Ye Ye drove down the mountain, passing by Uncle Xiong’s villa as usual, and naturally glanced over… The car slowly passed… Wait! Why were there so many armed people moving around in Uncle Xiong’s villa? — Ye Ye sensed something unusual, immediately hit the brakes, turned around, and pretended to drive back casually. As she passed again, she deliberately acted like she was on a phone call, slowly parking by the roadside, glancing sideways at Uncle Xiong’s villa. Four armed men in black stood at the entrance, and inside the garden, figures in black could still be seen moving. All the lights on the three floors of the villa were on… Ye Ye had visited several times before, so she knew clearly that due to Uncle Xiong’s preference for Chinese clothing, the security personnel wore dark blue Zhongshan suits, not black suits! And all the security were Chinese, but now, there were foreigners mixed in here and there! Something was definitely wrong! There weren’t so many men in black when she passed by in the afternoon! Ye Ye, pretending to finish her call, drove the car to a bend where the bodyguards couldn’t see. She stopped, started calling Uncle Xiong, but it went to voicemail. She then tried the phone of the Qianye Gate branch, but no one answered. Calls to Xiong Shaogang’s and Aunt Xiong’s phones were also just voicemail. Not giving up, she called the villa’s phone, and finally, someone answered, “Hello, Xiong Manor! Who are you looking for?” A woman’s voice. Ye Ye tried to recall if she had heard this voice at Uncle Xiong’s, but the answer was no, “Hello, I’m a classmate of Xiong Shaogang, I’m looking for him!” Ye Ye made up an excuse. “I’m sorry, the young master is not here,” the woman said. “Then I’d like to speak with his mother,” Ye Ye said. “May I ask what business you have with the lady?” The woman asked coldly. “I…” How should she say it? If there was really something going on, it would be even more important not to alert anyone, Ye Ye pondered, then suddenly had an idea: “I, I’m pregnant with Xiong Shaogang’s child, and he ran away, uh… I need to speak with his mother, uh…” This way, she wouldn’t be suspected, right? “Eh!?” The other party was clearly surprised too, “I’m sorry, the lady is not here either,” the woman continued coldly. “Oh… Can I come to his home to wait?” Ye Ye tried to sound like a desperate abandoned woman. “No, the owners are all away on a trip!” With that, the woman hung up. Ye Ye stared at the disconnected phone, deep in thought, certain that something had happened at the Xiong family! Aunt Xiong had called just two days ago to invite her for dinner, so they wouldn’t be on a trip! Even if they were, there was no reason for all their phones to be off, and no reason for so many guards to be watching an empty villa! But what exactly was going on? What had happened? Ye Ye couldn’t figure it out. The presence of so many people guarding the villa meant the answer was inside! She decided she must go in to see! But barging in recklessly was not her style! She turned around, speeding down the mountain… She was going to get help… She needed to find out what was really going on! [From Love to Conspiracy: Eighty-eight, The Chaotic Seventh Day 2]
Xiong Family Villa — In the main hall, a woman hung up the phone, turned to the burly middle-aged man sitting on the sofa and said, “Master, the call was from Xiong Shaogang’s girlfriend, probably pregnant and looking for someone responsible…” “I didn’t expect that kid to be so romantic… Are you sure there’s no problem?” the man asked. “I’m sure, the girl was crying a lot. She didn’t mention anything else,” the woman said. “Hmm, go check on that old woman upstairs, tell her if she doesn’t hand over the seal, I’ll bring her children to keep her company!” the man said fiercely, playing with the jade thumb ring on his thumb. “Yes!” The woman bowed her head to receive the command. “For now, keep my identity secret!” the man instructed. “Understood!”
