Chapter 585 Everything Is Cause and Effect

    bThe /bthin–rimmed sses reflected a blinding gleam; his eyes were like a cold, deste ocean, dark, deep, and chilling to the bone. Jean’s heart gave a sudden jolt. The man didn’t speak; he simply stared at herb. /b

    Then, his gaze shifted. Jean followed it, and what she saw made her blood run cold.

    Siennay on the ground, her face pale, seemingly unconscious. On the other side, her brothers were slumped on the floor, knees bent, heads bowed.

    They looked unconscious too, not a single movement, not even the slightest reaction to the disturbance around them.

    But unlike Sienna, each of them had a cut across their wrist.

    Bright red blood streamed steadily from the wounds, pooling on the ground. The thick stench of it stung Jean’s nose.

    She instinctively staggered back a step, nearly falling over.

    Thankfully, Ludwig caught her.

    “I’m draining their blood.”

    The man’s tone was terrifyingly calm, like he was describing something as ordinary as the weather.

    “Unfortunately, they’re not quite empty yet.”

    He fixed his eyes on Jean, his voice growing eerily soft. “But you’re just in time. I haven’t touched your mother yet,”

    “Now that you’re here, you can watch.”

    Jean clenched her fists. She couldn’t hold it in any longer–her voice cracked as she all but screamed, “Why the hell are you doing this?b” /b

    “What exactly is your reason?”

    She couldn’t understand. iWhat /iikind /iiof /iigrudge /iicould /iithis /iiman /iipossibly /iihave /iiagainst /iithe /iiGinger /iifamily /iito /igo ithis /iifar/ii? /i

    “If you have a problem with the Ginger family,” Jean exhaled, trying to rein in her emotions, “you could’ve said something. We could’ve found a peaceful solution. Why go this far? Why hunt us to extinction?”

    “You already started scheming years ago, you hurt us badly even then,” her voice trembled, “and now you’vee back, even crueler than before. Can I at least know what the Ginger family did to deserve this?”

    She was genuinely curious–and genuinely lost.

    The novel hadn’t gone into detail about this man. Her own memories held nothing useful either.

    She had to know–what was behind this sheer brutality.

    The man pressed his lips together, silent at first. Then he gave a crooked smile, eyes dark and unreadableb, /bas he looked straight at her. “What did the Ginger family do to offend me?b” /b

    He suddenly let out a harshugh; the expression on his bface /btwisted into something grotesque.

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    bChapter /bb585 /bEverything is Cause and Effect

    b“/bEverything bis /bcause and beffect/bb. /bThey’re suffering now because of the sins they bmitted /bbthen- /b

    bHis /bbeyes /blocked onto hers. After a moment of silence, his lips parted, whether he was bconfessing /bbior /i/bining was unclear and he began to speak.

    “Long ago, a husband and wife ran arge perfumepany. Business was booming. They bsoon /bbbecame /bleaders in the industry. They worked hard, loved each other deeply, and while managing the business, bthey /braised two children.”

    He looked lost in the memory, his gaze drifting. “They thought that simple, happy life wouldst bforever/bb. /bBut then a powerful conglomerate set its sights on them. This family was steeped in wealth and influence, with ties to almost every industry. At the time, they were looking to break into the perfume business- something they’d never touched before. And naturally, they went straight for the top of the marketb.. /bbthat /bcouple.”

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