RBCT Chapter 10 Undercurrents
Chapter 10 Undercurrents
"Xiaoxue, how could you think of your father like that? It's a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding. I'll destroy the diary right away. Don't worry, I will never threaten you."
Seeing that the situation was developing in the worst possible direction, Xia Yun quickly tried to salvage the situation.
Xia Xue snorted coldly.
"Keep the diary. It's good for my father to see what kind of life I've been living all these years. Mr. Xia Yun, your good days are over. Cherish your last moments of freedom."
Xia Yun quickly called out loudly, "Xiao Xue..."
Xia Xue angrily slammed down the phone, and when Xia Yun called again, she immediately blocked him.
"What the hell is that?!"
Xia Xuezhen felt sorry for her predecessor.
Xia Xue got up, went to the balcony, and let the evening breeze help her calm down.
"Although the original owner committed suicide due to depression, she never hated Shen Wanyi and Xia Yun; she only hated herself for not being good enough."
She knew that Shen Weiyi loved her, but this love suffocated her and made her unable to accept it.
She knew Xia Yun was very busy, and she also received silent fatherly love from him.
She thought that all fatherly love was like this.
She thought that all motherly love was like this.
She thought the problem wasn't with Shen Weiyi and Xia Yun, but with her.
"Hehe, what a silly child."
When a child in a family develops psychological problems, she is often the one whose condition is least severe.
Xia Xue looked up at the stars in the sky, her eyes slightly moist.
"To leave knowing nothing, yet carrying a heart full of love, isn't that a kind of happiness?"
Xia Xue looked away.
His eyes turned cold.
"You can forgive them, but I can't."
They've messed with me.
There must be a price to pay.
Xia Xue sat back down at her computer desk, reopened her laptop, and submitted the incriminating information she had collected to the relevant authorities.
"The diary was the original owner's explanation; this is my explanation."
Yongcheng.
old Town.
Inside a courtyard house.
An elderly man with a goatee, wearing a Taoist robe, and white hair but a youthful face, was burning incense and meditating.
When the time came, the old man finished his practice, slowly exhaled a long breath of turbid air, a glint of light flashed in his eyes, and a look of joy appeared on his face.
"My skills have improved again. The luck I've gained this time is really good. Hmm, judging by the time, the situation with the Xia family in Jiangcheng is about right. We can start harvesting now."
Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside the door.
"Master, there is an emergency."
A hint of displeasure flashed across the old man's face.
"What's wrong? Why are you so hasty?"
The visitor stood awkwardly at the doorway, not daring to cross the threshold without the old man's permission.
The old man calmed himself down before speaking, "Cai Xu, come in."
The man was in his thirties, dressed simply, and looked honest and simple, like an ordinary migrant worker.
"Master, something unexpected has happened at the Xia family in Jiangcheng."
Cai Xu hurriedly reported to his superior.
The old man's expression hardened slightly, but he did not appear flustered.
"What exactly is the situation?"
Seeing that the old man was already impatient, Cai Xu quickly replied, "The true daughter of the Xia family in Jiangcheng has returned."
Upon hearing this, the old man suddenly stood up.
"How is that possible? Three months ago, I clearly predicted that her life was over."
The old man frowned, his left index finger repeatedly tapping the joints of his other fingers. After a moment of calculation, he said firmly, "That's right, Xia Xue's life ended three months ago. There's absolutely no mistake about that."
Cai Xu was also somewhat bewildered.
"Is this Xia Xue a fake?"
Even the Xia family can make a mistake in recognizing their true daughter?
That can't be right.
With so many procedures and verifications involved, if things still go wrong, the Xia family would have gone bankrupt long ago, not even waiting for them to reap the rewards.
The old man also thought of this. He paced back and forth, calculating as he went, shaking his head repeatedly, his tone full of confusion.
"But the divination shows that Xia Xue's fate has indeed come to an end. Strange, where exactly did things go wrong?"
The old man was completely baffled.
This was the first time Cai Xu had seen the old man like this, and he became even more nervous.
"Master, even if the real daughter comes back, she should be alright, right?"
After all, she was just an eighteen-year-old girl who had not received any elite education. Compared with Xia Jue and Xia Yao, two favored daughters of heaven, she was far inferior in terms of ability and experience.
I don't think it's a big deal.
The old man stopped and glanced at Cai Xu with disdain.
"Fool! What do you know? The Xia family has a 30-year period of great fortune. The first ten years depend on Xia Jun, the middle ten years depend on Shen Weiyi, and the last ten years depend on Xia Xue. If we want to take over the Xia family, the first step is to cut off the Xia family's last ten years of great fortune. Otherwise, no matter how we operate, if we go against the great fortune, we will not succeed. If we cause a backlash, we will only face death."
The old man glanced at Cai Xu sideways: "What, do you want to die?"
Cai Xu's face showed terror, and he waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "No, no, I don't want to die."
The old man seemed to realize something and let out a heavy sigh.
"It seems that I have been too ruthless in reaping the benefits over the years, and now humanity is turning against me. My fate has arrived."
Upon hearing this, Cai Xu's expression of terror deepened.
"Master, what... what should we do?"
The old man quickly composed himself, gave Cai Xu a cold glance, and said, "What can we do? Our calamity has come; there's no escaping it. We can only face it head-on. If we overcome it, the future will be bright; if we don't, well, it will all vanish like smoke."
Cai Xu looked bewildered.
Is it really impossible to even dodge?
The old man said sharply to Cai Xu, "These words, once spoken by me and heard by you, I don't want a third person to know. Do you understand?"
Cai Xu shivered and quickly assured loudly, "Yes, Master."
The old man stared intently at Cai Xu for a long time before finally looking away.
"Get ready, we need to resort to extraordinary measures."
The previous harvesting was all done using normal business methods.
Go with the flow.
The harvest is complete.
The process went very smoothly, even somewhat uneventfully.
On the contrary, the preparation stage is extremely tedious, and no detail can be overlooked.
"Extraordinary measures..."
What extraordinary measures?
Cai Xu's eyes were filled with confusion.
"Cai Xu, contact the underworld. This time, we're going to issue a red list."
Previously, they only posted blacklists.
They were doing things that didn't involve taking lives, but were illegal.
The red list is meant to show red.
All of these were life-threatening requests.
Cai Xuqian swallowed, moved his lips as if to say something to persuade him, but when he looked up and saw the old man's sinister eyes, he immediately came to his senses and quickly said loudly, "Yes, Master, I'll go right away."
After Cai Xu left, the old man burned incense and prayed for a while. Then, with a solemn expression, he took out his treasured tortoise shell, took out the copper coins he had painstakingly prepared from the box, and cast a divination for himself.
"A comet passes by, causing unpredictable events; one can only seek the truth through one's own heart."
The old man sighed, looking at the blackened, cracked tortoise shell and the blackened copper coins. He slowly got up, looked at the starry sky, and sighed deeply.
"The Dao heart?"