Rarely affectionate

After going back that day, Yuan Cheng stayed behind closed doors for two full days, staying alone in his youngest son's bedroom, neither eating nor drinking, and would not open the door when anyone knocked.

Those confidantes who had been with him for decades went crazy, Zhou Zhengrong got angry in a hurry, and blood bubbles formed around his mouth.If it wasn't for the fear that Yuan Cheng would do something irrational inside, he would almost want to shoot the door down!

Yuan Xiao also came, kneeling on the ground crying and banging on the door.Others on the road only know that Mr. Yuan died of his favorite and most capable young son, and the whole Yuan family only knows that the young son committed suicide by jumping into the sea in front of his father, but only Yuan Xiao knows that Lang Bai is not only Father's favorite son is also the only lover that father has truly fallen in love with in his life!

Lang Bai's jump completely shattered Yuan Cheng's last hope in this life!

Yuan Zhen was really afraid that his father would not think about it for a while, so he followed him.It has nothing to do with the succession of power or anything, he is just simply afraid.He had already lost a capable younger brother, and if a powerful father died immediately after, he would be the only one left in the Yuan family!All the turmoil, all the problems, all the difficulties, all the helplessness... all can only be borne by him alone!

When Yuan Xiao thought of this, he felt chills in his heart.

Yes, he did think about killing Lang Bai in one fell swoop when he was on the boat, but it was only a temporary decision in a panic. If the situation was not so urgent at that time, he would not have made up his mind to kill his brother with his own hands.Besides, if something happened to his father because of this, Yuan Xiao would never be at peace for the rest of his life!

All kinds of remorse and regret made Yuan Xiao cry very vividly, not to mention how Yuan Cheng was inside the door, he was crying hysterically outside the door, and almost passed out.Zhou Zhengrong was afraid that the crown prince would also have an accident with him, so he quickly and half-forced him up, and sent him to the infusion in a hurry.

As a result, before the bottle of glucose was finished, Yuan Xiao pulled out the needle, turned over and rushed to the door.The people around couldn't stop him, they could only scramble to follow him.

Yuan Xiao knelt in front of the door, his voice hoarse and out of tune: "Father, I beg you! Ah Bai is gone, and if you have any mischief, the Yuan family will be finished! If you don't open the door, I will kneel here and won't get up. Kneel here until you die! Father! Father, I beg you! If Abai sees you like this in the sky, how can you make him feel so bad! You make him feel so sad!..."

He cried so terribly that many people around him also had red eyes, stepping forward one after another to try and persuade him.

... Yuan Cheng sat in the armchair beside the desk, looking at the fine dust floating in the air, expressionless.

The hustle and bustle of voices, the chaotic pace, and everything in the world seemed to have nothing to do with him.

He couldn't hear, see, touch, or feel at all, and his whole body seemed to be still immersed in the bitter sea water that night, which was unspeakably cold.

Abai left.

The child who played the dream wedding for him, smiled at him and acted like a baby to him, and called him father, disappeared from this world.

14 years ago, he took the child by the hand and led him into the house. Everything on that day was still as vivid as yesterday.He loves him so much, raised him with his own hands, taught him to read and write, taught him to play the piano and draw pictures, day by day, year by year, love is like a seed buried in the deepest place in his heart, absorbed day and night for 14 years With his blood, his flesh grew up slowly, becoming a vine wrapped around his heart.With his breathing, with his heartbeat, he became one with his heart, destined to be inseparable.

However, in an instant, the seedling that he personally planted in the heart was pulled out alive, and the blood and flesh were torn apart.

The pain was so convulsive, maddening to despair.

At the beginning, I could cry aloud and shed tears, but in the end, there were no more tears, and I couldn't even cry out. The hoarse throat was bursting and bleeding, but everything was silent.

Obviously still remember, the breath of that child, his voice, the way he laughed, the bright light in his eyes.Obviously I still remember it, as long as I close my eyes, I can appear in front of his eyes, as long as I close my eyes, I can hear him playing and acting like a baby, and I can hear him calling daddy one after another.

Yuan Cheng didn't know how long he sat there.

The sky is dark and bright, the sun rises and sets, and the passage of time is like sand slipping through the fingers. The 14 years were like a big dream. After waking up and looking around in a daze, that person had disappeared in an instant, and there was only an empty coldness left in this vast world.

In a trance, Yuan Cheng felt that he was dead.The moment Lang Bai jumped into the sea, he also died in the icy water.

He shouldn't have come back, he should have died with Lang Bai.His tenderest and most affectionate little son should not have died alone in the dark and cold seabed, and should not have been lying there alone.He may be afraid, he may be lonely, and he may miss his father who is still alive.He might hope that the father who had promised to protect him for the rest of his life would go down to accompany him, and walk the last journey with him.

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The door was opened after being closed for two days and two nights.Yuan Cheng walked out by himself.

Zhou Zhengrong just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but he never breathed it back—Yuan Cheng was unconscious at this time, and he couldn't feel the crying and tugging of Yuan Xiao and others, so he only knew to walk outside.

Zhou Zhengrong knew something was wrong just by looking at it. At this time, Yuan Cheng's eyes were slack, his eyes were not focused, and he was not sober.

Yuan Xiao was almost petrified, rushed up to grab him, and yelled desperately, "Father, where are you going? Father, my condolences, Father! Come here! Come here!"

Everyone rushed over in a swarm, pulling and pulling, but they couldn't stop them at all.Yuan Cheng staggered, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him, he didn't see anything or anyone.

At this moment, the old butler who came here at some unknown time stepped forward, gently pushed Yuan Xiao away, and said, "Young Master, be careful."

Yuan Xiao knelt on his knees for more than a day, and was already very weak, and fell backward involuntarily when pushed by him.

Zhou Zhengrong hurriedly caught Yuan Zou: "Come quickly and help the young master! Mr. Yuan, Mr. Yuan..."

Yuan Cheng's footsteps paused, and he didn't go out anymore, because the old butler stood in front of him, and said softly: "Sir, even if you want to go to the young master, you have to tidy up and change into clean clothes before going. You If you are so embarrassed, if the young master sees it, can he not laugh at you?..."

I don't know if his words had an effect, or for some other reason, a little light flashed in Yuan Cheng's eyes, and his footsteps stopped unconsciously.After several seconds, he opened his mouth, his voice hoarse and deep: "...Ah Bai...has he come back?..."

The old housekeeper said: "I'm back, I'm back...but you have to take care of yourself before you can go to see him, right? The young master likes to be clean..."

Yuan Cheng was silent for a long time, so long that the surroundings were completely silent, and everyone looked at them nervously, with sweat in their hands.I don't know how long it has passed, but Yuan Cheng finally nodded his head slowly, and murmured: "Yes, you are right, Ah Bai... he doesn't like sloppy people the most... "

As if he was going back to tidy up, he turned around slowly and walked into the room again.But he wobbled and didn't take two steps, suddenly spewed out a mouthful of blood, and then fell headlong.

Zhou Zhengrong was frightened out of his wits, and rushed up to help him, surrounded by people calling for doctors, loud voices and chaotic footsteps, the Yuan family panicked for a moment...

In the late autumn of that year, Yuan Cheng fell seriously ill.

When the early winter came, it was Lang Bai's 20th birthday, but no one in the Yuan family dared to mention it, not even the young master.Yuan Cheng was very ill, he was awake for a while and in a trance for a while, when he was confused, he looked at the calendar and counted the days waiting for Lang Bai's birthday, when he was awake, he was silent for a long time, neither eating nor drinking.

At his worst, he developed a high fever, but refused treatment.The doctor was helpless, and no one could get close to him.

They all knew that Yuan Cheng was begging for death.

But no one can do anything.

One day in the spring of the second year, the most serious attempted assassination incident in the history of the Yuan family occurred.

When Yuan Zou's grandfather Wang's family sent people to visit the doctor, a killer dressed up as a follower mixed in, trying to sneak into the ward to assassinate Yuan Cheng, but he was discovered and killed in time.If it was half a minute late at that time, all the consequences might have been unimaginable.Yuan Xiao rushed over after hearing the news, and immediately knelt down in front of his father without saying a word.

Several members of the Wang family were thrown to the ground, and Yuan Cheng sat there, watching coldly.

Even when Yuan Xiao was kneeling at his feet, the expression on his face remained unchanged, and he just asked indifferently: "Yuan Xiao, what do you think should be done with these people?"

Yuan Zhen dared not speak.

Yuan Cheng turned to Zhou Zhengrong, and said lightly: "—Killed."

Those people were shocked, and they all looked at Yuan Hao, but Yuan Hao just knelt there and dared not say a word.Soon several guards gagged them and dragged them out.

Only the father and son were left in the ward, one sitting and the other kneeling on the ground, trembling.

Finally Yuan Cheng opened his mouth and said slowly, "Yuan Zou, I know that you were not involved in this matter, and you didn't even know about it."

Yuan Xiao raised his head abruptly, and was interrupted by his father just as he was about to speak.

"I said I knew it, just like I knew that Abai's death was ultimately because of me. But, Yuan Xiao, you are also a part of those who harmed him."

Yuan Kai opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

Yuan Cheng lowered his head and stared at his eldest son.

"There are some properties of mine in the countryside of Taipei, so you can go and live there... Go and atone for my sins."

Yuan Xiao wanted to say something, but there seemed to be a hard lump in his throat, which was sour and unspeakable.In the end, he could only lower his head and reluctantly say yes.

Yuan Cheng closed his eyes, and he heard a heavy sigh after a long time.

"Yuan Zou, we father and son, in this lifetime...don't meet again..."