Ever since Men Chao had usurped the position of Family Head from the Xu Family and imprisoned him here, he hadn’t visited him, letting him fend for himself.
Men Chao did not speak, just sat across from him, watching the other with an expressionless face.
Xu Lao spoke to himself, "Back in the orphanage, I saw you and Yin Li were pitiable, so I adopted you both. Little did I expect to have brought two wolves into the house. Men Chao, I have treated you well over these years. Why would you do this?"
His son was not capable enough to undertake the great responsibility of the Xu Family. Therefore, he had always been grooming his grandson. But along came Men Chao, this Cheng Yaojin, and took over the position of the Xu Family Head outright.
"Xu Lao, let’s not speak so harshly. You’re old and should be enjoying some peaceful days. Dealing with conflict every day, you must be tired. Your grandson is still too young to take over the Xu Family. You should thank me. It was I who took over the Xu Family for you. If the Xu Family had fallen into someone else’s hands, who knows what it would have become."
"Don’t make it sound so nice," Xu Lao looked at him, "Tell me, who are you really and what are your true motives."
"You still remember the 319 explosion, right?" Men Chao stared straight at him, "One hundred thirty lives, gone in an instant with a bang, you surely haven’t forgotten. Of course, you might have already forgotten since, for murderers like you, those lives are just numbers, merely statistics without feeling."
"So, you are the child of one of the victims of the 319 explosion?"
"Men Chao," Xu Lao sighed lightly, "The 319 explosion was just due to a technical mishap caused by an operator’s error. It was unrelated to anyone, and even more unrelated to us, the Xu Family."
So he really had raised two wolves at home, granting them skills, watching as their wings grew strong, and then they struck at the Xu Family.
"An error?" Men Chao sneered, "That’s not what you said before. You stated that those people had fulfilled their task, so they were no longer necessary. That’s why you ended them with an explosion. You did say these words, didn’t you, Xu Lao?"
Xu Lao had once talked about the 319 explosion years ago; that was precisely what he had said back then.
"You’re spouting nonsense." Xu Lao certainly wouldn’t admit it now, "It was a mistake back then, and you can check the records yourself. The archives clearly state that the cause of the accident was operational error."
"I don’t care to know the cause of the accident anymore. What I know is, my parents and my unborn younger brother or sister died in that accident."
"It wasn’t only our Xu Family involved in that project back then; three other families were also part of the project’s development. You can’t just blame the Xu Family for the explosion."
"Don’t worry, the Xu Family is just the first on my list. I’ll take down the other three, one by one," Men Chao’s expression grew colder, "One hundred thirty lives can’t just end like that, they deserve an explanation, right?"
"So, it seems Gu Yecheng’s accident is also related to you." Xu Lao guessed the cause of Gu Yecheng’s trouble instantly, being sly himself.
"I should thank your granddaughter for that. Without her giving me such a good opportunity, the Xu Family might have continued to shine for another couple of years."
"Men Chao, your methods are indeed ruthless."
"Compared to your methods, I still have a long way to go."
Xu Lao’s face darkened, "Where are my grandsons? Where did you confine them?"
"Of course, to where they belong." Men Chao stood up, "Don’t worry, I won’t let you die too soon; I need to show you the painful outcome of those involved back then."
Xu Lao sneered and fell silent.
Men Chao cast him a cold glance and said to the guards at the door, "Keep an eye on him."
Three days later, the boy and girl twins were officially weaned, and Xiaofeng took them back to the Gu Family.
Yan Junmei, seeing the twins who had grown a lot more spiritual, instantly softened her expression and, with enthusiasm, reached out to embrace Xiaobao.
"Call me grandma." Yan Junmei was just casually teaching, knowing full well such a young child might not speak yet.
"Grandma." Little Shujun, ever sweet-voiced, immediately delivered her delightful sound warmly.
Yan Junmei, hearing Little Shujun calling her grandma, suddenly teared up.
Her first reaction was that the child had actually called her, and she truly became a grandma.
The second reaction was, isn’t the child not even a year old yet? How can she speak so early?