Chapter 650 - Old Guan's Death

Guan Gao Huan's face morphed into terror. "Grandpa! Doctors! Grandpa is--!"

The doctors rushed around the bed. In the next moment, urgent orders came one after another as they uselessly made attempts to resuscitate the old man's heart.

The head butler stood close by and watched everything with red eyes full of tears.

Guan Gu Ri was terrified. Despite the doctors' persuasion, he pushed his way to the bed and saw the lifeless figure of the elder.

He broke down and cried heartbreakingly.

"Grandpa!"

The pale Guan Xixin was frozen as he tried to will himself forward. His lips were trembling. He could not even find his voice.

The doctors were trying to revive the old man, but the harsh sounds of machine told everyone that the old man's heart had long stopped. They looked at each other in dismay.

Guan Gao Huan covered his face and pretended to cry.

The other masters of the Guan family branches also called out Old Guan's name mournfully. 

The room was chaotic and full of grief.

It was only minutes later when the doctors gave up and sorrowfully declared Old Guan's death. 

Guan Gu Ri hugged the old body as he cried like a child. 

Guan Xixin collapsed on the floor and tears silently fell from his wide eyes. 

Guan Gao Huan... left the room.

No one gave him attention as all people in the room were still shocked with Old Guan's sudden death.

When he arrived inside the bathroom, the door closed and all sounds were isolated.

Guan Gao Huan finally put down his hands and looked up.

His golden eyes were reflected on the mirror. There were no tears on his face nor empathy.

Instead, he laughed in a low tone.

"Ha! Ha! Ha!" He laughed for a long time before the indescribable feeling in his heart dissipated.

The man reflected in the mirror put on his contact lenses and rubbed the flesh under his eyes until they became red. He then sprinkled warm water on his cheeks and lashes. After making himself look like he had cried, he then returned to the chaotic room.

***

That afternoon, news of Old Guan's death spread to the heads of the other families. Shocked, they all abandoned their matters without hesitation and ran to the Guan Mansion. 

Xiong Zhi accompanied her rushing grandfather into the car towards his old friend's mansion. Head Butler Zhou Min was driving while Linfeng sat on the co-pilot seat.

The pale Old Xiong had furrowed brows. 

"That old man... That old man... Did he really just roll off and left like this?" Old Xiong kept muttering uneasily. He could not believe the news! 

As a person who had spies everywhere, he knew that the old man was sick. But he never expected that it could lead to the old man's death.

"Impossible, that old man was still strong like a bull on the last time we met... How can he...?" 

He was in denial throughout the ride.

It was too sudden.

Their car arrived in the Guan Mansion with a screech. 

Old Xiong immediately went out.

Butler Zhou Min knew that the Headmaster was agitated, so he followed the old man in and asked the servants of the Guan family to lead them towards the headmaster's room.

As if notified already, the servants immediately led them in.

It was crowded in the lounge outside the master's bedroom.

The elders of the other branches and the shareholders of the Guan Empire were crying outside the room. Whether superficial or not, only they knew.

The sallow-faced head butler saw Old Xiong and immediately bowed to the old man.

"Master Xiong, this way." 

Only people with status acknowledged by the deceased headmaster could enter the master's bedroom.

Amongst the people from the Xiong family present, Old Xiong and Xiong Zhi were the only people who could enter.

Inside the room, the lawyer, the three grandsons of the Guan family, and Mistress Tang were already present. 

When the doors opened and Old Xiong came in, dread and heartache suddenly stabbed on his c.h.e.s.t. 

The sound of silent crying in the room made him feel cold. He had faced death and many dying people quite coldly several times before. However, just as how he felt when met with the death of his daughter, there was still a heavy feeling that made his heart ache at this moment.

"My friend...." Old Xiong weakly called out. 

He saw his old friend's thin and emaciated body.

How could his old friend look like this in such a short amount of time?

Old Xiong halted on his steps. He closed his eyes. 

His friend was truly gone....

Mistress Tang walked up to him and patted Old Xiong's back with a sorrowful face.

The two old people could only give a sincere farewell in silence to their friend.

The Lu Master and Lu Yin Zhe soon arrived in a few minutes as well. Likewise, the elder did not dare to believe the news, but seeing his old friend lying lifelessly on the bed, he had no choice but to accept the fact with a heavy heart.

The three Guan grandsons stayed by their grandfather's side while the old masters sent their farewells.

Xiong Zhi silently watched everything with familiar eyes. 

When her grandfather, Old Xiong, died in the past, this scene was exactly the same, except that there were more fake tears from other branches.

She glanced at Guan Gao Huan.

The man's head was lowered. He looked despondent and grieving.

Xiong Zhi withdrew her eyes and also gave her silent farewell to the Old Guan.

She was still in shock.

In the past, it was supposed to be her grandfather who would die, because the poison was not discovered at all. But right now, it was as if fate could not be stopped with its will and simply chose another victim instead.