mtlumby2d Chapter 415 Surfaced (5)
Chapter 415 Surfaced (5)
Gao Yong, who was standing at the side, looked at him with admiration and agreed, "That's right! What you said is completely contradictory! You said you were here to protect the old master, ha! I'm confused, protect? Who told you that my Ruilin is in danger? We..."
"You rebellious son, shut up!" Gao Chang shouted immediately.
He had mixed feelings when he saw this bastard again. He was happy that he was accepted by Prince Zhuo's Mansion, but he was also annoyed that he wanted to draw a clear line with the Gao family. He had tried to please him many times, but he either just accepted the gifts and didn't see him, or just played dumb.
Gao Yong didn't react at first, but when he heard the familiar voice, he really shut up.
Meeting his father's reproachful eyes again, he felt as if in a dream, as if he was back to that day outside the post station, when he was kicked out of the house in public and felt helpless. The feeling of suffocation came over him again like a tide, and he had difficulty breathing and almost suffocated.
Suddenly, a bare hand pulled him behind her, and an angry voice rang out, "Oh! Rebellious son? How can you say rebellious son? This is my brother whom I found on the road. He was abandoned by his heartless and ungrateful father the day I found him. He is now my Shen Yu's. May I ask, Master Gao, what right do you have to insult my brother?"
Gao Yong stared blankly at the woman who stood resolutely in front of him. Although she was two years older than him, the men in Zhuocheng were tall. In comparison, she actually looked more like a younger sister.
But this figure, which was shorter than himself, stood in front of him. When even his biological father and aunt abandoned him, this "sister" was the first to protect him. The grievances that had been pent up in Gao Yong's heart burst out like a tide at that moment, moistening his eyes.
In fact, he had sneaked back home before. As a favored young master in the mansion, he still had many privileges despite being a bastard. For example, he had a hidden dog hole in order to go out and play...
The first night he arrived in Zhuocheng, he sneaked back home to see his aunt. His aunt looked haggard under the moonlight, and he felt extremely guilty. His aunt must have loved him so much that she must be worried sick.
But just as he was about to show up, he clearly heard her telling her younger brother to pretend that he didn't know her outside, because he had offended Prince Zhuo's Mansion and would not have a good ending. She also said that it would be better for him to die outside and not to implicate them...
Every word was like a needle, hurting her heart. Aren't she and I mother and son?
He left Gao's Mansion in a panic, homeless and with nowhere to go, and finally returned to Prince Zhuo's Mansion.
As soon as he entered the palace gate, Butler Lu came up to him anxiously, asking where he had been and why his hair was covered with leaves. He also said that the princess had sent someone to look for him and that the family was waiting for him to have dinner...
Before he could react, he was half-pushed and half-led to the main hall. As expected, the whole family was there. Princess Zhuo was very insistent that the family should have dinner together, so there were four large round tables in the dining room of the palace.
Prince Zhuo reprimanded him for delaying his wife's dinner, Miss Ye said he was unreliable, and Brother Shen asked him if he wanted to change clothes first? Then he was mercilessly mocked by a group of people, young and old, who joked that he had rolled into a mountain valley and couldn't get out? Then he cried out of grievance, and his crying was so loud that the group laughed even more happily.
On the first night back in Zhuocheng, he lost his home, and then he had a home again.
"Really? Gao Yong? You cry when someone scolds you? Tsk! Meng'er even thinks you are shameful! Lord Gao, you are in trouble. How dare you scold the princess's brother? Tell me, how do you want to die?" Fu Yunxiu's voice rang out, bringing his thoughts back to reality.
The woman in front of him suddenly turned around, frowned and asked uncertainly, "...Are you crying? Did he scold you before?"
Gao Yong didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this. He took a deep breath and put on a smile, but his mood was different. "No, sister, I'm not crying! I'm just sleepy. You should go back and have a rest. We can handle this."
Lu Yingxing gave him a rare smile, "Yes, Madam, let's go back first, okay?"
"No! My two younger brothers have been bullied one after another, I want to get revenge!" Shen Yu glared at him, "If you want to get revenge, do it yourself!"
You wish, I am on the front line of tearing the pen, don’t even think about tricking me into going home!!
Tan family servants, "????" Bullying your brother? When? Did we miss something?
Shen Yu turned around and squinted at Gao Chang, "Tell me, how do you want to die?"
Gao Chang did not expect that his subconscious reprimand would be related to "death", so he had to bite the bullet and answer, "I am the one who made a mistake. Please forgive me, Princess Zhuo. It is a blessing for this son to be favored by the prince and princess, and it is also an honor for our Gao family."
"Oh! Sir Gao, you are joking. How could I, a rebellious son who was kicked out of my family, dare to marry into the Gao family? Sir Gao, you'd better not say such things again!" Before Shen Yu could refute, Gao Yong denied it.
During these days of living in Prince Zhuo's mansion, he truly understood the meaning of family. He didn't have to worry about scheming or trying hard to please others. No one would look down on you for not being able to read, nor would they fawn on others just because they were promising. Yang'er, who followed him around like a little tail, and Yu Tian, who had regained his identity as the third young master of Youcheng, were treated equally in his sister's heart. They were just younger brothers.
"you……"
Gao Chang also regretted it, blaming himself for being too impatient and his son for being spoiled and stubborn. However, because of his current opportunity, he had no choice but to bow his head first. "I was wrong as a father that day, but those were just angry words. How can they be taken seriously? Don't you even care about your aunt? She loves you the most. Do you have the heart to let her lose her appetite and sleep every day because of you?"
Speaking of his aunt, Gao Yong's heart sank again. The conversation that night was like a curse lingering in his mind. He lowered his eyes, hiding all his disappointment, "Aunt and brother, just treat me as if I died out there."
"Huh? I was wondering, how exactly are you planning to take my brother away? So you're using moral kidnapping?"
Shen Yu smiled disdainfully and looked at the Ou family members who were pretending to be dead. "Why? You want to use Gao Yong to test my attitude towards these brothers? Do you have any shame?"
Old Ou looked up, with admiration in his eyes.
Knowing that he guessed right, Shen Yu suddenly became even angrier, "First, whether it is Gao Yong or Mu Ruilin, they are all human beings, not commodities. You can take them just because you want them? You can just say no and then you don't want them? Who gave you the courage?"
Seeing Gao Chang still wanted to refute, Shen Yu directly retorted, "Master Gao, if I remember correctly, it was Tan Daixue and Tan Ming who conspired to instigate Gao Yong to cause trouble and then made him a scapegoat. I just released Qing Li to scare him, and you said spinelessly that this son had been expelled from the family a long time ago, and even slandered him for attempting to kill his father? Is that true or not? The next day you ordered people to go back and expel this son from the family tree, so, Master Gao, where did your son come from?"
Qingli glared at her unhappily. What did she mean by releasing Qingli? Did she know how to use words?
Cang Yu showed a gloating smile, the young master was indeed good at describing.