Chapter 1125: Die Dao Friend, Not Die Poor Dao

Su Shoude had originally prepared a set of combination punches.

His plan was: the first punch would attack Su Shoudao for failing to control his lower half back then, messing around, and causing these later troubles;

the second punch, following closely, would attack Su Shoudao for being overly ruthless in his conduct, insisting on exterminating entire families, which ultimately brought about such a great disaster.

This first punch missed, but the second one landed squarely on Su Shoudao's face.

The other Su family children, upon hearing this, immediately showed expressions of agreement.

After all, these matters in Japan have nothing to do with them; now they too are dragged in, entirely due to Su Shoudao alone.

Su Shoudao's expression instantly turned extremely unpleasant.

The order to exterminate the Matsumoto clan was indeed given by me to Ruoli.

But there is one thing I dare not say.

At that time, the old master had once hinted to me that his meaning was to strictly punish the culprit after finding him.

If the old master had not set the tone, I might not have dared to order the extermination of Su Ruoli.

But I cannot say this, nor dare I say it.

I also know that, regarding the extermination of the Matsumoto clan, on one hand it was indeed my order, and on the other hand, I was indeed somewhat impulsive at the time.

When the incident occurred, Su Shoudao learned that the kidnapper of his children was actually Matsumoto Ryojin, and that Matsumoto Ryojin had nearly killed Su Zhiyu and Su Zhifei, so Su Shoudao felt furious beyond endurance.

Matsumoto Ryojin wanting to kill his children, in his view, was nothing short of a grave violation of morality.

If I had merely killed Matsumoto Ryojin, it would not have relieved the anger in my heart!

Moreover, Matsumoto Ryojin's methods at the time were indeed extremely vicious and treacherous!

If I had only killed him, the other Matsumoto family members would surely take revenge for him, and later would certainly use even more vicious and treacherous means against me.

Therefore, on one hand to vent my anger, and on the other hand to eliminate future threats, I decided to let Su Ruoli lead the Su family experts to exterminate the Matsumoto clan!

But who could have known that after Su Ruoli exterminated the Matsumoto clan, she actually couldn't escape!

If she had escaped then, this matter would have been without evidence, and even if all of Japan thought the Matsumoto clan was exterminated by us, it wouldn't matter—no evidence, so what they say is none of our business!

But the trouble lies in the fact that Su Ruoli and the other Su family experts, while fleeing Japan, were directly ambushed by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces...

This instantly plunged the entire matter into an abyss that Su Shoudao could not control.

Now, Su Shoude attacks him with this matter, and he doesn't know how to respond.

Seeing his elder brother at a loss for words, Su Shoude immediately realized he had struck his elder brother's vital point, and so he hurriedly pressed his advantage, saying:

"Big brother! We still hope you will one day lead us, lead the entire Su family to create new glory, but if you cannot control your own temper and character, the Su family will surely suffer great losses at your hands in the future!"

"Don't blame me, your younger brother, for speaking bluntly—I am also doing this for the future good of our Su family! As the future helmsman of the Su family, you must be able to listen to different voices, so that we younger brothers and sisters can better assist you, don't you agree?"

Upon hearing these words, Su Shoude's face turned completely green!

He is a smart man, so he clearly understands in his heart how much killing intent lies beneath his brother's seemingly heartfelt words.

He gritted his teeth in secret, thinking: "Su Shoude, you damned fool! You really seized the opportunity to kick someone when they're down!"

"Although I also bear responsibility for this matter, it is not I who has put the Su family in this passive situation, but the old master! Yet Su Shoude, this bastard, in front of everyone, dumps all the blame on me, forcing me to take the fall!"

"If I take the blame, I become the sinner of all this;"

"but if I refuse to take it, the old master doesn't know what he'll think—he will surely hate me deeply in his heart!"

"Moreover, this bastard Su Shoude, repeatedly bringing up in front of the old master that I am the future helmsman of the Su family and saying we should better assist me—this damned thing isn't it just killing someone by attacking their heart?!"

"The old master is still alive! And the old master still firmly controls the entire Su family! Yet Su Shoude keeps telling the old master in his face that I am the future helmsman—he is trying to make the old master hate me to death!"

"Since ancient times, long-lived emperors have always been most wary of the crown prince! Because in their view, the crown prince is constantly eyeing their throne and their power, so the crown prince is surely always hoping for their death!"

"In the old master's innermost heart, he surely has the same wariness toward me!"

"Now, with Su Shoude saying this, the old master's wariness toward me will certainly grow stronger!"

"Not only that! Su Shoude's doing this is also secretly helping the old master break out of his siege!

"Originally, the old master was the one who disregarded blood ties, using his granddaughter's life to exchange for benefits—a bastard!

"But after Su Shoude's furious tirade, the blame has all been dumped on me! The old master surely feels extremely pleased with this move of Su Shoude's! This is really too hateful!"

As Su Shoude predicted.

After Su Shoude finished speaking, Su Lao Ye Zi's face instantly improved greatly.

He secretly thought: "Such a big pot, someone must always take the blame. As the saying goes, 'die Dao friend, not die poor Dao'—since Shoude has cleanly dumped the pot on Shoudao, I am also happy to take it easy!"

So he said coldly: "Shoudao! What do you think of what Shoude just said?"

Su Shoudao felt like dying.

"What do I think? I damned well dare not say what I think! My actual opinion is that Su Shoude is just talking nonsense! But can I say this? Can I damned well say it?"

"If I really said Su Shoude is farting, wouldn't that just mean dumping the pot back on your old man? With your old man's temperament of repaying grudges, could I damned well have good days ahead?"

Thinking this, Su Shoudao sighed inwardly: "Alas! After saying ten thousand things, in the end I still have to grit my teeth and swallow it!"

So he said with a face full of shame: "Dad, I accept what Shoude said—this matter is indeed all my fault, I did wrong, rest assured, I will certainly take this as a warning and actively correct myself!"

Su Chengfeng instantly felt the blocked air in his chest vanish like smoke.

Indeed, people don't want to take the blame—even close relatives will shift blame to each other, just like when a child is sick, the husband blames the wife for not taking care, the wife blames the husband for usually not caring; when leaving late and missing the bus, the husband blames the wife for wasting time on makeup and changing clothes, the wife blames the husband for driving too slowly and dragging his feet.

Anyway, as long as one can dump the blame on someone else—even if it's one's own son—it's a universally joyful good thing.

So he nodded slightly and said sternly: "As the eldest son of the Su family, you act too impulsively—you really should smooth out those sharp edges of yours."

Speaking, he cleared his throat and continued: "Cough, cough, how about this! From now on, until this matter is completely resolved, you just don't appear in public view—go quietly to Australia for a while, and speak again after the wind dies down!"