As he continued his investigation, Ling Xiao accidentally learned that at the same time Ye Muqing disappeared, the Ye Family in Jinling had also vanished. This came as a great shock to him. What did it mean that the Ye Family had vanished too? Hadn't Ye Muqing merely gone home to visit a sick relative? How could the entire Ye Family have disappeared along with her? An elderly resident living nearby told him that the Ye Family was reasonably well-known locally; though not a top-tier wealthy clan, they possessed considerable strength and were always kind to ordinary people. Yet overnight, the Ye Family seemed to have evaporated into thin air, leaving no one behind to know where they had gone, save for an empty house.
Ling Xiao decided to head immediately to the former residence of the Ye Family to uncover the truth. When he arrived in front of the empty house, an indescribable chill surged into his heart. The once cozy courtyard was now shrouded in an aura of deathly stillness, as if some ominous event had taken place here.
Ling Xiao walked slowly into the courtyard, only to find the flowers and plants growing in wild disarray, devoid of their former vitality. The front door of the house stood half-open, emitting a creaking sound from time to time, as though whispering tales of the past. Cautiously, Ling Xiao pushed the door open, and a stale, aged scent washed over him. The interior was thick with dust, and the tables and chairs were scattered haphazardly, seemingly bearing …
Chapter 47