Chapter 678: The One Seeking Death Has Come (3)_1
Yes, he regretted it. He shouldn’t have wasted half his life being stubborn. Since he loved her, deeply loved her, and only loved her, why did he need to fight with her? If she didn’t admit her wrongs, so be it, he should have tolerated her. If she betrayed him, so be it. After all, she was by his side. If she physically belonged to him, why should he have worried about winning her heart? Why hadn’t he thought of this earlier? Why did he have to fight with her for more than thirty years, wasting the best years of his life?
They should have been the most affectionate couple, supporting each other through thick and thin. Unfortunately, they wasted their lives being stubborn. By the time they realized it, it was too late...
Seeing his father’s red eyes and his gritted teeth as if he wanted to kill someone, Du Yongzhi shivered. In his more than thirty years of life, this was the first time he had seen his father behave so violently.
"Father, it was that girl from the Mu Family, Mu Caiwei, who has crowned herself as a princess, backed by King Qin. She was arrogant to such an extent that she extorted more than ten thousand taels of silver from my mother. If my mother didn’t comply, she threatened to have King Qin attack us and put the Duke An’s Mansion in an unrecoverable situation. Out of desperation, my mother had to sell her jewelry and even used her personal savings, giving everything to her to maintain temporary peace," he explained.
"Now Mu Caiwei has gotten her just dessets and has been fed to the tigers. The silver my mother gave out should be taken back. Despite us taking a little more, the Mu family used their power to oppress people and fraudulently extort our elder. Shouldn’t they receive some punishment?"
Normally, Du Yongzhi’s argument would have had Du Ruohai’s support. But today, it had no effect. Their actions had indirectly led to Lady Mei’s death. Because of this alone, he wasn’t going to let this issue slide easily.
"Such an important matter, and you all made the decision without even discussing it with me. Do I still matter to you as a father? And you—"