Afterlife Department

Chapter 195 - Who

Huo Ling was floating beside Yi Bing as they are on their way to the Huo family's house. Huo Jinghua was discharged today, and Huo Meiying naturally went with him.

Huo Ling side-eyed Yi Bing who he heard speak. "You… you're not against it?" Yi Bing asked as he stopped and turned to face Huo Ling.

Huo Ling tilted his head. "No." he said. Yi Bing was about to speak again when he added. "No matter whom will the family's company ends up, it has nothing to do with me – whether while I was still alive, or now that I'm dead." He told him.

Yi Bing. "…" that's not what we were talking about earlier, so why tell me this? Don't play dumb! He roared in his mind as his tongue twisted when he was about to curse.. His face was covered in black lines when he saw Huo Ling innocently blinked as he looked at him.

Huo Ling is damn aware what he wanted to ask, thus he is playing dumb. He still couldn't believe what Huo Ling had told him earlier.

"You don't find it awkward?" he asked. "After all, he's your uncle…" he said.

Huo Ling's brows raised as his head tilted to the other side. "What are you talking about?" he said. "I never acknowledged them as my uncles, as well as they not acknowledge me as their nephew, even when I was still alive, and now that I'm dead." He said and bitterly smiled.

Yi Bing felt his heart was clenched. "But, your youngest uncle, Huo Jinghua…" he said.

Huo Ling shrugged as he decided to end the matter. "What he treats me as, only he knows. Each of us has his or her own thoughts, as well as choices to make." He said. "He forsake me as his nephew to deceive his father and brothers, and I don't hate him for that since he did it for my mother's sake." He explained. "In order to gain power, in order to be able to protect the one he wanted to protect." He said.

Yi Bing didn't speak. He admires Huo Ling's open-mindedness. "Your attachment…" he spoke after a while they walk.

Huo Ling's lips curved up, but he didn't speak. Yi Bing didn't force him, either, since he now knows what – or more precisely, who is Huo Ling's attachment.

Tianxing Entertainment.

"Cut!" the director yelled. "Great! Everyone's doing great!" he said as he nodded in satisfaction, a hint of smile on his usually strict face.

"Good job!"

Lei Shan smiled when his co-actor patted his shoulder and uttered a 'thank you'. He had made a mistake earlier, and Lei Shan carried him all throughout the scene. He was just a small actor, and is half-blood, thus his Chinese accent isn't perfect. The director almost spit fire at him.

Lei Shan nodded and then went to his room prepared by his assistant. They had a thirty-minute break since the next scene has meticulous setup.

He was about to open the door when someone called him from behind. "Lei Shan." It was a man. And he is familiar with his voice.

Lei Shan slowly turned and saw him standing in an inconspicuous area. He was wrapped up from head to feet. "You finally arrived." He said, the coldness in his eyes that appears when he left the camera and was out of the gazes of the people slightly receded.

"Yes." Kale nodded and walked towards him.

Suddenly, they heard the director exclaimed. "Aiyo! Who are these gentlemen?!" he asked when he saw two handsome men.

The taller one was leaning on the wall with his one leg crossed over to his other leg while his arms are coolly crossed on his chest. He has a lean body, and his skin is sun-kissed. His hair is cut short, and his black-framed eyeglasses hid his sharp eyes.

On the other hand, the shorter one was rigidly standing beside the man. He has a pale skin, probably because he wasn't exposed to the sun. His hair is slightly long, and his face looked languid but soft. He is slightly thin.

The staff made a pause and turned to see two handsome but unfamiliar men. They thought that the director was mad because some unauthorized people came, but they were shocked to see the director was smiling brightly.

He hurriedly walked towards the two. "Hello! I am the director of this film. May I know if you two are interested to act?" he asked. "I have a scene on my mind, but I can't insert it in the film since I haven't found the right actors until I met you two! Would you like to be part of my film?" he looked enthusiastically at them.

Lei Shan was surprised. "They are…" he said. He saw Jiang Xinduo and Ke Congyi before when he was interrogated. However, that time, they were wearing their police uniforms. However, right now…

Kale made a 'pft' sound and covered his mouth. "I had them change into those clothes as a condition." He said. Although he agreed to be escorted by the two, but not when they were wearing their police uniforms. That would make him look more like a criminal than an important person as a prince!

Jiang Xinduo and Ke Congyi also realized this another mistake of them. Maybe, Gu Xingfeng sent them to Kale's hands to make them be more observant. Thus, they agreed to Kale and changed their clothes when they passed by a mall.

However, they didn't expect for Kale to choose semi-formal clothes for them. Jiang Xinduo didn't have a style when it comes to his clothes, but he also doesn't like formal ones, even if the clothes are semi-formal. On the other hand, Ke Congyi has a lazy attitude and is a homebody. If he isn't in the police station, then he's definitely in his house. Thus, his clothes are ugly, since he never cared what he looks like because he's always at home.

Jiang Xinduo and Ke Congyi looked at each other. Act? Act as what? Waiters? They thought and turned to the director who was smiling broadly at them.

"So?" the director said as he patiently waited for their answer.

"We – " Ke Congyi was about to refuse when Kale spoke.

"Hello, Mr. Director." Kale called and smiled at the director. "They are my people. May I ask for how long will they act?" he asked.

The director turned to the 'boss' of the two men that looked like models that came out from a magazine. "Not very long. It will only take fifteen minutes." He answered.

Kale's smile became brighter while the shadow in Jiang Xinduo and Ke Congyi's heart became darker. They have a bad feeling. And they never forgot Gu Xingfeng's instructions.

"Wait – " Jiang Xinduo said.

Kale turned to them. "Don't worry. I won't leave this building. I'll just have a talk with Lei Shan." He told them before he and Lei Shan excused themselves and went to Lei Shan's resting room.

Jiang Xinduo and Ke Congyi sighed in relief when they saw that Kale really left with Lei Shan and they didn't leave the set. "So?" they heard the director excitedly asked.

Jiang Xinduo and Ke Congyi. "..." since the 'boss' has already spoke, what can them, his subjects, do? They know that there will be just a punishment waiting for them if they'd refuse, but there is also no reward even if they obliged.

They wanted to cry, but there were no tears that came out of their eyes. And so, under the director's sparkling eyes, they agreed. They didn't know that they would greatly regret it. What they acted weren't waiters, nor a cool field officer and a cold intelligence officer like their real professions.

They are going to act cameo roles, and both are homosexual roles.

Meanwhile, Lei Shan had his assistants and makeup artists leave. Kale smiled at them. Although they are curious, but they didn't dare ask and silently left after they perfunctorily greeted Kale.

As soon as the door closed, Kale's eyes sharpened as he punched Lei Shan! Lei Shan immediately reacted by dodging, but Kale is faster than him. Kale was raised in the royal palace. If Kale doesn't know how to defend himself, then he'll be eaten whole by the people eyeing his position. Thus, Kale learned martial arts and firearms since he was young.

Meanwhile, Lei Shan learned martial arts only when it is required for his films and dramas. Thus, Lei Shan was in a disadvantage position and a punch landed on his face eventually. For actors, their face is their selling point. However, he isn't mad despite he knew Kale intentionally hit his face. He knew, Kale is mad and if Kale would, he could kill Lei Shan.

"I'm sorry." Lei Shan's voice is hoarse.

Kale's usually gently smiling face in public is now ice-cold and murderous in front of Lei Shan. "You promised." He said. "You promised to protect xiao Ling!" he told him.

Lei Shan hung his head.

Kale's face is livid in anger. "We've agreed that we will have xiao Ling enter the entertainment world, since you could protect him more if he stayed here." He said as his face reddened in anger, and anguish. "Meanwhile, I'll intercept my mother from harming xiao Ling. Yet why… how can he still die?" he asked as his tears fell the same time as Lei Shan's tears fell. "I specifically told you and not Hao Baiyun, since Hao Baiyun's hands are tied by his family. Yet you…" he gnashed his teeth. "Who is it?" he asked. "Who killed xiao Ling?!"