1.10 This messenger doesn't want to let you go

Shengli and Atlas took a seat in front of A-Xue and Jing. Atlas looked at A-Xue mockingly.

"Did you enjoy our birthday, brother?"

A-Xue was about to insult him, but Jing put a hand on his. She looked at Atlas and said:

"Atlas you should be more gracious."

Atlas laughed.

"Hearing that coming from you is hilarious. You're a despicable mother and woman. What kind of person treats her son, like you've been treating me my whole life?"

Jing not wanting Atlas to say more in front of Shengli looked at him with sad eyes. She looked genuinely hurt by Atlas' words.

Shengli asked:

"What did you need to see me for?"

"I wanted your help with something."

Jing looked at Shengli with pitiful eyes.

"A-Xue wants to start his company, and I wondered if you could invest in it."

Atlas smiled, looking down, he used Aurora to check how much time he had. Shengli asked:

"The same kind as Liu Tech?"

A-Xue was excited he asked, it means he is interested.

"Yes, a tech company."

"Why would I invest in someone who wants to build a company in a field they know nothing about?"

A-Xue looked down, his face red in humiliation. Jing looked at her son heartbroken.

"He knows a lot about the field, he just needs investment and a mentor. You're the best, please mentor him. Will you do this for me?"

"Haven't I done enough already ?"

A-Xue looked up and looked at his mother, who recoiled. He frowned asking:

"What does he mean?"

She smiled reassuringly at him and said:

"Nothing son."

"Their marriage is nothing but a contract, he only did it to help the company."

A-Xue looked at the smirk on Atlas' face, then at his mother. From her reaction, he could tell that every word spoken was the truth. Jing looked down in anger. She wanted to strangle Atlas on the spot, but it's the truth.

A-Xue looked at his mother feeling complicated, he doesn't understand why she felt the need to keep that from him. And why would she act like she has any hold on Shengli when it's not true?

"Brother I have a birthday present for you."

A-Xue looked at him and spouted:

"I don't want anything from you!"

He's given him more than enough. Atlas smiled viciously:

"It isn't up to you."

As soon as Atlas said those words, the front door was opened and police officers came in to arrest A-Xue. The detective who had interrogated him before said:

"Liu Xue you're under arrest for attempted assault on Atlas. We received the original surveillance video of the hotel, and we can see you entering willingly with the gang members. We also have proof of you wiring them 1 million, and your text conversation. We know now that your plan backfired, and they decided to assault you instead of him when he managed to run away."

A-Xue listened to the claim, gaping. He indeed hired them, but Atlas never ran away. He paid them to hurt him, he should also be arrested.

"No this isn't what happened, he didn't run away. He paid them to abuse me!"

Jing gasped in shock and thought about her son's reaction this morning.

"We have him on surveillance, waking up and running away. You're going to jail. Take him away."

"Nooo!"

Jing fought with all her might to stop them from taking her darling son, but she was no match. She fell to the floor, looking at the closing door as they left.

She turned around, her eyes red, and yelled:

"What did you do to my son?"

Atlas leaned back, crossing his legs.

"Nothing. But that gang from your hometown did a lot to him, and they're waiting to do more once he joins them in jail. That's all thanks to you."

It is easy to create a fake surveillance video with Aurora. When they released A-Xue this morning, they didn't have time to authenticate the surveillance video. Once they did and saw that it was fake, they looked for the real one.

They received it anonymously, with every proof they needed to book A-Xue. Once they authenticated the video and the proof, all they had to do is arrest A-Xue. Atlas just wanted him present during the board meeting.

He doesn't intend to let him live either, he just wants him to live a nightmare in jail for a few months before he dies.

Jing shook her head as she kept saying no. She is the one who put them in contact, which means it's her fault. She sent her son to be assaulted by that awful gang, and now he is in prison with them.

She crawled to Shengli and reached for his hands. Before she could, Atlas caught her wrist, his hold tight. She looked at him stunned, he looked angry. He threw her hands away.

She yelled:

"How dare you stop me from talking to my husband?"

She fell backward, her head buzzing, when she received a fierce slap from Atlas.

Shengli pulled him into his lap, caressing his cheek. He hugged him and soothed:

"It's okay, after today we won't see her ever again."

When Atlas was calmer, he pulled back and gave him a small kiss. Shengli smiled.

"I love you."

"And I you, my love."

Jing looked at them, stupefied. Maybe because of how strong the slap was she is hallucinating?

Shengli looked at her.

"Our divorce is finalized, and tomorrow the whole world will know that our marriage was just a business deal. Everyone will know that the person I love is Atlas."

Jing didn't even know what to say. Shengli divorced her without telling her, and everyone will know that their marriage was fake. What's even more humiliating is that he loves her hateful son.

Atlas ordered:

"Throw her out."

Jing woke up from her panic and looked at Shengli pleadingly when the bodyguards walked to her.

"No please, I have nowhere to go and no money."

A-Xue had to withdraw all the money from her bank account too, to pay the gang. He didn't tell her the reason he needed the money, but since she trusted him, she didn't ask.

But now she knows why.

"How is this any of our problems?"

"You would throw your mother on the street?"

Atlas answered as a matter of fact:

"Of course, I hate you as much as you hate me."

She kicked and screamed as she was taken away.

Atlas and Shengli spent the rest of their life together. A few hours after they threw Jing out of the house, she was run over by a car. It was a hit-and-run and she died on the scene.

Atlas who wanted her to struggle in the street couldn't help but sigh. Karma hit Jing before he could.

A-Xue ended up in the same prison as the gang and was their plaything. He endured for his mother, so he could take revenge for her death. He was sure that Atlas was somehow responsible.

A day before his release, he was stabbed in his cell, and all the gang members hanged themselves. Atlas and Shengli married two years after being together.

Atlas retired when he turned 45 and Shengli did the same. They traveled all around the world and came back to China toward the end.

Atlas looked at Shengli who was laying on a hospital bed. He knew he only had a few minutes left. He was laying next to him crying his head on his chest.

Shengli caressed his head gently.

"Don't cry, my love, we'll meet in our next life."

Atlas looked at him and could tell that he meant what he said. It's improbable for him to open a door where Shengli's soul reincarnated, but presently he wanted to believe.

He laid back on his chest until he couldn't feel his heartbeat anymore. He used Aurora and left for the Stellargate. When he arrived at the platform, he fell on his knees, crying.

It hurts so much. For once, something good came out of his punishment,t and he doesn't want to let go.

He lived a good life, and he fell in love with a wonderful person. He curled into a fetal position, sobbing as he received the world's power. 100 years later, Atlas opened his eyes and stood up.

He spun around, looking at all the doors. He stopped when he felt a familiar tingling sensation when his eyes fell on a specific door.

It's ridiculous, every door is the same. He shrugged, leaving the platform, and opened the door. He passed the threshold and disappeared.