Chapter 248 - New King (Part-1)

"You shouldn't have talked to your brother like that…" Liu Juan finally commented on his behavior.

It wasn't the first time that Liu Juan saw Mo Jiang's rude behavior towards Mo Jinnan and she really felt pity for Mo Jinnan; although she was still wondering why the housekeeper felt pity for Mo Jiang instead.

Besides, Mo Jiang indirectly commented how Liu Ruolan had been rude towards Liu Juan but Liu Juan never bothered with his comments because she knew it was all her fault. If she hadn't run back to Liu Ruolan, then they wouldn't have met Mr. Jin and Liu Ruolan would have suffered Mr. Jin's torture.

Howbeit, what was left behind were the words 'Would have' and the guilt which Liu Juan wouldn't be over with.

Nevertheless, Mo Jiang didn't seem to be much different from Liu Ruolan.

Liu Juan was looking at Mo Jiang with anticipation that perhaps, he regretted his action towards his younger brother but again her expectation was nowhere near to reality again. "I don't want to lose my brother like my mother."

Liu Juan's fingers halted and a dull pain arose in her heart. She knew that the Underworld was a place where people lose their lives every day, even their families were affected. It seemed that Mo Jiang was no different.

"I was 10 and Jinnan was 6 when she died to save my father." An ironic smile appeared on his face as the person for whom his mother made the sacrifice of her life didn't value her even after her death.

His fingers also stopped playing music and the silence had engulfed the space around them.

Liu Juan silently listened to his words as she didn't have anything to say to console him.

"My mother was a submissive wife. She never questioned my father and my father never valued her. He did the things which he found suitable which led to his greed being increased till the point that his life was at risk. At that time, my mother…" Mo Jiang didn't continue but only sighed deeply.

If he could go back to his past, he would have stopped his mother from sacrificing herself. She was worthy of more than just a pitiful sacrifice.

"Why are you with your father then?" Liu Juan quietly asked. If Mo Jiang's father wasn't a good man, he shouldn't have stayed with his father, then he wouldn't have to live in this dangerous world of the Underworld.

"Not everyone is lucky to run away." Mo Jiang did have a thought to run away with Mo Jinnan but Mo Jun got to know about Mo Jiang's plan and then he sent away Mo Jinnan for studies and started to involve Mo Jiang in the Underworld.

Mo Jiang was just 10 at that time. Neither did he possess understanding nor power, thus he found himself stuck into Mo Jun's trap.

Once Mo Jinnan came back after completing his studies, Mo Jun also tried to involve Mo Jinnan in the Underworld business. Lucky, this time, Mo Jiang was smart and also had power. Thus, he forced Mo Jun to make Mo Jinnan stay out of the Underworld business.

Hearing his words, Liu Juan nodded into an agreement. Who else could be more unlucky in an attempt to run away other than her?

"Master Mo..." Housekeeper cautiously called out to Mo Jiang when she surprisingly saw Liu Juan with her master Mo and that too them being so close to each other.

Liu Juan was startled and immediately moved away from Mo Jiang with a blush on her cheeks.

Mo Jiang closed his eyes and when he opened them, the pain had long disappeared and he was back to being indifferent.

"Some guests have arrived at the villa." The housekeeper spoke when Mo Jiang looked at her.

Guests?

Who were they?

Liu Juan frowned as she didn't want anything to happen contradictory to their plan while Mo Jiang wasn't sporting any expression on his face.

"I will be there." Mo Jiang said to the housekeeper who tentatively left to welcome the guests.

"Who are these guests?" Liu Juan promptly asked as no one had come to this villa except Mo Jiang's men and Mo Jinnan. Everything was going as per their pain and it should be continued like this till the end.

"Let's go and see." Mo Jiang's vague reply made her more worried.

She hastily stood up and followed after him closely, like a child following after her father to go to meet her strict teacher.

Liu Juan didn't realize but she started feeling a sense of security when she was with Mo Jiang for which she earlier relied on herself after she was adopted from the orphanage.

They went to the rooftop where a helicopter's blade whirring sound was heard as it was coming towards their villa.

The wind around them turned rambunctious, letting their hairs flap in the air as the helicopter came near to them slowly.

The helicopter was slowly landing on the helipad, located on the rooftop of the villa. When its door opened, many men instantly stepped out.

The men, who were in black suits with the guns in their hands, spread around in all the directions on the rooftop.

Mo Jiang stood there unfrozen while Liu Juan's mind was filled with questions.

'Who are these guests?'

'Why are they here?'

'Why are there so many bodyguards?'

'And looking at the faces of these bodyguards, they do not seem to be from Country X or anywhere from Europe. They seem to be from America. What does it mean?'

'Is Mo Jiang going to betray her as well?'

Liu Juan's sight immediately darted towards the door of the helicopter to see who was the main guest.

As more questions crowded her mind, the more insecure she was feeling.

Finally, the bodyguards finished checking all the surroundings and opened the door for their boss to step out.

And the man arrived in front of their sight. The man had long brown hair tied into a frizzy braid with sunglasses hiding his eyes and his white teeth were shining as he smiled at Mo Jiang while his other half of the face was covered with his long brown beard but still Liu Juan recognized the man.

An immediate thought that came to her mind was to run away. In fact, her steps were moving backward until Mo Jiang held her hand. "Planning to run away."