Chapter 267
Chapter 267
Before he could finish, young John walked past him and stopped before Liu Sibo.
“So this is why you refused to return to the Zhao Family?”
Zhao Ze’s father froze. Refused to return to which Zhao Family? Then he stared at John in disbelief. Surely John did not mean the main family?
The homeroom teacher, Fu Yang, and the others who had come with them covered their mouths and barely dared breathe. What was happening? Liu Sibo knew John, and they seemed close?
Then why had he never mentioned it at school… Oh, right. He had been mute!
Remembering what they had done filled them with terror.
“They didn’t want me,” Liu Sibo said bitterly.
“That isn’t a reason. Zhao blood should not remain outside, much less allow an impostor to occupy its place.”
Young John addressed the men behind him.
“Pass down the order. From now on, not just anyone may use the Zhao name to commit wrongdoing.”
“Yes!”
The men in black answered in unison.
“Three days from now, Zhao Hotel will host a party. I will announce your identity. You will be registered under my branch. From now on, you are my younger brother!”
“Holy shit!”
The others gasped. What kind of development was this? Cinderella becoming a princess?
“There are thirty million yuan on this card. Use it to improve your life.”
Liu Sibo looked at the card and smiled bitterly.
“This isn’t what I want.”
You may not want it, but we do!
Everyone screamed inwardly. It was fortunate he had been mute. If he had always talked this infuriatingly, he would have been beaten eight times a day!
After speaking, young John turned to leave.
Zhao Ze’s father hurried over.
“Son!”
“Are you talking to me?”
Liu Sibo pointed at himself in disbelief.
“Yes, son! Of course I mean you. Who else? You’re my biological son. We can take a blood test if you don’t believe me!”
“You just called me the Zhao Family’s disgrace.”
“Oh, that was only to temper your character! Son, you need to understand your father’s good intentions. Without my trials, how could Young Master John have noticed you? I planned all of this. Ask your mother if you don’t believe me!”
“Y-yes, son! We planned everything so you could be adopted into the main family! You may not understand, but you must know that every parent loves their own child!”
“Exactly, Liu Sibo. We treated you that way because your parents ordered us to. You have to understand!”
“That’s right!”
The homeroom teacher, Fu Yang, and the others hurriedly explained. Every word sounded heartfelt. Zhao Ze’s mother sobbed as she spoke and looked utterly pitiful.
Liu Sibo suddenly smiled at them.
“Son…”
Seeing the smile, Zhao Ze’s father was delighted and assumed he had been forgiven. Children really were easy to fool. He stepped forward to embrace Liu Sibo, only to be slapped to the floor.
Outside the hospital, Xiaoshuai sat smoking on a bench, paying no attention to what happened inside.
Beside him sat young John, two sizes smaller than the adult version. He was only a teenager.
“So this is actually an illusory world, and I’m only an illusory person?” young John asked.
“You can understand it that way.”
This young John was the helper Xiaoshuai had summoned. Since this world recreated the past, he wondered whether it had recreated other people too. He tried calling John, and the call connected. After Xiaoshuai revealed secrets only John would know, the boy agreed to help.
“Can you tell me what happens in the future?”
Young John did not despair upon learning he was unreal. Instead, he tried to gather as much information as possible.
“No problem…”
Xiaoshuai quickly recounted the past, focusing on his grandfather and Brother Liu’s incredible power.
As he spoke, Liu Sibo emerged from the hospital.
“I thought you’d kill them.”
“Leaving them alive is more painful. Killing them would mean nothing.”
Liu Sibo’s eyes were terrifying.
“Isn’t this what humans are? Greedy, ugly, and hypocritical!”
Xiaoshuai’s expression grew grave. Liu Sibo increasingly resembled the man outside. Jealousy truly distorted a person. Xiaoshuai was about to speak when he suddenly sensed something wrong.
“Uh… Where’s Brother Liu?”
At the mention of Liu Ye, Liu Sibo’s gloomy expression instantly vanished. He looked around but could not find him. Despite thinking his heart had become still, panic seized him.
“Wasn’t Brother Liu with you?”
“I was talking to John and had Brother Biao and the others carry him.”
“No! He said he needed the bathroom, but don’t worry. The Priest went with him!” Brother Biao hurriedly said.
“How long ago?” Xiaoshuai asked.
“About half an hour…”
Brother Biao stopped. Everyone exchanged glances and fell silent.
Then, in perfect agreement, they lay down, curled up, and covered their heads.
“What are you doing? Is something wrong?” young John asked.
“We don’t know what will happen, but after more than three days of experience, something terrible is coming! Hurry, copy me. This can reduce the damage to…”
Boom!
Before he finished, a tremendous blast rang out. White light flashed, and the explosion hurled everyone away.
…
Half an hour earlier, while Liu Sibo spoke with Zhao Ze’s parents in the corridor, Liu Ye followed behind.
His little face was tense. Those people were “bullying” Xiao Bo, and that made him unhappy!
Xiao Bo was so good. How could they bully him? Liu Ye would avenge him!
“Uh… Brother Liu, isn’t this a little wrong?” the Priest asked uneasily, looking at what he held.
Now he knew what true madness and viciousness looked like. After years outside, he had considered himself lawless. Only after meeting Liu Ye did he understand that his own wickedness was insignificant.
“He bullied Xiao Bo. That’s not allowed!”
Liu Ye pulled a heap of explosives from his bundle.
The Priest: “…”
Which bastard had put all that in a child’s bag?
He swore he had tried to stop Liu Ye, but he truly could not!
As the saying went, if you could not beat them, join them. Imagining those people blown away, the Priest suddenly found the idea satisfying.
He worked much faster. Soon, they had filled the hospital with explosives. Once Xiao Bo left, they lit the fuse.
…
“That’s what happened!”
The Priest spoke awkwardly. His body had already been painted black; now he looked no different from a Black man.
Liu Ye was proud rather than ashamed!
“Right! He bullied Xiao Bo, so I blew him up!”
“Then blow him up! Why did you blow up the hospital?!”
Xiaoshuai cried.
Liu Ye blinked, scratched his head, and suddenly understood.
“That’s right!”
Everyone: “…”
Xiaoshuai looked tearfully at the sky. System, please! Turn Brother Liu back! If this continues, I really can’t take it… Huh?
As he looked up, he saw a colossal object in the sky. It resembled… a factory?
“Holy shit!”
Xiaoshuai remembered that the Desire Potion Factory was hidden in the hospital!
“Run!”
Boom!