Mr.CEO’s Ex-wife Escapes Again
Chapter 393: Not Hiding Anymore

Chapter 393: Chapter 393: Not Hiding Anymore

That evening, the children were delighted to see the old butler, and they swarmed around him, clamoring to be held and told stories.

The old butler’s eyes were reddened the whole night through.

He thought that if Xiahou Yi were here, perhaps he would be even happier.

In the deep silence of the night, after the children had fallen asleep, the old butler finally sat on the sofa in the quiet living room and began to speak of events that happened three months ago.

"At that time, not long after you left, he collapsed. I wanted to take him to the hospital, but he refused. He said that if he went to the hospital, it would certainly attract a lot of attention, and news would eventually reach your ears, so he decided against it,"

As the old butler spoke these words, even after three months, his old eyes moistened anew.

Yin Hehe didn’t speak.

She turned her head to look at the man sitting beside her and saw that he too showed little expression, yet his lips were pursed into a tightly drawn, pale line.

"Afterward, I respected his wishes and didn’t take him to the hospital. Just three days later, he passed away suddenly in that little wooden cabin."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Yin Hehe couldn’t control herself, and her hand, while pouring water for the old man, trembled in midair.

She thought about how lonely Xiahou Yi must have been in that little wooden cabin during those three days.

After all, he had led an extraordinary life, famous from a young age, and many people saw him as a role model. As he grew older, his political influence established an era of peace and prosperity, where the people lived comfortably and contentedly.

So many people looked up to him!

Yet in the end, when he was about to leave this world, aside from this old butler, there wasn’t a single person to see him off.

A heavy weight seemed to press on Yin Hehe’s chest, a mix of guilt and sorrow that almost made it hard for her to breathe.

Sheng Siyuan, from his slightly pallid face, also didn’t seem to be in good spirits.

"And then what?" After a long pause, he actually asked another question.

On hearing this, the old butler immediately looked up at him, tears welling up even more in his reddened eyes.

"Then he instructed me that after his death, I should not make a big display or return to the capital for the funeral. He asked me to have his body cremated and his ashes scattered in the sea."

"Why did he insist on scattering his ashes in the sea? If he just wanted to avoid fanfare, we could have handled it quietly. Now there isn’t even a place for us to pay our respects,"

As Yin Hehe listened, she looked at the man beside her and finally couldn’t help but ask.

The old butler shook his head: "He said he didn’t need any of that. He had lived his whole life for the sake of the world, and after his death, he didn’t want even his ashes to cause people hardship or waste."

"..."

For a long time, Yin Hehe sat in front of the old man, so shocked she couldn’t utter a single word.

Causing hardship and waste?

So, the old man had thought that, if his ashes remained on land, with the current unstable situation, would someone in the capital use this to make a statement?

If that’s the case, his scattering his ashes into the sea wasn’t for the sake of their couple alone.

Rather, it was for the sake of all the common people.

Yin Hehe felt incredibly narrow-minded; in that moment, she sat there consumed by a deep sense of unworthiness.

Sheng Siyuan beside her must have felt the same way.

After sitting quietly for a while, the old butler suddenly took out a small box from inside his clothes.

"Young Master, this is something the old general asked me to give to you before he passed away. He said that you wouldn’t accept anything else from him, so consider this a keepsake,"

He handed over the item while speaking with choked emotion.

Yin Hehe looked over.

But she discovered that inside the box that had been opened, there were two estate deeds. One was for the imperial capital’s royal residence, and the other was the Shen family ancestral home, which had been forcibly taken over last year when they were in the imperial capital and Sheng Siyuan had yet to recover.

Yin Hehe: "..."

These two items were indeed just trinkets to Xiahou Yi.

However, the fact that he remembered the ancient house by the lake—which was Sheng Siyuan’s favorite—also proved that it was something he held dear.

Sheng Siyuan also looked at it for a long time before he reached out and took it.

Yin Hehe: "The old general is really muddleheaded. At such an old age, why would he still think like this? If we had any grudges with him, we wouldn’t have gone to Chongzhou to see him three months ago."

The old butler: "Alas..."

A long sigh conveyed the old man’s helplessness quite clearly.

"What’s the situation in the imperial capital now?"

Sheng Siyuan had originally seemed ready to go to sleep after receiving the items, but he showed no intention of getting up at all.

Upon hearing this, Yin Hehe immediately looked at him, her expression a mix of surprise and delight.

She had never opposed his involvement in the affairs of the imperial capital because he was inherently a part of the situation. Sometimes, simply refusing to acknowledge or distancing oneself doesn’t really sever ties with it.

The old butler’s eyes also brightened.

"According to the old general’s arrangement, the person currently in power at the Pentagon Building is still Chu Fengcheng, which means it still involves the Xiahou family and is beneficial to the family."

"And then?"

"After the old general died, the situation for the Xiahou family turned very bad. Three months ago, Xiahou Shaojie of the fourth brother’s branch died in the Drug Rehabilitation Center, and three months later, the third brother’s business was sabotaged from head to toe. Now, the only one left with some vitality is the fifth brother’s branch."

The old butler detailed the current situation of the Xiahou family in the imperial capital.

As he spoke of the fifth brother’s family, his expression was grave.

After all, with Xiahou Yi around, the fifth and sixth brothers’ families had a rather low profile. The fifth brother was an utterly ordinary person who had two daughters.

And the sixth brother?

Despite having a son, he was just in high school. What could they hope for?

Yin Hehe also listened with furrowed brows.

"What about Xiahou Maolin? Isn’t he still there? His wife is Chu Feng’e, sister of Chu Fengcheng. Can’t she protect the people of the Xiahou family?"

She asked.

To her surprise, however, as soon as these words fell, she saw the old butler scoff: "Her? She’s probably the one who most wishes the Xiahou family dead, isn’t she?"

Yin Hehe: "..."

That’s right, she had forgotten that this woman’s two sons were dead, one of whom was personally killed by Xiahou Yi.

Moreover, after Xiahou Maolin’s incident, Xiahou Yi, in his anger, never intervened on his behalf.

So now it wasn’t strange for her to be filled with resentment.

That night, in the darkened bedroom.

"Husband, if we go by what the old butler said, is Chu Fengcheng the one targeting the Xiahou family in the imperial capital now?"

Yin Hehe, who was lying in the man’s embrace with no intention of sleeping, anxiously inquired as she looked at the moonlight streaming in through the window.