Chapter 42 Confession

Xia Lili suddenly remembered Boss Jiang, who had accompanied her brother to negotiate cooperation with Shangguan Xu in the hallucination.

"Jiang Zhenhai, Boss Jiang?"

Xia Xubai nodded quietly: "Yes, it's him."

His sister is a little abnormal today.

Xia Lili immediately searched for "Chaoyin Entertainment Original Song Contest" on the browser and major social platforms.

However, no relevant information can be found online.

Xia Lili's face immediately darkened.

"Brother, how did Boss Jiang know about this competition? Is it an undisclosed competition?"

Xia Xubai shook his head, his face blank and innocent. "He said that Chaoyin Company had just released the latest one, and there were many people participating. The competition was very fierce."

Xia Lili fell into deep thought.

I couldn't help but start to doubt whether Mr. Jiang, the owner of this music store, was a good person.

Boss Jiang introduced a lot of business to his brother. Whenever someone asked him to introduce a tuner, Boss Jiang recommended his brother.

Logically speaking, Boss Jiang is half the breadwinner.

The room was stuffy and Xia Lili felt very irritated. Her eyes fell on the black long sleeves of Xia Xubai.

Xia Lili narrowed her eyes and looked at him suspiciously: "Brother, it's so hot and humid, aren't you feeling hot in long sleeves?"

Xia Xubai turned his face slightly and said in a low, cold voice, "The lighting in the room is poor. I feel cold."

"Xia Xubai."

She suddenly called him by his full name, her tone heavy.

The man whose name was called paused, and his fox eyes, which were always misty, looked over blankly. His long eyelashes trembled slightly, casting a shadow on his pale face, revealing a sense of fragility for no reason.

Xia Lili suddenly took a few steps forward, grabbed his sleeve and pushed it upwards without saying anything.

"Wait, Lili..."

He subconsciously wanted to hide, but because he couldn't see her movements, he could only stand there helplessly.

Xia Xubai's slender fingers were slightly curled up, with white joints, like a frightened animal but with a bit of forbearance.

The cuffs were roughly pulled up to the elbows, leaving a hideous bloodstain across his cold white arm. The wound, which had not yet scabbed, made his skin look almost transparent.

Xia Lili's breathing stopped.

"Brother," she said in a tight voice, "how did you get this injury?"

Xia Xubai, who was always calm, seemed a little flustered at this moment.

The 1.87-meter tall figure leaned back unconsciously. Although he was much taller than his sister, he seemed to be forced into a corner by her. His Adam's apple rolled and he couldn't speak for a long time.

Xia Lili was filled with anger when she saw her brother's harmless, pitiful and weak appearance.

Even though her brother is blind, he still works hard to live his life.

What did he do to offend someone that they wanted to beat him to death like this!

Xia Lili suddenly asked, "Was it Shangguan Xu who did it?"

Xia Xubai's expression turned bewildered upon hearing this: "Shangguan Xu? The idol singer Shangguan Xu?"

"What does this have to do with him?"

Xia Lili was stunned, then understood the problem. Xia Xubai's attitude changed after hearing Shangguan Xu speak.

Does Xia Xubai not know now that the person who hurt him was Shangguan Xu?

Xia Lili was already familiar with the police station, so she unconsciously imitated Li Qihan's oppressive questioning: "Tell me the truth, how did you get the wound on your hand? Was it a knife wound?"

Xia Xubai's lips moved when he heard this, and his tone was filled with despair: "Lili, knowing this will not do you any good. I don't want to implicate you. You'd better leave quickly."

"What happened to you? Why didn't you call the police?"

"Is this something the police can handle?" Xia Xubai lowered his head dejectedly, his voice hoarse as if it had been rubbed by sandpaper. "I'm afraid if I call the police, they'll find out and hurt my family first."

Xia Lili's pupils shrank. She could hear the hidden fear in her brother's trembling voice—the other party was probably quite powerful.

But this time, no matter what monsters they are, she will find them out!

"Brother, don't be afraid."

She suddenly grasped Xia Xubai's cold hand, pulled her police badge from her pocket, and solemnly placed it in his palm. She guided his fingers, stroking the raised lines of the badge inch by inch.

“I’m a police officer now.”

As she said this, Xia Lili felt a boiling heat surging in her chest.

In the past, her brother always protected her; now, it is finally her turn to support her brother.

Xia Xubai's fingertips trembled violently the moment they touched the police badge.

"Lili, did you get the job?"

"Yes!" Xia Lili's eyes sparkled, as if filled with broken stars. "I applied for a special position with high authority and flexible working hours. Most importantly—" She leaned closer, her voice brisk, "I can bring your parents and you to live in the police compound. The security level there is very high."

She patted Xia Xubai's shoulder, her fingertips clearly feeling the outline of her brother's thin bones: "Can you tell me now?"

Xia Xubai was stunned.

The more beautiful his sister's descriptions were, the heavier his heart felt. There was no such thing as a perfect job in the world—high authority meant great responsibility, and free scheduling often came with unexpected tasks.

"Such good treatment..." His voice was hoarse, his lifeless eyes drooping slightly, "You must have paid and endured a lot."

This sentence was like a thin needle, gently piercing the relaxed atmosphere that Xia Lili tried hard to create.

Xia Xubai's slender fingers unconsciously clenched the corner of his clothes, and his knuckles turned white.

If only he had been more determined... if only he could still see... would his sister not have to fight so hard? This thought cut his heart like a blunt knife.

Xia Lili's heart ached when she heard this: "It's okay, not as hard as you think!"

She pretended to be serious and said, "Tell me what happened and cooperate with me!"

Xia Xubai sighed, his brows showing unconcealable worry.

"Five days ago, Boss Jiang gave me an urgent job to tune the piano in the banquet hall of a resort."

"The treatment is very good. Travel expenses are reimbursed, meals are included, and you can stay overnight at the resort. And the salary is 500 yuan per hour."

Five hundred and one hour is the standard hourly wage for a senior tuner. Xia Xubai was flattered and felt very grateful to Boss Jiang.

"This resort is in the suburbs, and the driver wasn't very familiar with the road. It was already 11 o'clock at night when I arrived at the resort."

"The pianist has a performance tomorrow morning, and the housekeeper is very busy. He led me to the banquet hall and asked me to tune the piano slowly."

Xia Xubai re-tuned the piano and confirmed that it was correct. He called the housekeeper, but the housekeeper didn't answer. Xia Xubai decided to go to the front desk with his blind stick.

Unexpectedly, when he was passing through the corridor, he suddenly heard a burst of sparse footsteps, followed by the sound of moving things.

He heard three people talking.

——"What should we do, Boss? She seems to be dead?"