63 The Beginnings of Greatness

"Someone better tell me what the fuck happened and why none of you called me when she was hurt?" He stared at three of his brothers noticing Chen in the corner of the room. "What the fuck is she doing here?"

"Here," Dante passed Wang his phone, "Press play and you'll understand."

Wang watched as the camera switched on to show Changying walking up the street towards it and Chen come out of a shop to stop her. He watched as the camera got close enough to pick up the voice of Chen calling her white trash and insulting Chunhua. He was quite proud of the way Changying had stood her ground, reminding him of his first meeting with her. Then he heard her reference to Baozhai and did a double take. He continued to listen as Chen threatened Changying and grabbed her as she tried to walk away only to threaten her again.

"Why did you let her walk alone if you had seen her at the restaurant and why was the video rolling instead of intervening and stopping the argument before Changying got hurt?" Wang's anger was, even more, palpable in the room now as he lifted his head to face his brothers.

"She was holding her own, she wasn't taking any of the shit Chen was saying, the crazy bitch moved so fast once Changying walked away that we couldn't have stopped it," Emilio defended Dante, who he knew, should have stepped in earlier.

"I'm not the bad guy here, she was winning that argument, and it would have been a victory for her after what happened at your firm," Dante said. "I wasn't going to step in before she said what needed to be said."

"Well you're here, so you obviously know the whole story," Wang turned to Ben.

"One of you show her out if Changying decides to press charges in the morning the police can pick her up," Ben indicated Chen, who Wang totally ignored as she was escorted from the room.

"What do you mean if she presses charges?" Wang shouted, "She can barely walk."

"She said she was fine," Dante spluttered. "I was in that office with her the whole time until Jack arrived."

"She hurt her hip when she fell," Wang grumbled stony-faced.

"Here's what I know," Ben said indicating that Wang should sit. He went through the strange call Jack got from Baozhai and how he had tagged along for lunch surprising Baozhai, who had asked Jack to chaperone. He mentioned the odd way Baozhai reacted when she saw Chen enter the restaurant and her explanation for it. Then the way he had tried to walk Changying back but Baozhai had delayed him with several excuses until Changying left determined that she didn't need an escort from Jack, who had no reason to walk that far. Jack called Lio, and the twins got there a few moments before the argument happened.

Chen was a bit shocked that Baozhai had denied all knowledge and had tried to make it seem like a happy coincidence that Chen had been there today. Seems Baozhai was counting on the fact that Jack had never met Chen because Chen had said she didn't know Jack. He saw her that day he went to pick up Changying for lunch from your office, but he had just never been close enough to her to have to introduce himself." Ben explained.

"Who else knows?" Wang asked.

"Just Jack and the twins," Ben said carefully. "What do you want to do?"

"Nothing," Wang said coldly. "Baozhai will learn the lesson needed trust me. Chen will be out of our lives after Baozhai betrayed her like that and probably make sure that she loses face with her friends. Don't tell the family. We don't need another fuck up like what happened to Lucy."

"Baozhai went too far," Dante cut in, "Mama warned her what would happen. She deserves what she gets."

"Changying blamed herself and was crying while apologising to me when she left. I'm not going to let her blame herself for a big family drama, and she would. There are better ways to deal with my loving sister." His voice was hard and cold when he spoke of Baozhai. "I'll let you know if Changying decides to press charges but I doubt it, she hates drama like this." He understood now why she had begged to go home, and that was precisely where he needed to be. He stood, and looked at his brothers. "Thanks for sorting it out, but there's a woman I love who needs me right now."

Ben watched his youngest brother carefully gauging his reaction. He could see the bunched muscles and the tight jawline of a man barely holding his anger in check. Dante opened his mouth as if to speak again but Ben cut him off with a look.

"Call me in the morning and let us know how she is feeling," Ben said, "I'm sorry Wang."

"Not your fault," He said in the same cold, unemotional voice pausing at the door. "I think it's time I became a family man," he added meaningfully. "We'll talk on the weekend." Then he left closing the door behind him.

"Baozhai's not gonna like that," Dante whistled.

"Not one bit," Ben chuckled. "I imagine she's not gonna like a lot of things Wang does in the next few weeks."

"Wang seemed calm when he left, what did I miss?" Emilio asked as he came back into the office.

"The beginnings of greatness," Dante laughed, "And we're going to have front row seats."

Dante admired his little brother. Unlike himself, Wang had never been impulsive or reactionary, he thought things through and knew exactly what needed to be done in any given situation. He had to admit he was impressed with the restraint he had just shown them all in his reactions to the incident.