Everyone settled in the room quietly. Old master Moon Kwan sat there staring at Kang Chin Mae like a specimen wondering about the young man's identity. Even though he could guess who the young man might be, he could not help but deny the truth in the heart. 'My second grandson died. How can he come back to life miraculously? Who is the boy looking exactly like my third grandson? They can't be twins.'
Everyone who saw how he was gazing at the young man started to feel uncomfortable under the scrutinising gaze. Young Jae sensed the tense atmosphere but was not bothered by it partly because he could not see at the moment.
The person under the eagle-eyed scan of the old man was busy peeling and eating an orange that was bought for his sick cousin as if nothing was out of normal order. Since the orange was meant for Young Jae, he did feed his cousin one carpel for every three carpels he ate.
"BB sent it for Young Jae. Why are you gobling it all up?" Chin Hae asked his twin to break the awkwardness.
Instead of answering Chin Mae showed two more orange carpels into his mouth at once with a smirk.
Young Jae decided to speak for his newly found favourite Hyung. "Hyung! Stop picking on Chin Mae Hyung over everything he does."
Chin Hae looked at his cousin with a face full of betrayal. "You are fucking siding with that narcissistic bastard? Seriously, Young Jae? How could you? I thought you were better off than that. How did you turn into ungrateful brat in few minutes Young Jae?! How could you became a traitor and turned your back on your brother?!"
Young Jae was at a loss. All he wanted to do was tease his cousin brother's and how he ended up earning the title of a traitor beyond his understanding.
Chin Sun knew her second brother teases people a little bit, but she did not expect outrageous dramatics.
Old Master Moon and Aunt Ko Yon were lost at the twist of the events. No one in the Moon family has witnessed the carefree and dramatic Moon Chin Hae even as a child.
"You can't blame my dongsaeng for that. He just has a good eye and knew how to choose and side with a winning team!" Kang Chin Mae was satisfied as he was able to relish his twin's misery.
Young Jae realised why everyone around these twins' loved to poke fun at them. They get competitive unnecessarily and never let anyone else know how these two buffoons care about each other. "I am not picking sides. As a younger brother of two idiots hippopotami, it is my responsibility to make a wise decision for you both and bring harmony among us brothers."
Ko Yon smiled at her son and how carefree he became around his cousin. She realised that they were good to him and right for him. The gratefulness she felt for the boys were beyond bounds at the moment.
"Hey! Don't call me that"
"Hey! Don't call me that"
Two voice echoed the same words at the same time. Right after saying the words, the twins feigned innocence.
Young Jae laughed at their reaction cheekily. "When the crazy doctor called you both idiotic hippopotami twins, I did not know it was apt for you both. Now I do."
Out of everything Young Jae said, what caught Chin Hae's attention was how his cousin addressed the doctor. "Don't follow every word that old man says and call him 'crazy doctor.' It is not necessary, and you will just encourage his idiocy."
Kang Chin Mae finished gobbling up half the basket of orange. He cleaned his hand. He was quiet for a while before he decided to speak his thought. "Call him, Samchon. He is family, after all."
"I can't afford such an eccentric uncle. Let me just address him how he wants me to call him" Young Jae refused outrightly worrying about overstepping the boundary.
Kang Chin Mae frowned at the response, but he shrugged off his displeasure. "Family is not about sharing blood; it's beyond that. It's okay if you don't want to be part of the family."
Chin Mae's voice being void of emotion made Young Jae worry and frown. But he did not have any opportunity to ask further.
"Why did you want me here, Mr Moon Chin Hae?" Kang Chin Mae did not even bother to hide his disgust when he said 'Moon'.
Chin Hae just sighed at his twin's attitude, but he was used to it. "You suggested that we take our younger sister away from the Moon family when you first met her. Now it is going to happen. I can protect her to an extent. I don't hold power like you. Not yet. I called you here to put forth the request. In case if I need your support in protecting our sister in the future, please help me."
Chin Hae spoke earnestly to his twin. He even bowed down towards his twin to show his sincerity.
Kang Chin Mae looked at his twin with a deep eyes void of emotions. His mind was filled with thoughts.
Finally, the old man in the room realised everything, and his entire body trembled when the truth hit him. "You are Moon Chin Mae? You are alive? I thought you..."
Chin Mae cut the useless old man's words off. "Are you surprised that I am still alive after your wife and son threw me off the building?! Also, My name is Kang Chin Mae. I am a 'Kang'. Not a Moon. Remember that." The venom was dripping in Chin Mae's voice.
Both Old Master and Ko Yon knew what happened in the past but still flinched when they heard the words.
But Moon Young Jae and Moon Chin Sun froze when they heard what happened to Kang Chin Mae as a kid. More precisely at knowing who threw him off the building?
Chin Hae just sighed at the diversion in the topic. 'This is going to be a fucking long day, and it is not even 10:00 am! Someone save me!'
The old man was shocked. An unknown fear gripped his heart. He did not know what it was, but it was intense enough to hyperventilate the old man.
Ko Yon moved over to assist her father-in-law. But Kang Chin Mae was not done. He felt a bit of pleasure witnessing the spineless old man suffer in front of him.
"Why are you so shocked? No one in the Moon mansion told you I was there, a couple of weeks back? Don't tell me no one told you I raised my hand at your daughter-in-law and your beloved first grandson? I really had pleasure in throwing my first at the weakling you are planning to make the heir."
Old Master realised why the fear was clenching his heart. It was his gut feeling letting him know that his karma was standing in front of him. Sooner or later, this grandson by blood will become a grim reaper to the Moon family. He had a change of heart about his decisions.
'No! I can't leave my grandsons and grand-daughter with him. They would turn against the family like him. I have to take Chin Hae, Young Jae and Chin Sun away from him soon. Or else they would turn against the family too.'
For the old master, no matter what, his family and family's prestige matters more than anything. He could never let his family get destroyed in the hands of his own family members. But he forgot how most of his grandchildren suffered at the hands of a few family members due to their greedy nature.
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Fear had always been the most common emotions that every other human being experiences. Apart from a twin's, every single soul in the room felt fear seeping through their skin pores as Chin Mae spoke.
Kang Chin Mae's calm-mocking look made him look like a reincarnation of something powerful out for blood to quist his thirsty-vengeance.
Ko Yon could not help but hug her son tightly, worrying about his well-being. But she was surprised when her son pats her to comfort with his good arm. She realised that her son was not scared of his cousin but there was something else worrying him.
Ko Yon felt that her son changed. It was for the better. He was someone who stood by his thoughts and voiced his opinion since childhood. He ended up in so much trouble when he was in Moon Mansion for it. But he stopped it when the family cut him off. Like a good little bystander, he usually put his head down and preferred not to interfere in the problem before him.
But now, he was trying to calm his mother, and something else was going on his mind. His mother was sure that her son changed but not sure in what aspect.
She was startled when she heard her father-in-law's heartless words.
"Thank you for taking care of my grandson in my absence. I will take him away along with my grand-daughter now." Moon family's old master said resolutely.
Moon Chin Hae, who was quiet for a while, spat at the spineless old man. "Did you take a wrong medicine or lost your marble due to old age? Choi Na Ri would ruin their life in that cursed family!"
Anger rolled of the old master and his hostile aura was deliberate to everyone in the room. "I will protect them!"
The twin stood by on their spot, not even slightly intimidated by the hostile aura of the old man. They grew up with BB, who was called as king of hell for various reason. Twin's had witnessed BB destroying people just for getting on his wrong side since they were teenagers. There were times they also helped him finish them off legally. For them, this old man's hostility felt like an ant bite.
Chin Hae let out a loud laugh. He found his grandfather's words humorous, and the past memory taunted him. "Protect them? Like how you protected me when I was accused of molestation even though everyone knew I did not do it. Or when your wife and son threatened my mother to sign the divorce document and give up every right, she had on her kids and the right even to meet us. When she refused, your wife picked my twin brother and threw him off the building. You will protect them like how you protected back then? Or like how you turned a blind eye to your family's deed when they did not let her even run to her bleeding son until she signed the document. Please enlighten me which way you are going to protect my sister and cousin? Or pray to tell me if you even have any intension to protect them."
Old master felt guilty for not standing by the family when they needed but he was determined not to let their revenge swallow his family. So all he could do was throw his weight at his two weak grandchildren and daughter-in-law. "I decided. We are leaving now. Follow me out this minute."
Moon Chin Hae held his sister's hand and refused to let it go when he saw how the spineless old man commanded his sister.
"You walked into a beast's den without even knowing what kind of beast he is. Now don't ever dream of leaving the place as you wish. All I had to do was wake the beast up and put a request. He will shred the entire Moon family into pieces. I heard you already tasted his fist long back when you wanted the school to dismiss Chin Hae." Kang Chin Mae looked at the old man in front of him as if he was nothing.
Kang Chin Mae knew in the heart that if he did not have anything to hold against the old man, he might not be able to protect his sister, whom he knows nothing about and the cousin brother whom he vowed to protect at all cost. But he did have a plan to turn the wave in his favour and started his plan when no one noticed.
He did not expect the way Young Jae handled the situation.
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There is a double update today. The second one is the sneak peek of the future, and it a small treat for reaching 50 chapters. You will find the sneak peek in the auxiliary chapter. If you click on the table of contents, you will find auxiliary chapters before chapter 1. I am not sure how many of you read the first sneak peek I published in October 2020. If you haven't, you can check both of it together.
I am so happy that the book reached 50 chapters. Hope to see you all on this journey!
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