The Duke's little ancestor slipped away again

buzz~

Vaughan glanced at the vibrating phone beside the bed, showing no intention of answering it.

buzz~

The vibration sounded again.

"Do you need me to avoid it?"

Mu Mu put down the porridge bowl in his hand.

"It's my father."

Vaughan picked up a wet towel and wiped her fingers.

"...Because of Huo Jie's matter?"

"Absolutely. He goes there to celebrate the Spring Festival every year, and this year should be no exception."

"how about you?"

"Before I met you, I was always at the company. In the early morning, Asim would bring me meals or take me back to the mountainside villa."

"Your mother..."

"A Buddhist hall was built in the old house, and my mother would eat and pray there until the first lunar month."

"Then come to my house this year. Mom and Dad will be very happy."

Mu Mu looked at Vaughn sincerely.

"Your mother called last night and I answered it and asked when we would go back."

"Are you answering my phone calls so naturally now?"

"I'm afraid it will disturb your sleep."

Vaughn rubbed her head lovingly.

"Then have you ever thought about why I am so sleepy?"

"Because I love you."

"Tch, I'm too lazy to argue with you about this."

Mu Mu supported her sore waist and went to the bathroom.

buzz~

The phone rang a third time, and this time Vaughn answered the call just a second before the call was hung up.

"Where's Huo Jie?!"

There was a hint of panic in his voice.

"Alive."

Vaughan replied calmly.

"Send the person back to me immediately. I don't care how you brothers get along with each other. The New Year is coming soon. You must send the person back to me safely and safely."

Such a commanding tone makes people sound inexplicably irritated.

"Must? Do you think you are qualified to talk to me like this?"

"I am your father, and he is your brother. You hurt your closest relatives and imprisoned your own siblings. Are you still going to go your own way like this?!"

Old Duke Jerry Morin had blue veins popping out on his head.

"After all these years, if I hadn't always had my own way, who else do you think would remember the Morwen family? Now you are enjoying the honor and status I brought you, but you turn around and ask me to do things according to your ideas, you know It’s because I like to make my own decisions as I get older. I didn’t know, but I thought you were taking over the family business again.”

"After all these years, haven't I given in enough?"

Jerry's voice suddenly calmed down.

"Some mistakes may take a lifetime to make up for."

"Vaughn, I'm getting old. Maybe I won't be able to see the sun tomorrow again when I wake up."

"You don't need to play the emotional card with me. Don't worry, I will let the top doctors do their best to help you hold on to this life. I will never let you leave just because you want to."

Vaughan has seen too many dramas of crying, making trouble and hanging himself, and has long been immune to it. What's more, his father has never been the Mianyang who is at the mercy of others.

"When are you going to let Hodger out?"

Seeing that the emotional card didn't work, Jerry simply stopped pretending.

"It depends on my mood."

"Don't forget, your mother is still in the old house!"

"You should be lucky that my mother is still willing to stay in the old house."

"Okay, okay, okay, I did raise a good son, that's great!"

Jerry hung up the phone angrily.

"How is it? He still refuses to let Xiaojie go, right?"

A mature and capable woman walked over to him with coffee and sat down.

"Huo Jie did it this time. No wonder Vaughn is so angry."

"Xiaojie did this without any thought. He should wait a little longer, wait for his wings to be full, wait for his good brother to show more softness, and then hit the target with one blow and win directly."

The woman is officially the mother of Huo Jie, Huo Si, the next successor of the famous martial arts family.

"Sisi, I understand Vaughn's temper. He is not a cruel person. After a while, he will naturally send Huo Jie back. You can just wait with peace of mind."

"I can wait with peace of mind? How can you let me feel at ease? Seeing other people's families happily celebrating the New Year, but my son is still being tortured in some dark corner, how can you let me feel at ease? Jay Rui, after so many years, have you ever made me truly feel at ease?"

She couldn't walk into the Morwen family's old house openly, couldn't put her husband's surname in front of her name, and didn't even have a marriage contract that looked so worthless... Huo Si would often ask questions when he was alone at night. I wonder whether my persistence for so many years is right or wrong, but every time I recall the sadness I have experienced along the way, I feel that life will always be bittersweet.

"Except for marriage, I have given you everything I can give you. You said you wanted to be the head of the Huo family, and I helped you do it. You said you wanted a child to accompany you when I was away, and I let you You gave birth to the first and last child besides Vaughn. Later you said that the child was getting older and needed his father's company. I tried my best to spare time to accompany him to grow up. And then you wanted the child to study with me. , I brought Huo Jie into the old house at the risk of falling out with the old lady and gave him the best life and the most generous society, but he was not satisfied! He wanted to sit in the highest position! No problem, It’s a good thing for a boy to have ambitions and pursuits. As long as he can bring down Vaughn in an upright manner, not just me, but all the tribesmen will support him, but look what he did? Deliberately hurting people, framing, murdering... Do you think any of the powerful people in aristocratic families rose to power by relying on these? Even if they really succeed in rising to power, how long can they hold on!"

It's okay not to say some things, but once there is a way to vent, everyone will probably rush to tear it apart.

"Yes, you think you have given me everything, but do you know? For so many years, I have been the mistress in everyone's eyes, the laughing stock in everyone's mouth! Do you know what they said about me? They said, 'See Is this? This is the mistress that Duke Jerry raised outside. What will happen even if he gives birth to a son? It’s not like he can’t be on the stage, and his son can’t even be included in the family tree...'You know what I felt when I heard that Do you? I want to die! I, Huo Si, have been a role model for others since I was a child. Whether it’s grades or kung fu, as long as it’s what I want, I can overcome it no matter how difficult it is, but I just met you!”

Huo Si stared at Jerry beside her with scarlet eyes, stubbornly preventing tears from flowing out of her eyes, because she had known since she was a child that tears are the most useless thing. Bad people will not feel pity after seeing them, and good people will not feel bad after seeing them.

"I gave you a chance to regret it, but you said you didn't care that I have a family!"

"But I was already pregnant at that time!"

"...No, Huo Si, at that time, you can choose not to stay..."

Jerry picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip. It was cold and tasteless.

Seeing Jerry leaving without any nostalgia, Huo Si found that he seemed to have never really understood this man in so many years. He raised a self-deprecating smile, and finally a drop of light flashed in the corner of his eyes.

"Jerry, you forced me..."