The Ghost of the Lake
There had been no news from Blackwater Lakeside for the past two days. Barty, as usual, would take a stroll around Sunset Villa after work before returning to the little nest he and Zhou Yuqing lived in. He did not even go to Bliss Clubhouse, and everything seemed normal.
The second team sent by Thurams was already in place, working together with the Ling brothers to carry out the mission. Ling Feng only rested for a night before returning to his two brothers' side, and no one could stop him. In war, father and son were brothers, and only when the three of them were together could this team unleash their peak strength.
Currently, Xia Fei had seven warriors with decent strength, and they were all well-versed in their teamwork. They were also veterans with combat experience. Adding Pang Xing's men, their strength could be said to be impressive. As long as they found the slightest clue, they would immediately follow the trail and kill their way over. They definitely had the ability to contend against the mysterious Plumagers.
Avril knocked on Xia Fei's door with a pot of tea. Xia Fei had been hiding in his room for the past two days, studying the details of Barty's life over the past year, hoping to find any useful clues. He had not rested for even a minute in these two days, working at full speed.
Come in. Xia Fei turned off the microcomputer and said to the door.
Avril entered the room with a tray. The curtains were tightly shut, making the room unusually dark. Coupled with the fact that Xia Fei had smoked countless cigarettes, Avril choked on the thick smoke as soon as she opened the door.
Xia Fei hurriedly went over to take the teapot and set it aside before helping Avril to the corridor.
Sorry, the smoke is too pungent. Xia Fei lightly patted Avril's back as he apologized.
Avril clutched her chest and coughed a few times, barely holding back her tears. Its fine. I saw that youre so busy, so I made you a pot of tea. Are we having dinner together?
Xia Fei shook his head. Im afraid not. Im busy.
Avrils forced a smile, a hint of loneliness in her eyes. It was obvious that Xia Fei had been a lot colder than before, locking himself in his room every day, refusing to take a single step out. Even when he did say a few words to her, it was all very simple words. It was obvious that Xia Fei was not paying any attention to her.
Girls always liked to be taken care of, and Xia Fei's attitude made Avril very uneasy. She was in her first awakening of love, and she only hoped that Xia Fei could be by her side at all times, never leaving her side, but Xia Fei was so busy that Avril was really worried that he would forget about her existence.
However, she knew very well that Xia Fei was doing all this for her sake, and she was very grateful for that. Avrils heart was filled with a sense of security that she had never felt before from this man who was only a few years older than her. It was a feeling that she had never felt from her parents.
"Okay, then go do your work. I'll wait for you," Avril said thoughtfully.
Xia Fei gave a slight nod and returned to his room, not saying a word.
Avril sighed and slowly walked back to her room, her head lowered, all alone.
This scene was naturally witnessed by the bodyguards who were waiting in the hallway, and they suddenly had the urge to strangle Xia Fei to death.
"That brat is way too arrogant. How can he be so cold to the young lady?"
"That's right. What the hell? The young lady is of noble birth. Who does he think he is? What right does he have to do that?"
As soon as Avril returned to her room, the bodyguards could not help but whisper among themselves, most of them dissatisfied with Xia Fei.
"Shut your mouths!" Pang Xing's cold eyes swept across everyone. Though he was wearing sunglasses, the bone-chilling aura he exuded was enough to send shivers down everyone's spine.
Gritting his teeth, Pang Xing continued to stand in the hallway. He knew better than anyone just how hard Xia Fei was working for Avril, so the bodyguards' misunderstanding of Xia Feis words was extremely irritating to Pang Xing.
"Still no problem." Xia Fei lit a cigarette and collapsed on the sofa, letting the thick smoke envelop him.
Phantom pursed his lips. "Perhaps we really misunderstood Barty."
Xia Fei got to his feet and paced back and forth in the room. "Though all the evidence points to Barty, my instincts are telling me that we mustn't let this man go. He's the biggest suspect. Could something have gone wrong?"
The evidence Pang Hai had given Xia Fei was very detailed, including the surveillance footage and audio recordings of the conversation, as well as the report from the person in charge of the surveillance. After a code comparison, there was no doubt that the evidence was real.
It should be mentioned that it had only been a few short hours since Pang Hai discovered that Xia Fei was tailing Barty to Pang Hai bringing the evidence to Xia Fei. Unless the evidence already existed, there was no way Pang Hai could come up with a set of evidence to prove Barty's innocence in such a short time.
"Could it be that the direction of our investigation is simply wrong?" Phantom shook his head and said.
Xia Fei did not say a word, lying on the sofa with his eyes closed. The information flashed through his mind like a movie as he reconstructed and analyzed all the clues.
As the saying went, those closely involved could not see clearly. Xia Fei had spent the past two days meticulously studying the evidence, throwing everything else to the back of his mind. Though it was quite efficient, it also made him feel somewhat closed off, so when Xia Fei was certain that Barty was not a suspect, he became completely clueless.
Now that Xia Fei had tossed the name Barty aside, he followed the other clues and analyzed them, and the doubts in his mind gradually became clearer.
"Yes!" Xia Fei jumped up from the sofa, appearing very excited. "Benefits! If Avrils death, Barty won't be the only one benefiting from it! "
Phantom asked doubtfully, "What did you think of?"
Xia Fei did not answer him, instead hurriedly connecting to Ling Xiao, who was still monitoring Barty.
"Xia Fei, what's the matter?" Ling Xiao asked on the screen.
His eyes had already turned black, and it was obvious that Xia Fei was not the only one who had not rested for the past few days.
"Is there any movement from Barty?" Xia Fei asked.
Ling Xiao helplessly shook his head. "Nope. Everything is too normal; I can't see anything wrong with it."
Xia Fei smiled. "Brother Ling, just get the others to keep an eye on Barty. We have something more important to do."
"What is it? That b * stard is the biggest suspect; we mustn't let him go, "Ling Xiao said.
He was extremely disgusted with Barty's act of killing people for fun, so much so that he had focused all his attention on him, as if he would not let the matter rest until he was dead.
"I know you hate Barty, and I feel the same way, so our eyes were blinded by anger, failing to notice that there is actually someone else who is even more suspicious than Barty," Xia Fei very calmly said.
Ling Xiao's expression changed drastically. Xia Fei was right. Everyone was currently focusing on Barty, and they had yet to investigate anyone else. If there really was another suspect, then it was very likely that he was already using this time to plan his next attack on Avrils.
"I think we are investigating in the wrong direction," Xia Fei said with a dark expression.
Early in the morning, Blackwater Lake Villa District.
Barty was neatly dressed as he floated out of the villa in his hoverchair. Zhou Yuqing carried his briefcase and escorted him all the way to the hoverchair.
Barty's hoverchair had been specially modified. The doors were much wider than the average car, and the back was also missing a row of seats, making it very easy to maneuver the hoverchair inside.
Handing the briefcase to Barty, Zhou Yuqing smiled and asked, "Ill go to the pier by the lake to buy some fresh fish and prawns. Will you be back for dinner tonight?"
Barty thought about it for a moment. "Sure. Blackwater Lake's white prawns are pretty good. Buy some more, and we'll have a drink or two tonight."
Zhou Yuqing appeared very happy, smiling as she watched Barty leave, but she did not immediately return to her room. Instead, she stood in the yard and looked toward a small road in the distance.
Soon enough, a small truck bearing the logo of Noble Lotion Company followed Barty's hovercar toward the city. This was the vehicle that the Ling brothers had used to tail Barty. Zhou Yuqing's lips curled into a satisfied smile.
Returning to her room, Zhou Yuqing went to her son's bedroom. At the moment, Pam was sprawled on the bed in a daze, his two hands propping up his chin as he stared at the line of saliva on the pillow.
Seeing Zhou Yuqing enter the room, Pam foolishly smiled at her. Zhou Yuqing expressionlessly reached out to close the door, locking it from the outside with a key.
It was as if she did not care about Pam at all, not minding that her son had not eaten breakfast yet.
Changing into a housewife's outfit, Zhou Yuqing put on a hat and sunglasses. She then found a basket from the kitchen and slung it over her arm. Opening the back door, Zhou Yuqing made her way to Blackwater Lake.
The villa was built by the lake, and behind it was a small pier. A small hovercraft was parked there. Almost all the villas had similar hovercrafts behind them, making it convenient for the rich and powerful to fish or have fun in the middle of the lake when they were bored.
Untying the rope, Zhou Yuqing jumped onto the hovercraft and slowly made her way to the pier on the other side of Blackwater Lake. There was a seafood market there, and every morning, the fishermen would sell the fish and prawns they had harvested the night before.
Many of the housewives who lived by Blackwater Lake would take advantage of the early morning when the fish and prawns were still fresh to make their purchases at the pier. There were many such boats on the lake. Zhou Yuqing's attire was very ordinary, and the boat she was piloting was also the most ordinary kind, so it was not conspicuous at all for her to traverse the lake.
The boats these housewives piloted were all very slow. They were not in a hurry, as they wanted to take advantage of the beautiful morning scenery to have some fun on the lake.
The boat was self-piloted, so there was no need for manual control. Zhou Yuqing put down the basket and sat on the side of the boat. She reached one hand into the water and used her fingers to lightly stir the clear water.
If one did not get close, no one would be able to notice that Zhou Yuqing's fingers were rhythmically vibrating in the water. Her fingers were slender, and the speed at which she was stirring the water was rather fast. It must be known that water always had its own resistance. If a person had not trained, they would not be able to move their fingers so quickly in the water.
A signal that normal people would not be able to detect was produced by the contact between her fingers and the water, slowly transmitting into the water.
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