“What’s going on?” Uriel walked in, looking embarrassed.
“Mr. Foley, the phone ran out of battery, so it naturally shut down…” Kelvin trailed off.
Did Cheyenne hear the last thing he said just now?
“What kind of crappy phone is this? It runs out of battery at the most crucial moment. Just throw it in the trash can.”
Uriel was speechless.
It took him a month’s salary to buy it.
Besides, they had been stuck in the village for almost two days. The fact that the phone could hold on until now was already quite commendable.
In just one day, there had been earth-shattering changes in this small village.
But for Makhi, it was like doomsday had arrived.
In order to curry favor with the village chief and the witch, he didn’t hesitate to kill his own sister with his own hands.
As a result, the village chief died, the witch fled, and he was about to be arrested and thrown into prison.
After plotting for years, he watched as his plans were about to succeed, only to find that it was all in vain.
The sun would shatter illusions as soon as it rose, and reality was so cruel.
“Rosa… I’m sorry.” He didn’t even have the money to build her a decent grave, so he hastily dug a hole in front of his house and buried her under a tree.
When the police came to arrest him, Makhi didn’t resist at all.
With handcuffs on, he suddenly bowed respectfully to Alisha as he passed by her.
His action puzzled Alisha; she thought there might be some trickery involved and tactically stepped back.
“What are you doing?” She didn’t recognize Makhi.
Makhi spoke with the utmost sincerity, “Officer, could you please do me a favor?”
Alisha, seeing that he didn’t intend to attack her, lowered her guard.
“What do you need?” she asked.
Makhi turned to look at his sister’s grave and said, “My sister’s dying wish was to have a white dress.”
“I still have some money, but I won’t have the chance to give her the gift myself. Could you please help me with this, officer?”
He chose Alisha because she was the only female officer present.
“I see. No problem.” If it was the dying wish of a deceased, she had no reason to refuse.
“Alright, I promise you.”
“No need, I’ve already bought the dress.” At that moment, a sweet and delicate voice sounded from behind everyone.
A beautiful little girl, dressed in a simple white dress, walked slowly towards them.
With round, fair cheeks, eyes brighter than gems, and a delicate nose under which lay soft, crimson lips, she looked like a loli straight out of a manga, despite her young age.
Alisha was astonished. “You… are the little beggar?”
She couldn’t believe the girl seemed totally different after the latter washed her face and changed her clothes.
Cheche nodded proudly, her eyes full of amusement at Alisha’s surprise.
“Yes, I’m Cheche. Aunt Alisha, don’t be so surprised. I’ll look even prettier when I grow up.”
Alisha’s lips twitched slightly at her words. Why wasn’t this child modest at all?
“Be modest.”
“Aunt Alisha, you should be modest with your gaze towards Uncle Uriel,” Cheche replied saucily, causing Alisha’s ears to turn red as she glanced around for Uriel’s figure.
He happened to be looking over.
Their eyes met, and only embarrassment ensued.
Alisha was afraid that Cheche would say something even more outrageous, so she quickly interrupted her.
“At your young age, what do you understand? Give me the dress, don’t talk nonsense.”
She and Uriel were just business partners.
From his reaction just now, it was obvious he wasn’t interested in her.
This inevitably made Alisha feel a bit disappointed. If she were to express her feelings, she might be rejected as well.
Uriel, on the other hand, looked utterly dumbfounded. They had been partners for a few days, ostensibly as siblings. But in reality, they would bicker whenever they met. He thought she behaved like that because she disliked him.
“Perhaps Cheche was just talking nonsense, impossible… absolutely impossible.”
He already owed Julia, he couldn’t harm anyone else in this lifetime.
In the end, Cheche burned the white dress in front of Rosa’s grave in front of Makhi.
The tall man over 1. 8 meters tall suddenly cried with snot and tears, disregarding his image.
“Thank you, thank you, little sister… What’s your name? I will definitely repay you in the future.”
Cheche didn’t even look at him. The reason she bought this dress was out of sympathy for the little girl who was only thirteen and was killed by her own brother.
Otherwise, does this beast who killed his own sister deserve it?
“You don’t have to thank me later, you have the opportunity now.”
“Ah?”
Makhi had never met someone as straightforward as her before.
“What do you need me to do, tell me, I’ll do my best to help you.”
Cheche clapped the dust off her hands, stood up from the ground, and walked slowly towards him.
Her gaze was sharp, nothing like that of a little girl.
“I’m asking you, do you know the identity of the group of people who appeared at the Magic Temple last night?”
Those people were all dressed in suits, with a cloud pattern tattooed on their arms.
“Well…”
Makhi’s hesitant expression made Cheche conclude that he definitely knew something, so she continued to press him.
“If you tell me now, it might lighten your punishment a bit. Think carefully about whether you want to speak or not.”
He didn’t speak, hoping that one day Kiara would come back and start anew.
But Cheche’s words shattered the illusion in his heart.
“A nationwide arrest warrant was issued against Kiara. Even if she escapes abroad, we can extradite her legally, so what are you waiting for?”
Only then did Makhi reveal what he knew.
“I, I only know that they came yesterday. I heard the man behind the scenes was a foreigner, and the village chief respected him.”
“I remember I accidentally saw the village chief hiding gold bars, he had a lot of money transactions with that person.”
Being someone like him, with no special status in the village, naturally had limited knowledge.
Cheche didn’t press him further.
“Alright, I got it, you can go.”
“Thank you, thank you.”
The group of black-clad people last night obviously came for the Golden Silkworm Magic.
Now that the Golden Silkworm Magic had been eaten by Kelvin, those people might come looking for trouble again.
It’s not safe here anymore, Cheche thought it would be better to persuade Kelvin to leave as soon as possible.
In fact, Kelvin’s thoughts coincided surprisingly with hers. He also planned to handle the discharge procedures and return to Akloit tomorrow.
Before leaving, Kelvin asked if she wanted to go back with him, but Cheche shook her head and refused.
“Uncle Foley, don’t you think I look familiar?”
It’s more than that, she’s practically a spitting image of Cheyenne from childhood.
Kelvin asked tentatively.
“Are you my sister-in-law?”