Chapter 407 - Hatred (1/2)

''Now that your pet is being treated, you can start speaking,'' Han Sheng said, ''Moreover, your pet seems to be a bit stronger than the rest and different. It survived through all cuts and stabs,'' A small smile crept on his face, the kind of smile which can give a person goosebumps.

And Yu Mei understood that kind of sadist smile. The way he was saying, it looked like he was taking pleasure in it and he won't mind torturing Mia more than he already did if she persisted in her ways.

Yu Mei restrained herself from showing any expressions on her face even as her fingers curled into a fist on her sides. It was a joke how lightly he was saying that Mia was being treated. If it was any normal fox instead of Mia, it would have died because of blood loss.

''The boy was you,'' Yu Mei said as her fists loosened slightly.

Han Sheng gripped the glass of wine in his hand as he nodded, ''Yes, it was me.''

Despite expecting this after the story, Yu Mei never thought that there would be such a matter buried in the Han Family.

Grandma Han was indeed a kind and a gentle woman... But never in her wildest dreams Yu Mei thought that there would be so much history.

From everything that Han Sheng described, Yu Mei got the gist of the whole matter. When she was studying abroad, Grandma Han fell in love with Grandpa Han's elder brother and later got pregnant with his child. But after his acciental death, she gave birth to their son but ended up sending him to orphanage.

''Why did she marry Grandpa Han then?” Yu Mei asked Han Sheng. Since the man wanted to let her know about his story, she wanted to get to the bottom of it. Maybe everything that has happened to her all this time has more or less something to do with him. And her first priority at this moment was to get Mia out of this place and to tackle a person like Han Sheng, she had to find a way to deal with him or maybe a weakness.

''Money, power, influence. When one brother died, it is not necessary that she would reject the other's offer especially not when he is madly in love with her,'' Han Sheng replied casually as if he was just talking about the weather but only if the hatred in his tone was not so apparent.

''Her parents... You said they were strict, so how did they agree to it?”

''Unlike my biological father who just wanted to be together with her first before marrying her, my dear uncle was different. He wanted to marry her, he was head over heels for her and he did not bother hiding it while he courted her and asked for her hand from her parents. Them being poor little things, could not ask for more than having their daughter marry in the influential Han Family, especially to a man who would stop at nothing to shower her with his love,'' Han Sheng twirled the glass of wine in his hand.

''She left you at orphanage when you were born then when did you find out about everything....and how?” Yu Mei asked after a few seconds.

''She made a mistake while abandoning her infant,'' Han Sheng's lips tugged up in a mocking smile, the scar on his face scrunched up, ''She transfered the property deeds to my name and handed the papers to the orphanage, which I had access to by the time I turned 18. It was the property deed of the house that she used to share with my biological father before he died. When I reached there, the house was empty like nobody ever lived there before. But one day, I found an old diary in the store room.... it belonged to him...''

Yu Mei quietly glanced at him and he paused for a moment before he continued speaking, ''He wrote in it even the day before his accident, about how... he wanted to see me, and how he wanted to ask her hand for marriage from her parents. After that, the pages were blank... but I did not stop looking for the truth until I found it. I found her identity and discovered about her marriage. I discovered my identity,'' He sipped the wine, ''Don't judge me, my dear niece. Uncle did not do anything after finding it out.''

Yu Mei placed her palm on her hand as she gently stroked her wrist. As gentle as he was sounding, she could not shake off this edgy feeling while sitting in front of him.

The revelations that he made had left her mind reeling with shock but she tried to not show much expressions on her face.