Chapter 1009: Guilt

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

No one could answer Xu Pingfei’s question.

The atmosphere in the ward was sorrowful the entire day.

Fang Pingjun only woke up at night.

When he realized that one of his legs had been amputated and that he would live as a disabled person for the rest of his life, he opened his mouth and cried for a long time.

Fang Ping had not cried for decades. Even when Fang Yukang was in prison, he had not cried. When he cried, Fang Yupei, Liu Yu, and the rest cried again.

Seeing their family cry, their relatives and friends who came to the hospital to visit them also cried non-stop. Fang Yusheng’s aunt, Fang Qingyun, also brought her husband over. When the siblings met, they were naturally sad and cried.

There was also a younger daughter at home. Fang Yusheng and Qiao Jiusheng went back at three in the afternoon. When he received Fang Yupei’s call, he knew that Fang Pingjun had already woken up. After dinner, he showered his younger daughter. After Qiao Jiusheng and his younger daughter fell asleep, Fang Yusheng went to the hospital.

When he arrived at the hospital, only Liu Yu was guarding him. Fang Yupei seemed to have gone home for dinner.

When Fang Yusheng arrived, he was carrying a food box for Liu Yu.

“Aunt, let’s eat.”

Fang Yusheng handed the food box to Liu Yu. Seeing that Liu Yu’s expression was not good, it was obvious that she did not have an appetite. Fang Yusheng persuaded, “Aunt, Uncle still has to wait for you to take care of him. If you can’t eat, you have to eat something. You can’t let your body collapse.”

After hearing Fang Yusheng’s sincere persuasion, Liu Yu’s eyes finally lit up.

She opened the food box and looked at the exquisite and delicious food. Her heart warmed and she quickly thanked him. “I’ve really troubled you.” These words were not sincere. Liu Yu still hated Fang Yusheng. It was impossible for her to forgive him for what he had done to Fang Yukang just because of this meal.

“We’re family. What trouble?”

Fang Pingjun could not eat. Liu Yu was afraid that he would feel even worse when he smelled the fragrance of the dishes, so she carried the food box outside. Once Liu Yu left, the man sleeping on the bed suddenly opened his eyes.

Seeing that Fang Pingjun had woken up, Fang Yusheng was not surprised or flustered. “Uncle.” He still addressed him respectfully.

Fang Ping sneered.

“How dare you come? Aren’t you afraid that I’ll shake you out?”

Fang Pingjun spent a lot of effort to finish his short sentence.

Fang Yusheng stood by the bed. The light elongated his tall body, and the shadow fell on Fang Pingjun’s body and face. Fang Pingjun narrowed his eyes and looked at Fang Yusheng’s back view.

He saw Fang Yusheng smile fearlessly.

“Uncle won’t.” Without waiting for Fang Pingjun to ask why, Fang Yusheng explained himself. He said, “Uncle is already disabled now. You can’t beat me. You still have a wife and daughter. You don’t dare to provoke me.”

Fang Ping looked at Fang Yusheng coldly and did not say anything.

He was right.

Seeing that his lips were very dry, Fang Yusheng poured half a cup of warm water and soaked the cotton bud. He placed the moist cotton bud on Fang Pingjun’s lips and gently dipped it. Xu Pingfei casually ate a few mouthfuls of rice. When she returned, she was stunned to see Fang Yusheng moisturizing Fang Pingjun’s lips.

“You’re done?” Fang Yusheng threw away the cotton bud and asked Liu Yu.

Liu Yu nodded in a daze. When she realized that Fang Yusheng was still looking at her, Liu Yu said, “I took a few bites. I couldn’t swallow it.”

“Then let Aunt Jin make some soup tomorrow.”

Liu Yu said, “There’s no need to trouble you. I’ll get Yu Pei to bring it from home.”

Hearing Liu Yu’s words, Fang Yusheng stopped arguing with her.

After leaving the hospital, Fang Yusheng drove straight home. When he reached home, it was already past midnight. Fang Yusheng stopped the car and walked home. When he returned to the dormitory, he realized that the lights in Chi Baoguang’s room were still on.

Fang Yusheng stood at the door of his room and thought for a moment. In the end, he turned around and walked towards Chi Baoguang’s room.

Knock knock—

Fang Yusheng lowered his hand and the door opened from the inside.

Chi Baoguang opened the door.

Fang Yusheng looked inside and realized that Lisa had already fallen asleep. He lowered his voice and asked Chi Baoguang, “Can’t sleep?”

Chi Baoguang nodded.

Chi Baoguang asked Fang Yusheng, “Shall we talk?”

“Okay.”

After walking out of the room, Chi Baoguang closed the door softly before coming to the courtyard with Fang Yusheng. The night was still a little cold. The father and son sat on the recliner under the courtyard in silence.

After a few minutes, Fang Yusheng asked Chi Baoguang, “Why can’t you sleep?”

Chi Baoguang suddenly looked up and stared at his son.

“A while ago, the person who hurt Ah Sheng was Pingjun?” Although Chi Baoguang was asking a question, his knowing gaze and affirmative tone indicated that he had already confirmed that this matter was what Fang Pingjun meant.

Chi Baoguang was a smart person. In life, he could always smell the truth from some subtle details. This was probably related to the decades he had lived in the cliff prison.

Fang Pingjun’s injury this time could not be sensed by others, but it could not escape Chi Baoguang’s eyes.

Fang Yusheng was stunned for a moment before agreeing.

Chi Baoguang could guess that Fang Pingjun was the real culprit who had hurt Qiao Jiusheng, so he naturally knew that Fang Yusheng was the person who had hurt Fang Pingjun. He did not blame Fang Yusheng.

In that prison, Chi Baoguang had seen too much darkness. He had also seen people who were even more vicious than Fang Yusheng.

“Sigh!” Chi Baoguang sighed.

Fang Yusheng glanced at him and was curious why he sighed, but he did not ask.

Without needing Fang Yusheng to ask, Chi Baoguang explained the reason for his sigh. He said, “If Father didn’t bring me home back then and didn’t adopt me, this Fang family would definitely be different.”

Without Chi Baoguang as a comparison, perhaps Fang Pingjue’s personality would not have become so gloomy. He would have grown up happily. Without Chi Baoguang, Fang Pingjue would not have met Lisa, and Fang Yusheng would not exist. Fang Pingjun would not have run away from home either…

The Fang family would probably develop very well. They would have a big family and many children.

But now, Fang Pingjue was dead, Fang Pingjun was miserable, Fang Mu was dead, and Fang Yukang was in prison. Fang Yu’an was the only healthy and upright male descendant of the Fang family.

However, this person was not interested in women.

After understanding these terrible things, even Chi Baoguang could not help but sigh.

Fang Yusheng was stunned when he heard this.

“But if that was the case, you wouldn’t have met Lisa. I wouldn’t have been there.” Fang Yusheng stared in the direction of the dormitory and said, “I don’t exist. I wouldn’t have met Ah Sheng. That way, your three grandchildren wouldn’t exist.”

Chi Baoguang said, “How can I not understand this logic?” He was just agitated by Fang Pingjun’s matter.

Fang Yusheng said, “Dad, it’s not your fault.” When Fang Yusheng called him Dad, his tone was a little strange. After calming down the strange feeling in his heart, Fang Yusheng said, “The person in the wrong is someone with evil intentions.”

This greeting was strange, and so was Chi Baoguang.

However, Chi Baoguang listened to Fang Yusheng.

Old Master Fang brought Chi Baoguang back to take care of him out of kindness. Fang Yusheng did not know if his grandfather would regret bringing Chi Baoguang back if he was still alive and saw the Fang family’s current state. However, if time went back, his grandfather would still bring Chi Baoguang back.

This was because Old Master Fang was Old Master Fang. He had a benevolent heart. His benevolent heart made it impossible for him to ignore the orphan of his old friend. Old Master Fang’s ruthlessness was the same as Fang Pingjue’s jealousy and Fang Pingjun’s doting heart on his child.

There was nothing wrong with a person’s existence. There was something wrong with this person who had chosen the wrong path and done something wrong.