Chapter 3186 — Feng Shihua Pleads for Mercy
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To be frank, Feng Shihua was furious at what Dongfang Xiaocui had done. She had actually wanted to murder her own half-sister—a sister who could never have threatened her position or her standing—and yet she had plotted an assassination. It made Feng Shihua think his mother utterly witless.
So he merely gave a vague, noncommittal sound and did not agree to help, because he did not know how to broach the matter with Wei Zhao. Yes, he was Wei Zhao's underling, but to beg forgiveness every time his mother blundered—that struck Feng Shihua as deeply improper.
After all, it was he and his father who had asked Wei Zhao to protect Xu Shilan. To now ask Wei Zhao to forgive those who had targeted Xu Shilan—was that not a contradiction?
But in the end, Dongfang Xiaocui was still Feng Shihua's mother, and Feng Shihua was a deeply kindhearted man. He had once gone so far as to seek medicine for Feng Nitian; when it came to his own mother, he truly could not bring himself to be hard-hearted.
And so, in the end, he dialed Wei Zhao's number.
"Shipian, what is it? Any news?" Wei Zhao asked as he picked up.
"Leader... it's not news, exactly. There's a matter I don't know how to bring up with you..." Feng Shihua hesitated, the words catching in his throat.
"What's wrong? What is it you can't say?" Wei Zhao found it strange. "Why stand on ceremony with me? Just say what's on your mind."
"It's like this, Leader. The assassination attempt on my sister—it was actually my mother who orchestrated it..." Feng Shihua said cautiously.
"I know. Isn't your maternal grandfather Dongfang Badao of the Dongfang family?" Wei Zhao was already aware of this. "Still, my apologies—I did kill your second maternal uncle..."
"Ugh... I've no real affection for them. We never lived together growing up, and we rarely even met." Feng Shihua said. "What I mean is... could you forgive my mother? Not kill her?"
"Why would I kill her?" Wei Zhao was momentarily taken aback by Feng Shihua's words.
"The business with my sister was my mother's doing. It's already spread through the circles of the ancient orders that you can kill two experts at the peak of the late Heaven-Rank in an instant, so my mother is afraid you'll come for revenge..." Feng Shihua explained.
"Shipian, I'm only Xiaohan's close guard. I protect her from being harmed by others. As for who targets her, I truly have no need to go hunting them down myself—my aim is to deter them, so that they won't come making trouble for Xiaohan. That's enough," Wei Zhao said after listening. "And besides, if I were to go looking for trouble, it would be with the Dongfang family—I wouldn't trace it to her door."
In truth, protecting Xu Shilan was merely Wei Zhao's job; the feud he had truly incurred was with the Dongfang family—with Dongfang Jian, whom he had killed back then. That was the grudge that could only end in death. As for Dongfang Xiaocui, without the Dongfang family, she was nothing but a pitiful woman.
"Then I'm relieved. Thank you, Leader!" Feng Shihua said with a breath of relief.
"It's nothing. So, does that mean Xiaohan is out of danger for the time being?" Wei Zhao asked.
"For now, both my third uncle and my mother are afraid, and the Dongfang family is afraid too. They figure it's good enough if you don't come after them—there's no chance they'll trouble you again anytime soon," Feng Shihua said with a nod. "Still, no one can guarantee they won't stir again in the future. Leader, you're not thinking of ending the close-guard assignment, are you?" (To be continued.)