"Why did you marry mum?"

"I heard grandparents liked her. Were you forced to marry her?" 

Sara asked him both questions simultaneously.

He scratched his head awkwardly before saying to her.

"Sara...there are a whole lot of things you need to know. I know I have been wrong to have kept a lot from you. But I had done all of that to protect you." 

"I am aware. And I appreciate. But now, I am an adult. I should be protecting you now" She corrected him.

As much as he wanted to tell Sara everything, he wanted to clear everything with the woman who was currently sleeping in his room first

He only had a question for her— whether or not she regretted abandoning their child.

He knew that was an insensitive question to ask at a time like this. But he wanted to know. To know whether she regretted it. 

He knew she was young back then. But if a woman could abandon her day old child, then she was not fit to be a mother.

If she did regret it, then there was no point in him hiding it anymore. He was going to tell her about Sara and also tell Sara about her. 

But if she did not feel remorse, then he would have to pretend like she did not exist. And he was never going to raise the issue to Sara. 

It is okay to think she was mad at him for the message she received through the mail. But to think she was bold enough to abandon their child, he was never going to forgive her for that.

He only wanted her to wake up on time so they could properly talk about that. 

"Dad?" Sara called again when she noticed he was lost in thought. 

"Give me a little time. Whatever question you have, all you need to do is to ask. I will provide every answer for you. But just a little time." He pleaded with her. 

Sara could not help but sigh. 

She really did have questions: Why did he marry her mother? Why did he mess with her real age? And who was the child Changyu had abandoned? 

Although, a lot of people had said she had a low EQ, she was not dumb. She could put two and two together to see that there were some ties between Changyu and herself but she did not want to jump into conclusion just yet.

Since he said he needed time, she was going to give him even though she was curious to death right now.

"Two days. That"s all I can give. You have to tell me everything after two days. Else, I will pester you to death." She threatened. 

She did not want to waste much time there because she had things to attend to.

She was to meet with whoever Snake wanted her to meet in the address he had slipped into her hoodie"s pocket.

Jianjun nodded to her words. Now, everything was in Changyu"s hands— whether he decides to tell Sara a lie or the truth, it all depended on Changyu now. 

Sara finally smiled when she saw him nod. "It"s settled then. I"ll be out for a while." 

She did not wait for her father to ask where she was going to. She knew if she gave him the chance, he was likely going to ask about what had happened last night and so she quickly took off after getting some stuff from inside the room.

She followed the address to a clubhouse.

She was careful to wear a face mask and baseball cap to hide her face from the public.

When she got to the entrance, the bouncers looked at her weirdly before refusing to let her in. 

They wondered how a girl could dress in a Jean, sweater and baseball cap to enter inside a top night club like this. Was this a joke?

Two ladies successfully entered and as Sara looked at the way they were dressed, she finally realised why the bouncers had not allowed her in.

She thought they were only doing her job and so she did not make trouble. She quickly took out her phone and placed a call to Marcus since his number was the only one she had amongst every Black member. 

But before it even started to ring, she heard Snake"s voice behind her, at the entrance of the club. 

"Oh Hi. You"re here early. Let"s go in." 

He smiled at the three hefty bouncers to let them know she was with him.

They had obvious looks of surprise on their faces to see that their VVIP customer was acquainted with the strange looking girl who had a face mask hanging on one ear. 

For show, Snake walked towards Sara and placed a hand on her shoulder to lead her in but she was quick to push his hand away.

After glaring at him, she marched inside. 

The bouncers looked at her in even more shock. They could not believe that the little girl dared to ignore him like that. He was money. 

And they had heard rumours that he was the new owner of Grand Castle Hotel even though he frequented this club.

There was a sudden glint in Snake"s eyes when he saw Sara"s reaction. He knew that something had definitely changed in her and he was curious to know what had happened with her. 

Sara slowed her pace and allowed Snake lead the way.

They both took the large hallway which seemed awfully quiet except for the people who moved about. 

She saw the grand door by her right open and when two people came out, she heard the loud buzz of music and saw the different colors of lights inside the club with people dancing around.

They kept walking and soon, they used an elevator. 

She had only been to a club once and it was nothing like this. So she was slightly curious whether the clubs of the "super rich" were usually like this. 

 Soon, they arrived at the second floor and swiped his card at the door to his private room. 

Immediately they entered, she saw a young lady already sitting there. She looked to be in her mid twenties also.

The lady wore the usual flashy mini dress most ladies wore to clubs but her face was expressionless and even the music that was able to seep through the gla.s.s where they could clearly see the clubbers having fun, the music seem to not have any effect on her at all.

Neither was she looking through the gla.s.s to watch the clubbers.

She figured these kind of rooms were for men who did not care to club but only wanted to check out for their preys from up there.

"Sit with us" Snake said before fitting himself beside the young lady. 

The room looked like a bar on its own but the chairs there were nice and comfortable cus.h.i.+ons.

There was already a bottle of expensive wine on the table that Snake began to open. 

"Do I look like I am in the mood to have a drink with you? Why did you want to see me? I was given three days by Fuji so what am I here for?"

She went straight to the point and asked. She did not care about the young lady sitting there.

One look at her any she coukd tell the lady was also a member of the black gang and so, there was no need in being discreet. 

"We were supposed to hand you the fake painting tonight. But fortunately, your boyfriend agreed to sell. And unfortunately, he has placed it on pending." 

Sara was relived to hear that Muchen had done exactly what she had asked him to do. They wanted to take his gift? They should try it then!

"So?" She asked coldly. 

"He may be having second thoughts and so the plan is still the same. We need to have it before next week. So you have to exchange it. 

The lady stood up and raised up something that looked like a large case from the floor and carefully placed it on the table.

Quickly, she unlocked it and raised the lid to reveal a painting to her. 

The lady acted very professionally. Even her hands were gloved and her movements were quick.

When Sara saw the painting, she was slightly taken aback. One could mistake this painting for the one in Muchen"s house. They were so completely identical. 

"You want this particular painting right?" She asked again. 

"Of course." Snake answered the irrelevant question she had just asked. If they did not want it, then why were they going extra miles just to get it?

"Okay. Let me have it" 

The young lady quickly pa.s.sed her the large case but Snake looked at Sara suspiciously.

Her behaviour tonight was completely odd. 

"You are the artist?" Sara asked the lady. 

"I am" She answered expressionlessly. 

"Don"t you feel insulted?" Sara suddenly asked her a shocking question that caused her eyes to twitch. Even Snake sat up. 

"They have such a talent like you yet, they are killing themselves over a painting that existed even before they were all born. They prefer the things of the old because they think yours can only be pa.s.s off as a fake. Someone like you should be living well as an artist. Too bad you affiliated yourself with these people."

*Bang*

Snake hit the table and stood up to look at Sara.

"What do you think you are doing?" 

"I am only stating the fact Yue King! What are you going to do? Why are you looking at me like that? You want to fight?" 

She giggled before turning to look at the lady again.

"Run far whenever you have the chance. The blacks are devils in disguise"

She warned the girl since she had experienced firsthand what they were capable of doing. 

"When are you bringing us the painting?" Snake suddenly asked with the mind of changing the topic.

"Painting? It"s here with me already." 

She placed the case on the table in front of him. 

"Since the person likes it so much, then give them this"

"Are you playing with me right now?" 

Sara laughed at his angry expression. "Tell Fuji that if he wants this badly, he should ask whoever needs it to come find me directly. Tell him that if he wants to bluff about telling the public about me, he should keep bluffing. I won"t stay still either. It is going to be very easy to pull you all down. Don"t you think? All I need to do is to mention a "Jin"."

"Are you...threatening us? You dare threaten the blacks?" He asked with cold eyes.

"Shut the h.e.l.l up! Who do you guys think you are that I cannot threaten? If you think you are so smart and you want to go steal the paint from his house, then go ahead. It"s been long I got mad. I will follow you all up with my madness. Let me see who loses"

"Sara w.a.n.g. Do you know what the Blacks have done for you? Now, I am not just talking about the past. I am talking about the present. Do you know the number of people who had arranged thugs to beat you up and how we have saved you from them all? From Zhang Hansong to Guan Lanbi to the Liu family"s Cai Genji to your ex-boyfriend Mo Jinyong and even the school princ.i.p.al whose laptop you collected. Do you know how long we have been protecting you?"

Sara was slightly taken aback by this revelation. Zhang Hansong? He must have wanted to teach her a lesson after she slapped him inside Delight because he slapped her and bullied Ms Long.

Guan Lanbi? She remembered her as the girl who had tried to blackmail her during Elder Mo"s birthday party and had asked her to introduce her to Muchen. So she had wanted to hurt her just because she had refused to introduce her to him? What a weirdo!

As for Weiyoung"s mother, Jinyong and the school princ.i.p.al, it was no surprise that they had done that. They were stupid after all.

"I know what you are trying to do. But, it won"t work. Go tell Fuji that acting like City Hunter does not suit him. I do not need him to protect me so he should stop thinking he has been doing something really significant."

She hissed, kicked the wine bottle out of the table and left the room as she heard the sound of it shattering on the floor.

As she walked out, a tiny smile appeared on Snake"s face.