The wolf cub had grown up, and his every movement carried something of a wolf king's bearing.
His father laughed. "As expected of... the child I've always valued most."
Pei Yanchuan remained expressionless. "Let me go. Give me a normal person's identity. It'll be better for both of us."
His father paused. "You don't want the Pei family?" Disbelief crept into his voice.
Pei Yanchuan scoffed. He had never wanted to be some underworld crown prince. The underworld, the Pei family-none of it meant shit to him.
His father had anticipated that someone might hold a knife to his throat, but he had never imagined that all that person would want was to be ordinary.
"Father, let me go." His words were a plea, but his eyes were those of a venomous snake. "I just want to be an ordinary person."
His father laughed, loud and hearty. "Good! Good! I'll let you go."
Pei Yanchuan drew the knife back a little. "I suggest you don't try anything. I still have plenty of information on the Pei family. If I'm capable of killing you, I'm certainly capable of bringing the whole family down."
His father looked into his eyes and smiled with gratification. He truly was the child he valued most. A shame... his ambitions lay elsewhere.
Pei Yanchuan walked toward the exit, knife in hand, when his father's voice sounded behind him.
"If you're planning to find that boy, I suggest you save yourself the trouble."
Pei Yanchuan stopped and turned. "What do you mean?"
"You don't seriously think all I did back then was give him an injection, do you?"
Pei Yanchuan met his eyes again and spoke through gritted teeth. "If I can't find him, I'll make the entire Pei family pay."
He later learned that his father