CHAPTER 917: CHAPTER 893: REGRET

Hao Junjie and his sister Hao Yun returned home, looking bewildered.

"Dad, what did you do?"

Uncle Hao indeed felt regret seeing his youngest daughter and son back home.

If he had known, he wouldn’t have stirred up trouble.

Now, his daughter and son are the ones affected.

"What could I have done? And what was that tone? I’m your father, is it your place to blame me?"

People who feel guilty usually disguise it in another way.

Hao Junjie sighed, "Dad, Sixth Brother said we don’t need to go to the Alchemy Room to study anymore. I asked why, and he told me to ask you. What on earth did you do to make Aunt mad?"

They are not children.

Even though they’re young, they’ve witnessed the indifference and warmth of the world over the years, naturally understanding that such opportunities are hard to come by.

"If your aunt is angry, she’s angry, what does that have to do with me? Fine, you don’t need to go; if you do, it’ll be for nothing. Anyway, in your aunt’s eyes, there’s no such thing as a big brother, or the Hao family. Everything she does is selfish, only considering herself.

What good can you learn by following her? Staying at home is better; going there, you’re just working for free. Stay home, study well, and do your own things."

Uncle Hao remained stubborn.

Hao Junjie could tell at a glance that his father was someone who wouldn’t admit fault.

Even if he was wrong, he would never verbally admit it. Just from what he said, it was clear his father must have done something to offend his aunt.

That’s why she was so furious as to send the two of them back home. And didn’t you see, Sixth Brother only notified the two of them, not the other siblings?

This just proves that the other uncles made wise choices, while his father must have done something outrageous, directly angering the aunt.

"Dad, after all these years, how can you not see through it? In our West City, we’re relying on the Ancient Medical World for a livelihood. If we want to be ordinary people, why don’t we go out into the world?

If you really want to give up and live a simple life, then all of us—my brothers, sisters, and I—should leave. At least working outside we can experience the world, and living outside is much easier than in West City.

The cost of living isn’t so high. If you agree, then our family will move out, forget everything here and live as ordinary people. Are you willing?

Hao Junjie naturally knew his father’s ambitions; he was unwilling to be ordinary, but his aspirations were too high, his fate too weak, lacking the talent, and his descendants weren’t gifted.

So it led to the current state, neither high nor low, mixing in West City wasn’t even as good as ordinary people, as ordinary people would resign themselves.

But his father had a family with a glorious past and couldn’t accept it.

Uncle Hao was embarrassed; he couldn’t bring himself to say they should all leave together.

Inside, there was greed, desire, yet also reluctance.

Why couldn’t they succeed, while other families thrived in West City and theirs declined?

Wanting to seize his sister’s property was just to let the family rise again.

To say he had no selfish motives would probably be false.

At the very least, from his heart, he really wanted his descendants to take this chance to rise and bring glory to the family again.

"I...I..."

"Dad, Aunt is a once-in-a-millennium genius. In the laboratory, Aunt taught us a lot. Many of the formula preparation methods are ones we’ve never thought about or contemplated before. Aunt combines Western medicinal science with traditional medicine.

By making slight improvements to the formulas, even those of us lacking in spiritual power and talent can easily create fifth or sixth-level, even seventh or eighth-level elixirs. With practice and proficiency, one day we might even reach tenth level elixirs.

Although we’re not as good as Aunt, before we couldn’t even make third or fourth-level elixirs. Given that, do you think any of your thoughts justify your treatment of Aunt?

Aunt never once concealed anything from us, not even her talents and knowledge, instead fully helping us! For what reason? Is it not because of our great-grandmother, since we’re of the same ancestry. Dad, even if my sister and I can’t go to Aunt again for alchemy, I hope you will refrain from causing trouble for Aunt and Sixth Brother.

They don’t have it easy; what they’re doing now truly is for the Hao family’s glory. Don’t let your self-interest outweigh big principles. It harms other siblings, and it harms the Hao family.

Hao Junjie turned and left, his heart deeply disappointed and pained.

He thought he had finally a chance to change his fate, but no one expected his father to be so unclear-headed, to scheme at such a crucial time, extinguishing the family’s hope, and their siblings’ hope.

Yet even so, he didn’t resent Aunt. If Aunt didn’t take such a drastic measure, other siblings, and even uncles, might follow suit, and the Hao family would really be finished.

Now Aunt’s decisive warning at least wakes the other uncles and siblings.

To have them focus, united like a rope.

Only then might the Hao family have hope, just like what Sixth Brother does. Sixth Brother is wholeheartedly devoted to Aunt, never a hint of holding back, which is why Aunt treats Sixth Brother and them completely differently.

Aunt’s trust in Sixth Brother is unparalleled.

Hao Yun left too, and the little girl returned to her room to cry, never expecting her beloved alchemy to be ruined by her father, never again being able to be an Alchemist.

Never again being able to learn new knowledge with her siblings and change her life together.

Uncle Hao sat despondently on the chair, recollecting his decades of life scene by scene, suddenly feeling he’s not even as good as his children.

At least the kids still have clear minds and know what to do, but what about him?

Having had his edges worn away by reality, seeking self-interest by any means while dreaming of family revival, what kind of person does that make him?

How dare someone like him, with thick skin, ask his sister to hand over her business.

Looking back now, he suddenly felt his face burn with shame, feeling even inferior to his children.

Uncle Hao looked at the kids’ disappointment and made up his mind, he had already lived his life like this, but he couldn’t drag his kids down with him.