Chapter 684 - 14.80

"Why do you hate… your blood brother so much?" 

Why?

Reed paused for a moment. He was also questioning himself. 

True, he was the leader of The Revenant, a league of supervillains. But that didn't mean he would be hostile to everyone.

When he first knew that he had a blood brother, Reed was more than excited. Because he always lived alone in his life. He had adopted parents, but they were busy on themselves. It wasn't all different than when he got thrown to the orphanage.

At that time, he didn't even mind if Clarke was actually Superbman. 

He was even more ecstatic when he heard from Clarke that he was happily married to a wife and two kids. He thought he could be with them, as a family…

And when Clarke asked him to take care of his injured wife, he readily agreed. Because he thought he'd finally be introduced to the family and could play with the kids. 

But the moment his eyes met with Gaius, Clarke's wife, all that happy expectation just vanished instantly without reason. All that was left in Reed's heart was anger and hatred.

He was even more pissed off to realize that Clarke and Gaius were happily married without much conflict between them. It made him want to tear this marriage apart!

Why? He didn't know the clear reason either. 

It was all instinct for him to hate Gaius and Clarke as if he was born to hate and ruin these two. 

He envied them because they were happily married. He also envied them that they had a simple life with two kids. 

He envied and hated everything about them! 

But what would he get from being a homewrecker and ruining a happy family?

…

"No reason, I just want to do it," Reed replied. "I just want to see you suffer."

It seemed that most of his hate was directed towards Gaius. He wanted Gaius to feel pain, to be ruined until he had nothing! 

He felt that Gaius should be his. Gaius was his own, his property! 

He refused to say that he was in love with Gaius, though.

"Heh, who'd fall in love with a deformed man who could give birth like you? It's so nasty if you think about it," Reed said ruthlessly without any filter.

Gaius was stunned, but he wasn't surprised. He smiled thin, lamenting over his fate, "You know, I became a recluse because of my body. I'm neither man nor woman because I'm definitely a man, but I can give birth."

"I know there are people who would laugh at me for being a man who could give birth. That's why I seldom left the apartment. Because I was scared that someone would mock me."

"You… You don't need to insult me with that. I know that I'm deformed…." Gaius said with tears pooling in his eyes. 

"That—" Reed was tongue-tied instantly. He didn't expect Gaius to take that ridicule seriously. He wanted to apologize, but what for? 

"If you just want to see me suffer, then so be it. Just please, don't hurt the kids or Clarke…."

"Why Clarke? Don't you hate him after what he did to you?!" Reed became hostile instantly. He thought Gaius would at least try to stop thinking about Clarke, but he was still the same gullible idiot!

Gaius shook his head weakly, "I hate him, but… I'm a slave to my own heart…."

"IDIOT!" 

Reed turned around and cursed. Why did he care about this idiot anyway? All he wanted was to see Gaius suffer!

He walked away from Gaius and opened the door, "I'll let you rest for now. I want you to forget about Clarke before you start to piss me off even more!"

SLAM!

Reed slammed the door, leaving Gaius alone.

After making sure that it was safe, Yunyu stopped crying and giggled lightly, "Hehe, he's a maniac, psychotic, but cute. Definitely my type~."

"…" Pupa materialized in front of Yunyu and leered at him, "So what will you do next? The Fatemeter is 70%, Clarke is searching for you and the kids, and Reed is locking you here."

"I'll continue tormenting him with his feeling, of course. I know his feeling is growing to me. He's already in love but refused to admit it."

"Then how about Clarke?" Pupa asked.

"… He'll be fine. He can cheat on me easily. I bet he'll forget about his family and me after 1 week and return to his work as usual."

Yunyu sighed and stared at the ocean view in front of him, "Are you sure that Reed isn't Monster Matthew?"

"I'm pretty sure the soul residing inside Reed's body is Master Han Ye's. Why did you ask?"

"It's just… I already promised him that I'd sacrifice a world for him. I really thought that Reed is Monster Matthew, just by his demeanor. He's a savage, ugly monster after all," Yunyu said. "Or maybe he doesn't follow me anymore?"

Pupa had no answer to that. Because Monster Matthew was an anomaly in their journey. He wasn't supposed to be there in the first place. Pupa asked Father Admin about the existence of this anomaly, but he said he doesn't care much and too lazy to investigate.

Yeah, that Father Admin was a total slack. 

**

Clarke was sitting alone in the empty living room. He had been searching for his family for the whole day and night with no lead whatsoever. 

His heart was in so much pain without Gaius by his side. He looked around the messy house, and his disordered mind got even more confused about what was truly happening.

Why did everything turn to shit like this?

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Clarke was surprised by the sudden incoming call. He thought it was Gaius, but his smile faltered when he saw the caller was actually Gaia.

Clarke intentionally ignored it. This was the first time he ignored Gaia's call or any call regarding work. Usually, he'd pick up any work call quickly.

He didn't go to work today for an obvious reason. He wasn't in the mood—no, he just wanted to ditch everything he had right now. Because without Gaius and the kids by his side, what was the point of him working hard?

"It's funny. Gaius must've been laughing at me right now…." Clarke said to himself. "I've been so overworked and tired that I forgot about my own family."

"Now that my family is gone, I don't have the will to work anymore…." Clarke said weakly. He was hadn't eaten anything since yesterday, and he wasn't feeling hunger.

Actually, he could go for years without eating anything. But he always wanted to eat whatever his wife cooked for him. It was the sign of love that he craved.

"Why am I like this? What went wrong with my family?" Clarke continued lamenting until he got another call from Gaia. That woman kept calling him over and over as if there was a pressing matter.

Unable to hold on any longer, the annoyed Clarke finally picked up the call and asked rudely, "What?"

"Mr. Gaist, will you go to work today?" Gaia asked politely. She sweetened her voice to make herself sound coquettish. "It's lonely without you here, Mr.. Gaist~."