The Chilled Revenge Of A Son-in-law

Poisoned.

The following morning, the huge mansion was quietly busy with servants running about getting their duties done. Inside the master bedroom which belonged to the chairman, a middle-aged man stood before a full-length mirror getting ready for the day with three maids standing beside him, ready to take his orders at any given time.

Mr Langley Austin was currently in his late 60s and looked very young and agile for his age, he was quite particular about his health. The grey hair on his head gave off his age which was hidden thanks to his youthful looks, he was average in height sporting 5:2 ft tall.

His face looked serious, so serious that it would leave a person guessing how he looked like if he ever smiled.

He looked at his reflection one more time after being fully dressed before stepping out of his bedroom without saying a word and the maids stepped out right after and closed the door.

With precise steps, he walked through the hallway and made it to the dining where a feast lay untouched on the table.

"Good morning, Mr chairman," the man from yesterday who was among the three men who met Ryu at the hospital stepped into the dining and bowed his head to the chairman who had yet to take a seat.

"Hmm," he hummed in response to his personal assistant's greeting, "We should go check on him now, shouldn't we?" He demanded and made his way out of the dining, heading towards the guest room with his personal assistant following right behind him.

They reached the guest room and stepped into it to find Ryu was still unconscious or probably fast asleep, chairman Langley tilted slightly to the side and signaled for Mr John, his assistant to go wake Ryu up.

The guest room was quite empty but accommodating, it had the basic needs like a bed, and some needful pieces of furniture arranged neatly, and the walls were painted plain white. It was basically an ordinary-looking bedroom.

Mr John walked towards the bed and leaned forward, with a low groan, he picked Ryu up. He carried Ryu and placed him on the couch, he then walked into the bathroom and filled an empty bucket with water, and splashed it mercilessly on Ryu, messing the place up in the process. Ryu was immediately forced awake with a loud gasp at the feeling of cold water on him, he breathed loudly as he looked around aimlessly.

Chairman Langley stood by and watched without saying a word as Ryu successfully regulated his breathing and calmed his racing heart, he looked around himself, not quite understanding where he was.

The first thought that crossed his mind was his mother, thinking he was still at the hospital, he looked around him again and hastily stood up.

"Mum? Where's she?" He asked while staring at the two strange men standing before him, still not grasping what was going on.

"She's dead and gone. Stop worrying about a dead person and get yourself together," Chairman Langley said with a straight face as if discussing something casual.

Although taken aback, Ryu stared at the stranger before him as his heart slowly began to ache knowing the man before him was speaking about his mother in such a manner.

"You're talking nonsense," he said and paused as he realized that this place didn't look, smell, or feel like a hospital. Then where was he?

"Where am I?" He demanded as he took a step forward to be met with silence, one he didn't appreciate because Ryu wanted nothing but answers. He gritted his teeth as impatience filled him and without wasting further time, he stomped out of the bedroom.

Chairman Langley turned around and stared at the slightly opened door that Ryu just dashed out of and he asked, "Has burial been conducted for her?"

"Yes sir, a fake burial has been conducted for his mother, he wouldn't be able to see her body and wouldn't know she was alive. He would be directed by the hospital to her fake burial ground." Mr. John explained in detail to hear Chairman Langley hum in satisfaction.

"Quickly, follow him and keep a close eye on him. I'll be going to visit his mother, everything must go according to my plans, no mistake will be tolerated," Chairman Langley said and Mr John replied with a nod and left the room to carry out his boss's orders.

After relaying his orders, Chairman Langley left the room right after.

As for Ryu, he roamed around the huge mansion looking for an exit with confusion written all over his face as he wondered how he even got here in the first place. The last thing he could recall was crying next to his dead mother, he couldn't remember what had happened next and it all proved to him something was very much fishy.

He ignored the brief thought and continued roaming around the house in search of the exit until he bumped into a maid, he requested for the way out and she politely showed him which he was thankful for, Ryu stepped out of the mansion. He walked as fast as his legs could carry him because judging from what he was seeing, he could already tell he was far away from the town where he came from.

Along the way, Ryu felt his phone vibrate in his pocket, someone was calling. He stopped walking to pull his phone out of his pocket to see who was calling, it was Richard.

Ryu sighed and quickly picked up the call, thinking the heavens had sent someone to rescue him today.

"Hey man, this wasn't the plan, you were supposed to be here by now. Changed your mind?" Richard asked, his tone bland and flat, one could tell he wasn't amused with the fact that Ryu could have had a change of mind.

"I'm in a little bit of a situation right now and I need help, do you think you can help me this once?" Ryu asked, feeling anxious, he couldn't understand why nothing was going according to his plans. Everything just kept falling apart.

He heard Richard sigh from the other end of the phone before asking what kind of help he needed. Ryu immediately explained his situation and why he needed help and of course, Richard agreed to send someone to his location to come pick him up and the call ended.

A few minutes rolled by and just like Richard had promised, a taxi stopped by before where Ryu stood by the road waiting, he hopped into the taxi and it drove him to Richard's father's small furniture company.

Ryu thanked the driver after he got down from the taxi and ran into the building, he was allowed entry to see Richard because the staff of the company already knew Ryu as their boss's friend.

With a great sense of urgency, Ryu practically ran into the elevator that took him to the top floor where Ryu's office was situated, he barged in to find Richard seated on his chair, he appeared to be busy on his laptop.

"Phew, for a moment there I thought you would change your mind, turns out I was wrong," Richard commented with a knowing smile dancing on his face. "Please sit down and have coffee with me, let's get down to business," Richard invited Ryu, pointing at a chair which Ryu quietly sat on,

"Do you mind for coffee?" Richard asked, looking down at the cup filled with warm coffee placed on the table before Ryu. Ryu sighed and picked the cup up, he took a long sip from the coffee without thinking much about it and dropped the cup back on the table, and didn't notice the smirk on Richard's face.

"Let me guess, you need more than a million?" Richard inquired as he leaned forward on his chair with his elbow resting on his table, looking intently at Ryu.

"Yeah, for the divorce," responded Ryu after taking one more sip from the creamy warm coffee. He stared back at Richard whose eyes were solely on him but was quick to look away, feeling embarrassed about asking money from his now sworn enemy.

Ryu hated how everything turned out to be, his mother wasn't supposed to be dead and he wasn't supposed to be around Richard begging for money, how did it go wrong?

"Cool, give me a minute, I'll be right back, Richard replied with a smile on his face and stepped out of the office, leaving Ryu behind and alone in his own thoughts.

As soon as Richard was gone, Ryu sighed and shifted on his chair, feeling uncomfortable and embarrassed. He hated this. 'What am I even doing here?' He questioned himself, he shouldn't be here especially not when his mother could be needing him now.

He should be with her now that she was finally gone, with guilt slowly creeping up his chest, Ryu stood up from where he sat and made it for the door.

However, before he could reach the door, a sudden feeling of dizziness immediately struck him, causing him to groan softly as he placed both his hands on his head where he felt a sharp pain.

The pain soon became worse and in the next seconds, Ryu fell down with a loud thud against the floor and passed out right after. What he didn't know was that his cup of warm creamy coffee had been poisoned and kept specially for him by Richard.