Chapter 180 - Brother Of The Dead

Zichen splashes one whole bottle of water onto his face to wake him up. The creepy man wakes up with a jolt, letting out an aggravating sound. 

His face is wild and twisted in fury when he notices Shi Lian standing across the room. His eyes then shift to where Mo Zheng Yuan is standing and his facial expression changes. 

"Long time no see, Master Mo" he sneers, glaring at Zheng Yuan. He knows Zheng Yuan well since he is calling him Young Master. The servants working in the period when Shi Lian's grandfather was the head, used to address him as Young Master. 

"You know me?" Zheng Yuan asks, looking at him with his narrow eyes. Zheng Yuan has no idea who the man or does he knows why is he addressing him with that title? 

He laughs, his body shaking. "Yes, Master Mo," he says in a mocking tone. 

Shi Lian steps in, asking him, "How? How do you even get that video and photos?"

He gives her a cruel look. "You are one hell of a bitch, Shi Lian. Not only you tricked me, but you also got the secrets with you" he bellows, the veins on his neck visible. 

Suddenly, the creepy man lets out a painful shriek which surprises both Shi Lian and her father. He breathes hard drops of water dripping down from his hair strands, pathing down from his eyelashes and down his face. "Bastard" he hisses, averting his eyes to Zichen. 

Zichen looks at him nonchalantly, his hands in his pant pockets. "You dare use any slang for her, you will be suffering" he warns, looking at him coldly. He has a small remote in his hand from which he is controlling the electric current. He shrieked because he got a shock. 

"Tell me how do you know me?" her father demands, slamming his palm onto the cold iron table. 

"It's a shame that you don't remember me, Mo Zheng Yuan," he says, pretending to be pitiful. "I was thinking you would recognize me by my face."

Shi Lian glances at her father who is in deep thinking of what the man has said. Does he know him? Maybe he has or maybe the man is lying. 

"Stop beating around the bush and say who the hell you are!" Shi Lian demands, her tone loud. 

"How is Elder Master Mo?" he asks mockingly to see his reaction and he got it. Zheng Yuan's eyes widen when he mentioned his father. He knows her father, who is he exactly? 

"How....you used to work in the Mo house?" her father says, isn't quite sure if he is right or not. 

The man sneers, bobbing his head. He hisses when the pain rises, maybe from his neck. "You remember something else, Master Mo?"

Zheng Yuan's face tightens and he clenches his teeth so hard that Shi Lian can see his jaw crushing in. He curls his fingers together in a fist and looks at the man with rage in his eyes. "You recorded the video, didn't you?" he grits his teeth, leaning forward a little, his hands gripping on either side of the table. 

The man smirks shamelessly. Before saying anything to Zheng Yuan, he takes a glance at Zichen who is also looking at him. 

"You don't mind revealing your household secrets around him?" he says, gesturing with his eyes in Zichen's direction. 

Mo Zheng Yuan turns his head to look at Zichen with a displeased expression. "Can you go out?" he snaps. 

Every time her father talks to him rudely, she gets angry. "You can say it nicely as well," she says through her clenched teeth. Mo Zheng Yuan completely ignores what she says. 

Zichen leaves without any argument before flashing a smile to Shi Lian. 

"Now speak!" her father demands impatiently, turning his attention back to the man who seems less bothered about the cuts and injury on his body. 

"Of I tell, can you tell that Fu man to release me?" he negotiates. How shameless this man can be? 

"If you don't speak I will tell him to cut you into pieces right away" Zheng Yuan fires back, having enough of his bullshit. 

The man does not seem to like what he says. Shi Lian gets the feeling the creepy knows her father and also he seems to hate him. 

"Don't be so arrogant, Mo Zheng Yuan. If your dirty secrets get leaked, you won't be standing in front of me" he bellows. 

"You won't live longer for that" Shi Lian retorts, coming to stand beside her father. 

"Hmph! Like father like daughter" he grimaces, watching the two of them with great displeasure. 

"Stop wasting time and spit out!" her father demands fiercely. Shi Lian worries about his health. His health will be affected if he keeps on yelling like that. He isn't supposed to get stressed and angry at all as the doctor has told her. 

As if talking to himself, the creepy man speaks, "Chuanli....you killed him. You and your fucking brothers killed him! And not only did you killed him, but you also buried him in an abandoned area! How cruel you were, Mo Zheng Yuan. How cruel was your father!"

His nostrils flares as he glares at Zheng Yuan with hatred, deep hatred. "You buried him right in front of me!" he continues, his chest rising and falling. 

Confused, Shi Lian opens her mouth to ask but her father speaks first. "What is your relation with him?"

He laughs bitterly, his head falling back. He again gives him a look of hatred and stops laughing. Almost like a whisper, he reveals, "I am his brother. I am the brother of the dead. The one you killed mercilessly!"

This is shocking news for both of them but more for Zheng Yuan. He never him in the house, hell he didn't know who the workers were before. 

Knowing that he is Chuanli's brother, he cannot help but ponders why he never came to him before? Why now? Why Shi Lian?

"Wondering why I didn't do anything in all these years? Why I suddenly showed up now?" he says as if reading his mind. Zheng Yuan gulp, keeping his father stoic and not replying to him. 

"Because I wanted to destroy you with your own daughter's hand! But this...." he pauses, glaring at Shi Lian, "she ruined everything!"

"I dig information about each one of you, waited years for the right time to come. Planned everything carefully but then too, I couldn't destroy you! I failed to avenge my brother!" he continues, a drop of tear falls from his eyes. The chair makes a squeaking sound like the man struggles. 

"We didn't do anything wrong. Your brother was at the wrong" Zheng Yuan clarifies, not feeling guilty. The guilt he felt years ago has disappeared. 

"Son of a bitch! You heartless bastard! You people were wrong!" he barks, suddenly out of control.

Shi Lian assumes his brother is his weak spot and if you touch it even lightly, he will react fiercely. 

"Your brother tried to steal something which he shouldn't. We fired him yet he came to steal it back again. We don't give warning more than once" her father states. "You must be knowing this since you worked under my father" he adds. 

This infuriates him more and starts shrieking and yelling like a madman, out of control. 

Shi Lian worries about her and her father's safety and judging the way the creepy man is acting he isn't in the right condition. 

Right then Zichen barge in, hearing his barking. He clicks on the remote, giving the man shock so that he will stop with his crazy act. He shrieks, letting out a painful sound. 

He whistles and two men step inside, wearing the same identical black uniforms. One of them takes out injection and injects a liquid on his arm. The creepy man struggles, hissing but he is tied and cannot do anything other than turning his head from side to side. 

"I'll not let anyone off the hook! Remember this!" he threatens and the next minute he is asleep. Fainted, to be exact. 

"He won't wake up till morning so I suggest you leave now," Zichen says politely, gesturing them to come outside of the room. 

"I still needed answers from him" Zheng Yuan argues, walking out of the room, turning his head to look at one last time before exiting. 

"He is not in the right condition at the moment. I don't want any problems."

Shi Lia stays silent all the way outside the building. There's this weird feeling that she knows she shouldn't but she is feeling. She feels sad for the creepy man. He truly loved his brother and she saw in his eyes too. She felt guilty even when she isn't the one to kill him. But what Chuanli has done was also not right. 

Cold windy air hits her face the moment she steps out of the building. Grabbing her hand in her surprise, Zheng Yuan pulls her to his side, not letting her stay beside Zichen. "We can go from here. You don't need to walk with us. "

Zichen smiles which annoy Zheng Yuan. "I don't live here, Mr. Mo. I need to go to my house as well."

Shi Lian tries to hide the smile which is emerging on her face. Her father grumbles, the hold on her hand tightens. 

Without saying anything further, he walks haughtily, pulling Shi Lian with him from behind. Shi Lian sighs at her father's childish acts. She didn't know her father can be this immature.