Chapter 209: What does he owe Ling Wu, if not more than a lifetime?

Jin Shaoyu's fingers gripping the edge of the table turned white from the force; the vivid blood-red in the video was like a heavy mountain, pressing down so hard that it was impossible to breathe, and tears uncontrollably welled up from his eyes, sliding down both sides of his cheeks...

Why?

Why is it like this?

He recalled what Gu Xin had investigated, that confidentiality agreement from the Research Institute signed by Ling Tingwan, so it was not voluntary at all.

【Jin Liangjin, you are truly wicked!】

【Can you tell what Jin Liangjin did just from this video? The comic isn't finished yet, could there be some hidden story? Based on my years of experience reading novels, it's very likely there will be a plot twist.】

【To the one above, don't ask me how I know, because I came from the original novel, it's pretty much the same.】

【Jin Liangjin, you really embody the phrase "the sight triggers the emotion," don't you?】

【No wonder everyone who has read the original novel says Jin Liangjin is the worst; even that stud Yin Shuyi can only rank second. And those two are even on good terms—what do you call this? Birds of a feather flock together!】

【I can't believe they actually drew the scene from the video. This website gets banned for blood and smut in a heartbeat; author, did you hold a knife to the moderator's throat? By the way, speaking of smut...】

【My heart aches for the male supporting character!】

【Jin Liangjin is just a pure-evil warrior!】

【The two old geezers I hate the most, Jin Liangjin and Yin Shuyi, let these two be locked up together; they've harmed so many people. The tragedies of Jin Shaoyu's generation were all caused by them, right?】

【Setting everything else aside, this Jin Liangjin is truly a born villain: born into a noble family, high-ranking and powerful, ruthless and vicious, raised in a harsh environment since childhood, regarding family and love as nothing, calculating and watching from the sidelines, always the type to keep his cards hidden from everyone—the ultimate male ghost!】

【Of course Jin Liangjin is a male ghost, otherwise how could he produce Jin Bei, a male ghost who looks smart but is actually not?】

【In the entire Jin Family, apart from Jin Liangjin, only Ling Wu has a high IQ. Jin Shao sometimes feels not very smart... to have only discovered the truth now.】

【My heart aches for Jin Shao; he must have been blaming himself to death when he saw this video.】

Jin Shaoyu's trembling hand used the mouse to close the video.

He went limp all over, sitting on the bed; moonlight shone in from outside the window, casting mottled light and shadows on the floor, lingering by Jin Shaoyu's feet, the whole room half-bright and half-dark.

The Jin Family, the Research Institute—the only person with enough power to seize Mother is Jin Liangjin.

What Jin Shaoyu dared not be sure of before was now finally clear and plain; why would Jin Liangjin do this? Is he even human?

To be able to deal such ruthless blows to his own wife and son.

Regardless of what Jin Liangjin's purpose was in doing this, Jin Shaoyu didn't need to know the motive; he only had one thought in his mind now: Jin Liangjin killed his mother, harmed his brother, and ignored him—cold-blooded and heartless.

That thin, shallow father-son relationship was, on this moonlit night, severed completely.

The conviction in Jin Shaoyu's heart almost collapsed; his tall, upright body hunched over as if unable to bear the weight, his body trembling slightly, and the sound of suppressed sobbing rose low.

So Ling Wu had never abandoned him on purpose; he had his reasons, but Jin Shaoyu had never known the price was so tragic and painful...

"Brother."

"I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry, I didn't know you were in so much pain."

His voice was so small it was almost impossible to hear.

With that layer of window paper poked through, Jin Shaoyu's train of thought became increasingly clear; so the deaths of Yin Cilan and Fang Kai were all Ling Wu taking revenge on them—these people were all among the murderers of Ling Tingwan.

Including the deaths of those people on the cruise ship at the Jing Family's engagement banquet, that was also Ling Wu's doing, which is why he refused the invitation and left the casino, then feigned drunkenness, not knowing what means he used to simultaneously utilize the heirs of the Jing and Yu families to clear himself of suspicion...

What a meticulous and bold plan.

Jin Shaoyu's heart ached unbearably; for so long, had Ling Wu been walking alone while bearing such heavy hatred?

He looked toward the direction of the bathroom; after ten years, Jin Shaoyu finally understood, finally grew up, and finally noticed that his brother's shoulders were covered in scars left by responsibility and hatred.

Ling Wu's tall, thin body was like someone standing in the wind-swept path of a dilapidated home, enduring the baptism of wind and frost, while behind him a sanctuary of warmth was barely carved out, and Jin Shaoyu had lived in that for so long.

He had truly been protected too well by Ling Wu, which is why he dared to be insolent, which is why he dared to do as he pleased.

Which is why he once dared to use sharp words to stab his own brother in the heart!

Jin Shaoyu realized too late; he truly understood Ling Wu too late, so late that the book of life was nearly half-turned, so late that he hadn't given Ling Wu the embrace that meant "home" when he returned to the Empire with a weary body.

He covered his face and thought again of that day at Guishan Cemetery.

That was the anniversary of Ling Tingwan's death; the rain fell so heavily, the sound like a bitter love song.

When he was furious and blaming and hating Ling Wu, where was Ling Wu? Where was he? His brother was somewhere unknown, killing the enemy with his own hands!

21 years old, Ling Wu was only 21 years old at that time!

Bearing the weight of living human lives—he had a bright future, he was witty and intelligent, he should have grown toward the sun, not stained his hands with blood.

Why, at the prime of his life, did Ling Wu have to bear the painful price alone and live in the darkness where he couldn't be seen?

Jin Shaoyu hated himself to the core; he was the only person who could help Ling Wu, but he was stupid to such a hopeless degree—not only did he not help at all, he always caused trouble for Ling Wu.

He was ignorant and clumsy, so he said—"Ling Wu, you owe a lifetime, you can't pay it back."

Then what about him?

What he owes Ling Wu is more than just a lifetime, isn't it?

If a person has to endure all this for the sake of family, then living is too hard.

Jin Shaoyu clenched his hands into fists; that enemy who killed his mother and bullied his brother was right next door—he really wanted to rush out and kill Jin Liangjin.

A beast who could act like that as a husband and a father!

Jin Shaoyu heard the sound of water in the bathroom getting quieter; he stood up, wiped away his tears haphazardly, and before leaving, he didn't forget to smooth out the wrinkles on the bed, and while he was at it, he took the fruit plate, intending in his fury to slam it onto Jin Liangjin's head!

When Ling Wu came out of the bathroom wiping his hair with a towel, Jin Shaoyu had already left silently; he had wiped his hair until it was half-dry, then tossed the towel onto the table, his fingertips accidentally touching something like a water droplet.

He paused.

Ling Wu brought his finger before his eyes; the water stain on his fingertip appeared crystalline in the light.

His hair was dried, where did the water come from?

【Don't think about it, male supporting character, your own younger brother was just here.】

【Quietly telling you, that's not a water droplet, it's the evil younger brother's tears.】

【Male supporting character, the things on your computer were seen by Jin Shao; no wonder you two are biological brothers. Anyone else wouldn't have been able to find your hidden album, let alone enter the password. Jin Shao just tapped the keyboard a few times and successfully guessed the password.】