Extraction (4)
"Help me!" yelled a woman.
"Shut up and get in your position!" said a slave trader. He lifts his hand and was going to slap the woman but was saved by a soldier.
"Are you okay?" asked the soldier. He helped the woman get up and untied the other civilians who have been captured.
"Who-? Who are you?" asked the slave trader.
"I work under the 1st prince of Wang," said the soldier and knock the slave trader unconscious. He tied up the slave trader and lead the civilians to safety.
"Hurry, there are more people we need to save," yelled a figure in the distance.
Everyone recognizes the face, "It is the first prince!" said an old woman.
"He's alive!?" said a man.
"We will be saved!" said another man.
"Who was that?" question a little boy. He was born after the death of the first prince and was confused about why everyone was so happy.
"He's the first prince of Wang! He has returned!" said a woman. All the adults cried in joy, seeing the only hope they had in the past has never disappeared.
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"Father! Are you really going to help the Emperor? He's selling all the citizens of Wang!?" said Lu Dao Fang.
"I have no choice! If I want my position and save Lu Tian Tian, I have to do it!" said General Lu.
"The Emperor is crazy! We can save Tian Tian a different way!" said Lu Dao Fang.
"Then do something! Do you think I didn't know!?" said General Lu.
"Know what?" Lu Dao Fang was confused as to why he questioned him.
"...I already know you killed your older brother, Lu Tian Jie," confessed General Lu.
"What?" Lu Dao Fang's eyes widen.
"I also know Lu Tian Tian is your daughter," said General Lu. "You and that woman aren't good at hiding things. I would have killed you long ago but I needed that woman's family to still support us so I happen to agree to your marriage. Sadly, I was wrong."
"Father-!" said the astonish Lu Dao Fang.
"Don't get me wrong. I hated you the moment my wife died since you are the reason why she was gone," said General Lu. "But she would never forgive me if you died. The same goes for Lu Tian Tian. She may not be the daughter of Lu Tian Jie, but she is the daughter of you and your mother will never forgive me if I don't save her."
"Father! Are you kidding me?" said Lu Dao Fang. "She will never forgive you at all because you didn't save the other granddaughter of yours!"
"That may be true, but at least I was able to save one of my granddaughters. I have been a horrible father…"
"You say that now! Arrg! After all these years, you say that now!!!!! I was never ever to your expectations and was always a disappointment to the family!! I left to do a mission that would make you proud of me and Mother saved me from the attack years ago!!! Did you not think what I would have felt knowing I was the reason my mother died!?!?"
"Xiao Fang…" said General Lu.
"I lived with this guilt inside me the moment I saw that arrow pierced through her heart! The hate from you just got worse, and so I to get rid of another problem in my life with the help of the Emperor, though the emperor was the one who injured him and pushed him off the cliff while I just lead my brother there," said Lu Dao Fang, clenching is fist, remembering all the things he has done.
"I… I only wanted to teach him a lesson… I was so scared when I saw the Emperor stab him with the sword and push him off the cliff. The look on brother's face… was a look I'll never forget. He… was hurt by the fact I betrayed him!" yelled Lu Dao Fang. "I lived in fear for the past years because the Emperor always had eyes on me!"
"Xiao Fang… Is that..true?" question General Lu.
"And Gu Wang Shu… she didn't even hesitate to help the Emperor to kill Older brother and his lover…" added Lu Dao Fang.
"You've got to be kidding me!? All this happened and you didn't tell me!?" said General Lu.
"If it did, the emperor would have us all killed!"
"I… really have been a terrible father…"
All the new information made him so angry and regretful for the things he had and hadn't done.
"And a terrible Grandfather," said a soft voice.
They both turn to see Lin Yu Yan at the entrance.
"Wha-? Why are you here!?" said the shocked General.
"Well..." smiled Lin Yu Yan. "I need your help!"