55: Chapter 55 We sisters only sell our art, not our bodies!

Ye Fan looked casual, carrying his Star Blade on his shoulder, but his gaze was sharp as he spoke in a calm tone.

"By the way, the corpse in the next room—you two killed him, right!"

Upon hearing Ye Fan's words, the expressions of Chu Xiyan and her sister changed instantly, revealing a look of guilt.

They thought, could these two men standing before them be here specifically to avenge the man they had killed?

If that were the case, the situation for the two sisters was looking rather dire.

These two men might attack them at any moment.

"What corpse? We don't know what you're talking about." Chu Xiyan stared intently at Ye Fan, her expression serious as she spoke in a low voice.

At this moment, upon hearing this answer, the corners of Ye Fan's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly. "What? Starting to play dumb with me? You don't dare admit it?"

"We sisters have been staying in this room the whole time and haven't seen anything. There are only the two of us on this second floor."

"Oh, really? Then what about that corpse! There's a distinct knife wound on his neck! If I'm not mistaken, that person must have been killed by a single strike from that fruit knife!"

As he spoke, Ye Fan's gaze drifted lightly toward the fruit knife that he had knocked away with his Star Blade.

Then, his gaze fell back upon the two women before him.

There were traces of dried blood on that fruit knife.

Seeing this, the two sisters, Chu Xiyan and her sister, followed Ye Fan's gaze and quickly looked at the blood-stained fruit knife.

They hadn't noticed it before.

As soon as their eyes landed on the knife, their expressions became even more tense.

They knew that even if they wanted to quibble now, it would be hard to clear their names; that blood-stained fruit knife could prove everything.

They were truly done for now.

Chu Xiyan knew that even if she tried to argue, it would be futile; now, all they could do was accept their fate.

She looked coldly at her younger sister, Chu Ximo, behind her with a grim expression, then clenched her fists tightly, as if she had made a certain decision.

Instead of retreating, Chu Xiyan took a step forward toward Ye Fan and the other man, and the fear and nervousness on her face actually vanished with that single step.

She seemed to have let go of everything, a faint, bitter smile on her face as she spoke to Ye Fan in a low voice.

"That's right, I killed him. If you want to avenge him, then come! I have no complaints."

"Sister Xiyan..."

"Oh, daring to act and daring to admit it—not bad, not bad!" Ye Fan nodded quickly and said with a smile.

"Kill me or whatever you want! I killed him alone; it has nothing to do with my sister. I hope you won't make things difficult for her." Chu Xiyan said to Ye Fan with a somewhat vacant look in her eyes.

"Revenge? Why would I want to avenge him?" Ye Fan couldn't help but laugh loudly, quickly spreading his hands, then turned his head to look at Li Hao beside him with a smile.

"You... aren't you here to avenge him?"

"When did we ever say we came here for revenge?"

"This..." Chu Xiyan was stunned for a moment, unable to speak.

She quickly recalled the events in her mind; it seemed these two really hadn't! From beginning to end, they had never said they came to avenge that man.

And all of this was something she had imagined on her own.

Chu Xiyan glared at Ye Fan and asked again, "Then why did you ask if we killed that man the moment you arrived?"

After hearing this, Ye Fan twitched the corner of his mouth and said with a smile, "I was curious! Can't I ask?"

"You..."

"By the way, did you have some grudge against that man? In this environment where the apocalypse has descended, having one more person increases your chances of survival. Why did you kill him?"

Ye Fan asked, looking somewhat puzzled and serious.

Chu Xiyan sighed, lowered her head slightly, and said in a low voice, "At first, we didn't really have any grudge against him; we even defended against zombies together.

But after we finished clearing all the zombies in this building, he started acting like a hooligan toward us. Without our consent, he tried to force himself on us and demanded that we please him properly.

Otherwise, he threatened to kick us out to feed the zombies!"

As she spoke, Chu Xiyan's eyes were gradually filled with endless killing intent, cold to the extreme.

She then glanced at her younger sister behind her and continued, "Even though our family is poor, we have our self-respect. To earn tuition fees, we came to this foot bath shop to work part-time, but we only sell our art, not our bodies."

At this point, Chu Ximo, who was behind Chu Xiyan, nodded quickly.

"But he wanted to force us to do that with him... If we didn't agree, he would kick us out. But now, zombies are everywhere outside; wouldn't we be dead for sure if we went out?"

"Therefore, I had no other choice but to kill him when he wasn't paying attention." When Chu Xiyan said this, her voice revealed incomparable sorrow.

Ye Fan nodded quickly and said in a low voice, "I see!"

Li Hao, who had originally been furious because of Chu Xiyan's sneak attack and wanted to teach this woman a lesson, now nodded earnestly on the side as well.

The next moment, Chu Xiyan slowly raised her lowered head, swept her gaze over the two of them, and asked a question she wanted to know.

"I've already answered your question, so you need to answer one for me: how did you know to hide here?"

Ye Fan didn't even think about it and replied casually, "I don't know! I said before, we were just passing by. And the guy behind me... he's a regular at this foot bath shop, so he thought he'd come up to take a look, and that's why we came up."

"Ah!" Chu Xiyan and her sister frowned at the same time.

"What? You don't believe me? Then there's nothing I can do."

"But we've been working here for so long, and we've never seen him!"

"Hmm!" Ye Fan looked a bit puzzled and turned his head to look at Li Hao behind him.

Li Hao quickly reached out to scratch his head, smiling awkwardly, "Well... it's normal that you two haven't seen me, because I usually go straight to the third floor."