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"I know, I didn't ask for permission! I just let you know. Since you couldn't find her mother, I will keep searching!"
Mr. Qin Bin shook his head, Hu had broken his shell and thundered out. His son was angry.
"The Masks of the night! I hear their name a lot lately, do you know anything about them? They have been handing the dealers to the police."
The Masks of the night was the name that those criminals had given to Hu and Victor. Some of them were cussing on the Murky website, and some were praising them.
"I have nothing to do with this stuff, but for her safety, I fear nothing!"
Mr. Qin was confident that he was lying, Mr. Qin Bin had trained Victor personally and sent him to Hu, he knew him, his every single move. And there was a record, however blurry, yet he could recognize them.
"Fine, but as I said, if something happens to this girl, I won't forgive you, Son! My brother died in my hands, I promised him. Besides, end this foolish relationship, you must marry Anhe!"
"I won't, I don't like your wife's taste."
He made it brief.
"Don't act like a child, this tie can make you more powerful, don't you see Qiang?"
Huh! Ridiculous, Qiang? Why did he even compare them? The guy always dragged his father's company bankrupt.
"I work in the fashion industry, what I do has nothing to do with medical stuff!"
Mr. Qin stood up, his eyes were flaring out a fury that Hu knew very well, the lips parted and what was about to come couldn't be pleasant and audible.
"If you don't take her away, I will do. Don't make me break her heart."
'She is stunning, incredibly powerful, but to keep her alive, I will sacrifice you, son!' Me. Qin thought and left the room.
"If anyone touches her, I will take out the arm. If you take her from me, I will make sure to burn whatever you made."
...
After lunch, Mr. Qin and his family left the manor. Dan remained in their room as she already had a decent excuse not to attend.
The sky was swathed by dark clouds and thundered when they returned to the building.
"I must leave," Maria noted, she was nervous that her husband didn't come back since he had left.
"Victor, take my mother home and go to the boys. They might need you as well."
Victor nodded and Maria picked up her bag, wearing her coat turned to Bella, "bring her mood back. Tomorrow, I will come to fetch you up after school."
Bella kissed her cheek and she walked to her son, "I am happy that you chose Dan, she is a loving person. Take care of her, son. And please don't let anyone hurt them."
Hu's eyes turned to Bella, however, he wasn't agreed with this but how his mother encountered this was pleasant. It soothed his heart and could calm his mind after that toxic conversation with his father.
"Rest assured."
Getting out of the house, she looked up where the full-length window could expose Hu's room. Hoping that Dan could overcome it.
Hu turned to his sister, folding his arms to his chest, he waited for the girl to explain herself.
"Well?"
"Actually, I didn't want to tell her that I knew everything from the scratch but when you mentioned a girlfriend, I saw her despaired face... I swear... If I didn't know her, I wouldn't say it. But... She would leave you if I didn't expose the truth." She stammered as she gulped, it was avoiding her to let out the words appropriately.
"It is fine, I am not talking about Dan, why did you tell mom?"
She shook her head, "I didn't, Dan told her everything! She is close to mother, and I guess she wanted to fulfill her wish. She had no idea that we are siblings, it was a misery for my mother to be away from her son, she caught it fast and tended to help you..."
A palm landed on her shoulder while the other one, rested on her chin, taking her lowered head up.
"You had cried enough lately, stop it! It is burning my heart to see you crying because of me. I will fix everything, I promise."
Bella bobbed her head and hugged him.
"She is in your room, she could not eat after her last vomit. Can you please ask her to eat?"
Releasing his sister, he held his hand and they went to the kitchen.
"Mrs. Liu, please prepare food for Lady Dan. I will take it to her."
The woman quickly prepared a tray and some light food.
"Brother, what should we do for the birthday?"
"It is on Wednesday, I will announce her as my girlfriend."
Hu knew this was dangerous, but he was ready for everything, to bear it all.
"It is good, but what about the matters that you mentioned about her past that must be hidden?"
"I will make sure no one harms her. Go have some fun and get out of this mood, see, the sun is down and you could encounter your father, it all passed."
He grabbed the tray and strode to his room, he didn't knock on the door and went inside.
Dan was drying her hair after taking a smooth shower to calm her nerves down. For a moment, she was tempted to go and talk to Mr. Qin Bin but, she quickly changed her mind. She wanted to wait and see what would be his reaction.
"You didn't join us for lunch."
She was embarrassed that he just arrived when she was drying her hair, her tank top was thin that exposed her bra.
Taking the towel toward her chest she blushed, "I have no relish to have food."
Putting the tray on the table, he approached her. Very close that she hardly avoided not to step back.
His hand moved to the towel and took it from her.
"You don't use a hairdryer?"
She shook her head, holding her breath when he bend and sniffed her head, "you smell good."
Peeking at him, she caught the beam on his lips, then the eyes that were scanning her from top to toe.