CHAPTER 833: CHAPTER 833: SABOTAGE

Wei Lai had never looked at Wei Ji with such eyes, filled with hatred, terrifying and mad.

Unconsciously, Wei Ji took two steps back, and at that moment, Wei Mother stood between them.

"Honey, what are you doing? No matter what Wei Ji has done, he’s our son. What are you trying to do with that expression on your face? What do you want to do?" Wei Mother spread her arms, like a hen protecting her chick, firmly shielding Wei Ji behind her.

"What am I doing? I’ll beat this ungrateful brat to death, that’s what! I’ve worked hard for so many years to build a position, and this kid ruined it with just a few words. If I don’t beat him to death, what am I keeping him for? To continue being a menace to me?" Wei Lai pointed at Wei Ji’s forehead, shouting loudly.

"What did I do in my last life to deserve a child as incompetent and troublesome as him, to let him ruin the Wei Family?" Wei Lai’s eyes turned bloodshot as he accused Wei Ji, spittle flying, all semblance of his usual gentlemanly elegance gone.

"What do you mean by incompetent and troublesome? Wei Ji is just a bit simple-minded, a bit straightforward in personality, how does that deserve such a bad reputation? And how old is Wei Ji? He’s still a child, what can he possibly understand?" Wei Mother retorted discontentedly.

After all, she was a mother; how could she stand anyone, even the child’s father, slandering her child like this?

"A child?" Wei Lai’s voice rose by at least eight pitches, "Whose child is his age? Have you seen a child that big? Other people’s children, even at four or five, are already sensible. How old is Wei Ji? He’s twenty-three! At this age, in our time, he could already have a family and a career. He’s still small? How is he small?" Wei Lai felt a headache from his anger, never thinking his wife could be so unreasonable.

"He’s so grown up yet doesn’t understand anything. People his age are already managing companies and sharing family responsibilities. It’s only you who always thinks he’s a child and won’t let him do this or that. Whenever he acts spoiled and demanding, you agree to everything. How he turned out now is entirely thanks to you." Wei Lai vented his dissatisfaction onto his wife.

"The saying ’A kind mother raises a wastrel’ is so true. If we had strictly disciplined him when he was born, would he have caused such trouble today? Absolutely not!" Wei Lai stated firmly.

Wei Mother almost couldn’t believe her ears, "What did you say? So the way the child turned out is all my fault? If you thought there was a problem with my method of education, why didn’t you say so back then? You kept quiet for over twenty years until something happened, and then you start talking. Do you know what that behavior is called? It’s called hindsight!" Wei Mother shouted back at Wei Lai, not to be outdone.

"Hindsight? You dare say I’m being hindsight?" Wei Lai pointed at his own nose, sneering coldly, speaking with disbelief and mockery.

"When I wanted to teach the child back then, did you let me? Didn’t you push me away and tell me not to interfere? Regarding the child’s education, of all the things I said, which one did you listen to? Just like I said repeatedly to stay away from your family members, who are like blood-sucking leeches, did you listen to me?" The more Wei Lai spoke, the more pronounced his mocking tone became.

Wei Mother was trembling with anger from Wei Lai’s words, "As soon as something goes wrong, you shift all the blame onto me. What do you take me for, your scapegoat? Besides, my parents raised me for so many years, what’s wrong with me being filial to them? Isn’t that expected? Did I say anything when you were filial to your parents?"

"But when I honor my parents, it’s with my own capability. Whose support do you rely on when you’re filial to yours? Is it yourself? Isn’t it me who pays for it? And is it only your parents that you honor? Don’t you also drag your brother into it? If it weren’t for him causing trouble this time, if he hadn’t set this off, would we be in this situation? From the time of the incident until now, has your family contacted you? No, they’re all avoiding it as fast as they can." Wei Lai said mockingly at Wei Mother.

"I never imagined you’d be like this, enjoying the flattery from my family while despising them and thinking so poorly of them. If you truly think they are so useless, why did you marry me? If you hadn’t married me, none of this would have happened!" Wei Mother screamed angrily at Wei Lai.

"How do you know I haven’t regretted it? Over all these years, I’ve regretted countless times why I married you. If I hadn’t married you, would I have achieved greater success now? Without the burden of those bloodsuckers from your family, would I have progressed further? Would I have this son who has made me clean up his messes countless times since he was little?" Wei Lai’s words struck like a steel blade straight through Wei Mother’s heart, leaving it bloody.

"That’s enough from you both, is it necessary to argue so much over something so small?"

Wei Ji finally snapped out of his shocked state. He was truly frightened, never having seen his famously loving parents fight so fiercely.

Seeing them look at him after he spoke, Wei Ji instinctively swallowed, "People online have short memories, once this thing passes two or three days, they won’t remember. By then, Dad, you should just carry on like usual, everything will be as it was before, it’s no big deal."

"No big deal?" Wei Lai was amused by his son’s words.

"Do you still not realize the seriousness of this issue? It’s not about people online remembering or not. This matter has become a stain on my life. Even if they forget, my political enemies won’t, and I’ll be under their thumb forever, never able to rise again, never able to hold my head high, never having hope, do you understand?" At that moment, Wei Lai really wanted to rush over to Wei Ji, crack his skull open, and see if, during the development of his body, he had somehow forgotten to develop his brain, as he uttered such childish things.

"If you don’t understand, it’s fine, I’ll explain it more plainly: because of you, your father can’t even think about advancing in politics anymore. I’ve walked this path for so many years, and no matter who set obstacles before me, I’d always remove them. But this obstacle, the one you personally laid before me, I can’t remove. You’ve completely ruined me." After saying this, Wei Lai’s eyes turned numb.