Chapter 918: Only with Compassion Comes Filial Piety
Closing her eyes to regain her composure, Luo Qiao continued, "Are you all not aware of how resolute she was when she betrayed my father and signed that agreement?
After her second marriage, how did she treat us? Do we really have to list out each and every incident?
Just because she gave us life, does it mean she can demand endlessly? If uncle keeps using his status as an elder to pressure us, always only considering his sister’s wellbeing and ignoring our feelings, then we can do without this kind of kinship."
Luo Siyan stepped forward and patted his brother’s shoulder, "Uncle, since you’re so set on helping her, you might as well take care of everything by yourself. There’s no need to call us for a discussion. Maybe from your perspective, you think we are unfilial, but there’s a saying, ’with a benevolent mother comes filial children.’ There must be benevolence before filial piety can exist.
You can’t demand from us endlessly just because of the grace of life. To put it bluntly, none of us five siblings were raised by her. The one she truly raised is Zhao Jianing, her darling daughter held in the palm of her hand. So please, don’t use filial piety to pressure us casually. She doesn’t deserve it."
Ning Hongda placed his last hope on Luo Qiao and then turned towards her, "Qiaoqiao, what about you? Do you feel the same as they do?"
Luo Qiao said indifferently, "Every effect has its cause. Besides giving me life, she has given me nothing else. Even after we recognized each other later on, you all know too well how she treated me. We are simply incompatible."
After a pause, she continued, "My brothers’ stance is my stance. If we compromise this time, what about the next, and the time after that? You’ll just keep repeating this tactic. You might not get tired of it, but we are already tired.
Because of your principle of going back on your word, we neither praise nor can we trust anymore. Although we’re the younger generation, we too are human beings with independent emotions and flesh and blood. Thus, I’m siding with my brothers on this matter."
Ning Hongda didn’t expect his nephews and niece to speak of him so poorly, his expression turned ugly, and he scoffed, "After all this talk, don’t you just mean you don’t want to pay for your mother’s medical expenses? I have seen through you all, the richer you are, the stingier you get, yet you make it sound so righteous."
Luo Xuyuan heard this and replied indifferently, "Since uncle has already said as much, there’s no need for us to continue here. We will take our leave now."