After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 647: He’s Just an Ingrate

Chapter 647: Chapter 647: He’s Just an Ingrate

Shi Kanshan snorted coldly, "You’re my son! I was thinking, there’s a blood relation between you, Sister Yaoguang, and me, even though it’s a bit distant, at least it’s there."

"So what?" Shi Fan’s expression still carried a hint of disdain.

Clearly, he had little understanding of Shi Kanshan’s role as a father.

Alright, mainly because Shi Kanshan’s ideas were too bizarre.

Shi Fan couldn’t see eye to eye with him.

He asked that question to see just how shameless Shi Kanshan could get.

And the result confirmed that Shi Kanshan was truly shameless.

How shameless?

Shameless to the extent that... Shi Fan wished he could smash his head in right there and then.

"Shi Kanshan, can you have some shame?" Shi Fan roared, "Don’t think you can do whatever you want just because you fathered me."

"Let me tell you, I am me, and you are you! If you want to expand and glorify the Shi Family, that’s your business! Whatever you want to do, that’s also your business! Even if you skirt the edges of the law and end up in jail, that’s still your business! It has nothing to do with me!"

"I won’t come to you for any benefits when you’re successful, and I hope you’ll keep to the rules too. Don’t even think about using me to achieve whatever goals you have!"

"You say you won’t use me, and you won’t?" Shi Kanshan clearly refused, "No matter what, you are my son! As a son, is it really that hard to help your old man out a little?"

"Heh," Shi Fan sneered coldly, "I advise you to be clear that I do not consider you my father."

This statement was also a warning from Shi Fan, "I don’t see you as my dad, so... if you’re doing something I don’t want to see, you’d better rein it in, otherwise, I don’t mind fratricide."

"What did you say?" Shi Kanshan couldn’t help but raise his pitch, "You little bastard! You dare!"

"What wouldn’t I dare?"

Shi Fan was fearless.

Shi Kanshan sneered, "Aren’t you afraid you’ll be implicated as well?"

"Why would I be implicated?"

Shi Fan was disdainful, as if he took her for insignificant.

What competence did this person have?

It was merely thinking he could do wrong under the guise of this bit of kinship, but he hadn’t considered that Shi Fan truly no longer wanted to accept him.

Shi Fan’s determination was the crucial winning factor.

Unfortunately, Shi Kanshan did not understand this point at all.

And precisely because he didn’t understand, after being rejected by Shi Yaoguang, he expressed his bafflement fully.

"What’s so strange about that?" Shi Yaoguang curled her lips, a touch of mockery appearing on her face: "If I don’t hold the Shi Family accountable for all the suffering Xiaofan has endured at your house over the years, I’ve already shown mercy and righteousness. Could it be..."

"You still expect me to look out for the Shi Family because of Xiaofan?"

That was exactly Shi Kanshan’s intention, and he felt he had made it very clear.

Seeming to know what he was thinking, Shi Yaoguang immediately shook her head and said, "I advise you, it’s best not to harbor such thoughts."

"Otherwise..."

She drew out her words, "Things might progress to a stage beyond my control."

Hearing this, Shi Kanshan clearly didn’t believe it.

"How could this be beyond your control? I believe, as long as you’re willing, you can definitely help the Shi Family!"

Listening to his eager voice, Shi Yaoguang nodded her head, "I indeed know how to help the Shi Family, but... why should I do it?"

"When you came to ask me, why didn’t you consider the consequences if I rejected you?"

This question...

He really hadn’t thought about it.

He simply couldn’t believe that Shi Yaoguang would truly reject him.

After all, he was Shi Fan’s biological father!

Shi Yaoguang wanted Shi Fan to be her younger brother, to honor his old father, wasn’t that right?

"Right?"

Quan Jinbei scoffed lightly, shattering his illusion: "If you insist on dragging Shi Fan into this, the Shi Family will soon cease to exist."

"How can you guys be like this?" Shi Kanshan wore an expression of great grievance.

"Doing this... you are simply bullying me!"

"Bullying you?"

Shi Yaoguang snapped her fingers, "Since you’ve said so, if I don’t act on it, I would seem a bit sorry for you."

Upon hearing this, his face immediately changed, and he hurriedly said, "No, no, I didn’t mean that!"

"Didn’t mean that?" Shi Yaoguang frowned, seemingly struggling to accept his words, "You may not have meant it, but... I took it seriously. Now, what should we do about it?"

Upon hearing this, his face turned a few shades paler, his gaze once again falling on Shi Fan.

But this time, he restrained himself a lot.

He no longer flaunted his status as Shi Fan’s biological father; instead, he was somewhat pleading.

"Shi Fan... Xiaofan, listen to your dad. Everything Dad did in the past was for you!"

"Think about it, if Dad hadn’t worked hard to make the Shi Family thrive, what would you have eaten or drunk while growing up?"

"Without the Shi Family, you simply couldn’t survive! Have you considered these practical issues?"

Listening to his anxious words, Shi Fan turned his head and chuckled lightly, "I am indeed very curious about the issues you’re raising."

"However..."

He paused for a moment, his smile tinged with a hint of sarcasm, "Even if what you’re saying makes sense, what difference does it make?"

Shi Kanshan was stunned, not expecting that despite his clarity, Shi Fan still couldn’t understand him.

This made him somewhat angry.

He couldn’t help but raise his voice, "Shi Fan! If you’re unwilling to help me, that’s ingratitude! You’re an ingrate!"

"Ingrate?" Shi Fan murmured the word, bowing his head, his smile filled with desolation.

When he ran away from home, aside from feeling utterly disillusioned with that household, he also harbored a slight hope.

He thought that his father had just been too busy before, totally overlooking his issues. He believed that once he left home, his father would notice and certainly care about his feelings.

He was convinced that his father, who loved him so much, couldn’t bear to see him upset.

In his heart, he made all sorts of excuses for his father.

But what about him?

What he got in return was the cruelest answer.

Shi Fan knew very well that his departure from home, aside from pleasing that woman, wouldn’t make a ripple.

How ironic?

The man who kept saying that he was running the household all for his sake showed an indifferent attitude once he left.

Thinking of all this, and comparing it with his father’s constant claims of doing it all for him, Shi Fan couldn’t help but harden his face.

Shi Kanshan felt somewhat guilty under his gaze, but he wouldn’t acknowledge it.

He wasn’t willing to admit that he didn’t love Shi Fan that much.

Or rather...

The only person he loved was himself.

Shi Fan was just incidental.

No.

Strictly speaking, Shi Fan couldn’t even count as incidental.

Shi Fan...

He could only be considered a drag, at best.

Thinking this, Shi Kanshan couldn’t help but shiver.

How could he have such thoughts?

He clearly loved Shi Fan!

That’s right.

The words he had said to Shi Yaoguang weren’t completely about pleasing her; a large part of them were indeed his genuine thoughts!