CHAPTER 418: CHAPTER 413: NO LONGER FAMILY

Zhou Yunmei noticed that Luo Zhiyong’s expression this time was really different from before, and she started to panic a bit.

In the past, although Luo Zhiyong would yell in anger, he would soften up afterwards.

This time, Luo Zhiyong seemed to have no temper to speak of, but his tone suggested he didn’t want to talk to them anymore.

Zhou Yunmei truly feared Luo Zhiyong would ignore her from now on, her nose wrinkling, she tried to start a scene as before, "Fine, look at the good son I raised..."

But before she could finish her sentence, Luo Zhiyong blocked her words with an impatient look, "Mom, stop making such a fuss, it’s annoying. If you think you can scare me with that again today, I’m not afraid anymore. I’ve done all those things today; do you think I still care about you shouting and calling me unfilial?"

Luo Zhiyong said with a sneer, showing a look of complete indifference, "Let it be unfilial then. I’m no longer interested in caring about what others say."

"I..." Zhou Yunmei tried every soft and hard tactic today, to no avail. Panicking, she didn’t know what to do and looked towards Luo Honglan.

"Brother, actually, Mom came here to apologize to you all," seeing the situation, Luo Honglan had no choice but to grab Luo Zhiyong’s arm and whisper, "Dad wants you guys to come back for the feast, saying no matter what’s going on at home, you have to come back for the meal, after all, we are a family."

Luo Zhiyong shook his head and sighed, his lips revealing a sarcastic smile, "I am not family with Luo Zhiming, and I never will be again."

Hearing Luo Zhiyong’s hard stance, as if he truly intended to sever ties with the family, Fang Ping’an started to worry. He pulled Fang Pingying aside and whispered, "Pingying, maybe you should persuade Zhiyong to go back. After all, everyone in the village is going to the feast, and if you don’t go, people will talk."

Fang Pingying also didn’t care one bit, "What happened just now should have given them enough to talk about."

Fang Ping’an sighed and said, "This is what your father-in-law wants. Don’t let the old man’s efforts go to waste."

"Yes, Sister-in-Law, it really is Dad’s wish," Luo Honglan joined in after hearing this, and also came to pull on Fang Pingying to persuade, "Uncle Ping’an, Sister Xiu’er, you should go too. They’ve set places for you at the feast."

With things between Fang Xiu and Luo Zhiming turning out this way, she didn’t want to go back no matter what. Waving her hand, she said, "If my dad goes, I won’t. My status will only cause more gossip if I go."

"Then I’ll go," Fang Ping’an decided to agree, trying to persuade Fang Pingying and the others, "After all, I’m still relatives with the Luo Family, and it’s inevitable we will interact in the future."

After he spoke, he addressed Luo Zhiyong and Fang Pingying as well, "Zhiyong, Pingying, you both go. If Zhiming and his wife show displeasure or make faces, then we’ll talk about it."

Luo Honglan also quickly nodded in agreement, adding, "Right, Big Brother, after all, that’s our home. How can we not return? Besides, if someone should avoid it, it’s them who should avoid you. They are the ones who did wrong."

"Zhiyong." While they were talking, Luo Dashan pushed the door open and walked in.

Luo Zhiyong and Fang Pingying went forward to greet him. Luo Dashan nodded with a somewhat distressed look, then sighed, "Let’s go back. It’s not easy to come back once, so let’s go home and have a look."

With Luo Dashan personally coming over, Luo Zhiyong and Fang Pingying felt it inappropriate to insist further, so they followed him back.

Incidentally, Fang Ping’an was also invited by Luo Dashan to join the feast at their house.

When they returned home, the feast had not yet started. The villagers all knew what had just happened in their family, but no one brought it up. As they saw Luo Zhiyong coming back, they came over to greet him one by one.

After greeting the villagers, Luo Dashan didn’t say much and asked everyone to sit down.

A rural feast has many customs and takes up a lot of time. By the time it was over, it was almost four o’clock.

By now, Fang Pingying and Luo Zhiyong weren’t willing to stay at the Luo Family home any longer. Once the guests had left, the two went to say goodbye to Luo Dashan, planning to stay at Fang Ping’an’s and intending to rush back to the city tomorrow. Luo Dashan wasn’t ill, after all.

This home, now that Xu He was here, they certainly didn’t want to stay any longer.

But Luo Dashan didn’t let them leave and instead pulled them inside to ask about many things.

In reality, Luo Dashan was utterly unaware of all these issues, even knowing less than Fang Pingying and the rest.

He had no idea what Luo Zhiming and Xu He had done when Fang Pingying was pregnant, nor about the matters between Luo Zhiming and Xu He.

Now that he knew, what was done was done. Even if he were to start holding people accountable, it wouldn’t help. Moreover, Luo Dashan was never the kind of person with that kind of authority, otherwise, the household wouldn’t have been made into such a mess by Zhou Yunmei.

He simply looked at Luo Zhiyong helplessly, saying, "Zhiyong, Dad knows that the family has wronged you over these years, holding you back. It won’t happen again in the future. Don’t worry too much about the family matters, just live your lives well. Don’t send money for the time being, wait until we are really too old to move, then we’ll speak of it."

"Dad, I’m clear on all that, just that with the way things are at home, I’ll definitely be coming back less from now on. You need to take good care of yourself, and if you feel unwell, call me, I’ll come and see you." Towards Luo Dashan, Luo Zhiyong was as always, wanting to be as filial as possible.

"I know, I won’t blame you for not coming back," Luo Dashan said to Luo Zhiyong and Fang Pingying with a simple smile, "Just live a good life, and remember to bring the kids back to see me when they are a bit older, I haven’t seen them yet."

Actually, Luo Dashan had mentioned the children many times already, and it was clear he genuinely cared for them. Fang Pingying replied with a smile, "Dad, whenever the weather is good, and you’re not busy in the fields, just come to the city to see them."

Luo Dashan didn’t wish to trouble Luo Zhiyong and Fang Pingying, knowing that he wouldn’t visit the city often in the future, but it was the daughter-in-law’s kind offer, so he responded with a smile, "Good, good, I’ll find a day."

In fact, every time there were issues at home, what Luo Dashan said was always steeped in guilt, and Fang Pingying and the others had heard it many times.

But it was of no use, because each time after he said it, nothing really changed at home.

After a few words of consolation to Luo Dashan, Luo Zhiyong and Fang Pingying left.

When they left, Zhou Yunmei and Luo Zhiming were still seeing off the guests. Luo Zhiyong did not go out of his way to call Zhou Yunmei, so that was that for this time.

The two returned to Fang Ping’an’s place, where Fang Ping’an and Fang Xiu were organizing things. They had temporarily settled in the city, and it was certain they wouldn’t be coming back in the next few days, but Fang Ping’an was of the older generation and still harbored the notion of returning to one’s roots.

No matter how nice life in the city was, when they got old, she and Li Yuchun would still come back, so Fang Ping’an had left everything untouched at home, just covered up all the stuff, and was packing up some food to take back to the city.