JOS Chapter 141

Question

 

The entire incident didn’t contain any bloody scenes, yet it was more shocking than many cases Jiang Feng had encountered before.

 

What should the relationship between parents and children really be like? Perhaps many people couldn’t figure it out, and weren’t willing to explore it.

 

They selfishly didn’t want to compromise, wanting to keep themselves perpetually comfortable, so they forced others to accommodate them, refusing to see or understand the harm inflicted on the other party, while remaining completely unaware of their own mistakes.

 

These should have been their closest people.

 

They should have been completely different individuals.

 

Did Liu Yu and Liu Menghong want to give birth to a robot? Yet the two of them were still living leisurely lives, eating well and doing nothing.

 

Jiang Feng stood up and took the little Mountain God’s hand to lead him out.

 

The little Mountain God trotted along to catch up, stretching out his hand to grab Jiang Feng’s belt. Jiang Feng directly picked him up.

 

The little Mountain God asked, “What will happen to him?”

 

Jiang Feng said, “He’ll be fine.”

 

This was Jiang Feng’s second visit to Liu Yu’s home.

 

Liu Yu heard the sound and stood in front of the video doorbell, asking, “Is there something else?”

 

Jiang Feng: “Isn’t Mr. Liu home?”

 

“He went to work.” Liu Yu thought Jiang Feng had ill intentions and immediately became guarded. “Do you have other business? Our family has nothing that can help you. There are only two elderly people at home, it’s inconvenient for you to come in.”

 

Jiang Feng: “Regarding yesterday’s address, I searched it on the map and found it wasn’t detailed, so regarding some specific questions, I wanted to ask you two again.”

 

“Let’s just talk here.” Liu Yu said irritably, “I already told you my son isn’t home, it’s inconvenient for you to come in like this.”

 

Jiang Feng pressed one hand against the door, looking at them with cold eyes.

 

“You… what do you want to do?” Liu Yu immediately became nervous. “If you don’t leave, I’ll call security right now!”

 

“I came to find that painting. You should know what kind of person I am.” Jiang Feng said, “I just had a chat with Mr. Liu and learned about the whole situation. I’m really sorry, I’m just someone who likes to meddle in other people’s business. I advise you to take out the bones you’re keeping in your house right now.”

 

Liu Yu shouted loudly, “What bones? Are you crazy?!”

 

Jiang Feng said seriously, “If you continue to refuse cooperation, I’ll take special measures right now.”

 

Liu Menghong came out and asked, “What’s wrong, old man?”

 

Separated by a door, Liu Yu didn’t take him seriously and directly pressed the button to contact property management.

 

Hearing the “Hello” from inside, the little Mountain God got angry and kicked the door with his foot.

 

“You’re going too far! I’m going to get angry!”

 

Because it was summer, his shoe surface was thin and breathable. After kicking, his toes throbbed with pain.

 

Not daring to make a sound and lose momentum, he pouted and silently turned in a circle, hugged his foot and crouched in the corner, wilting into a ball.

 

Jiang Feng formed his five fingers into claws and reached forward.

 

An invisible hand passed through the security door, grabbed the head of Liu Yu who was checking inside, then squeezed hard.

 

The words Liu Yu was about to speak were stuck in his throat, his pupils dilated suddenly, his brain buzzed, and his mouth could only make some meaningless moans.

 

“Ah, ah… yi…”

 

The muscles on his face twitched, and saliva flowed down both sides.

 

Liu Menghong was frightened and screamed, “Old man!”

 

Jiang Feng yanked outward, directly pulling Liu Yu’s soul out.

 

Inside, Liu Menghong hugged the sliding Liu Yu and cried out in alarm. “Ah! What’s wrong with you!”

 

“Hello? Hello, resident? Is there something wrong?”

 

“Old man!”

 

“Hello? Do you need help calling an ambulance?”

 

Liu Yu’s legs trembled as he looked at the suddenly changed perspective, slowly turned his head sideways, and glanced toward Jiang Feng.

 

Jiang Feng looked at him coldly. “Open the door. Don’t make me say it a third time.”

 

He deliberately released his intimidating presence, and Liu Yu immediately trembled all over, no longer daring to say more.

 

Jiang Feng patted his back again, and Liu Yu’s soul was able to return to his own body.

 

Inside the house, Liu Yu’s body suddenly straightened, opened his eyes and stared blankly at the iron door.

 

“Ah!” Liu Menghong patted his body and complained. “Are you okay? What happened to you!”

 

The urgent knocking sound rang out again like a death knell.

 

Liu Yu quickly stood up and said, “It’s nothing, I just felt dizzy for a moment. Quick, open the door!”

 

Liu Menghong hung up on property management and then opened the main door.

 

Jiang Feng strode in and took off his shoes at the entrance.

 

The two elderly people leaned against each other, stepped back as he moved, keeping distance from him. No longer showing their previous arrogant attitude.

 

“How… you…”

 

Jiang Feng closed the door behind him with his hand and walked straight into the couple’s room.

 

The two were both afraid and curious, following with small steps.

 

Jiang Feng followed the guidance he had seen in the vision, reached under the bed and pulled out an iron box, held it with one hand, and lifted the lid.

 

Liu Menghong quickly exclaimed in surprise. “How did you know we kept things here?”

 

“Shut up!” Liu Yu scolded, “Don’t talk.”

 

Liu Menghong complained aggrievedly. “What did I do wrong?”

 

Jiang Feng took out the talisman they had drawn with their own fresh blood, walked to the kitchen, turned on the gas stove, and lit it with fire.

 

The two seemed to want to stop him, standing nearby opening their mouths to speak, pinching their fingers with a submissive appearance.

 

The paper burned, rising with all black smoke, but emitting a nauseating smell like rotting flesh.

 

Liu Menghong covered her nose and coughed twice, turning her back.

 

The little Mountain God stood nearby grabbing his clothes.

 

Jiang Feng paid no attention to the couple, leaned against the kitchen counter, and began flipping through the remaining ancient book.

 

Liu Yu hesitantly spoke, “You, just take your things and leave. We don’t want this box anymore. Please spare us.”

 

Jiang Feng turned a page. “I’m waiting for someone.”

 

“Waiting for whom?”

 

“Waiting for your son.”

 

“I…” Liu Yu’s eyes widened, looking like he would fight to the death. “What do you want to do to my son?!”

 

“Oh?” Jiang Feng finally raised his head to give him a look, smiled sarcastically, “You still care about him? But if I were him, after being manipulated by you for so many years, the first thing I’d do when I came back would be to kill you.”

 

Liu Yu stiffened his neck to retort. “What nonsense are you talking about!”

 

Jiang Feng: “I want to watch him, to prevent him from committing wrongdoing and being buried alongside you two old folks who are about to die.”

 

Liu Yu: “Bullsh*t! My son…my son is very filial. He’ll definitely understand our good intentions. How could he hate me!”

 

As soon as he finished speaking, the main door was pushed open a crack, and Liu Fangping walked in expressionlessly.

 

Liu Yu’s face lit up with joy, as if he had found his backbone. “Son! Son, you’re back!”

 

Liu Fangping stopped in place and strangely curved the corners of his mouth.

 

Liu Yu was made uncomfortable by his look and sternly said, “What’s wrong with you? What kind of expression is that? Is this how you treat your parents?”

 

Liu Menghong quickly pulled him. “Don’t be like this, he’s grown up!”

 

Liu Yu pointed. “Even if you’ve grown up, you’re still my son!”

 

“Ahhhhh——” Liu Fangping listened and screamed loudly, pouncing toward him and shouting, “I’ll kill you!”

 

Liu Yu was pushed down by him, his head knocked once, but he couldn’t match him.

 

Liu Menghong screamed like crazy.

 

Jiang Feng went over, grabbed Liu Fangping’s shoulder and lifted him up.

 

“Calm down.”

 

“I’ll kill you, I want to kill you all…” Liu Fangping bit his lips, tears bursting forth, shouting forcefully, “Are you still human?!”

 

Liu Yu: “Weren’t we doing this for your own good? Look, you got into such a good university, have such a respectable career. If you were still like before, wasting your days, doing nothing, being rebellious and disobedient, fighting with people and not studying at all, today you’d just be a gangster boss working odd jobs on the street!”

 

Liu Fangping stepped forward pointing at him. “You’re still talking!”

 

Liu Yu reluctantly fell silent.

 

Liu Menghong cried. “What could we do? Tell me, what could we do? Every day at school you either caused trouble or fought, the whole family was about to be torn apart by you. Isn’t this good now? Everyone can have good results.”

 

“Good results?” Liu Fangping was amused by these words. “I begged you so much, I put down my dignity and cried begging you, and then what about you! Every day you treated me like a puppet, trapped in my own body, forced to do things I hated most. I was terrified! Collapsed! Desperate! Depressed! This is what you call good results? They’re your good results but not mine! You never saw me as a human being at all!”

 

Liu Menghong’s whole body shrank and trembled. “I didn’t know it was like this.”

 

“How could you not know? You clearly enjoyed it, you clearly just pretended not to know.” Liu Fangping pointed at Jiang Feng. “He, this stranger, only met me once and knew I wasn’t myself. Everyone in the community, everyone except you, knew! You’ve lived with me for over thirty years. I’ve gotten used to seeing your meanness and shamelessness. Do you still need to find such excuses in front of me?”

 

Liu Menghong cried, “Don’t talk to mother like that. I’m your mother.”

 

Liu Fangping said excitedly, “No, I’m just your achievement piece. I’m not your child at all. You just lack something good enough to show off. If I don’t perform well, I lose the meaning of being born, is that right? Tell me, is that right!”

 

Their voices were really too loud, already clearly carrying downstairs.

 

Jiang Feng heard footsteps at the door, estimating someone was pressed against the main door eavesdropping.

 

Liu Fangping forcefully shook his hand, breaking free from Jiang Feng’s restraint.

 

“Why?” His whole body tensed with strength, hands and feet trembling, crying as he questioned. “I wasn’t born knowing how to behave. I’m stupid – that’s your genetics. I’m bad – that’s what you taught me. Did you ever give me a chance to be good? What did you accomplish yourselves? Why am I your son? Why?”

 

“Liu Fangping.” Jiang Feng waited for him to finish, then asked, “So what do you want to do from now on?”

 

Liu Fangping’s shoulders shook, his emotions already calming down.

 

He was powerless and helpless.

 

What could he do? He could only choose to do nothing at all.

 

He said, “I, Liu Fangping, from today onwards, am no longer your son. I never want to see you again.”

 

Liu Yu and Liu Menghong froze in place.

 

“But you are our son!”

 

Liu Menghong wanted to hug him, but Jiang Feng raised his hand between the two.

 

As if separated by an invisible barrier, the two elderly people became anxious.

 

Jiang Feng said, “I can fulfill your request. From today, the underworld severs the parent-child relationship among you three. Excluding previous debts, from now on you don’t need to be responsible for each other anymore.”

 

Liu Menghong: “…What does this mean? But he is my son! His blood is mine and his father’s blood. What right do you have to say this!”

 

Jiang Feng held up a section of broken bone in his hand, grabbed Liu Fangping’s hand, dripped a drop of blood on it, then squeezed his own hand over it too.

 

The blood was instantly absorbed by the broken bone.

 

Jiang Feng said coldly in front of several people. “You may not actively seek out Liu Fangping anymore. You may not disturb his life anymore.”

 

Liu Menghong frantically shook her head. “No——no! Don’t do this!”

 

Liu Yu reached out to snatch it.

 

Jiang Feng raised his arm high, dodging away.

 

“You cannot snatch it.”

 

Liu Yu froze in place.

 

Jiang Feng glanced sideways at the two.

 

He continued his judgment. “You may not say you are Liu Fangping’s parents anymore.”

 

Liu Menghong’s throat suddenly went hoarse, unable to utter that “no” word anymore.

 

She covered her throat and looked toward Liu Fangping.

 

At that moment her eyes were filled with fear and regret, immediately followed by being covered and washed away by tears.

 

“To make a person die is very simple. But the preciousness of life lies in its uniqueness. Parents gave it, but cannot decide its value. Much less have the right to control it. You two even used inappropriate power to interfere forcefully.” Jiang Feng said, “There are so many parents under heaven, but not every child can become successful. You cannot be responsible for your children, you cannot even be responsible for yourselves. From now on, reap what you sow.”

 

Jiang Feng put away the things and said to Liu Fangping, “You can pack up and prepare to leave.”

 

Liu Fangping stood without moving.

 

Jiang Feng patted him, and he raised his head like a walking corpse, murmuring to himself, “Where can I go?”

 

Jiang Feng: “Even if you don’t want to admit it, you indeed have bright prospects now. You can go wherever you want.”

 

Liu Fangping stood in a daze, and after a moment took nothing and directly turned to leave.

 

Jiang Feng took the iron box, signaled the little Mountain God to follow, and also said to the two people on the ground, “Farewell.”