He was whipped when young

"father, it happens that am starving can you not spare even a mosal for the poor"

He feigned innocence and walked in the room. He sat at one chair and begun eating unbothered.

YeCi helped Sharon up and she could not with to complain. They re-entered the room. Everyone looked at Brillian with loath in their eyes.

If eyes could kill the he would have already turned into a transparent sack with all the piercing gazes directed at him.

"Master I went to tell the young master that you were eating so not to disturb you guys. But he has always despised me for being young madam's maid and bullied me. In the past he had always done this but today I don't know why he beat me."

Sharon shed a few crocodile tears and put all the accusations on Brillian. Since he did not respond and just buried his head in the plate she kept going and threw him completely under the bus.

Tang Feng seeing that Brillian was ignoring them became angry and more upset. Ye Gongsun tried to calm him down but it was as if she was adding fuel to the fire. She was a master of her art of inciting.

Tang Feng immediately went to grab Brillian's hand that was eating.

"you are not welcomed here" he said with all the anger he had.

'such an old man is touching me. I used to crave this touch but now it does not feel good'

The tension was rising and one could hear their own breathing.

'why do I feel anxious. But he is still my father.... Right?'

'am supposed to answer but what'

Brillian was getting nervous by the minute. It was not easy to get rid of domination he had suffered for his entire life... It was a traumatic shadow that never leaves him.

"father, is it really good to hold my hand for too long?l have not finished eating."

Brillian broke the silence. Tang Feng got embarrassed for being called out by a young lad.

"How dare you come here? I don't want to keep playing these mind games with you. I made clear that I don't want anything to do with you. You are soiling my house with your dirty body. How dare you throw your weight here."

"No matter how cocky you get, you are just an abandoned child who craves love. Now apologize to your sister right now".

'I crave love, I don't need such an accessory'

Brillian sneered inwardly 'apologize, they could dream on,'

But his 'father' was not done with talking. "also go online and apologize for calling Ye'er an illegitimate child. You with no mother dare to critize others? Today I want to see you be stubborn in my house"

It was a clear threat and he was aware of it. His own father was threatening as if he was not his child.

Traces of disappointment was visible in Brillian's eyes.

"'she should apologize for going out with my fiancée" he said with no emotion.

Lucian' s eyes brightened as if his chance had come. "uncle I was just taking YeCi out because she had been inside for long time....."

He paused as if purposely "there we met Brillian blasting his face with food, he was bragging about being the young master of the Tang family, when he saw us he created a scene and even tarnished YeCi's name."

Brillian :"...."

He could not believe that he was twisting the incident like that. But what did he expect from them.

" you are lying "he just said one statement.

" so you are calling the young master of the Fu family a liar.you got a nerve"

Tang Feng was getting angry. "Master calm down he is still a child just forgive him"

Ye Gongsun was adding salt to the wound. "he called you a mistress and you want me to just forgive him, if I don't teach him a lesson it won't be me!,!"

Ye Gongsun seemed satisfied with the result and kept quiet.

"APOLOGIZE"

Tang Feng shouted. Everyone was startled. "Father sorry to disappoint but no" brillian said coolly.

Everyone was shocked. The naive brillian would always get intimidated by his father and never even had the strength to reply. He would be trembling while kneeling with tears in his eyes. Now he was being brave.

'I wanted to scare him to apologize but he is being stubborn'.

"Sharon bring me the whip" he ordered in a harsh voice.

Brillian shivered. He had faced many incidences with the whip. He would be beaten by his father until he bled all over then locked in the basement to starve. No one would stand for him. He would be whipped until he fainted and wake up still being beaten. Just remembering it sent chills down his spine.

But today someone was going to be whipped but not him. He was sure.

The whip arrived and his father brandished it. Brillian hissed unconsciously.

"kneel down and receive your punishment"

Brillian stood up and the group of wolves could not hold their smiles

'he was still the same scared cat'

Tang Feng could not help sigh in relief. Brillian was the same an idiot could not change overnight.

When Ye Ci and Lucian approached him the previous day and told him about the changes in brillian he could not believe them. The things he had done for that idiot to stay dumb were not simple. If he became clever overnight he would be doomed but then just as he was about to call him he arrived like a completely different person. He was in a panic but when he saw Brillian stand up he was washed with relief.

"Father I suggest you watch the headlines before you get over yourself"

While his father was lost in his thoughts Brillian had walked ahead and turned on the TV. It was playing the video at the restaurant from the time Lucian and YeCi walked into the restaurant.

Lucian panicked. "turn it off!.... Turn it off"

They didn't expect the video to leak. YeCi had especially bribed the hotel manager to delete the video.

The video ended.

"so what.... You expect me to do what? So what if they lied do you have a reason to call your mother a mistress"

Brillian was stoned then quickly composed himself. He expected his father to be a little partial but not this much.

"she is not my mother. My mother died. She might be your wife but it won't change that she is not the legal wife my mom was"

He fired back with all the rage he had withheld. "my mother sacrificed everything for you but you are so ungrateful."

"young man watch how you talk to me!" he warned sternly.

"or what, you would whip me.YeCi is an illegitimate child born out of an adulterous affair"

"paaah, just shut up paaah, shut up..."Ye Gongsun begun slapping Brillian but he caught her hand after the second slap and slapped her hard until she fell down.

" Brillian how dare you, even if I did not give birth to you am still your guardian now. "she hissed.

" Father she is not my mom tell her that or I will hurt her bad "Brillian smiled creepily. He knew his face was twisted so what.

'they think they can hurt me again and get away with it'

Everyone backed away from him. He smiled but it did not reach his eyes. It was scary. None of them had ever seen such an expression on his face.

He snatched the whip and begun lashing it on Lucian. All the bad things he had done to him were surfacing. They watched in horror as Lucian was whipped until he bled..

Brillian's lost complexion was returning with every whip. He felt the burden lessening.

"stop, just STOP IT"

YeCi grabbed the whip which left a wound since it had small hooks.

An eerie atmosphere settled on the house. They could not get the image of Brillian whipping Lucian out of their minds. He seemed to enjoy every bit of it.

As if in cue the Tang family mansion doors were pushed open.