Chapter 959: Feng Jue’s Background

Editor: Henyee Translations

Ning Shen stared at Ning Gui with eyes as dark and bottomless as a stormy sea. His slightly cold fingers gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. “Have I spoiled you so much that you’ve become this presumptuous? Huh?”

Sensing the familiar, dangerous gaze, Ning Gui shook her head vigorously and backed away, her hand reaching for the car door in an attempt to escape. “No, no. Brother, please listen to my explanation!”

Ning Shen advanced with a dark expression, his chuckle soft but his smile cold. His fingers landed on her slender neck.

Ning Gui was terrified.

Seeing Ning Shen approaching, she instinctively hugged his waist, trying to stop him. “Brother, Brother, I was wrong.”

Ning Shen’s body stiffened slightly at her unexpected embrace.

“Brother, let’s go home, okay?”

Her voice was soft, her eyes moist and pleading as she looked up at him.

Ning Shen stared at her for a long moment before sneering. “Now you’re afraid?”

Ning Gui lowered her head, too cowed to speak, but she clung to him tightly, fearful that he might act out.

Ning Shen’s eyes were deep and unyielding, like a demon’s. “Your mother made my mother Mrs. Ning. I don’t have to kill her, but you must be a good sister and listen to me. Understand?”

Ning Gui suddenly recalled the night four years ago when 21-year-old Ning Shen returned from studying abroad and seized control of the Ning family, sending her to the sanatorium.

The entire Ning family had been eerily silent. She had pushed open door after door in search of her mother, Mrs. Ning. Eventually, she heard her mother’s screams from the third floor.

She burst into the room to find Mrs. Ning being attacked by several Tibetan mastiffs.

Ning Shen, meanwhile, sat on a leather sofa, leisurely peeling an apple with a Swiss Army knife while watching Mrs. Ning’s desperate attempts to escape from the dogs with twisted enjoyment.

Terrified, Ning Gui rushed to her mother’s aid, tears streaming down her face.

Ning Shen clapped his hands, and the Tibetan mastiffs were removed by the bodyguards behind him.

At that time, Ning Gui had begged Ning Shen repeatedly to spare her mother.

Her mother had been Family Head Ning’s first love. Family Head Ning and Ning Shen’s mother had been married through a business arrangement. The two had drifted apart due to their differing social backgrounds and married others.

When her mother divorced and Family Head Ning lost his spouse, they rekindled their relationship and eventually reorganized their family.

Ning Shen believed that his mother had been sacrificed to make room for Family Head Ning’s first love.

At that time, Ning Shen had approached her and gently slid a dagger across her face to brush away her tears. Suddenly, he had smiled, as if he had just thought of something amusing. “Okay.”

He had promised her that he would let her mother go.

Yet, she had become his obedient sister, a puppet under his control.

She was more like an exquisite doll belonging to him than a sister.

And he seemed to enjoy the feeling of completely controlling another person.

Later, Ning Shen’s desire for control grew stronger. Anyone who came near Ning Gui was met with varying degrees of intimidation.

In the Xiao family’s garden, Gu Yang was stunned by Feng Jue’s revelation. “You were at the scene?”

Feng Jue nodded.

Gu Yang recalled that Tong Wan had mentioned Family Head Ning’s first wife had passed away about fifteen years ago. Feng Jue would have been only three or four years old at the time.

Given that Feng Jue was a mutant with extraordinary memory, it’s not surprising that such a traumatic event would leave an indelible mark on him.

Gu Yang had always thought of Feng Jue as an orphan whose childhood memories were limited to Cloud Rising Orphanage. He had never mentioned anything about his background, and Gu Yang had never asked, assuming that most children from the orphanage had troubled pasts.

Now, hearing Feng Jue’s words, she realized that his past was far more complex than she had initially thought.