1230 1230: Their Beloved Mother
âWhat I know now is that they are heavily focused on experimenting with different chemical serum and also rare medications. Some of the drugs that the Medical Federations have were designed by those in the laboratories belonging to the Hess Family. As for human trials, none of my men were able to be involved in any of it.â
Then, Du Yanzheng turned towards Zhan Lichuan, âDid you find out what happened to the Hess family back then?â
âThe Hess family is an eastern family. 300 years ago, they moved to the Central and kept a low profile. It looks as if they arenât involved in anything, but in reality, it is the opposite. They even tried to invest in AO2. Itâs just that I didnât allow them to.â
Seeing how his brother owned the richest company in the world, Du Yanzheng turned speechless.
âWhatâs wrong?â Zhan Lichuan paused and asked.
âNothing much. I just feel that the little boy that had been crying on my back a few years ago has finally grown up. Youâre so powerful now, and I can no longer catch up with you.â
âYouâre powerful as well. You have completely conquered the third realm with your martial art skills. You even ran for president and I heard that youâre the most popular pick.â
Du Yanzheng broke into a laugh before saying, âThatâs enough. Get to the main point.â
Zhan Lichuan continued, âOur mother is called Giamo Hess. Sheâs the daughter of the 12th head of the Hess family. She could have inherited her fatherâs position and become the 13th, since there has always been gender equality when it came to that position. They would only allow those with abilities to lead the family, as long as their children carried the familyâs last name.â
Du Yanzheng furrowed his brow, âBut I remembered that we were only living in a small place. It definitely wasnât a huge house.â
âThatâs right. Itâs because our mother was kicked out of the family 34 years ago.â
Du Yanzheng raised his brows in suspicion. He was 32 years old this year.
âThe Hess family didnât like our father?â
âThatâs not possible,â Zhan Lichuan denied. âAccording to my grandfather, our father lived in the Hess Mansion for quite some time. They were living there together for about 6 months, but after that, the both of them were kicked out of the mansion together. When our mother got kicked out, she was stripped of her rights to inherit the position as the head of the family. Ever since then, they stayed at houses that werenât far from the Hess Mansion.
âThis would then prove two things. First, the Hess family did accept our father. Our mother was the head of the family, and once they got married, we would then carry the last name of the Hess family. So, even if they were bothered by our fatherâs background, it shouldnât have caused much problems since he was from the Du family.
âSecond, when our parents left the Hess Mansion, they still stayed close by. This meant that they were not hunted down in the beginning. However, when you were born, they suddenly moved to another house. When the Hess family came for our parents, it was when the head of the family had died.â
Du Yanzheng nodded his head, âSo they were worried that our mother would seize her right to the position, and they wanted to kill her.
âIf thatâs the case, the person who would kill our mother would be the one that benefited most from her death. In other words, the current head of the family may possibly be the one that killed our parents.â
Zhan Lichuan added, âHis name is Eddie Hess. Not only is the Hess family becoming more mysterious with his guidance, they are also getting richer. This man is a powerful one. If we want to know what really happened back then and find the person who killed our parentsâ¦
âWe can only wait till they come for us, or try to force them to reveal themselves by suppressing them financially. This would be the only way for us to learn the truth about our parentâs death.â