Chapter 66: Bad News and Worst News

"What?" Tianwei stood up in surprise, nearly jostling over his breakfast. He did not shriek, but he came pretty close to it. Everyone in the room stared at his uncharacteristic behaviour.

"Ge? Is everything okay?" Jingwei asked cautiously. 

"No. No it's not." Tianwei replied, before he realised that he was still on the line. "I'll put you on speaker, Officer Tang. Kindly repeat what you've said to the rest of my family." 

"Good morning everyone, sorry to disrupt your peaceful morning. I have bad news to report,"  Officer Tang said gravely. 

Then he dropped that same metaphorical bomb on the rest of the listeners. Some of the maids hastily stifled their screams, and one of them even dropped her jug of orange juice, causing it to spill all over the expensive carpet. 

"Preposterous!" Sun Haowei roared, slamming his hand on the dining table. His mood, already poor to begin with, plummeted to the deepest pits of hell. "What is the meaning of this!"