Chapter 771 241: Imperial Blood

"Is he your brother?"

"Yes."

"How much do you know about him?"

"I don't know... I've hardly ever met him."

"You're that estranged from your brother?"

"He was already lying in the hospital before I was born. When my mom went to see him, she wouldn't take me. Later, he just disappeared. You should be able to find the records, right?"

"Yes, we're still chasing leads on Lu Ya, but her whereabouts have completely vanished. Her family has been searching for her... Can you contact your brother?"

"Do you think I can?"

"Don't get upset. Has your brother tried to contact you before?"

"That phone call was from someone else."

"We have a form here we'd like you to fill out..."

The interrogation actually lasted a long time, and he spent a while in a confined room.

The officials asked about many things, but there were ultimately no clues about Jiang Si's sudden appearance and disappearance.

No matter how far-reaching the search, there were no results.

"We hope you can keep this matter confidential. Sign this document, and you'll be free to go."

When he went back that day, he was still in a bit of a daze.

From the moment he heard the news of his mother's death, his mind had been somewhat confused, and he wasn't in good spirits.

When he drove to hit Jiang Si, he didn't think too much.

He just suddenly remembered the times his mother had taken care of him, raising him.

So he was very angry, very sad, and slammed the gas pedal all the way down.

As a result, he was punched into a stupor.

He never imagined that someone in the real world could punch a speeding car to a stop with a single blow.

Thankfully, he had insurance.

In that instant, when he felt the touch of death, he suddenly became much clearer, pleading, trying to escape, appealing to emotions...

Then he remembered the scene at the funeral, the act of someone pulling out a heart.

Because it was so bizarre, and the person left so indifferently afterward, not many actually witnessed it then.

Both the police and he thought it was just some Blinding Technique.

Later, the police asked him several times, trying to glean Jiang Si's whereabouts from him, although Jiang Si did come to see him afterward.

But he ultimately said nothing.

After all, they were still family, right?

But what Jiang Si did was truly inhuman.

So he warned Jiang Si, telling him to consider what he looked like in the eyes of others.

This world, your life, ultimately has to be lived through the eyes of others.

You have to at least see what you look like in other people's eyes, right?

However, Jiang Si did not heed him and just left straight away.

His mom had once told him that Jiang Si was a very self-centered person, stubborn as an ox when he set his mind on something.

He had of course seen all kinds of self-centered people.

But he never thought someone could be this self-centered.

So indifferent to others' opinions, part of him felt it was hateful.

Yet part of him also envied it.

Until the end, he never actually called the police; he just wanted to go home and prepare for his mother's funeral.

And settle the car's compensation.

Walking down the street, as he walked and walked, he suddenly realized he no longer had a mother.

Then, inexplicably, he squatted down, crying his eyes out.

In truth, he wasn't very close to his mother; he had always been a little closer to his father.

His mother was always talking about Jiang Si. After Jiang Si and his old flame disappeared, she constantly worried, asked around, called the police, and searched everywhere.

His father had argued with her numerous times about it.

His father felt Jiang Si was long gone, so why still fixate on it? Dead was dead; it wasn't like the family didn't have any other children.

So, even though his mother did raise him, he never felt she loved him more.

His mother always muttering Jiang Si's name, again and again...

Later, when his mother moved out, he was too busy to visit her.

Because elderly people are messy. Missing them in thought is nice, but visiting means dealing with a lot of mess, truly a pain.

Sometimes he'd worry, but would convince himself there was no call, so mostly things were fine.

However, he barely ever thought about what would happen after his mother passed.

After learning about it, he felt more pained than he had expected.

An unexpected sting and torment.

On his way home, he encountered the police.

The police asked about Jiang Si and informed him that Jiang Si might be suspected of murder.

A few of them had helped at the funeral, so he told them about Jiang Si's outlandish abilities and pulling out a heart at the funeral without dying.

And also how Jiang Si pushed his mother into the sea.

After his account, the story swiftly spread near and far, locally and abroad.

He didn't know what happened; suddenly, it seemed like the whole world knew.

Perhaps it was destiny.

The police contacted the military and brought him along to look for Jiang Si, eventually surrounding Jiang Si on that mountain.

Journalists faster than the wind, bloggers like "Y Investigation" and "Divine Garden" seizing the chance, and tourists being hastily protected and asked to go down without knowing what was happening.

Everyone there learned what happened at the mountaintop, and so, he heard everyone's insults, mockery, and anger towards Jiang Si.

For a moment, he felt a sense of satisfaction inside.

"See, this is the result of your recklessness."