Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The middle-aged man greeted, âYazhe, youâre here!â
He regarded him quizzically. âFourth uncle, why are you here?â
âIâm here to see your grandpa; take a seat!â
The boy could not help holding his fatherâs hand.
As he held his son to his side, he walked to the bedâs other end and sat down facing Mu Lianjue.
A long period of silence followed.
The older man broke this silence first.
âYour grandpaâs condition is getting worse!â
âMm.â
His nephewâs face remained cold with his brows furrowed.
He suddenly laughed when he took a glance at his face. âWhat? You seem to have something on your mind.â
âNot at all!â
âOh...â
He laughed darkly again before his eyes fell on his bedridden fatherâs pale face.
There was a long bout of silence again.
A century seemed to have passed before he suddenly stated, âI think you have something you want to tell me, young man.â
Youyouâs eyes narrowed in wariness when he heard this. He then lifted his head up to his father yet kept his sharp, penetrating gaze onto the man opposite them.
Keenly aware of the subtle change in his fatherâs face, he turned sharply and looked at the middle-aged bloke cuttingly!
There were subtle changes in the atmosphere.
Mu Yazhe suddenly questioned, âFourth uncle, how did you know about grandpaâs condition?â
âI got the news from our family!â
âHe he!â He went straight to the point. âWhere are they?â
The older man knitted his brows as he regarded his nephew with dark, meaningful eyes. âWhat do you mean?â
âIâm asking you.â The younger manâs eyes flashed dangerously and frostily. âWhere are they?!â
Astonishment colored his sonâs face before he cast the older man a suspicious look.
Donât tell me that... itâs him?!
The older man glanced at Mu Sheng expressionlessly; never once did he meet his nephew in the eyes. He calmly held onto his cane and answered, âI have no idea what youâre talking about!â
âYou do.â
His nephew leaned forward to grab his collars with one hand as a gun appeared in his other hand.
He pressed the muzzle of it at his uncleâs forehead.
As the cold, mechanical loading of the gun sounded a click, a constant stream of cold air came from the black muzzle.
âWhere are they?â
âHe he he... â His fourth uncle suddenly gave a cold laugh, which got increasingly hard to restrain. He laughed heartily until the end. âHa ha ha...â
His nephew regarded him expressionlessly.
âItâs unlike you to lose your cool!â The older man lifted his eyes in provocation. âAre you taunting me? He he! Surely, you know what the consequences are for shooting me? If I die, theyâll die, too. Ha ha haââ
âWhere are they, then?â The younger man had finally lost his patience.
His uncle, however, sneered. âNow, whatâs the hurry? I know what you want; likewise, you know what I want!â
Youyou suddenly stood up nervously.
Were his mother and brother really in his hands?!
Mu Yazhe pressed his lips firmly into a cold line as he pushed the older man away with the gun in his hand.
The latter lose his balance and nearly fell to the ground.
The little lad clenched his fists tightly, his eyes gleaming murderously.