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The Jade King of Rathai
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I had spent fifteen years in Rathai’s jade trade. Tonight was another routine trip to a private auction to pick up stock. On the outside, these auctions moved jade, but behind closed doors, they sometimes moved people. I had just walked into the back when I spotted a teenager huddled in the corner, covered head to toe in bruises and welts. He looked up at me with desperate eyes. A second later, lines of text floated across my vision. [This is Arden Carlisle, the fake son of the Carlisle family in Harstead!] [The real Carlisle son framed him, and his own sister shipped him out here to 'teach him a lesson'.] [It's awful. He's been shocked, whipped, and beaten. Now, they're about to strip him and put him on the block.] [The real Carlisle son and his people are in the auction hall right now, waiting to watch him get humiliated.] I lived by one simple rule. If it was not my problem, I would not get involved. I turned to leave. However, another line then appeared. [Oh my God! The jade dealer is his biological father!]
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The Jade King of Rathai Chapter 12
Outside the window, the Rathai night had gone dark again, but I knew the sun would come up eventually.…Three months later, Corbin was arrested. The evidence was airtight, covering false accusations, defamation, and hiring someone to commit murder.The Carlisle family did not intervene on his behalf. His parents issued a public statement severing all ties with him, and Brynn took the stand as a witness, personally putting her own brother behind bars.I did not attend the trial, but the floating text gave me live updates.[Corbin got 12 years! He deserves every day of it!][When Brynn testified, Corbin called her a traitor from the stand. Incredible!][The Carlisle family's reputation is in ruins, and they have no one to blame but themselves.]The Carlisle parents asked to see Arden, but he refused.Over the phone, he told them, "Thank you for raising me for fifteen years. But I don't want to see you again."His voice was calm. There was no resentment in it, but there was no
The Jade King of Rathai Chapter 11
Arden was curled up in his seat, shaking all over. I reached over and took his hand."Don't be scared. Dad's here."He looked up at me. I saw fear and dependence in his eyes."Dad, are we going to die?"It was the first time he had called me that of his own accord. Something clenched tight in my chest."No. I'm not going to let that happen."The car reached the second safe point, a disused mine tunnel in the mountains that had been converted into a shelter. It was hidden and easy to defend.Once Arden was settled, I received a message. It was from Brynn.[I'm in Rathai. I want to see you. I'm coming alone.]I hesitated for a moment, then typed back two words. [Come here.]An hour later, Brynn appeared at the entrance to the mine. She was alone, without bodyguards. She wore plain clothes, and her face was drawn and exhausted, her eyes threaded with red.She stood in the doorway and looked at me. Her lips moved before any sound came out."Mr. Brennan, I'm sorry."I gave her
The Jade King of Rathai Chapter 10
"You just shipped him off! Straight to Rathai! Do you even know what kind of place Rathai is? You don't! You didn't even think about it!"That's because you never cared about him! In your eyes, I was always right, and he was always wrong!"Brynn's face went rigid. "Shut up!""Why should I?" Corbin was on his feet now, his face twisted with fury."Do you want to know why I hate him? Because he lived in this family for over a decade! Over a decade! He got everything that should've been mine!"And what about me? I was out there getting laughed at, getting bullied, getting called a b*stard! My birth parents didn't want me, and neither did my foster parents!"I finally made it back to where I belong, yet he was still here, refusing to leave! Who even is he? A fraud! What gave him the right to live in my house, spend my money, and call my parents Mom and Dad?"Brynn spoke through clenched teeth. "So you framed him and had him sent to Rathai to be tortured?""He deserved it!" Corbin s
The Jade King of Rathai Chapter 9
"Mr. Ogden, do we still have the security footage from the last six months?"The housekeeper paused. "We do. What are you looking for?""Pull all of it, and get me the list of staff who were assigned to look after Arden."Mr. Ogden looked as though he wanted to say something, but he held it back and nodded. "Yes, ma'am."Brynn sat in the security room and went through the footage frame by frame. She watched all night.By the time the sun came up, she had seen everything she needed to see, and everything she wished she had not.In one recording, Corbin walked into Arden's room. A few minutes later, he came out with a watch in his hand. It was the same watch he later cried about, claiming Arden had stolen it.Brynn rewound the footage and watched it again, then a third time. Her hands began to shake.She pulled up a different date. Corbin stood at the top of a staircase, glanced left and right, and then threw himself down the steps. Seconds later, Arden came around the corner fro
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