99. The Scumbag

Translator: Yang Ting

Proofread by Peter Gong

 

“Grandpa, grandpa, do you have a gun? Can you show me?” “No, that thing is dangerous. If you want to play, Grandpa can take you to the army.” “Really?” Really.” “Great, great, grandpa, you’re so amazing, you’re so amazing.” Tiantian admired Murong Zheng so much. “Then can I fly a real plane?” “Yes, you can do whatever you want.”

Murongzheng was alone in his life, and he never thought that there would have such a day when he could eat, chat and play together with his daughter, grandson, and son-in-law, and enjoy family happiness. “Yun Shan, I owed you so much in this life.” After the meal, the three of them personally saw Murong Zheng off. Tiantian was very unwilling to let him go, holding Murong Zheng’s hand tightly. “Grandpa, it’s the weekend tomorrow. I don’t have to go to school. Can you take me to the army? I want to go.” Murong Zheng raised his eyes to look at Huo Yunchen, and then Bai Qingqing.

Tiantain immediately turned his head and shook Huo Yunchen’s hand, “Daddy, daddy, please, let me go, let me go.” Huo Yunchen didn’t answer, then Tiantian turned to Bai Qingqing for help. “Mommy, mommy, you let me go. If I’m not at home, you and daddy can be alone, please.” “Qingqing, you can safely give Tiantian to me, and I will take care of him. I’ll send him back in a couple of days.” Murong Zheng was also very reluctant to part with Tiantian. Having been alone for so many years, he had never felt that separation was a terrible thing.

But now suddenly he had a daughter and a lovely grandson, and his heart was softened in just a few hours. He already missed them before they parted. Bai Qingqing originally wanted to refuse. After all, she didn’t understand this Mr. Murong, but she couldn’t bear to speak when she saw Murongzheng’s sincere eyes. So her eyes turned to Huo Yunchen for help. Huo Yunchen glanced at Murong Zheng, when their eyes met, with the heartfelt request of the elder, and the other with a cold heart of defense.

“Mr. Murong, Tiantian was kidnapped by someone in Lover Bay last time and almost lost his life. After that, Qingqing and I didn’t dare to let him out of our sight.” Huo Yunchen said in a cool tone. Although his face looked smiling, he sounded very alienated. “I see, you don’t trust me.” Murong Zheng looked a little embarrassed, but he still smiled at Tiantian. He reached out and touched Tiantian’s hair, and said to him, “Tiantian, then we’ll go next time. Grandpa is always there, and I will come to see you often.”

Blinking his big eyes and looking at grandpa, Tiantian did not speak but nodded with reluctance, then walked away unhappily. Bai Qingqing knew that he was angry. So she hurried to say goodbye to Murong Zheng, and to chase Tiantian. Huo Yunchen saw Bai Qingqing leaving, and kindly said. “Slow down, don’t worry.”

Murong Zheng could see from his eyes how deeply he was affectionate for his daughter, and his heart was full of satisfaction. “Yun Chen, thank you, thank you for protecting the mother and son so well, thank you for giving her a home and giving her complete love.” Murong Zheng’s voice was deep, with a little roughness. “You don’t need to thank me. I love her and protect her. These are all I should do. But I don’t understand what Mr. Murong intends to do? So many years Qingqing lived a life of being bullied and oppressed. Her innocence was destroyed by the design of the father and son and she almost lost her life. But you never showed up to care about her. Why do you come back now, just to be a irresponsible father and grandpa?”

Huo Yunchen’s tone was as cold as ice, full of hostility and speculation. Murong Zheng bent his head and was silent for a short while before he slowly spoke in pain. “It’s not that I didn’t show up, but that I never knew I have a daughter in this world.” “Huh-don’t know? As a man, you make a woman pregnant. But you calmly excuse yourself in three words.” Huo Yunchen sneered disdainfully, his eyes growing colder and colder.

How could such a man who was irresponsible deserve his mother’s ruining her life for him? Murong Zheng lowered his head, sighed long, looking at his shadow and saying in a deep voice: “It’s my fault, I’m too indecisive. If I had told your mother earlier my relationship with Yunshan and earlier proposed to Yunshan, perhaps things would not become so now. Yunshan won’t die, and Qingqing won’t have to suffer so much.”

“Wait, you said that you and Xia Yunshan are truly in love? What about you and Shen Qingyue? What are your feelings for her?” “Qingyue is Yunshan’s best friend and also my good friend.” “Friend? Just friend?” “Yes, I have always regarded her as a friend, but she loved me. Because of this, Yunshan has always been afraid that she can’t stand the blow, so she will not let me make known my relationship with her.”

“Murong Zheng, since you have never loved my mother, why did you give her hope? Do you know that she has been thinking that it is Xia Yunshan who robs you? Do you know how hard her life has been for your sake all these years? You stepped on two boats and killed the lives of two women. In the end, you just treat her as a friend in your heart.” Huo Yunchen was indignant when he heard what he said, yelled in a low voice, and subconsciously clenched his fists.

If he weren’t the father of Qingqing, he must have hit him. Murong Zheng was astonished, as if he didn’t know everything he said. He stretched out his hand to grab Huo Yunchen, staring at him with scorching eyes, and quickly and eagerly defended: “It was five years since I left for the mission. Only after I came back did I know that your mother had married Huo Zhien and gave birth to you. I was going to marry Yunshan. Our wedding room was set up, but I was a soldier and I must obey the order. I thought Yunshan would wait for me, but I didn’t expect that she had married someone else when I came back. I thought I was the one who was abandoned. I even hated Yunshan for many years. Only when I accidentally met Qingqing in the cemetery that day did I realize that I let Yunshan down. But I have a clear conscience for your mother.”

His arm strength was great, and Huo Yunchen couldn’t break free from his confinement for a long time. They looked at each other with hostility. “I always thought that the union of the two of you is to fulfill the wish of your mother and Yunshan. But now it seems that your mother has misunderstood Yunshan, and you have misunderstood me. If any of you bully my daughter, I will not let any of you go.” Murong Zheng’s eyes were full of aggressiveness and sharpness as a veteran.

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