Translator: Eyljee
Editor: Alysia
At about nine o’clock in the evening, Mr. Chen returned home. The muffled sound of a man, woman and child talking intermingled in a lively manner.
The time when the teenager comes to collect their living expenses every month was fixed, and Mr. Chen would make sure that his wife and child aren’t at home to avoid meeting them.
This was the first time he had heard how warm and harmonious his father’s new home was. Listening intently, the great beauty squeezed his fingers and said, “You go ahead and sit on the couch.”
The suppressant worked well. His body was no longer feverish and looked no different from its normal state.
The great beauty opened the door and nodded to Mr. Chen. The kid who had just entered their home was curious so he probed out to see. Mr. Chen also smiled at him and greeted, “Good evening.”
“Good evening.” The great beauty went straight to the point, “Could you please come and sit in my house? I have something I would like to talk to you about.”
Mr. Chen was obviously a little confused. His child was quite lively, and before the father could reply, the child called out, “What is it, what is it?”
The great beauty smiled at him, “I can’t tell it to kids.”
Although he did not understand what he meant, Mr. Chen agreed. He handed the bag in his hand to his wife, and followed him into the door of his house.
The moment the great beauty closed the door, Mr. Chen saw the youth sitting on the sofa.
He momentarily stiffened, and then, he quickly turned his head to his neighbor. “What do you want to talk to me about?”
The great beauty gazed at him.
“Why are you so tense?” The great beauty said, “Your know it in your heart, right?”
When Mr. Chen didn’t speak, the great beauty said, “This isn’t something that can be solved overnight. Let’s sit down and talk slowly.”
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Mr. Chen didn’t look good. He hesitated but did not leave. He chose the side of the single sofa to sit down. The teenager kept his head down and didn’t say anything, so the big beauty sat down next to him, poured a cup of hot tea and placed it in front of Mr. Chen.
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Mr. Chen responded, “…don’t know.”
The great beauty asked him, “Do you have a clue?”
Sweat broke out on Mr. Chen’s forehead as he said, “No.”
“Did he often carry so many wounds whenever he came to you before, too?”
Mr. Chen paused for a moment before saying, “Yes.”
“You amaze me.” The great beauty said, “I always thought you were a good father who loved and cared for his children, but I never thought you could be so cold-bloodedly familiar with another child that you would abandon and turn a blind eye on your own child who repeatedly carried unnatural wounds on him. Have you never asked once? You’re not even a bit concerned, not even curious, about the reason why he was beaten?”
Mr. Chen glanced uneasily at the teenager and quickly averted his eyes.
“What are you trying to say?” Mr. Chen said quickly. “If you just want to say he’s hurt, I can give money for his treatment for a few times. Will five be enough?”
The great beauty looked at him, “You seem to be afraid to talk about the reason for his injury.”
“I just don’t think it makes sense…”
“Actually, you already know it.” The great beauty poked him, “The injuries on his body were caused by his mother.”
Mr. Chen shut his mouth.
His own father showed such an attitude, but the youth seemed indifferent. The great beauty couldn’t help looking at him and frowned, wanting to lend him the strength to hold his hand.
The great beauty continued, “What exactly his mother did to him, do you know?”
Chen stammered, “It…has nothing to do with me…”
“Can you isolate the genes in him that belong to you?”
Mr. Chen: “……”
“He’s your biological child, what do you mean he has nothing to do with you?” The great beauty voiced in an unpleasant tone. “You know his mother isn’t normal, right? I guess maybe his mother even harassed you or had something she could use against you, otherwise why would you be so secretive? That’s why you completely left him behind eventhough you know that his mother was abusing him, right?”
He stopped using honorifics and his tone became nonchalant.
Mr. Chen, his forehead covered with sweat, slapped the table. “Mr. Rong, I don’t want to turn against you. You should mind less about other people’s domestic affairs. His mother has his custody, and I’ve been kind enough to pay his living expenses on time every month. If you only feel bad and don’t want to see his wounds, then I don’t mind being responsible for his medical bills as well….”
“Why do you only care about what I think, yet you don’t ask him what he thinks?”
His tone remained nonchalant, but his question was sharp, bringing Mr. Chen’s words to a screeching halt.
The bangs covered the youth’s face, so he couldn’t see his expression.
The great beauty’s heart ached in pain once more.
No one ever cared what the boy thought. In the eyes of those around him, glands, desires, money, prestige; all those things were far more important than him.
The great beauty caught his hand and wrapped it with his palm, as if sheltering him under his wings.
“Xiao Xun,” the great beauty called softly. “Look at me.”
The teenager obediently lifted his head.
“You turned me down when I said I wanted to invite your father over, saying you didn’t want to intrude on his life,” said the great beauty. “Now I’ll give you the right to decide.”
Hearing the first half of the sentence, Mr. Chen was stunned for a moment and looked at him in surprise.
The great beauty stared at him without blinking. “Tell me, what is it that you want to happen?”
The youth’s pupils were pure black without any trace of impurities. His eyes sharply contrasted under the lamp light, frozen open.
The great beauty conveyed his encouragement to him through his gaze.
Maybe he still has a soft spot for his parents, or perhaps it’s to hold on. Perhaps, to outsiders, these feelings were weaknesses and obsessions he refused to acknowledge, things that must be discarded even if they bleed out.
But in the eyes of the great beauty, it was all part of him.
It should also be his choice whether to have it severed or not.
The child who has always been a marionette needs to take his first step and speak what was hidden in his heart.
And no matter what he would say, the great beauty chose to stand behind him.
Because it’s his life, and his own decision.
He and the young man stared at each other for a long time before he answered in a hoarse voice, “I want to leave my mom….”
The great beauty simply held his hand tightly and replied, “Good.”
He turned again to face Mr. Chen. He called the hesitating middle-aged man, “Mr. Chen.”
“I don’t think what I want you to do is complicated. I don’t necessarily require you to take back Xiao Xun’s custody; you just need to assist me in getting his mother diagnosed with a mental illness only, or through other means, so she could lose custody. I can bear all of Xiao Xun’s future life expenses afterwards.” The great beauty added, “Also, you need to say sorry to him.”
Mr. Chen looked at the teenager in silence.
He didn’t retort as before, and just said in a low voice, “I’m sorry…”
He stood up and unconsciously approached his son who hadn’t spoken in a long time and opened his arms.
But the teenager didn’t hug him, and instead hid behind the great beauty.
His belated, sudden awakening apology wasn’t received, but was simply discarded in an empty and unfamiliar corner.
Too late for apologies jerk face.
Thanks for the chapter! (￣へ ￣ 凸ﾌﾝ
One parent worse than the other,,,,wuwuwu I want Xiao Xun to be okay
Xiao Xun taking another step to reclaim his life back 😭😭😭
scum parents!!
Too late for apologies asshole. Hope you regret and suffer all your life.
UGHHH I WANT TO BEAT UP THESE TWO SCUM PPL WHO DO NOT DESERVE TO BE CALLED PARENTS IN THE FACE WITH A SHARP KNIFE 😡🔪
Yes yes yes
Both the parents are utter scum! I’m so glad he now has someone who is firmly in his corner rooting for him!
stop with the acting old man.. i am sure if he was asked to take the custody of xun he would have flinched. sick.
you think your son would come to hug you since you never harass him like his mother? no. you are a madman in his eyes too, who only looking at him and do nothing, it’s sicker that way
continue banging Mr Chen to the wall
it’s too late, but i hope you will do a good job in terms of the custody of Xiao Xun. ai thank u for the chapter~
I hope the father will be haunted in his nightmares forever because of his guilty conscience. He doesn’t deserve happiness with his new family after he abandoned Xiao Xun😠
Apologize my Aunt Fanny!!!! the dad should also go to jail, complete disregard for the life of his own kid…
Thank you!
this set parents are really…😢I mean when the dad could clearly take care of that lil child yet he refused to take care of his teenager…and left a scar..which will take time to heal..not even bothering to help him from his mentally unstable mother.
“Can you isolate the genes in him that belong to you?”
I adore the beauty so very, very much.
That a good step for the better future, both parents are horrible but I hope the father really help him to leave his mother
How does he have the face to even think his apology will be accepted, much more, a hug.
What a trashy ‘parents’.