The Mafia King's First Love

Chapter 574 Jiang Zhen's downfall (2)

　　Jiang Zhen was flabbergasted to his core. For this whole time, another man had disguised himself as Shen Yang and was fooling him as if he was some puppet, and he didn't even get a clue.

　　"Why…Why…"

　　Wei narrowed his eyes and took two steps. His pitch black gaze stared straight through as if cutting him into pieces with a sharp knife.

　　He tilted his head. "I wanted to show you the taste of your own medicine. You used Shen Yang to make the underworld against me and cause a war. I used 'him' too albeit…in a different way. See around yourself. Do you recognize any of your men?"

　　The men standing behind Wei belonged to him as they obeyed his orders. Now that he recalled, even the guards around the villa and garden behaved differently. It was customary for them to bow whenever he passed through.

　　But when he was searching for Lihua and Zhao Weisheng, none of them even spared a glance and stood in attention, much less bow. He was too occupied to find Lihua, so he failed to notice this minor detail.

　　Then the realization dawned about them. His eyes reddened in fury, veins popped on the back of his hand.

　　Shen Yang was the most trustworthy and capable man, who was able to achieve the feat of brainwashing Wei's gangs against him. His position led people to trust him.

　　It was the same for Jiang Zhen's army too. Naturally, Shen Yang was the Chief because he was his right hand man. The real Shen Yang won't brainwash the men against Jiang Zhen.

　　So, somebody had to pose as him to do the job for which Xinyue came forward. It was risky for him to pit the army against Jiang Zhen like Shen Yang did because Wei and he didn't want Jiang Zhen to get any wind of revolution or upcoming war between his men, which would raise any suspicion.

　　It was a plan they wanted to keep under tight wraps.

　　So instead of brainwashing them, Cheng Xinyue…

　　"Slowly replaced my men with yours…"

　　Xinyue chuckled. "Oh your brain is still working. Glad to see that. Yes. Doing things in the dark and without attention is what the Cheng family is good at. Slowly and without raising any alarm, we captured your men one by one and replaced them with Jiang Wei's surviving gangs, Cheng family's guards and Yang Mingshen's army."

　　He froze.

　　Yang Mingshen…?

　　"And the first place where we replaced the guards was at the Jiang villa where apparently, a 'maniac' Jiang Wei was locked up. We did so so that he could freely move. The regular reports which you used to get were fake."

　　He trembled.

　　A million questions barraged his mind.

　　Yang Mingshen supporting them, Wei's insanity, Shen Yang's replacement…

　　He snarled. "So you were never crazy."

　　Wei remained expressionless. "At one point, I did. I wanted to kill myself when I lost to you," he admitted. "I failed Lihua. I failed my child. I couldn't face myself. I was a disgrace as a husband and father. I became insane and selfish to try to jump in front of a truck and end my life. But I realized I was stupid. How could I think of leaving them alone with you? I…I felt ashamed of myself for being a coward."

　　He clenched his fists as his gaze flickered with warmth, reminiscing about Lihua.

　　His voice quietened and turned extremely menacing, "But that was the first and last time."

　　Xinyue yawned. "He was never insane. It was a ruse to put your guard down against him," he sneered. "Otherwise, you wouldn't have stopped following his movements."

　　Ruru came down from his room above and hid behind Jiang Hua.

　　Xinyue noticed his presence and smiled. "And do you know who helped make it all possible?"

　　Jiang Zhen took a silent breath.

　　It is impossible…To replace all men after disguising as Shen Yang should be impossible! He should have had a plan. How many men are there? Where are they stationed? It's impossible to know every single detail in such a short amount of time!

　　Which means…there was a traitor in my army. He helped Cheng Xinyue gain all the information-

　　"If you think it was a traitor from your army, then you are wrong. It is closer to you than you think," Xinyue laughed. "I was watching your house. I was hearing everything that was going on here. I was watching all your movements."

　　He looked dumbfounded.

　　"As if you could do that! You mean to say as if you were present in my house like some invisible person? Get lost!"

　　He shook his head and clicked his tongue. "Invisibility is just a fantasy. Why do I need invisibility when I have a teddy bear?"

　　Jiang Zhen blinked.

　　Teddy bear?

　　He felt as if he heard a joke.

　　"Excuse me?"

　　Xinyue sneered. He then walked towards Jiang Hua, making her startle. Even she had a similar confused expression as her husband.

　　Xinyue craned his neck and beckoned Ruru. "Come out."

　　Ruru pursed his lips and slowly stepped out, hugging his teddy bear to his chest.

　　"Can you give it to me for-"

　　Ruru furiously shook his head and threw him an aggrieved glare. He protectively held his teddy bear as if saving him from an evil villain.

　　Xinyue's mouth twitched.

　　"I won't hurt him. Just show me."

　　Jiang Zhen gritted his teeth. "What the hell is going on!?"

　　When Ruru still refused to hand his teddy bear over to Xinyue, Wei intervened as he calmly said, "Lihua will be very disappointed in you if you refuse."

　　Ruru stiffened.

　　"She likes children who listen. She won't play with you anymore," Wei didn't feel an ounce of shame as he threatened a child.

　　Ruru glared at him but thinking about Lihua simmered him down. He bit his lip hard and with a heavy heart handed his teddy bear to Xinyue.

　　Xinyue took the bear and slightly shifted the bear's eye to reveal a small chip.