There was still no response. There was nothing on the light blue screen, only occasional magnetic field fluctuations, causing slight tremors on the edge of the elliptical holographic light curtain.

Wen Yan has not sent any messages back.

Compared with the ancient Earth Age, human society in the cosmic era has gone far in communication. The method of instant transmission using molecular reorganization allows thousands or even tens of thousands of light-years to be connected unlimitedly by radio waves. Compared with ordinary communication conducted with optical fiber on the same planet, the remote communication system between planets has been fully deployed. Of course, the costs required between the two are different, and people can also freely choose contact tools that are more suitable for themselves. In terms of specific forms, traditional mobile phones and portable computers have become the mainstream. Although they no longer use electronic voice messages, people still collectively call them "phones".

Wen Yan's phone number has never been changed. What we refer to here is not an office number known to many outsiders, but an insider dedicated to contacting senior members of the family.

Looking at the calm blue light curtain, Ace felt an unspeakable fear.

My father must have encountered some kind of accident.

Kidnapping, assassination, serious injury, and perhaps even dead.

Otherwise, he had no reason and would never ignore the family's internal contact signals.

"What the hell is going on?"

Ace felt his brain blank, and dense cold sweat suddenly surged from his back. He clenched his fists hard, tried to control his trembling lips, and said to himself in a voice that even he felt creepy when he heard it: "You must call the police, you must report to the federal military, and you must contact other directors of the Pyramid Industry Alliance as soon as possible. You must figure out what happened?"

He subconsciously felt that there must be a direct or indirect relationship between his younger brother Wenxiang and his father's disappearance. Otherwise, Wenxiang's unscrupulous words and actions in his office would be simply unreasonable.

This is likely a conspiracy—even if he is not involved, he must at least know his father’s current whereabouts.

"Catch him! The result must be found from him----"

The muscles on Ace's face suddenly tightened, and his eyes released fierce and old-fashioned gaze.

He actually didn't have much feelings for his father. Many memories of his childhood were kept in the impression of indifference and dullness. The man was not good to his mother and himself. At best, he provided a material supply of food and clothing. He seemed to be a hard and cold stone. Words such as kindness and kindness have never appeared in him. Even in school, Ace was often regarded by teachers and classmates as a child without a father.

Growing up allows you to forget some unpleasant old scenes. What's more, when you were fifteen years old, your mother said to herself when she was dying: "No matter what that man has done, no matter how much you hate him, no matter how incompetent he is, you must remember that he will always be your father."

It was from that time that Ace was taken back to Wen's Castle and became a member of this cold and dark family without any affection.

Only when he is truly in such an abnormal family environment can he understand and feel his father's helplessness and sorrow.

Ace will never forget the words his father said to himself on his seventeenth birthday.

"In such places, the word "love" is always an extraordinary monster, and may never appear. Haha! You may feel that you are in an ogre cave. Everyone wants to tear you apart and fill your stomach as food. You may not understand what I said, but I am very happy that you can live until now and see you standing in front of me with healthy limbs. I know you hate me, but I have no choice. If I bring your mother and you to this castle, you will probably not survive for a week. Hahahaha, do you know? The best way to kill a person is to never let him be born. And to prevent a certain possibility of threatening yourself is to completely eliminate it at all costs. Step on it and crush all the buds———"

The man called "father" loved his mother and himself. The only thing he could do was to let himself and his mother live outside the castle incognito. If his mother hadn't died of illness suddenly, Ace was still an ordinary person.

Although there is no property, no title, and no damn inheritance rights.

But he was very happy. He was free and had no conspiracy around him that could kill others.

This is family affection, and there is no need for a long and complicated narrative, only the parties involved can understand it themselves.

"No matter what you encounter, I will save you."

"Oh? Really? Hehehehe who do you want to save?"

A sarcastic sarcasm brought Ace back to reality from his anger and memories. This kind of sound like a poisonous snake crawling through his body, causing a chilling and damp sound on the surface of his skin, coming from behind.

Ace suddenly turned around and saw Wen Xiang quietly pushing open the door and standing about five or six meters away from him. He was holding a small and light "ppk87" pistol, with a black and round muzzle, aiming at his eyebrows.

"Can't wait to kill me now?"

Ace looked at him coldly: "Where is my father? What did you do to him?"

Wen Xiang shook his head, obviously not going to answer the question. He held the stock tightly and said in the same cold tone: "It's not your business."

"You don't seem to know what you're doing."

Ace took a deep breath and said, "If you kill me, you will get nothing. Assassination cannot solve the problem you face. Even if you kill me, you will not be able to replace it. No one will support you, and you will never be the first heir."

Ace's eyes were extremely clear and unfathomable. This made Wen Xiang feel very uncomfortable. Anger and cruelty kept flashing on his face, and his thinking was obviously on the verge of an explosion at any time.

"You damn bastard---You don't deserve the surname of the "Wen" family. You and yours

Like mothers, they are maggots in dirty corners, shit that even dogs don’t want to touch in the cesspool———”

He licked his lips and suddenly started cursing without any sign.

Ace looked at him and said calmly: "Put down the gun. I will ask my father to forgive your sins."

"forgive?"

This sentence had an extremely unexpected stimulating effect on Wen Xiang. He frowned, looked at Ace, whose expression was no longer nervous, and laughed very strangely.

"Do you think you are still the so-called first-ranked heir? Do you think you already know all of these things? Hahaha, you brainless idiot, it turns out you don't know anything! I shouldn't play with confused prey. But you are really stupid, even more stupid than I thought you think I'm just alone?"

He lowered his right hand holding the gun. Deep in his eyes, he looked full of provocative and playful gazes. At the same time, he raised his left hand and pinched his fingers hard. Then, from outside the open door, dozens of burly and tall men in black with various large-caliber weapons were walked into.

Ace couldn't help but open his eyes wide. The belief that had been supporting him in his body completely collapsed in this moment.

"You should know these people."

Wen Xiang said lightly: "Look clearly—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Ace stared at the scene in front of him blankly and fell into silence. He felt something stuck in his throat, and his heart was beating violently, hitting his ribs like a pile driver.

"No, this is impossible."

He raised his head with difficulty and looked directly at the man in black opposite him with anxious and panic: "Bruger, Fass and you, Ekos, why do you betray me?"

Ace has always been very tolerant to his subordinates.

Among all family members, his bodyguards have the highest salary and best treatment.

He once gave Bruger a large sum of money to pay for his loved ones' medical debts.

Fas is good at gambling, and a lot of the debts are extra expenses from Ace.

As for Ecos last month, Ecos had just served as witness to his newlywed wife. At that time, he had vowed: "Always be loyal to his boss."

"Why is this?"

Ace felt the sky was spinning, and countless question marks filled his entire brain. He bit his lips tightly until he bleeded, and then suddenly let go. He roared in grief and anger: "Say———What are you doing for?"

The bodyguards in black all wore sunglasses and could not see through their glasses.

Ekos held a mg34 automatic rifle, his muzzle was hanging down and he never raised it to Ace. Perhaps urging by this atmosphere of rage and confusion, he lowered his head slightly and took a step forward. He said in a low and helpless voice: "Master Ace, you are not completely right. We have not betrayed."

"Then why are you all on that side? Why don't you catch that guy?"

Ace felt that he could lose his mind and fall into madness at any time.

Aikos opened his mouth but said nothing. Another bodyguard standing next to him patted his shoulder and replied in an equally hesitant but much more decisive tone: "Master Ace, this is not our fault. Sorry, we cannot execute your orders. Now, we can only follow the instructions of Master Wenxiang. You know, we are all mercenaries."

"You are bodyguards hired by the Wen family————"

Ace's eyes were already red. He clenched his fists tightly with his bones and raised his bones, and roared like a hungry beast: "He can't give you a higher offer, and your contract has not expired. Do you want to betray me?"

"They did not betray——"

Wen Xiang laughed and inserted his words: "Fas and Ekoshi did a good job. They are still loyal to their duties. It is because your own thinking and senses are wrong. However, there is one thing you said very well - they are not loyal to you, but to the entire Wen family."

The explanation of this sentence is clear enough that Ace froze, his eyes full of confusion and horror. The barbaric and cruel reality destroyed his beliefs. He took a few steps back, leaned against the wall, and kept talking to himself in a lost tone that he could not believe, "Faithful to the entire family?"

No one spoke, it seemed like a drama. Apart from the devastated Ace, there was no second participant. Everyone was an audience member, standing next to him and staring silently. Although there were no seats on the scene, they were unable to hold tickets or invitations.

The open door is connected to the deep corridor. Through the thick walls, you can hear the sound of mechanical wheel axles rolling from the depths of the corridor, getting closer and closer.

Almost four or five minutes later, an electric wheelchair appeared in the center of the house.

An old man sat on the chair. His hair was snow-white, short, but a little messy. He was very thin, and the wrinkles on his face were as deep as a knife, covered with traces of time. The corners of his mouth collapsed downwards and were closed tightly. Because he tried too hard, the veins on his face were beating.

Since he came to Wen's Castle, Ace has only seen this old man in several ways and has no contact with him. He is the father of the patriarch Wen Yan, the most mysterious person in the entire family.

It is undoubtedly extremely impolite to call him directly by name. In fact, no one in the Wen family dares to do this. Even when talking about the elderly, people are very respectful. They call him "Old Master Wen".

"grandfather"

Ace's throat was so dry that he tried to swallow the small amount of saliva in his mouth, sending out these two syllables that had changed.

Old Master Wen stared at him coldly, his eyes like a sharp blade. There was no affection or kindness at all, only a fearful coldness. It seemed that Ace standing in front of him was not his grandson, but an irreconcilable enemy.

He glanced at Wen Xiang standing next to him.

"Take your people out and let me talk to him alone."

His voice was very light, but it had unquestionable majesty. In front of this old and weak old man, the arrogant and domineering Wen Xiang had no strong capital at all. He could only bear a little owl. He turned his head and glared fiercely at Ace on the opposite side, then waved his hands to the bodyguards waiting on both sides of the wall, and strode out of the room.

There are only two people.

Ace subconsciously looked at Old Master Wen, his eyes full of doubts.

"Sit! I've always wanted to talk to you."

The old man's voice sounded a little heavy, and Ace obediently pulled over a chair and sat down.

"I never like you. Although you have the blood of the Wen family on you."

Using such unfriendly words as the opening remark has somewhat expressed the position that Mr. Wen holds. Ace's already pale face can no longer see any unnecessary colors.

"I don't know what you think about family and surnames. But I must tell you that in the Wen family, there can only be one controller and a patriarch. This person may not be so outstanding and does not possess all kinds of commendable virtues, but he must be a member of the Wen family."

Old Master Wen took out a heather pipe from his pocket, lit it, and sucked it hard while looking at Ace sitting opposite him coldly.

"I don't quite understand what you mean."

"Okay! Then I'll say it more directly."

Old Master Wen leaned back and smoked quietly: "I have never agreed to the marriage between your parents. This is also the real reason why Wen Yan has never brought you back. Your mother is a waitress in a restaurant. Although she is quite beautiful, she may become an industrial civilian at any time due to unemployment. I don't know how she used to charm your father. I only know that my son paid her a full two million federal standard currency, thus preventing her from being exiled to a distant ore planet. You should be clear about the true meaning of the word "civilian". To put it bluntly, it is actually a slave."

"No"

Ace shook his head desperately: "It's not what you think. My mother."

"She's a shameless person

goods----"

Old Master Wen interrupted him impatiently: "She seduced my son just to get enough citizenship reserves. Of course, I will never give her the opportunity to seize the property. If it weren't for your father's insistence, you would never get the surname "Wen". You can say that I despise the poor and love the rich, or you can denounce me for being unkind. Humph Have you ever thought about it? Why should I favor those ants-like guys? I admit that there are indeed things like fortunes from heaven in this world.

Love, with two yuan federal standard currency, there is also a chance to get a five million bonus. But I always despise those guys who get nothing. The property of the Wen family was earned back with wisdom and sweat. No one gave me help, and no one gave me sympathy when I was poor. In that case, why should I look at others differently? Just because I succeeded, I have to give alms to those lazy and stupid guys? Let those bastards go to hell. I am not a philanthropist, those guys should do it.

Go to the girl

I have never robbed the money that should belong to them, they have never cherished it, just thinking about getting help from others and giving them to them, and they should live like a dog, even more than a dog

cheap----"
Chapter completed!