Chapter 51

Chapter 51

The person on the other end gave a laugh.

It sounded helpless. Wang Xiao paused for a long time this time.

“Why do you trust him so much? You’re basically helping him count the money after he’s sold you out. Sure, he’s got control of the whole economic lifeline now, but if he hasn’t avenged his family, he won’t be at ease.

Several of the Wu Family’s projects are being supported by him now. Aren’t you afraid he has some bad intentions?”

Wu Xiaojiu picked at his ear.

“That guy only kills wealthy families, doesn’t he? Now that Bo Suihan is the richest man, if he’s going to kill anyone, it’ll be him. What does that have to do with the Wu Family?”

“Of course it has something to do with it! The Wu Family is in this state now because of Bo Suihan.”

Wang Xiao seemed irritated by his indifferent attitude, and his voice suddenly sharpened.

Wu Xiaojiu could hear his breathing turn uneven on the other end, rough and heavy, his emotions gradually becoming agitated.

“Have you forgotten that the one who actually signed the wagering agreement with you wasn’t Wu Dan, but Bo Suihan? And now your sister has married the village chief’s son. Whether Bo Suihan meant to or not, he definitely pushed things along from behind the scenes.

Don’t give me that crap about him being your friend, about the two of you getting along, and how he wouldn’t have any bad intentions toward your family. If Bo Suihan really treated you like a friend, he would never have loaned money to your cousin and let your sister marry that kind of person!”

Wang Xiao clapped as he spoke, his words coming out at lightning speed.

Wu Xiaojiu licked his lips and suddenly felt that what he said made some sense.

His mouth tightened, and his mind started racing again.

Before he could think it through, thunder suddenly rumbled outside, and a torrential downpour began without warning.

Just like Wu Xiaojiu’s mood, swinging up and down in an instant.

“I… I don’t know what to say anymore. Bo Suihan is doing pretty well for himself now. He doesn’t need to keep going after the Wu Family. Besides, Wang Xiao, stop targeting him all the time.”

The Wu Family villa had a high roof, and Wu Xiaojiu’s room had a huge floor-to-ceiling window. The curtains usually weren’t drawn.

Now that the rain had started and thunder was crashing down, it looked a little frightening.

Feeling a chill blow in, Wu Xiaojiu shrank back into the blanket a little.

But right after he said that.

The other end suddenly went silent, followed by the busy tone of a hung-up call.

“What the hell.”

With a dark expression, Wu Xiaojiu threw his phone onto the nightstand.

He burrowed into the blanket, planning to let the sound of the rain carry him into a deep sleep.

But just as he closed his eyes.

The phone rang again.

“This is never ending!”

He sat up with a jerk and looked at the caller ID. It was Bo Suihan.

Who knew what day it was today? Everyone was lining up to bother him.

He answered with no patience at all, and on the other end, a pitiful voice came through along with the thunder.

“Wu Xiaojiu.”

He opened with his full name. That was never a good sign.

“Yeah, I’m here.”

Wu Xiaojiu gave a perfunctory response, then listened for any movement on the other end.

“It’s thundering. I’m scared.”

Even Long Aotian was afraid of thunder?

Doubt rose in Wu Xiaojiu’s mind. With that pitiful tone, was he trying to lure him over and kill him?

“Can you come keep me company? The house I’m staying in now is huge, but I’m the only one here. It’s empty, and with weather like this, it feels like it might be haunted.”

The other side seemed to realize he still hadn’t responded.

Panicking, Bo Suihan kept talking.

But Wu Xiaojiu quietly lowered his head to look at his palm.

When he came over, worried that his parents and sister would be concerned, he had specifically taken off the gauze bandage and put on a Band-Aid instead.
It had just rained, and the air was damp and stifling. Wu Xiaojiu was afraid it would breed bacteria, so while he was on the phone with Wang Xiao, he happened to peel off the bandage.

When he looked down now, the wound was jagged and rough.

Once he got back, he would still need to have it debrided with medical scissors so it could heal better.

Just thinking about having to suffer through that again made Wu Xiaojiu feel pain all over.

Bo Suihan, Bo Suihan. When you sliced open the palm of my hand with that wolf-tooth weapon, did you ever think of today?

Did you ever think that today, you still need me, Wu Xiaojiu?

You cut without the slightest hesitation, all so self-righteous and proper-looking.

In the end, wasn’t it just to satisfy that heart of yours that was starved for love?

Between the two of us, who was really the one lacking security? If it wasn’t you, could it be me?

“Send me taxi money. Wait at home.”

It wasn’t easy for him to make a trip out, and the Wu Family was at a crucial stage of development.

How could Wu Xiaojiu not fleece the richest man for a bit of money?

But the moment he finished speaking, a notification sounded from his phone in the living room.

[Bank alert: xxx card ending, 50 million yuan deposited at 12:00 a.m.]

The second he heard that amount,

Wu Xiaojiu’s eyes lit up.

He sprang out of bed. Not bothering to change out of his pajamas, he grabbed a raincoat and hurriedly threw it on before heading out.

But just as he opened the door,

“Going somewhere?”

A cool voice dropped from above.

Qi Jiao hadn’t left yet. He was standing at the bedroom door, holding his phone with the screen lit and turned outward. In the darkness, his expression was hard to make out as he stared straight at Wu Xiaojiu.

“Did your heart rate jump just now because the 50 million yuan arrived, or because he called you?”

His voice was icy. Qi Jiao crouched slightly, bringing himself level with Wu Xiaojiu.

Wu Xiaojiu couldn’t clearly tell what expression was on his face, but for some reason, a wave of panic rose in him.

“Why are you still not back at your place?”

The moment he said it, Wu Xiaojiu felt something was off.

The other man tilted his head slightly, and the corners of his slightly parted lips drooped faintly. Though his face didn’t really change, he somehow carried a faint, appraising air.

Qi Jiao just stared at him. That sharply defined, flawlessly beautiful face of his just stared at him.

Outside, even the moon was dark.

Thunder rolled and the wind howled beyond the house, making the Wu Family’s windows rattle loudly.

Yet Wu Xiaojiu somehow felt an eerie silence, so silent that cold sweat had already crept down his back.

Right now, the other man said nothing, and that only made him feel more uneasy for no reason.

Only then did Wu Xiaojiu realize the two of them were standing a little too close.

Qi Jiao’s chilly breath brushed his face, and along with the draft from outside, it made the cold sweat on Wu Xiaojiu’s back grow even colder.

He could only offer a weak smile.

Lifting his phone slightly, he said, “A friend of mine…”

“You’re lying. What friend would ask you out in the middle of the night?”

Qi Jiao cut him off directly.

Wu Xiaojiu was baffled. His room was well insulated, so even if the other man had stayed in the living room the whole time, he shouldn’t have been able to hear him talking on the phone.

“I heard it. I heard everything. The moment you went into the room, I was pressed right against your door, listening to you the whole time. I know everything you said, the way you breathed while speaking, your heartbeat afterward. I can hear it all. I can see it all.

Wu Xiaojiu, don’t think you can fool me.”