I Have Medicine

Chapter 532 - Two Paths

The sweet and charming woman faintly furrowed her long shapely brows, but in the end, she didn’t refuse. Instead, she instructed the maidservant attending outside the doorway: “Go and invite the young master over. Tell him that his father is looking for him to let him train.”

“Yes, madam.”

After giving an affirmative response, the maidservant immediately departed. The sound of her footsteps gradually faded away.

Not much time had passed, but Yu Qing became increasingly uneasy. He paced back and forth in the study several times, and couldn’t help but urge: “Why hasn’t Ze’er come over yet?”

Originally, the sweet and charming woman was in the middle of applying vermillion nail polish to her sleek fingers. Upon hearing what was said, she plainly said: “Husband, what’s the matter with you? You seem to be very flustered today.”

Yu Qing couldn’t explain the reason why. He only felt more and more restless.

This kind of restlessness nearly engulfed him. It was difficult to calm down.

All of a sudden, a hurried voice echoed from outside the doorway: “Madam, master! The young master isn’t here!”

Another person said: “Master, many people wearing armor have appeared outside the manor! They already have our Yu Manor surrounded!”

Then, someone else shouted: “A seal has appeared in the sky above the manor! The people in the manor can no longer leave!”

Yu Qing was alarmed: “What did you all say?” With hastened steps, he came to the doorway and pulled the messengers into the room, “Quickly tell me what’s going on!”

The sweet and charming woman’s expression also became somewhat troubled. With slim and graceful movements, she went over and asked softly: “Speak carefully. Don’t leave out a single detail.”

But at this time, there was no need for them to inquire again.

Because, like a clap of thunder, a great shout had already reverberated in the sky above the Yu Manor, spread into the building, and entered the ears of everyone present: “The Yu Family’s Yu Qing and his wife, Luo Qiufang. Quickly come to the manor gates and wait respectfully! Otherwise, the second son of this manor will be beheaded, and not a single chicken or dog will be left alive in the rest of the manor!”

Once these words were uttered, Yu Qing and Luo Qiufang were almost panic-stricken.

Anyone who could say such words would never issue casual threats. However, their son, who was clearly training in the martial arts practice field, suddenly disappeared. The other party’s actions were as unmeasurable and unpredictable as gods and ghosts. It really left people’s hearts alarmed, trembling in fear.

At once, Luo Qiufang looked at Yu Qing: “Husband, w-what’s happening?”

When all was said and done, Yu Qing was the one in charge of the household, and he was a little calmer than Luo Qiufang. He forced himself to take a few deep breaths, managed to calm down, and said: “Let’s go out and have a look first.”

In addition, he hurriedly ordered someone to take a declaration, head to the hidden chambers in the back, and ask several elders to come out of seclusion. He was merely an Atomic Realm martial artist. How could he hold up in such a scene?

To prevent the people outside from directly dealing with Yu Ze, the two exited the manor gates with quick steps. As soon as they reached the entrance, they were immediately shocked by the killing intent that assailed their senses.

In all directions, high in the sky and on the ground, there were densely-packed armored martial artists. At a glance, there were thousands of people. Each of them was at the Immortal Realm or above, and it was like the imposing auras they gave off were freezing the space.

The one who led them stood in the air with his hands clasped behind his back. His full-body, sapphire-blue brocade robe seemed ordinary, and his facial features appeared to be concealed amid a glimmering light. Nothing could be seen clearly. However, this person’s bearing and the pressure he exuded would cause others to feel reverence from the bottom of their hearts.

Natural and poised, respected and honorable, unique and unrivaled… Yu Qing and Luo Qiufang didn’t know how to describe him.

Yet, what Luo Qiufang paid attention to was the one deferentially standing slightly below this person. Even with her eyes closed, she could tell that it was Yu Cheng! That slut’s little bastard!

And at this moment, this little bastard was clutching someone by the neck. That person was being lifted with one hand like a dead dog. His face was flushed red with bulging veins, and even gasping for breath was somewhat difficult. Only the light of hatred and loathing burst out from those eyes that were hard to open completely.

At this time, when the one whom Luo Qiufang called a little bastard cast down his gaze, the expression in his eyes carried a type of superiority and aloofness that she never thought or believed could appear on him. When he looked at her, it was just like how she used to look at him in the past — As though she was peering at a loathsome bug, a speck of dirt that polluted one’s vision. But now, it was like their positions were reversed. He had grasped her handle. Her hateful glare nearly split open her eye sockets. She hated that she couldn’t take a bite and chew him to pieces!

However, a trace of clarity allowed Luo Qiufang to control her desires to curse without restraint. Her sharp fingertips dug into her flesh, and blood rolled down along the wounds… It was hard to tell whether what dyed her fingertips was the bright-red nail polish or the scarlet blood.

Yu Qing didn’t dare to be negligent. He saw his son, Yu Ze, who was being humiliated, but he also saw his other son, Yu Cheng, who was humiliating Yu Ze. Although Yu Ze was the only one worthy of being his son in his heart from beginning to end, and Yu Cheng was just a target to be exploited, in such a situation, he could only forcefully show a kind smile and say: “Cheng’er, as the older brother, what kind of joke are you playing on your younger brother? Quickly let go of your younger brother. As a family, if you have something to say, it’s better to sit down and talk it over.”

Yu Cheng looked at Luo Qiufang’s ferocious expression she tried to suppress and Yu Qing’s repulsive face that still wanted to pretend to be a “compassionate father.” For some reason, he felt a burst of contentment and a wave of bored disgust.

Luo Qiufang’s vicious malice, Yu Qing’s cold detachment, and Yu Ze’s deceitful bullying had become a huge stone weighing down on his heart for a long time. Not to mention the enmity of his mother, he also had to bear the Yu Family’s mountain of despair, not knowing when he would be able to resist…and the willpower to hold on.

Now, it seemed that Luo Qiufang was vicious and Yu Qing was indifferent, but they could only treat him that way when he was young and weak back then. When facing a stronger person, even if they saw him, they could only wait for his response so tactfully and hypocritically.

In a split second, Yu Cheng felt that these people were just small stumbling blocks in his life. They didn’t deserve to occupy his long-term thoughts, let alone evoke his restraining fear.

Naturally, Yu Cheng wouldn’t cooperate with Yu Qing’s seldom lowering of the head. Rather, he said: “Where did this younger brother come from? Where did this family come from? My mother was from the Xiao Clan, and my name is Xiao Cheng. Mister Yu, please don’t recognize the wrong person and make others laugh.”

Yu Qing’s complexion suddenly changed. His lips trembled and he almost blurted out something, but he still restrained himself.

Yu Cheng — No. It was Xiao Cheng who finally changed his surname to his mother’s maiden name in front of Yu Qing with ridicule in his eyes. He knew very well that what Yu Qing wanted to scold was “beast.” In the past many years, Yu Qing had scolded him like this. Perhaps, Yu Qing’s verbal abuse could really hurt Xiao Cheng’s heart previously, but now, there was no chance at all.

Luo Qiufang finally couldn’t bear it any longer: “You’re a lawless, little beast who harms your own biological brother. Let go of my Ze’er!”

Xiao Cheng smiled mockingly: “Biological brother? My mother only gave birth to me. Where did this brother come from? As for that Mister Yu, whom you, Missus Luo, loves so dearly, he has absolutely nothing to do with me, Xiao Cheng!”

Yu Qing angrily shouted: “How dare you deny your biological father!”

Xiao Cheng spoke in a cold voice: “Then, there must also be a father.”

As he spoke, his fingers exerted a little more strength. Yu Ze was squeezed so tightly that it was becoming increasingly difficult to breathe. This wasn’t the important point. What was important was that, so long as he exerted twenty percent more force, Yu Ze’s neck would be strangled by him! At that time, Yu Ze would have no choice but to perish!

After a few words of conversation, Xiao Cheng felt a little happy. But in the end, this trip wasn’t really for him, so he didn’t dare to delay any longer. His face turned cold, and he said: “Yu Qing, Luo Qiufang. It’s useless to continue talking. I, Xiao Cheng, have come here today to ask for an explanation from you two!”

Yu Qing furiously said: “What explanation? I—”

Xiao Cheng interrupted his last words: “Back then, I don’t know where you learned that my mother possessed a certain keepsake. It could open a secret realm where one could obtain an inheritance and some accumulated treasures, so you tried every means to deceive my mother and marry her.

“But you already had an intimate beauty long ago. Namely, Luo Qiufang. She put forward plans and ideas, allowing you to hatch schemes smoothly. At the same time, you two shared an illicit relationship, and did such shady and shameful things!

“However, since it was a lie, how could you really pretend it was true? After my mother got married, she gradually saw through your ill intentions. It was just that she had fallen into the Yu Family, and the Xiao Clan only had my mother left. With nowhere else to rely on, she had no choice but to feign civilities with you.

“Once my mother gave birth to me, your patience eventually ran out. Luo Qiufang also became pregnant with Yu Ze. She didn’t want to give up the position of Missus Yu to my mother, so she thought of various ways to have you secretly kill my mother.

“This caused my mother to decline day by day… It was just that my mother was worried about me, and she tried her best to live for a few more years. When she gave her keepsake to me, she passed away.

“Before she died, my mother told me that you had wolfish ambitious, so I hid the keepsake. You didn’t know that she had told me everything. While this was to avoid beating the grass and scaring the snake, it also allowed me to survive by the skin of my teeth. However, you yourself were looking for traces of the keepsake everywhere. Then, I finally figured out a way. I went to join the academy, but the fact that the keepsake was with me was finally revealed.

“After that, Yu Ze always made things difficult for me, and the Yu Family often humiliated me, trying to make me hand it over. This keepsake was my Xiao Clan’s inheritance. How could I let your Yu Family get away with it?

“But since then, Yu Ze became increasingly despicable, trying to force me out of the academy. Fortunately, the heavens took pity on me, and allowed me to cross paths with the young master. From this, I sought the young master’s help. In the end, we received the inheritance, and I serve under the young master’s command.

“Originally, this matter should’ve been over at this point. I didn’t want to cause trouble for the young master, so I never did anything to the Yu Family. But your Yu Family took things too far.

“One day ago, Yu Ze paid for my assassination! With such a ravenous wolf skulking around, how can I still endure it? Yu Qing, how can you claim to be my father?!”

Speaking up to here, Xiao Cheng closed his eyes. Then, he opened them again: “Yu Qing, you have persecuted me so much, and only blood and human life can wash away the humiliation in my heart. Now, I recall that you have given me several pieces of flesh and blood, so I will give you two paths.

“First, you will personally kill this poisonous woman, Luo Qiufang, and this illegitimate child, Yu Ze, to vent the hatred in my heart. Then, this matter will be over. From then on, you and I will owe each other nothing, and we will sever all ties!

“Second, if you want to keep Luo Qiufang and Yu Ze, I will have no choice but to shamelessly ask the young master to help me exterminate every member of the Yu Family. At that time, Luo Qiufang and Yu Ze will still die. If you refuse my kindness, I won’t let your life go, either… Henceforth, the Yu Family will vanish like smoke into thin air!

“So, Yu Qing — What will you choose?”

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