Chapter 129 - 128: The Puppet Master
"Grandfather, you mean Mr. Bai... oh, no, I mean my future father-in-law’s matter,"
Lu Tianxing blurted out subconsciously, almost explicitly stating Bai Shan’s name, but he finally referred to him as his future father-in-law.
"Bai Shan is just Bai Shan, there’s no need to hide anything. It seems you know much more than I imagined, Zhiqing must have told you!"
Instead of getting angry at Lu Tianxing’s words, Bai Qiao Mountain’s expression turned a bit gloomier, and he sighed, "You guessed right, it indeed is because of that matter with Bai Shan—that wretch, after killing Xiaolian, still showed no remorse. Even when he saw us arrive, he brazenly told us that this was the consequence of us not giving him money and opposing him, claiming Xiaolian was to blame for her own death. At that moment, I wished I could have shot that wretch dead."
"In the end, he was sentenced to a few years, and he wanted me to pull some strings to save him, which I refused. Consequently, he harbored resentment towards me and even severed the father-son relationship multiple times. His actions also chilled my heart. Since then, I have had no contact with him, just as if I had no son. And it was because of this incident, the once lively and lovely Zhiqing turned into what she is now, always cold to everyone, focused only on her work..."
Recalling the past, a hint of unmistakable weariness emerged on Bai Qiao Mountain’s face—for a father, having his daughter-in-law killed by his own son, experiencing the instant ruin of his family, only those who have lived through it can understand such heart-wrenching pain.
Lu Tianxing fell silent; he hadn’t realized the immense pain suppressed in Bai Zhiqing’s heart. He had heard it once from Bai Zhiqing before, but now, hearing Bai Qiao Mountain recount the whole story in detail, he truly understood the full extent of the incident.
Coldness, perhaps, was just Bai Zhiqing’s way of masking her inner turmoil—her mother killed by her own father, who showed no remorse and even brazenly claimed her mother deserved to die. This pain was comparable to instantly losing both parents, plunging from heaven into hell, enough to drive a person insane.
Lu Tianxing took a deep breath and said solemnly, "Grandfather, rest assured, I promise you, as long as I, Lu Tianxing, am alive, I will not let Zhiqing suffer a single bit of harm. Since she has become my wife, she will be my wife, Lu Tianxing’s wife, for life—no one can take her away, no one can hurt her."