ALL NOVEL Chapter 104: The Talk!
[POV Bai Chang]
He looked lost as if his deepest fears came true. As I looked him in his eyes, I saw questions but more than that, I saw the raw emotion of fear.
"What you just said, am I allowed to publish it?" David hesitantly asked me. From his demeanour, even he didn't expect this type of time bomb thrown at him during the interview.
"Sure, if I didn't want you to publish it, I wouldn't have let you know about it in the first place."
"Okay"
The interview continued for another hour and a half.
We shot some pictures around the property. As well as had a photoshoot with me wearing my various dresses posing in various postures.
"Eli thank you so much for letting us into your life. Mr Hu thank you for your co-operation. Before I walked in here today, I did some homework about your life and at first, I was ready to assault you with all types of paparazzi-style questions.
But this interview finally put some much-needed light on the 'Butcher of Wall Street'.
Now, it seems as if you revealed a layer of the onion skin.
It may be very superficial, but regardless I appreciate your commitment to your family and relationships."
"Thank you David for doing this."
After a round of pleasantries exchanged, Lucy walked the crew out of the house and rushed inside, "Is it really true that you are not sure about your health at all?"
"Yes, Lucy"
"I am such an idiot. I will talk with Pierro, we could have nearly killed you with work stress itself," she turned to Hu Qiang and apologised, "I am so sorry. I really had no idea about the severity of her health."
"You are not alone, even I was not aware of this prospect," Qiang said.
"Me too," Zhang Wei chimed from the back.
"Lucy, if you will please excuse us for the day, please understand."
"Okay," Lucy looked towards me one last time and then walked out of the house.
The temperature dropped down to Zero from the chill these two males were emitting while the time I was staring at continuously.
They were like laser beams.
"Okay, come inside the study. We will talk."
They went inside the study but I stayed back.
"Do you want to come out now?" I asked as I knocked on the doors of the side cabinet.
[Creak…]
Slowly Xiao Wei walked out of the cabinet.
"Mumma, will you leave me? Am I a bad boy, do I trouble you too much, that is why you will leave me? Mumma di-"
"No, no my munchkin. It is not your fault. Mumma is just preparing for worst-case scenarios, okay…"
He had tears in his little eyes. I felt guilty seeing them but if I keep them oblivious for too long then they will be devastated later in future.
I patted him on his back, "Mumma will let you know all at the correct time, till then promise Mumma that you will not blame yourself and will properly study what I teach you. Hmm.."
The boy was really smart, he immediately wiped his tears off his cheeks,
Sniff Sniff…
"I promise Mumma, I will do as you say."
Sniff Sniff…
"Come to me," I pulled him in my arms and hugged him, "have some rest, hmmm…"
I patted him on his back and slowly walked around to lull him to sleep, as at the end of the day he is still a child. If he sleeps and wakes up and sees me in front of him; he will feel more secure.
So I sang him his lullaby,
"The Milky Way upon the heavens
Is twinkling just for you
And Mr Moon, he came by
To say goodnight to you
I'll sing for you, I'll sing for mother
We're praying for the world
And for the people everywhere
Gonna show them all we care
Oh, my sleeping child the world's so wild
But you've built your own paradise
That's one reason why
I'll cover you, sleeping child
Ummhmmhumhmm Um-hum hum Umhumhumhummhummm
If all the people around the world
They had a mind like yours
We'd have no fighting and no wars
There would be lasting peace on Earth
If all the kings and all the leaders
Could see you here this way
They would hold the Earth in their arms
They would learn to watch you play
Ummhmmhumhmm Um-hum hum Umhumhumhummhummm
Oh, my sleeping child the world's so wild
But you've built your own paradise
That's one reason why
I'll cover you, sleeping child
I'm gonna cover my sleeping child
Keep you away from the world so wild
Keep you away from the world
Away from the world so wild
Oh, my sleeping child the world's so wild
But you've built your own paradise
That's one reason why
I'll cover you, sleeping child
Oh, my sleeping child the world's so wild
But you've built your own paradise
That's one reason why
I'll cover you, sleeping child…."
After such an eventful day, he finally went to sleep.
'One down, two more to go!'
I still have to deal with those two in the study room. So I carried my sleeping munchkin to the study.
[Creak!]
I opened the door and walked inside, those two stubborn fools were still sitting on the chairs and were staring daggers at each other; accusing the other person of negligence.
"Quit being a jerk to each other or you can walk out of this room this instant."
They right away stopped looking at each other and simply started to stare at me.
"There are no answers on my face so quit creeping me out," I told them.
As I walked towards the couch to lay down Xiao Wei, Qiang walked towards me and took him from me and laid him down.
"Please say something relevant or we will go crazy soon," Qiang whispered.
"Sigh…"
They are indeed stubborn fools.
"Okay, ask me what you want to ask? But I will answer only what I can answer currently. Are you two cool with it?"
"Do we have any other choice!" Zhang Wei irritatedly quipped.
"Smart man," I said, "so the first question?"
"How much time before you collapse again?" Qiang asked.
"I have no idea, things are uncertain at the moment. Collapse is the worst-case scenario, it is at the end of the negative extreme outcomes."
"So what is the positive side?" Zhang Wei asked instead.
"What we have right now is the positive side! Anything deviating from this balance is a negative side."
"Then why can't we live like this?" Qiang asked me desperately.
"Because our enemies or I should say the enemies that I inherited from my parents are going to follow me to the end of the world."
"WHAT??", "But Why??"
Both of them almost screamed out.
"Boys behave, or else the door is right behind you, you may walk out," I reminded them as I slightly tilted my head towards the sleeping Xiao Wei.
'Thankfully he didn't wake up!'
"I am sure that I am being targeted for a long time now, this time I will hopefully meet the mastermind," I looked up; before they could pepper me with more questions, I replied, "the whole thing is not too clear, the motive is unknown while the people I am suspecting are not fully confirmed. Brother Li Jie did find something but it was not too conclusive.
All this public attention and media coverage is to add authenticity to my cover as a designer and an artist.
I will explore this cover to find the mastermind. I have to find this person to know what they want from me and what they obtained from my parents after or before killing them off."
"How could we help?" Qiang desperately begged.
It is rare to see this person so desperate. It is no surprise to me on how ruthless this person is to his competitors. There is a reason that people call him 'Butcher of Wall Street' as for the past three years he has never spared a person's life who tried to threaten him with respect to his family to gain financial upper hands.
After Bai Chang's sacrifice, this heartless fellow learned to treasure his relations and retaliated ferociously for things that he deemed beyond the line.
He had them killed and left them bankrupt while if someone showed potential he had them weeded out too. He would destroy his enemies to the roots as well as remove the weeds, just so to have some peace for Xiao Wei.
He may not be a great father who could interact and discipline his child but he definitely was a protector to his family.
So even though I have a thousand complaints against him I will still do away with it just in lieu of his protection to Xiao Wei.
As I looked towards the sleeping ball of cuteness, I thought to myself, "I need to clear this mess from its roots otherwise he will inherit this mess from me."