Chapter 20 Appearance

Xia Baijiao and Xia Yu wanted to continue arguing with the police, but the police clearly had no patience and dropped a bombshell.

“Those large boxes only had treasure on the surface; the bottom was filled with large stones. Your parents were truly cunning, one trick after another. But now that they have been confiscated in accordance with public opinion, we must explain where they were moved to.”

The three members of the Xia family were all shocked!

Immediately, Xia Baijiao and Xia Yu turned to look at their father.

They didn't expect Xia's father to be such a good actor. Even though he had already moved the treasure, he still pretended to be so angry that he fainted.

Considering Xia's mother's behavior yesterday, she probably didn't know either!

Xia Yu asked incredulously, "Dad, why are you doing this? Do you want to keep all the family property for yourself, without even giving it to me, your only son?"

Xia Baijiao broke down in tears, crying out, "Why are you so selfish? I will never forgive you!"

Xia's father was also shocked, and he hurriedly explained that he didn't know why this was happening either.

But no one believed him; they all thought he was just making excuses.

Xia's father was taken away by the police.

Xia Baijiao felt very uneasy and rushed to the Song family to find Song Hechao.

Some viewers commented that Song Hechao is the male lead and that he has the male lead's halo.

No matter how bad the current situation is, as the male protagonist, he will eventually find a solution.

"Sister, wait for me." Xia Yu subconsciously wanted to follow.

But he stopped after taking only two steps, clenching his teeth tightly, and soon broke out in a cold sweat.

It was an itch, a pain, and an extreme longing that seemed to be released from the depths of the soul.

He could barely think; his mind was filled with the cigarette that Chang Xiang had been holding between his fingers.

The addiction to sin surfaced, and he was powerless to resist it.

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Xia Baijiao ran breathlessly to the Song residence, only to find the gate wide open.

A strong sense of foreboding filled her heart. She walked in nervously and found the ground in complete disarray.

The house was almost completely smashed, which showed how angry and helpless the other party was.

Xia Baijiao quickened her pace and arrived at Song Hechao's courtyard, where she saw him sitting on the ground with his head in his hands, looking extremely dejected.

"Brother He Chao." Xia Baijiao slowly approached and called out cautiously.

Song Hechao did not look up.

Xia Baijiao moved closer to him, about to reach out her hand, when Song Hechao shouted, "Don't touch me!"

Xia Baijiao was so frightened that she fell to the ground.

Song Hechao looked up, his eyes bloodshot. He said fiercely, "How dare you come to see me after doing such a disgraceful thing? How dare you come to see me?"

Xia Baijiao immediately knew what Song Hechao was talking about, and couldn't help but burst into tears, recounting the whole story.

"Xia Fanxing, it's Xia Fanxing again!" Song Hechao was almost overwhelmed by hatred. "I must kill her!"

He had inquired about the reasons why Xia's mother and Song's father had been arrested.

Instead of reflecting on their mistakes, he blamed everything on Xia Fanxing.

It's as if this can cover up the fact that he is actually incompetent.

"You'll definitely find a way, right?" Xia Baijiao grasped Song Hechao's hand, her eyes filled with hope. "Even if we lose the money, even if Uncle Song goes to jail, you'll definitely find a way to get us onto the ship to the port city smoothly, right?"

Song Hechao brushed Xia Baijiao's hand away, stood up on his own, and said, "You go back first, I'll think of something."

Seeing that he had cheered up again, Xia Baijiao didn't dare to press him any further. She gave him a few words of advice and then left.

Song Hechao then went to his grandparents' courtyard.

Even in the dead of winter, the stench emanating from the yard was hard to conceal.

Song Hechao pinched his nose and entered the room, where he saw two elderly people lying on the bed, barely alive.

Grandma Song had lost consciousness. When Grandpa Song saw Song Hechao come in, he moved his mouth as if he was saying something.

Song Hechao tried to appear happy as he walked over and whispered in his ear, "Grandpa, I've almost saved enough for the boat tickets, but not enough for both of you. They said that if we don't pay today, we won't be able to buy them even if we have the money later. Now you can tell me where the money is, right? I promise I won't squander it once I get it, and I'll give it to you when we get to the port."

Grandpa Song spoke.

Song Hechao excitedly leaned close to his mouth to listen.

But then we heard him say, "...It's a lie that we don't have money. We only said that because we were afraid you would abandon us...We didn't expect that even after we told you, you would still abandon us...You will all...you will all get your comeuppance...If I had known this would happen, I should have been nicer to Fanxing back then..."

Before he could finish speaking, Grandpa Song breathed his last.

Instead of feeling sad about Grandpa Song's death, Song Hechao was furious and started punching and kicking the two of them.

"You two old geezers, you've been lying to me all this time! You've been lying to me!!"

When he finally regained his senses, he discovered that Grandma Song, who had been barely clinging to life, had been beaten to death by him.

"He Chao, are you inside?" At this moment, Song's mother's voice rang out from outside.

Song Hechao panicked and was frightened. He rushed out of the house and disappeared without a trace.

Song's mother found it strange. When she went into the house, she saw that the two elderly people had been beaten and were bleeding, and that they were already dead.

She couldn't help but scream and gag. The housekeeper and servants rushed over and were also quite frightened by what they saw.

Song's mother quickly blocked the obviously abnormal corpse and immediately began to shift the blame: "It's all your fault for not taking good care of them. The deaths of the two elderly people are inextricably linked to you!"

The housekeeper and servants had been working for the Song family for so many years and had long since had enough of being treated like dirt.

Now that someone in the Song family has died, they still want to make them take the blame like before?

They decided they couldn't tolerate it any longer and were going to report the Song family for murder!

The two turned and left, but Song's mother, unaware of their intentions, continued to chase after them and berate them.

A short while later, the two returned with the police. Just as Song's mother was about to file a false accusation, she was surprised to receive a pair of silver handcuffs just like Song's father's.

Song's mother was stunned. "Officer, why are you arresting me?"

Other police officers carried the bodies of two elderly people out of the courtyard and declared righteously, "Because you killed someone!"

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Song Hechao ran out of his house and was suddenly dragged into an alley as he passed through it.

Inside was Xia Yu, whose face was deathly pale.

Xia Yu had already approached Chang Xiang, promising to obtain the opium he wanted in exchange for Xia Baijiao.

Once his rationality returned, he became unusually cold-blooded. He had come to discuss something with Song Hechao.

On the other side, Xia Baijiao huddled in bed wrapped in a blanket; this was the only way she could feel a little safer.

But her unease grew stronger, and she felt that something bad was about to happen.

At this moment, the long-absent bullet comments suddenly reappeared.