Rebirth of the Cannon Fodder in the Entertainment Circle
Chapter 426 - 425 Thank You for Letting Go

Chapter 426: Chapter 425 Thank You for Letting Go

Luo Yicheng leisurely drank a sip of wine, tossing a couple of peanuts into his mouth from the table.

He firmly replied, "I’m not going."

Family Head Luo took another deep breath, suppressing the urge to slap his son to death. That irresponsible and extravagant demeanor was too irksome to bear.

"Don’t you want to see your wife and child?"

He added, "I’ll be going to the Imperial Capital myself in a couple of days, you can come with me."

This was a well-considered plan. He hoped to retrieve the Yanyue Blade from Luo Ning’s hands, and taking his son with him might increase their chances.

Moreover, the Luo Family and Luo Ning weren’t at the point of life-and-death enmity yet. Perhaps, with the son acting as a mediator, their relationship could be eased.

Now that Luo Ning had grown to a point where suppressing him was difficult, it was better to win him over than to suppress him.

Luo Yicheng understood his father very well. Seeing this behavior, he knew exactly what kind of scheme the other party was plotting.

Since he had long lost hope and had no expectations, he wasn’t sad or chilled by this. After all, he was used to it.

He wouldn’t fall for it, "Fate will bring us together again naturally. I won’t force it."

Family Head Luo: "..."

He laughed out of sheer anger, "Fine, if you don’t want to go out, then never step outside for the rest of your life."

Luo Yicheng shrugged, "When I want to go out, I will naturally do so. You don’t need to worry about that, dad."

"Good, good!" Family Head Luo sneered, "I would like to see how you’re going to go out on your own."

After saying this, he turned around to leave.

But Luo Yicheng called out from behind, "Dad, I have a question I’d like to ask for your advice. Could you enlighten me?"

Family Head Luo turned around somewhat perplexed and asked, "What question?"

A cunning look appeared in Luo Yicheng’s eyes, "Dad, our family’s ’fake widow,’ did you secretly take her virginity?"

"Actually, if you wanted to leave a descendant for my elder brother, you could’ve just taken the fake widow for yourself. Why use me as an excuse to cover it up?"

"After all, mom likes the fake widow so much, being a daughter-in-law is not as close as being a sister."

"It’s good that my poor elder brother is underground; that way, he doesn’t have to live with the grasslands you parents have forced upon his head, avoiding a death filled with unrest!"

Again, he spoke with piercing sarcasm.

In this family, the ones he truly had affection for were only his elder brother and his younger sister.

Family Head Luo never expected his son to say such things and couldn’t hold back, spitting out a mouthful of blood in rage, "Wretch, you wretch."

If this wasn’t his only son, he would have certainly kicked him out of the family. What sort of words were these? Every sentence struck at the heart!

Speaking of his eldest son, Family Head Luo said with a hint of sorrow, "Your elder brother is no longer with us. At least accumulate some verbal virtue."

Suddenly, Luo Yicheng burst into laughter, "This is the funniest joke I’ve ever heard."

"You actually remember that my elder brother is gone and that he deserves respect."

"I just don’t understand, if you respect him so much, why do you always want to dishonor him even after his death?"

"Do you dare to put your hand on your chest and ask yourself, who indirectly caused his death?"

Then he laughed mockingly at himself, "Actually, it’s good that my elder brother died, so he wouldn’t have to live a life that was not his own."

"Being forced to marry a woman he did not love, to become a puppet on strings for our parents, indeed, living like that would be meaningless."

He had a very good relationship with his elder brother and knew that his brother never had any love for Lou Yinghua.

My eldest brother developed a liking for the young girl who had served by his side since childhood, yet his mother discovered his feelings.

Thus, she went to the Lou Family to adopt Lou Yinghua and brought her back to be my brother’s bride, disguising it as cultivating affection from an early age, claiming they were childhood sweethearts destined to double their happiness.

My brother, because of his responsible shoulders towards the Luo Family, along with his youthful affection being merely a fleeting young love, as well as his respect for his parents, agreed to this marriage.

My brother believed that since he had agreed to marry Lou Yinghua, he should be responsible and personally ended that innocent love from his youth.

The young girl was also sent away from the island by my brother.

More than a decade later, my brother had long since lost his fondness for the young girl with the passage of time and never inquired after her life.

He had nearly forgotten that youthful flutter of his younger years.

He tried to be affectionate and considerate towards his fiancée Lou Yinghua, never straying in mind or body.

But Lou Yinghua always remembered my brother’s affair with the young girl and wanted to remove the thorn from her heart.

So she found out about the young girl’s situation, and even though the other had married and had children, Lou Yinghua did not let go.

She orchestrated an accident, not only did the young girl die, but her husband and son perished with her.

But no one expected that my eldest brother would inadvertently find out about it.

My brother never imagined that Lou Yinghua could be so cruel and heartless, and he regretted and felt guilty for causing the death of an innocent family of three because of a youthful infatuation.

My brother simply couldn’t bear to live with such a poisonous woman as Lou Yinghua any longer, so he brought the matter to our mother.

Yet, our mother took Lou Yinghua’s side, believing that the young girl who once tried to seduce her eldest son had never been good and now that she’s dead, there was no need to dwell on it anymore.

Because of this, my brother became withdrawn and depressed, and during that time was so absent-minded that he suffered an accidental death while out.

This was known only within our family and became a taboo.

Now, as Luo Yicheng brought it up, Family Head Luo’s complexion changed, "Enough, stop talking."

Luo Yicheng sneered, "How dare you do it, yet not dare to have it mentioned?"

"My brother and little sister suffered because of you all, ending up either dead or solitary."

"Even me, if it weren’t for staying true to my own heart and resisting, I would be facing a situation with my wife and children gone, and on top of that, you’re trying to force a cuckold’s hat on me."

"Dad, I’m really curious, do you and mom feel guilty at all for everything you’ve done?"

Family Head Luo touched the blood at the corner of his mouth, "So you all hate us?"

Luo Yicheng honestly said, "Hate is not quite the word, but resentment and blame, yes, there’s plenty of that."

"And in the future, please never come to me and my sister to talk about feelings or to play the card of kinship; our affection for you has long been worn away by so many years of your deeds."

Family Head Luo seemed to have aged considerably, "Good, you really are something."

He was uneasy inside but forced a cold laugh, "As if we need you to look after us in our old age."

He also never imagined that having given birth to three children, things would end up like this.

He refused to admit it was the result of him and his wife’s doing. He thought this son was just a troublemaker, always hitting where it hurt most.

Luo Yicheng’s face carried a smile, "Of course you don’t need us for your old age, you’ll certainly not be left alone and helpless in the future."

"After all, you have my mom, and with her being so manipulative, only you could put up with her. Just harm each other and be done with it."

He even raised his fist to Family Head Luo in a mock gesture of thanks, "Thanks for letting us be, I speak for my sister as well, we appreciate it!"

"Rest assured, we rebellious sons and daughters will definitely not be a thorn in your eyes in the future."

He never thought of returning to the Luo Family to live with these two in the future. He couldn’t stand his mother’s antics; he certainly didn’t want to subject his wife and children to that.

Since there’s no affection anyway, why force mutual disgust?