Ch174 - Wasn’t this the position that the protagonist gong occupied? (1/2)
13.3 – Wasn’t this the position that the protagonist gong occupied?
translator: xiin
editor: alamerysl
A total of three people were sent to investigate, two men and one woman; one was a beastman, one a sub-beastman, and a nurturer. The woman was the nurturer; she was stunned for a moment before hurrying forward to help lift up Xue Ling who had fallen by their side. Xue Ling had thrown up blood, his head had just been hit by the glass just now, his face showed faint traces of a big palm print from being slapped and he looked pitiful all over, his eyes blank as his forehead wrinkled from the pain. It made others really feel pity for him.
The woman saw his appearance, and her chest heaved in anger. She spoke in an angry tone, “I think there’s no need to do a survey. He’s already been beaten up like this, how could such a family be suitable for a nurturer to live in?!”
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Hao Yuanliang hadn’t expected that his one hit would have sent the other person flying. Although he was really angry, his strength was not that great. Now that he had gathered his wits about him, he was naturally not happy about the three people who had broken into his house.
“Who are you guys? Breaking into private property without permission!”
The frowning beastman showed him their credentials. “Hello, we are staff from the Nurturer Protection Association. After hearing what Master Helan had to say, we have come to investigate and confirm whether or not you are suited to be his guardian.”
Hao Yuanliang hadn’t thought that Xue Ling was serious. In his opinion, family affairs should be dealt with at home. Finding outsiders was simply working against their interests while living off them, and deliberately corrupting his reputation. “Fine then, you’re from the Nurturer Protection Association, right~ Take this waste of money away, then. It’ll be just like I, Hao Yuanliang, never had a son like him. Since you want to threaten me by breaking off all ties, heh, did you think that people outside don’t know what you are? Your spiritual strength and fertility value aren’t even as good as your little brother’s. You waste, if you want to get lost, then get lost. Seeing you pisses me off!”
Although the Nurturer Protection Act existed in this world, very few people truly understood what was written in the law. Once Xue Ling really dissolved the father and son relationship between him and Hao Yuanliang, all of his information would be transferred from the Hao family to his new guardian. After that, he would have the right to accuse Hao Yuanliang of not supporting and raising him properly. As long as there was sufficient evidence, he could even pull Hao Yuanliang down from his present position and send him to prison using the fact that he had abused a nurturer.
But Hao Yuanliang didn’t know anything about this. He really thought that these three were people who Xue Ling had made use of in order to frighten him. He even put on his official airs and basically didn’t concern himself about what these three people thought of him and the Hao family. He felt that today’s matter was all Xue Ling’s fault, and as long as he spread word of that outside, it would solidify the fact that Xue Ling was in the wrong. It was always the child who was wrong; as a father, everything he did was correct.
More accurately speaking, Hao Yuanliang basically regarded Helan Jiuyun as an object that belonged to him. It was up to him to decide how to beat and scold the other party, and it was completely unrelated to outsiders.
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Unfortunately, others did not feel that way. Now that he had spoken such arrogant words, the people from the Nurturer Protection Association all sneered. They had been recording these events ever since they came through the door, and the materials would be used for the subsequent evaluations. Now that Hao Yuanliang had spoken such things, the matter of Xue Ling breaking off all ties with him was basically no longer in question.
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His stepmother more or less understood that these people were civil servants. She softened her expression and spoke to Xue Ling, “Jiuyun, don’t be angry with your father. He was really angered by what you did. How could you push your little brother down the stairs? That was too overboard.” The meaning underlying this sentence was that the cause of this incident was Xue Ling, and Hao Yuanliang could not be blamed for it.
The protagonist standing beside them looked innocent as he added, “Exactly, elder brother, I know that you don’t like me, but I really never expected you to treat me like this.”
Xue Ling was being supported. He had thrown up a mouthful of blood, and he no longer had his usual arrogant appearance. His gaze had genuinely begun to turn empty and numb, and it seemed as though he no longer wanted to see the two people in front of him in this life time ever again. “You can call me a waste of money, say that I’m useless, humiliate me, and speak ill of me to outsiders, but the only thing you can never do is speak ill of my mother. She was the most amazing Sculptor, and she is not the fool that you guys named her. She gave up her job for me, and that represents her love. It doesn’t mean that she had a problem with her brain. You can say whatever you want about me, but don’t make fun of my mother!” He raised his head in determination, his eyes were red, but he refrained from crying; his voice became firmer and steadier as he spoke. “Joking about her death is even less acceptable!”
“For all these years, I endured no matter what you said about me. Why do you have to bring up my mother? Could it be that what she suffered wasn’t enough?” He was questioning the two parental figures present. “Did you teach him to speak like that? Where did everything you eat, wear, and live come from? Wasn’t it all obtained with my mother’s life? But you guys still treat her like this!”
Although they were unclear about what exactly was going on in this family, the three investigators had been successfully drawn to Xue Ling’s side by these remarks.
As far as pretending to be pitiful went, Xue Ling’s position was definitely higher than those two people who were now pretending to be pitiful and innocent. After all, he had enough capital to be pitied, and his method of speaking out for his loved ones made others feel sorry for him from the bottom of their hearts.
In addition, the amount of information contained in his words was even more abundant, and could sway others to stand on his side.
The younger woman and the sub-beastman who had come forward helped Xue Ling stand up. He wiped the blood from his mouth and continued, “Since these three investigators are here today, we’ll have them serve as our witness. From today on, I have broken off all father-son ties with Hao Yuanliang, and from now on, we will have nothing to do with each other. I don’t want anything from this house. I just want you to return my mother’s legacy to me. She was going to give me a pendant when I become an adult; that was the last thing that my mother left for me, and I want it back in my hands.”
Hao Yuanliang was beset by a sudden about of anger that affected his mind, he was now really eager to throw him out. He rushed into the study and took out the box that contained the pendant, throwing it towards Xue Ling immediately. “That’s the piece of junk that your mother left behind. Take it and get lost! Don’t let me see you again!”
The beastman went up to receive the box, and it hit his palm with surprising force. If it had hit Xue Ling again, perhaps he would have received another wound. The beastman’s expression was ugly as he looked at Hao Yuanliang and said, “Now that we have all reached an agreement, we will bring Master Helan back with us. Mister Hao should take care. We will definitely see you again.”
Hao Yuanliang scolded them again on the spot and told them to get the hell out of his house.
The protagonist had hidden himself away from the beginning to the end. Although he had spoken out a few words in the middle, he mostly tried to keep his head down. It was not a good thing for him to have received such a large amount of information after as soon as he left the hospital. In fact, he was still a little confused, and didn’t understand why things had reached this stage today.