Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 441 - 443: The Handsome Brother_1

Chapter 441: Chapter 443: The Handsome Brother_1

Lin Shouye felt dissatisfied at the time, but seeing Zhang’s impatient demeanor, he dared not urge him any further, worrying that pushing him further might provoke his anger. After all, as a commanding official, Zhang could investigate the case or choose to ignore it.

After Lin Shouye left, Zhang looked at the last line of the letter: Otherwise, your son would disappear once again after two days.

His heart couldn’t help but tremble.

He was over forty, with a wife and a concubine. His wife used to be his most beloved, but their son, born with a severe intellectual disability, couldn’t even speak by the age of three. Once she learned of this, her personality drastically changed and she became unhappy, and thus their relationship lost its previous affection. As for their son, he was already in his teens but still couldn’t even call him dad; he spent his days drooling and catching ants in the garden.

Zhang eventually took a concubine who was not only young and beautiful but also extremely coquettish. He pampered her excessively. She soon gave birth to a boy and a girl. The son was very astute, even able to recite ’Rhapsody of the Changgan’ at the age of three and by seven, he had already been able to recite the ’Tao Te Ching’. How could Zhang not cherish this son?

"Dad, what are you daydreaming about? Will you play chess with me?" his youngest son, holding Zhang’s hand, asked.

"Right, right, dad is coming," Zhang hurriedly took his son to the study room.

"..."

"Xiaobao, who took you to get candied haws today? Do you remember what he looked like?" Zhang asked his young son.

"Um... That brother was very good-looking, as if he just walked out of a painting. He was amazing, his Kung Fu was superb. I was studying chess diagrams in the yard when he flew down from a tree, which made me so envious! He said he meant no harm, he was polite and even taught me a few trick moves in chess. Look, these are the moves!"

With just two moves, the little boy cut off Zhang’s path on the chessboard.

Zhang was taken aback.

His own skill in chess was already famed throughout the county, yet to think there was such a master, good-looking, skilled in Kung Fu and proficient in chess.

He recalled that after Xiaobao’s disappearance, the Nanny and maidservant responsible for his care said that everything went black before they passed out, completely unaware of what happened. There was also the incident of Merchants in Lin Shouye’s house being terrified when Lin Shouye inexplicably shaved his head bald.

"After that, you went with him?" Zhang asked.

His little son glared at him: "That brother is not a bad person, dad. I’m already seven years old, can’t I distinguish between good people and bad people?"

After saying this, the little boy scattered all the chess pieces and reset them.

Zhang watched the black and white chess pieces on the table and shivered suddenly.

...

The next day.

Jin Cao was busy with official business in the backyard when he was informed that Zhang had come. He hurriedly went out to greet him.

When he arrived in the front hall, Jin Cao paid his respects to Zhang, but Zhang was the first to speak: "Update me about the recent operations of the Commercial Bank."

"Sir, are you asking about the situation with the Merchants? Everything is orderly. We’ve undergone registration, paid taxes, and thoroughly investigated those required." Jin Cao said.

"Give me the files of the Merchants you’ve thoroughly investigated recently," said Zhang.

Jin Cao quickly fetched a pile of account books: "Sir, everything’s in here."

"Good," Zhang glanced at the books and his brows furrowed, "How is there so much?"