Chapter 101 Xia
Blake
The next day, at eight o'clock in the morning.
People came and went in the Black family, and the large basket filled with white flowers in the front hall was replaced several times.
In Josephine's room.
She said, "Last night, the fire alarm sounded in the study where my uncle was staying. Afterwards, I went to the Luo family to see Mr. Luo off."
"After I came back, the entire Black family was on high alert. My mother also transferred six majors from the First Military Region, two each for the vanguard, shooting, and assault positions. They would report the situation to the central control center every hour.
But at seven o'clock, no one responded. The news immediately reached my mother, and she took people to my great-uncle's room. Six majors had fainted on the ground. My great-uncle had died in his room, the same way as the previous three.
A deceased person who was once powerful, died in a strange way, and was a symbol of royalty.
A single element was enough to shock the upper echelons of the Capital Star. With the same death method appearing one after another, the Bai family could no longer conceal it and announced the true manner of Mr. Bai's death.
Luo Wusheng asked, "What do the six majors say?"
They were there, after all.
"We questioned them separately, but their statements were consistent. They said they felt something was wrong with the air they were breathing and quickly passed out. We asked for some details, and they seemed to fit the logic. The possibility of them lying is very low."
Josephine shrugged. "Besides, there's no need for them to lie."
Shi Hanqiao, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly asked, "I feel like the air I breathe isn't right? What does that mean?"
"It's probably an odorless drug. Tests have been done, and they found drug residue in their systems."
Josephine paused and looked at the conductor hesitantly.
Luo Wusheng guessed: "The drug was produced by the pharmaceutical factory under the Black family?"
The Black family's industries involve more medicine, and the aphrodisiac incense that Leia used that year was naturally produced within the Black family.
Josephine nodded, "This part of the property happens to be in the hands of my great uncle."
"I didn't expect that his last line of defense would be breached by the drugs he himself had created."
"Where is the deceased? Is there any drug residue in his body?" asked the young man.
Josephine shook her head. "That's strange, no."
After getting a general understanding of the situation, before leaving, Shi Hanqiao suddenly asked her, "Aren't you going out?"
"I don't want to!" Josephine said with a look of rejection, waving her hands.
"My great uncle has passed away, and all sorts of relatives and friends have come to see him off. To put it bluntly, they're trying to seize the opportunity to carve up their share of his estate. I'd better stay in my room for a while."
"By the way, my mom asked me to give this to you."
Josephine handed over a sealed document.
Luo Wusheng took it and asked, "What is it?"
"How would I know? She seemed to have predicted that you would come to me to find out what happened." Josephine shrugged. "She just left a message saying that you'll understand after reading it."
"Okay, I got it." Luo Wusheng put away the documents and left with Woman A.
Walked out of the Black family's house and returned to the starship.
They will go to the Royal Library, and like the Sphinx, Shi Hanqiao plans to download relevant information.
"This relationship is quite messy."
Shi Hanqiao curled up on the sofa, hugging the young man from behind, with her head resting on his shoulder. The angle was just right for her to share her vision with him and see the contents of the opened file.
These are some transfer documents.
All the pharmaceutical properties under Josephine's great uncle's name were transferred to Luo Wusheng.
"This is--"
The young man glanced through the documents briefly. The last document was the results of new drug research and testing.
"Xia has already taken actual control of these industries and is researching inhibitors specifically for permanently marked Omegas."
Shi Hanqiao reached around the young man's waist and pointed at a line of words, "Joint research and development."
The young man said, "It's under the Capital Hospital. I remember it was an industry in Luanxiang."
"Rampant alley?"
Woman A was confused. She had heard the young man mention it last time, but only briefly.
"Luanxiang is the dark side of the capital planet. It's an underground city that's both chaotic and has a distinct hierarchical order. The owner of Luanxiang is very mysterious. I've only met him once or twice, but every time I've seen him, he's always wearing a black cloak, so I can't really see his face. Most of the time, it's Su Ye who shows up. He's the prince of Luanxiang."
Luo Wusheng frowned subtly when he mentioned him. "Remember the last time I told you about his perverted hobby? But there haven't been any murder cases in Luanxiang in the past ten years. This is because Luanxiang has the best medical technology in the entire Capital Star. As long as there is a breath left, Luanxiang can save it."
"Why would a place like Luanxiang be developing inhibitors for omegas permanently marked with O? Besides, I heard you mention wanting to have surgery to remove the gland, so I looked up information. Your pharmaceutical company is dedicated to researching inhibitors for unmarked omegas, but the surgery isn't mature yet. I assume you're trying to borrow Luanxiang's resources?"
Luo Wusheng nodded, "Yes, you are right."
He wouldn't mind Woman A's investigation because he had also investigated her, although it was only information about the shell.
"Unmarked Omegas are easy to deal with. You set a negative example in the eyes of many typical Alphas. Many Omegas appear docile on the surface, but in fact they have their own ideas. It's not surprising that they become guests of the alley, so it's normal for the alley to develop inhibitors for unmarked Omegas. However—"
Shi Hanqiao changed the subject, "Permanently marked Omegas are subject to even greater constraints. Even if they are determined to break free, the heavy pressure will crush them to death. Even if they can break free and stick to their original intentions, they won't brazenly go to the alleys to have fun."
The young man said, "But the Luanxiang can provide services, not necessarily in the underground city. Every major family and every major industry has connections in the Luanxiang."
The reason why Luanxiang is called "Luan" is because it is like a dense chaotic net, with the alleys as the network lines, firmly controlling the entire capital star in its palm.
Woman A pointedly asked, "But would you raise the cost of serving a very small group of consumers to the same level as for the majority of other consumers?"
Luo Wusheng was silent.
She is right.
Woman A is an outsider, and all she knows about the situation on the capital planet comes from the young man.
Even the most objective descriptions are tinged with subjective emotion, and because of the context of cognition, there will inevitably be some concealment in the expression. This concealment is not intentional, but unintentional, and is therefore the most difficult to detect.
Shi Hanqiao trusted Luo Wusheng, but he was not completely convinced by what he said.
She would just pick out some people that he was unaware of but she found particularly interesting.
"The Black family seems to be quite complex, as evidenced by the relationship between Josephine and Ulysses, where the former suppresses her talent. Crucially, their mother is Shia Black, who is also Leia Black's older sister. Logically, Josephine and Ulysses should be closer to Ander and Lesson, as they are more closely related.
The opposite is true. I think it might be that Shia and Leia are not on the same page, or that Shia and your mother are close friends. In short, judging by your attitude towards Josephine and Ulysses, your hatred does not extend to Shia.
"The reason I suspect Xia might be your mother's friend is because of this document and the research report. If Xia is your mother's friend, then she would feel guilty because her brother was involved in your mother's murder, so she actually has no hatred or grudge against you.
These businesses may be her compensation, and this report is also an apology for her friend's death. And only with a very close friend would Shia want to develop an inhibitor that works on permanently marked Omegas.
"That's easy to judge, but—"
After a while, the young man understood what she meant and continued, "But there's no reason for Luanxiang to participate in this research."
Only Omegas care about Omegas' feelings and rights; Alphas won't even consider this issue.
The reason why Xia cares about this is because Luo Ningyou is her best friend, but her brother killed her.
Then why did Luan Xiang spend a lot of money, manpower and material resources to research inhibitors for permanently marked Omegas?
This is clearly an investment with high costs and low returns.
Luo Wusheng took the initiative to tell her that his mother and Xia had been friends for many years, and then jokingly said, "The owner of the alley can't be an Omega."
Although I have never actually seen the face of the owner of the alley, nor have I smelled the pheromones he exudes, I cannot determine his gender.
But the other person's body shape, posture, speech and behavior show that he is definitely a male Alpha.
Woman A said, "Maybe it's like Xia, for another Omega."
She is skeptical of human emotions. She doesn't deny it, but...
Luo Wei, Hunyuan Ling and Luo Wusheng are the people closest to her.
"These do not appear to be related to the deaths in recent days."
The young man said that he didn't think Woman A was talking nonsense. She had her own logic, but normal people couldn't understand it.
"Well, you mentioned your goal. So I'm very interested in these low-key yet powerful people."
Shi Hanqiao said: "They may become your enemies and obstacles, but they may also become your friends and helpers."
Is it for him?
Her phoenix eyes opened slightly. Apart from studying the mecha, she didn't care about anything else.
Although she said she would help him, he would not bother her with his own affairs.
He once saw her living with Luo Wei in his dreams. She was obviously relaxed and comfortable, and her whole body exuded an aura of freedom.
Although he didn't know how Luo Wei died, he had seen her after the old man's death. She used to be violent, gloomy, and unpredictable, but eventually she developed a sense of emptiness and loneliness after seeing through the world over the long river of time.
He watched her use the Three Realms as a chessboard, manipulating people's hearts and moving the chess pieces around.
But he also knew that if possible, she would rather be with Luo Wei and simply play a game of chess.
She was even willing to keep losing to Luo Wei.
She understands people's hearts, but doesn't like to fight.
Luo Wusheng saw the real her in his dreams, so he never hid his ambitions from her, but he also wouldn't bother her with these things.
But she brought it up on her own initiative, or was she already thinking about him? !
His breathing became rapid.
"When the elders of the four major families died, even if they didn't have much emotion, the younger generations all had sadness on their faces, and they followed all the etiquette."
Shi Hanqiao knew the complexities of the Capital Planet, but he wasn't very clear about the internal situation of each family. "But Josephine would rather stay in her room than go out. Isn't that too much?"
Although it was her fault, she might have gone even further than Josephine.
But she looked at this matter with a normal moral perspective, and believed that the younger generation really had to do a good job of superficial work, otherwise they would be criticized.
"I forgot to tell you." Luo Wusheng turned sideways, hooked his arm around Girl A's shoulder, and said to her, "This story also has to start from the early years."
"Although Xia is the head of the family now, she did not inherit the position from her mother. Instead, she took the position from her great uncle, who had died, twenty or thirty years ago."
"During the time when her great uncle was the head of the family, Shia's family didn't have an easy time. Her mother was a mediocre Alpha and was even expelled from the capital planet, the center of power. So Shia and my mother met on another planet. They met by chance and became friends."
Shi Hanqiao said, "They both come from powerful families on the capital planet, but they meet on another planet. It sounds a lot like the beginning of a love story in a storybook."
"Indeed, people think that there must be some other feelings or desires between Alpha and Omega, thus denying that their relationship is really just friendship."
The young man sighed helplessly, "I'm sure it's just friendship between them."
"Later, my mother returned to the Capital Planet and married Tan'an. She and Shia could only communicate through communication. Seventy years ago, when Tan'an cheated on her, using the excuse of the pressure of destroying the previous royal family, the Holochim, Shia hadn't come to the Capital Planet yet. She was training at the border with the Black family's First Legion.
At the time, she didn't know her brother was already in a relationship with her friend's husband. After hearing what my mother said, she even warned her that Tan'an might have changed his mind. Alphas always understand Alphas better.
Only then did my mother come to her senses from Tan'an's sudden cold violence. She realized that the man she loved was just suppressing her to get rid of the guilt of his infidelity.
During this time, Xia was the one who comforted my mother. The more she talked, the more it seemed like she liked my mother, right? "
Luo Wusheng chuckled and said that he had never hated Xia, even though she was the sister of Leia, whom he once hated so much.
"Not to mention Xia's two half-brothers, just talking about Ulysses, you'll know that Xia is quite romantic.
But although she is romantic, she is not vulgar.
When she was comforting my mother, she was dating an Omega. The other person knew my mother and was of course jealous, but later became my mother's friend and helped her a lot in business. This was because Xia gave him a sense of security. My mother is not the kind of person who deliberately approaches Alphas out of pity. Xia loves beautiful women, but she is not the kind of person who will be blinded by beauty and will not care about anything else.
Xia always ends every relationship completely before looking for the next one. Both parties talk it out and the breakup is decent and neat, with almost no quarrel.
Actually, there is nothing wrong with this, but there are always some Alphas who are too greedy, like Tanan, who wants the red flag to fly at home and the colorful flags to fly outside.
I find it ridiculous that people think the latter is more stable and reliable when the former is clearly more responsible.”
"After the five major families united to annihilate the Holochim family and the Russell family ascended to power, Leia's identity became clear. However, the Luo family, driven by profit, abandoned my mother. According to the information I've found, Xia was also devastated when she learned that her brother was involved with Tan'an. My mother also mentioned that Xia felt ashamed to see her.
At that time, Shia's family was expelled from the center of power, and with her parents sick, all the pressure fell on her. Even in the legion to which the Black family belonged, her future was not smooth.
Shi Hanqiao said, "Is her great uncle putting pressure on me? It seems like there's a conflict between the siblings."
Luo Wusheng nodded: "This is also a factor in Xia's seizure of power."
"After she took the throne, she actually took Leia to apologize to my mother right away. Of course, it wasn't because of moral compulsion, but she wanted to show my mother her attitude. She would stand on my mother's side in that mess. But my mother didn't say anything, nor did she ask for help. After all, Leia was her younger brother, and my mother had been abandoned by the Luo family, so she didn't want to embarrass her."
"Afterwards, rumors started circulating that my mother was having an affair with another Alpha."
"Shouldn't it be?"
Female A's words were like thunderclaps from a clear sky. At least in his knowledge, no Alpha would say such a thing.
He asked stupidly, "W-what?"
"Let's not talk about whether the rumor is true or not. Even if it is true, what does it matter?"
"Tan An was the first to cheat on his wife. He was not upright himself. He first used cold violence to suppress his wife. After being completely exposed, he was too lazy to cover it up. Mr. Luo gave up on her for the benefits given by the two families.
What had she done wrong? Was it that she was born into the wrong, hypocritical family? Or was it that she was blind enough to marry someone in free love and be permanently marked?
She also considered ending the relationship the right way—divorce—but others disagreed! Tan An was concerned that since she had just ascended to the throne, the royal family couldn't afford to have any negative news about divorce spread, and the Luo family was selling their daughter for profit. She was the victim, so what had she done wrong?
She's a person too, and needs to release and vent her emotions. So what if she had an affair? Isn't everyone forcing her? If she agrees to a divorce, and if she really has a lover, she won't have to endure the pain of moral conscience. She's clearly done nothing wrong."
Shi Hanqiao was not trying to argue for the infidelity. Speaking objectively, in the marriage between Luo Ningyou and Tan An, the former's only mistake might be to get married.
"Of course, all this assumes that she really has a secret lover."
"Even if she did, it's not her fault, not to mention it's just a rumor."
"This rumor seems most likely to have been spread by Leia, because he seems to be the biggest beneficiary."
Woman A didn't know what she was thinking about, and a hint of sarcasm flashed across her eyes: "But if I'm not mistaken, it should be Tan An."
The young man nodded slowly. He rarely saw Girl A's emotions fluctuate.
It seemed that the last time he mentioned his mother, she was also particularly patient when comforting him.
The young man asked her, "It is indeed Tan'an's work. According to normal thinking, many people would think it was Leia. How did you guess it?"
"Having two Omegas fight it out for dear life is both perfectly invisible and allows you to enjoy the thrill of being sought after. You can also go from being the cheater to being the sympathetic 'victim'. I can't think of anything other than the best benefit."
"When Tan An cheated on his wife, everyone's attitude towards Luo Ningyou was different. When there were just rumors that she had an affair with someone else, everyone's attitude towards her was different. You can already see the difference."
The young man said, "Your preference is too obvious."
On weekdays, it was difficult for him to tell what girl A's preferences were. Apart from Luo Wei and Hunyuan Ling, she really didn't seem to have any particular favorite people or things.
Generally speaking, her attitude is ambiguous, neither dislike nor like.
She always carried a layer of careless emptiness about her. He always felt that it was the floating feeling of seeing through the world that was cultivated during the long time and complex and strange environment after Luo Wei's death.
Could he think that she was siding with Luo Ningyou in this matter because she loved him so much?
Recently, I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but the sense of emptiness around girl A has dissipated a lot, as if she has established a connection with the world.
"Maybe. Although I haven't met him yet, from your usual expressions, I can tell that you really hate him."
Shi Hanqiao also doesn't like Tan An very much, even though she doesn't actually know him.
But since she was on the young man's side, she naturally favored his mother.
Luo Wusheng nodded: "Tan An is the source of everything, his greed is the original sin."
"Lea I still hate him, but my hatred for him definitely comes second to Tan'an."
Shi Hanqiao raised an eyebrow. "Now it's his turn to have a headache. Four members of the older generation of the family have died, and the royal symbol is painted in blood beneath their bodies."
"Even if this is a clear frame-up, he won't be able to defend himself unless the murderer is caught and the four major families are given an explanation."
"Since the murderer was able to sneak into the heavily guarded area without a trace and kill two people while the latter two families were prepared, it is unlikely that he will be caught given the Russell family's strength."
Luo Wusheng frowned. Seeing that Tan An was in trouble, he would not be magnanimous enough to worry about him being held accountable by the four families.
He was worried about who the next victim would be. He was puzzled by the murderer's motives and how he could come and go without leaving any trace.
The young man sighed. Apart from the Alphas of the previous generation who were still at their peak, he really couldn't think of anyone who could kill these four powerful people quietly.
And even they couldn't sit there without leaving any trace, as if appearing out of thin air.
"Maybe the other party's target is only the four major families." He hoped so, at least this would narrow the scope.
"There are so many books." Shi Hanqiao said with emotion while holding a dictionary of ancient Chinese words.
They had been in the Royal Library for a long time. Unlike the Sphinx, she needed to download more things and the internet speed was faster, but it would take longer.
Snap——
The book in Woman A's hand suddenly closed.
Luo Wusheng's heart skipped a beat. He took two deep breaths and asked her, "What's wrong?"
"There will be more deaths tonight, and they won't be from the four major families."
Shi Hanqiao put away the book in his hand and asked, "Do you want to know how the murderer came and went without a trace?"
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