I Am Extraordinary Alone
Chapter 515 - 513: The Price of Maturity

Chapter 515: Chapter 513: The Price of Maturity

"Mom, if you want to come in the future, just come right in," Wei Tianyang said.

His mother walked to the bedside and said, "I’m just afraid of disturbing your work, managing such a large hotel must not be easy."

"There’s nothing... this hotel... I actually haven’t managed it much, it’s all left to my partners to operate," Wei Tianyang said.

"I’m not saying I don’t trust your partners, but for such a massive enterprise, it’s more secure to keep a firm grip on it yourself. If you leave everything to outsiders, you might end up being marginalized," his mother expressed some worry.

Wei Tianyang couldn’t help but give a wry smile. His mother didn’t quite understand his current situation. She only knew he was very powerful—presidents of many countries would give him face. Now, he was running a hotel, engaged in a big business, having seemingly settled down.

Other than that, his mother knew nothing more and didn’t think further.

"Don’t worry, Mom, they’re reliable," Wei Tianyang said with a smile.

"Still, it’s better not to trust outsiders too much. Your dad suffered a lot because of that... lending his ID card to others to apply for credit cards, even acting as a guarantor for others... Thinking about it now, it’s all because we were uneducated. You haven’t studied much either, and now you finally have such a large enterprise... Don’t end up like your father..." his mother started to nag.

Wei Tianyang sighed and said, "Let’s not talk about him, Mom. His life is full of failures. The only correct thing he did in his life was marrying you. Apart from that, he never did anything proper. What did he do after all... What was he even thinking? Without him, we wouldn’t have fallen to such lows in Chicken Snake Country, suffering for so long."

"He’s still your father, and besides, he’s already dead. Don’t talk about him like that. Moreover, without that experience, you wouldn’t have the life you have now, right?" his mother said.

Wei Tianyang got a bit angry, raising his voice slightly, "Mom, that’s not right to say. Are you saying... that I should be grateful to that idiot?!"

"Yang... how can you talk about your father like that!" his mother also got angry.

"He racked up gambling debts that he should have settled himself! But you foolishly followed him abroad, even giving up the digital identity tag of Yin Country. What did you see in him? Why didn’t you divorce him then?! A simple mooncake kept you pining for so long! What were you thinking at the time?! I’m not pitiful for lacking a father, but having that father is the real misfortune!" Wei Tianyang said angrily.

"Wei Tianyang! You..." His mother hadn’t expected Wei Tianyang to speak so harshly and was so angry she didn’t know what to say.

Wei Tianyang took a deep breath, a small black, rock-like horn protruding from his forehead. He touched it and pushed it back in.

"Mom, let’s not talk about the past. It’s safe here, and the people around can be trusted. They won’t betray me, they don’t dare. They can’t afford that kind of consequence," he said.

"Yang... you, you’ve changed... you weren’t like this before. You wouldn’t talk like this, you used to be quite gentle," his mother sighed.

"Mom, 20 years have passed. I’ve gone through a lot. People do change. If someone stays the same at 15 and 35, that’s really a wasted life. It would mean that he hasn’t made any progress in 20 years, living in a set environment, being eliminated along with it. Mom, you and Dad, that’s the kind of people you are. You’re pitiable and tragic. I’ve seen quite a few such people over these 20 years. They haven’t seen the world, haven’t enjoyed any luxuries, and have never even had a moment’s respite. So, they can’t resist the slightest temptation, are moved by the slightest gain, and end up either conned or deceived. I’ve saved such people. I pity them, I’ve sheltered them, but I don’t cry for them. I’ve become full of hostility because this world has no place for the good-hearted. Those who act on their whims, disregarding laws and restrictions, are the ones that gain respect. Law-abiding people, on the other hand, face difficulties at every turn. That’s the world I see. I’ve become strong, not because of my father, but because of myself. Don’t attribute drama to him," Wei Tianyang said.

"You’ve grown up, and your mother can’t control you anymore... Ah... your mother isn’t even alive now... so what can I do..." his mother lamented.

"You’ve transcended life and death. You have things you can’t let go of, so you’ve become one of the deceased. You said Dad hanged himself. I never saw him, which means he had nothing he couldn’t let go of. All he wanted was to escape. He didn’t have you or me in his heart. Why do you insist on remembering him? You are my mother. You can’t let a foolish man consume you over a mere mooncake. I don’t want my mother to be that kind of foolish woman," Wei Tianyang said.

As he spoke, a red light flickered in his eyes.

"You... are you threatening your mother...?" his mother asked, somewhat frightened, as she took a few steps back and whispered.

"No, not at all. I..." Wei Tianyang took a deep breath, then turned away, continuing, "I’ve been like this in how I speak and act for years. I’ve grown up, Mom. It’s different from back in 2106."

"You’ve turned bad... the Netherworld King told me... said you killed many people, so they’ve been too scared to come for you directly. I didn’t believe it then..." his mother shook her head.

"I’ve turned bad?" Wei Tianyang turned his head, his sclera turning black with red pupils casting a faint red glow.

"I have killed many people, maybe a few million, haha... So what? Mom, do you think just spending money is enough to run a hotel in a foreign country? Do you think that’s why those presidents always want to shake hands with me?" Wei Tianyang chuckled coldly, then continued, "Without those millions of dead people, they wouldn’t even know my name."

His mother fell silent. Wei Tianyang paid her no mind and just watched her sitting on the bed, sighing with resignation.

Whatever she was thinking, she had to come to terms with her current self.

Wei Tianyang felt some contempt for his mother now. His father’s actions had shown a complete lack of ability to support a family. His mother had married him, born him children, and devotedly followed him, no matter what he did.

What was that?

It merely showed that his mother, too, was a person with lazy thoughts, only hoping his father would solve everything. Whatever problem arose, as long as the husband was there, it was fine to let him do the thinking, whatever he said went.

Otherwise, she stayed for the children.

To give the children a complete family, she felt the need to persist. This way of thinking was also common.

Many women do that, forcing themselves to stick with a worthless man, living a difficult life.

But is that truly right?

Do children really need such a miserable family?

That’s a torment.

Wei Tianyang didn’t think that was something worth persisting in. His mother got caught up in self-pity, leading to all that followed.

His current life was earned while lying on an operating table under a drill and was fought for with violence.

The world itself is meaningless. Mortals, destined to die, can’t create anything significant.

Only the immortal ones are fit to consider the future of the world.