746 Our Home, Our Rules (2/2)

”Aye aye, Mommy and Daddy! Now sending all files of Uncle Haohao's subordinates who come and go inside our home to Daddy…

”Transfer complete! Meow~”

She closed her eyes and felt a faint, throbbing ache in her temples. ”We need to inform Big Brother about this. Though I don't know if he'll like it.”

”Naturally, we'll let him know,” he assured. ”As for whether he'll like it or not, he just has to suck it up. Fifth Brother often disappears to who knows where for long periods of time, anyway. It's very rare for him to stay here at home for a week straight. So he can't dictate what we, the master and mistress of this house, should or shouldn't do inside our own home. Remember, love. Our home, our rules.”

She pouted at his words but still nodded in agreement. Still, this was her brother they were talking about. Although she understood that things were different now than in her past life, it was still quite difficult for her to separate the domineering image of Nikolai Vetrov which was stamped deeply inside her soul from who he was now as Lu Zihao.

In their past life, Nikolai Vetrov only followed the Vetrov laws. And if something fell through the cracks that the Vetrov laws didn't cover, then he would just make his own rules. This ”our home, our rules” that Jin Liwei was saying would never apply to the Vetrovs. The Vetrovs didn't even give a damn about the laws governing sovereign states, so why would they care about individuals' personal rules? If someone told them ”our home, our rules” in the past, they would surely laugh before putting a bullet at the poor person's head.

'This is not the past. This is now,' she reminded herself.

Jin Liwei was right. Despite this, she still couldn't help but feel nervous. Perhaps her uneasiness wasn't really about interfering with her brother's business or respecting his privacy. Maybe it was more about her fear of what she would eventually unearth once she dug deep enough about what he really had been doing all this time. She knew deep down that her brother had an intense desire for revenge for the Vetrovs' annihilation. And knowing him, he wouldn't rest until he achieved all his goals even if he had to go through hell.

This extreme direction of her thoughts filled her with great anxiety and foreboding. It felt like the dark past that she desperately wanted to escape from—and successfully did—was now creeping slowly closer and closer to her until it caught her again. All this stress was too much. A pained moan escaped from her cold, pale lips.

”Love?”

Warm embrace enveloped her.

”Follow me. Breathe in, breathe out. That's it.” Jin Liwei sounded calm but still couldn't completely hide the strain in his voice. ”You'll be alright. I'm here with you.”

”…so hungry…food...chocolates…ugh…” Her voice was weak.

”Hah.” Jin Liwei released a helpless yet relieved chuckle. ”Yes, love. Food is coming. And so are the chocolates.”

She moaned, sounding like she was going to die. The past catching up with her frightened her like no other. But right now, eating was more important. With a sudden burst of energy, she grabbed Jin Liwei's collar and begged him like a deranged woman.

”I swear, Liwei! If you don't feed me now, I'LL EAT YOUR FACE!!!”