Subordinate Doting - Chap 2
He was kneeling in a standard posture, with his legs open and his knees shoulder-width apart. There was no expression on his cold face, only bright bloodshot eyes sliding across his pale jaw, making him look like a fragile yet elegant gentleman.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, in front of the cameras and guns, the powerful head of the He family put aside all his dignity, leaned over and kowtowed respectfully to the wooden coffin: “Brother, I beg you, let me take a look.”
Ji Tinglan was stunned in shock, obviously he didn’t expect him to be able to do this, and his face turned pale for a moment.
He Zhuo stared at an empty focus in the air. After waiting for ten minutes to no avail, a cold and oppressive voice sounded.
”You are Xiaoyu’s brother. I respect you and don’t want to use force against you. Xiaoyu said that I have a bad temper, which is not good. We should pay attention to courtesy before force. I gave you a gift, but you didn’t accept it. I can only force you to accept it.”
He dared to be so arrogant in front of so many people. He was by no means arrogant. Everyone in Yicheng knew clearly and was afraid of the methods of this gray wolf. The reporters in the venue looked at each other and put down their cameras.
Ji Tinglan knew that he couldn’t stop her anymore, so he said coldly: “Since Mr. He insists on watching it, then let’s watch it.”
”Thank you very much.”
He Zhuo stood up and raised his hand to signal the assistant behind him: “Please go to the outer hall to rest, reporters. I don’t want anyone to disturb Xiaoyu’s peace. You guys go out too.”
When he knelt, he didn’t even think about sending away the reporters, but before opening the coffin, he knew to help Ji Tingyu clear out the outsiders. Ji Tinglan just thought it was ridiculous: “You ignored me for three years and then you pretended to be affectionate when my brother died. Why do you have to pretend to be so sincere?”
He Zhuo said nothing. After everyone left, he walked to the coffin, held it with both hands, and his assistant immediately came up to help.
”Don’t touch it.” His voice was low, but it carried an absolute suppressive force.
”I can do it myself.”
Without anyone’s help, he pushed the coffin carefully. In those few seconds, even his breathing and heartbeat were taken away. However, the moment the coffin lid was opened, He Zhuo was stunned on the spot.
”…Where are the people?”
The coffin is empty!
His pupils shrank suddenly in shock, but after being stunned, he had a hope that he couldn’t even believe: “Xiao Yu is not here, he is not dead!”
He Zhuo walked over and grabbed Ji Tinglan by the collar, forcibly pulling the burly alpha’s feet off the ground: “Where is Xiaoyu? Where did you hide him? Are you guys teaming up to deceive me?!”
Ji Tinglan said nothing, but sneered as he admired the calm and self-possessed, elegant and dignified President He who turned into a disheveled madman in the eyes of everyone, as if he was watching a very satisfying show.
”So you feel sad too?”
“Damn it!” He Zhuo punched the empty coffin, and the camphor wood immediately cracked. “Let me ask you a question! Where did you hide Ji Tingyu?”
”He’s dead.”
”Where are the people? Where are the bodies?”
”No.”
He Zhuo was stunned for a second, and the expression on his face cracked like a mask: “What did you say?”
”There is no body.” Ji Tinglan looked him straight in the eye and said word by word: “Xiaoyu was burned to death.”
He Zhuo froze, as if a steel knife had pierced his chest. The weather in June was chilly, and the pain made even his fingertips tremble: “Where are the bones… Not even a bone left…”
”Bones?” Ji Tinglan sneered, “Human bones don’t melt easily, but they will hurt. If the pain becomes unbearable, they will return to their original form. You know how small his original form is, the size of a short-legged kitten, covered with fur. When a big fire is over, not even a bone residue will be left. I searched for a long time, and only found this…”
He took out a brocade box from his pocket and opened it without waiting for He Zhuo to react. Inside was a small ball of burnt black sticky substance mixed with two clumps of withered cat hair.
At the first sight, He Zhuo’s heart suddenly tightened, and his throat felt as if choked by a stone.
Totally hopeless.
Ji Tingyu was burned to death…
He was so afraid of fire that he couldn’t even stand a blister on his fingertips, but he had to turn back into a kitten and be burned to death. How painful would it be for him then…
He Zhuo didn’t dare to think about it too much, and even when he recalled this absurd marriage, he realized that he had brought only bitterness to Ji Tingyu.
An alpha of his level often has a sexual desire so strong that it drives his partner to collapse. He is in heat 365 days a year, like an animal in human skin.
He was a man of integrity and disdained to keep a lover, but if he wanted to have a serious relationship, the other party would be discouraged once they heard of his status. He Zhuo had not found a lover at the age of thirty, and he did not force it. He devoted himself to his career until he saw Ji Tingyu four years ago.
On the endless snow-capped mountains, Omena, dressed in red, galloped on horseback. Under the setting sun that looked like a raging fire burning the mountains, she pulled the reins hard, causing the horse’s hooves to rise forward, its red dress fluttering. Then she raised her chin and whistled at him ostentatiously.
”Hey! Whose family are you from?”
At that moment, He Zhuo realized that love at first sight is so short, as short as a hurried heartbeat.
The brief time they spent together on the snowy mountain made them develop feelings for each other, but Ji Tingyu left without saying goodbye due to work. He Zhuo waited for a year before he returned to China. Fearing that he would leave again, he immediately proposed to the Ji family, and the Ji family readily agreed.
But after marriage , he found out that Ji Tingyu didn’t like him at all and agreed to marry him just to save the family business.
Even on their wedding night, He Zhuo couldn’t help himself and touched his waist, and was thrown to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw, with the black muzzle of a gun pressed against his head.
Ji Tingyu’s panicked and disgusted eyes and trembling fingertips made He Zhuo feel like a piece of garbage with flies flying around it.
His face immediately turned cold: “I just said it was disgusting, don’t force yourself into this.”
”But your father sold you to me for the family business, why are you still pretending to be noble?”
He was too arrogant, both arrogant and self-deprecating. After being humiliated, he only saw his own shame and vented his anger without any scruples.
He didn’t notice at all that after he left, the collapsed Ji Tingyu huddled in the corner, shivering, burying his face in his knees and explaining blankly: “I’m sorry, I can’t control myself…”
