Chapter 1027: The Real Reason

Seeing Luo Wanwan, Li Xiao's expression remained unchanged, though a few more traces of coldness were added to his pitch-black eyes.

"Does the wound still hurt?"

Luo Wanwan stood before Li Xiao, crouched down, and looked at him with a gentle expression.

Li Xiao had also sustained quite a few injuries yesterday, but fortunately, none were serious; although he was tied up here, the wounds on his body had already been treated.

However, it was only after he had been injected with some kind of drug to "force" him to relax that they were "forcibly" treated.

Luo Wanwan raised her fingertips slightly, wanting to touch Li Xiao's wound.

But before she could touch it.

"Don't touch me."

Li Xiao warned in a cold voice, sharp coldness appearing in the depths of his eyes.

Luo Wanwan's movements stiffened, and her hand actually stopped in mid-air just like that.

The garage remained quiet, as if it were a vacuum.

Until someone walked over from outside the door carrying something.

"Sister Wan, the things you wanted."

The person handed a bag to Luo Wanwan, and seeing her take it, they hurriedly turned and left.

Li Xiao still kept that cold-faced expression, seemingly not curious at all about what was in her hand.

Immediately after, the sound of a packaging bag being torn open was heard, and a simple sandwich was brought to his lips.

Luo Wanwan's voice sounded again.

"It's already been a whole night, Li Xiao. I know you're angry, but believe me, these things will pass soon. Eat something first, hmm?"

She spoke gently, her expression as refreshing as a spring breeze, as if nothing had just happened.

Li Xiao remained motionless, his cold eyes sweeping over the food in front of him, but this time he did not remain silent, instead asking in return: "How is Lao Si?"

He and Lao Si were not locked in the same place, but Luo Wanwan had promised yesterday that she would treat his injuries.

Sure enough.

Hearing him speak, Luo Wanwan immediately smiled even more happily and replied:

"Don't worry, I will certainly do what I promised you. I have already had someone treat Fourth Brother's injuries, and he is resting now, but his attitude was really not very cooperative, so he had to be, just like you, given a little...

special treatment."

"You!!!"

Li Xiao's fists tightened violently, but not a shred of strength could be transmitted to his fingertips.

He had undergone training for drug resistance.

But now he could not confirm what exactly Luo Wanwan had injected into his body.

It should be a new type of drug developed by the higher-ups, having an effect similar to a muscle relaxant.

Lao Si still had injuries on his body; if his condition worsened because of these unknown substances...

Li Xiao gritted his teeth, images of several people being injured and sacrificing themselves flashing through his mind, the hatred in his eyes growing thicker.

Seeing him like this, Luo Wanwan's expression changed instantly.

"You hate me, don't you?"

She looked straight into Li Xiao's eyes, the smile on her lips disappearing bit by bit.

Then, she suddenly threw the sandwich in her hand to the side and stood up abruptly!

"Li Xiao, why be so stubborn? Do you know that everything I'm doing is for you! Do you know how long I've been laying out the plans for today? How much I've done in private to hide it from the higher-ups! It's the higher-ups who want to kill you! If you want to survive, you can only rely on me! I am your only straw to clutch at!!!"

She had said these words yesterday.

Her mission was Li Xiao.

Li Xiao had been locked here for an entire night and had finally figured out the key to it all.

But he didn't understand why the higher-ups wanted to kill him for no reason.

"You can't figure it out, can you?"

Luo Wanwan saw the confusion on his face and snorted coldly.

After a pause of a few seconds, she continued.

"Because this is a rule set by the Dark Gate long ago. Every ten years, the higher-ups will purge the leader of the Dark Gate and their close confidants, then replace them with new people. This is to prevent the person sitting in this position from gaining too much power, knowing too much, and winning too much support, making them hard to control. And as for that Shadow Fiend, in a few more years, he will meet the same end as you."

As she spoke, she looked down at Li Xiao from a high position again.

"Li Xiao, do you understand? Sometimes having too much ability is also a fault. What they want is a puppet sitting in the highest position of the Dark Gate, and a puppet does not need to have its own thoughts."

Li Xiao listened quietly, without expressing any opinion.

The doubt in his heart was finally answered.

No wonder...

No wonder he felt that everything was already prepared when he first took over.

Perhaps he had already become a "candidate" in the eyes of those people from the moment he first started his investigation.

But...

"The time hasn't come yet."

Li Xiao spat out these five words indifferently.

It was still far from ten years since he took over the Dark Gate.

The next second—"That's because you did something you shouldn't have done!!!"

Luo Wanwan roared, her eyes suddenly filled with anger and disappointment as she looked at Li Xiao.

"Because you killed Poison Snake! The higher-ups clearly ordered that he must be kept alive. With your strength, if you had spent more time, it wasn't as if you couldn't have captured him! But what did you do? You disregarded all plans for the sake of that Cai Xiaotang! In their eyes, losing your head over a woman and refusing orders is not a good sign..."

"Heh..."

Li Xiao let out a scoff, the expression on his face turning mocking.

"Just because of this? So, you accepted the mission to come and purge me."

He questioned coldly, the syllables of the final two words almost chewed to pieces between his teeth.

"If it was my fault, then what did Lao Wu do wrong? What did Lao San do wrong? They were so good to you, you clearly could have let them go..."

"Why should I have let them go!"

Luo Wanwan knew what Li Xiao wanted to say and interrupted him sharply.

"Ha... they were good to me... but every one of them likes that bitch Cai Xiaotang! Every one of them stands on her side! Since that's the case, why should I take risks for them? Are they worth it! And you!

You are willing to defy orders for her!"

At the mere mention of Cai Xiaotang, Luo Wanwan's expression became even more frantic.

"Lao Wu... Lao Wu kept saying he treated me like a younger sister, but what was the result! In the end, didn't he still try to persuade me to give you up!!! Why! I am not reconciled! If he hadn't overheard me on the phone, I wouldn't have had to kill him!!! All of this could have happened later... it's all because of that damn woman Cai Xiaotang!!!"

She suddenly crouched down, grabbing Li Xiao's shoulders tightly with both hands, her fingertips pressing fiercely into his wounds!

Crimson blood instantly began to spread.

Luo Wanwan's eyes were stimulated by this streak of bright red to become even more frantic.

Yet Li Xiao did not even knit his brows.

The next second—"It's all her! It's her who snatched you away!!! You say everyone was very good to me, but what about you, Li Xiao!! Why can't you be a little better to me!!! You clearly knew I liked you!!! Why didn't you wait for me! Why are you with another woman! Where is your guilt! Where is your remorse!

!! Don't you feel sorry for me? How could you be with someone else!

!! How could you!!!"