A proper young master

Mo Lu's interest was piqued. "Go on, then. How did that son of yours die?"

Lu Yunsheng watched Mo Lu lean casually against the desk, one hand resting on it, and seethed with rage. "Mo Lu, your Mo Family has gone too far!"

With that, he turned and strode toward the exit.

"Ye Liang, shut the door."

Mo Lu's voice was cold.

"Yes, sir."

Ye Liang immediately unleashed the full force of his top-tier Alpha presence, pinning Lu Yunsheng and his subordinates in place.

He swiftly locked the door, and the front hall dimmed.

A Boshan Incense Burner on the desk sent up wisps of smoke, the scent of agarwood filling the enclosed space.

Lu Yunsheng turned to glare viciously at Mo Lu, but he could not hide the terror on his face:

"Mo Lu, you dare imprison me in broad daylight?! Everyone knows I, Lu Yunsheng, am here at the Mo Family!"

Ye Liang sneered:

"Heh, just like last time? Making a grand spectacle of your arrival? Shall we play funeral music to see you off?"

Lu Yunsheng flushed at Ye Liang's words, unable to force out a single word for a long time.

"Come on. Tell me how he died."

Mo Lu turned his now-empty teacup in his hand.

Lu Yunsheng's face darkened.

The Witch Power Detector his family had paid a fortune to buy from the Empire clearly showed that witch power had appeared at the Lu Family estate. How could Mo Lu not know?!

How could he not know how Lu Sa had died?

Could Old Master Mo have ordered Lu Sa's death?

But what had Lu Sa done for the Mo Family to treat him like this?

When Lu Yunsheng remained silent, Mo Lu raised his hand slightly. Black light at his fingertips slammed Lu Yunsheng hard against the floor.

Mo Lu looked down at him from above, like a lofty deity.

"Family head!"

The men behind him hurried forward to help, only to discover that they could not lift Lu Yunsheng, who lay prostrate on the floor.

They immediately turned to Mo Lu in terror. "Mo Lu, you... mmph... mmph!"

Before they could finish, they suddenly found themselves unable to speak, and dropped to their knees one after another.

Ye Liang said coldly, "If you don't want to die, keep your mouths shut."

The men trembled on the floor.

Weisheng Tou watched the members of the Lu Family on the ground, his fists tightening slightly as sweat gathered in his palms.

"Still not talking?"

Mo Lu casually stretched the black witch power at his fingertips into a thread, then wound it around his pale, slender fingers, loop after loop, as though playing with it.

Lu Yunsheng felt the pressure on his body grow heavier and heavier.

At last, he spoke in a trembling voice. "You... tore out my Sa's tongue... ripped his mouth apart... and sewed it shut with a charging cable... and his eyes..."

By this point, Lu Yunsheng was choking on his words.

After a long pause, he continued hoarsely, "You gouged out his eyes... and set them facing his Communication Band's screen... his fingers... were... were..."

"Shut up!"

Ye Liang suddenly shouted,

"Who do you think you're insulting?! The Mo Family would never kill anyone in such a vicious way!"

"The Witch Power Detector detected witch power at my Lu Family estate! In the entire Empire, who besides the Mo Family knows the Curse Technique?!"

Lu Yunsheng's eyes were red, glistening faintly with tears.

Weisheng Tou watched Lu Yunsheng, his gaze unreadable.

So that was it.

He had failed to account for that.

He had forgotten that his body was covered in the Mo Family's Curse Technique.

The Lu Family already believed that the Mo Family had killed their old master. Naturally, they would have taken precautions against the Mo Family afterward.

It was hardly surprising that they had paid the Empire a high price for a Witch Power Detector.

But it must have been defective, or he would have been discovered while committing the murder.

The Witch Power Detector had been specially developed by the Empire to guard against both the Mo Family and the Federation. It was extraordinarily expensive and had never been made available to the public.

The Empire had ordered him to kill the Lu Family's old master, then sold the Lu Family a defective detector for a fortune.

What a profitable deal.

But...

No matter how useless that detector was, he had still been discovered.

Had a year locked in a cage, a year of madness, made me stupid?

How could I make such a basic mistake?

Weisheng Tou's clean, neatly trimmed nails dug hard into his palms, drawing streams of blood.

I'm truly worthless.

After hearing Lu Yunsheng out, Mo Lu turned toward Weisheng Tou, his face expressionless. "Weisheng Tou, explain."

Beside him, Ye Liang instantly turned toward Weisheng Tou with an expression of shock and disgust.

Weisheng Tou fell silent for a moment, then loosened his clenched fists and let out a long breath.

"I'm sorry, young master. I've caused you trouble."

Mo Lu looked at Weisheng Tou and sneered. "You killed someone and left evidence behind. Weisheng Tou, I really did overestimate you."

Ye Liang's eyes widened. That's what matters here?!!

"I'm sorry, young master..."

Weisheng Tou lowered his head.

Lu Yunsheng glared fiercely at Mo Lu. "Mo Lu, a life for a life!"

Mo Lu stopped looking at Weisheng Tou. He leaned forward slightly and asked Lu Yunsheng softly:

"Whose life do you want?"

Lu Yunsheng stiffened his neck. "That Weisheng Tou behind you must pay with his life!"

"On what grounds?"

Mo Lu chuckled, his voice dripping with mockery.

"My son did nothing wrong! Why should he have died at that man's hands?!" Lu Yunsheng clenched his back teeth.

"Nothing wrong?" Mo Lu turned the White Jade Thumb Ring on his hand and said casually, "Ye Liang, your family owns a bar, doesn't it?"

"Yes, young master."

"What was the sentence under the Empire's Omega Protection Law for raping an Omega to death in a bar?"

At Mo Lu's words, Lu Yunsheng's face turned livid.

Mo Lu tapped his fingers against the desk and continued unhurriedly, "The Lu Family, if I remember correctly, deals in... medical equipment? Wasn't something also found during an inspection a while ago..."

"Stop talking!" Lu Yunsheng immediately interrupted him.

His face was now deathly pale, but his eyes still brimmed with resentment and mockery. "Heh, I never imagined Young Master Mo paid our Lu Family so much attention."

"My Alpha caused trouble. Naturally, I had to pay some attention."

Mo Lu calmly lifted the teacup Ye Liang had already refilled.

Weisheng Tou was momentarily stunned by Mo Lu's words.

Ye Liang stood beside them with his head lowered, silent, but the knuckles of his clenched hands had turned white.

Still unable to rise from his knees, Lu Yunsheng said through gritted teeth:

"Heh, so he really is your bedmate! He's only a servant, yet you protect him like this. No one can even touch him!"

At Lu Yunsheng's words, Mo Lu's hand paused with the teacup in it.

Irritation welled up in him again.

Since when had anyone affected my mood this much?

I'd already given him a temporary mark. We'd already kissed.

As a proper young master of the Mo Family, couldn't I admit to having a bedmate?

An icy light rose in Mo Lu's eyes.

He lifted his fingertips slightly, and Weisheng Tou immediately bent down against his will.

Mo Lu caught Weisheng Tou by the chin, his thumb pressing hard across Weisheng Tou's lips.

The cold jade thumb ring rested against Weisheng Tou's jaw.

"Young master..."

Weisheng Tou gazed at Mo Lu, so close before him, his racing heart disrupting the murderous intent toward Lu Yunsheng in his eyes.