Afterlife Department

The next morning, Huo Ling was shocked frozen when he learned of the news about the Huo family.

"BREAKING NEWS! A NIGHT OF MISFORTUNES OF THE HUO FAMILY!" This is the headline of the front page of the newspaper.

"Car accidents, burn, being stabbed, kidnapping, and eventually falling into a comatose state: is this just a series of unfortunate events, or is there a conspiracy behind it?"

Huo Ling's jaw dropped when he read the introduction of the article. He immediately read the lines that can be seen from the protruding newspaper in the newspaper stand with a look of disbelief on his face.

"Huo Dakuan is one of the leading figures in the business world. He has four sons, namely: Huo Chengyi, Huo Xuaner, Huo Zhansan and Huo Jinghua, as well as a daughter who is the eldest of the Huo siblings, and is Her Highness the Royal Princess, Mary Jackson, or what she called as 'Huo Meiying' in our country. Huo Meiying has a son with Gerard Jackson, also a famous businessman. His son is now twenty-three this year, and signed with Tianxing Entertainment as an actor. However, before he could debut, he unfortunately died from a car explosion. Some people, who have heard of last night's news of the series of misfortunes that happened to the Huo family, they cannot ignore this 'accident' that happened to Huo Ling, and some even dared to say, this is the trigger of the misfortune of the family." 

What the hell… he just had a day of vacation, and this happened?! He stared wide-eyed in shock at the newspaper stand. "Yi Bing…" he called. However, his gaze was stuck on the headline of the newspaper.

Huo Ling can't touch material things since he is a ghost, and he is no better than a ghost since he may can touch things, yet he is invisible to the eyes of the mortals. Even if he would pick up the newspaper, it'd create a strange phenomenon since the mortals would only see a floating newspaper. "I'll narrate everything to you." He proposed.

Huo Ling sighed in relief and turned to Yi Bing, his eyes filled with gratitude when suddenly, he froze. His brain finally digested what Yi Bing has said. "… you can?" he asked.

Yi Bing nodded.

"So, you know everything?" he asked, referring to the Huo family's incident.

Yi Bing nodded again.

"Then, why didn't you tell me?" he asked and stared at Yi Bing's icy blue eyes.

Yi Bing was about to nod again when his neck stiffened. He stared back at Huo Ling. "…" can he answer he forgot?

England.

Margaret Will, the queen, indifferently looked at the carefully ironed newspaper given to her by her personal maid. The page was flipped open by the butler earlier, and the page showed about the Huo family's misfortunes including car accident, burn, being stabbed, kidnapping and Huo Dakuan falling into a coma as a result

Yes. Li Fei was kidnapped. The kidnapping happened around two in the morning. And that added more stress on Huo Dakuan, making him got a heart attack and became comatose.

"Ha." She muttered, a look of disinterest on her old but enigmatic face. As if she was looking at something boring.

She was about to place the newspaper down on the table when her eyes caught sight of a sentence.

"The series of misfortunes by the Huo family happened just a day after the car accident that lead to the death of Huo Ling, Huo Dakuan's grandson." 

Margaret Will's facial muscles tensed. Having her attention caught, she continued to read the article.

"Huo Ling died from a car explosion. Then, not long after, the 'night of misfortunes' of the Huo family started from also a car accident. The car was found at the bottom of the XXX River, but there was no one inside. From investigation, the car was owned by Huo Chengyi, the eldest son of Huo Dakuan. It was suspected that his corpse was washed away by the strong current of the river, and the search for his corpse was still ongoing." 

"The second misfortune in that night happened to Wang Yan, the wife of Huo Chengyi. With her children staying in their college dormitories, and her husband was out that night, she was left alone in the house. Since she is a virtuous wife coming from a poor family, they didn't have servants. Thus, she personally cleans their house, wash their clothes, as well as cooking their meals. That night, while she cooked her and her husband's dinner, the fire from the stove suddenly rose high and her face was burned. Fortunately, one of her sons happened to return and saved her in the nick of time. He immediately put out the fire, and then called an ambulance for his mother." 

"The third misfortune is the second young miss of the Huo family, the daughter of the second son of Huo Dakuan – Huo Chengyi. She was robbed and, later, was stabbed. Fortunately, someone passed by and saw the blood flowing on the ground, then saw her after following the trail of the blood. She was then sent to the hospital by the said person."

"The fourth misfortune happened at two in the morning of this day. At the wee hours of the morning, the wife of the third son of Huo Dakuan – Huo Chengyi, Li Fei was kidnapped from their home. By the time Huo Zhansan woke, he found that the other side of their bed was cold. He thought his wife was cooking their breakfast, but there was no trace of someone moving in the kitchen. Thinking she left to buy groceries, he called her phone. Only to find that Li Fei's phone rang inside their bedroom. Li Fei didn't left their home. Because she was kidnapped, and right just beside him without him noticing." 

"These four misfortunes made Huo Dakuan collapse and fell into a coma. This was the fifth misfortune of their family. However, from a reliable source, it was said that the start of the night of misfortunes was from the youngest son, whom we still haven't mentioned. He actually also fell in a misfortune. He was attacked when he left their family's company. The attacker was behind him, so he didn't see who was his attacker. However, fortunately, his bodyguards weren't idle and saved him. Of course, they also saw Huo Jinghua's attacker. It was none other than Huo Chengyi!" 

Margaret Will's face flashed a colorful expression. Her jaw dropped and her other hand not holding the newspaper has knocked her cup of coffee. Yet, she didn't notice it since she was absorbed reading the article.

This isn't it! She raged in her mind as she clutched the newspaper tight. Earlier, she thought that it was only the news of Huo Ling's death was being published in the newspapers. She didn't expect for the Huo family to collapse!

Now that the Huo family's successive misfortunes in one night was known by the world, people would naturally dig into the Huo family's matters! Because everything was too high-profiled, Huo Ling's death would also be dug along with the other accidents of the Huo family! 

No… this can't be happening! She bit her lip. "Where's Kale?" she asked. Her son is closest to Huo Ling. He naturally wouldn't sit still. And this is what she feared: Kale leaving the country to go to Huo Ling. Thus, she had everyone prevent the news of Huo Ling's death from reaching Kale.

"Your Majesty." The butler suddenly came in and sported a pale expression.

"What happened?" Margaret Will's heart skipped a beat from nervousness.

"His… His Highness… His Highness the Crown Prince isn't in his room!" the butler answered. His eyes are wildly looking around in panic. "I had someone check the palace's vicinity, as well as the nearing cities and towns, yet we can't find His Highness." He explained. "I suspect… I suspect he left the country. And, when I checked the list of flights yesterday and today from the airport, there was someone who flew to China. And… it's… His Highness the Crown Prince." He finished, and his voice got smaller and smaller as he spoke.

CRASH! Margaret Will abruptly rose from her seat, making her seat tumble down the carpeted floor. Then, she clutched the tablecloth and raised it, making everything on top of the table fell to the floor, creating a harsh and loud crash.

"AAAAARRRGGGHHH!" she screamed in anger.

Then, as if not enough, her eyes caught sight of the newspaper slowly floating down.

"Some theorists of conspiracies said that Huo Meiying, also known as Mary Jackson the Royal Princess, was suspected to be the mastermind behind the misfortunes that befell the Huo family. Her motive for doing the crimes is revenge. She wanted to avenge Huo Ling, her son, and she suspected someone from the Huo family was her son's killer. A tip from an insider: the Huo siblings never had a harmonious relationship." 

"However, another insider said that Huo Meiying can never do such crimes. When asked, he answered: 'Huo Meiying was diagnosed with emotional dissociation from her birth. She didn't cry when she was born, so her parents and the doctors thought she died. However, they saw her eyes are opened wide, and she has a pulse. However, the expression on her face scared them all witless. They said, if not for her breathing, they would suspect she's really dead.'" 

Margaret Will's face paled. "MARY!!!" she shrieked and tore the newspaper to pieces. Her eyes are bloodshot as she turned her head and looked outside the window.

Her eyes are filled of hatred as she looked at a certain direction.