Chapter 65: Speaking to the son (2/2)

Lu Zhengyang stood up. “If you want to pay for my dinner, I don’t want to eat here. Let me take you elsewhere.”

“Don’t pick an expensive place! This older sister is merely an average assistant with an average income. Don’t pick something too expensive!” I warned.

I followed Lu Zhengyang. He took us to the food stall outside.

I didn’t expect the punk to help me save so much money; my impression of him increased a few levels. But it was too loud here. Everyone around were drinking and yelling.

Actually, in the past, there were a few times where I had wanted to try out places like this. But I had no one to go with. If I came alone, it seemed odd and out of place in this type of atmosphere. So, I never ended up coming.

Who would’ve thought that this child would grant my wish today? He ordered some skewers, a few small dishes, and two bottles of beer.

Just as Lu Zhengyang was about to open the beer, I stopped him. “Ehhhhh, aren’t you in senior high school? You’re not allowed to drink!”

“I’m already an adult. I can drink. Plus, in the world of adults, don’t they drink and chat? If we don’t drink, how are we going to chat?”

I had my left hand pressing down on the beer bottle, and my right smacking his head, “You punk, why are you acting? Who told you, you can’t chat without drinking?”

I seized the opportunity to take the two bottles of beer from him. “Owner, please take these beers back. We don’t need it.”

“You….” Lu Zhengyang seemed annoyed by my actions but he didn’t say anything else.

“When we were at the BBQ meat store, you had a lot of questions you wanted to ask me right? Go ahead and ask. I will answer them all.”

“I have too many questions to ask, but right now I cannot remember any of them. I’m thankful you want to help me. But I must tell you something ahead of time. This is a….”

“Troublesome issue.” I cut off Lu Zhengyang’s words. “I know your situation isn’t a simple dispute. But I’m the type that’s curious. The more troublesome it is, the more I want to help out.”

“Do you know what happened to me?” Lu Zhengyang revealed a crestfallen expression that was appropriate for his age.

“I’ve only read bits and pieces from the web. But I assume 80% of it is false?” Seeing how depressed he was, I honestly felt bad for making him think back about his past. But I had no choice, so I tested him, “If it’s ok with you, can you tell me about your father?”

“You want me to tell you? I don’t know how I should begin. Everything happened too suddenly. While I was clueless, my father had been accused of an inauspicious, horrid crime and died innocently in prison.”

“Do you know the mastermind behind this?”

Lu Zhengyang shook his head.

“What was their motive for accusing your father?”

Lu Zhengyang shook his head again.

“Do you actually believe I want to help you? Or are you afraid that I’m a bad person they’ve sent from the other side?”

Lu Zhengyang coldly laughed, “Regardless of the commotion I make, they ignore me… why would they purposely send a person to get close to me?”

That’s true…

“But if you don’t know anything, then you…”

“My father is innocent!” Lu Zhengyang hollered as he slammed onto the table. His youthful face was flushed, “I know what type of person he is because he is my father! As his son, I believe him. So I must help him redress an injustice! The only person I know who is directly involved is Mi Fan. She and some people had joined forces and put the criminal charges on my dad! It was obvious that my father didn’t do anything. All he did was try to help his student who was lying on the streets!”

I felt guilty for igniting Lu Zhengyang's fire. I wasn’t sure how to comfort him. But suddenly, a half transparent figured appeared behind him.

While I was trying to figure out whether I was hallucinating or not, Lu Wenxue had already sat down next to Lu Zhengyang as he lightly patted his back. Currently, the father and son’s expressions were very similar. They both had a sorrow that couldn't be put into words.

Most likely, my chat with Lu Zhengyang had evoked all his buried emotions from within. After we were done eating, he couldn't stop bawling his eyes out on the way home.

It was difficult to calm him down. Eventually, his sobs became silent tears. After I walked him home, I didn’t waste any time and directly confronted Lu Wenxue to reveal my ability.