Chapter 288 Is he a man or a woman?
"You disagree?"
Li Mu chuckled and pointed at the scraps of paper on the ground.
"The letter you just received is a letter of divorce written by my mother herself. There's something I haven't told you yet."
I showed this letter to the Bianjing government office on my way here, and they have already registered the letter of divorce.
In other words, whether you agree or not, you've already been divorced.
Li Yongfeng's pupils contracted sharply, and the veins on his forehead throbbed incessantly.
"You...you scoundrel! You went to Bianjing Prefecture without my permission! You still have no respect for me?"
Do you even have a biological father like me?
Li Mu felt as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world.
"For the past twenty-odd years, have you ever treated me like your own son? From childhood to adulthood, no matter what I try to do..."
What's the matter? I'll never get to see your performance.
In your eyes, you only ever saw Li Yao. You taught him calligraphy step by step, took him to the street, and bought him whatever he wanted.
And what have I received from you?
Recalling his experiences from childhood to adulthood, Li Muchui's hands clenched into fists at his sides, and a hint of resentment rose in his eyes.
"When I was little, I fantasized countless times that you would give me the same kind smile you gave Li Yao, and that you would pat my head, praise my handwriting, and compliment my painting skills."
Every time I paint a good piece and excitedly show it to you, you always toss it aside casually and then concentrate on instructing Li Yao on his studies.
“Every time you go back to your clan, you only bring Li Yao with you, as if it would be shameful to bring me back.”
"The way you look at me is always full of disgust, so much so that I feel like my very existence is a sin."
Even though he is now twenty-seven years old, he has told himself countless times to forget all the unpleasant things from his childhood.
But only now does he realize that what he called forgetting was nothing more than burying the pain deep in his heart.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the underlying scars had not healed at all, but had already become ulcerated.
Li Mu's voice was hoarse.
"I really don't understand. If you don't like your mother, why don't you fight back and marry the person you love?"
"It's clearly your own cowardice and incompetence that prevented you from standing up to your grandfather, yet you vented your resentment on your mother and me."
Li Yongfeng was furious.
"You bastard, shut up! You have no idea what happened back then. It was your grandfather who threatened to kill himself that forced me to submit."
Li Mu refuted this.
"It's still your incompetence. If you were capable, you could naturally solve this problem. You can't solve it yourself, even if you marry my mother."
You can also explain these inside stories to her, even if you only act as husband and wife with my mother in name only, and wait for the right opportunity.
But you did none of these things. You and my mother became a real couple, yet you treated her coldly and harshly without any restraint.
"Li Yongfeng, as a husband you are heartless and ungrateful; as a father you are cold and biased. If I don't divorce you, am I supposed to wait until the New Year?"
Li Yongfeng was furious, his eyes practically spitting fire.
"You...you dare to curse me like that! You unfilial wretch!"
Li Mu's mouth spewed out a torrent of words, unleashing all the anger that had been building up in his heart for years.
After saying everything, he felt much better.
Suddenly his hand went limp. He looked down and saw that Li Nanke had somehow grabbed his hand.
She was trying to warm his palms with her little hands.
"Father, don't be angry. It's not worth it for someone like that. From now on, you'll have Grandmother, Mother, and Ke'er with you."
Li Mu's heart softened, and all his resentment vanished.
Li Yongfeng glared at the father and daughter with a sinister look, then suddenly let out a series of cold laughs as if he had just thought of something.
"It's just a letter of divorce. Even if the He family really divorces me, so what? Li Mu, the blood on your body is still my blood."
"You are my son, and even if I die, you can't change that fact!"
Li Mu closed his eyes.
"If I could, I would gladly return all this blood to you, and it has nothing to do with you whatsoever."
Li Nanke smiled and shook Li Mu's hand.
"Father, we have nothing to do with him anymore, have you forgotten?"
Li Mu suddenly came to his senses.
Yes, the family tree has already been changed.
I was so angry I lost my mind.
He took the page torn from the family genealogy from his pocket and slowly unfolded it in front of Li Yongfeng.
Li Yongfeng's breath hitched, and he quickly reached out to grab the paper.
Li Mu took a step back, dodging his hand.
He sneered, "I forgot to tell you, I have inherited the title of Marquis of Anping today by order of His Majesty, and I inherited it directly from my grandfather."
As for you and Li Yao... tsk tsk, this piece of paper was torn from the family tree, do you know what that means?
Li Yongfeng stared at the paper fluttering in the wind in Li Mu's hand, his eyes extremely gloomy.
"Torn off the family tree? You're talking nonsense. The elders in the clan have always been very supportive of me. How could they possibly tear my ranking off the family tree?"
Li Mu pouted.
"Even if I support you, I won't be willing to be scrutinized along with you. This piece of paper was torn down by the clan leader himself."
"There's also the Li family crest on it; you wouldn't not recognize it, would you?"
Li Yongfeng's beard trembled, his expression dark and uncertain.
Of course he recognized it; it was precisely because he recognized it that he was unwilling to believe it.
"What do you mean by a title directly inherited from your grandfather? Without me, where would you be?"
Li Mu said, "Have you forgotten that Grandfather had a young son who died young? The clan leader has already registered me under my uncle's name."
According to the current family genealogy, my grandfather only had one son, my uncle, who died young. My father also passed away early, so the title naturally passed to me!
He looked at Li Yongfeng coldly.
"I, Li Mu, am no longer your son! There is absolutely no relationship between you, Li Yao, and me!"
"Both of you have been removed from the family genealogy. I hope you can be a loving father and son in the underworld!"
Li Mu sneered, tore the paper in his hand to shreds, and then casually tossed it aside, scattering it all over the ground.
"No, no!"
Li Yongfeng roared and lunged forward, forgetting that he was bound by iron chains.
He didn't pounce on Li Mu at all; instead, he fell to the ground in a sorry state.
He lay on the ground, staring at the shattered pieces of paper, trembling as he tried to pick up the fragments and piece them back together.
But Li Mu tore it too into pieces, and no matter how he tried to piece it back together, he couldn't.
Li Yongfeng angrily pounded the ground with his fist.
Removing his name from the family genealogy meant that he and Li Yao were now rootless trees in the world, like drifting duckweed.
Just as he was about to completely break down, Li Mu slowly squatted down in front of him.
She reached out and grabbed his collar, meeting his eyes.
Li Mu said, "Tell me, the child my mother will give birth to in the future is the one you replaced with Li Yao."
Is he male or female? Where is he now?
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