nChapter 86: I Need You to Help Me Kill Someone

nTranslator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

nXinghe planted herself on a rickety wooden chair, her eyes mild and expression natural.

nIt was as if she wasn't in a house that was practically collapsing upon itself, but a house just like any other.

nXiao Mo saw the composure in her eyes and was calmed by it.

nHe asked the question that was bugging him,

"Who are you and why did you help me?

"

nHe wasn't naïve enough to believe help didn't come with its own condition.

nFurthermore, 20000 RMB was not a small number, it wasn't an amount a person could shrug off unless said person was incredibly rich.

nEven so, rich people didn't do charity for free.

nThey weren't related in any way so there was little chance she was helping him for no reason.

nXinghe didn't care to conceal her intentions, saying,

"My name is Xia Xinghe. I helped you because I need your cooperation.

"

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"My cooperation?

" Xiao Mo was understandably surprised,

"With what?

"

nHe laughed self-deprecatingly, adding,

"Are you sure you've got the right person? I don't think I'm worth all this trouble.

"

nHe wasn't lying. Asset-wise, Xiao Mo was worth zero pennies.

nXinghe fixed him a steadfast gaze, saying,

"Have a little faith in yourself. You are the person I'm looking for. I'm offering you this cooperation because you are the only person that has the skillset that I need.

"

nXiao Mo was confused.

"I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Why don't you lay it out in open? I assure you I'll help if it's within my capacity,

" he commented.

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"I like a man who is straightforward,

" Xinghe praised with a smile.

nXiao Mo replied with slightly upturned lips,

"My life is at a dead-end. I no longer have the energy to play games so I'd rather you get to the point. Don't worry, I'm desperate enough to jump at any reasonable offers.

"

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"But first things first, I will not do anything that violates basic human moral code,

" Xiao Mo stressed, that was the line he wouldn't cross.

nXinghe raised a brow, saying,

"Life already has you by its tenterhooks, what's the point of hanging on to your sense of morality?

"

nXiao Mo frowned, could the cooperation she speaks of really be something immoral?

nThen again, maybe it was his desperation that she was banking on.

nAfter all, a desperate man is a dangerous man.

nHowever, something told Xiao Mo this extraordinary woman before him wouldn't be involved in unscrupulous activities.

nThen again, he had no actual proof other than his intuition…

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"If that's the case, I'm going to have to ask you to leave. You're right, life has me hanging by a thread but I'd rather hang myself with it than do anything that violates human decency,

" Xiao Mo said with determination. It didn't sound like he could be moved.

nXinghe ignored him and took a visual tour of her surroundings.

nHer eyes eventually landed on a wooden bed that was pushed up to the blackened wall.

nThe bed was falling apart from conspicuous scorch signs but had been reinforced using stray wooden planks. Xinghe's attention was fixated on the woman who had shrunk herself into the wall's corner.

nThe woman with messy hair hugged her own knees quietly, staring at the world with a pair of vacant eyes.

nXinghe had been in the room for quite some time now but the woman showed no visible response to her presence. No matter what they discussed, she laid there like a puppet that had lost its puppeteer.

nHer eyes still on the woman, Xinghe asked,

"What if I offer you a life of luxury for your sister on the condition that you help me kill someone. How does that sound?

"

nXiao Mo stared at her with eyes that bulged with surprise…

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