Chapter 83.2 : He Has Never Wronged Anyone! (Part 2)
Lu Tianren: "!!!"
"Even if I cut ties with them now, who can guarantee that those people won't come looking for me again in the future—for family or personal reasons?"
"Blood ties are shameless, and they're something you can't change. Since it's impossible to sever what can't be changed, then it's better to do the opposite—use it instead. First, extract the greatest possible benefit for myself, and then…"
As if by coincidence, Tang Qingmo opened his palm. A withered leaf drifted down slowly, landing right in his hand.
Then he clenched his fist hard.
Crunch.
The dry, brittle sound of it shattering rang out.
"…personally bury it!"
Tang Qingmo opened his hand again. The withered leaf had already been crushed into pieces, scattering onto the ground.
Lu Tianren: !?
Tang Qingmo's words struck him like a bolt of enlightenment.
That's right. Tang Qingmo was clearly the Tang family's true young master. It was only because of villains' crimes that he had lived eighteen years of unbearable suffering.
Now that he had finally been taken back by the Tang family, they not only failed to fulfill their responsibilities as family—but even believed the fake young master's slander and turned around to abuse the real one instead!
In all of this, Tang Qingmo was not at fault at all!
He had never wronged a single person!
So why should he bear pain that had nothing to do with him—just because of others?!
"Young Master Tang, my perspective was too narrow."
Lu Tianren clenched his fist tightly, blaming himself once more for his immaturity.
"I was abandoned by my biological parents, so before my father adopted me, I lived a life where I was treated poorly."
"I thought that as long as I proactively helped the weak, I could reduce the number of people who went through experiences like mine. But only now do I realize that so-called 'weakness' can be faked—and that some people become 'weak' only after they once bullied others and were retaliated against!"
"I shouldn't have questioned others before understanding the truth of the matter!"
Lu Tianren closed his eyes, then slowly relaxed his clenched fist.
"I really am… far too self-righteous."
He spoke with deep sincerity, carrying a charisma that could persuade others and make them believe in him.
Tang Qingmo gave a faint smile and shrugged.
"It's nothing. Even though you have your own viewpoints, you never truly interfered with what I was doing."
"People who are truly self-righteous are the ones who, under the banner of 'what's good for you,' interfere with others' actions just to achieve the outcome they want to see."
"You didn't obstruct me. And whenever you had questions, you waited until I was done before asking. Just that alone already puts you ahead of many people."
"..."
Lu Tianren lowered his head. He didn't dare say that this was because he had already seen information about 'Tang Qingmo' from Lu Rongsheng yesterday.
If he hadn't known how tragically Tang Qingmo had lived all these years, he might really have interfered—and ended up doing something foolish…
This only further proved the importance of fully understanding and investigating an entire situation, just as Tang Qingmo had said.
Tang Qingmo casually scrolled through his phone. The messages the Tang family sent him were nothing more than things like "Where are you?" and "Why haven't you come back yet?"…
How unimaginative.
He put his phone away. "It's about time. Let's go straight to the hospital."
Lu Tianren: "Okay."
When Tang Jianren suggested visiting Tang Xuerong earlier that morning, Tang Qingmo had already tipped Chen Biantai off.
He also made sure that everything was arranged before the Tang family arrived.
Tang Xuerong had been placed in a luxurious ground-floor hospital room.
Before the Tang family's arrival, everything was already fully prepared…