach burned uncomfortably, making him want to drink more to quench his thirst.
Clearly, he wasn’t the only one with this thought in the garage. For a moment, the boss felt like he was surrounded by a pack of wolves.
“No…” the boss lifted his lips, saying with difficulty.
“Don’t blame us; after all, you’re the reason we’ve become like this. Just think of it as atoning for your deeds.” Someone swallowed, licked his lips, and found an excuse for what he was about to do.
“Exactly, just think of it as compensating us.” Someone echoed.
The next moment, as if some start button had been pressed, everyone lunged at the boss—a stark difference from the last time—as the boss’s shrill screams echoed endlessly in the garage!
The two who left the garage didn’t know what happened inside. When Xu Ke returned home, he asked the housekeeper to prepare clothes and a bath. After washing up, he promptly burned the bloodstained clothes, only leaving the room once he saw them turn to ashes and flushed them down the toilet.
The absence of the soiled clothes prompted a quick glint in Housekeeper Zhao’s eyes. He rubbed his index finger and thumb together briefly, then quickly released them, as if nothing had happened.
“Alright, what are you losing your mind over?”
The same words, but this time it was a different protagonist speaking. Madam Sheng watched with a playfully indulgent gaze as Sheng Hong made a mess of the house, then coldly spoke up.
“Why are you being so petty? It’s such a critical time, and you still say things to provoke me. Do you even care about your son? I’ve failed to avenge our son, and you don’t comfort me; instead, you stand there mocking me. Do you even acknowledge us as father and son?” Sheng Hong yelled, panting heavily.
Madam Sheng’s expression changed when he mentioned the deceased Sheng Yi, turning exceptionally ugly.
“What have you done behind my back?” Madam Sheng asked coldly.
“It’s none of your business. All you need to know is it’s for avenging our son.” Sheng Hong waved impatiently.
“Hmph, I couldn’t care less if you don’t want to tell me. I’m not here to argue or interrogate you; I just wanted to inform you that we found another female corpse hidden under the bed today, in the room where our child had the accident. It was only discovered because a servant smelled it. The body was decayed, and I had it disposed of.” Madam Sheng gave Sheng Hong a meaningful look, reigniting his recently extinguished anger.
“What do you mean by that? Why are you looking at me like that? You can’t possibly suspect it was me who killed her, can you?” Sheng Hong incredulously pointed at his own nose.
“I didn’t say that; those are your own words.” Madam Sheng obviously didn’t believe Sheng Hong, leaning against the wall with a look of disbelief.
“Why would I, Sheng Hong, need to kill a woman for pleasure? And do it at home? Am I that stupid in your eyes?” Sheng Hong roared at Madam Sheng.
“Toying with women isn’t something to brag about, is it? Should I commend you for not bringing women home to play with?” Madam Sheng’s face turned grim due to Sheng Hong’s words.
“Hmph, I don’t want to argue with you. Have you found out the woman’s identity?” Sheng Hong pressed his throbbing temples, asking in a deep voice.
“How would I know? There haven’t been any missing person reports recently, and the body was so decayed I couldn’t bear to look at it,” Madam Sheng replied with a disgusted expression.
Just as Sheng Hong was about to snap, seeing Madam Sheng’s expression seemed to remind him of something, and his expression softened. “That’s true; you’ve been afraid of such things since I met you. Leave this matter to me; don’t worry about it. I’ll let you know when I find out,” Sheng Hong said, waving to Madam Sheng as he sat amidst the wreckage, a clear sign he didn’t want to be disturbed.
Madam Sheng coldly snorted, her expression still not pleasant, but her eyes no longer had the initial coldness, appearing much warmer.
“At your age, you shouldn’t be trying to be artsy like the youngsters. Just go to bed.” After saying this, Madam Sheng turned toward the bedroom.
The room Madam Sheng had smashed earlier had been renovated to look the same as before, with no visible changes, even the ornaments were in their original positions.
“She’s just trying to anger me.” Sheng Hong’s rage miraculously subsided due to Madam Sheng’s words. Muttering to himself, he followed her into the bedroom. Upon seeing the unchanged room, his eyes also softened, and the remaining discontent in his heart was mostly appeased.
“I’ll think about this tomorrow.” Sheng Hong thought, soon falling into slumber.
While he rested early, Xu Ke and Sheng Wenhao were still hard at work. Like little soldiers, they tirelessly wielded shovels, digging pit after pit for their opponent.
“Will your plan really work?” Sheng Wenhao looked at the plan in front of him, as if seeing Xu Ke in a new light, his eyes filled with shock and wonder.
“Of course it will. No matter how fortified his external defense is, I’ll infiltrate from within. I refuse to believe his internal defenses are impenetrable.” Xu Ke propped his chin on his hands, his eyes half-lidded, exuding a lazy yet intense energy that would captivate anyone who saw him.
“I never knew you could play such a trick; it doesn’t seem like your style.” Sheng Wenhao marveled at the plan before him.