The Devil who devoured Snow White

Chapter 233 - Arachnid

To think that their enemies would be one step ahead of them. Someone must have been waiting in the shadows, ready to kill those men if ever their mission failed.

"Were you able to capture that person's face?" Xia Liqin asked him. The surveillance should be able to capture it unless…

"No, I wasn't since the man was wearing a face mask. The car that the man took from the parking lot didn't have a plate number," Sebby informed him.

Lu Mengjie suddenly felt dizzy, her body swayed for a second but she was able to maintain her balance when she held her brother's arm as support.

"Jiejie, you need to get some rest." He helped her back to her chair. "I think you should just go home tonight."

She shook her head. "I need to stay beside him. What if another person disguised himself and attacked Liwei while I was away? If those men died while being guarded, how much more my husband?"

Xia Liqin couldn't argue back with his sister since he knew that she was not entirely wrong.

Just when Lu Mengjie thought that they lost their leads, she recalled something. Xue Lihua was the woman who contacted Wei Sianqi, right? She was the one who tipped her so… she knew the person behind the attack. Her instincts were telling her that it was not Si Guanlin who ordered the attack. Si Guanlin was crueler, he wouldn't attack if he knew that he would fail. Aside from that, he wouldn't want Yong Liwei to doubt him since he was supposed to be working under him. 

"Qinqing, I need you to do something for me."

…

Meanwhile, Wei Sianqi was in the room where Spider was. Since he was one of Yong Liwei's men, he was the person who dropped and picked her up from school. She easily became his friend and since then, they became each other's sworn siblings. Yong Liwei was the man who gave her a family to belong to so her loyalty has always been with him.

Spider was a short man with a small build, he had the same height as Wei Sianqi and his companions would usually tease him because of his short height but his small build enabled him to have greater physical abilities than the others. He was the fastest and most flexible among Yong Liwei's men. Just like a spider, he had great reflexes.

"How are you feeling, gege?" She asked as she sat on the chair beside his bed.

The man remained quiet, unlike his usual bubbly personality. Wei Sianqin could tell that he was feeling terrible. Who wouldn't? He was supposed to protect his master and yet, he failed to do so. 

She reached out and gently held his hand to comfort him. What made her wonder was how did the enemy manage to catch Spider off-guard? Even with his happy-go-lucky personality, he was a man who never trusted strangers. Aside from that, she knew that even if he was ambushed, he should be able to fight back. He once protected her from thugs so she knew that Spider was a skilled martial artist.

"Gege, what happened?"

She finally saw a reaction from him when he lifted his gaze to her. "Acari appeared."

Wei Sianqi looked at him in confusion. "Acari?"

"Do you remember what I've told you before about Ms. Chen Yuyan?"

She nodded and waited for him to continue.

"Ms. Chen gathered people from Azure. Scorpion and I were one of them. Our group was called Arachnid. We were separated into 4 divisions. Scorpion and I were chosen as one of the leaders of those divisions. The other two were Acari and Opoliones," he explained. "After Ms. Chen died, we disbanded."

"But you and Scorpion-ge followed Mr. Yong, right?" She released his hand and cupped her chin as she tried to think about it. "You said that Acari appeared… So does that mean that… that person betrayed you?"

"I need to speak to Mr. Yong about this." He tried to get up.

"He is still unconscious, gege." She stood from her seat and stopped him from sitting up. "You need to rest first or else your wound might open."

"This is important, Sianqi."

"It may be important but as long as Mr. Yong is still unconscious, you wouldn't be able to tell him this." She took out her phone. "But you can inform brother Scorpion."

"No, I need to inform Mr. Yong first!" he insisted.

"Then you will have to wait until he wakes up."

His lips were stretched into a thin line as he finally gave up from trying to get up. She was right, he would still need to wait for his boss to wake up.

Wei Sianqi finally sighed finally calmed down. It really must be urgent if he was panicking this way. She gently stroked his head to relax him further. "Everything will be fine, gege. We're going to protect Mr. Yong so don't worry, okay?"

He looked at her for a while before he once again opened his mouth. "You really are like my sister…"

She chuckled softly and joked, "maybe I really am your sister?"

His gaze softened. "That would be great. Thank you, Sianqi…"

She blinked a few times. "For what?"

Instead of answering her, Spider closed his eyes without saying another word. 

Wei Sianqi didn't say anything as well. She knew that he needed to get some rest especially after what happened.

After staying for a few more minutes, she decided to leave. Upon coming out of the room, she saw Xia Liqin, leaning against the wall while he waited for her.

"Let's go home?" She asked with a small smile.

"Hn." He straightened his back and began walking ahead of her.

"Wait for me!" She jogged to catch up to him and when she did, she wrapped her arms around his.

Xia Liqin stopped when she began clinging around his arm. He turned to her with a frown. "Let go."

"Na-uh. You're my boyfriend now so it's only normal for us to do this." She looked at him with an adorable grin as she tightened her hold around his arm, refusing to let go.

His brow twitched. No one had been this clingy to him even his sister so what gave her the right to do so?

"Come, come." She dragged him this time.