Chapter 67 Questioning
Upon hearing this, Huo Qibang felt as if his heart was about to break.
"Does everything I do now seem crazy in my mother's eyes?"
"Mom, I'm going crazy, I'm really going crazy! I just don't understand what I did wrong that you're doing this to me!"
Huo Qibang kicked Lu Chen, who was on the ground, over.
"Get out! I need to speak with my mother alone!"
Lu Chen struggled to his feet, staring longingly at Fang Lanxin. When she waved, he reluctantly turned and left.
Now, only the two of them were left in the room, and the atmosphere became even more stiff and frozen.
This kind of atmosphere was not unfamiliar to Fang Lanxin, after all, this was the most frequent occurrence in her previous life.
Whenever they have a disagreement, they confront each other like this.
Huo Qibang was not as composed as Fang Lanxin.
With tears welling up in his eyes, he asked, "Mom, tell me, why? Why are you doing this to me? What did I do wrong?!"
Seeing Huo Qibang's hysterical state, Fang Lanxin even felt as if she were seeing herself in her previous life. At that time, she seemed to be just as hysterical, questioning her two children about what she had done wrong.
But whether in their past or present lives, whether it's Huo Qibang or Fang Lanxin, they are destined not to get the answers they want.
Faced with Huo Qibang's red-eyed questioning, Fang Lanxin frowned and asked, "How have I treated you?"
"Cold and distant, as if I weren't your child!"
"Why? Mom, are you still angry because of what happened last time? Are you sad because I misunderstood you about Tianle?"
"Mom, I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to."
Huo Qibang forced himself to calm down, wanting to be able to communicate with Fang Lanxin. He thought and thought but couldn't figure out what he had done wrong.
Seeing Huo Qibang like this, Fang Lanxin didn't react in any particular way, she just gave a cold twitch at the corner of her mouth.
“It has nothing to do with that matter. I just want to learn to let go and give you the freedom you want.”
"Kenneth Fok, you're a father now, and the head of the Fok family. You've got everything you wanted, so what are you still dissatisfied with?"
Fang Lanxin finally sat up straight and stared directly at Huo Qibang, trying to see through him.
In her previous life, Fang Lanxin thought that what this child wanted was freedom, but in this life... Fang Lanxin really couldn't understand what this child wanted.
Why is it that mothers can never seem to understand their children's thoughts, and can never truly grasp what their children need at any given stage?
Fang Lanxin felt utterly exhausted, both physically and mentally. Even though she had been reborn for so long, she still couldn't forget the humiliation and despair she had experienced in her previous life. She couldn't forget the person in front of her who, together with Huo Siya, had poisoned her to death!
"Mom, I regret it. I don't want freedom anymore. I just want Mom."
"Please, come home with me, okay?"
Huo Qibang suddenly knelt on the ground, looking at Fang Lanxin with teary eyes, just like when they were children.
When he was little, this was how he would apologize when he did something wrong. Fang Lanxin would say it fiercely, but she would soften and eventually forgive him.
Unfortunately, Kenneth Fok is no longer a child, and Fang Lanxin is no longer the person she used to be.
She watched as Huo Qibang knelt pitifully before her, admitting his mistakes, yet she felt no emotion whatsoever.
“Abang, you’ve grown up now, and I should have my own life too. I’ve managed the Huo Group for twenty years, and I have a clear conscience during those twenty years.” Fang Lanxin smiled and said, “Now I just want to live my own life.”
Huo Qibang looked up at Fang Lanxin, tears streaming down his face: "Mother, what do you mean by this? Is your life just a life without me?"
"These are days away from you."
"I want to do what I love, I want to live for myself for once, do you understand?"
Fang Lanxin did not soften her heart. Instead, she made her point very clearly, looking at Huo Qibang coldly as if the person kneeling in front of her was not her own son, but just a stranger.
At this moment, Huo Qibang finally realized the seriousness of the matter. He took a deep breath and then gritted his teeth and said, "Mom, are you really never going to talk to me again?"
“You will always be my son, and I will always be your mother. I’m not ignoring you; I’m just letting go, and I beg you to let go too.”
Fang Lanxin once again spoke frankly about what was on her mind.
"Then, what about Ya Ya?"
"Aren't you going to care about Ya Ya anymore? She's about to have plastic surgery."
Huo Qibang looked at Fang Lanxin with teary eyes, just like an abandoned puppy.
Fang Lanxin paused, turned her face away, and said, "You should go back first."
Huo Qibang was very sad. He struggled to his feet and stumbled outside.
Seeing Huo Qibang's pitiful state, Hu Zi hurriedly stepped forward: "Young Master, are you alright?"
“It’s alright, I can go back by myself. You take good care of Mom.” Huo Qibang’s eyes were red, and he looked at Hu Zi with a wronged expression: “Mom, it seems like she really doesn’t want us anymore.”
Hu Zi really couldn't understand why Huo Qibang, who was already so old, had suddenly become so clingy.
He frowned and then said, "Even if your wife can't take care of you as attentively as she did when you were a child, your blood is still connected, isn't it?"
Upon hearing this, a glimmer of hope finally ignited in Huo Qibang's eyes: "So Mom won't abandon me, right?"
"Young Master, you really should go back." Beard looked at Huo Qibang with a wry smile, then shook his head and went into the house.
By this time, it was already dark outside. Fang Lanxin didn't turn on the light; she just curled up on the sofa, hugging herself, sitting in complete darkness.
Hearing the door open, Fang Lanxin didn't look up, but simply said, "Hu Zi, you can go home now."
“Madam, I want to keep you company.” Hu Zi stepped forward and sat down silently opposite Fang Lanxin without turning on the light. “Madam, I’ve always been by your side since you were the eldest daughter of the Fang family. I want to keep you company now.”
Hu Zi had practically watched Fang Lanxin grow up, and was considered her second father, so their relationship was quite special.
"Do you think my parents would be very disappointed if they saw me like this?" Fang Lanxin sighed. "They must be able to see me from heaven, right?"
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