Sneaky

Five minutes passed, and finally the few people Venus and Leon were waiting for arrived at the graveyard area. They stood not far behind Venus and Leon, who were still standing in front of the fake Aurel grave.

 

"Is this how you thank the Delmonte family?" asked a middle-aged woman in a high voice.

 

"This is a grave; please respect my daughter who just died," Venus replied in a flat tone.

 

Then Mrs. Lauren walked quickly towards Venus, while the other four people who came to the place with Mrs. Lauren just stayed in place while keeping an eye on the conditions around the place.

 

"You shameless woman," Mrs. Lauren said as she grabbed Venus by the shoulders and then pulled her back, causing Venus to turn around. And when she raised her hand (wanting to slap Venus), suddenly Leon, who was standing beside Venus, immediately restrained her wrist.

 

Mrs. Lauren turned to stare at Leon. "So you caused all this problem!" she shouted while glaring at Leon.

 

"He didn't cause the problem. He was the one who saved me and made it possible for your granddaughter's body to be buried intact," said Venus, who was now glaring at Mrs. Lauren.

 

Mrs. Lauren turned to Venus. "How dare you go against me?" she said as she pulled her right hand free from Leon's grip.

Then she looked at Venus and Leon in turn. "I know, you guys must have had a relationship before, so you're using this incident to bring Alan down."

 

"Shut up!" snapped Venus. "I know that my daughter's life never mattered to you, so what did you come here for? If it's just to pick a fight with me, we can do it another time. Now you can leave here; don't pollute this place with the trouble you want to bring."

 

"You're kicking me out?" Mrs. Lauren's tone was high again.

 

"I advise you to leave; this is a cemetery, not a zoo," Leon replied with a cold stare.

 

Mrs. Lauren's eyes turned to stare at Leon.

'Damn it, I can't do much with him around,' thought Mrs. Lauren, who was afraid of Leon.

She still remembered how Leon had casually killed the rogue she had hired last time. That time the rogue was trying to stab Leon while having dinner together at the Delmonte Family mansion. That horrific incident left Mrs. Lauren with no appetite for almost a month.

 

A moment later, the footsteps of several people came to the graveyard area.

 

"Where's the grave? It's all ready," shouted a man who was currently limping towards Mrs. Lauren.

 

"It's right here," replied Mrs. Lauren as she continued to stare at Venus.

 

"What do you want?" asked Venus while giving Mrs. Lauren a sharp look.

 

"Aurel will be moved to the Delmonte family tomb as she should be," replied Mrs. Lauren as she turned to her mate, who was still limping towards her.

 

"No," Venus refused firmly. "Aurel will remain here; you have no right to take her away."

 

Mr. Stenly, Venus's father-in-law, who had by now reached Mrs. Lauren's side, chimed in, "Rights? Have you never received an education? A child's lineage will follow his father, so the body of the granddaughter of the Delmonte family will be buried in the Delmonte family tomb as it has always been done."

 

"No, you never treated Aurel like your other grandchildren. She will not be buried in the Delmonte family," Venus firmly refused.

 

Mr. Stenly calmly raised his hand, signaling his men to immediately carry out the grave demolition as he had planned.

 

"Father, one of your legs is already disabled; don't let both of them become disabled so that you have to sit in a wheelchair forever," Leon said as he took a step forward and then pulled Venus' body to hide behind him.

 

Mr. Stenly smiled mockingly at Leon's attitude towards Venus. "Yes, a man of mud should be matched with a woman of the same social class. It's no surprise that yesterday you rejected my nephew, only to find out that what you want is this damaged goods," he said casually.

 

"Ah, Father, are you talking about yourself?" Leon replied in a casual manner. "Don't think that everyone is blind," he said and clapped his hands twice.

 

A moment later, seven wolves appeared from various directions that looked ready to fight. The seven wolves immediately lined up neatly behind Leon and Venus.

 

"Don't think that there will be a single person who knows about what happened 21 years ago. A very beautiful collaboration. I'm sure that if even one piece of evidence were to spread, then everyone would immediately doubt who exactly is the person who deserves to be called the main member of the Delmonte family," Leon said casually. Then he turned his gaze to Mrs. Lauren. "Or perhaps someone would like to hear the story of seven years ago? It's also an interesting story; is what I'm saying true, my mother?

 

Mrs. Lauren's face instantly turned pale upon hearing Leon's words. She then glanced at Mr. Stanley, who was currently staring intently at Leon.

 

Meanwhile, Venus was currently also silent, thinking about Leon's words.

'Twenty-one years ago, he should have meant the death of his parents. And the beautiful collaboration...' Venus looked at Mr. Stenly and Mrs. Lauren in turn. 'Does the death of his parents have anything to do with Mr. Stenly and Mrs. Lauren?'

 

Then Venus frowned. 'And that incident seven years ago that he told you about—wasn't it a terrible fire at the Delmonte family home? But at that time wasn't he still missing, and even then the Delmonte family made an unmarked grave in her memory.

 

And he reappeared a year after the fire; does this mean that he had a spy in the Delmonte mansion all this time? Who exactly is he? What kind of power does he have that he can do all these things at such a young age?" Venus thought as she turned to stare at Leon's solid back in front of her.

 

"You don't have any evidence; you're just bragging," Mr. Stenly said in a calm tone.

'I can't make mistakes; everything is set; I just need to buy time,' Mr. Stenly thought as he clenched his fists.

 

"How about I say I have proof?" said Leon casually.

 

Mrs. Lauren reacted immediately. "No way. You were in a state of life and death; you couldn't have-"

 

"You mean the accident ten years ago?" Leon grinned at Mrs. Lauren. "You give me four years; do you think I'll always be in a dying state in a place where you can't even find me? Besides, I told you that I'm a person who rose from the dead. Do you think someone like me would-"

 

"Watch out!" shouted Venus abruptly as she stepped in front of Leon and hugged his body tightly.

 

The startled Leon immediately shifted his gaze and saw a dot darting rapidly towards him.

 

Srrt!

 

Ishh! Leon hissed.

 

'Am I not dead?' thought Venus, who had buried her face in Leon's chest. Then she looked back and immediately rounded her eyes when she saw fresh blood dripping from Leon's palm that was holding something and was only a few inches away from the back of his head.

 

"Are you scared?" Leon whispered.

 

Venus turned back to look at Leon, "You!" Her eyes rounded when she saw blood appear between Leon's lips.

 

"There's an attack from behind; protect!" One of Leon's men shouted.

 

"Attack from behind?" Venus' eyes continued to glare at Leon.

 

"Don't scare me with your little eyes," Leon said with a strange smile.