NOVEL NEXT Chapter 22: Take Out
At the sight, everyone in the living room fixed their gazes on Xu Ke, their faces filled with rage and contempt. The room descended into a dead silence, with no one daring to break it.
The Siao family members and Yang Qing watched Xu Ke with undisguised glee, but he paid them no mind.
He walked straight toward his parents. When he saw his mother's pale face, his pupils constricted. Xu Ke immediately realized what was happening.
She's having an attack!
Siao Jia. You bitch!
But his father, Xu Zhenguo, suddenly spoke up. "Do you have ten million?"
Xu Ke was stunned. "What?"
"Answer me. Do you or do you not have ten million?" Xu Zhenguo's tone grew harsh.
Xu Ke frowned. "There is indeed ten million in my account, but..."
Before Xu Ke could finish, Xu Zhenguo roared, "You beast! What the hell have you done?"
Xu Ke stood frozen, stunned that his father would yell at him without any explanation.
Xu Zhenguo's next words made Xu Ke's pupils constrict. "I don't have a disgraceful son like you." His father was practically shaking with rage.
Shen Fen closed her eyes, utterly heartbroken as two lines of tears streamed down her cheeks.
Just then, a friend stood up abruptly, fuming with anger. "Xu Ke, hurry up and pay back the money I lent you! I can't believe I was lending money to a rich man to buy a house!"
Another friend chimed in, "I never knew you were such a scumbag! Cheating on Siao Jia while she was pregnant, and even hiring people to publicly humiliate her! You'd better watch out for cars when you're on the street!"
"You're heartless! Has it only been a few years since we graduated? I fucking despise people like you."
"Pay up!"
"Give the house and the money to Siao Jia!"
His friends all heaped scorn upon him.
Then, Siao Jia added fuel to the fire. "Everyone, please don't be like this. Xu Ke has had it tough, too."
"Don't let your kindness be mistaken for foolishness," another friend advised her, their heart aching for her.
How could Siao Jia still be so naive?!
Accused by everyone, Xu Ke simply ignored them. His expression grim, he looked at his father. "Is Mom's condition flaring up again?"
"It's none of your business, you disgrace!" Xu Zhenguo yelled, the veins on his neck bulging as his face turned crimson.
Shen Fen opened her eyes, tears still streaming down her face. "Just apologize to Siao Jia... Don't worry about Mom."
In a nearby trash can, Xu Ke saw that the receipts and tickets he had kept as mementos had been torn to shreds.
Xu Ke took a deep breath, his expression turning utterly bleak.
"Say something!" Siao Fan suddenly reached out and shoved Xu Ke hard.
But Xu Ke, as if expecting it, sidestepped the push. He looked coldly at Siao Fan. "Are you looking to die?"
A cold, fierce light glinted in his eyes.
Startled, Siao Fan scrambled back onto the sofa, his face pale with fear.
Seeing this, Chang Xiujuan shot up and bellowed, "You're rebelling, are you?! After everything you've done, you still dare to threaten my son?"
Xu Ke scoffed. "Wrong?" He glanced around the room. Everyone was staring at him, seething with anger.
His voice boomed, "I would very much like to know what wrong I, Xu Ke, have committed!"
Everyone was startled, momentarily stunned into silence by his outburst.
But Xu Zhenguo stood up and bellowed, "Unfilial son! How much longer do you intend to disgrace the Xu family name?"
"Dad!" Xu Ke met his father's gaze. "Just be patient with me."
Xu Zhenguo was taken aback.
Xu Ke turned, fixing Siao Jia and Yang Qing with a sneer. "You two put on quite a performance this morning. Ready for act two so soon? It seems the lesson I taught you wasn't enough, was it?" His voice was laced with ice.
Seeing the smile on Xu Ke's face, Siao Jia was suddenly gripped by an ominous premonition.
A pang of fear shot through Yang Qing.
Noticing this, Xu Zhenguo suddenly realized something was amiss with the expressions on the Siao family members' faces.
Chang Xiujuan rushed forward, pointing a finger at Xu Ke's nose as she cursed, "You shameless bastard! You cheated on my daughter, you abused her, and you're proud of it, aren't you?"
"And you have the nerve to bring up this morning? What, should we erect a monument to your chastity and that cheap slut's?"
"Xu Ke, how can you be so thick-skinned!" Her words were like daggers.
Hearing her son being insulted so viciously, Shen Fen's heart ached more than ever. She began to wail miserably, her tears flowing without end.
Hearing his mother's sobs, Xu Ke's eyes turned bloodshot with fury. He bellowed at Chang Xiujuan, "You old hag, shut your fucking mouth!"
Seeing Xu Ke's bloodshot eyes, Chang Xiujuan nearly pissed her pants. Her head buzzed as she instinctively stumbled back a few steps.
What kind of martial arts did this Xu Ke practice? How can his aura be so terrifying!