The Beginning and the End (second update +)
Ye Shijie led them to Li Hanxi's home.
It was a small three-story courtyard house.
Compared with the other properties on the block, it covered less space, and its yard was practically negligible.
There was not even a sign by the door, only a cold, impersonal house number: "931."
There were no funeral decorations in the yard either. The only difference was that a few people in mourning clothes were coming and going.
Two guards had been added at the entrance, along with a hunched servant in a household uniform.
He was probably quite old, yet he was still working here.
After checking the invitation Ye Shijie presented, he bowed and said, "Mr. Ye, Mr. Song, Ms. Ping, Ms. Xia, this way, please."
He gestured and stepped aside to clear a path.
The two black-clad guards at the door also shifted to the side.
Ye Shijie led Xia Chujian and the others into the courtyard.
The cramped courtyard was entirely paved with cement, with none of the lawns or flowers common to detached houses like this.
The four of them reached the small building in just a few steps.
The building had only one step at its entrance, and they soon arrived at the first-floor living room.
Only after entering did the place carry a hint of a funeral atmosphere, though not much.
The curtains had been changed to a plain ivory white.
A long table stood against the wall opposite the living room, with Li Fu's memorial portrait placed on it.
Two candles burned on either side of the portrait, and an incense burner sat before it with a single stick of incense inserted inside.
A woman dressed in white stood silently before the long table.
That incense stick had apparently