Chapter 363 - Everything is just a means to an end (2/2)

When Ye Tian arrived home, his dad was waiting in his room. Mr. Ye had a dejected look and he seemed tired as he asked, "Why?"

"Why what, Mr. Ye?"

"What are you trying to do?"

"I didn't do anything…"

Mr. Ye stood up and when he raised his hand, Ye Tian closed his eyes and flinched slightly. However, what he felt was not punches and slaps, but a warm hand on his cheek.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that in his father's eyes, there was an inexplicable sense of sadness and disappointment.

Ye Tian was confused by his father's behavior. Most of the time, Mr. Ye just wanted to get rid of him. In a confused tone, he asked, "Mr. Ye?"

"He won't let you go…" murmured Mr. Ye as he looked at his son's eyes. As Ye Tian grew older, his features started to change and the only thing that reminded Mr. Ye of his wife was his son's eyes.

"D-dad?"

Mr. Ye sighed. He knew that there was no way his nephew would leave his son alone. Back then, when he betrayed them, it was because of his sister that DX did not get rid of the Ye Family.

With what had happened, even his sister would not be able to do anything to protect Ye Tian.

He pulled his hand back and placed both hands in the pockets before saying sternly, "You'll leave tomorrow morning. Pack your things."

"I can't…"

Mr. Ye glared at him as he said sternly, "Don't argue with me! The car would pick you up at 4 a.m in the morning and send you to an undisclosed place. A helicopter would pick you up from there. Keep on moving. I've set up a new identity for you in Singapore. You'd be safe there."

"Dad."

Mr. Ye ignored him and walked out of the room before he closed the door behind him.

As he watched the closed door, Ye Tian sighed. He then glanced at the photo of his mother that was on his desk, and for the first time in his life, he wondered if he had made a mistake. Up until then, he had thought that he did the correct things.

"Everything is just a means to an end," thought Ye Tian.

After a while, he murmured, "As if Du XiAn would let me leave… The house is probably surrounded by his people by now…"

However, as he looked at the only photo that he took with his father, he smiled gently. It was Ye Tian's most important possession.

In that photo, his father was standing a distance away from him and both of them were expressionless. They took that photo when Ye Tian was eight and he won an award from the country after he won an international public speaking event.

As it was a major award for a child, Mr. Ye had attended so that people would not talk badly behind his back. However, just as he was about to leave, a reporter asked for a family photo. That was the one and only time the father and son ever took a photo together.

As he recalled the reason why he took this path, Ye Tian clenched his fists tightly and whispered to himself, "No. I didn't do anything wrong..."

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