A-Xuan was in his office working when Shuo barged in as usual with Isaac.

He smiled.

"You’re leaving now?"

"Yeah, the car is outside."

A-Xuan stood up and walked to him.

"Thank you for your help."

Now that he’s mostly done with his mission, he decided to stay in A Country to run the company, while Shuo goes back and runs the company there.

He was always planning on letting Shuo take the reign in B Country, he just wasn’t sure if he would have stayed in A Country, after the mission.

But it’s what makes the most sense to him now. Shuo smiled.

"Of course, you’re my best friend."

A-Xuan hugged him. He’s really going to miss him, Shuo is the first best friend he’s ever had.

"I’ll miss you."

Shuo tightened his hold and said:

"I’ll miss you too, you better keep in touch."

"You know I will."

A-Xuan let go and looked at Isaac with a smile. He’s always felt this connection with him.

He knows that after his years in the army, he shut himself down and didn’t feel for the longest time. It was only when he met Shuo that he started again, and it was the same for him.

He never felt until he met Kyrios. He walked to Isaac and hugged him.

"Take care of him."

"I will."

A-Xuan accompanied them downstairs and looked as the car left. It’s going to be weird to not see them every day. He always knew that he would separate from them at some point, but it was harder than he thought it would be.

He turned around and started to walk back inside, but stopped when he saw Darren. He looked exhausted like he hadn’t slept all night. A-Xuan smirked as he raised an eyebrow.

Darren asked pleadingly:

"Can we please talk inside?"

Darren was looking behind him worried, A-Xuan followed his sight and saw reporters getting out of their cars.

He checked CF and walked inside.

"Let’s talk."

Darren sighed in relief, following him inside. They took the elevator in silence and entered A-Xuan’s office. A-Xuan sat at his desk with a smile.

He looked at Darren, who was standing awkwardly waiting for him to ask him to sit. That’s better.

"Sit."

Darren walked to the chair, uneasy, and sat down.

"What can I do for you?"

Darren looked down and murmured:

"Can you help me with my mother?"

"What did you say?"

Darren looked up and asked again with difficulty:

"Can you help me with my mother? You know you have more than enough power to free her."

A-Xuan leaned back, crossing his arms.

"I do, but why would I do that?"

"I..."

A-Xuan cut him.

"You both killed my father and mother. If that wasn’t enough, you tried to have me killed too. Your mother acts like a scorched wife when Yunlian has always been upfront with her. Before he got into the relationship, he divorced her, and he still took care of her after. If she genuinely loved him, she would’ve never slept with attorney Wan and killed him. She didn’t do any of this for you, she did it for herself. She’s just vindictive, it has nothing to do with her still loving Yunlian. You’re just too stupid to see that."

Darren looked down not saying anything, his hands clenching into fists. He knows that, but it doesn’t change the fact that she got him the company.

He would’ve never killed Yunlian if she didn’t agree. He knows that putting him as the president of the company was her revenge on him for leaving her.

He only realized all of that a year after A-Xuan left. But still, it’s his mother he’ll do anything for her.

"Just tell me what you want me to do."

A-Xuan sat up and used his computer. He said while turning it:

"Just look at this."

Darren pulled the computer and played the video. When the video ended he got up shocked breathing erratically, his eyes wide.

"No, no, this can’t be real."

He looked at A-Xuan, but he had a mocking smile on his face. He fell to his knees with tears. Not only did his mother die, but he had to see the whole thing.

Once he finally realized what it was, he couldn’t stop himself from watching.

He froze and watched as she was beaten by a group of inmates. In the end, she was laying on the floor, covered in blood. Picturing it again, he threw up.

A-Xuan stood up and looked down at him.

"Seriously? No wonder you sent someone to do your dirty work. That’s gross."

Darren wiped his mouth and looked up at him, he yelled:

"I’ll destroy you, I’ll never stop until you die."

A-Xuan smiled.

"Oh? And how are you going to do that from jail?"

Darren stood up and sneered:

"Why would I be in jail? You said so yourself, I didn’t leave any evidence behind."

"That’s correct, but you did embezzle money from my company Wu Pharma."

Darren laughed.

"That company is mine, and I would never steal money from it."

"Oh? So, why is the 1 million who were supposed to go to research in your bank account?"

"What are you talking about?"

A-Xuan took his cell phone and showed him. Darren looked at the account, he could see his name on it and the 1 million, but he never opened that account.

He looked at A-Xuan wide-eyed while pointing.

"It’s you, you’re the one who opened the account and deposed the money I sent you for the pictures in it."

A-Xuan smiled and took back his cell phone. He opened another file and showed him. Darren looked at it warily, he already knows he was fucked, and he can’t even imagine what else A-Xuan’s done.

When he saw that he managed to get the will, he tried so hard unsuccessfully, he knew he was done. Darren had no more fight left in him.

A-Xuan put his cell phone in his pocket and asked:

"Do you have something to say before the polices takes you away?"

Darren walked to the windows, alarmed, and saw multiple cops’ cars. They were still plenty of reporters waiting.

He’s already going through more than most people would in a lifetime, but he can’t even catch a break by being arrested without the picture ending up everywhere.

He ran out of A-Xuan’s office. He can at least avoid the reporters and go to the police station himself. Before he took a step out, a police officer tased him, and he fell on the floor shaking uncontrollably.

A-Xuan was, of course, filming everything. I mean, those poor reporters came, and they can’t even see him being tased while trying to run away.

He’ll let him enjoy prison for a few months, then kill him. With everything he has planned for him there, the smart thing would be to commit suicide.