"As long as you don't stop me, as long as you're willing to help your father, there's nothing in this world that we, father and son, can't accomplish. Everything your father does is for your future. Our Lingxian Island is only so big. Don't you want its land to be bigger? If you don't fight for it, one day our Lingxian Island will be swallowed up by the other major continents. Do you want to wait until then to realize that?"
"Father, as long as we don't compete with others, they won't think of seizing Lingxian Island. Although Lingxian Island is small and can't compare to the Four Continents and the Qihe Dynasty, it still holds great prestige among them. Otherwise, so many people wouldn't come to Lingxian Island to participate in the Wind and Cloud Tournament. Do you want to ruin the reputation you've built up over the years? Just a few carts of gunpowder, plus the main force of Lingxian Island, do you think you can kill the city lords of the Four Continents and the crown prince of the Qihe Dynasty? Aren't you being too naive?"
Hua Nongying looked at his father with a mocking expression. To say something he shouldn't have, he didn't have much affection for his father. On the contrary, he was as close as father and son with his master.
"You unfilial son, who in this world isn't greedy and covetous? If we don't become strong, one day, this Lingxian Island will surely be overthrown. Do you think you'll only start to reflect when that time comes?"
Looking at his stubborn son, Hua Yubo was so angry he almost vomited blood. Other people's sons were full of enthusiasm and lofty ambitions, but his son was definitely a hopeless case. How could he not be angry?
“Father, if you insist on doing this, then your son will have no choice but to be unfilial.”
Hua Nongying frowned slightly. His father had been planning for many years, and he couldn't possibly persuade him with just a few words. However, if he didn't stop his father, Lingxian Island would definitely be destroyed by his father tomorrow, and then the people of Lingxian Island wouldn't even be able to find a safe place to live.
"I really misjudged you. I shouldn't have made you the young master of Lingxian Island in the first place." Seeing his son determined to oppose him, Hua Yubo was heartbroken. Wasn't everything he did for him and his mother?
“You’re not mistaken about Ying’er. Ying’er is more kind-hearted than you and is more suitable to be the master of this Lingxian Island.”
A cold voice rang out, and a woman dressed in plain white appeared between the father and son. Her beautiful hair was loosely tied back with a ribbon, and her delicate face was cold and ruthless, yet it could not conceal her stunning beauty.
"Mother?"
Hua Nongying was puzzled; how did her mother know about tonight's events?
"Bing Xin, what are you doing here?"
The beautiful figure from his memory still flashed into his eyes, and Hua Yubo's heart trembled violently. He was both surprised and delighted, but when he thought of how she had left him so heartlessly in the past, Hua Yubo suddenly looked at Lin Bingxin with disdain. Thinking of the scene when she resolutely took her son and left his house, he hated her ruthlessness, hated her heartlessness, and hated her for disregarding the affection between them. Of all the women, she was still the one he loved the most.
"What am I doing here? Of course, I'm here to see what you're up to. Your plan will destroy the entire Lingxian Island. Do you want the people of Lingxian Island to perish with you? Lingxian Island is in a prime location, prosperous, and its people live in peace and contentment. Do you really want to destroy all of this for your wolfish ambitions? Also, Ying'er, the position of young master, is something my daughter and I don't care about at all. You can give it to whomever you want. The world is vast, and there is always a place for my daughter and me to live."
Lin Bingxin stared unblinkingly at Hua Yubo with her icy gaze. The generous, upright, and kind-hearted Hua Yubo of yesteryear was long gone. The current Hua Yubo was a wolf in sheep's clothing, willing to disregard the lives of others for his own benefit. Of course, she had also noticed his change, which was why she took her son and started her own business. She feared that her only son would become like him, and then her life would truly have no meaning.
"Lin Bingxin, in your eyes, is this island lord such a worthless person?"
Hua Yubo asked painfully, wondering when it started. She always treated him with such coldness. He was a man of status and position, and every day after finishing his work, all he wanted was for a woman to pour him a cup of tea and say a few warm words, so that he would feel her presence and that his home was warm. But she treated him coldly every day, and slowly, he lost patience with her...
“That’s right. From the moment you started planning these things, from the moment you brought one woman after another back to the island lord’s mansion, you have been utterly worthless in my eyes, Lin Bingxin.”
Lin Bingxin spoke her mind without any mercy, "Time can change a person, and so can environment. Under the influence of this vast world and Bei Mingyaowei, you have changed without realizing it, very subtly. You always hear about your friends' so-called dreams in your conversations. You won't listen to a word of my advice, and you even complain that I, Lin Bingxin, am giving you attitude. Is your so-called dream to take you, your wife and children, and the islanders to your grave?"
Lin Bingxin roared in heart-wrenching anger. Why did she marry him as his concubine back then, disregarding everything? She still couldn't understand it. Lin Bingxin lowered her beautiful eyes, concealing the pain in them.
“Xin’er, you never told me that everything I did was wrong. With your departure and avoidance, I feel so empty that I just want to find something to do. Because of the loneliness in my heart, it seems that only by constantly becoming stronger can I keep you and Ying’er by my side. Xin’er, do you dare to say that you have no responsibility for everything that happened today? I love you so much, but you have set up your own affairs and avoid me. Have you ever thought about my feelings?”
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