My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 365: Releasing News Before Fleeing

Chapter 365: Chapter 365: Releasing News Before Fleeing

"She really needs to be taught a lesson, scared the hell out of me."

Zhou Xianren, infuriated, flung open the bedroom door, ready to settle a score with Wang Zhiling.

However, upon entering, both Zhou Xianren and Zhou Haotian were dumbstruck.

Staring at the empty hall, Zhou Xianren shook his head vigorously, saying uncertainly:

"We didn’t walk into the wrong place, did we?"

"We must not have; the key did open the door!" Zhou Haotian also looked utterly confused, and he rushed toward the safe immediately, then cried out with ashen face:

"It’s over, that woman took off with all the assets, we’ve been played."

"Impossible, she wouldn’t dare." Zhou Xianren quickly shook his head and hurried to the second floor.

"Ah!"

Just as Zhou Haotian was calling Wang Zhiling, Zhou Xianren let out a scream.

"Dad, what happened?"

Zhou Haotian was startled and then saw Zhou Xianren tumbling down the stairs, his hands covered in blood.

"Hiss hiss."

Zhou Haotian took in a sharp breath, "You... you didn’t kill her, did you?"

"I didn’t kill her, she was dead by the time I entered the room!"

Zhou Xianren hastily wiped the blood from his hands, his face ashen as he said, "We’re finished now."

"Dead? What about the assets registered in her name?"

Zhou Haotian’s face also turned pale, looking around the empty room, "And the assets we transferred over here, where did they go?"

"You ask me, who do I ask?" Zhou Xianren cursed irritably and gritted his teeth, saying:

"Although she was my woman, we never registered our marriage, so the assets under her name...it doesn’t count as marital property, and now..."

Before Zhou Xianren could finish, a series of loud police sirens were heard from outside.

Next door, Shen Yan sat in a room stuffed with valuable items, coldly sipping red wine pilfered from Zhou Xianren’s house, stroking the little pet in her arms, and coldly said:

"Dare to hurt my pet, I will not only take your life but also leave you with nothing."

When Tang Ming, laden with big and small bags, returned to his doorstep with the two women, he saw a swarm of police surrounding the villa opposite.

"What’s going on there, eh? Isn’t that the home of that she-wolf, why are there so many police?"

Li Xiaoli, puzzled, looked across the street and asked.

"It’s got nothing to do with us; can we go home and eat first?"

Tang Ming, with numb legs, wailed pitifully: "I’m hungry!"

"It’s Sister Lin Xue, look, it’s Sister Lin Xue!" Li Xiaoli suddenly saw a familiar figure, pulled Liu Mengting along, and scampered over.

"Can’t we go home first?"

Tang Ming howled miserably but had no choice but to follow, the more people, the more he needed to ensure Liu Mengting’s safety.

"Did you go shopping?"

Seeing Tang Ming and the two women, Lin Xue asked in surprise.

"Yes, yes, what happened here, why are there so many police officers?" Li Xiaoli inquisitively asked.

"There’s been a murder inside, the female owner of this villa has been killed." Lin Xue said, her expression solemn as she explained:

"The murderer’s methods were extremely brutal; it’s highly likely that a Martial Artist did it. They first killed the guard dogs and then broke in to murder and rob."

"So ruthless, huh?" Li Xiaoli leaned toward Tang Ming and said fearfully,

"Brother Tang Ming, our community isn’t safe either. You must protect Meng Meng and me."

"It is indeed unsafe."

Liu Mengting also nodded repeatedly, feeling frightened by the death that had occurred so close to her.

But Tang Ming furrowed his brows, puzzled:

"The security in this community is very tight; the killer must be very bold. And the victim seems to be Zhou Xianren’s mistress. How could..."

At this thought, Tang Ming suddenly felt alarmed. Could it be that the Zhou Family’s enemies had begun to take their revenge?

"Has the murderer been caught?" Tang Ming quickly looked at Lin Xue and asked.

"Not yet, but the surveillance footage confirms that the suspects are Zhou Xianren and his son Zhou Haotian."

Lin Xue spoke with a grave face. As Zhou Xianren and Zhou Haotian were celebrities in Songlan City, she recognized the father and son from the surveillance video at a glance.

"The Zhou father and son?"

The trio, including Tang Ming, were astonished, unable to comprehend the motive for the murder.

"Yes, once my colleague has finished collecting fingerprints and blood samples, we’ll be able to confirm whether they are the killers," Lin Xue said with determination, nodding her head.

"Then we won’t disturb you any longer. I’m starving and need to eat."

Although they were baffled as to why the Zhou father and son would commit murder, Tang Ming wasn’t interested in such matters. After bidding farewell, he took the two women and headed home.

The disheveled Zhou father and son fled the villa community in a sorry state. Behind the villa was a desolate mountain, and for a time, the police couldn’t find them.

"What on earth is going on, how could Wang Zhiling, a decent woman, suddenly be killed for no reason?"

After running for a while, Zhou Haotian supported himself on a large tree, panting and grumbling despairingly.

"That woman was arrogant and overbearing; it’s easy for her to offend people. Her death doesn’t matter, but what kills me is that we lost the fortune I’ve painstakingly gathered!"

Zhou Xianren sat on a rock, grinding his teeth and said, "And all those properties registered in her name, now they’re all gone to waste."

"What I’m afraid of is that it’s the Zhou Family’s enemies seeking revenge. They probably meant to kill us, but instead, they killed Wang Zhiling."

Zhou Haotian muttered, still shaken by the thought.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xianren’s expression shifted, then he said reassuringly, "If that’s really the case, then it’s good she died; she took the disaster that was meant for us."

"What should we do now?" Zhou Haotian anxiously looked at Zhou Xianren,

"The police will soon think we killed Wang Zhiling, and I bet it won’t be long before they issue a warrant for us, right?"

"What’s there to be afraid of! We were already planning to leave the country. It was just that it was inconvenient to transfer those assets, so we had to wait for Haomin to send someone to move them. Now that it’s all gone, we might as well leave unburdened."

Zhou Xianren said, trying to console himself, even though he was very distressed by the loss.

"But that was a lot of money." Zhou Haotian bit his lip unwillingly.

"As long as the green hills are there, there’s no fear of no firewood. At least we can save the money that was originally intended for Wang Zhiling," Zhou Xianren said with a cruel smile, gritting his teeth,

"Let’s go. We’ll leave Songlan City immediately. Before we go, I want to spread the news that the old man is near death. That’ll divert those enemies from troubling us to the Zhou Family instead, letting them settle the score with Zhou’s people."

"Good idea, let the Zhou Family attract all the attention, then no one will pay attention to us."

Zhou Haotian nodded repeatedly, and then the father and son continued to flee, supporting each other.

Early the next day, the news of the Zhou Family patriarch’s critical illness spread throughout Songlan City, and the Zhou father and son who spread the news had already gone on the run.