Genshin Impact: The Road to Reversal

When Kaio's father learned about this that day, he returned home excitedly. However, what excited him was not that Kaio's mother could receive treatment, but the life-saving money that the neighbors raised for Kaio's mother's treatment.

"What are you doing? This is the money we all worked so hard to collect for my mother's medical treatment. I won't let you touch it!"

Snapped--

Kaio was slapped hard to the ground by the man.

"You're still rebelling, kid! How dare you talk to your father like that? Your things are also my things. It's only natural for me to come back and take my own things. How dare you, your precious child, control me?"

"You have no right to say such things! If it weren't for you, Mother wouldn't be lying here! You've squandered our entire fortune, and now what do you want? This money was pooled together with great difficulty for Mother's medical treatment. I won't let you take it no matter what!"

"Oh, you little bastards, you're still trying to get me? If you two weren't such a burden, I would have made a fortune over the years. I'm going to take this money today, what can you do about it?"

"I won't let you touch anything. If you dare touch my mother's life-saving money today, I will kill you! I mean what I say!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kaio picked up an axe he usually used from his side and pointed the axe at the chest of the so-called father in front of him.

If he dared to touch the money, he would stab him to death. This was what he really thought at the time.

It was obvious that Kaio's father was afraid of the knife in Kaio's hand, so he had to give up, but he did not give up.

The next day, Kaio went out to buy medicine for his mother, but when he arrived at the pharmacy, he touched his chest and found that the purse he had been carrying with him was suddenly missing.

He frantically searched his body for a long time, and even went back home to search through all the drawers and cabinets, but still couldn't find the purse.

"How could this happen? How could this happen? I clearly... I clearly kept it with me the whole time, how could it suddenly disappear?"

In a hurry, he suddenly saw the rope tied to the opening of the purse on the ground. The rope was broken into two parts, and the cut was neat, obviously it had been cut.

That’s right, it was his so-called father who stole the life-saving money for his mother’s medical treatment while he was sleeping!

He was so angry that he wanted to pick up a knife and find his so-called father and cut him into pieces. But at this moment, his mother's condition suddenly worsened.

He didn't have time to think about it and could only return to the pharmacy again. Because he had no money, he could only kneel on the ground and beg the owner.

"Please, Mother really needs these medicines, please, please!"

"Well, child, I understand how you feel, but sympathy is not enough to buy you food. Moreover, the medicine you want is very expensive. If I give it to you, I will go hungry. I sold it to you at half price before, which was already the biggest concession. You can't let me make a loss, right?"

"Can't I...can't I just buy on credit? We're all neighbors, and it's not like I won't pay it back."

"Of course I can buy on credit, but everyone knows your family's situation. With your father's behavior, it'll take forever for him to pay you back. So it's not that I won't help you, but I just can't."

"Why is this happening?"

However, no matter how much he begged, the pharmacy remained unrelenting. Ultimately, without medication, Kaio's mother fell seriously ill and eventually passed away.

Mother--

The moment he learned his loved one had passed away, he felt as if his entire world had collapsed. It was as if a huge black hole had emptied his mind, bit by bit. No matter how much he cried out, his mother never responded.

"Alas, what a pity, my child, your mother still couldn't make it."

"Yeah, given their circumstances, they could have lived a better life. Who knew they would end up with a father like this who's a gambling addict?"

"This is fate."

"Okay, folks, we're all from the same village, let's pool some money and buy a plot of land to bury her."

Under the guidance of the mayor, everyone bought a coffin for Kaio's mother and held a funeral. However, until the day of the funeral, Kaio's so-called father did not show up.

The funeral procession was heading towards the cemetery, but unexpectedly it started to rain heavily on the road, making it muddy and difficult to travel. The wheels of the car carrying the coffin got stuck in the mud when passing a cliff.

Everyone struggled to pull the wheels out of the mud, but at this moment, the wheels carrying the coffin veered towards the steep slope.

"Oh no! Everyone, please help!"

The villagers rushed forward to hold the car, but due to the heavy rain, the mountain road was slippery and the car eventually slid down the cliff.

"Mother!"

Kaio tried his best to pull back the coffin with his last strength, but the coffin was hit by rocks when it fell, forcing Kaio's mother to roll out of the coffin. In the end, he could only watch his mother fall to the bottom of the cliff.

Do not--

At this moment, his mood fell into the endless dark abyss just like his mother's.

The grief in his heart surged like a tsunami, completely drowning his remaining sanity. His mind was blank, with only the final image of his mother replaying endlessly. That was the moment when his mother left him forever. Each replay was like a sharp awl, piercing his heart, making him breathless with pain.

His body, like a puppet without control, collapsed to the muddy ground. The rain pelted down on him relentlessly, yet he felt no chill at all, his body numb from the coldness within. The cries of those around him, the sound of the rain—everything seemed to drift away from him, as he was alone, lost in the immense pain of losing his mother.

At this moment, he was angry and devastated.

That's right, everything was his fault. If it weren't for him, his mother wouldn't have been either! If it weren't for his compulsive gambling, how could his family have been so miserable? If it weren't for his ruthlessness, how could his mother have fallen ill at the construction site? If he hadn't stolen his mother's life-saving money, how could his mother have died? How could she have fallen into this endless abyss?

Yeah, if it weren't for him...

Driven by anger, Kaio returned home with a heavy rain of gold. He wanted to take the axe first and then go to settle the score with the old man, but he came back before him.

Yes, at this moment, he was sitting in the mourning hall, eating the offerings with a picky look on his face, and from his eyes it could be seen that he didn't care about his mother's death at all.

Kaio clenched his fists and slowly walked up to him.

"You... still have the nerve to come back?"

"Haha, what are you talking about? This is my home, where else can I go if not here?"

"Home? Have you ever seen this as a home?"

His tone was cold, his face was indifferent and his eyes were dull.

"What do you care about me?! Tsk, you say we're from the same village, but you're using this to brush me off. It's not even enough to fill a gap in my teeth!"

The man said angrily as he looked at the tributes on the table that he had swept away.

"Mother...is dead, and her body fell off the cliff..."

"Really? It's none of my business!"

"It's you, it's you who stole mother's medicine money!"

"So what? It's only 20 Flame Coins. It's not even enough to spend, and you're saying it's from the neighbors and they won't chip in a little more. How stingy!"

The man continued to act nonchalant, which undoubtedly made Kaio's anger even stronger.

"I should have said it before, if you dare touch this money, I will kill you!"

Boom——