The anger surged up, then swiftly extinguished upon seeing Bai Lixin’s bright eyes.
It was exactly 2 AM, the coldest hour.
The wind picked up, bringing a chill.
Dijia took off his suit jacket and draped it over Bai Lixin without hesitation. While helping Bai Lixin tidy his clothes, his fingers intentionally or unintentionally brushed over the marks on his neck, as if this could cover up the remaining breath on it.
Red Hair hugged her arms, watching the two figures that seemed to step out of a painting, her eyes twinkling.
‘So good looking.
This pair was also quite appealing.
Damn, why did Bai Lixin look so good with anyone, creating such a couple vibe?
How should I choose? It’s so hard.’
After raising the collar of the black coat to block Bai Lixin’s slender neck, Dijia asked gently, “Where are the car keys?”
Bai Lixin, who was in the midst of feeling the familiar breath from his lover, was brought back to reality by the words. He sighed inwardly, took out the keys from his backpack and handed them to Dijia, “Here.”
When giving the key, Bai Lixin’s fingertip touched Dijia’s palm.
Dijia’s palm trembled slightly, and he struggled hard to maintain a gentlemanly smile. He pressed the unlock button and opened the passenger seat, “Let’s get out of here first.”
Bai Lixin pointed at Red Hair and Aunt Zhang, “They’re coming with us.”
Dijia maintained his smile, “Of course, the beautiful ladies will naturally sit in the distinguished rear seats.”
Red Hair blushed and felt embarrassed.
Dijia sat in the driver’s seat and casually unbuttoned the cuffs, revealing the wrists wrapped in lean muscles. His posture was natural yet charmingly handsome. Red Hair who was sitting in the back couldn’t take her eyes off him.
Bai Lixin looked forward calmly, but the corner of his eye kept glancing towards Dijia.
Ever since Dijia took off his suit jacket, Bai Lixin had been stealing glances at him.
From the time Dijia took off his suit jacket, he started to peek at him.
His husband’s figure was truly as good as always.
The thin shirt couldn’t hide the man’s perfect and agile body. The shoulders and chest slightly bulged, revealing the contours of muscles. It wasn’t a tangled mass of muscles, but it exuded strength and explosiveness.
Just looking at it was very comfortable; he wondered how it would feel to touch.
After the life-and-death battle tonight, Bai Lixin unexpectedly started to have some distracting thoughts.
Dijia was unaware of what Bai Lixin was thinking. He was used to stretching his arms when driving and because his shirt was a little restrictive, he untied his cuff links.
When he started the car and turned to look at Bai Lixin, he noticed that Bai Lixin’s face was a bit flushed. “Fasten your seatbelt.”
It seemed that the young man was frightened by the recent experience at the Fei family. He looked over with confusion, and blinked, “Huh? What did you say?”
Dijia chuckled helplessly and leaned over, almost leaning on Bai Lixin’s body. He extended his long arm to pull over Bai Lixin’s seatbelt and fastened it, “It’s nothing, I’ve got it.”
As he leaned over, the man’s alluring hormonal scent invaded his nostrils, and Bai Lixin’s breath suddenly hitched.
If it weren’t for the fact that Red Hair and Aunt Zhang were still sitting behind, he might have done something in the car.
It was too tantalizing.
He had just experienced a big battle, and the whole body was tense and tired. It seemed that only Dijia could help him relax quickly.
The meat was right in front of him, but he can’t eat it.
Frustrating.
After Dijia helped Bai Lixin fasten his seatbelt, he started the car and slowly left the Fei residence.
When leaving, there were still many cars parked on both sides of the road, standing silently in the dark, but they would never leave with their owners again.
The car was very quiet on this journey. After surviving the ordeal, nerves instantly relaxed, and Red Hair and Aunt Zhang fell asleep leaning against each other.
Bai Lixin looked at Dijia’s perfectly defined profile, then asked aloud, “How did you escape from the white scarecrow?”
Dijia didn’t look away, and spoke in a natural tone, “I ran fast, wore all black and hid in the woods. It left after it couldn’t find me.”
Bai Lixin remained silent for two seconds, “Did you see a black fog-like monster?”
“No,” Dijia answered almost immediately “There was only that one monster. I made sure it left and returned to the Fei residence. I found the car still there, I looked for you for a while, but because I was worried about getting separated, I went back to the car.”
There were two ladies sleeping behind, so both of them spoke in very low voices.
A warmth slowly emerged from the air vents, adding a bit of heat and ambiguity to this quiet enclosed space.
The car quickly arrived at the city center, and Dijia stopped at a red light at the intersection.
The man turned to the young man, his gaze still falling on the other’s neck.
On the fair and slender neck, the abrupt marks were very conspicuous. After enduring it for quite a while, the man couldn’t help but casually ask, “What happened to your neck?”
Bai Lixin touched his neck, “I got bitten by a dog.”
Dijia: “…”
For some reason, Dijia’s felt somewhat complicated upon hearing this answer.
If he said he felt good, but he felt uncomfortable, as if the word “dog” was an insult to himself.
If he said he felt bad, it seemed a bit dreamy.
The car drove for more than twenty minutes in the dark night and finally arrived at the Di residence.
Red Hair opened her eyes at this time. She rubbed her eyes sleepily, and her eyes suddenly went wide.
‘Where am I?
Is this… a castle?!
Is this still a dream? Haven’t I woken up yet?’
Dijia drove the car into the garage, “We’ve arrived at my place. Everyone, get out.”
Red Hair swallowed silently.
If the Fei residence could be called a mansion, then this villa could be described as a “castle.”
It was much larger than the Fei residence, and the location was the best in the city.
In a place where every inch of land was precious, such a large house was unexpectedly built. They must be really wealthy!
Aunt Zhang woke up at some point. People got out of the car one by one and followed Dijia into the villa using the elevator directly from the garage.
On sitting on the sofa, Red Hair was a bit afraid to move around, afraid of touching something she couldn’t afford to break.
Just when she was feeling uneasy, a housekeeping robot moved in front of her, placed a steaming cup of red tea in front of her, and then spoke with a childish and sweet voice, “Little sister, have some tea to warm up.”
Red Hair was somewhat shocked by the high-tech features of this house, but didn’t want to look like a country bumpkin and silently took the steaming black tea.
The housekeeping robot then brought tea to Aunt a Zhang and moved to Bai Lixin, “Madam, please have some tea.”
Red Hair almost spat out the black tea in her hand.
Dijia felt embarrassed, “This housekeeping robot is a new project I recently invested in and developed. It has a built-in AI chip, and the technology industry has great development prospects. However, this AI chip often has bugs, so it’s still in the experimental stage.”
He patted the head of the one-meter-tall housekeeping robot, “Little A, you’re too impolite. This is Mr. Bai Lixin.”
The housekeeping robot had a round body with a black screen embedded in front, displaying cute expressions from time to time.
After hearing Dijia’s words, the housekeeping robot’s expression changed from a smile to sudden realization, “Oh okay, Master.”
In the next second, the housekeeping robot turned to Bai Lixin with a smiling face, “Madam Bai Lixin, please have tea.”
Dijia became even more embarrassed.
Unlike the man’s embarrassment, the young man was quite calm.
He smiled and took the tea from the robot, “Thank you, Little A.”
The housekeeping robot’s smiling face immediately turned shy, “You’re welcome, Madam.”
“Ah, this…” Dijia forced a laugh and sat down, “Sorry, I’ll send Little A for repairs tomorrow.”
Little A seemed to understand, and when it looked at Dijia, its expression turned teary. “Little A is not sick. Why send Little A to the hospital? Little A is afraid of injections. Little A doesn’t want to go! Madam, I don’t want to go to the hospital.”
The baby voice was now tinged with a tone of grievance, which immediately eased the tense atmosphere in the hall, and Red Hair and Aunt Zhang finally relaxed.
Seeing this, Bai Lixin smiled, “It’s quite cute. It doesn’t hurt to call me anything. If there are no other issues, why send it for repairs? It looks so pitiful crying like this, it’s like we’re bullying a child.”
Dijia looked at Bai Lixin with dark eyes, “Okay, then I’ll listen to you.”
After Little A left, Bai Lixin took the time to observe the spacious house, “Are you the only one in the house?”
Dijia: “My parents are abroad. I bought a large house, but I’m the only one living here. I don’t like too many people entering my house, so I’ve installed a lot of high-tech for convenience. Besides the cleaning staff who comes every day, there’s not much else.”
Bai Lixin sighed, “It feels a bit lonely.”
Dijia smiled, and looked at Bai Lixin quietly, “Once you move in, it probably won’t be so lonely.”
Lonely?
Before he knew Bai Lixin, he never felt that this house was lonely.
Red Hair’s hand trembled slightly. She bit her lip and placed the teacup on the coffee table.
What did she just hear?
Move in? Was Bai Lixin going to live with this super-rich handsome guy?
Isn’t this just like the CP she shipped suddenly becoming real?
The atmosphere in the hall gradually eased. Bai Lixin looked at Aunt Zhang, who was silent on the side, and slowly called out, “Aunt Zhang.”
Aunt Zhang’s shoulders tensed, then she sighed. What had to come would come; there was no escaping it.
She put down the teacup and looked up at Bai Lixin, “Young Master, what do you want to know?”
Bai Lixin’s voice carried a definite tone that brooked no compromise, “Everything.”
“Although I am the master’s confidant, I’m just a servant. I don’t know everything,” Aunt Zhang carefully organized her words, “I’ll only tell you what I know.”
She paused, her eyes gradually becoming somewhat unfocused, and her voice turned murky.
“The relationship between the master and the former madam has never been good. They had an arranged marriage, with no emotional foundation. However, to maintain the façade of a harmonious marriage for the eldest young master, pretended.”
“But one day, the master suddenly brought back a mother and son, disrupting this calm.”
“The master was like he had been possessed. He gave the former madam a large sum of money and insisted on divorcing. Shortly after the divorce, he married a new madam, your mother – Mrs. Li Manyu.”
“You are the son of Mrs. Li Manyu, but the master cared about you a lot, even more than the eldest young master. I originally thought it was because the master loved your mother so much, so he extended that affection to you. Until one night, I accidentally saw…”
She paused, and her expression became twisted. After a moment, she continued with difficulty, “That night, I was on the night shift. I heard an unusual sound during my rounds, so I followed the sound to the outside of your bedroom. The door was not closed, and light leaked from inside. Through the crack, I saw the master pressing you on the bed…”
Red Hair looked at Bai Lixin with shock.
Dijia’s face turned pale, and the fists hidden behind his back were clenched tightly.
“Although the madam called you a vixen, I knew the reason wasn’t you.” Aunt Zhang’s face turned somewhat pale, a hint of guilt flashing in her eyes. “Because at that time, I saw your almost desperate expression. You were tied to the bed, crying and begging. The master is simply a beast!”
Aunt Zhang’s voice trembled, and she covered her face in pain, “I’m sorry, Young Master. I should have helped you then. I should have rushed in to save you, or called the police and reported the master for rape.”
“But I didn’t. I was afraid of losing this high-paying job, and afraid of sending the master to prison. I did nothing, I chose to silently ignore it.”
The previously light atmosphere gradually cooled down. Dijia suppressed his anger and asked, “What happened next?”
Aunt Zhang rubbed her face and continued, “Later, I couldn’t help but secretly observe the interactions between the young master and the master. That’s when I realized the master’s care for the young master was too different. His affection for the young master wasn’t like that of an elder for a younger one but more like a man toying with a lover. I could see the young master was in pain, partly from the master’s insults, and partly from the infidelity to the madam.”
“The master is a smart man. He quickly noticed something was wrong with me and called me over for questioning. I hadn’t seen much of the world, so I blurted everything out. The master warned me not to spread it, and promised to give me a higher salary.”
Dijia said coldly, “So you were swayed by money and did nothing?”
His voice was so cold that it could freeze someone instantly.
Aunt Zhang shivered, her face full of guilt and remorse, “I’m sorry, Young Master. If I had spoken up, maybe many things wouldn’t have happened afterward.”
Dijia breathed heavily, feeling like his lungs were in pain with each breath. He looked at Bai Lixin with concern, afraid that the young man couldn’t bear it.
However, Bai Lixin seemed to be listening to someone else’s story, his face showing a pained expression, “What happened later?”
Aunt Zhang: “I don’t know the specific details in the middle. Later, the master arranged for me to work night shifts, and then I saw Master Zhang Ao, the former head of the Zhang family, frequently visiting at night.”
“He…had some special hobbies and liked to abuse others. Every time before he arrived, the master would arrange a bouquet of roses in a vase. Master Zhang Ao always liked to bring the vase to the Young Master’s room… Every time he left, I had to spend a long time cleaning up the Young Master.”
“He was covered in blood, especially in that area. The thorns of the roses can be really painful. Roses used to be the Young Master’s favorite flowers, but after that, he developed a strong hatred and fear towards them.”
“The Young Master would just lay in a pool of blood with a miserable look on his face. Several times when I helped him with medication, I doubted if he was still alive. I couldn’t face the Young Master because he would look at me with a pleading expression, wanting me to call the police, wanting me to help him escape.”
“The young master often fell ill because of this, so the master simply had him take a leave from school to recuperate at home. It was called ‘recovering,’ but it was more like an unconventional house arrest.”
The air became ominously quiet.
Red Hair was so angry that her whole body was shaking.
‘Beasts.
They were all beasts.
These damn beasts!’
Bai Lixin suppressed his voice, “Continue, I want to know what happened next.”
Aunt Zhang: “Later, the Fei family’s business suddenly started thriving. Then, it seemed the master found it profitable, and more and more people started visiting the house at night. The madam finally sensed something was wrong and discovered this matter. The master didn’t seem to have the intention of hiding it from the madam, and they had a big argument. The essence of it was that the madam was the ‘chicken and dog’ in the saying ‘when one person gains enlightenment, even the chicken and dog ascend to heaven.’ The master was eyeing the Young Master from the beginning. He married the madam just to legally confine the Young Master.”
“Since then, the madam developed a hatred towards the Young Master. She would scold him whenever there was an opportunity. In front of others, she would accuse him of being stupid, and call him ‘vixen’ behind closed doors.”
Bai Lixin: “What about Fei Yino and the situation with Xiao…me?”
Aunt Zhang paused, “The relationship between the Eldest Young Master and you wasn’t good at first, a bit confrontational. But you always avoided his sharp edges. Later on, it seemed he didn’t bother you much. To be honest, I don’t know how your relationship suddenly improved.”
“Did Fei Yino ever take me out? Like to the Moon Bay Hotel or something?”
After thinking for a long time, Aunt Zhang nodded, “Yes, there was such an occasion.”
“I remember that it was already dark when you left that day. The master seemed very excited, and you were dressed very beautifully, wearing a white suit, just like tonight.”
“Every time I saw you dressed up like that, I felt scared. So that night, I didn’t dare to sleep. It was around five in the morning when the master brought you back. At that time, the master looked very flustered. After returning, he warned me not to talk about what happened when you two went out, and no one was allowed to know.”
“I was a bit confused, but I didn’t ask anything, I just nodded and agreed. Later, a few police officers came to question me, and only then did I learn that something might have happened. But I didn’t dare to say anything. I just followed what the master had taught me earlier to deal with it.”
“Later, I learned through some unofficial channels that there was a horrific death at the Moon Bay Hotel that night.”
After finishing her words, Aunt Zhang suddenly remembered something and turned her head, looking at Red Hair vigilantly.
Red Hair quickly waved her hands to show her innocence, “I don’t know anything, I didn’t hear anything.”
Bai Lixin: “…”
Things are starting to connect.
Indeed, it was Xiao Tou who went to the Moon Bay Hotel at that time.
Those people held a ritual, and everyone present died except Xiao Tou and Fei Taizong.
“After doing so many bad things, retribution is inevitable,” Aunt Zhang took a deep breath and continued, “After the Young Master and the master came back, things seemed to get strange not long after.”
“Zhang Ao came to the Fei family once and then disappeared. Because of his disappearance, the Fei family’s business started to decline rapidly.”
“I don’t know if it was to salvage his business, but the master decided to hold another banquet.”
Bai Lixin repeated, “Another banquet? How many banquets has Fei Taizong held in total?”
Aunt Zhang looked a bit embarrassed, “Normal banquets have been held many times, but banquets with you as the main character, just twice. Once on your nineteenth birthday and the other time was that one.”
She paused and bit her lip before continuing, “And this time.”
Bai Lixin: “Were the previous banquets like this too?”
Aunt Zhang nodded, “Yes, they were. At first, everyone wore masks, but later, when things got wild, the masks were discarded.”
Bai Lixin: “Oh. What about the ‘retribution’ you mentioned? What happened?”
There was some confusion in Aunt Zhang’s eyes, “I can’t quite remember what happened at that banquet, but after it, it seemed like the Fei family deflated like a balloon. The business didn’t improve as the master expected; instead, it gradually declined like withering leaves. The master also had health problems and suddenly fell seriously ill. Unable to manage the company, he temporarily handed the business over to the Eldest Young Master.”
“Then the young master suddenly disappeared. After the Young Master disappeared, the Eldest Young Master also seemed off. Although the Eldest Young Master was originally cold, he was somewhat warm-hearted. But after the Young Master disappeared, he turned into a different person—cold-blooded, calculating, ruthless, and merciless. He took over the business temporarily entrusted to him by the master and seized control of the Fei family.”
“Although the relationship between the eldest young master and the old master cannot be said to be good, it hadn’t reached the point of hostility. After that incident, the atmosphere between them became tense, like sworn enemies.”
“The master wanted to take back his business, but the Eldest Young Master had already sidelined him.”
The anger surged up, then swiftly extinguished upon seeing Bai Lixin’s bright eyes.
It was exactly 2 AM, the coldest hour.
The wind picked up, bringing a chill.
Dijia took off his suit jacket and draped it over Bai Lixin without hesitation. While helping Bai Lixin tidy his clothes, his fingers intentionally or unintentionally brushed over the marks on his neck, as if this could cover up the remaining breath on it.
Red Hair hugged her arms, watching the two figures that seemed to step out of a painting, her eyes twinkling.
‘So good looking.
This pair was also quite appealing.
Damn, why did Bai Lixin look so good with anyone, creating such a couple vibe?
How should I choose? It’s so hard.’
After raising the collar of the black coat to block Bai Lixin’s slender neck, Dijia asked gently, “Where are the car keys?”
Bai Lixin, who was in the midst of feeling the familiar breath from his lover, was brought back to reality by the words. He sighed inwardly, took out the keys from his backpack and handed them to Dijia, “Here.”
When giving the key, Bai Lixin’s fingertip touched Dijia’s palm.
Dijia’s palm trembled slightly, and he struggled hard to maintain a gentlemanly smile. He pressed the unlock button and opened the passenger seat, “Let’s get out of here first.”
Bai Lixin pointed at Red Hair and Aunt Zhang, “They’re coming with us.”
Dijia maintained his smile, “Of course, the beautiful ladies will naturally sit in the distinguished rear seats.”
Red Hair blushed and felt embarrassed.
Dijia sat in the driver’s seat and casually unbuttoned the cuffs, revealing the wrists wrapped in lean muscles. His posture was natural yet charmingly handsome. Red Hair who was sitting in the back couldn’t take her eyes off him.
Bai Lixin looked forward calmly, but the corner of his eye kept glancing towards Dijia.
Ever since Dijia took off his suit jacket, Bai Lixin had been stealing glances at him.
From the time Dijia took off his suit jacket, he started to peek at him.
His husband’s figure was truly as good as always.
The thin shirt couldn’t hide the man’s perfect and agile body. The shoulders and chest slightly bulged, revealing the contours of muscles. It wasn’t a tangled mass of muscles, but it exuded strength and explosiveness.
Just looking at it was very comfortable; he wondered how it would feel to touch.
After the life-and-death battle tonight, Bai Lixin unexpectedly started to have some distracting thoughts.
Dijia was unaware of what Bai Lixin was thinking. He was used to stretching his arms when driving and because his shirt was a little restrictive, he untied his cuff links.
When he started the car and turned to look at Bai Lixin, he noticed that Bai Lixin’s face was a bit flushed. “Fasten your seatbelt.”
It seemed that the young man was frightened by the recent experience at the Fei family. He looked over with confusion, and blinked, “Huh? What did you say?”
Dijia chuckled helplessly and leaned over, almost leaning on Bai Lixin’s body. He extended his long arm to pull over Bai Lixin’s seatbelt and fastened it, “It’s nothing, I’ve got it.”
As he leaned over, the man’s alluring hormonal scent invaded his nostrils, and Bai Lixin’s breath suddenly hitched.
If it weren’t for the fact that Red Hair and Aunt Zhang were still sitting behind, he might have done something in the car.
It was too tantalizing.
He had just experienced a big battle, and the whole body was tense and tired. It seemed that only Dijia could help him relax quickly.
The meat was right in front of him, but he can’t eat it.
Frustrating.
After Dijia helped Bai Lixin fasten his seatbelt, he started the car and slowly left the Fei residence.
When leaving, there were still many cars parked on both sides of the road, standing silently in the dark, but they would never leave with their owners again.
The car was very quiet on this journey. After surviving the ordeal, nerves instantly relaxed, and Red Hair and Aunt Zhang fell asleep leaning against each other.
Bai Lixin looked at Dijia’s perfectly defined profile, then asked aloud, “How did you escape from the white scarecrow?”
Dijia didn’t look away, and spoke in a natural tone, “I ran fast, wore all black and hid in the woods. It left after it couldn’t find me.”
Bai Lixin remained silent for two seconds, “Did you see a black fog-like monster?”
“No,” Dijia answered almost immediately “There was only that one monster. I made sure it left and returned to the Fei residence. I found the car still there, I looked for you for a while, but because I was worried about getting separated, I went back to the car.”
There were two ladies sleeping behind, so both of them spoke in very low voices.
A warmth slowly emerged from the air vents, adding a bit of heat and ambiguity to this quiet enclosed space.
The car quickly arrived at the city center, and Dijia stopped at a red light at the intersection.
The man turned to the young man, his gaze still falling on the other’s neck.
On the fair and slender neck, the abrupt marks were very conspicuous. After enduring it for quite a while, the man couldn’t help but casually ask, “What happened to your neck?”
Bai Lixin touched his neck, “I got bitten by a dog.”
Dijia: “…”
For some reason, Dijia’s felt somewhat complicated upon hearing this answer.
If he said he felt good, but he felt uncomfortable, as if the word “dog” was an insult to himself.
If he said he felt bad, it seemed a bit dreamy.
The car drove for more than twenty minutes in the dark night and finally arrived at the Di residence.
Red Hair opened her eyes at this time. She rubbed her eyes sleepily, and her eyes suddenly went wide.
‘Where am I?
Is this… a castle?!
Is this still a dream? Haven’t I woken up yet?’
Dijia drove the car into the garage, “We’ve arrived at my place. Everyone, get out.”
Red Hair swallowed silently.
If the Fei residence could be called a mansion, then this villa could be described as a “castle.”
It was much larger than the Fei residence, and the location was the best in the city.
In a place where every inch of land was precious, such a large house was unexpectedly built. They must be really wealthy!
Aunt Zhang woke up at some point. People got out of the car one by one and followed Dijia into the villa using the elevator directly from the garage.
On sitting on the sofa, Red Hair was a bit afraid to move around, afraid of touching something she couldn’t afford to break.
Just when she was feeling uneasy, a housekeeping robot moved in front of her, placed a steaming cup of red tea in front of her, and then spoke with a childish and sweet voice, “Little sister, have some tea to warm up.”
Red Hair was somewhat shocked by the high-tech features of this house, but didn’t want to look like a country bumpkin and silently took the steaming black tea.
The housekeeping robot then brought tea to Aunt a Zhang and moved to Bai Lixin, “Madam, please have some tea.”
Red Hair almost spat out the black tea in her hand.
Dijia felt embarrassed, “This housekeeping robot is a new project I recently invested in and developed. It has a built-in AI chip, and the technology industry has great development prospects. However, this AI chip often has bugs, so it’s still in the experimental stage.”
He patted the head of the one-meter-tall housekeeping robot, “Little A, you’re too impolite. This is Mr. Bai Lixin.”
The housekeeping robot had a round body with a black screen embedded in front, displaying cute expressions from time to time.
After hearing Dijia’s words, the housekeeping robot’s expression changed from a smile to sudden realization, “Oh okay, Master.”
In the next second, the housekeeping robot turned to Bai Lixin with a smiling face, “Madam Bai Lixin, please have tea.”
Dijia became even more embarrassed.
Unlike the man’s embarrassment, the young man was quite calm.
He smiled and took the tea from the robot, “Thank you, Little A.”
The housekeeping robot’s smiling face immediately turned shy, “You’re welcome, Madam.”
“Ah, this…” Dijia forced a laugh and sat down, “Sorry, I’ll send Little A for repairs tomorrow.”
Little A seemed to understand, and when it looked at Dijia, its expression turned teary. “Little A is not sick. Why send Little A to the hospital? Little A is afraid of injections. Little A doesn’t want to go! Madam, I don’t want to go to the hospital.”
The baby voice was now tinged with a tone of grievance, which immediately eased the tense atmosphere in the hall, and Red Hair and Aunt Zhang finally relaxed.
Seeing this, Bai Lixin smiled, “It’s quite cute. It doesn’t hurt to call me anything. If there are no other issues, why send it for repairs? It looks so pitiful crying like this, it’s like we’re bullying a child.”
Dijia looked at Bai Lixin with dark eyes, “Okay, then I’ll listen to you.”
After Little A left, Bai Lixin took the time to observe the spacious house, “Are you the only one in the house?”
Dijia: “My parents are abroad. I bought a large house, but I’m the only one living here. I don’t like too many people entering my house, so I’ve installed a lot of high-tech for convenience. Besides the cleaning staff who comes every day, there’s not much else.”
Bai Lixin sighed, “It feels a bit lonely.”
Dijia smiled, and looked at Bai Lixin quietly, “Once you move in, it probably won’t be so lonely.”
Lonely?
Before he knew Bai Lixin, he never felt that this house was lonely.
Red Hair’s hand trembled slightly. She bit her lip and placed the teacup on the coffee table.
What did she just hear?
Move in? Was Bai Lixin going to live with this super-rich handsome guy?
Isn’t this just like the CP she shipped suddenly becoming real?
The atmosphere in the hall gradually eased. Bai Lixin looked at Aunt Zhang, who was silent on the side, and slowly called out, “Aunt Zhang.”
Aunt Zhang’s shoulders tensed, then she sighed. What had to come would come; there was no escaping it.
She put down the teacup and looked up at Bai Lixin, “Young Master, what do you want to know?”
Bai Lixin’s voice carried a definite tone that brooked no compromise, “Everything.”
“Although I am the master’s confidant, I’m just a servant. I don’t know everything,” Aunt Zhang carefully organized her words, “I’ll only tell you what I know.”
She paused, her eyes gradually becoming somewhat unfocused, and her voice turned murky.
“The relationship between the master and the former madam has never been good. They had an arranged marriage, with no emotional foundation. However, to maintain the façade of a harmonious marriage for the eldest young master, pretended.”
“But one day, the master suddenly brought back a mother and son, disrupting this calm.”
“The master was like he had been possessed. He gave the former madam a large sum of money and insisted on divorcing. Shortly after the divorce, he married a new madam, your mother – Mrs. Li Manyu.”
“You are the son of Mrs. Li Manyu, but the master cared about you a lot, even more than the eldest young master. I originally thought it was because the master loved your mother so much, so he extended that affection to you. Until one night, I accidentally saw…”
She paused, and her expression became twisted. After a moment, she continued with difficulty, “That night, I was on the night shift. I heard an unusual sound during my rounds, so I followed the sound to the outside of your bedroom. The door was not closed, and light leaked from inside. Through the crack, I saw the master pressing you on the bed…”
Red Hair looked at Bai Lixin with shock.
Dijia’s face turned pale, and the fists hidden behind his back were clenched tightly.
“Although the madam called you a vixen, I knew the reason wasn’t you.” Aunt Zhang’s face turned somewhat pale, a hint of guilt flashing in her eyes. “Because at that time, I saw your almost desperate expression. You were tied to the bed, crying and begging. The master is simply a beast!”
Aunt Zhang’s voice trembled, and she covered her face in pain, “I’m sorry, Young Master. I should have helped you then. I should have rushed in to save you, or called the police and reported the master for rape.”
“But I didn’t. I was afraid of losing this high-paying job, and afraid of sending the master to prison. I did nothing, I chose to silently ignore it.”
The previously light atmosphere gradually cooled down. Dijia suppressed his anger and asked, “What happened next?”
Aunt Zhang rubbed her face and continued, “Later, I couldn’t help but secretly observe the interactions between the young master and the master. That’s when I realized the master’s care for the young master was too different. His affection for the young master wasn’t like that of an elder for a younger one but more like a man toying with a lover. I could see the young master was in pain, partly from the master’s insults, and partly from the infidelity to the madam.”
“The master is a smart man. He quickly noticed something was wrong with me and called me over for questioning. I hadn’t seen much of the world, so I blurted everything out. The master warned me not to spread it, and promised to give me a higher salary.”
Dijia said coldly, “So you were swayed by money and did nothing?”
His voice was so cold that it could freeze someone instantly.
Aunt Zhang shivered, her face full of guilt and remorse, “I’m sorry, Young Master. If I had spoken up, maybe many things wouldn’t have happened afterward.”
Dijia breathed heavily, feeling like his lungs were in pain with each breath. He looked at Bai Lixin with concern, afraid that the young man couldn’t bear it.
However, Bai Lixin seemed to be listening to someone else’s story, his face showing a pained expression, “What happened later?”
Aunt Zhang: “I don’t know the specific details in the middle. Later, the master arranged for me to work night shifts, and then I saw Master Zhang Ao, the former head of the Zhang family, frequently visiting at night.”
“He…had some special hobbies and liked to abuse others. Every time before he arrived, the master would arrange a bouquet of roses in a vase. Master Zhang Ao always liked to bring the vase to the Young Master’s room… Every time he left, I had to spend a long time cleaning up the Young Master.”
“He was covered in blood, especially in that area. The thorns of the roses can be really painful. Roses used to be the Young Master’s favorite flowers, but after that, he developed a strong hatred and fear towards them.”
“The Young Master would just lay in a pool of blood with a miserable look on his face. Several times when I helped him with medication, I doubted if he was still alive. I couldn’t face the Young Master because he would look at me with a pleading expression, wanting me to call the police, wanting me to help him escape.”
“The young master often fell ill because of this, so the master simply had him take a leave from school to recuperate at home. It was called ‘recovering,’ but it was more like an unconventional house arrest.”
The air became ominously quiet.
Red Hair was so angry that her whole body was shaking.
‘Beasts.
They were all beasts.
These damn beasts!’
Bai Lixin suppressed his voice, “Continue, I want to know what happened next.”
Aunt Zhang: “Later, the Fei family’s business suddenly started thriving. Then, it seemed the master found it profitable, and more and more people started visiting the house at night. The madam finally sensed something was wrong and discovered this matter. The master didn’t seem to have the intention of hiding it from the madam, and they had a big argument. The essence of it was that the madam was the ‘chicken and dog’ in the saying ‘when one person gains enlightenment, even the chicken and dog ascend to heaven.’ The master was eyeing the Young Master from the beginning. He married the madam just to legally confine the Young Master.”
“Since then, the madam developed a hatred towards the Young Master. She would scold him whenever there was an opportunity. In front of others, she would accuse him of being stupid, and call him ‘vixen’ behind closed doors.”
Bai Lixin: “What about Fei Yino and the situation with Xiao…me?”
Aunt Zhang paused, “The relationship between the Eldest Young Master and you wasn’t good at first, a bit confrontational. But you always avoided his sharp edges. Later on, it seemed he didn’t bother you much. To be honest, I don’t know how your relationship suddenly improved.”
“Did Fei Yino ever take me out? Like to the Moon Bay Hotel or something?”
After thinking for a long time, Aunt Zhang nodded, “Yes, there was such an occasion.”
“I remember that it was already dark when you left that day. The master seemed very excited, and you were dressed very beautifully, wearing a white suit, just like tonight.”
“Every time I saw you dressed up like that, I felt scared. So that night, I didn’t dare to sleep. It was around five in the morning when the master brought you back. At that time, the master looked very flustered. After returning, he warned me not to talk about what happened when you two went out, and no one was allowed to know.”
“I was a bit confused, but I didn’t ask anything, I just nodded and agreed. Later, a few police officers came to question me, and only then did I learn that something might have happened. But I didn’t dare to say anything. I just followed what the master had taught me earlier to deal with it.”
“Later, I learned through some unofficial channels that there was a horrific death at the Moon Bay Hotel that night.”
After finishing her words, Aunt Zhang suddenly remembered something and turned her head, looking at Red Hair vigilantly.
Red Hair quickly waved her hands to show her innocence, “I don’t know anything, I didn’t hear anything.”
Bai Lixin: “…”
Things are starting to connect.
Indeed, it was Xiao Tou who went to the Moon Bay Hotel at that time.
Those people held a ritual, and everyone present died except Xiao Tou and Fei Taizong.
“After doing so many bad things, retribution is inevitable,” Aunt Zhang took a deep breath and continued, “After the Young Master and the master came back, things seemed to get strange not long after.”
“Zhang Ao came to the Fei family once and then disappeared. Because of his disappearance, the Fei family’s business started to decline rapidly.”
“I don’t know if it was to salvage his business, but the master decided to hold another banquet.”
Bai Lixin repeated, “Another banquet? How many banquets has Fei Taizong held in total?”
Aunt Zhang looked a bit embarrassed, “Normal banquets have been held many times, but banquets with you as the main character, just twice. Once on your nineteenth birthday and the other time was that one.”
She paused and bit her lip before continuing, “And this time.”
Bai Lixin: “Were the previous banquets like this too?”
Aunt Zhang nodded, “Yes, they were. At first, everyone wore masks, but later, when things got wild, the masks were discarded.”
Bai Lixin: “Oh. What about the ‘retribution’ you mentioned? What happened?”
There was some confusion in Aunt Zhang’s eyes, “I can’t quite remember what happened at that banquet, but after it, it seemed like the Fei family deflated like a balloon. The business didn’t improve as the master expected; instead, it gradually declined like withering leaves. The master also had health problems and suddenly fell seriously ill. Unable to manage the company, he temporarily handed the business over to the Eldest Young Master.”
“Then the young master suddenly disappeared. After the Young Master disappeared, the Eldest Young Master also seemed off. Although the Eldest Young Master was originally cold, he was somewhat warm-hearted. But after the Young Master disappeared, he turned into a different person—cold-blooded, calculating, ruthless, and merciless. He took over the business temporarily entrusted to him by the master and seized control of the Fei family.”
“Although the relationship between the eldest young master and the old master cannot be said to be good, it hadn’t reached the point of hostility. After that incident, the atmosphere between them became tense, like sworn enemies.”
“The master wanted to take back his business, but the Eldest Young Master had already sidelined him.”
