Chapter 53 Childhood
Victor and others were shocked while Vernon was cursing angrily. Memories of the past flashed across Zachary's mind.Belonging to NôvelDrama.Org.
It was more than 20 years ago. Zachary and his mother lived in the house of a rich family in Ludington City not long after he was born.
Zachary was still very young. He didn't know what was going on with his own family, but he could vaguely remember that the rich family treated him and his mother nicely. They provided Zachary and his mother with good clothing and food. However, he could vaguely feel that it was not a type of family affection. It felt as if the family was flattering him and his mother.
Later, he found out that he was living with the Lee family, who was the owner of Healler Hall in Ludington City. Bruno Lee, the master of the family, treated Zachary very well as if he was his blood-related grandson. In many people's eyes, he treated Zachary much better than Vernon, who was his real grandson.
Bruno even mentioned many times that he would let Zachary inherit Healler Hall whenever he had a gathering with the people from the same industry. Many people were shocked, but most of them praised Bruno for being so kind and generous because he treated an outsider so well. He was a benevolent Chinese physician indeed.
Although Zachary's father was not with him since he was born, he had a happy childhood because Bruno treated him very well.
However, everything changed when Zachary turned ten years old. After Bruno came back from Capital City, he changed his attitude towards Zachary and his mother. He no longer cared about them and became indifferent instead. In the end, he even scolded and insulted Zachary and his mother.
Zachary and his mother no longer received good food and clothing, and they were treated terribly. The food was not enough to fill their stomachs and the clothes were not enough to keep them warm. As a result of the tense relationship, they were chased out of Healler Hall without a penny. Bruno even warned them to not come back to Ludington City anymore.
The hard times were one of the tremendous changes in Zachary's life. He had a good life initially, being treated like a prince. However, he became as poor as a beggar in the blink of an eye.
Vernon, who was almost the same age as Zachary, changed his attitude towards him as well. He had never liked Zachary because Zachary was an outsider. However, he could only endure it because his grandfather and father forced him to. But he unleashed all his anger ever since Bruno changed his attitude. He bullied Zachary and called Zachary a little ba*stard without a father.
This was a huge blow to Zachary at that time. He picked a fight with Vernon, and both of them suffered from a lot of injuries. The consequences of this fight were serious, as this fight was one of the contributing factors that caused them to be chased out of the Lee family.
Zachary's mother took him to live in a remote town. Years later, Zachary grew up and asked his mother about the past.
"Who is my father? Where is he? Why did we live in the Lee family? Why did the Lee family treat us very well and then changed their attitude tremendously? What on earth happened?"
Zachary had many questions, but his mother did not disclose anything. She just told him not to have any contact with the Lee family.
A few years ago, his mother gave him a tattered medical book before she passed away, telling him that this medical book was left to him by his father. He had to keep it well.
Zachary did not think much about it after so many years. Also, Harrison's soul was in his body now. These memories had been buried in the deep recesses of his mind. He started to recall these memories only when Vernon scolded him "little b*stard".
Vernon glared at Zachary fiercely. He touched the wound on the back of his head and yelled at the bodyguards around him, "Why are you still standing there? Go ahead and teach this little b*stard a lesson!"
In an instant, the bodyguards swarmed in and surrounded Zachary. Each of them was extremely fierce. Their punches and kicks were aimed at the vital parts of Zachary's body. A normal person would definitely be beaten to death. Zachary narrowed his eyes. He held Lauren in one of his arms to protect her, while he attacked the bodyguards with his other arm. He punched and kicked the bodyguards accurately.
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He did not put in much force to attack the bodyguards, but he aimed at their acupoints. The bodyguards would fall to the ground immobilized if they were hit by him.
In just a few minutes, more than half of the bodyguards had collapsed to the ground. The rest of the bodyguards looked at Zachary warily.
Although Zachary remained expressionless, he was actually struggling to win this fight. He had to rely on his strength and understanding of the acupuncture points to survive because the fighting skills of the bodyguards were much better than his.
Although it seemed as if he had gained the upper hand now, he might not be able to hold on if the bodyguards kept on fighting with him. He needed to protect Lauren at the same time.
Vernon was shocked when he saw that half of his bodyguards were knocked down in the blink of an eye. He grew more furious and roared, "All of you are useless! You can't even deal with an unarmed b*stard. What do I need you for? Kill that little b*stard now!"
Seeing the rest of the bodyguards rushing towards him recklessly, Zachary narrowed his eyes slightly. There was an invisible stream of Qi in his legs. Then, he sped up suddenly. He accelerated past the bodyguards and reached Vernon's side as fast as lightning.
He grabbed Vernon's throat and slapped him three times, sending him into a stunned state.
"How dare you hit me!"
Zachary growled, "This is the price you have to pay for what you said!"
"How dare you! I'm going to kill you!" Vernon roared madly. "Shoot him now!"
The remaining bodyguards took out their guns and pointed at Zachary concurrently.
The onlookers were scared out of their wits. They would have escaped if there were no bodyguards guarding the door. Most of them crumbled to the ground as their legs went weak.
Seeing this, Zachary couldn't help frowning. He didn't expect Vernon to be so arrogant and careless that he dared to use so many guns in public.
"You can shoot me if you like, but I can assure you that your Young Master Lee will be dead." Zachary stared at the bodyguards indifferently. A silver needle suddenly appeared in his hand, and he aimed it at Vernon's temple. Vernon didn't expect him to be so violent. He was trembling in fear and he almost knocked into the silver needle himself.
The bodyguards tensed up. They would not have a good ending if something bad happened to Vernon.
"Drop the guns now!" Zachary demanded sharply.
The bodyguards did not dare to act rashly. "Let go of Young Master Lee!"
At the same time, someone pointed their gun at Lauren. Seeing this, Zachary raised his eyebrows.
The atmosphere became tenser. It was as if the air was filled with gunpowder, and a little spark would immediately cause an eruption.