The Story Of Dusk

Xiao Jun, who was deep in his own thought a little bit startle when he heard Xiao Tianyao"s question and missed it entirely.

"What? What did you say?"

Seeing at Xiao Jun odd behavior Xiao Tianyao was narrowing his eyes as if he was trying to figure something out. But, in the end he didn"t voice his own thought and pretended there was nothing.

"I asked you; will you hand Leader Mo over to Xiao w.a.n.g Wei later?" Leader Mo was quite disturbance, he shouldn"t bring him over and just let him laid on the street outside of the brothel, like a cheap drunkard.

"We we will see if I can fish something interesting from Xiao w.a.n.g Wei as a bargain for him." Xiao Jun smiled cheekily, he could be quite petty sometime.

"You are embarra.s.sing." Xiao Tianyao chided. He shook his head. "So, we will bring him over then?"

"Yes." Xiao Jun said firmly.

However, there was something that disturbed Xiao Tianyao made him feel unease.

Leader Mo"s words, no matter what, he couldn"t get it over his head, banging his mind with an explanation, but at the same time he was very reluctant to know it.

How if…

How if his words were right?

He didn"t want to ruin the images of his parents in his mind. But, to think about it again, why he should believe trash words from him? At the very least, he was an enemy!

But, still…

"Qianru is downstairs, preparing dinner. Let"s go and eat something." Xiao Jun stood up and neatened his robes before he walked out. "You don"t want to come."

"You go first, I don"t really want to eat, I will catch up with you all later." Xiao Tianyao remained sitting on his chair.

He wasn"t really lie, he was a bit full after eating an apple. But, there was something that he wanted to do, which he had just decided.

"Alright, make sure to eat something before we go." Xiao Jun warned him.

"I know." Xiao Tianyao mumbled his words.

***  

"Prince Xiao Tianyao." The two guards who were guarding a certain door cupped their hand in respect when he saw who was coming.

"Open the door." Xiao Tianyao said coldly. His eyes locked at the closed door icily as if he could bust down the thick wood in front of him by only looking at it.

He didn"t want to come, but here he was, standing behind the close door with throbbing head and muddle mind.

The curiosity that he had endured after he heard what he said, gnawing him like an ants and kept ringing inside his head echoed to his ears.

It was an annoying feeling. He didn"t like it, thus he needed to confront it.

Hastily the two guards open the door and held it to let Xiao Tianyao"s in. Without a single glance from him, he said. "No matter what you heard, don"t come and don"t seek for help!"

Xiao Tianyao actually quite p.i.s.sed because the two guards told Xiao Jun about his visit, but with bruises and opened wound like that, of course, those two guards wouldn"t be daring enough to cause such trouble upon themselves.

"Yes. Yes Princess Xiao Tianyao." They stuttered and lowered their head as they closed the door quietly.

The two of them felt sympathy toward Leader Mo, no matter what, he was still high rank officer back in Azura, but Xiao Tianyao treated him no less than a hooligan, trampled the great General"s dignity out of the window.

"Do you think Leader Mo will be able to survive this time?"One of the guard whispered to his friend, very low, afraid if Xiao Tianyao was be able to hear him despite the thick wall that divided them.

"SSSTT" His friend hushed him impatiently while his eyes darted toward the door with fear. "That is not our business, I don"t care if Leader Mo alive or death. All I want is survive from Prince Xiao Tianyao"s wrath." He whispered back.

"You are right." He nodded thoughtfully.

Inside the room.

Xiao Tianyao just hoped Ye Bai didn"t knock him off again, so he could spare an effort to wake him up.

And fortunately, Ye Bai didn"t.

Leader Mo was sitting at the same spot and same condition, only the different was the additional of his bruises and gauze on his forehead. His lips also a little bit swollen with trace of blood.

When he felt someone was approaching him, Leader Mo whipped his head, his calculative eyes burned with hatred with the way how other people had treated him in this past three days.

His pride had been thrown outside of the window.

But, there was smile that grazed his lips when he saw Xiao Tianyao stood still before his eyes.

"Such an honor to be graced by your presence my prince." He nodded deliberately, trying to make his move as humble as possibly. But, it was all only a mockery in Xiao Tianyao"s eyes.

"Cut it short." Xiao Tianyao snarled impatiently, he didn"t want to talk in circle with him, it was biting off the last strand of his patient, he was tempted to reach his sword and finished him right here and right there. But, he still needed and answer.

"So, you are really come because of the secret that I have told you right?" Leader Mo"s eyes lit up as he smile triumphantly. "Why? It has been bothering you? It"s just a day and you already come to ask the real story."

"Shut up!" Xiao Tianyao made a sharp warning, but Leader Mo was just didn"t want to hear it as he kept blabbering.

"Is your trust toward your father is only as big as a peanut?" He mocked him.

Xiao Tianyao had lost his patient completely when he grabbed and squeezed his neck with his right hand, he lifted him up, make him lost his gravity.

With hand and feet were being tied, there was no way he could wriggle free from him.

In less than five second, his blue veins had protruded from his skin on his forehead and neck as his face turned red and then blue as well.

Leader Mo could feel his breathe was being sucked painfully out of his lung as if his chest was going to explode.

However, when he thought the pain would stop once he died, mercilessly Xiao Tianyao released his grip from him and wit a loud thud sound Leader Mo limp body fell on the cold and hard floor.

He was coughing like a mad, breathing greedily for air as his eyes turned blurry because of tears. It was simply a torture and this man before him clearly enjoying what he had done toward him earlier.

Xiao Tianyao grinned, looking how pathetic Leader Mo"s condition now. He had been tortured by what he had said and now he was simply returning the favor, double it.

"How are you feeling?" Xiao Tianyao pulled a chair and sat lazily, his eyes glimmered with mirth.

"You… b*****d!!" Leader Mo cursed Xiao Tianyao while panting heavily.

Ignoring what he was saying, Xiao Tianyao crossed his legs and rested his elbow on the arm chair. "Stop being a puny, tell me what had happened back then!" It wasn"t a request but an order.

After coughing hard and felt his breath had become steady Leader Mo wriggled his body and hoisted his body up as he leaned his back against the bed.

Leader Mo"s face was still flushed red, but he looked better now except the wound on his forehead that seemingly reopen again as blood trickled down to his eyes.

However, no matter how he looked, Xiao Tianyao didn"t show any mercy or there was a slight sympathy in his eyes. He stared at him coldly as if he was nothing, just like the décor inside this room.

"Start talking." Xiao Tianyao commanded, being impatient now.

"The late Emperor Xiao Zong killed your imperial aunt, Lu Weiya." He stated.

"I heard that already." Xiao Tianyao snapped at him. "I don"t waste my time to hear that nonsense all over again! Tell me what happened at the hunting festival!" Xiao Tianyao was irritated with his words.

"Your father pushed her off a cliff." Leader Mo said firmly. He had regained his composure and his breath.

Upon hearing that, Xiao Tianyao chuckled and then it became a laugh as though he was just heard a funniest story in his life.

"You don"t believe me." Leader Mo glared at him.

"Do you expect me to believe that?" Xiao Tianyao raised his eyebrows incredulously. "Then tell me why my father pushed his brother"s wife off the cliff? Because she got bigger quarry?" He bemused with his own theory.

Leader Mo let him made a fun of his story before he said with vicious smirked. "Because your father cheated on Lu Weiya."

When he heard that, Xiao Tianyao"s expression stiffened. His eyes burned in anger, how dare he slander his father name like that.

In the next second, a vicious kick flew toward Leader Mo"s chest made him sucked a cold breath as he groaned in agony, fell on the floor and writhed in pain.

Xiao Tianyao didn"t stop there, he gave him three or four more kicks before he stopped, s.n.a.t.c.hed his hair, he brought Leader Mo"s face closer to his before he spat.

"HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY FATHER!" Xiao Tianyao barked right before his face, and knocked his head hard against the floor.

Xiao Tianyao stood tall before Leader Mo, as he gave off an eerie killing intense around him. In normal occasion and normal people, they would have held their breath the moment Xiao Tianyao appeared this way. No one would dare enough to make a peep.

However, Leader Mo was not a normal person and their topic of discussion also was not something normal. If one words got out from this room, something bad would happen.

Without any prove it was a libel and Leader Mo would be doom, but he didn"t scamper away by that fact, actually he knew the consequences of his words.

But, fearlessly he provoked Xiao Tianyao further. "Do you think I am telling you a lie?" He asked between his whimper. "Do you think I tell you this because I am Xiao Zi"s people? Xiao w.a.n.g Wei trusted person?" He glanced at Xiao Tianyao before he roared. "NO!"

The sudden force made his broken ribs screamed in pain rendered him speechless, but after a few second of struggle, he added. "Lu Weiya was my niece! She was part of Mo Family!"

Of course Xiao Tianyao knew about that, but the thing that he didn"t realize was the fact Leader Mo had such a concern for her.

With dimmed eyes, gloomy look and dreary mood, Xiao Tianyao sat back on his chair, looking down on the pathetic man on his feet.

He didn"t say anything and only staring at him.

After a minute pa.s.sed and Leader Mo could regain some strength to pick himself up, he chuckled dryly. "The three of them had known each other since they were kids." He said, his voice was very low, but Xiao Tianyao could hear it clearly.

"Xiao Zong likes Lu Weiya, but Lu Weiya chose to be with Xiao Zi." Leader Mo"s eyes were looking into the distance as if he was relived the memory from the past, his face remained impa.s.sive.

"You can guest the rest." Leader Mo wasn"t in the mood to talk about the detail of the three people relationship and so did Xiao Tianyao.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

All he knew was Xiao Zi married Lu Weiya after his father married his mother, until then everything seemed normal and they lived in harmony. Such a beautiful memory that he had.

However, something obviously happened at the hunting festival that changed everything.

"Your father married your mother for political sake, but he had never liked her, that was why he tended to come to Lu Weiya for advice." Leader Mo stopped, staring at Xiao Tianyao. "Lu Weiya was a good woman and only thought of Xiao Zong as a friend, but he interpreted it differently."

Xiao Tianyao clenched his jaw tightly until he could feel his teeth gritting sound, his balled his hand into a tight fist.

He felt like he wanted to punch Leader Mo"s face until no one could recognize him anymore. It was a lie! A big lie! But he kept listening him, spouting trash from his mouth.

"At the hunting festival, your father tried to talk to Lu Weiya, but she didn"t want to meet your father secretively." Leader Mo gazed on Xiao Tianyao hardened when he heard him sneered.

"And how did you know all of it?" Xiao Tianyao could feel the anger that built up within him, ready to explode.

His father was a flawless figure for him, he was the best person that a man should look up. But, how suddenly his father became a pathetic villain who couldn"t let go of his own brother"s wife!? How he could accept that fact.

If… if that was a fact!

"You said it was a secret meeting, and how do you know about it!?" Xiao Tianyao was trying to find loopholes in his story.

Leader Mo looked at Xiao Tianyao"s eyes mockingly. "Because I was there, I was there when your father pushed her off a cliff!" He was aggravated. "I saw him pushed my niece to her death!" He roared in anger, ignoring the screaming pain all over his body because of it.

Xiao Tianyao bolted up, wanted to punch him one more time, but managed to hold back as he clenched his fist beside his body.

He stared down on Leader Mo and saw hatred in his eyes, something that struck him numb!

He was lying! But…

How if he was telling the truth?

This fact sent chill down to Xiao Tianyao"s spine.

"You see? Why I chose to side with Xiao w.a.n.g Wei even though I clearly know what he has done all this time was wrong, why I cheered for your parents death? Can you see it now?" Leader Mo gave Xiao Tianyao condescending looks.

"You are out of your mind!" Xiao Tianyao spat. "If my father loved her, then why he killed her!?"

Yes, that part was not making any sense! And Xiao Tianyao was hanging onto that.

Under Xiao Tianyao"s threatening gaze, Leader Mo turned gloomy. "It was an accident." He grumbled. "Your father forced himself to her."

This statement was like a thunder roaring in Xiao Tianyao"s mind. It was impossible his father had done such things!

Something such a lowly act like that, his father wouldn"t have done such a thing!

"Can you imagine? The next line of the Emperor had such disgusting character!?" Leader Mo snarled and once again he had to suck in cold breath because of the sharp pain. But, he didn"t stop.

"Do you really think a person like him deserve to be an Emperor for a big Kingdom like Azura!?" He said in condescending tone. "Lu Weiya ran from your father, but she was cornered on the edge of the cliff!"

Leader Mo held Xiao Tianyao"s gaze unwaveringly. "Oh, Xiao Zong didn"t push her, the ground collapse right at the spot where she was standing."

"And if you hold such a high moral, why didn"t you help her!?"

"Do you think why I was being imprisoned for the crime that I didn"t do for a year!?"

Leader Mo was once grounded for embezzlement, however after a year Xiao Zi found out it wasn"t his fault and it was all wrong accusation, afterward Xiao Tianyao"s father restored his good name and he could return to serve the military.

Because of that Xiao Tianyao thought, Leader Mo has debt of grat.i.tude for Xiao Zi, one of the reasons he was very loyal to him.

However, everything seemed didn"t work that way. There were many corpse in the closet that Xiao Tianyao would have never thought.

There was a pin drop eerie silence inside the room after Leader Mo"s statement, until only their breathing that echoed through the wall.

"I know you still did not believe me." Leader Mo glanced at Xiao Tianyao ashen face.

"Why should I trust you?!" Though it was what Xiao Tianyao said, he knew half of him had trusted his words unintentionally.

"You keep saying that, but here you are, listening to my lies!" Leader Mo talked sarcastically.

Xiao Tianyao was very tempted to kill him now, brushing his hand against the hilt of his sword, he could feel his blood rushed to his head while unknown voice kept chanting to kill Leader Mo.

Looking at the bloodl.u.s.t on Xiao Tianyao"s eyes, Leader Mo spoke contemptuously. "If you don"t believe me, you can ask Xiao Jun. He knew about this."

Xiao Tianyao"s eyes dilated in surprised before they dimmed under the light of the room.

Now, it wasn"t only his father secret, but his brother also held a secret from him. What an amazing revelation!

"Ask him if you don"t believe me!" Leader Mo shouted at Xiao Tianyao, his eyes sparked with madness.

There was another silence that followed after Leader Mo outburst, before Xiao Tianyao talked in low voice, his face devoid from any emotions.

"So what do you get with telling me all of this? Do you think I will be grateful enough and release you?" Xiao Tianyao put down his hand from his sword, the bloodl.u.s.t that he felt earlier had disappeared. "Or do you think by telling me that Jun had known about this could sow discord between us?"

Xiao Tianyao couldn"t think a single reasonable reason about why he suddenly divulge about the past secret? He would get nothing in return and there was no benefit in it.

"So you will know what kind of father that you have." Leader Mo leaned his tired back against the bed again, the pain was still bearable for him now, at least he knew he wouldn"t die from it. "You always talk about your father with pride and all, but did you know this side of him?"

This time Leader Mo"s voice was no more filled with hostility, he was just like an old man who tired of life as he looked up at Xiao Tianyao.

"Now you know this side of him." Leader Mo concluded.

Xiao Tianyao scoffed. "And do you think Xiao Zi is a saint just because my father committed such depraved behavior?"

Leader Mo heaved a heavy sigh that caused him winched in pain. "No. Since Lu Weiya had pa.s.sed away, his behavior turned very different." And then he chuckled with mockery. "He is even more sordid than your father."

The way he talked as if he was praising Xiao Zong while trampling Xiao Zi, but who would accept that?

"Good to know that your mind is still working." Xiao Tianyao turned around, he wanted to leave this room, especially that filthy man on the floor.

"You better be careful." Leader Mo said in warning tone. "Seeing you now, I know that you had figured out Luna"s ident.i.tiy."

Xiao Tianyao ignored his words and kept walking toward the door, but Leader Mo still kept insisting to talk.

Such a big chatter he was!

"Because Xiao Zi has his eyes on your woman." Leader Mo said lightly.

Xiao Tianyao abruptly stopped walking again, and with back was facing him, he chuckled dramatically. "My woman? From where you got that idea?"

"From the baby that she is conceiving."