SIX YEARS AGO.
At the Huang’s mansion, a man in his late fifties, with furrowed brows, stood at the entrance of the opulent dining room, overseeing every minute detail of the extravagant preparations.
Every dish, every floral arrangement, and every piece of decor was scrutinized, and every servant raced to ensure perfection.
“Everything must be perfect!” The man who could not afford to make the event any less perfect yelled; After all, the event was his master’s birthday celebration event, which was meant to be a double celebration since the master will also be announced as the newly elected president of Royals group that night.
Meanwhile, Huang Zhenjun who had received a phone call as he was about to make his way out of his office suddenly pauses his movement as he continues to listen to the person on the other end of the phone; Slowly walking towards his office window, he muttered a small okay before cutting the call.
Huang Zhenjun inhaled sharply and furiously clenched the phone in his hand as he lifted his eyes towards the view in front of him, his expression darkening in rage by the seconds passing.
Loudly exhaling, Huang Zhenjun’s lips curl up in a bitter smile as he slowly turn to face his assistance whose face was shaded in worry on noticing the change in his boss attitude,
“Jang Yang, Feng Zhou must think I’m a joke.” Huang Zhenjun said, the smile on his face instantly dissipating, Jang Yang was about to ask what he meant, when suddenly Huang Zhenjun threw the cell phone he was holding to the wall.
Jumping back in a startle, Jang Yang stared at Huang Zhenjun who screamed in anger.
“Feng Zhou, how dare you do this to me?!”
Huang Zhenjun yelled, he could not believe or accept the fact that all his 25 years of toiling in Royals will result in nothing because of him and his daughter.
Instead of him, Feng Zhou’s daughter, Feng Lin was appointed by the board as the new president while he was appointed as the executive senior director.
Roughly pulling his hair, Huang Zhenjun punched the wall behind him only stopping when he heard the sound of a knock, quickly moving to lean against the table, Huang Zhenjun sighed before gesturing to Jang Yang to open the door.
Immediately the door opened, the butler who was unaware of the situation slowly entered the room,
“Master Huang, it’s time…”
The butler announced, and immediately his eyes widen in shock as he stared at the scene before him; in actuality, the real reason the Butler was terrified was not because of his master’s disheveled state, but what his master’s reaction will be when he spots the little dog that had strolled into the office after him.
Slowly lifting his head, Huang Zhenjun smirked as his eyes landed on the little dog who continue to ignorantly stroll into the office,
“Well, what do we have here, is this Yi Chen’s pet?” Huang Zhenjun asked the butler who nodded before walking towards his shelf, swiftly pulling out a gun, Huang Zhenjun smirked as the little creature began to furiously bark at him on spotting the gun in his hand.
“Butler Gao, where is Yi Chen?”
Huang Zhenjun asked as he examines the gun before dropping it on the table behind him,
“Sir, master Yi Chen, he…”
Lightly scratching his beards, Huang Zhenjun nodded in understanding before making his way towards the array of golf clubs standing by the office corner, after a few minutes of consideration, he eventually selected his choice before turning his attention back to the dog.
Immediately, the butler step forward, but before he could say anything, Huang Zhenjun struck the little dog with the golf club in his hand, sighing as he watches the little dog whimper and whine in pain before turning to face the terrified butler,
“Bring me Yi Chen.”
Few minutes later, Bai Yi Chen arrived in front of the office, slightly knocking before stepping in,
“Where were you?” Huang Zhenjun asked Bai Yi Chen who gulped the moment his eyes landed on the whimpering dog on the floor, Huang Zhenjun sighed before moving towards the dog to lightly stroke it; Read this novel at novelping . com for the best experience.
“Uncle, I…”
Immediately raising his hand to cut him off, Huang Zhenjun stood and walk back to the table to pick up the gun,
“Shall we try this again? Where were you!”
Bai Yi Chen swallowed and clenched his fist as he slowly turns to take a look at the dog, but before he could reply, Huang Zhenjun pulled the trigger, instantly killing the dog.
Bai Yi Chen flinched, unable to turn his head to look at the corpse of his remaining companion; Slowly moving to stand in front of him, Huang Zhenjun sighed,
“Yi Chen, what was the reason your pet died?” Huang Zhenjun asked before gesturing for him to collect the gun,
“You know, I really love this generation because of that damn thing called technology, so it’s fine if you won’t tell me where you went.” Huang Zhenjun said as he moves to grab the golf club again,
“Jang Yang, can you please tell me where Yi Chen went.”
Jang Yang gulped as he slowly pulled out his phone, hastily adjusting his glasses, he turned towards Huang Zhenjun,
“B-baizhen hospital,”
“Interesting, Yi Chen went to the hospital when he’s not even sick,” Huang Zhenjun boomed as he struck Bai Yi Chen with the golf club,
“Why did you stop? Continue talking, what did he do there?”
“H-he visited…”
Not even waiting for Jang Yang to finish talking, Huang Zhenjun raised the club and struck Bai Yi Chen again,
“Jang Yang, instead of talking, why don’t you show him the live video we have?” Huang Zhenjun muttered, and immediately Bai Yi Chen began to hyperventilate on hearing him mention a live feed, quickly pulling himself to his knees, Bai Yi Chen swallowed,” P-please, don’t hurt her, please, I will do anything, just leave her out of this, I will do whatever you say.”
“Wow! so, you do know how to speak, you are just in luck I have a task for you, but before that, I want you to answer my question,”
“Power! R-rang Rang did not die b-because of the bullet, he died because he had no backing because I was not powerful enough to protect him.” Bai Yi Chen cried out.
“Good, my son is really a genius, now, the task I have for you is actually an effortless one.”
Huang Zhenjun said as he moved to pick up a file on his table before dropping it in front of Bai Yi Chen.
“The girl in the file is Feng Lin, the daughter of Feng Zhou, she has what you, what we need to become powerful, so I want you to find a way to make her sign her inheritance to you no matter what.”
He continued to walk until his feet began to hurt in protest, eventually stopping, he lifted his gaze to examine his surroundings and he could not help but laugh at himself,
“Out of all the places in this city, I just had to find myself here.” Bai Yi Chen muttered as he stared at the bridge in front of him, slowly moving towards the bridge, Bai Yi Chen inhaled deeply as he felt the evening breeze blow past him, shuddering lightly, he smiled miserably as he stared up at the beautiful scenery in front of him.
The whole city knew that the late-night sky at the open bridge has always been beautiful, but no matter how breathtaking it was that night, it still could not get rid of the despair and hatred in his heart.
And to him, dying at the open bridge with the beautiful night sky as his witness would be the perfect ending for him, after all that would mean he had also followed in his father’s footsteps.
He was suddenly pulled out of his reverie by the sound of someone weeping behind him, slowly turning towards the source of the noise, Bai Yi Chen stare in confusion at the unfamiliar female standing behind him, her choice of dressing making it a bit difficult to make out her face properly,
“Wait! Please don’t do it, j-just calm down.”
“What are you?” Bai Yi Chen asked as he continues to watch her slowly make her way toward him,
“I-l know whatever made you choose this must be awful but don’t do it, I mean if you die now, what about your dad and your…”
“I’m actually going to meet my dad.” Bai Yi Chen replied.
“Then y-your mom, your whole life, think about it carefully, in five years will all of what’s making you want to jump matter, I mean… just please don’t die, I don’t want you to die.”
Bai Yi Chen lightly smirked before nodding, even in the situation, he could not help but find her behavior interesting,
“Good, now I’m going to slowly walk towards you…” She said, but before she could even take another step, she fell, and while trying to stand, she fell again.
Bai Yi Chen could not help to burst into laughter, to think someone as clumsy as her was actually trying to save a person from jumping off the bridge, and not only was she clumsy, he could also tell that she was naive because she actually thought he was going to jump.
After staring at her hilarious attempts to get back on her feet for a while, Bai Yi Chen sighed before stepping down from the bridge to help her.
“Oh, y-you didn’t do it, thank goddess!”
“H-handsome brother, I really hope you won’t try to jump, everything will be better and…”
Slowly reaching into the pockets of her coat, Bai Yi Chen watched as she pulled out a box,
“I don’t know about you but, to me, sweet make everything better, whenever I’m really really sad, I take this, although I don’t have much, but since you are in a special situation, I’m going to give it to you.”
“But, you have to promise me that you will never jump.” Chun Huan added before she suddenly gasped,
“Oh my, I’m late.”
Immediately dropping the box in his hand,
“Bye, by the way, my name is Chun Huan, what’s yours?”
Not waiting for his reply, she quickly dashes toward the main road, Bai Yi Chen smiled as he watch her run off before whispering;
“Yi Chen.”
Do you think Bai Yi Chen’s meeting with Chun Huan was supposed to become an ill fate?