Chapter 692 What’s Important is Interest

"Of course my eldest brother tried to stop me, but..." Huo Dongcheng took a sip of water, "It's useless. No one can stop Dad from making a decision. Dad is a playboy."

Huo Junshan had always held a high position in Huo Donglin's heart. After hearing what Huo Dongcheng said, Huo Donglin couldn't accept the collapse of his father's image and couldn't help but retort, "It's possible that Xue Jun seduced him."

"Seduction?" Huo Dongcheng smiled. "You are so young, do you know what seduction means?"

"I heard that with someone like Dad's status, many women would want to get close to him, so they would seduce him."

Huo Donglin attended a private boarding school where tuition was expensive and most of the students were from wealthy families.

He had heard that several of his classmates' fathers had mistresses outside. At that time, he was still glad that his father and mother were very loving, but he didn't expect to be slapped in the face so soon.

"Dongli, what do you think of Big Brother?"

"Very impressive." Huo Donglin looked at him admiringly.

They had a huge age gap, seldom met each other, and their relationship was not very close, but he had always admired his elder brother. From the words of his mother and outsiders, he also knew that his elder brother was very capable. He was able to apply to study abroad entirely based on his own grades and abilities, and had nothing to do with his family background.

"In terms of appearance, who is better, me or Dad?"

"Of course it's Big Brother."

The emperor is old.

"On body shape?"

"That's also Big Brother."

"On wealth?"

Huo Donglin thought for a moment, "Dad has more money? But my eldest brother is definitely not bad either. Besides, he is still young and has more potential."

"Besides, Big Brother is unmarried. Do you think there are many people who seduce Big Brother?"

"...Should there be a lot?" Huo Donglin tilted his head.

"Yes, there are indeed many, but there are no women around Big Brother, do you understand?"

Huo Donglin opened his mouth and looked at Huo Dongcheng in surprise.

Really.

He suddenly realized that his elder brother still had no girlfriend and no scandals.

Even though he is young, he has heard a lot in the circle, such as his eldest brother's friend Chen Chuan, who changes girlfriends very frequently.

Huo Donglin couldn't help but ask, "Brother, don't you like women?"

"..." Huo Dongcheng shook his head. "No, Big Brother just wants to tell you that if a man is determined, no matter how a woman seduces him, it will be useless. Being seduced away by a woman outside can only mean that he is not determined in his feelings. He is a person with low morals."

"Oh...oh..." Huo Donglin was stunned for a few seconds and lowered his head in disappointment.

In other words, it was because the father was not firm enough that he was seduced away by the woman.

Dad has low morals, which is why he cheated on his wife.

In his eyes, his elder brother is already very powerful.

Even his eldest brother couldn't stop his father, so he was even less capable.

"Dad is a powerful man. He has a mistress outside. What can we do?" Huo Dongcheng said earnestly, "If we try to stop him, the relationship between father and son will only get worse."

Of course, these words only apply to the young Huo Donglin.

If his biological mother were still alive and being treated like this by Huo Junshan, Huo Dongcheng would not mind letting Huo Junshan retire early and go to a nursing home to recuperate.

Huo Donglin thought of the heated arguments he had seen between his eldest brother and his father. His mother had warned him to try his best to listen to his father and make him happy, instead of confronting his father like his eldest brother did.

Because he doesn't have the support of a powerful in-law like his eldest brother.

But Huo Donglin was still puzzled, "But, Dad hurt Mom like this, and I won't do anything?"

"I know you feel bad for Aunt Lin, but Aunt Lin will handle it herself."

Huo Donglin opened his mouth.

My mother's attitude is weird.

When a classmate's father had a mistress, his mother would be very angry and furious. He also accidentally saw a video on the Internet platform of the original wife beating the mistress, and everyone in the comment section was calling for the mistress to be beaten.

But my mother was so kind to Xue Jun.

"Brother, why is Mom like this?"

"Some things are still too profound for you right now. You just need to know and listen to your mother."

"It's not profound, brother, just tell me."

Huo Dongcheng looked at Huo Donglin's eyes full of curiosity, pondered for a moment, and decided to explain it to him in a simple way.

"Donglin, do you know what interests are?" Huo Dongcheng asked.

Huo Donglin nodded, his tone a bit childish: "I know, it's just money."

"It's not just money. Anything that benefits you can be called an interest, such as connections, cooperative projects, even family status, living conditions, and so on."

"Um."

Huo Dongcheng smiled slightly and continued, "Marriage can be said to be a combination of interests. Marriage between aristocratic families can gain greater benefits. In a marriage of unequal status, such as the woman marrying a lower-class man, the man can get a better life, smoother work, and higher status through the support of the woman's family. This is what he has gained. Aunt Lin is just the opposite. By marrying my father, she has better living conditions, higher social status, more money and connections. This is the benefit that marriage has brought to Aunt Lin."

"So, everything Aunt Lin does now is to protect her interests. You might think that Xue Jun's arrival clearly infringes on her interests, so why is it protection? Because she knows that if she expresses dissatisfaction with Xue Jun, it may make Dad even more alienated from her, or even divorce her. It's very simple, sacrificing a little interest to protect the greatest interest."

Huo Donglin seemed to understand but not quite.

He knew that his mother did not have a very prominent family background, so once she left his father, her life would definitely not be as good as it is now.

My classmate’s mother hates the mistress, but she hasn’t divorced his father. Is she also protecting her own interests?

"But, would Dad be so cold-blooded as to divorce Mom just because she doesn't accept the mistress?"

Huo Dongcheng paused and said, "The rest of the matter may involve Aunt Lin's private affairs and may affect Aunt Lin's image in your mind. Do you still want to listen?"

Huo Donglin hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly.

He really wanted to know what was going on.

Huo Dongcheng simply recounted the story of how Lin Jiamin appeared magnanimous, but took advantage of Huo Junshan's absence from the capital to drive Xue Jun away and throw dirty water on him.

As he listened, an expression of surprise appeared on Huo Donglin's little face.

He hesitated for a long time and said, "My mother's behavior may not sound very good, but she is also protecting her own interests. If Xue Jun was not a mistress, my mother would not treat her like this."

"That's true. Xue Jun was the one who got involved first, so it's understandable that Aunt Lin used some tricks," Huo Dongcheng looked at Huo Donglin seriously. "But, Donglin, Dad doesn't care who's right or wrong, otherwise he wouldn't have cheated. He only cares that Aunt Lin cheated on him and that she almost hurt his and Xue Jun's child. Sometimes, in the adult world, right and wrong aren't that important. What matters is interests."