Chapter 391 The Orphanage's Lies: The Handsome Flower Boy (91 Chapters, Requesting Votes)
Zhou Weimin looked at him and suddenly laughed, a strange and even distorted laugh.
"Xiao Nian, you're still young, you don't understand."
In this world, some people value affection, while others value loyalty.
As for me? I value my future. I'm no different from everyone else, except that I make different choices.
What's wrong with that? Everyone looks out for themselves; otherwise, they'll be doomed.
He leaned forward and lowered his voice.
"Just like you, didn't you also take your own father to court in order to get revenge?"
Deep down, we're all the same kind of people.
Lu Jinnian suddenly took a step back and said, "What nonsense are you talking about!"
This action made Zhou Weimin's eyes light up with eagerness, as he thought he had guessed correctly.
"Don't rush to deny it, you are my son, my offspring!"
Look how well you're doing now! Shen Ci is rich and capable, and he's raised you to be so successful.
What does this mean? It means that my initial choice was right!
"If I had stayed in the countryside, with the three of us crammed into a mud-brick house, would you be where you are today?"
He took a breath and continued to bewitch.
"Dad still has a chance on the eve of the Lunar New Year."
Dad, Dad actually hid something—a sum of money and some good things.
If you're willing to help me, tell the judge that you forgive me, withdraw the compensation claim, and we can restore our father-son relationship, then all of that is yours!
From now on, everything I have is yours! You're my only son! If I don't give it to you, who else can I give it to?
The wind blew, and the vegetable leaves rustled.
Lu Jinnian looked at the man in front of him, who was both strange and familiar, the man who was his biological father, and saw undisguised greed and scheming in his eyes.
He suddenly felt a wave of fear, followed by a sense of relief.
The boy called him by his full name for the first time.
Zhou Weimin.
I'm suddenly so glad you threw me away back then.
Zhou Weimin's expression froze.
“If I had grown up by your side, listening to your principles and learning your methods, I might have become a different you.”
A person who would abandon everything and scheme against everything for profit.
A monster devoid of flesh and blood, emotions.
Lu Jinnian's voice trembled, but it was very firm.
"You threw me away, giving me the opportunity to become a person."
I hated you, but not so much now, because I will never become as despicable as you.
After saying that, he turned and left.
All the obsessions, entanglements, and hatred in my heart dissipated like clouds in the sky.
"Lu Jinnian!" Zhou Weimin shouted from behind.
"You'll regret this! My blood flows in your veins! You can't change it!"
The boy did not turn back.
Inside the main room, Shen Ci watched her son walk back from the backyard.
The boy's eyes were a little red, but his back was straight, and there was a clear and firm determination in his eyes, like something breaking out of its shell.
At that very moment, a system notification sounded in Shen Ci's mind.
"Ding! Lu Jinnian's rescue value +8%, current rescue value 100%."
The long-term mission of redemption and rebirth is complete.
Congratulations, host, on successfully completing the level and redeeming a soul that should not have been destroyed.
Congratulations to the villain Lu Jinnian for shedding his label and gaining freedom.
Beauty is your shield, sweet words are your spear; navigating the world, the clever child, your heart no longer sheds tears.
She didn't know what had happened in the backyard, but she knew that the four-year-old child who had been abandoned in the snow that winter had finally traveled through time and embraced her.
In the end, the Zhou family of three was asked to leave by the neighborhood officials.
Before leaving, Zhou's mother turned back and glared at the big house, her eyes filled with resentment and unwillingness.
More than anything, there was despair and confusion.
She couldn't understand how she, who had lived an honest and simple life, had ended up like this.
Which step went wrong?
The Zhou family now has nowhere to go. Their original house has been taken back. The neighborhood committee can't just watch them freeze to death, so they can only temporarily arrange for them to stay in a relief and resettlement center in the suburbs.
It was a large dormitory converted from an old warehouse, where dozens of homeless people were crammed together, most of them vagrants.
The air inside was murky and filled with snoring, coughing, and crying and cursing, day and night.
Zhou's parents go out to sweep the streets before dawn every day. Together, they can earn about twenty yuan a month, which is just enough to make ends meet.
They never imagined that at their age, instead of enjoying their retirement, they would have to drag their son down as a burden.
With his leg crippled, Zhou Weimin couldn't do anything and spent his days curled up on his bunk, staring blankly into space, his eyes growing increasingly vacant.
He still has a backup plan, but he can't act rashly now. There must be many eyes watching him from the shadows. Zhou Weimin is a naturally suspicious person.
He hardened his heart and told himself that once this period was over, he would definitely punish those people.
In the first few days, the elderly couple would complain about their son's misfortune and their grandson's lack of recognition. Later, their complaints gradually turned into silence.
Especially when she comes home exhausted every day and sees her son lying there waiting for dinner, a subtle resentment begins to fester in her silence.
When the child is young, they can accept raising a son, after all, there is still hope, and when the child grows up, someone will take care of them in their old age.
But now this son has become useless, a burden, and can do nothing but drag them down.
How can people who educate others to prioritize self-interest like Zhou Weimin be considered good people?
Zhou's mother cried to her husband late at night.
"If it weren't for him, we would still be in our own house, with a hot meal."
"Say less."
Zhou's father sighed, his voice sounding old and frail.
Two weeks later, late one night, Zhou Weimin got up to go to the public toilet outside.
There were no indoor toilets at the resettlement site; you had to walk 200 meters to a dry toilet. That night, there was no moon, and the wind was very strong.
He never came back.
At first, Zhou's parents panicked, searched everywhere, and called the police.
The police came, asked about the situation, and registered the case as missing.
But where can a penniless prisoner with a disability in both legs go during probation?
Neighbors whispered among themselves that he probably couldn't bear the suffering and took his own life. Some even went to the public toilet to search for his body, but they couldn't find it.
A few days later, having found no clues, the elderly couple gradually stopped mentioning it.
Strangely, besides their sadness, they also felt a sense of relief.
With one less mouth to feed, there's less endless trouble and humiliation. The elderly couple can finally eat one more meal and won't have to come home exhausted every day to take care of their son.
They still sweep the streets every day, earning a meager salary to buy the cheapest food.
Life is still as bitter as gall, but the despair of being dragged down is gone.
Occasionally, Zhou's mother would stare blankly in the direction of the west of the city, muttering to herself.
"If only Weimin hadn't abandoned the child back then..."
At this point, Zhou's father would rudely interrupt her.
"Don't even mention it! It's all fate!"
They can only dream of things they never dared to imagine when they are in the middle of the night.
In their dreams, they enjoy family bliss, live in large houses, and have servants to take care of their every need.
Of course, in the dream they didn't abandon their eldest grandson; instead, they and their son brought their daughter-in-law from the countryside back to the city.
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