After Descending the Mountain, Seven Big Brothers Spoil Me - Chapter 1046

Chapter 1046: Do You Want to See Your Mother?
“Well?”

Up ahead, Old Brian sipped his coffee, wiped his mouth, and asked calmly.

The butler, bowing respectfully, replied, “Yes, sir. It has been taken care of.”

“Good.” Old Brian nodded in satisfaction. That was how it should be.

His grandson was not allowed to have any friends. In his eyes, only benefits mattered.

That little girl—dying in their family’s home—was a kind of blessing for her.

Just as he was thinking this, all the lights suddenly went out. Before he could ask, “What’s going on?” a series of gunshots rang out from outside.

His brows furrowed deeply. Who dared to cause trouble at his house?

Furious, he shouted for the bodyguards.

His bodyguards weren’t just ordinary people—they were highly paid professional killers.

However, no one responded, no matter how loudly he called. Instead, the gunfire outside only intensified.

A wave of unease suddenly swept over him.

“Activate the defense system.”

He had spent a fortune installing a comprehensive defense system in the house. Anyone who dared approach would be reduced to ashes.

The control panel was by the door. The butler quickly ran over and pressed the button with all his might. However, nothing happened.

This—this was impossible!

They had managed to cut off all power to the Brian household!

Even the most advanced defense systems required electricity to operate.

But the Brian family’s power supply system was supposed to be highly secure. How had they done it?

Run. They had to run.

For the first time, Old Brian felt panic. Luckily, he had prepared a secret escape route in his room just in case.

But as soon as he turned around, the door was kicked open with a loud “bang.” A shot immediately hit his leg.

Old Brian staggered and fell to the ground, his cane flying out of his hand. He landed awkwardly, completely losing the elegance he displayed during the day.

He turned his head sharply and saw a figure silhouetted against the moonlight. He couldn’t make out the person’s face but could feel the overwhelming murderous intent radiating from them. Blood dripped from the figure’s clothing, creating an aura of suffocating pressure as they approached step by step.

Behind him, the high-priced bodyguards had all collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

Each step the figure took felt like a weight pressing directly on Old Brian’s heart, making it hard for him to breathe.

“W-who are you?” he asked in a panic.

Ye Lingfeng didn’t answer.

Desperate, Old Brian stammered, “If you let me go, I can give you a lot of money! A fortune!”

Hearing this, Ye Lingfeng let out a cold chuckle.

“Money?” He sneered at him. “Don’t worry. I’ll take your money. And your life, too!”

With that, he raised his gun, pointing it at Old Brian.

At that moment, Old Brian felt as though death itself was standing right before him.

Suddenly, a childish voice rang out: “Let go of my grandpa!”

Ye Lingfeng turned his head to see Brian Junior standing at the door.

Brian Junior had been confined earlier, but the power outage had caused the lock on his door to automatically disengage. Curious, he had wandered out, only to find that everything had changed.

Their once-proud bodyguard team was annihilated, and his grandfather—the master of the Brian family, a man everyone treated with deference—was now on the floor, begging for his life in terror.

In just a few hours, it was as if the world had turned upside down for Brian Junior.

Ye Lingfeng narrowed his eyes as he looked at the boy.

At that moment, Zhouzhou ran in, holding her little pistol. She glanced at Old Brian and then at Brian Junior. “Do you want to see your mother?” she asked.

Brian Junior froze. “What?”

“I saw her,” Zhouzhou said. “She’s really beautiful. Do you want to meet her?”

Of course. Seeing his mother was Brian Junior’s greatest dream.

“Where is she?” he asked eagerly.

“She’s right here in your house.”

That couldn’t be true.

Grandpa had told him that his mom was far away.

Confused, Brian Junior turned to look at Old Brian.

Old Brian’s eyes flickered, and then he said firmly, “Brian Junior, don’t listen to them. They’re lying to you. They’re bad people!”

He’s the bad one, Zhouzhou thought to herself but didn’t bother arguing.

She continued, “Your mom is wearing a white dress with lots of flowers on it. She’s really pretty, with curly hair. You look a lot like her.”

That’s right! Everyone said he looked like his mom.

Thinking of this, Brian Junior started to believe her.

Without wasting any more time, Zhouzhou grabbed his hand and ran toward the southwest corner of the house.

Ye Lingfeng fired a shot into each of Old Brian’s limbs before leaving.

He stood there, watching as the man writhed on the ground like a dying dog. Slowly, a cold smile spread across Ye Lingfeng’s face. “Don’t worry, I won’t kill you.”

He wanted Old Brian to suffer tenfold, a hundredfold for what Qiu Guoliang and the others had endured.

After running for a while, Zhouzhou brought Brian Junior to a house in the southwest corner of the estate.

Brian Junior hesitated as he looked at the house. “Grandpa told me I’m not allowed to come here.”

“He said it’s forbidden,” Brian Junior added. “I can only come here after I turn eighteen.”

Zhouzhou said, “Your mom is in there.”

“What?”

Brian Junior froze. After a moment’s hesitation, he pressed his lips together and walked forward. Entering the code, he unlocked the door instantly.

This was his first time here.

The sight of the mutilated bodies in the adjacent room made him shiver uncontrollably.

What kind of place was this? How could his mother be here?

The deeper he went, the heavier his heart felt.

Finally, Zhouzhou led him to a room on the second basement level. “She’s in there,” she said.

The underground air was cold, and Brian Junior’s heart grew colder.

Turning to look at Zhouzhou, he saw her nodding. Trembling, he entered the code.

He had bragged that he could remember the codes to all the doors in the house. But he had never imagined using this skill to find his mother.

With a soft “click,” the door opened.

Before he could prepare himself, the sight inside struck him like a lightning bolt.

On a luxurious bed lay a familiar profile. Brian Junior’s feet moved on their own, carrying him forward until he reached the bedside.

Looking at the woman, he couldn’t stop himself from calling out, “Mom.”

It had been so, so long since he’d seen her.

The blurry memories from his childhood suddenly became vivid. He instinctively reached out to grab her hand, but it was ice-cold to the touch. Panicking, he turned to Zhouzhou and asked, “What’s wrong with my mom? What happened to her?”

Zhouzhou glanced at him sympathetically. “She was like this when I found her earlier.”

Brian Junior’s mind raced.

His mother was the matriarch of the Brian family. The only person who could have done this to her was…

His grandfather!