Chapter 43

It was an incredibly cruel slow-motion scene.

For Zhu Fu, who had witnessed her father's death with her own eyes, everything seemed to have stopped.

The only thing to be thankful for was that Zhu Xiyuan was prepared. The moment he fell to the ground, he returned to the form of a peacock companion, instantly strengthening his tail feathers to protect his head.

But the impact was too great and several of the tail feathers were broken.

Fu Fu's companion spirit is not a bird, so he doesn't know what it feels like to have wings, but he can imagine that for birds, breaking the root of their wings is no different from twisting an arm for humans.

How painful would that be?

He didn't dare to think further.

The white peacock only had time to let out a hoarse groan before passing out.

After losing consciousness, he returned to his human form, with his arms hanging limply at abnormal angles.

It was Sally who broke the silence. Being the first to come to his senses and respond at the scene of the accident was a doctor's instinct.

She screamed and rushed over to check on Zhu Xiyuan's injuries, saying to Zhu Fu, "Go press the blue button on the wall!"

That was the resort's emergency call for guests.

Fu Fu forced herself to recover from the huge fear of losing her father again and rushed to the wall.

He was too small to reach it even if he stood on tiptoe.

Tears welled up in her eyes again. This time it was not a pretense, not a pretense of weakness, but a genuine expression of anxiety.

dad……

Is dad going to be okay?

Will the tragedy happen again?

don't want.

Absolutely not!

He jumped hard again, scraping the skin off his arm, and slammed the blue button hard!

The room was suddenly filled with blue light and a low humming sound, surging towards him like a tide.

The child felt a little dizzy surrounded by light and sound.

But he still had things to do.

He looked back at Sally who was busy helping Zhu Xiyuan with a preliminary diagnosis, gritted his teeth, and ran upstairs.

"Fufu, you——"

He put Sally's voice behind him.

blue.

There's blue light everywhere.

The blue color serves as the emergency button. Once pressed, the entire house will be flooded with blue light. This way, not only can the resort's control center receive the information, but other passers-by will also notice something is wrong and report it. This provides double insurance so that the guests can receive emergency treatment as quickly as possible.

The child ran in the vast blue ocean, one step deep and one step shallow. There was a rumbling sound all around, which might be an alarm or perhaps his own heartbeat.

He seemed to have fallen into the sea, feeling lost and at a loss.

Fortunately, I found my way back quickly.

Finally, Zhu Fu saw the leopard on the windowsill of the study.

Zhu Shaoquan still doesn't know that Zhu Fu has seen his true companion spirit, and he still forces himself to appear as a fake leopard.

In fact, he didn't even react to his action of pushing Zhu Xiyuan down, and he was in great shock.

However, things have already happened and it is impossible to withdraw. What is more important now is to escape from the scene.

The incident happened on the second floor, which might be a bit high for humans, but acceptable for leopards.

He climbed onto the windowsill and was about to escape when he heard a noise behind him.

…A small shadow stood at the door.

There were still traces of tears on the cub's face, and a few strands of hair stuck to his cheeks.

But his expression was unusually calm.

That's not the look a child should have.

Zhu Shaoquan also realized that he was not a real child.

The disguised companion spirit can only appear when the mental and emotional state is stable. At this time, Zhu Shaoquan's emotions were also fluctuating greatly, and the leopard was almost unable to maintain its appearance.

He had to—had to escape as quickly as possible—

The distance from the second floor to the first floor is a bit high, but not as high as the distance from the high position to the execution ground.

Zhu Shaoquan turned around and smiled at the child: "What can you do to me?"

Zhu Fu's eyes were bloodshot: "I will kill you... No, I won't kill you."

"I mean what I say." He calmed down and raised his chin. "I will definitely make you live, not die!"

Zhu Shaoquan didn't take his words seriously and jumped towards the bushes downstairs.

Hospital.

Things happened suddenly, and in order to take better care of her husband, Si Yin had to send Si Qin back to Tefse temporarily.

During the time he was away, Sally temporarily handled other admission procedures on his behalf. Zhu Xiaoling was also on his way to the home planet after hearing the news.

Zhu Xiyuan didn't wake up until the next day.

When faced with his mother's questions, he insisted that he fell down the stairs accidentally and did not mention Zhu Shaoquan's existence at all.

However, as Zhu Shaoquan's mother, how could Sally not tell that the other person in the argument that day was her second son?

They were both her own children, children whom she tried to raise with the same love and wishes, but one wanted to kill the other.

Nothing hurts a mother more than this realization.

Zhu Xiyuan's words made her even more dazed, to the point of paralyzing herself and treating the voice of Zhu Shaoquan as an illusion.

After hearing their denial, Zhu Fu fell silent.

He didn't know why his father wanted to protect his uncle. There might be some unavoidable reasons, such as the content of their conversation could not be known.

But that's not the point.

The point is, even Sally said that no one else was there - this made him realize that Sally, who seemed gentle towards Zhu Xiyuan on the surface, was actually just like Zhu Zhengde, and her heart had long been deviated to the outer quadrant.

She was oppressed and domesticated so thoroughly by Zhu Zhengde that she gave up her prestigious job, her social circle with many students all over the world, and even gave up a mother's equal love for her children.

Both she and Zhu Zhengde seemed to be no longer parents, but machines for creating the successor of the Zhu family.

Would things have turned out like this if my father hadn't escaped from this suffocating home?

Zhu Fu broke out in a cold sweat unconsciously.

In short, he finally understood that even if Zhu Zhengde and Sally witnessed Zhu Shaoquan persecuting Zhu Xiyuan with their own eyes, they would not take any necessary measures, but would only use the sayings "Don't air your dirty laundry in public" and "A harmonious family brings prosperity" to make the matter smaller.

Therefore he could never rely on their power.

He has to think of another way.

Si Yin also found Zhu Fu privately and asked him what happened.

He knew that Zhu Xiyuan was called in alone by Zhu Shaoquan that night. He knew that Zhu Shaoquan was responsible for the incident that happened later.

However, everyone present denied it, and Zhu Shaoquan simply disappeared. Then an unknown friend appeared and said that he was at his house that night.

Of course Si Yin wouldn't believe it.

Fu Fu looked at her father's angry face and swallowed the words back when they came to her lips.

If Si Yin knew that Zhu Xiyuan was pushed down by Zhu Shaoquan, it would not be impossible for him to find Zhu Shaoquan and beat him to death.

But that was not the situation Zhu Fu wanted to see.

First of all, my father will go to jail for this.

Secondly, death would be too easy for Zhu Shaoquan.

He wanted him to be ruined and fall from a great height into the abyss.

He wanted him to be cursed by everyone and nailed to the pillar of shame forever.

That would be the best ending.

So, facing her superior Yin's angry yet expectant gaze, Zhu Fu could only open her mouth and answer with great sadness, "No... Fu Fu didn't see anything."

The next day, at the palace.

It was said that it was an unplanned ceremony, which was mainly broadcast live through Star Network to hundreds of millions of people. Not many people were actually invited to the scene, and even fewer knew about it.

Some people even thought that His Majesty was in good health and could rule the country again.

Of course, this is indeed something worth celebrating.

As the only representative of the Zhu brothers who could attend the event, Zhu Shaoquan was very proud today.

Some people heard that cabinet reshuffle would also be one of the topics to be discussed at today's ceremony. Like him, they all believed that Zhu Shaoquan was going to be promoted and had great respect for him.

Zhu Shaoquan greets people wherever he goes. The most skillful skill he has learned in his life is to curry favor with the powerful.

He caught a glimpse of someone in the corner fixing his appearance in front of a mirror, and a maid brought armor for him to put on.

Zhu Shaoquan's eyes lit up.

That is today's protagonist, Xu Tieren.

From today onwards, he will no longer be just a five-star admiral. He will soon become the new marshal and stand at the pinnacle of the empire's military rule.

Zhu Shaoquan was about to go over and have a chat, but suddenly several people came and blocked his view.

Xu Tieren is tall and stands straight even though he is only sixty years old. Even when blocked by a group of people, he is still very conspicuous.

Zhu Shaoquan noticed that he suddenly lowered his head, as if talking to someone, and his originally cold expression became extremely soft.

Huh?

Xu Tieren is as his name suggests. To put it nicely, he is upright and incorruptible. To put it bluntly, he is stubborn and doesn't even have a good face towards his only biological son.

At this moment, he is so gentle to someone.

Who would have such an honor?

While Zhu Shaoquan was curious, he also felt a chilly wind that gave him goosebumps.

Maybe the air conditioner temperature is too low.

Today is his big day, everything should be bright and he can't waste time being suspicious.

The person blocking the way walked away. Zhu Shaoquan straightened his collar and walked towards Xu Tieren confidently.

Zhu Shaoquan is not completely free of guilt towards his brother who is still in the hospital and whose life or death is unknown.

But that guilt was nothing compared to the temptation of advancement in life and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Zhu Xiyuan fell in love with Si Yin, whom he shouldn't have loved, in both of his lives.

In both of his lives, he has been competing with Zhu Xiyuan for the best position.

If this isn't fate, then what is?

We can only blame Si Yin and Zhu Fu, the father and son, for being the disaster in Zhu Xiyuan's life.

Therefore, he will still win the competition this time.

"Marshal Xu." He smiled his brightest smile. "Congratulations."

Xu Tieren's eyes lit up when he saw him. "Hey, Xiao Zhu, I was just looking for you. Come, try this. I just discovered it. It tastes really good."

Zhu Shaoquan was so immersed in the joy that Xu Tieren remembered him that he didn't pay any attention to why he was looking for him.

I didn't even carefully distinguish the ingredients of the drink the other party handed over.

He drank it in one gulp, feeling only the sweetness, still dizzy and immersed in the anticipatory joy of his impending rise to fame.

At the same time, the star network live broadcast across the empire officially began.