The Villain's Wife

65

"This is not the first time that this has happened. You do something bad and then you come running here for us to clean up your mess! What do you think this person's goal is? Huh? Use your brain, Lina. Think about it. Why send this to me first? This is a warning. If my guess is right, they will post this online or somewhere else to shame you and your husband. They wanted me to know this so I can create a counter plan. And once I do something, they will include the whole Yang Family in this... scheme."

"Brother! How could you say that?" Lina stared in disbelief at her brother. "Why are you being so cowardly? We can still do something about this. I... We can locate whoever it is that sent the video and..."

"I will tell father about this," Yang Sen interrupted her. "Second brother is already on his way here. I know both of them spoil you rotten, but I am different. I am the current patriarch of this family and I will do whatever it is that will be most beneficial to everyone."

"Even if that means leaving me behind?" A single tear flowed down Lina's cheek, The pain she felt was apparent in her eyes. Suddenly Jennie's words about how Family is nothing but a word seemed to flash through her mind. "I think... I think I know who did this!" she exclaimed and quickly wiped away her tears.

"I think its Jennie Kim! I mean Manoban! She is someone from the Kim Family who is taking her revenge on us because I refused to let her marry into the Kim Family seven years ago..."

"You mean the woman whom you and your dumb friends accidentally hit while she was crossing the street?" Yang Sen said. "Was it the girl who lost her mother because the woman jumped in front of the car to protect her daughter?"

"I... I already told you it was an accident! He Xinlan was drunk driving. We were all drunk!"

"The woman's mother was alive Lina! And you, Yuyan and He Xinlan killed her! You asked the doctor to kill her!"

"She saw us! She recognized me! We had to do something about it Yang Sen. This is something that you should understand. I was protecting our family!"

"You were not protecting our Family! You were protecting yourself!" Yang Sen bellowed. "I work with the law! We are supposed to protect people! I was born to protect people! I grew old protecting people and yet you! You and my god damned wife killed someone because of your irresponsibility!"

"And yet you chose to protect us! You hid the incident from father and used your influence to change the whole story! Don't paint yourself as an innocent, as a scapegoat!" Lina also raised her voice, her emotions on the rampage. "You think it was easy for me? You think I was happy about it? Sen... it was a mistake. Me and Yuyan as well as Xinlan regretted everything!"

"A mistake that was covered by another mistake is still a mistake," Yang Sen informed her. "I will talk to father about this. I will tell him the truth. If he says that I need to surrender and let the law take care of it then I will."

"Brother please... It has been years. Please... why now?" Lina asked. This incident happened seven years ago. Seven years! Why would Yang Sen suddenly do this? Why now?

"Yang Jing... is already mature enough to become the family's patriarch. I have been thinking about this for quite some time now and I believe this is the right time to do it," Yang Sen said, earning another sob from Lina. This is her brother. This is the reason why she is afraid of him. Yang Sen would readily surrender himself and let the whole world know about what they did. He would rather do what is right and shame the family in the process than hide everything and endure his guilt.

If Lina's guess was right, Yang Sen did what he did seven years ago because his son was still young. He was not experienced enough to handle the family as well as the businesses that the Yang Family have. Now, however...everything is different.