The flight landed in the B city in an hour and a half. Xiao Bo was still unconscious. Mu Chen picked him up in his arms as they walked down the stairs of the flight.
Feng Mian alone went to the baggage claim to pick up his checked luggage. Mu Chen and Xiao Bo didn't bring any cause of the sudden travel.
Anyway, B city was Mu Chen's hometown, he could go to either his parent's mansion or his private villa so he did not need any clothes. As for Xiao Bo, Xin Yi, and Shen Yu assured him that they would bring some of his clothes with them.
Mu Chen sat down placing Xiao Bo beside him, head on his shoulder as he patted the Younger's head gently waiting for his friend.
He saw Feng Mian striding towards them with his luggage so he picked up Xiao Bo in his arms again and was about to walk when-
"Where is my younger brother?" Li Hui Ying, the elder sister of Feng Mian popped out of nowhere in front of them.
Her loud shout grabbed the attention of everyone around them. Mu Chen narrowed his eyes looking at his friend's sister, shaking his head.
"Jiejie, can you please lower your voice?" Feng Mian begged clutching her hand.
"Shut up, now tell me where is my little brother? Mumu, why are you here and who is that-?" Hui Ying pulled her brows together seeing Mu Chen carrying a boy in his arms.
"He... is he my little brother? What happened to him? Oi! Li Feng Mian, what did you do to our little brother?" Hui Ying bellowed attracting a small crowd walking past them.
"Shh, stop your loudspeaker for a second, Jiejie. Let's first get out of the airport and get into the car. I will tell you everything, aren't you too tired of taking such a long flight? Shall we go?" Feng held her hand and whispered near her ear.
"Mh-hmm, carry my bags too," she threw her handbag which weighed some tons making Feng Mian wonder if she put some dumbbells inside it on purpose and dragged her suitcase along with his.
As soon as they walked out of the airport, a Rolls Royce car was ready to pick them up. Recognizing their family driver Hui Ying got inside without hesitation and the others followed her.
"Long time no see, young master Wang," the driver greeted Mu Chen.
"Oi, I am here like after ages and all you can see is Mumu?" Hui Ying scolded her driver.
"Young mistress you always video call to check everyone at home so it feels like you never left home," the driver chuckled.
"Am I invisible for you, Uncle Jing?" Feng Mian whined.
"Of course not, Young master. By the way, I heard about our little young master, is he the boy? What happened to him?" Driver Bei Jing queried with a worried tone.
"Right, tell me. Why is he unconscious and why is Mumu hugging my brother like a koala?" Hui Yi raised her left eyebrow.
Feng Mian sighed and explained everything after that, "Mu Chen is currently holding the guardian rights of our little brother Xiao Bo. He is his fiance."
"What the fuck are you spouting? Isn't the little guy only seventeen years old? He is still a minor. Oi, Mumu, what the hell are you doing with my little brother, do you have a death wish?" Hui Ying glared.
But Mu Chen was unfazed and didn't bother to answer then he sensed the slight moments in his arms and lifted Xiao Bo's face cupping his cheek.
"Snowball, are you alright?" Mu Chen's voice was as soft as a feather.
The driver and Hui Ying were taken aback to witness such a gentle side of the stone-hearted person they knew from his childhood, Feng Mian was used to it so he just snorted feeling jealous that his little brother was closer to his friend than him.
"Hmm..." Xiao Bo felt a numbing pain in his temples as he groaned lightly trying to rub them to ease his pain.
Mu Chen noticed it and quickly asked, "Mian, hand me those meds and some water."
The doctor who checked on Xiao Bo on the flight gave them some headache medicine speculating he would feel pain when he got back his consciousness.
"Is he up? Here," Feng Mian handed over the tabs and a water bottle to his friend.
"Here, have them. You will feel better," Mu Chen made Xiao Bo sit straight supporting his shoulders.
Xiao Bo's eyes were puffy as he rubbed them to clear his vision and noticed that they weren't on the flight.
"Where?" Xiao Bo asked as he took the medicines and drank water.
"We are in the car leaving for Li's mansion," Mu Chen briefed rubbing the Younger's back up and down to soothe him.
"But..." Xiao Bo was closing the cap of the bottle when he noticed a new presence in the passenger seat who was looking at him with sparkly eyes.
He felt scared and as a habit, he pulled Mu Chen's arm in front of his face trying to cover himself, "Who is she...?"
"I am your elder sister, little Bo," Hui Ying introduced herself stopping the urge to pull the Younger's puffed-up adorable cheeks.
"Elder sister?" Xiao Bo stared into Mu Chen's eyes.
Mu Chen nodded his head giving him confirmation. Xiao Bo blinked his eyes twice as he nervously took a glance at the proclaimed elder sister.
Locking eyes with her for a few seconds he felt intimidated by her excited gaze and instantly hugged Mu Chen burying his face in his chest.
Even facing one of the new family members was already stressful. He couldn't comprehend how hard it would be for him to meet all of the new people at once.
Xiao Bo tightened his grip on Mu Chen's shirt feeling anxious just at the thought. He couldn't possibly grasp everything in such a short time.
"I-I... I n-need sometime," Xiao Bo mumbled very low but Mu Chen who was paying full attention to the younger heard him clearly.
"Hm, you don't want to go to the Li's mansion just yet?" Mu Chen brushed the fringes of the younger with a hushful voice.
Feng Mian and Hui Yi heard him and were about to refuse but then they saw how their little brother nodded his head in a hurry.
"Should I take you somewhere else for the time being if you don't want to see them now?" Mu Chen caressed the Younger's back to calm his senses.
Xiao Bo nodded twice then in a low mutter, "I... am sorry."
It was directed towards his new brother and elder sister. Most of the people would jump joyfully if they knew they were the youngest heir of the most powerful and wealthy family in the country all of a sudden after their initial shock.
But to Xiao Bo, it was all confounding and wasn't letting him breathe. So, he didn't want to confront it right away.
He needed some breathing space away from everything to put his thoughts together and prepare himself mentally.
Mu Chen understood that right away, "Uncle Jing, please drive us to my villa and tell the elders, uncle, and aunt that Xiao Bo will visit them tomorrow."
"But young master Wang, they are all so thrilled to meet their long lost son-" the driver was cut off.
"Precisely why Xiao Bo can't meet them now. He isn't mentally ready to accept his new family right now. It was too sudden for him, I thought it would give him some time on the flight but because of the news, he was too overwhelmed and lost consciousness. What do you think his state will be if he goes there now?"
Mu Chen reasoned out as he continued patting the Younger's back, "Tell them I will bring him home tomorrow morning myself. I hope you understand Mian, you know his situation."
Feng Mian exhaled deeply, "Alright. Let's do that. I don't want him to become frightened of us. It will only break their hearts so it's better if he meets them in sound mind."
Hui Ying was about to refuse Mu Chen but hearing Feng Mian she became silent.
"Little Bo, we aren't bad people. Our parents and grandparents always longed for you and missed you. They always imagined how their youngest would have grown up to be if alive. I understand it's too mind-boggling for you but don't be afraid of us, okay?"
Hui Ying deliberately lowered her voice to sound as trustworthy as possible.
Xiao Bo just nodded his head.
After some time, the driver stopped at Mu Chen's villa where he used to live away from his parent's mansion to have some private space.
Mu Chen intertwined their hands as they got out of the car. Xiao Bo was looking at the Villa in awe as the elder bent towards the car window, "I will bring him tomorrow. Xin Yi and Shen Yu are also coming, they will provide him with some emotional support. Tell uncle and aunt about Xiao Bo's situation, okay?"
"Yes, I know. Take care of him," Feng Mian stared at his little brother with a worried expression.
If not for his fake family treating him like trash and abusing him in every way possible, Xiao Bo wouldn't have become so timid and frightened of everything.
He wouldn't have closed off his heart and trusted them, his family. As the car drove away far from the villa, Feng Mian became more furious.
"Uncle Jing, stop the car," Feng Mian's voice was grim.
"Why, young master? Aren't you coming home?" The driver looked through his rear-view mirror in confusion.
"No. I have something to take care of," Feng Mian stated clenching his jaw, trying to control his emotions.
"Mian, what's so urgent? Do you want me to face our grandparents and parents all alone? They will shower me with a thousand questions why we didn't bring little Bo home and more importantly, how can I handle mom and grandma?"
Hui Ying stared back all frustrated.
"I will be back in an hour at most so handle them till then, Jiejie," Feng Mian opened the door and walked out calling a taxi to his villa.
He wanted to take out his anger on the person who was responsible for making Xiao Bo all weak.
He called one of his men as the taxi started off to his villa, "How is he?"
"Sir, he gained consciousness after coming to the villa. We locked him in the basement room for now," the man replied.
"Good, I will be there in ten minutes," Feng Mian cut the call with a sinister smile playing on his lips as he murmured, "Just you wait, kitten. I am going to show you hell."
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[⚠️Warning: Triggering scenes ahead, proceed with caution.]
In S city, the old man Pei Chen, the butler of the Song family after trying to find his young master all day came back to the mansion all exhausted.
He didn't know what to do and what happened to his master, Song Yi Ming after he ran away from the mansion.
So he carefully walked inside the mansion, there was no sound and almost all the lights were off inside.
The automatic light in the front lawn turned on as the butler Pei Chen walked in. He saw all the plants in the garden were plucked out and the pots were broken.
He thought it was a mess but as soon as he opened the unlocked door and stepped inside... It was a disaster.
All the furniture was broken and thrown here and there. There were glass pieces all over the ground. The fishes of the broken aquarium were dead on the ground.
But what horrified him the most was the unrecognizable naked body of his master lying lifeless on the ground in a pool of his own blood.
It was a spine-chilling sight. The old man felt nauseated. He slowly stepped towards the dead body and knelt in front of his master who was brutally manhandled and murdered in his mansion.
The legs of Yi Ming were spread apart and twisted in an unnatural way with white liquid oozing out in the middle. His hands were broken, and marks of heavy boots were visible on his chest and stomach.
His closed eyes were bleeding, his neck had a painful purplish bruise which was swollen and there was the same white liquid in his mouth, he had one bullet in his glabella and some on his chest from which blood flew out and dried up.
When Pei Chen looked closely, all the fingers of Song Yi Ming were broken and nails were pulled out. His face had red hand prints.
"MASTER!!!" Heart-wrenching cries of the old man, Pei Chen echoed throughout the mansion.
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