The night in the mountains was bitterly cold. Somewhere in the village, an orange light flashed under the moonlight. The light grew bigger and bigger until it was a ball of flame. Soon, there was an explosion, and the roof of a bamboo building was blown off. Strangely enough, despite the loud commotion, no one screamed, and no one ran out of their hiding place.
Ying Qingcang opened his eyes abruptly. He heard a loud explosion. He quickly got up and went to the window to take a look. His eyes widened, and he picked up Xin Qing. Just then, Village Chief Mo Lin and Boss Wan's voices came from outside the door.
"Carry him!" Ying Qingcang tossed Xiao Rui into the village chief's arms. Boss Wan showed a rare look of anxiety. "I can't find Huanhuan," he said.
"Let's get out of here first. The explosions are getting closer." Ying Qingcang was the first to rush out.
Village Chief Mo Lin followed behind him with Xiao Rui in his arms. "They were all drugged. None of them woke up. They were all killed by the explosion. Who did it? Who would do such a crazy thing... "
Ying Qingcang's face was dark. Xin Qing was still unconscious in his arms. Boss Wan was running in front, shouting Chen Huan's name as he ran. Suddenly, he froze, turned around, and ran in a different direction.
Ying Qingcang and the village chief hurried after him. They saw Chen Huan standing in the distance, holding a torch in her hand.
"Huanhuan?" Boss Wan ran over to her and saw that her eyes were glazed over. She could not hear him at all.
The village chief hissed, "Hypnosis?"
"Knock her out, quick. She's detonating the explosives," Ying Qingcang said sternly.
Boss Wan struck Chen Huan's neck with his palm. Then, he picked her up and ran.
The village chief screamed at the top of his lungs, "Save them! We need to save them! "
"Too late?" Ying Qingcang stared at him. "Unless you can wake them up right away, we don't have time to drag them out one by one."
Village Chief Mo Lin shook his head and cried, "I can't just watch them die. Take Xiao Rui and leave."
While the two of them were arguing, Boss Wan suddenly shouted, "Get out of the way! The water tower is collapsing!"
The tallest building in the village was a water storage tower. When it was destroyed by the explosion, the trees and wooden houses beside it were sent flying into the air. Ying Qingcang's expression turned cold. He tossed Xin Qing towards Boss Wan. "Catch!"
Boss Wan quickly put Chen Huan down and reached out to catch Xin Qing. The two of them fell to the ground together. The old village chief also tossed Xiao Rui out. Almost at the same time, the water tower came crashing down on Ying Qingcang and the village chief.
Boss Wan was crawling on the ground in a sorry state. He stared at the pile of broken wooden beams and walls. Suddenly, the sound of hurried footsteps came from behind him. He quickly turned his head and heaved a sigh of relief.
"Hurry up, hurry up and carry him out …"
The sky gradually turned white. The night had finally passed, but everything had changed.
"How many of us are left?" Boss Wan and his men stood at the entrance of the village. Xin Qing, Chen Huan, and Xiao Rui were lying side by side on the ground. They were still unconscious.
One of his men said in a pained voice, "There are five left. We didn't have much for dinner last night, so we woke up in time. The others are …"
Chen Huan moved. Boss Wan quickly helped her up. "Huanhuan?"
"My … my head hurts. What's wrong with me?" Chen Huan rubbed the back of her head. She felt exhausted all over. Then, she saw that everyone was surrounding her. They were all in a sorry state. Xin Qing and Xiao Rui were still lying beside her.
"What happened?" Chen Huan asked in a panic. "What happened to everyone?"
Boss Wan told her everything that had happened last night, but he left out the part where she was hypnotized.
"Then why are you still standing here? Hurry up and save them! " Chen Huan stood up and rushed into the village. Boss Wan stopped her. "Don't do anything rash. It's good that you're awake. You stay here and take care of Xin Qing. We'll go look for A Cang now."
Just as they were about to enter the village, Chen Huan saw Xin Qing open her eyes.
"Are you okay? Do you feel any discomfort? " Chen Huan supported her. Xin Qing rubbed her eyes. Before she could say anything, Boss Wan said, "Xin Qing, you have to calm down. For the sake of the child …"
Xin Qing was stunned.
The entire village was a mess. Only the black frames of the houses were left. Some of them were even burned to ashes. The smoke caused by the bombs was pungent. Boss Wan stood at the spot where he had buried Ying Qingcang and the village chief last night. He watched as his men lifted up the broken beams and wooden planks. They did not have time to look for anyone else. The longer they waited, the more danger Ying Qingcang would be in.
Xin Qing stood beside him in a daze. Chen Huan held her in her arms and rubbed her shoulders from time to time.
"A Cang! A Cang! "Xin Qing suddenly screamed and rushed forward. Even Chen Huan could not hold her back. Xin Qing rushed to the ruins. She knelt down and started lifting things, ignoring the fact that there were no nails on the wooden planks. "A Cang! A Cang! Don't scare me! Come out! Come out!"
Boss Wan's men stopped what they were doing. They had already reached the bottom of the pile, but they found nothing.
"Xin Qing, don't do this. Be careful of the child." Chen Huan tried to pull her up, but Xin Qing somehow found the strength to push Chen Huan away. Then, she grabbed one of the men's trousers and yelled, "Why aren't you digging anymore? Don't you dare stop! Hurry up and dig! A Cang is still waiting! I heard him calling for me. Hurry up! "After that, Xin Qing started moving again. Her hands were covered with small punctures from the wooden sticks. Even her nails were broken.
Xiao Rui, who had woken up at some point, walked up to her. "There are no signs of life here."
Xin Qing stared blankly at a piece of charred wood. "Nonsense," she said in a low voice. "He's right down there. You're lying," she said.
"He's not here," Xiao Rui said, crouching down. "So, he's not dead."
"Yes, yes, yes..." Xin Qing nodded. "He... He'll be fine. He won't leave me behind. He won't..."
Chen Huan had just breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Xin Qing's body slowly going limp. Chen Huan quickly caught Xin Qing. "Clean up the other places immediately," Boss Wan said in a low voice. "Clean it up as fast as you can. We're leaving this place."
One month later.
"She didn't drink it again?" Zhang Mi asked when she saw Childe Shen coming down the stairs with a tray of medicine.
"She drank half of it," Childe Shen said dejectedly. He looked dispirited and listless.
Zhang Mi burst into tears. "What should we do?" she said. "It's fine if she doesn't eat enough, but if she doesn't drink the medicine, she'll die from the pain if her illness relapses."
Anam and Ah Chul walked in from outside. Anam was holding a pile of documents in his hands. "Still not willing to come downstairs?" he asked.
"Let me take it upstairs!" Zhang Mi took the documents, wiped away her tears, and went upstairs.
The two of them sat down. Childe Shen sighed. "It's been a month," he said. "We couldn't find anything. Not even a body."
"The young master isn't dead!" Ah Chul said excitedly. "Let's keep looking. We'll find him eventually."
The door was flung open with a bang. Chen Huan ran in. "Ying Qingcang is definitely not dead!"
Boss Wan followed behind her, shaking his head. He pulled Chen Huan to sit down. Chen Huan stared at him. "You believe it too, don't you? He's not dead? "
"Huanhuan, it's not your fault. You..."
Chen Huan covered her face. "Stop it!" she shouted.
Not long after they left the village, Chen Huan found out that she had been hypnotized. She was the one who had set off the bomb and killed everyone. During this time, she wanted nothing more than to kill herself. She couldn't face Xin Qing. Every day, she followed Auntie Tian around the Ying family like a babysitter. If Xunxun dared to make Asha cry, she would slap him across the face.
Everyone knew that she was feeling guilty, but no one knew how to comfort her. Especially Boss Wan. He had always hoped that Chen Huan would stay by his side and stop running around. Now, his wish had come true. However, he would rather Chen Huan run around as long as she could get over the knot in her heart.
"How's the Ying clan?" Childe Shen asked Anam.
"The Ying clan is no more, so all the assets have been transferred to the young miss. In a few days, the Ying clan building will be renovated and renamed as Xin Enterprises Building."
"What about Old Master Ying? No response? " Recently, Childe Shen had been guarding Xin Qing closely. Now that he thought about it, they had contacted the British after the incident, but Ying Hao had not shown up.
Ah Chul's eyes glinted with suspicion. "The old master... is missing," he said uncertainly.
"What do you mean?"
"According to the British, the old master went out the day before the incident and never returned." Ah Chul clenched his fists. "They've called the police and are looking for him."
Boss Wan's stoic face grew darker and darker. "We couldn't find anything," he said irritably. "Everyone in the village is dead. Not a single body was missing."
"But the young master and the village chief are missing." Childe Shen looked dazed. "If they were really taken away, those people would have planted two fake bodies to confuse us. But now, they are nowhere to be found. "
"My men have searched the area within a hundred miles, but they couldn't find a single clue." Boss Wan regretted not planting a GPS tracker on Ying Qingcang's body.
Zhang Mi came downstairs with a stack of documents and handed them to Anam. "Sign them."
"Is she daydreaming again?" Chen Huan asked.
"No. I coaxed her to drink a glass of milk and she fell asleep." Zhang Mi's eyes were red as she tried to hold back her tears. If she cried in front of Chen Huan, it would make her feel even more guilty.
Soon, rumors began to spread that the CEO of the Ying clan had met with an accident. All kinds of news appeared in the newspapers. Some said that Ying Qingcang was dead and that Xin Qing had inherited his assets and quickly registered them under her own name. Some said that Ying Qingcang was missing, but that Xin Qing had seduced the higher-ups and taken over the Ying clan. Some even said that Xin Qing had secretly killed Ying Qingcang, and that this black widow had now become the richest person in S City.
Regardless of the truth, Xin Qing had become the center of attention, and all the women were jealous of her. In just a few years, an unknown young lady of the Ying clan, or rather, Xin Enterprises, had become the chairwoman of the Xin Financial Group and held 90% of the shares of the Xin Financial Group.
While everyone was suspecting Xin Qing, Xin Qing never showed up. The reporters could not find her either, which only intensified everyone's speculations. The whole city was filled with rumors and slanders.
In the dark house, there was only one lamp hanging in the middle of the room, and the light shrouded a bed. A man was lying on the bed. Xin Qing walked over and saw the familiar face. She shouted happily, "A Cang!"
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