Chapter 136 Family is the most important thing when nothing is wrong (2/2)

Looking for Grandpa? That's like turning yourself in; Grandpa would break your legs and send you to the frontier.

But... it was his father's order...

"Siyuan," he said in a hoarse voice, his tone like sandpaper scraping against the skin, "do you regret it too?"

Yu Siyuan paused in his book-turning, without looking up, but simply uttered a single word softly from his throat.

"Um……"

That single word shattered the last shred of hope in Yu Hao's heart.

He suddenly stood up, grabbed his cotton-padded coat, and put it on.

"Cousin, where are you going?"

"I...I'm going out for a bit." Yu Hao's voice trembled violently.

He had to go and tell them.

He still has to go and face the consequences of his actions.

He had to let his aunt and uncle know they were wrong.

He practically fled from the educated youth settlement, plunging headlong into the vast snowstorm.

………………………………

The three mud-brick houses next to the cowshed looked like lonely graves in the wind and snow, only revealing a faint pearly gleam.

Yu Haoshen stumbled to the doorway, his heart pounding in his chest.

He didn't dare knock on the door, so he just stood there, letting the wind and snow pile him up into a snowman.

"Squeak—"

The door was pulled open from the inside.

It's Xu Wenbo.

He saw Yu Hao at the door, but there was no surprise on his clear face, only a deathly indifference.

It was as if I were looking at a lifeless stone.

"What's up?"

His voice, like him, was devoid of any warmth.

"Aunt... Uncle," Yu Hao's teeth chattered, whether from the cold or fear, "I... I called my dad."

Inside the room, Yu Meijuan, who was mending clothes by the dim candlelight, suddenly froze and turned around.

Those eyes were fixed intently on him.

Yu Hao felt a chill run down his spine from being stared at, and could only grit his teeth and force the words out one by one from his frozen throat.

“My dad… he contacted Siyuan’s great-uncle in Guangzhou…”

“That person… he said… he didn’t know anything about it, and he’s done with it…”

“He said… since Siyuan has come to the countryside with me, then… he should just stay put…”

After he finished speaking, the entire room fell into a deathly silence.

Yu Hao dared not look up. He could feel two gazes, one of ice and one of fire, tearing him to pieces.

"What did you say?"

Yu Meijuan's voice floated out, soft and thin, like a spider silk that might break at any moment, yet carrying a chilling madness.

"He said he doesn't care anymore..."

"That road... is cut off..."

Yu Hao repeated himself, each word like a poisoned knife, first stabbing into his own heart before being presented to them.

"You're talking nonsense!"

Yu Meijuan suddenly let out a sharp scream, like a mother beast forced to the edge of a cliff.

She dropped the needle and thread in her hand, rushed over like a madwoman, grabbed Yu Hao's collar tightly with both hands, and shook him desperately.

"You lying bastard! It was you! You ruined Siyuan's only way out!"

"Now you're making up these lies to deceive us again! Are you trying to make us give up?!"

"Are you trying to force us to our deaths?!"

Her fingernails dug deep into Yu Hao's flesh, her eyes were bloodshot, and what they held was not disbelief, but fear and utter madness.

"I'm not lying! It's true! My dad said it himself!" Yu Hao was so dizzy from being shaken that he could only shout in vain.

"Smack!"

A crisp, resounding slap landed hard on his face. (This chapter has been read. Please click to continue reading the next chapter!)