At Song's Mansion...
After coming back from the villa, Wei Chen didn't bother to check on his father as he was used to him throwing tantrums now and then.
But deep inside his heart, he found it strange that his father behaved rather out of his character that night and didn't come out of his room even though it was afternoon already.
Wei Chen looked up at the stairs wondering whether he should go and knock on his door but then he realized how preposterous his thoughts were.
Shaking his head, he walked out of the mansion not wanting to become soft towards the man who tormented him and his little brother all this time just for money and power.
He straight up drove to the S University and went to 'Novice Pavillion'. He called Xiao Bo informing him that he was waiting for him in front of his dorm.
It was finally the day of the brothers' date.
Wei Chen promised the younger that he would visit him often and take him out every Sunday to spend some time together but the other day they had to visit the Wangs which was why they couldn't meet up as he promised.
So, he inquired about the classes that Xiao Bo had, and knowing that he was free in the afternoon, Wei Chen decided to take him somewhere nice so they could talk heart to heart.
"Dage!"
Xiao Bo came running into his arms.
"Ow, my little Bobo, you are so energetic today."
Wei Chen smiled as he hugged back the younger. He became relaxed seeing that Xiao Bo was doing fine despite all the events from the last day.
"Shall we go?" Wei Chen broke the hug and took the Younger's hand.
Xiao Bo nodded as he followed his elder brother and sat inside the car.
Wei Chen drove off to the 'Azalea' cafe that became recently famous due to a young skillful patissier who came from abroad after winning an international patissier championship and earned a Michelin star.
The elder already booked the whole cafe for the day as now everyone's focus was on Xiao Bo after the announcement of engagement with Mu Chen.
Wei Chen didn't want to take any chance and ruin their perfect outing with people talking behind their backs.
...
Li Feng Mian was in the living room of his apartment going through the file that his secretary brought, the person had big black circles around his eyes indicating his sleepless stressful night.
Not only him all his assistants were in the same condition as him due to running here and there digging information all night.
His assistants were now taking rest but he had to report the investigation findings to his boss. He planned to take a rest after this and ask for a raise to make him work all night.
When his boss called him last night ordering him to dig up information about a certain person's birth origin he was sure his boss had gone nuts.
However, when the investigation was over his fuse blew out seeing the information. So he quickly sorted out everything into a file and came to his boss's apartment with a proud face as he was sure there would be a huge bonus this time.
It was the file having the results of the investigation done on Xiao Bo's past as per his father, Li Zhao Yang's instructions last night.
After seeing Xiao Bo who looked so similar to his mother, Li Yi Ran, when she was young, Zhao Yang became suspicious of the younger's birth origin so he asked his son to do a background check quickly.
As soon as Feng Mian saw the first page of the file he was shocked by the information that Xiao Bo was born in the same hospital where his mother was admitted due to preterm labor.
He was just a three-year-old boy at that time and doesn't remember much but he could vaguely recall how his big sister, Li Hui Ying held him tightly as his mother who was crying in pain was being taken into the ICU on the stretcher by the nurses.
It was a small but beautiful town Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland where they went with the whole family for their vacation.
At that time, Xia Dan (Mrs. Li) just completed her seventh month and entered the first week of her eighth month of pregnancy. She wanted to have a change of air and insisted on coming along with them on the vacation.
At first, Zhao Yang refused as it could be dangerous for her to travel by air but seeing his wife being so down-hearted he called all the professional doctors to check up on her to see if it would raise any complications in her pregnancy.
After thorough checkups, they concluded that she was healthy and fit to travel by air. Thus, Zhao Yang took her with them.
But right after two days into their vacation, Xia Dan went into preterm labor, accidentally.
She gave birth to her youngest son prematurely who was dead right after the birth which happened on the same day Song Xiao Bo was born.
Of course, seeing that, Feng Mian's doubts aroused even more cause it couldn't be a coincidence if it involved the most treacherous person, Song Yi Ming.
Feng Mian turned the next page in the file and this time he was stunned to the core.
It was the testimony of the head nurse and a few other nurses who helped in the pregnancy of his mother that they switched the prematurely born baby with a dead baby for money.
"Is this true?" Feng Mian looked at his secretary very seriously.
"Yes, sir. We even have the audio of them admitting it. So, I took the liberty to do a DNA paternity test between Mr. Li Zhao Yang and that boy Song Xiao Bo. You can see the results of that test if you turn the page."
Hearing his secretary's words Feng Main immediately turned the paper and was shocked to see the result.
"What the hell?!!! The probability of paternity is 99.98 percent?" Feng Mian shouted.
"Yes sir. Our men thoroughly checked the CCTV footage of the party last night and took the glass through which young master Song drank juice last night to be further sure we also took a hair sample on his coat which he left in the farmhouse then we asked for Mr. Li's samples and sent them to our laboratory."
"That means... Song Xiao Bo is my younger brother who we thought was dead during his birth..." Feng Mian was at a loss for words.
"Yes, sir. Mr. Li also asked for a copy of our investigation report so I sent him one."
As soon as the secretary finished his words Feng Mian's phone rang bringing him back to his senses.
It was from his father, and he answered it immediately.
"Father..."
"No matter what you do I want Song Yi Ming and Song Wei Chen to be ruined by the end of the day and bring your little brother back home."
Li Zhao Yang's voice was infuriated.
"What..." Feng Mian stopped for a second.
>>>I know Song Yi Ming was the one behind this but why is Father asking me to ruin Wei Chen too? He must be a child at the time too, right?
"Didn't you see the full report? That fucking bastard Song Yi Ming switched my son with his dead son and then abused him all this time. Even his son Wei Chen is in cahoots with his father and tormented your little brother. My youngest son was treated like an animal in that house! Those monsters, Mian... destroy them!"
Feng Mian could hear the frustration and anger in his father's voice. He turned the pages in a hurry and saw all the evidence of how Xiao Bo was treated in Song's mansion.
"Sir, we also happened to get our hands on a video where Song Yi Ming and Song Wei Chen are caught assaulting Mr. Xiao Bo."
The secretary took out a pen drive from his pocket and handed it over to his boss.
"Mian, don't involve the police. They will only sentence them to serve in jail for years but the pain your little brother went through all these years..." Zhao gritted his teeth crumpling the paper in his hand.
"...take our men. Deal with them in our way. Take away everything from them. I want to see that bastard Song Yi Ming kneeling and begging for mercy in front of me, do you understand?"
"Yes, father. I understand. I will take care of it, you don't have to worry. You go back to B city and explain everything to the Grandparents and mother. I think she will be ecstatic to know that her youngest son is alive."
"Yes, she will finally be free from the guilt that has been eating her away for all these years. Wrap up everything by evening and be back with your little brother."
Zhao Yang hung up the call and Feng Mian asked his secretary to connect the pendrive to his laptop to confirm one thing.
Cause he was uncertain about Song Wei Chen who knelt in front of him and cried for his brother.
The first time they met, Wei Chen offended him also because his cousins insulted Xiao Bo. So, he wasn't sure that the other abused his little brother.
But all his hesitancy turned to wrath upon seeing the video footage where Song Yi Ming was hitting Xiao Bo with his belt and then he gave that to Wei Chen who also hit his little brother without any remorse on his face.
"Hypocrite!"
Feng Mian punched the glass table in front of him breaking it into pieces. His rage knew no bounds at that moment though his knuckles started bleeding he didn't care at all.
He crushed his back molars, his eyes were burning in fury...
"Song Wei Chen, I will stomp you and screw you up in every way possible, personally."
...
In Song's mansion...
Song Yi Ming woke up late in the afternoon. He was lying on the floor and everything in his room was wrecked.
When he tried to get up he winced in pain as his wrists hurt like hell. He remembered cutting them last night after coming back from the Wang's farmhouse.
He saw the knife and the floor beside him stained with his dried blood. He didn't cut them deep enough for him to die though he lost lots of blood.
Which was why he didn't have any strength left in him to even stand up straight. His head throbbed in pain, his vision was blurry.
He was breathing heavily as he stood up taking support of the bed beside him. He took his phone and called the butler.
Mr. Pei Chen, a fifty-year-old man who worked for Song Yi Ming for almost thirty years just returned to Song's residence after his long vacation came running after hearing the weak voice of his master.
"Sir, what happened... you did it again?" Pei Chen, the old man's voice sounded anxious seeing the cuts on his master's wrists.
Song Yi Ming smiled wryly, "Old Pei, I think...*huff* everything will come to an end ...*huff* ...soon."
"Sir... You!" Pei Chen gritted his teeth and was about to say something when he heard the commotion outside.
Pei Chen looked out through the window and saw the car stopped in front of the mansion and seeing the men his pupils enlarged.
"Sir, those men... they are here again. What should we do? You are like this... what should we do?" That old man became frightened.
Song Yi Ming's heart thundered, "Where is Wei Chen?"
"Young master went out this morning to meet with little master Bo," The butler replied.
Song Yi Ming released a breath of relief, "Then... that's good. There is no need to worry."
"Sir, let's run away through the backdoor. There isn't much time... we need to get out of here before those men break-in," Pei Chen hurried trying to make Yi Ming stand.
"Old man Pei... do you think they will spare me if I run away? What if they catch Wei Chen? I can't take any risks anymore. I told you right, everything is going to end soon. This is the start..." Yi Ming voiced out.
"But sir," Pei Chen was distraught seeing his master's lifeless eyes.
"...Old man Pei, help me up to that safe," Song Yi Ming asked extending his hand.
Sighing Pei Chen supported Yi Ming and took him towards the wardrobe where he kept his safe.
Song Yi Ming opened the safe with his retina and thumb scan. He took out the papers and handed them over to the butler.
"Old man Pei, take these documents and give them to Wei Chen, he will know what to do next also I have a request to ask of you for one last time..." Yi Ming looked at the butler.
"... last time? What do you mean sir? Don't do this, let's get out of here and-" he was cut off by Yi Ming.
"Please take care of Wei Chen for me... don't let him fall into those monsters' hands."
"Then sir... what about little master Bo?" Pei Chen questioned.
Yi Ming smiled, "He... he is in good hands and will be protected."
"You mean Wang Mu Chen?" Pei Chen queried and got a nod from his master.
"I have already given my guardian rights on Bobo to Wang Mu Chen. That boy won't suffer anymore... this is the last thing I can do for him after making him go through hell, don't you think? I did good right, Old man Pei?"
"Sir..." Pei Chen, the old butler teared up hearing it, "You did good, Sir. You did good..."
Song Yi Ming smiled, though it didn't reach his eyes, "Now go... you know the secret passage from the basement right? Go through it they won't know."
"Sir, why don't you come with me... there is still a chance to-"
The butler was cut off again by Yi Ming, "You know it's not possible. Don't try to coerce me... just go," Song Yi Ming pushed the old butler away as he staggered to stand.
Taking a long breath, the old butler clutched onto the documents given by his master tightly, he bowed to him for the last time, "Goodbye, sir."
Just when the old butler was about to leave the room, "Old man Pei..." Yi Ming called.
The old butler stopped in his tracks and looked back.
"Thank you... for all this time," Yi Ming showed him a bright smile.
The old butler couldn't contain his tears any longer, "It was my pleasure, sir..." He ran to the basement crying not wanting to look back at his broken master cause if he turned back this time he would make sure to drag him out of the mansion with him.
Song Yi Ming laid on the bed looking up at the ceiling blankly, "Everything is over... hahahahaha..."
He laughed with tears in his eyes as the men broke the main door and entered the mansion. They came upstairs smashing everything on their way and entered Yi Ming's room.
But Yi Ming didn't even budge, he continued looking at the ceiling tearing up.
"You bitch! Here you are! How dare you offend the master, huh? Did you forget your place? Has it been a long time since we played with you?" The man who first entered roared.
"No, big brother. We did play with him last month in the B city when his youngest son made a scene in the Mayor's villa and ran away. Didn't we punish him for that... though he is forty-three, his body still has curves like a whore."
The other man who had a baseball bat in his hand licked his lips seeing Yi Ming.
Song Yi Ming sat up on the bed and looked at those men with nonchalant eyes more like he had an expression on his face that screamed he doesn't care anymore about whatever the fuck was going to happen to him.
"This sow!" The first man went and grabbed Yi Ming's hair tightly, "What's that arrogant look on your face? Why don't you beg like every time you do? What, did you think just because your youngest son was engaged to the Wang family they will back you up?"
Song Yi Ming busted out laughing at that sentence.
"This slut!" The other man slapped Yi Ming so harshly that his cheek turned blood red with a cut at the corner of his mouth that started bleeding.
But Yi Ming didn't stop laughing, getting annoyed by his laughter those men started hitting him with everything they had. They kicked him in his stomach and stomped him until Yi Ming stopped laughing, losing consciousness.
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