Chapter 317: I Am a Serious Person

"Shen, Shen Yu!"

Seeing Shen Yu walk in from outside the door, Lady Leng shuddered in fear and subconsciously shielded her son.

The person they least wanted to see had come, and the thing they worried about most had finally happened.

In this instant, Lady Leng felt as if the sky were collapsing.

As for Leng Hanye, he also silently walked to the front, blocking the way before his wife and son.

Although he spoke tough, when it came down to it, he would still stand out. He was the head of the household; no matter what happened, he would block from the very front.

"Lord Shen!" Forcing a smile, Leng Hanye cupped his hands toward Shen Yu, doing his best to calm himself down.

However, at this moment, Shen Yu's gaze was fixed on Leng Shishen, and he merely waved his hand simply at Leng Hanye.

"Lord Shen, my son..."

"He has not been controlled by anyone, nor is his mind deranged; it is just that there seems to be a power lurking within his body, seemingly some kind of inheritance. Lord Leng, your son is no simple person!"

With just one glance, Shen Yu had almost seen through the other party. The Time Golden Chapter in his mind even displayed the other party's information.

The Leng Shishen before him must have obtained some kind of inheritance. This inheritance was extremely extraordinary, even capable of shielding against his mental probing, causing his idea of searching the other party's memories to go down the drain.

Although the power within his body was still dormant, once it completely fused together, it would surely soar into the sky. If it were further nourished by such dense Spirit Qi as there was now, it would be like a tiger gaining wings.

In this Great Contention Era, even such inherited powers were beginning to appear gradually; it was truly spectacular.

"Lord, this subordinate can guarantee with my life that those people were absolutely not killed by my son!"

Seeing that Shen Yu kept staring at his son, Leng Hanye could not help but speak up again; he was truly afraid that in the next moment, Shen Yu would strike his son with a palm.

"Since he didn't kill them, then who did these things?" Withdrawing his gaze, after several mental probes yielded no results, Shen Yu gave up the idea of investigating his memories.

"Leng Shishen, say what you know. Rest assured, I do not kill the innocent indiscriminately!"

"Shen, it has come to this, speak quickly; those are more than a dozen human lives!"

"Yes, Shen!" Seeing such a scene, Lady Leng also hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him, "What exactly do you know? Can you tell Lord Shen? Speak quickly!"

While persuading him, she carefully watched Shen Yu's side; Lady Leng was truly afraid that Shen Yu would grow impatient and strike to kill directly.

This was their son's last chance; otherwise, with Shen Yu here, truly no one could save him.

"It was me!" Suddenly, Leng Shishen raised his head and gave an answer completely different from before.

"Lord Shen, it was me. Those things were all done by me. If you want to act, then act quickly!"

"You, Shen, didn't you just say otherwise?"

"What I said just now was to deceive you. Now I know I can't keep deceiving you, so I might as well confess. Anyway, it's a blade if I stretch my head, and a blade if I shrink it; there is no escaping it!"

"And!" Speaking to this point, the corners of Leng Shishen's mouth curled into an arc, and the smile on his face seemed to become cruel in this instant, as if he had turned into another person in a flash.

"That wasn't a dozen human lives, but at least several dozen human lives. I killed everyone!"

"Smack!" A fierce slap landed heavily. At this moment, Leng Hanye's face was filled with disappointment—no, that emotion was called despair.

"Unfilial son, you unfilial son!"

"How did I educate you in daily life? How could you do such a thing?"

"Enough, why can't I do these things?" Raising his head to meet Leng Hanye's gaze with cold eyes, there was not the slightest hint of compromise in his eyes.

"My father, from childhood to adulthood, everything you did was 'for my own good, for my own good.' I had to study literature in the morning, learn martial arts in the afternoon, and read by the lamp at night. Do you know how hard I worked?"

"I could only sleep for three hours a day, sometimes not even three hours. Do you know how I have spent these years?"

"When others were playing, I was working hard; when others were resting, I was still working hard, day and night, in total darkness. Why, why must I live such a life!"

In this moment, Leng Shishen seemed to want to vent all his years of grievances; that long-suppressed emotion erupted in this instant.

"My dear father, since I was small, you compared me to the geniuses in the clan, whipping me at every moment, never letting me catch my breath for a second. Do you know, I was about to suffocate!"

"When I grew up and finally achieved a little something, you compared me to those famous experts, even comparing me to Shen Yu, telling me to look at others, telling me to learn from others!"

"Yes, I admit I am indeed not as good as Shen Yu; I am indeed not as good as him. I let you down."

"But what about yourself? You are at such an old age, can you be stronger than him? Why don't you look at others?"

"You, you, unfilial son, you unfilial son!" Extending his hand, he was almost about to strike, but Leng Hanye never brought it down.

"Hit me, why aren't you hitting me?" Looking at Leng Hanye's raised hand, Leng Shishen stood up directly, as if he had long since stopped regarding this father of his.

"Why do you want me to do the things you didn't achieve yourself? Why do you want me to realize the dreams you couldn't realize!"

"You keep saying that I carry your hopes, telling me to work hard, telling me to rise up. Heh, why me? You tell me, why?"

The hysterical roar added a bit of ferocity to his originally gentle appearance. In this instant, Leng Shishen seemed to have truly become crazed and uncontrollable.

"I tell you, I killed those people, I killed everyone!"

"I am taking revenge on you. I want to destroy myself, I want to destroy your hope. You were afraid of Shen Yu coming, but I just happened to hope he would come. Once he comes, your hope is gone!"

"Unfilial son!" The hand that was about to be lowered was raised again. At this moment, Leng Hanye felt for the first time that this son he was usually proud of was so like a stranger.

"Hit me, beat me to death, beat me to death so I can give the common people an explanation!"

"You, you, sigh!" Lowering his hand, Leng Hanye sighed silently and turned his head away, looking somewhat desolate.

"Lord Shen, this unfilial son is yours to deal with. No matter the result, this subordinate accepts it!"

"Husband!" With a sharp cry, Lady Leng fell to her knees before Shen Yu with a thud, her head knocking heavily and continuously. Just from the first knock, her head was already dripping with blood.

But when Lady Leng wanted to continue knocking, she was held back by a force, and her body was dragged directly to a standing position. No matter how hard she tried, she could no longer kneel down.

"Lord Shen, please show mercy. Shen was not like this before; he has always been a good child. He must have some hidden bitterness."

"Lord, please spare him. I will pay for those people's lives; use my life to compensate!"

"Mother, one must bear the consequences of one's own actions; I will naturally bear what I have done!" As he spoke, Leng Shishen looked at Shen Yu, his eyes devoid of fear.

"Lord Shen, I admit to all of this. Act!"

"Leng Shishen, you see it too. Your mother is willing to die for you; at this moment, she is already determined to die. Including your father, I fear his feelings at this moment are the same."

"If you truly die because of this, perhaps they will both die of grief because of it!"

Walking forward, Shen Yu looked at the other party quietly, "You can deceive your parents, but you cannot deceive me. You did not kill those people, and you did not do those things!"

"What exactly are you hiding? Is this more important than your own life?"