Chapter 5557: Advice
Chapter 5557: Chapter 5557: Advice
When even his own father couldn’t be trusted, how could he trust anyone else? How could he let down his guard and allow another person to enter his life?
This was also why Li Jinnian was reluctant to get a girlfriend and why he broke up quickly whenever he did.
Li Jinnian, who had only experienced familial love at the Fu family, felt it for the first time within the Li family and from its members.
As Ronghuan’s conversation deepened, the icy coldness in Li Jinnian’s eyes gradually lessened, and his stern face warmed a bit.
But he was used to masking everything with indifference and was particularly good at disguising it, so the affectionate Ronghuan didn’t notice Li Jinnian’s defenses softening for quite some time.
Seeing him still wearing a cold expression, Ronghuan became agitated, lifted his hand, and knocked on Li Jinnian’s head, "You fool, why don’t you show any emotion! Do you think I’m speaking ill of your dad, trying to stir up trouble between you two?"
Li Jinnian slightly tilted his head to dodge Ronghuan’s knock. Seeing his caring uncle getting anxious, a smile flickered across Li Jinnian’s usually cold eyes.
He thought that he should believe that his Uncle Ronghuan genuinely cared for and loved him.
Thinking further, everyone in the Li family thought Uncle had not returned home for years, but little did they know, Uncle came to see if he was doing well.
Seeing he was doing well and had Grandpa Gen and his uncle looking after him, Uncle then left with peace of mind.
Ronghuan, having missed the knock, was "furious" and glared as he rolled up his sleeves, "You little rascal, still dodging? Where can you hide! The more you hide, the more I’ll hit."
Kid, always with an icy face, making it hard for even a seasoned expat of over a decade to figure out what’s going on in his mind.
Thinking about it feels so frustrating!
Knowing he couldn’t really hit him, Ronghuan, with sleeves rolled up, didn’t further "humiliate himself," but pointed at Li Jinnian’s nose and continued, "Do you guys even have a father-son relationship? Bah! You do, but Li Tianhao doesn’t. He doesn’t see you as his son, and you...you still see him as your father?"
"Listen to your uncle’s advice, never think of him as your father again. Now he has a new family, complete with a son and a daughter, the son being twenty this year, and you’re about thirty, right? See, his son is only ten years younger than you! His daughter is also in her second year of high school, and it’s said she’s quite clever; they’re planning to send her abroad for college, to the same university as her brother!"
"Look, look, his family is harmonious now, his children obedient and successful, all being sent abroad for their education. But what about you? Have you ever enjoyed any benefits from him?"
"Damn it, no benefits at all! Instead, tossed aside like trash, it’s already good enough you haven’t severed ties with him. I’m so angry, so furious! Are you...are you dumb? Did becoming soldiers make you foolish? Only knowing blind filial piety? Not knowing how to adapt?"
Ronghuan was particularly worried that Li Jinnian would be mistreated, the son suffering at his father’s hands, which meant he had to endure the pain alone without even a place to voice his grievances.
"Be sensible; you have to think about yourself too! In the future, you still want to marry and have children. If you’re not clear-headed, your wife and children will suffer alongside you. Your uncle has suffered before and doesn’t want your descendants to follow the same old path."
"There aren’t many good people in the Li family, including your uncle; none of us are good. You’re an exception, the only straight shoot in generations of the Li family."