Chapter 36 Lies
Gu Jing never thought that his life would be shattered by a sudden truth at the age of sixteen.
Not going abroad because of illness!
There is never any cure!
There was only disgust, only fear, and only a carefully planned abandonment that lasted for twelve years!
He returned to his spacious and bright home in the city center, which was envied by countless people, in a daze.
I pushed open the door, and the living room was lit warmly. My mother was coming out of the kitchen with a fruit plate, her face wearing her usual, decent, and gentle smile:
"Xiao Jing is back? Did everything go well in class today? Come and have some fruit. We just bought some imported cherries."
My father was sitting on the sofa watching the evening news. He turned his head and said in a relaxed tone:
"Hey, our little baby is back? Why do you look so pale? Are you tired?"
What a warm and happy scene.
It was a happiness that he used to take for granted and even found annoying sometimes.
But at this moment, this warmth was like a poisoned dagger, piercing into his eyes and heart!
Every frame laughs at his stupidity and the disgusting dirty secrets beneath the surface of this perfect family!
How can they be so complacent? So nonchalant?
The child they had abandoned in a remote village, left to fend for himself, the child wearing washed-out, ragged clothes who had said to him, "It's your Gu family that doesn't want me anymore," Gu Yuan...
There was a loud "bang"!
Gu Jing threw the backpack on his shoulder to the ground, and the textbooks, iPad and water bottle inside hit the floor tiles, making a harsh sound.
His chest heaved violently, his eyes were red, and he stared at the two stunned faces like a completely enraged young beast.
"What's going on?"
Mother Gu shuddered with fear and nearly dropped the crystal fruit plate in her hand. "Little Ancestor, what's wrong with you again? Who provoked you? Tell me, I'll go... go talk to him!"
"Gu Jing! Can't you just say it nicely? Throwing things is nothing!"
Father Gu frowned, his tone full of unquestionable authority.
"Talk nicely?"
Gu Jing's voice was hoarse, and he suddenly raised his hand and pointed out the window: "How can I explain it properly? Tell me! What's going on with my brother?"
The word "brother" was like a thunderclap, shattering the false tranquility in the living room.
The blood color on Gu's mother's face disappeared completely in an instant.
Dad Gu's body froze, his hand holding the remote control stopped in mid-air, and his expression instantly became extremely ugly.
"What's wrong with you?"
His sharp eyes fell on Gu Jing: "Where did you hear that? I already said that he doesn't want to come back. Our Gu family will just pretend that he doesn't exist!"
"I'm crazy?"
Gu Jing looked at their reactions and his heart sank completely into the ice cellar.
He laughed maniacally, his laughter filled with grief, anger, and despair. "Not only did I hear it! I saw it! Tell me! Didn't he go abroad due to illness? Didn't he want to go home? Why did he appear under the overpass in the center of City A? Tell me!!!"
The roar echoed in the beautifully decorated living room, making the crystal chandelier seem to buzz.
Mother Gu's body began to tremble uncontrollably. She staggered and held onto the back of the sofa, her lips trembling.
But she couldn't utter a word, only tears flowed silently across her well-maintained face.
The father stood up suddenly, his chest heaving, and tried to suppress his son's question with a louder voice:
"Gu Jing! Watch your attitude! Who allowed you to speak to your parents in such a tone as if you were interrogating a criminal? Some things are not as simple as you think! We..."
"Not what I thought?"
Gu Jing interrupted him, tears finally bursting out of his eyes, mixed with huge disappointment and anger pouring down:
"What's that like? You threw him away! Just because he has the Yin-Yang eyes? Just because you think he's a bad omen? Because you think he killed grandpa and grandma?! Is that right?"
He pressed on step by step, and every word he said was like a loud slap in the face of the well-dressed parents.
"Do you know what kind of life he's been through? He doesn't even have a decent piece of clothing! He's so skinny he's just a bag of bones! He's lived alone in that damn place for twelve years! Twelve years!! Are you still human?"
He almost yelled out the last sentence at the top of his lungs, with veins bulging on his neck.
Why?
Why can he feel at ease enjoying all the superior life of the Gu family, wearing famous brands, attending prestigious schools, and being sad about such trivial troubles?
And the brother he had been looking for and thinking about for twelve years was suffering endless suffering and abandonment in a corner unknown to him?
Why don't you want to go home?
He has no home at all!
"shut up!"
The veins on my father's forehead throbbed, and he raised his hand—
"Go ahead and hit me!"
Instead of hiding, Gu Jing took a step forward and put his face closer, his red eyes filled with resolute hatred:
"Just beat me to death! It's not like you haven't lost sons before! What's the big deal about losing one more? Are cold-blooded animals like you worthy of being parents?"
The raised palm trembled violently, but ultimately did not fall.
Dad Gu seemed to have been drained of all his strength. He took a step back dejectedly and fell back onto the sofa. He covered his face with his hands and let out a dull and painful whimper.
The tall and majestic image he had carefully maintained collapsed at this moment.
The mother finally burst into tears and rushed over to grab her son's hand:
"Xiao Jing...Xiao Jing, listen to what Mommy said...We had no choice. Your grandparents passed away so suddenly, and everyone said...
They all said it was because of Yuanyuan’s eyes that attracted unclean things. We were scared. We were still so young, and we had you. We just… just didn’t want to lose any more of our loved ones…”
Her excuses were feeble, even ridiculous.
In the face of the twelve years of suffering that Gu Yuan endured, it was no match for him.
"Fear?"
Gu Jing shook off his mother's hand, his eyes icy cold and full of contempt:
"So you just threw him, only six years old, into the mountains to fend for himself? You lied to everyone about him going abroad for medical treatment, and you deceived me for twelve years? Is your fear more important than his life?"
"He is not a disaster star!"
Gu Jing began to get excited: "He is my favorite brother! He is your biological son! He did nothing wrong! It is obviously you who are wrong! It is your ignorance! It is your selfishness! It is your coldness!"
Looking at his collapsed mother and silent and decadent father, he felt that this home was more strange and cold than ever before.
All the tenderness and tenderness are just a fig leaf to cover up the sin.
He stepped back, away from them, as if away from some filthy plague.
"you……"
His voice deepened, but with a resolute determination: "From the inside out, you reek of scum."
After saying that, he didn't even look at the two of them, turned around and rushed up the stairs, and slammed his door shut with a loud bang.
Outside the door, I could hear my mother's uncontrollable sobbing and my father's heavy, powerless sighs.
Inside the door, Gu Jing leaned against the cold door panel, his body slowly sliding down and finally curled up on the ground.
The worldview and emotional dependence built up over sixteen years were completely shattered on this night.
Anger, sadness, disappointment, a sense of betrayal, and endless heartache for Gu Yuan...
All kinds of emotions overwhelmed him like a huge wave.
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