C446 Father-child Disconnection
Huo Mingyang and Huo Chenglieh sat side by side in the back of the car. There was also a hint of silence in the air. At the request of Huo Chenglieh, the driver drove quickly in order to get to Lih Jinhsing's apartment as soon as possible. The scenery outside the window howled past, as if it was an illusory double image.
Huo Chenglieh seemed to be a bit nervous. He crossed his hands and put them on his legs. He seemed to be very calm. However, his restless legs continued to tremble, and the sweat trickling down from his temples had already exposed his current nervousness without a doubt.
Looking at Huo Chenglieh's expression, Huo Mingyang felt completely disheartened — in Huo Chenglieh's eyes, what the hell was he? Pet or air?
He simply closed his eyes and didn't want to look at Huo Chenglieh again. Even one glance was enough to disappoint him.
Huo Mingyang closed his eyes and fell asleep just like that. When he woke up, the car just stopped.
Huo Chenglieh got out of the car and looked at Huo Mingyang, who had just woken up. He said unhappily, "What are you still doing in the car? Get down! Do you want me to stand in the sun and wait for you to get out of the car? "
Hearing that, a hint of darkness flashed across Huo Mingyang's eyes, but he quickly returned to normal.
"Dad, I'm coming down now!" Huo Mingyang raised his head, looked at Huo Chenglieh and said with a smile.
The driver drove the car to a nearby car park. Huo Chenglieh, Huo Mingyang and the others entered the city center's top-tier residential area without any problems. Huo Chenglieh, with Huo Mingyang in tow, walked into one of the buildings with ease. Then, he pressed the button for the elevator at the top floor.
"Mingyang..." Huo Chenglieh said slowly, his back to Huo Mingyang.
"Dad, is something the matter?" Huo Mingyang looked at Huo Chenglieh's expression from the clean elevator door, and asked.
"When we get to Jinxing's house, you should apologize to him properly —" Huo Chenglieh looked at Huo Mingyang and said.
Hearing that, Huo Mingyang's face turned pale, and he couldn't help but clench his fists.
"Apologize? For. "Why?" Huo Mingyang seemed to be puzzled as he said to Huo Chenglieh.
"No matter what you say, the reason why Jinxing left the Huo Family was because of you. If it wasn't for you and your mother blabbering behind my back, how could I have alienated Jinxing, causing him to leave the Huo Family and continue to live by himself?" Huo Chenglieh looked at Huo Mingyang and said slowly, with a hint of reproach in his voice.
A cold smile appeared on Huo Mingyang's face. He clenched his fists and tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart. He was silent for a long time before finally opening his mouth coldly and saying to Huo Chenglieh: "Is it my fault, or your own fault, that Lih Jinhsing left the Huo Family?"
Seeing Huo Mingyang being so rude to him, Huo Chenglieh turned around unhappily, looked at him, and said with a cold expression: "What do you mean by this?"
Seeing Huo Chenglieh using such a gaze to look at him, the tension in Huo Mingyang's heart finally broke. With a cold expression, he looked at Huo Chenglieh, his smile carrying a sense of ridicule, and leisurely said: "The reason Lih Jinhsing left the Huo Family, isn't it because he was completely disappointed in you, his father!"
"You, how dare you say that …" Huo Chenglieh naturally did not expect Huo Mingyang to dare to speak to him like that. He pointed at Huo Mingyang's nose with a face of astonishment and said angrily.
"I'll tell you the truth, why wouldn't I dare to …" Huo Mingyang looked at Huo Chenglieh with a cold tone and a trace of disdain and disgust in his eyes, "If you really trust Lih Jinhsing, then, how could you alienate him because of the private discussions of others? But now, you found out that you misunderstood him, you're regretting it, and yet you couldn't bring yourself to apologize to him. So, you pushed all these faults onto me, making me apologize to Lih Jinhsing in a humble manner, and begged him to return with you and continue to live with you. "
"Huo Mingyang, you, you …" Huo Chenglieh pointed at Huo Mingyang. His face turned green, then white. He was so angry that he couldn't say anything.
"I really have had enough. If this goes on, I will definitely be driven mad by you!" Huo Mingyang looked at Huo Chenglieh with tears in his eyes, "In your eyes, what am I? I'm just a useless illegitimate child? "
Huo Chenglieh did not expect Huo Mingyang to have such a thought. He admitted that ever since Jinxing had appeared, his heart had been occupied by him, and he could no longer bear the burden of other people or matters. He was also somewhat helpless when he ignored Huo Mingyang. However, in his eyes, Huo Mingyang was also his beloved son!
"Mingyang, I admit that it was my father's fault that I neglected you — but you are also my father's favorite son in my father's eyes. "You are obedient, obedient, and sensible. You will never be like those good-for-nothings who only know how to cause trouble and spend money from home." Huo Chenglieh looked at Huo Mingyang with a serious expression.
"So, the reason you like me is because I'm sensible, obedient, and won't cause trouble..." Huo Mingyang looked at Huo Chenglieh with a bitter smile, "If I'm like those popinjays you speak of, then, am I not qualified to be your son? But Lih Jinhsing, no matter what kind of appearance he has, you still like him — after all, he is the son of you and your loved one, and I am just an illegitimate child, an illegitimate child who cannot be recognized by the Huo Family! "
Hearing that, Huo Chenglieh was speechless. He had to admit that the reason he liked Huo Mingyang all these years was indeed because Huo Mingyang was obedient, sensible, and never bothered him. More accurately, Huo Mingyang was like an obedient pet that knew what kind of pet could please its owner. That was why he was able to stay at home safe and sound and not be abandoned by the "master", Huo Chenglieh.
"I know that all these years, you didn't really like Mom. The reason you were willing to keep her in the Huo Family was only to make her regret splitting up the relationship between you and Lih Qiumei back then, but now, I just want to ask you one thing. From the moment I was born until now, have you ever, even for a short second, liked me just because I'm your son? Huo Mingyang looked at Huo Chenglieh and asked the question that he had been wanting to ask.
Hearing that, Huo Chenglieh was silent for a long time. After all, he didn't know if he liked Huo Mingyang for even a moment, not because of anything else, but because he truly liked Huo Mingyang.
Seeing that Huo Chenglieh still didn't answer after a long time, Liu Tie closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then said faintly, "Dad, thank you, I finally gave up on it — since you like Lih Jinhsing so much, then I will bless you, and wish you and your favorite son share your heavenly happiness."
"Mingyang —" Seeing that Huo Mingyang was about to say this, Huo Chenglieh couldn't help but have a strange feeling in his heart.
"In this life, being your son is my good fortune and my misfortune. If I have a next life, I would rather be a child of an ordinary family. I would rather live a life without food than be an illegitimate child of a wealthy family and live a luxurious life." Huo Mingyang looked at Huo Chenglieh and said with a smile. However, the smile on his face was a bit ethereal.2
With a "ding" sound, the elevator door opened. Huo Chenglieh looked at Huo Mingyang and didn't have the mood to walk out of the elevator.
"Mingyang, are you going to break off all relations with your father and Huo Family?" Huo Chenglieh asked incredulously, looking at Huo Mingyang.
"You never truly saw me as a son that could make you proud, and the old man, even the servants in the family, have never treated me as part of the Huo Family — Tell me, do I have any other reason to continue staying in the Huo Family, to be looked down upon, to be ridiculed by others?" Huo Mingyang looked at the slowly opening elevator door, and said expressionlessly to Huo Chenglieh, "The elevator door has already opened, you can go and find your beloved son. Even if I didn't apologize, if he saw you personally going, he would have definitely forgiven your suspicions towards him and obediently followed you back to the Huo Family. "
Huo Chenglieh stood where he was and didn't speak or move. He looked at Huo Mingyang with a trace of regret in his eyes.
"What is it? Aren't you going to go out? "Since you are not going out, I will go down — after all, I don't want to get into any trouble with Lih Jinhsing." Huo Mingyang looked at Huo Chenglieh and spoke in an unhurried manner. He reached out to close the elevator door.
However, when he reached out his hand, Huo Chenglieh suddenly took a step back.
"Mingyang, you are currently agitated. Once you have calmed down, I will come over to have a good talk with you — — Since that's the case, you should return to the Huo Family and have a good rest. Or, if you go abroad to relax, you can buy whatever you want. " Huo Chenglieh said slowly, looking at Huo Mingyang.
Huo Mingyang did not speak. He reached out his hand and pressed the close button. The elevator door slowly closed. He looked at Huo Chenglieh with a smile. However, it was a smile that seemed indifferent and distant. In the end, as the elevator door closed, he completely disappeared from Huo Chenglieh's sight.
Looking at the indifferent and distant smile of Huo Mingyang before he left, Huo Chenglieh heaved a long sigh. After a long while, he turned around and walked towards Lih Jinhsing's apartment.
He arrived at the door of the apartment and was about to ring the doorbell when for some reason his hand stopped in the air and couldn't fall anymore.
Huo Chenglieh just stood outside Lih Jinhsing's door for a long time. He knew that Lih Jinhsing was in the apartment. The moment he pressed the doorbell, he and the son of his beloved person would come to the door and open it for him. He only needed to apologize before they would be able to return to their original ways. However, in the end, Huo Chenglieh sighed heavily and slowly turned around.
Forget it, forget it. Jinxing had his own life, why would he let Jinxing return to his own life in Huo Family with him? Furthermore, there was still Huo Mingshen in the Huo Family. It would be better to let him live outside by himself, at least without worry, if he were to bring Jinxing back to "live under someone else's roof".
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