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Arc 6 – Slag that Little Wolfhound
Chapter 133

Wen Xi arrived at the basement with the bowl of noodles. There were two guards standing at the door. Seeing Wen Xi approaching, they all straightened up.

“Second young lady, do you need something?”

Wen Xi looked at them, her voice much colder than when she faced Chi Zhao just now, “I’m here to bring food for my second brother.”

The two guards looked at each other.

In this repressive and icy-cold residence, Wen Xijun represented absolute authority. Everyone was afraid of him so they didn’t dare do anything that they know would upset him. It was the same for Wen Xin. Even if she was anxious and worried, even if she knew that Wen Yu was locked in the basement, she wouldn’t dare go there without Wen Xijun’s consent.

And so, when Wen Xi said this, the two guards immediately understood. The second young lady wasn’t here to bring food, the one who really wanted the second young master to eat must be the master of his house.

The two guards obediently stepped aside, allowing Wen Xi to enter with the bowl of noodles.

The basement of the Wen residence was very large, with many different rooms. Compared to the rooms upstairs, the only difference was that the room Wen Yu was in didn’t have a window. At first glance, it looked like an ordinary bedroom.

Almost every child of the Wen Family had stayed in this room before. When they made mistakes, Wen Xijun would make them stay in here. This place had everything else but no people, no internet and no books. The surrounding walls have been specially designed such that no sounds from the outside world could be heard. This extremely quiet environment was enough to make the people staying there feel a sense of panic, as if they were abandoned by the entire world.

Normal people could stay there for at most a day but when the children were confined in here, they would be confined for a week before they were allowed to come out. Wen Xi had also stayed in this place several times. At first, she would beat the wall like crazy, crying that she was wrong and later, she learnt to find something to entertain herself and pass time.

The last time she had come out of that room, there was not a single part of her unharmed but that was probably the only time there was a satisfied smile on Wen Xijun’s face. His look at that time was as if he was looking at a perfect finished product.

Wen Xi at that time was too young to understand why Wen Xijun showed such an expression. Now that she was twelve years old and the children in the Wen Family mature earlier, she could almost guess the meaning behind that smile.

Her father like to watch her do self-harm because it meant how cruel and cold-blooded she was. He just happened to lack a subordinate like this.

Wen Xijun’s transformation plan wasn’t over. Since discovering this, Wen Xi had noticed that her father would always consciously or unconsciously show her videos and books that should never appear in front of children.

Wen Xijun wanted to destroy Wen Xi’s empathetic side. He was consciously cultivating Wen Xi into a cold assassin who could only obey and cannot sympathise. His efforts were also effective and now, Wen Xi’s hobby was no longer normal. She liked to watch bloody movies, read books about the human body and she enjoyed the pleasure of cutting through skin with her own hands. It didn’t matter if it was her own skin, an animal’s or someone else’s.

Wen Xi also understood that she wasn’t normal but she couldn’t control it and she didn’t understand how to correct it, so she could only continue walking towards the terrifying future Wen Xijun had planned out for her step by step.

As soon as she stepped into this room, many unpleasant memories surfaced to her mind. Wen Xi stood at the door and didn’t go in any further. Hearing the sound of the door opening, Wen Yu opened his eyes. His head was wrapped in bandages. Seeing that the one who entered was Wen Xi, he sat up.

“Why are you here?”

Wen Xi didn’t have any deep feelings for Wen Yu. The reason why she followed her brothers and sisters to plead for him earlier was because Wen Xin wanted her to. In fact, she didn’t care how long Wen Yu was detained for.

In her opinion, Wen Xijun wouldn’t do anything to them. After all, everyone was useful to him so no matter how unhappy Wen Xijun was, he would at most torture them mentally for a while.

And so, when she saw Wen Yu’s eye, Wen Xi was stunned, “……Your eye?”

Wen Yu subconsciously touched the bandages over his left eye and slowly lowered it again, “It’s nothing.”

Wen Xi was silent for a while. It was unknown whether she believed Wen Yu’s words. She approached Wen Yu and handed him the bowl of noodles. After a glance at the contents, Wen Yu looked up with a frown, “You made it?”

Wen Xi shook her head.

“Eldest sister made it?”

Wen Xi shook her head again.

The Wen Family had cooks and each and every one of them are top chefs. Even the simplest bowl of noodles would be made exquisitely. Since it wasn’t made by Wen Xi or Wen Xin…..

A trace of mockery flashed across Wen Yu’s face.

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In the end, Wen Yu didn’t eat the noodles. When Wen Xi was about to leave, she asked Wen Yu, “Second brother, what kind of person do you think father is?”

Wen Yu’s gaze moved past Wen Xi’s calf. He laid in bed and slowly closed his eyes.

“For this, you should ask A’Nian.”

Early the next morning, Chi Zhao changed into a suit. He stood in front of the mirror, sighing inside while he knotted his tie.

“To have to go to work and manage such a large group…..”

【You have lived for several hundreds of years. You have been a professor and even an Emperor. It’s just managing a group, how hard can it be?】

“Please, there is something called specialising in a certain field. And for those occupations, wasn’t I given adequate time to slowly ease in? I wasn’t thrown in immediately like this time. Oh and also, is Wen Xijun really a shou?”

【Of course.】

“…….Such a powerful boss is actually a shou. It’s unscientific.”

The system found it strange.

【Why not? Big bosses can’t be shou’s?】

“Have you seen an all-powerful, cold-blooded, ruthless billionaire gangster shou before?”

【Then have you seen a one metre seventy-eight gong?】

Chi Zhao: “………..”

Alright, he really hasn’t seen one.

None of Wen Family’s children had ever gone to school and have been home-schooled since a young age. Every one of them completed their college courses before the age of sixteen and as for what kind of diplomas they wanted to get afterwards, it was their own business.

Once every child reaches eighteen years of age, they leave the family and begin to help Wen Xijun. The eldest, Wen Lie, was now a member of the group. He was only twenty this year, but he was just as familiar with the job as the more experienced ones there. The second oldest Wen Yu had always been working at a branch company but now that there was a problem with his eye, he wouldn’t be able to go out for a while. As for Wen Xin, Wen Xijun had been committed to training her into a multi-talented elite daughter who would be sent out for marriage once the time was right. As such, Wen Xin was still studying at home and would occasionally go out to gatherings with the other wealthy ladies.

Among the remaining children, the last child that was of age was the third child. Thinking of the third child’s name, Chi Zhao fell silent.

Wen Xijun was really too heartless. How could he name this child so casually? Poor third child. Fortunately he didn’t attend school or he would’ve been made fun of by his classmates.

The third child, Wen Hu, was a pretty amazing person. He never thought that there were any problems with his name and had been working as Wen Xijun’s assistant ever since he came of age. Wen Xijun originally planned to put him in a position similar to Wen Lie’s since the child was very smart. In fact, from the IQ tests, he was the best out of all the children. (KKnotes: Wen Hu basically means warm pot)

Seeing that Chi Zhao was looking at him, Wen Yu raised his head and blinked his peach eyes a few times before giving Chi Zhao a faint smile.

Chi Zhao: “……..”

In the original plot, the original owner had two secret lovers. Wen Yu was one of them and the other was Wen Hu. Chi Zhao fell silent for a moment. He turned his eyes and looked at his eldest daughter, “From today onwards, A’Xin, you come with me to the group.”

Wen Xin originally had her head lowered as she ate. Hearing those words, she couldn’t help but be surprised but she very quickly recovered and nodded, “Understood, father.”

Returning his gaze back to Wen Hu, Chi Zhao continued, “A……Third child, you stay at home for the time being.”

As if he hadn’t noticed the pause in Chi Zhao’s words, Wen Hu looked at Chi Zhao and smiled again. He similarly didn’t express any objections, “Understood, father.”

As soon as he saw Wen Hu’s peach eyes, Chi Zhao felt pressured. Although the two have no special relationship other than father and son, Chi Zhao still wanted to avoid suspicion.

………

The Wen business was large and there was always a place to arrange for Wen Hu. In short, he should start with transferring him away from himself.

Chi Zhao didn’t know how to manage such a big group at all. Seeing all the astronomical numbers, he felt like his brain was about to explode, let alone dealing with these numbers. As a result, his plan was like this: First, bring Wen Xin into the group and then let her and Wen Lie manage it together to overcome this problem.

Wen Xin was kind and fair and while Wen Lie was fast and capable. The two complemented each other very well. Furthermore, those two would always have some little secrets between the two of them. The two had been very busy previously and almost never had the time to interact with each other but whether or not they could develop something now was up to them.

After arranging the company’s affairs, Chi Zhao picked up a napkin on the table and wiped his mouth. He said gently, “Let A’Yu go back to sleep and give him treatment. It will be A’Nian’s funeral in two days. As the second brother, he must attend.”

No one dared to object and no one dared to show joy or anger in front of Wen Xijun. Everyone bowed their heads as they ate and a sound of agreement came from one of them. The dining room was quiet again. Even the sound of tableware clinking was almost inaudible.

Chi Zhao looked at the row of heads in front of him and sighed again.

“I feel like I am a commander.”

【A commander in an army?】

“No, a commander in a concentration camp.”

System: “……..”

Arriving at the headquarters, Chi Zhao who had handed off most of the work to his oldest son and oldest daughter thought it would be much easier for him but as it turned out, he was too naïve.

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Even if most of the work was gone, there were still many things he had to do. There were always people looking for him to talk, many of which he couldn’t refuse. Chi Zhao had no choice but to call Wen Hu who was left at home to come over.

When he did this, he wasn’t thinking much, and he also did it expressionlessly which was very in line with Wen Xijun’s original personality. His decisions however resulted in a lot of talk amongst the group.

Everyone wondered what Wen Xijun meant by this. Was he about to formally start selecting his heir? The young masters and young ladies who have come of age are all here, all except for the second young master Wen Yu. Did something happen to him? It was said that Wen Xijun had a conflict with his second son. Were the rumours true?

Chi Zhao was too busy to spare any attention to this gossip. After he was done with his work and returned home, he still had to check on the protagonist.

He really couldn’t let the protagonist hate him for an entire lifetime. That would be torture for the protagonist and also for himself.

Chi Zhao’s priorities had changed. Right now, his task was no longer first priority.

Except for their first meeting when he first arrived in this world, Chi Zhao never went to see the protagonist again. It was only until the morning of the funeral that he came to Wen Yu’s room.

Wen Yu had already finished changing. With his entire body covered in a black suit, he sat silently in the room. The bandages on his head not been removed so it was impossible to see how the wounds were.

But everyone knew that Wen Yu’s eye could no longer be saved. That was the price of rebelling against Wen Xijun.

Seeing Wen Xijun enter, Wen Yu looked up with his other eye, paused for a moment, and then stood up and lowered his head humbly.

Being able adapt accordingly was a good quality. Chi Zhao glanced at him appreciatively and then walked over, sitting at the spot Wen Yu was sitting in just now. He then raised his head and looked at the tall young man.

“Do you think I killed A’Nian?”

Wen Yu replied calmly, “I don’t think so.”

Chi Zhao laughed. The tone in his voice was undecipherable, “You looked for me the other day, asking me for an explanation. I didn’t want to say it at the time but after some thought, I felt that I should give you an explanation.”

After a pause, Chi Zhao continued, “My explanation is that I didn’t kill him. I gave him a task, he didn’t complete it. That’s why he died.”

Wen Yu suddenly raised his head. He had been holding himself back ever since Wen Xijun entered but he was still young and vigorous, easily stimulated with a few words.

The smile on Chi Zhao’s face gradually faded. He stood up. Although he still needed to look up at the other person, he no longer needed to stretch his neck.

Moreover, because his expression was too calm and Wen Yu’s expression was too agitated, Wen Yu had lowered his head instead.

“The task I gave A’Nian was a task I had given you all as well when you were younger. At that time, you were all the same as A’Nian. If you succeed, you come back alive and if you fail, you will die there. Do you think I’m cruel? That I shouldn’t treat a child like this? But the Wen children have all grown up like this. You and your brothers and sisters, and me as well.”

Chi Zhao lowered his eyes, his voice was still calm as ever, “Before adopting you, I asked each of you if you’re willing to come with me.”

Recalling some buried memories, Wen Yu’s hands hanging beside him suddenly stiffened.

Chi Zhao raised his eyes, his gaze tranquil, “At that time, each of you said that you’re willing to follow me. This was your choice. Only you are responsible for the choices you make.”

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