A Mysterious Man

"When the headquarter has heard about what we have done, they rounded us all for a meeting. We all stood by the wall awaiting our punishment for our actions." "It's not so bad to stand by the wall..."

"Our punishment was not only to be standing alongside the wall, you were too naive. They also whipped us. It doesn't matter that you come from a higher class family, Once you join the PY gangster, it's like that you just have signed your consent for life and death, and your life in in their control."

"It's very scary."

The PY gangster is not what she expected it to be, that's why Sunny seems so confused.

"It will be just fine once we survive this punishment. Being young and energetic led this mistake. These young men will have to suffer the pain of being whipped by bamboo sticks this time." "Mr. Andrei, what is going to happen to my mother?"

"Your mother has been out of trouble for a while now, the bully that was harassing your mother had been beaten up and has left your mother in peace for a while."

"But the peaceful time is indeed short, and it's not good to tell you little girl what happened, ah, we arrived."

As Andrei is telling the story, they reach the kitchen.

Sunny is waiting for the right time to flatter Andrei.

"I can just imagine how handsome you were when you were younger Mr. Andrei."

Sunny flatters Andrei at the right moment which makes him laugh passionately.

"If you knew my little daughter you two would have a lot of fun."

"Are you talking about Amelia?"

"Have you met her?" He asks in surprise...

Your daughter nearly killed me, that's all what Sunny is thinking about in mind.

"Yes, we met before, and she's a very energetic." Sunny said with a fake smile

"Amelia is the only one who loves and respects me in my family."

Listening to this, Sunny realizes that there must be a lot of secrets in that big family, when she has the chance to ask, Andrei changes the subject. "Push me through the door, you two, come in."

Two siblings, Kevin and Ellison, enter the door with a gloomy face.

Andrei asks Kasper to have a private conversation in a corner.

Kevin takes the opportunity to walk towards Sunny, "Tired?"

Sunny shakes her head, "Not very tired, it's just whenever I talk to Andrei I feel like he is not who I imagined him to be."

"Are we on the same page?"

"Well, I thought Andrei to be a dark, mean and devilish man, but whenever we talk to each other, it seems that he is not a villain."

Kevin is quiet, "But the mother of Bella disappeared the day on the second day, this is the truth. I read it in your father's diary, he wouldn't lie about that, would he?"

"I am thinking the same, he either acts and hides things really well, or someone did something for him."

"Which scenario would you think is more possible?"

Ellison interrupts, "I think it's the second one."

Sunny touches the cheek and says, "I feel like Kasper is hiding something, he is being very mysterious after we came, do you feel the same?"

Kevin nods, "When we were outside, Kasper was hiding in the kitchen and peeking at us, his face was pale."

"Do we have to tell Andrei?"

The question makes two people shake their heads in disapproval.

"Andrei is not stupid. After all of these years being in the family, he must know how to protect himself. But he has to learn a lesson anyway. Sunny is unaware of what kind of lesson Ellison is talking about, but she feels Andrei is a good and innocent person.

"Ok guys, your call."

Three people make an agreement, and the conversation between Andrei and Kasper is finally over.

Andrei is pushed to them by Kasper. "You must be hungry after waiting for such a long time, Kasper's cooking is amazing, you should try it." Kasper smiles in modesty and says, "Sir, you overpraise me."

While sitting down at the dining table, Andrei remembers something and turns to Kasper, "Can you please call all my daughters, I have some news." Someone is missing here, "it's Robin, ask him to come here too."

Kasper nods and he leaves the room, and Andrei turns to face them all, "Come and taste it, this is Kaspers stir-fried prawns with Dragon Well tea, He is from H city, and he is very skilled at making southern dishes. The first one who starts to eat is Sunny, she picks up the chopsticks and tries it first, it tastes so good she continues tasting it.

"Kevin, it's absolutely delicious, you must try it."

Sunny doesn't stop asking others to taste the dishes while eating.

Andrei is satisfied to see everyone is eating, he begins to eat as well.

Kasper gets back in the middle of the dinner with a worried look on his face.

Andrei looks at his face and asks, "Where are they?"

Kasper says weirdly, "Robin and Amelia are on their way here, but..."

But Bella is nowhere to be found.

Andrei face changes and he suddenly realizes that Bella's actions make it no doubt that it is not her, she is scary for being a fake. "Find her and bring her to me, no matter where she is."

Amelia and Robin come in the room after a while, and they could feel the people sitting in the dining room are not usual. Especially for Amelia, her face changes weirdly after seeing Sunny.

Andrei does not know what happened between the girls and invites them to sit down, "I have something to tell you." He says. Amelia looks at Kevin, who is sitting next to Sunny, she curls her lips and chooses another seat.

Seeing that everyone is there, Andrei clears his throat before speaking, "I have to tell you something about your sister Bella..."

As he is speaking, he pauses, seems he is trying to choose the appropriated words to tell everyone about the ridiculous things that happened.

"Dad, what is the matter?" Amelia asks Andrei with a worried look on her face, it just like Andrei is having some tooth aches.

"Well, how should I say it... The woman you call sister, is actually not your real sister, she died a couple of years ago." Andrei closes his eyes, breaths in deeply while telling everyone the truth.

And he hears the sound made by Amelia's car keys which drops on the dining table.

Even Robin does not expect these turn of event, and his face is full of surprise.

He looks at Kevin with surprise and returns to normal after Kevin nodding at him.

"How did Dad find this out?"

Andrei opens his eyes and says, "All thanks to these people who are sitting here, otherwise we won't get the truth."

Amelia cannot believe the fact, "Dad, are you sure about this? If Bella finds out, she must get really upset."

Andrei glances at Amelia and says. "If I didn't have proof I wouldn't speak about it. You must believe me. She is not your real sister."

Andrei closes his tired eyes again while speaking.

The past flashes more clearer in his brain after he closes his eyes, but the feeling is quite different now.

Andrei is in urgent need to speak with someone, but these people here are definitely not who he is looking for. The only person who would sit quietly and listen to him all day long is Jesse Reyes. These things, those people, everything has passed, for now, it is just a memory.

"Okay, I must stop here. I will send someone to investigate the murder of my eldest daughter. The most important thing now is that we must find this fake Bella immediately."

Everyone agrees. Sunny has noticed that Kasper is feeling uncomfortable about finding fake Bella. He is holding something in his hands and after hearing what Andrei said just now, he squeezes it hard. "Then, we shall go. We still have to deal with a situation at home." Kevin was eating while everyone was talking, and now he is trying to clean his face with a napkin.

Andrei nods, "Then I won't be keeping you, drive back safely."

Ellison nods and is the first one to stand up, "Goodbye!"

Sunny gets up after Kevin, nods to greet the people around, grabs her bag and leaves with the rest of them.

"Kasper, take them to the door."

Andrei takes a special glance at Kasper.

Kasper glances at Andrei with wonder in his eyes, he hesitates for a while, but quickly bend his waist and says, "yes, my lord".

Kasper is taking Sunny, Kevin and Ellison to the garage. Sunny doesn't feel comfortable that the old man has to be of service to them, "We appreciate it Kasper."

Kasper has not met anyone so polite to him in a long time. Hearing this, he is in a daze for a while, but he returns to normal quickly, and says, "You are most welcome, Miss Ellen."

Sunny glances at Kasper, "Do you know Bella's whereabouts?"

Kasper feels uncomfortable after hearing the question.

"I have sent some people to look for her, but every single one of them came back without any good news."

Sunny nods.

"Let's go, why you are in a daze?"☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐