CHAPTER 1305: CHAPTER 666: OVERWHELMED BY RAGE (PART 2)

"Dad, Mom," Erlang knelt on the ground with a thud, "I don’t want anything. When you both get old, I’ll support you just the same."

"What are you going to support us with?" Lian Shouyi kicked Erlang in anger, "You work for the whole Luo family, at this rate, in a year or two you’ll be drained. What are you going to use to support us, you’re just supporting others."

"... They said, once Xiao Ying is married, they won’t need us." Erlang said.

Luo Xiaoying is Luo Xiaoyan’s younger brother.

"Damn it," Lian Shouyi cursed again, "Erlang, you’re a fool, a blockhead. They’ll use you up and kick you out."

"Dad, the Old Luo family isn’t decent, they think we’re fools." Lian Shouyi said to Old Master Lian, "Dad, what should we do, this is just bullying us."

As he spoke to Old Master Lian, Lian Shouyi glanced several times at Lian Shouxin.

In the past, Lian Shouyi could have taken Lady He to Luo Family Village, but now, without Old Master Lian’s word, and without Lian Shouxin backing him, he had no confidence to do so.

"Grandpa, their family is forced to do this." Erlang hurriedly crawled two steps forward on his knees towards Old Master Lian, "I have nothing else, just my strength. No one in their family wants to live lavishly. I’ll just do more work, in two or three years, her brother can get married. Then, we can live on our own."

"Grandpa, if I go to Luo Family Village, we can save on the house expenses and all. I’ll be like my Fourth Uncle and support my parents and you two elders."

"You, how can you compare to your Fourth Uncle? If you give us half of what your Fourth Uncle does, we’ll leave you alone to do whatever you want." Lady He said angrily.

"I can’t compare to Fourth Uncle. But I am also leaving with nothing, and I’ll still support you, I’ll do the best I can. Xiao Yan also nodded. I’m saying this today in front of Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt as witnesses." Erlang added.

"Dad, this won’t do." Lian Shouyi said.

"Grandpa, I beg you, I’ll kowtow to you. I’ve never asked for anything before, and I won’t ask for anything else in the future." Erlang kowtowed earnestly to Old Master Lian.

Erlang was an honest person, and his kowtows were sincere.

For a while, Old Master Lian didn’t say a word, then suddenly his throat made a gurgling sound, and he fell backward.

The room immediately turned chaotic.

"Oh my, is Old Master mad or what?"

"Did he have another stroke?"

"Old man, wake up."

"Get the doctor quickly."

Wu Lang sent someone to bring Doctor Li, who diagnosed, prescribed, and when Old Master Lian gradually calmed down, it was already evening. Lady Zhang took Lian Zhizhi, Lian Manman, and Xiao Qi home first, while Lian Shouxin and Wu Lang handled the rest of the matters, returning home at the Hai Hour.

Lady Zhang, Lian Zhizhi, Lian Manman, and Xiao Qi were not asleep. When they saw Lian Shouxin and Wu Lang return, they quickly asked how things went.

"Old Master is asleep," Lian Shouxin sighed, "today, it was just a flare-up. He should slowly recover with a few doses of medication. It’s just his age."

Doctor Li had said the same thing at the time.

"As long as he’s okay." Lady Zhang said.

"Did anyone bring up what Brother Erlang said again?" Lian Manman asked.

"How could they, Old Master got mad because of him. Ah..." Lian Shouxin sighed deeply, "Old Master told Wu Lang and me just now that Erlang’s issue hit a sore spot for him."

"What did Grandpa say?" Lian Manman asked Wu Lang quietly, seeing that Lian Shouxin didn’t seem to be in a good mood.

"... Left with nothing, yet still supporting his elders, Brother Erlang’s willing to work for the Luo family." Wu Lang explained briefly.

"Oh." Lian Manman suddenly understood.

In Old Master Lian’s eyes, Erlang’s proposal today meant he’d rather go to another village and work for the Old Luo family than stay at the old house. Moreover, Erlang was so eager and determined to leave the old house, he wanted nothing for himself but promised to support Lian Shouyi and Lady He later.

This inevitably made Old Master Lian think of the time when Lian Shouli and Lian Shouxin left with nothing. And thinking of his two sons leaving, made him perceive Erlang’s situation in the same light.

The same matter, viewed from different perspectives, leads to different understandings.

"Grandpa asked Dad and me if we blamed him." Wu Lang suddenly said.

"Brother, what did you and Dad say?" Lian Manman asked.

"I said it’s all in the past, told him to take good care of himself, and not to think about anything else." Wu Lang said.

Blame or not blame? Lian Manman understood Wu Lang’s response. The family was busy with their lives, happily, without time for things that bore no meaning.

"What do you think about Erlang’s matter?" Lady Zhang asked Lian Shouxin softly.

"In my opinion, it’s not a good match." Lian Shouxin said without hesitation, "It’s just Erlang, when we were leaving, he told everyone that if things didn’t work out with the Luo family, he’d stay single for life. He didn’t seem like he was bluffing when he said it."

"Dad, now that Grandpa is sick, should we delay making the coffin?" Lian Manman asked.

"No, we’ll start making it tomorrow. I have to talk to your Third Uncle tomorrow and ask for more workers." Lian Shouxin said, "Old Master specifically reminded about this just now."

"Oh." Lian Manman seemed to understand something.

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