Li Tian Gang could hardly believe it, his father had actually slapped him.
The warmth and affection on the other’s face just a moment ago now only left anger and pain, his eyes filled with disappointment… disappointment?
Li Tian Gang’s face turned pale, he knew he was not capable enough, had not taken good care of the Divine General Mansion, had not taken good care of several brothers, but his father was not disappointed about this, instead comforting him with warmth and gentleness.
But now, on the matter of Li Hao, he showed a pained and disappointed expression toward him.
The burning pain on his cheek made Li Tian Gang’s consciousness somewhat blurry, not that the slap was that heavy, but suddenly, the image of that courtyard flashed through his mind.
The slap that he swung in anger.
The gaze of that youth, it seemed, also carried disbelief.
Li Tian Gang suddenly felt as if his heart had clenched, an indescribable emotion spreading into his heart, he couldn’t put a finger on it, was it a kind of fear?
“Big Brother…”
Li Xiaoran stopped himself from speaking further but didn’t continue, sighing softly to himself.
He hadn’t wanted his big brother to know about this, but now that he knew, it was too late to stop him.
Moreover, Li Tian Gang’s handling of the Li Hao incident, he also felt somewhat incomprehensible, not to mention the boy’s talent, his temperament was also not like what was rumored in the family, frivolous and unruly, undisciplined.
If one really had to say, at most he could only be considered unconstrained by minor trifles.
Li Muxiu just stood by with a cold face, saying nothing, even feeling that the slap was a bit too light.
“No wonder that kid looked at me with a feeling of discomfort, the reason lies here, he had already left the Li Family, he, he also doesn’t want to acknowledge me as his grandfather…”
Li Tianzong’s eyes became moist, but on the way back, that kid had clearly still affectionately called him grandpa.
Was it because he knew he was about to completely perish, so he didn’t want to worry him?
Even though he had no physical body, why did Li Tianzong feel such a piercing pain in his heart?
That kid was clearly so sensible!
Why did this happen, why did such a thing occur?!
“You, you tell me in detail, exactly what happened, I want to know everything!”
Li Tianzong said through clenched teeth, angrily and painfully looking at Li Tian Gang.
Li Xiaoran’s face changed slightly as he quickly said, “Big Brother, this will take too much time…”
“It doesn’t matter!”
Li Tianzong bit his teeth, “If we don’t clarify this, I will not rest in peace even in death!”
Hearing this, both Li Muxiu and Li Tian Gang’s faces changed, with Li Muxiu saying promptly, “Big Brother, don’t be angry, I’ll explain this matter to you slowly.”
“Dad, please don’t be angry, you can hit me, but please don’t be angry.” Li Tian Gang quickly said, his expression tense, fearing anything might happen to Li Tianzong.
“Speak, speak here!”
Li Tianzong said angrily with clenched teeth.
Li Tian Gang had not expected his father to be so furious, since his father’s death, no one had disciplined him, and now, the feeling of being disciplined in his childhood returned, like when he made mistakes during martial practice, he didn’t dare to return to the courtyard with hesitancy and dread.
His face changed, he lowered his head and said, “Dad, please don’t be angry first, I will tell you, this matter is also my fault, I was too impulsive…”
He narrated the entire incident.
Meanwhile, Li Xiaoran’s expression was extremely ugly, feeling every second was an ordeal.
He knew, his big brother was using the last moments of his life to make distinctions about this matter.
“…and then he was about to leave the Divine General Mansion.”
After listening to Li Tian Gang, Li Tianzong’s face looked grim as he turned to Li Muxiu and said, “Is this true?”
Li Muxiu gave a faint cold laugh, noticing the look passed by the fourth brother, somewhat surprised, but without much thought, he said:
“What he said is from his point of view, in his eyes, after he returned from the hard battles in Northern Yan, he saw Hao Er was frivolous, idle, not cultivating diligently, but had he ever thought that Hao Er had reached the Fifteen Li Realm at just fourteen years old, already breaking the cultivation records of the Dayu Divine Dynasty!”
With that, he added some more, filling in the gaps missing from Li Tian Gang’s perspective.
The same event, narrated by different people, resulted in different outcomes, even if a wise person discusses it relatively objectively, there’s no guarantee of absolute objectivity.
Li Tianzong, having heard both their accounts and combining what he had seen and heard at the Mo River, already had a rough understanding of the reason.
He trembled all over with anger, unable to imagine that the kid had endured so many grievances.
“You actually let him walk out of the Li Family just like that, don’t you know how many Demons harbor hatred towards our Li Family?”
“How can you be so foolish!”
Li Tianzong raised his fist and pounded it fiercely on Li Tian Gang’s chest, knocking him back several steps.
He condensed a Spiritual Thought whip in his palm and lashed it fiercely on Li Tian Gang, angrily saying, “I seldom spanked you kids when you were small, but to let you commit such a grave mistake, you deserve to be hit!”
Li Tian Gang’s face looked awful, enduring the pain, but not making a sound, nor trying to dodge.
“Big Brother, don’t exhaust yourself too much.”
Li Xiaoran said, unable to refrain, “How about let me do it?”
Li Muxiu looked at him with surprise, this fourth brother was actually even more proactive than himself?
“Don’t interfere!”
Li Tianzong swung the whip repeatedly, glaring at Li Tian Gang, “Now tell me, do you know where you went wrong?”
Li Tian Gang looked up sorrowfully, gazing at him with a pained expression, and said, “Dad, please don’t be angry, I know I was wrong.”
“Wrong where?”
Li Tianzong demanded angrily.
“I should not have been so impulsive, I was wrong, I will definitely bring Hao Er back and treat him well,” Li Tian Gang immediately said.
Li Tianzong raised his whip again, but seeing the distress in his eyes, the whip in his hand could no longer fall.