Chapter 70
"Ave Maria, gratia plena..."
A man with a full head of grey hair sat quietly, taking a drag of the blunt between his fingers as the sonorous voice of the choir sang in the background. His eyes were closed as he fiddled absentmindedly with a string of jade beads in his other hand.
The man was Song Yue, the head of the Song family, a behemoth both in the corporate world and the underworld of Country C. Despite being in his late seventies, Song Yue was still very much feared, and his name brought terror to whoever heard it.
Amidst the voices in the background, his ears picked up the faint steps before him. His eyes snapped open, and before him stood a huge, bulky man with a large scar crisscrossing his face. The man bowed.
"Master... The young master has refused to come back."
A loud, amused laughter filled the air, then Song Yue took another drag of his cigarette before saying, "He does take after his mother, after all." He paused and then added, "Tell him his inheritance, if he does not come back, he will be removed from the line of inheritance."
The man bowed and left, closing the mahogany door behind him, leaving the room once again silent except for the sound of the choir.
"Et in hora mortis nostrae. Ave Maria..."
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Kai leaned back in his chair, one hand lazily draped over the armrest while the other spun a silver pen between his fingers. His phone screen flickered, displaying a single message. After reading it, a quiet chuckle slipped past his lips.
"The old man is serious this time," he mused, tapping the screen before tossing the phone onto his desk. "Looks like I have to go."