775 A Million Times for You 137 (1/2)

Tuoba Rui looked away and guffawed mirthlessly. His laughter was filled with immense pain, misery, and agony.

”Father…” Tuoba Danxue murmured.

She had never seen such an emotional and distraught side of her father before.

It was, in fact, a little terrifying.

Shi Xiaoyu was no longer as confident as she was when she was arguing with An Xiaoning earlier. She stood rooted to the ground in fear, clenching her fists tightly as goosebumps began to form all over her from head to toe.

Tuoba Rui's laughter ceased as he turned to glare at Shi Xiaoyu sullenly. ”You claimed that Qingzhou tried to run away and that my parents had executed her. I was fooled by you for decades… Not only am I going to divorce you today, I'm going to remove your name from the Tuoba family's record. After you die, you're not to be buried in the ancestral grave. Your son may be the president now, but don't forget, he's in no place to meddle with the familial matters!”

Indeed, Tuoba Gucheng did not have the right to interfere with the family records.

”Tuoba Rui, you're just a scumbag who tried to vie with your brother for his lover. How are you any better than I am? You were clearly aware that Shi Qingzhou was not in love with you at all, yet you still forced yourself upon her shamelessly and got her pregnant with your child. I really blame myself for not killing her earlier. Had I known that this day would come, I would have completely eradicated her and her daughter!” Shi Xiaoyu barked in exasperation.

However, she made a foolish decision to further provoke the infuriated Tuoba Rui.

Her three children could not save her at all from Tuoba Rui's kick in the nick of time.

Shi Xiaoyu fell onto the ground with a loud thud, feeling as if her bones were about to be fractured.

She lay on the ground and began bawling loudly while Tuoba Danxue hurriedly helped her up.

”Mother, are you alright?”

”I'm dying…” Shi Xiaoyu struggled to get up on her feet and began barking like a madwoman, ”If you've got the gall, kill me and avenge Shi Qingzhou. I was married to you for almost my entire life and given birth to three of your children. I ought to deserve some credit for my hard work, yet you still ill-treated me and were always aloof toward me. Would you have taken the initiative to spend the night with me if I didn't always ask you to come and sleep with me in my room?”

Tuoba Rui completely disregarded her and walked away.

Shi Xiaoyu continued to curse and swear with all her might, raging with fury.

The revelation of the truth that Shi Xiaoyu had been hiding for decades sent her into a fizzy and a state of hysterics.

Needless to say, the consequences were grave.

The three siblings were incredibly upset.

After Shi Xiaoyu left to return to her room, Tuoba Danxue asked, ”Brother, how do you plan to deal with An Xiaoning?”

”Why must I deal with her?”

”She holds the evidence to mother's misdeeds that she can threaten us with. Aren't you afraid that she would…” said Tuoba Danxue.

”If she really wanted to spread the evidence online or to foreign media platforms, she would've done it long ago. She's not an insensible person,” said Tuoba Gucheng, who was not in the least bit worried at all.

”If she knows what she's doing, would she have come here to stir trouble with no qualms about the consequences?”

”That's because she was driven to exasperation. I'll have a talk with her privately,” Tuoba Gucheng said sternly.

”Sure.”

He instructed Tuoba Danxue, ”Remember… don't divulge too much to Minxing.”

”I understand.”

”You may go,” said Tuoba Gucheng, after which Tuoba Danxue nodded and scurried away.

The pair of brothers were left alone. ”You seem to be on Father's side. Mother may have done wrong, but Father is partly to blame too,” said a puzzled Tuoba Hancheng.

Tuoba Gucheng answered bluntly, ”I don't understand. Haven't you always been headstrong and opinionated when it comes to pursuing true love? If you could even allow yourself to fall in love with men, why won't you approve of Father's decision to get a divorce? What logic is that? You claim to believe in pursuing true love and freedom on one hand, yet you won't allow your parents to do the same on the other. Why should they continue living like this if neither of them is happy at all?”

”They may just live separately and never see each other again.”

”I'm sure Father has his own reasons,” said Tuoba Gucheng, who then rose from his seat.

”Wait a minute…” Tuoba Hancheng also stood up and looked his brother in the eye. ”What do you plan to do about Mother?”