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Chapter 209: The 205th Unbearable to Look Back At Past Events

Chapter 209: The 205th Unbearable to Look Back At Past Events

"Yao, I trusted you so much, yet you deceived me."

"What are you talking about? I don’t understand what you mean."

Ling Chen said with a smile that was not quite a smile, "Would you really not know?" As he spoke, he lifted the cell phone and waved it in front of Liu Xiyao, "Others might find it hard to notice, but it’s a pity you encountered me. The call log shows that four days ago, you made a phone call at seven in the evening."

Liu Xiyao replied indifferently, "Is it strange to make a phone call? Even if I’m a businessperson, it’s normal for anyone to make calls."

"True! However, the number you called was not saved with a name, and furthermore, I checked the call log: you have dialed that number twice, once was five days ago, after we met in the bar, and the other time I just mentioned, four days ago, with a call duration of one minute. Just now, I had a friend check that number for me, it’s registered under the surname Zhang, and you know her given name without me needing to say it."

At this point, Ling Chen’s expression turned cold as he gave a self-mocking smile, "I always treated you as a friend, but you sold me out in secret. After we met at the bar that day, it was you who called Zhang Xueli, right?"

Liu Xiyao looked straight into his eyes, her expression still calm, "How did you come to suspect me?"

"Maybe I never told you that I’m a very suspicious person, perhaps due to my line of work, so I approach many things with skepticism. When I saw that call log, I wondered if it was just a coincidence."

Ling Chen explained. That day at the factory, his whereabouts were exposed and he was captured by Zhang Xueli, and confined in a room. According to their plan, the action was to start at seven in the evening. At that time, he was with Zhang Xueli in the room. He distinctly remembered that she had received a phone call, right around seven o’clock. Moreover, the length of the phone call Zhang Xueli received was about a minute, which matched the one from Liu Xiyao’s cell phone precisely.

Of course, before he investigated the number, he thought all of this could be a coincidence. But after recalling his conversation with Zhang Xueli that day, he immediately became more suspicious of Liu Xiyao.

Zhang Xueli had said that she originally wanted to let him off the hook, so she deliberately created an opportunity for him to escape. When she spoke, she mentioned someone, and it was because of that person that she decided to spare him.

Based on his suspicions, if that person was Liu Xiyao, then everything made sense. It was on account of these elements that he called Tang Yuan to have him check the owner of that phone number, confirming his suspicions.

When Tang Yuan told him that the number was registered to Zhang Xueli, he couldn’t believe it, even subconsciously rejected the result.

He couldn’t fathom why Liu Xiyao would have any connection with the God Organization.

"I thought I had concealed it deeply enough not to be noticed by you, but you still found out. Those who come from the shadows are indeed extraordinary." Liu Xiyao smiled helplessly, and took a seat by the couch, on her own accord.

"Why?" Ling Chen was gazing at her delicate face, his fists unconsciously clenched.

"Because everything I have now was given to me by them."

Ling Chen frowned and asked, "Were you poisoned by someone as a premeditated plan to lure me into a trap?"

"You’re overthinking it. That day at the club was my first time meeting you. I had no idea who you were, so how could I make a move against you. As for being poisoned, that was because of my personal vendetta, it has nothing to do with my background."

Pausing for a moment, Liu Xiyao continued, "Decades ago, there was a prominent family in the south with three brothers. The eldest and the second brother were in charge of managing the family’s businesses, only the youngest brother was irresponsible, enjoying flirting around. Subsequently, he cheated during his marriage, fell in love with another woman, and fathered a daughter. However, within the big family, the identity of a illegitimate daughter would never be accepted, and since the youngest brother’s wife came from a powerful background, he dared not offend her, much less bring the illegitimate daughter home."

"Although they were not recognized, the mother and daughter didn’t care and lived their own quiet lives. But their existence deeply angered someone. You know who that is without me saying. The youngest brother’s wife was born into a distinguished family, a person of status, but she had health problems and was infertile. If the affair of the mother and daughter were to be known publicly, it would undoubtedly tarnish her reputation and make her a laughingstock in high society. For someone of status, face is everything. So, she forced her husband to make the mother and daughter disappear forever."

"The man was hesitant and reluctant to act. So, his wife decided to deal with it herself. One night, while the mother and daughter were strolling on the street, they were suddenly blocked by several men, dragged forcefully to a small grove. There, the little girl was muffled by hands and watched with her own eyes as her mother was brutally violated by a gang, struggling on the brink of death. Not only that, those beasts even thought to lay hands on the little girl. But at the critical moment, someone stepped forward and saved the little girl. Unfortunately, her mother’s injuries were too severe and she bled to death despite efforts to save her."

"Since then, the little girl who lost her mother lived with the man who saved her, leaving Huaxia. However, the events of that night always lingered in her mind, haunting her with nightmares every night. One day, her rescuer asked her if she wanted revenge, and she nodded her head. From that moment, the little girl began learning the ways of the nobility, dealing with high society individuals. It wasn’t until a decade later, now a grown woman, that she was allowed by the man to return to Huaxia."

Listening to Liu Xiyao recounting the story, Ling Chen felt deep sympathy for the little girl. He was well aware that the little girl mentioned by Liu Xiyao was none other than herself.

Looking at Liu Xiyao’s calm face, he didn’t know what to say. One could imagine how much pain Liu Xiyao held inside. Yet, during the recounting, there was no fluctuation in her eyes, as if she was narrating something unrelated.

Perhaps Liu Xiyao had grown accustomed to living with hatred, which allowed her to remain so composed.

"The man you mentioned, is he a member of the God Organization?"

Liu Xiyao nodded lightly, "Correct. I could survive, including everything I have today, all because of him."

"So you’re willing to be an accomplice, helping him harm others?"