46 Exposing himself

Zixi had already realised the reasons for Yueyue's kidnapping earlier. From the Li patriarch's words it was obvious that he had tried to find clues about the Qin family but had been blocked by uncle. As soon as this realisation stuck him, he had resolved to stay behind. He didn't want to drag Yueyue into it and from the Li patriarch's words it was obvious that he had no plans to harm the eldest daughter of his friend and business partner. This was a huge weight off his shoulders.

When the fighting started, he paced himself in a way that the distance between him and Li Rong increased. With the chaotic situation they were facing, he knew Li Rong's first priority would be to take Yueyue away from here and as he saw the warehouse's doors closing once again behind Yueyue, he knew he could settle his matters once and for all this time. He could hear Yueyue's hoarse voice screaming his name but all he could do at this point was to find out why his family had been so brutally murdered. Therefore, he stopped fighting with the men that had surrounded him and simply spoke, "Call your employer. Tell him I have the information he needs."

A few minutes later he saw the Li patriarch once again in the warehouse.

"Zixi, you are a close aide to the next gen leader of the Yu Corporation. I am sure you know a lot of business secrets of the family but that is not what I am after."

"Old Master Li, let's not beat around the bush. I know exactly what you want to inquire about." He smiled ironically.

"Oh! Do you? How can you be so sure? For that matter, how do you even know what information I am after? If you don't prove yourself to be useful, do forgive me for being impolite." The Li patriarch still talked as if they were merely discussing the weather.

"Well you can rest easy since I'll tell you all of it in one go. You are looking for the last descendent of the Qin family. All those years ago you had thought that the roots and branches had been uprooted and cleaned thoroughly, but a few years down the road you realised that you had missed the young master of the Qin family. A few years ago the people you had made use of to carry out your plans started disappearing one by one. You must have realised it at that point. These few years while you were joining hands with the Yu patriarch in business deals in the front, you were trying to find clues about the boy behind the scenes. You have tried all the soft methods overtly and covertly but they haven't yielded any preferable results for you. At present the noose seems to be tightening around your neck so you are worried that the things that happened all those years ago will come back to bit you and harm others in the family. Therefore, you decided on this plan of action." Zixi was tired from all the fighting earlier and after speaking for so long he went quiet abruptly.

"You seem to know a lot for an outsider working under the Yu clan. How did you obtain this information? Your master told you all this to prepare for any such eventuality or you snooped around his place?" Li patriarch was astounded by the amount of information this wisp of a subordinate had about the matters regarding the power struggle at the apex.

Before Zixi could reply they heard the screeching of tires and Li Tong's car again rushed inside the warehouse. They saw as Yueyue and Li Rong got off the car and came towards them.

"What are you doing here? Didn't you leave already? Why are you back?" The Li patriarch was furious about the interruption. Moreover, he didn't want anyone else to know about what was going on.

"Uncle, just let Zixi go. He is my immediate subordinate. I'll put this behind me and won't let anyone know about what had happened here today. If you want we all can sign non - disclosure papers with stringent terms but let him leave with me."

"Eldest Miss, you didn't need to come back for me. I have always known that this day would come and have already prepared for it. Just leave and don't look back." Zixi really didn't want to involve her in his matters and he had already made up his mind to break the shuttles of his fake identity and come clean with everything today.

He had made preparations for such a scenario long ago be it good or bad. He had written a letter for his uncle thanking him for sheltering him from wind and rain all these years and told him never to disclose his real identity to Yueyue if he didn't make it. Afterall, it was better for her if she didn't know too much about matters that didn't concern her. He had also written a resignation letter for her if the outcome wasn't favourable to him. He had asked uncle to give it to Yueyue and simply say that he had resigned due to some circumstances and leave it at that.

He had also transferred a sizeable amount of money in his 'sister's' account which was more than enough for her to live off of for her lifetime. But, with Yueyue here he couldn't do anything right now as he was afraid that she would get hurt in the chaos that would start after the masks were taken off of everyone's faces.

"You don't need to play act a martyr right now so shut up Zixi." Su Li was really irked by this guy's obstinate mentality.

"I'll let all of you leave after I have a few more words with your subordinate, Miss Yu." The Li patriarch said amiably.

He turned towards Zixi once again and said, "What else do you know? Do you know the identity of the Qin family's young master? Where is he right now? If you give me something concrete to go on, I'll help you start up your own business."

"Old Master Li, that won't be necessary. You see I am the Qin family's Young Master you had been looking and searching so long for."

The Li patriarch hadn't thought that the person he had seen roaming about freely in the Yu residence was the one he was running hither and thither for. Li Rong and Su Li didn't know what the other two were talking about but they had heard about the Qin family. Who hadn't? They had been the sky in the capital more than two decades ago and everyone knew that they had been killed by an opposing force. Hearing Zixi's words they could extrapolate a few points :

First, he was the young master of the affluent Qin family.

Second, Li family had something to do with the demise of the Qin family.

Third, the Yu patriarch had been hiding this boy from a very young age in his home.

Fourth, whatever happened now was long time coming and nobody would take a step back to have a peaceful conclusion to what had happened today and even all those years ago.

Fifth, with Zixi stating everything concisely without much fanfare had decided to stake everything today and had decided to give up his secondary identity due to a reason.

Just as everyone was digesting the news, the Li patriarch asked his subordinates to beat Zixi. When Su Li saw that, she tried to rush towards Zixi but she was held back by two muscular men. She watched helplessly as those ruffians beat Zixi no, not Zixi but the young master Qin without holding back. She could do nothing but blink her tears away when she saw Zixi vomiting a mouthful of blood.

"Uncle, Old Maste Li, please I am begging you to let him off. I promise that I'll make sure that he leaves the country and never returns back. Please just let him go. Everything that happened earlier will be written off. I'll make sure that he never return back to create troubles for you physically or financially. Please let him leave with me."

"You are too naive if you think I'll let him go when he is once again in my grasp. Since he and your father dared to fool me for so long, I'll exact an equal amount from him before I kill him."

"Li Rong what are your thoughts about all this? From what I have observed you seem to be in love with Miss Yu but she is begging to save the life of another man infront of you. Untill a few moments ago, she didn't even know the real identity of this person but she still came back to save him. She must have cajoled you somehow to return here with her. Now, that you know that this person is a mortal enemy of the family, what do you think I should do?"