I'm Pregnant with the Villain's Child

Chapter 316 - That was the only way that he could leave this world without regret (2)

Lu Shaoyan sat down on the edge of the bed and looked at the old man, who had become haggard from grief.

He just watched him.

"Sor… Sor… ry." That word was stammered out, but he was finally able to say it.

Old Master Lu deeply sighed. The emotional knot that had plagued him for so many years seemed to dissipate entirely in that moment.

Lu Shaoyan laughed.

"Sorry?" He was doubtful. "Dad, are you that moved by your own words?"

It really wasn't right to say these words in front of an eldery person who had been notified that he had limited time left. Despite that, Lu Shaoyan continued to jokingly smile. "Can you redeem yourself of any sin just by saying sorry? No matter what it is, as long as you say sorry, then you can cancel out everything that you've done? Dad, don't you think you're being too naive?"

Old Master Lu looked at him. His Adam's Apple went up and down, but he couldn't produce any words from his slightly open mouth.

"I found out that you had cancer a year ago. The symptoms of cancer, I couldn't be more clear about that. Do you know why? Lu Shaoyan looked at him. He smiled a strange smile. "Because my mom had cancer too."

Old Master Lu grasped the bedsheet in vain. He stared at Lu Shaoyan with his unclear eyes. His entire body trembled violently.

"You said that my mom betrayed you. That I'm not your son. That I'm a b*stard child. You're so conceited. When you saw the so-called truth, you believe it without any doubt. Did you forget? That you once loved my mom so much? That you cared about me so much. Just because of that fake evidence and falsified paternity test, you saw me as b*stard child and called my mom a sl*t."

Old Master Lu's expression became twisted.

"You weren't even willing to be on the same land as my mom and me. Your heartlessly drove us out of the country. Did you know? My mom had the same symptoms as you in the first year we lived abroad. She went to the hospital, and the doctors found out that she had an early stage of liver cancer. There was time for treatment, but we didn't have money. We didn't even have the money to survive. She could only wait for death."

"Do you know why I keep coming back to the ancestral home?" Lu Shaoyan laughed. A twisted pleasure floated up. "Because I want to see you as you went from the early stage of liver cancer to the middle stage to the late stage. I waited to hear the doctor say you're past the point of treatment and could only wait for death!"

"Your…. Mom…"

"Yes, she died. She died a long time ago." Lu Shaoyan expressionlessly said, "She died in her second year abroad. Her condition worsened much faster than yours. It was because she washed her face with tears every day. Every day, she hated you and thought about you. She talked about you like a lunatic. Before she died, she told me to not tell you the news of her death. She said that death ended everything. It was the living that suffered the most. She didn't want you to suffer."

The line on the ECG monitor became more gentle.

Even with the oxygen mask, it became harder and harder for Old Master Lu to catch his breath.

"She told me that you would find out about the truth one day. When that time comes, you'll contact me. She told me to tell you that she hates you and never wants to see you to hide the news of her death. Look, even when she was dying, she was still thinking about you. A woman like that, she's downright ridiculous!"

"Shao…. Shao…" Old Master Lu could only say his name in vain. He struggled to reach out and grab Lu Shaoyan's hand. Tears slipped from his eyes that were full of guilt and pleading.

Lu Shaoyan looked at his eyes and suddenly sighed. "I regret it now. I should have told you the news of her death earlier. She's right. It's all over when you die. Only living people can feel pain. Instead of letting you carry the hope of being forgiven every day, it would have been better to tell you earlier and have you live your life in guilt. Perhaps then, I would have gotten more instead of that little bit of useless real estate!"