The Hater and the Player

Chapter 6

| The moment he set things right |

At the Hao family sat a very agitated woman and a huffing man with face so red it'll almost burst out in anger.

The girl can only lol at her brother's smirking self before asking.

"Gege, why did you do that again?" It was filled with accusation, Hao Shu Jian knew her elder brother purposely angered their father again.

It's always the same, her brother would come home after a long persuasion from her and then anger their father while her mother would anxiously come in between the two men's fight

"Don't worry Xiao Jian, this old man is as strong as a bull. He won't die that easily"

His father shot up from his seat and pointed at him with a string of curses and of course, he already knew what would happen so he covered his younger sister's ear.

"He's always like this! A white wolf he is! Always angering me to death!" His father shouted, eyes filled with nothing but anger and rage at his son of his.

He could see the disappointment in his father's eyes layered by the hate and rage he have for his son.

It was all their fault, him too, that he was like this.

A bastard.

"Dad, don't be that way, you're just like me, after all... a tiger does not father a dog"

Before the two starts to get physical again, Fu Ning Shu, the backbone of the family, interjected once more.

It'll be bloody if she didn't do that, it's been like this for years ever since her father got remarried to her, the 'white lotus' of a woman as Ming Chen always quote.

It hurts her but she knew that he was hurt more than her. The moment he knew of her existence in his father's life, he hated her.

It was the truth, even if his husband had already divorced his ex-wife, she was still the third person in the relationship in his eyes.

"Mom, you're always like this, so loving and gentle. I feel like I'll be sedu- I'll be going now"

He's still holding his little sister, the person that he truly loves in this family. He can't insult her mother too much or else she'll hate him.

He doesn't like his stepmother but he doesn't hate her. She just reminds him of what his mother could have, reminds her of how happy his father after her mother left and the fact that she's the reason- stop.

Although she wrecks the family that he had known for his entire life, she had given them the best person he never thought he'll love.

His little sister, Hao Shu Jian.

Her little sister is the only one that has saved him from going down the path of doom and...her.

He was about to leave the house when he felt a tug on his sleeves. It was his sister, her big doe eyes looked at him in sadness, her tears like pearls drop on the ground making his heart ache.

"Gege" she whined in pain, he knew he couldn't break his sister's heart anymore and thus, went inside.

"Let's eat" he announced to the maid as she scurried on the kitchen before a feast unravels his sight.

He knew his father love him, his heart aches for that but his grudge against him forced that love to diminish.

He still couldn't get her late mother's words that day she died and perhaps, it will forever be etched in his heart.

He just wished that everything is as easy as it sounds.
...

"Dad! I got into an art club!" His sister said with glee lacing her tone.

He knew that she loves art and is passionate about it. She's always painting things ranging from nature to humans, her face will lighten up everytime he brought her some art supplies.

She's like her in that aspect.

She brightens up everytime she does her passion, her eyes would crinkle in glee before giving a smile undetected by her as she paints. Her canvas would be filled by myriads of color and a masterpiece would be left after.

She's someone he had never forget in his life and probably the only girl who had made his heart both ache in pain and in affection.

"That's good! Did you make any friends?" His father have this sweet spot over his only daughter which he completely understand.

"Yes! They're all good in art and I also like my art teacher! She's so pretty! She draws like a pro! I really want to be like teacher Feng when I grow up" she said animatedly while her father and mother smiled upon her thrilled expression.

"Teacher Feng?" He couldn't help but also his sister, he was curious, deadly curious.

"Uhu! Teacher Feng, Wu Feng Mian!"

With that, his whole demeanor changed and he couldn't help but grip the edge of his seat or else he'll fall.

He didn't see the excited look on her sister's face nor the inquiring gaze from his father. The moment he heard her name, his entire world stop and stills.

He wasn't thinking straight, the memories came like the ocean in a storm as the waves crashes and hits his head making him feel unable to think. His chest felt like someone stepped on it, it was both suffocating and uncomfortable.

She's all he could remember.

Memories of her fierce glare, her sweet rare smile and her hands stained with paint filled his head. She's all his seeing, she's all his wishing and she's someone that he had given up.

It was her choice.

Yes, it was her choice, not his.

He need to see her, to touch her and to kiss those lips that were filled with nothing but anger at him.

She will be his, by hook or by crook.

Notes:

• White wolf means to describe a particularly cold-hearted, cruel person.
• A tiger does not father a dog means like father like son.
• White lotus means someone who is pure in appearance, but opposite inside.

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