Chapter 20 - Ruthlessness Is the Mark of a Truly Great Man (1/2)

Chapter 20: Ruthlessness Is the Mark of a Truly Great Man

Translator: Zhou Yang

Proofread by Fu Tianying

At night, it was not quiet in Tian Family. The lamp of Tian Ronghua’s study stayed on all night, and on his desk were piles of account books.

After going back to his room, the thirsty housekeeper poured a glass of water for himself, while he got unbearable abdominal pain before he tasted it. Beyond that, he felt his tongue was numb, his heartbeat was fierce and his head was a little dizzy, so he wanted to call someone for help, but his voice was low and hoarse because his lips were numb, too. How could that be? Sick, or……

A terrible thought came to the housekeeper’s mind, but he didn’t want to believe it because he thought that the lord had always regarded him as brother, who would never hurt him. Thinking of that, the housekeeper struggled towards outside, hoping to ask for help as he went out. His stomach was so painful that he could not stand up straight, instead, he could only bend his body to endure the pain, struggling towards the door. He almost knelt on the ground as he approached the door, but fortunately he touched the door. He wanted to push it, but the door was locked outside. The housekeeper continued to push hard and shouted, “My lord, help me…..” until he used up the last strength and fell to the ground, and died with eyes open.

The next morning, Tian Ronghua sat in the hall, whose face was pale. He waited for a while but the housekeeper was not seen coming, so he sent a young servant for a look. After a while, the servant ran and rolled in, shouting, “My lord, something very bad happened, seriously.”

“What’s the matter? Why are you so hurried?” Tian Ronghua looked at the servant and said with confusion and blame.

“The, the housekeeper, died.” Said the servant, pale and alarmed. “I went to his room, only to find him lying on the ground after I pushed open the door. I checked him, and he, he was dead, with his eyes unclosed.”

“What!” Hearing that, Tian Ronghua stood up and ran towards the room of the housekeeper. A group of servants followed him, so the Tian Family was in a mess.

Running to the room of the housekeeper, he found that the door was open and the housekeeper was lying on the ground without any breath. Tian Ronghua bent down his body to see that the housekeeper’s face was hideous, which showed that he must have been very painful and he didn’t close his eyes.

Tian Ronghua closed the housekeeper’s eyes gently by his fingers. His eyes were finally closed. Then he held him up to the bed, with tears rolling down.

“Housekeeper.” Tian Fugui rushed in hurriedly, seeing that his brother was sitting at the bed and the housekeeper was lying on the bed.

“Brother, our housekeeper, is he…… no, he was good yesterday and he talked to me.” Tian Fugui realized that the housekeeper was dead when he saw the scene, and he could do nothing but cry. The housekeeper and his elder brother were similar in age. During the childhood, his elder brother was so busy that he was cared by the housekeeper. Then when they grew older, the housekeeper often gave him food as he was punished to take absolute diet. In his heart, the housekeeper was like a kind eldership. How it came that he died suddenly.

“Call the government.” Said Tian Ronghua as he stood up.

A servant ran to the government quickly as he heard it.

“Brother, we must make it clear why our housekeeper was dead. But, please do not be too sad. We need you to deal with so many issues at home.” Tian Fugui was sorry for the death of the housekeeper, while he also had a pity on his brother who was so haggard.