Chapter 218: Someone Like Us

Editor: Millman97

"Now speak, why did you help Yun Ruobing steal my design?" interrogated Xinghe, as she took a step forward and looked down at him.

Ee Chen raised his head to look at her. He pointed at Xia Zhi and Xiao Mo. "I will tell you everything after you have them removed from this room."

"Looks like you still need to be taught a lesson..." Xia Zhi raised his arm ready to launch another series of punches but Xinghe stopped him, saying, "Wait for me outside."

Xia Zhi was shocked. "Sis, you can鈥檛 agree to his demand. What if he attacks you after we鈥檙e gone?"

Xiao Mo was equally concerned. "He鈥檚 right, Miss Xia. It鈥檚 too dangerous to leave you alone with him."

Xinghe shook her head. "He won鈥檛 harm me. Please wait for me outside."

"But..."

"It鈥檒l be fine," Xinghe was unmovable in her determination. Xiao Mo and Xia Zhi knew they couldn鈥檛 convince her otherwise so they left.

However, they didn鈥檛 dare venture far from the basement entrance. In fact, they stuck their ears against the door, keeping tab on what was happening within just so they could jump out if the situation demanded it.

However, Xinghe and Ee Chen spoke at such a low volume that they could barely hear anything.

Xinghe pulled out a chair and said, "It鈥檚 time for you to come clean. If you can鈥檛 give me a satisfactory reason, I have to warn you because I have many ways I can make your life hell." Her words were as mellow as usual but there was an oppressing threat behind them.

Ee Chen climbed up with the aid of a chair which he later laid his body out on. He didn鈥檛 answer Xinghe immediately. Instead he inspected his bruised face, complaining, "If I knew you guys who do such a thing to my face, I wouldn鈥檛 have stayed behind voluntarily. Damn my conscience to hell."

"So, you admit you鈥檝e sinned?"

Ee Chen deflected her question with one of his own, "How did you know it was me who stole your design for Yun Ruobing?"

"Because everything was simply too convenient. She finished her design the same time I did? Preposterous! Furthermore, I don鈥檛 have faith in her capability to be able to even finish the design to begin with."

"Ouch, that burn! But you鈥檙e right, she couldn鈥檛 have finished the design on her own," Ee Chen joked trying to lighten the mood.

"I鈥檓 not here for chit-chat, get to the point and quick!" Xinghe narrowed her eyes at him, shutting him down effectively.

Ee Chen鈥檚 expression turned severe and he finally said, "Yun Ruobing is someone like us!"

Xinghe was taken by surprise but she quickly regained her senses. "So what?"

"She has in her possession something crucial to understanding our identity so I鈥檝e been trying to get my hands on it. She sought me out earlier, tasking me with stealing your design. If she鈥檚 satisfied with my work, she鈥檒l give me the thing I want as exchange."

Xinghe stared cautiously at him as if trying to gauge whether he was lying before asking, "What thing?"

Ee Chen reverted to his usual leisurely self. He replied with a smile, "To be honest, I have no idea what it really is either but I know you also have one of them."

Xinghe was once again taken by surprise.

"I鈥檒l admit it, I also have one of them. Not only that, other people beside the three of us have them too. Only after we collect all of them can we know what their actual purpose is."

Ee Chen seemed to be speaking in riddles but Xinghe understood him perfectly.

"Who else?" she asked calmly.

"Can鈥檛 say for sure, so far I鈥檝e only located you and Yun Ruobing. I will tell you if I manage to identify others."

"Where is the thing you speak of, hand it over--" Xinghe stretched out her hand but Ee Chen shook his head. "No, can鈥檛 do. Finders keepers, so the one I have and the one I got are staying with me. But I wouldn鈥檛 worry if I were you because eventually I will need to come back to you. You know I鈥檓 not good enough to understand the mystery behind them anyway. I suspect only you can crack the mystery so just consider that I鈥檓 keeping them on your behalf for now. Trust me - because I assure you I will take good care of them."