Chapter 761 - 226 Painful Event_3
From his throat, there escaped a tragic howl.
Yin Zhan watched with an unbearable look on his face, he knew that such treatment was devastating for Yin Zhili. But he understood his son’s temperament: his heart was too soft, which meant kind in a favorable view and indecisive to a fault in a less favorable one. Yin Zhili couldn’t stand up to hardships, and in doing so, he couldn’t harden his heart against the Empress Dowager.
Yin Zhan didn’t care if Yin Zhili hated him; he only worried that Yin Zhili would refuse to acknowledge Lin Roujia.
"Your blood carries the royal lineage," Yin Zhan said, short and decisive, "Listen, I am about to do something dangerous, and I might not return. If I don’t come back, everything of the Yin Household will be in your hands, and the Empress Dowager will be implicated. Promise me, protect your mother."
Yin Zhili’s wailing halted, and he looked toward Yin Zhan, realizing something, and said, "What are you planning to do?"
"It’s time to settle the grudges from the past," Yin Zhan said, "I am not afraid to face the consequences; I just can’t let go of you and your mother."
Yin Zhili shook his head: "No, don’t do it."
"There’s no turning back," Yin Zhan suddenly laughed, his smile as bright as ever, but there was a fanatical madness in his eyes, he said, "Ever since I met your mother, my fate was sealed. I have lived my life for no one else, only for her. Zhili, it’s the same for you, your fate is such. I will clear the obstacles ahead of you, but you must do the rest. You must not fail, all of the Yin Household and my soldiers and horses will be yours eventually."
He spoke with such gravity, as if he knew he would never return. Sudden, profound sorrow welled up in Yin Zhili’s heart. Yet, he still shook his head and said, "No, that won’t do." Whether he was resisting the fate forced upon him or rejecting the unknown, an undesirable future, he couldn’t tell.