Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 483: Ru Xue is the Traitor?

“Why? Why did she have to do this?”

Li Mazi trembledas he lookedat the number on the phone screen.

After a long time, he grabbed my arm, asking in a disbelieving tone,“LittleBrother Zhang,canyou tell me why she had to do this? You know how much I love her!”

Li Mazi’s tears rolled down his face. I was also shocked as the last person this mysterious person had contacted was Ru Xue!

I didn’t know how to comfort Li MazisinceRu Xue was probably a traitor.

It was Ru Xue who had insisted that we visit Milan. She was also the onewhohad chosen this hotel.Moreover,shemight be the one who had triedto kill Li Mazi in their hotel room that night. Perhapsthefemale ghost didn’t have anything to do with it.

Then, atthe last moment, sherecalledhowmuchLi Mazilovedher and decided to let him go.However,I didn’t know how Ru Xue was related to that mysterious person.Did they buy her, or was it possible thatshe was the enemy’s pawnright from the start?

Several questionspopped upin my head. However,I thoughtaboutLi Mazi’s loveforher, soI saidcalmly, “You don’t need to panic. Theremightbea reasonbehind this…”

“A reasonbehind this?”

Li Mazi wiped histears. In aself-mockingvoice, he said,“What kind ofthing couldmake her give up our love and marriage?”

Then, he held his head lowand saidnothingas we headedback to the hotel.I was afraid that he wouldstart fighting withRu Xueas soon as we got back. However, Ididn’t know what to say and just followedhim.

When we wereinthe corridor, Li Mazi halted for a moment before he entered his room. He lookedat mewith bloodshoteyes. “LittleBrother Zhang, I, Li Mazi, am not a good person,but I know who treats me well. You’ve saved my life many times, andI can never repay this favor. If she sells us this time, I will kill her with my own hands. Then,I will turn myselftothe police.”

Li Mazi knocked on the door, and as soon as we entered the room,heseemed to become another person. He smiled and happily chatted with Ru Xue and Yin Xinyue. He madethe women laugh continuously. Compared to him, I looked so unnatural. Yin Xinyue secretly asked me a few times ifanything wasbotheringme.

Li Mazi’splanwassimple. He wanted totestRu Xue.WhenYin Xinyue and I returned to our room, I told her the story.

“Impossible! This is impossible!” Yin Xinyue shook her headandrantednonstop. She didn’t evenstopto think. “Ru Xue is a good girl. You’vemisunderstood her!”

I knew that theyhad a good relationship, but I had to tellherfrankly. “Li Mazi and I want to trust Ru Xue, but things have now come to this. We can’t just consider love orrelationships. If Li Mazi and I hadn’t overheard the conversation between the ghost and that mysterious person, I’m afraid Li Mazi would have died.”

Yin Xinyue decided to trust me. Her voice grew sad. “Brother Zhang, if itwasmy phone, would you treat me the same?”

“Willit happen one day?” I laughed then pulled her into my embrace.Yin Xinyue smiled and leaned againstmy shoulder.

At around midnight, I got upand wentto Li Mazi’s room, knockingon his door. He soon opened the doorand asked,“What’s going on?”

Ru Xue was on the bed, smiling at us. I didn’t know what she was thinking.

“We should go to that church now! I can’t ease my mind if we don’t finish off that ghost!” I almost screamed.

While talking, I shot Li Mazi a glance. Li Mazi was a little surprised, but heunderstood what I meant. He turned and told Ru Xue to sleep with Yin Xinyue. Then, he left the hotel with me.

We returned to the hotel shortly after and hidin the corridor to watch Ru Xue’s movements. Li Mazi’seyes bulged, and hisbodyshookuncontrollably. He was afraid that he would see something he didn’t want to see.I was scared, too.

Yin Xinyue cooperated with us. After we left, she went to Ru Xue’s room.

We wanted to help Ru Xue. As long as she wasn’t going to contact that mysterious person, we wouldn’t mind what had happened previously. Yin Xinyue was there to watch Ru Xue.

Unfortunately, the mobile phone in my hand rang. It was Ru Xue’s call.

“Hahaha…”

Li Mazi laughed bitterly. He didn’t say a wordand wentto his room, his bodyshakinghard. When he got to the door, he suddenly slumped onto the ground.

“LittleBrother Zhang, help me up!”He tried to get up a few times, but he couldn’t.His tears rolledas he askedfor my help.

The corner of my mouth convulsed. I didn’t mind Li Mazi and opened the door.

I saw Yin Xinyue sitting on the bed, butRu Xue was nowhere to be seen. Yin Xinyue saw me. She didn’t talkand gesturedtoward the toilet. She also lookedhelpless.

“All right, go back to our room and wait for me.” Icaressedher face.

Yin Xinyue nodded and left. Then, I waited outside the toiletand litup a cigarette.

Meanwhile, the mysterious man’s phone in my hand kept flashing. All the calls were from Ru Xue. Li Mazistoodupand leanedagainst the wall, dumbly lookingat the door to the toilet.

Finally, the door openedandRu Xue walked out. She was startled when she saw usand asked us in a suspicious tone,“Oh, you are backalready?Did you solve everything?”

“Ru Xue, youare still in the mood to pretend?I was blindto loveyou!” Li Mazi roared crazily.He was about toslapRu Xue, buthis hand halted halfway.

“Gosh! You shouldjustleave! From now on, we are just strangers!”Li Mazi didn’t want to hurt Ru Xue. He wavedandaskedher to leave. I understoodand movedaside tomake way forher.

Ru Xue looked hurt. She jumped towardLi Maziand huggedhim. Her voice choked with sobs. “You don’twantme anymore? Did I dosomethingwrong? Am Inot good enough?”

Li Mazi had tears all over his face, but hegently pushed Ru Xue aside.

“All right, I’llleave!” Ru Xue looked at Li Maziin bewildermentfor a longtime. Then, she gave a self-mocking smileand rubbedher belly that had a smallbump. She put on her jacket and bag, then left.As she walked,she rummaged through her bag. She wassearching for something.

When she completely disappeared fromour sight, Li Mazi fellonhis kneesandpainfullypoundedhis head to the wall.

It was really hard to accept the fact that your loved one had sold you to the enemy. I understood his pain, but I couldn’t standtosee my brotherharmhimself.I went to the restaurant downstairs and bought a few bottles of wine. Li Mazi and I loved to stay in the antique shopto drinkwineand enjoysome light snacks.It was the time whenwe enjoyed our companionship and discussedourbusiness casesandour future.

But it was different now. None of us said anything. We just kept gulping expensive red wine as though it was water. At the same time, we smoked a lot.

Li Maziwas stillcrying, butI didn’t know how to comfort him. All I could do was stay with himand keep himcompany.

Who said that drinking red wine wouldn’t make you drunk? Because Li Mazi was drunk already. And who said that men didn’t cry easily?Because right now we couldn't stop crying.

I didn’t know howmuchtime had passed, but after drinking all the bottles and smoking all the cigarettes, Li Mazi and I were lying on the ground like two dumb men.

At thismoment, someone suddenly visited us. When he saw us, he screamed in surprise. “Zhang, are you guys okay? What happened?”

Ilooked up and sawMarco. Igotupand shookmy head to clear my mind.“Why are you here?”

“I found a mobile phone outside. It’s from your country, and it has Mr. Li’s picture as thescreensaver. I guessedoneof youlost this phone.”Marcowaved his hand. I tried to focusmy attention and saw that it was Ru Xue’s phone.

After listeningtoMarco, Li Mazi reactedand quickly gotup. “Where did you find this phone? Andwhen?”

“Around twilight on the small path that leads to the Ghost Castle. My fatherknewwhere you wanted to go. Hewasworried that you would encounter something unexpected,so he asked me to go there to find you. But when I got to the castle, I didn’t see you guys.”

Marcospread his armsand lookedat the room, which wasa mess. He didn’t even have a place tostand. Then, heasked, “Zhang, did something happen?”

“It’s all right. Thank you,Marco.” I pattedMarco’s shoulder and received the phone from him. Li Mazi and I then crazily dashed downstairs.

IfMarcohad picked up Ru Xue’s phone before the incident, the one that had just called the mysterious man wasn’t Ru Xue. Someone else had used her phone to do that!

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