Chapter 77 - Help me, Father!

Wen Qiqiang was sitting down in his patio listening to traditional Chinese music and sipping a high quality tea in the mid afternoon when he saw his son running in like he was being chased by a demon.

Wen Tianxiang suddenly fell down on the wooden floor, heaving heavily as he gasped for air holding his ċhėst. However, his father remained unfazed and even looked at him with disdain. "What are you doing here?"

Wen Tianxiang immediately knelt down in front of his father with desperation in his eyes as he tried to grab his leg. "They are trying to kill me. Help me, Father! Please help me!"

"What are you talking about?" When Wen Qiqiang heard what his son said, he observed his disorderly clothes and looked at his bodyguard who started to chase all the maids away. "What happened to you?"

"They found out!" Wen Tianxiang's face was full of fear as he looked back to sure no one was listening to their conversation. "The heads of the six families found out about what happened to Sakai Harumitsu!"

"WHAT?!" Wen Qiqiang's hand hit the table before he stood up in shock, his eyes widening. "How did they found out?"

"I don't know either." Wen Tianxaing wiped the sweat from his eyebrows, gulping nervously. "All I know is that Tang Huizhong found out about it a few days ago and he revealed it to the rest of the group today!"

Wen Qiqiang frowned as he held onto his cane supporting him. "What happened next?"

"When he accused me of swindling Sakai Harumitsu and tricking them into fighting the Japanese, I tried to deny it but......"

"But what?" Wen Qiqiang asked.

".....Lai Weilong brought out a gun to kill me!" Wen Tianxiang started trembling as he told the story.

"Then how did you survive?" With Lai Weilong's skills and temperament, it would be impossible for him to survive this ordeal.

"Well, it was Tang Huizhong who stopped him from killing me, declaring that from today, the Wen family has been ousted from the six families!" Wen Tianxiang informed his father.

"DAMN IT!" Wen Qiqiang swiped the tea set on the table away to the floor, sending them crashing down into little pieces. "This is bad!"

"But h-hasn't he has already abdicated his throne to t-that boy, Jihai? How come he still has the power to make that kind of decision?" Wen Tianxiang didn't dare lift his head anymore when he saw his father's angry countenance.

"Jihai's reign will not begin until all remaining five heirs succeed their own predecessors." Wang Qiqiang started pacing slowly around the patio as he pondered. "Jihai's succession itself was unconventional, I am sure sooner or later he would be forced to marry into one of the six families. We can't allow that to happen."

"B-But why?" Wen Tianxiang asked his father. "Doesn't that mean that Huizhong won't be able to expel us?"

"You stupid fool." Wen Qiqiang eyed him with contempt, wishing he was speaking with his grandson instead. It was no wonder that the Wen family lost their rightful place at the top, forced to sit at second place. "Jihai already knows what you did to his father. If he manages to succeed Tang Huizhong, the power he wields from both countries would be the ultimate weapon he needs to destroy us!"

"Then what do we do?" Wen Tianxiang nervously clutches this hands. "What about Lai Weilong?"

"Lai Weilong doesn't even come from one of the six families! He is just an adopted brother of Tang Huizhong, how can you be afraid of him?" Wen Qiqiang hit his cane of the wooden floor as he gazed at the sunset in front of him.

"You weren't there, Father! He is going to kill me! Are you forgetting he has a firm control on the military? I am sure he even has a personal army at his beck and call!" Wen Tianxaing finally grabbed his father's legs in desperation as he begged him. "Please let me stay here, Father. Just for a while! If I leave this place, I am going to die!"

"Shut up!" Wen Qiqiang kicked his son away like he was an insect, sending him far away on the floor. He started walking away, unwilling to spare his stupid son a glance. "You can stay here if you wish but make sure you don't disturb Honglin. Leave this matter to me. I will handle this matter myself."

However, in another place, three people sat down in a tense atmosphere looking at each other in silence. Haifeng held her husband's right hand tightly when she saw him staring at Jihai.

Why?

Because she personally saw him carry a loaded gun before they came here. She smiled at the young man and said. "So when is Chunlan going to come down?"

Jihai replied. "She will come down very soon. Please wait a moment."

Huizhong felt more irate the more he looked at the annoying boy who was smiling brightly in front of him. He gritted his teeth angrily. "Why is she taking so long to come down?"

The subject of their discussion was currently restrained by her two junior sisters who were hiding in her room. They were frantic, even more anxious than Chunlan herself.

Chunying: Jie Jie, don't go down! I heard the last place Father visited before he came here was the weapons room!

"Keep quiet! I can't think when you people are talking so much." Chunlan finally couldn't stand their hysterical chattering as she fixed her hair with her trembling hands. To be honest, she was surprised he was being this calm after what she did.

Was he really waiting for her to come down so he could kill her and Jihai together?

Haifeng was about to go upstairs when she saw her daughter coming down dressed in a spring yellow dress with her hair tied into a ponytail. Jihai helped her come down but before she could sit, Huizhong growled at the both of them as he banged the table in front of him.. "Tang Chunlan, I have truly wasted my years raising you. Kneel down, you unfilial child!"