A Big Shot's Woman Is Wild and Fierce

Chapter 484: Close to the Truth of the Year

“Divine doctor, about my master’s condition…”

“There’s no need for introductions; I can diagnose him myself.” Wen Xin spoke coldly as she continued upstairs, showing her distaste for the woman’s voice.

Wen Xin’s aloof demeanor reduced Guo Yutong’s suspicions somewhat, lending her the aura of an otherworldly expert, which seemed fitting for a divine doctor.

Guo Yutong led Wen Xin to Aiden’s door and opened it for her but did not enter with her.

“Inside is my master; he’s quite irritable lately. Our young master isn’t home, and I dare not go in. You can go in alone if that’s convenient.”

Upon hearing Guo Yutong’s invitation to enter alone, Wen Xin glanced inside. The heavy curtains blocked all external light, making it impossible to see the room’s interior clearly.

However, the fact that the woman didn’t enter with her was a plus for Wen Xin, who had some questions for Aiden that would be better asked without an audience.

Pretending to hesitate, Wen Xin then nodded, pulled out her phone, turned on the flashlight, and walked into the musty bedroom.

Using the flashlight, Wen Xin located the wall switch, instantly brightening the room.

Observing the room’s disarray, Wen Xin frowned involuntarily. It seemed she had been mistaken; Aiden did not appear to have come to this place willingly.

At that moment, only one thought occupied her mind: Aiden must have been brought here forcibly by Geng Zewei, but what was Geng Zewei’s purpose?

“Who is it? Get out.”

Just then, a hoarse voice came from the bed. Wen Xin approached Aiden cautiously, and upon seeing the man in the bed, her icy gaze flickered with surprise, “Burke?”

Hearing someone call him by his real name, the man lying on the bed suddenly opened his eyes, looking at the figure in black standing before him, his expression filled with confusion.

“Who are you? How do you know I’m Burke?”

Aiden struggled to rise from the bed, but his hands and feet were bound, leaving him no chance to move freely.

“Release me, tell me how you know I’m Burke? I haven’t heard that name in fifteen or sixteen years. Are you from Beijing? Do you know me?”

Aiden lay on the bed, tilting his head, his eyes dimly fixed on Wen Xin as if trying to see beyond her disguise to her true face.

Wen Xin stood silently by the bed, observing the man’s struggles. She felt that some of her doubts were about to be resolved.

Deep in her memory, Wen Xin recalled a conversation between her parents.

She had been sitting in the car’s back seat, listening to them. They couldn’t understand how the research institute’s findings had ended up in the Independent State, how Tan Mingyao’s identity had been exposed, or how Zhao Hongzhong had died in the laboratory.

Now, seeing Burke, Wen Xin knew the answer. This man, her father’s most trusted confidant and former right-hand man…

Her parents never imagined they would die by his hand.

“You have another identity, don’t you? The leader of the Shadow Alliance, Aiden?”

Wen Xin tightly clenched her fists in her pockets, trying hard to control her emotions. She reminded herself that she couldn’t let this man die before she had cleared up the matter.

Aiden seemed to have exhausted his energy from struggling and now lay quietly, his dim eyes watching Wen Xin. His voice was hoarse, tinged with a faint plea.

“Let me go, and I will tell you whatever you want to know. You are the first person in fifteen years to uncover my identity. You must be from Beijing, right?”

Aiden’s plea had no effect on Wen Xin. Her mind was in turmoil as she struggled to suppress her urge to end his life, yet he still wanted to trick her into letting him go. What a dream.

“Just answer my questions. Why did you betray Wen Moqian back then? Why did you kill Zhao Hongzhong in the lab? Why did you murder Tan Mingyao? You had already taken what you wanted. Why couldn’t you leave them alone? They were innocent!”

Wen Xin’s eyes were bloodshot, the fury nearly bursting from her.

Her cap was pulled down low, hiding her angry expression from Aiden, but he could feel the rage emanating from her.

“Innocent? You’re right, they were innocent, but they deserved to die. If they had handed over the things to me earlier, none of them would have died!”

Aiden lay back, his gaze averted from Wen Xin, seemingly lost in his memories, quietly lying on the bed.

“Betray the master? He doesn’t deserve to be called a master. All he cared about was his research. We followed him because of his esteemed status, thinking it would ensure the best development for our families.”

“But he dragged us to this wretched place, promising that once the research was successful, it would transform the Independent State.”

“We finally saw the results, but then he regretted it. He didn’t want to hand over the research to the Independent State, saying it would disrupt the world’s balance.”

“However, what the Independent State wants isn’t balance, but supreme prestige, to be revered by the world. This was the rule set down by our ancestors, and yet he wanted to break it with his own power.”

“He was always dreaming, but I didn’t want to dream with him. I wanted discovery, the strength of our family, to be revered.”

“He couldn’t give me what I wanted, so I had to take it myself! Young man, do you understand this?”

Wen Xin kept her gaze lowered as she listened to Aiden. She tried to calm herself, waiting for him to continue.

“Since you’ve succeeded in your research, why did you come back to kill people?”

“Kill? Ha, if I hadn’t killed them, I would be the one dead. Zhao Hongzhong saw me stealing the data. He was so agitated that he threatened to tell the master…”

“The data hadn’t reached the Independent State yet; how could I let the master know I had stolen it? Of course, I had to kill him.”

“As for Tan Mingyao, he was too stubborn. If he had given me the data earlier, he might not have had to die, and neither would the master and his wife, or that little girl…”

“But even if they hadn’t died then, others wouldn’t have let them go. I just did what everyone else wanted to do. Hahahaha.”