Hearing that his grandfather had been hospitalized because of him, Li Wei was also a little scared!
He couldn't imagine what kind of storm was waiting for him at home…
So he immediately agreed to his mother's suggestion.
"Then I won't come back today. I'll go to my maternal grandfather's place."
On the other end of the phone, his mother said:
"Don't go empty-handed. I'll transfer some money to you. Buy something, otherwise when your grandfather finds out about your stupidity, he'll also break your legs…"
Li Wei felt embarrassed.
"Okay, Mom, I understand."
Seeing that his mother was silent, Li Wei said:
"Mom, if there's nothing else, I'll hang up!"
Finally, his mother on the other end of the line couldn't hold back and asked:
"Son, what were you thinking? A natural-type Essence Crystal is such a rarity. How could you give it to someone else?"
Li Wei didn't know how to answer…
Seeing that he was silent, his mother spoke again:
"They say you did it because you like the girl from the Sun family. Is that true?"
Li Wei: "…"
He suddenly realized that apart from this excuse, he couldn't find any other explanation for his actions.
So he had no choice but to agree.
"You could say that…"
"My foolish son! If you really love her, then you should have been the one to merge with that Flame Essence Crystal!"
Seeming afraid that her son wouldn't understand, his mother continued:
"I'm a woman, and I know that women admire the strong. In marriage, families where the husband is stronger than the wife live in harmony and prosperity. But couples where the woman is more successful than the man often fall apart. Even if the girl from the Sun family feels grateful to you for a while because of what you did and really falls in love with you, you won't be able to keep her. Because when she calms down and realizes how different you two are, she will most likely still look down on you, unless she's completely crazy about love."
Hearing these words, Li Wei was stunned.
What a wise mother!
At least, his mother back on Blue Star didn't have such insight.
Li Wei fully agreed with his mother's words.
However…
He didn't know what to say.
Because in reality, he and Sun Hailan had exchanged supernatural abilities, and he had won while Sun Hailan had lost.
Of course, it couldn't be said that he had deceived Sun Hailan.
After all, only he knew the true value of the Star Guardian legacy, and only in his hands could this legacy reveal its real potential.
If he hadn't traded the Flame Essence Crystal, Sun Hailan would most likely have given up on the card and remained an ordinary person.
Now Sun Hailan had a powerful Flame Essence Crystal, and he had the long-desired Star Guardian legacy… essentially a mutually beneficial exchange!
"Mom! Thank you for telling me this. I understand."
That was all Li Wei could say.
Unexpectedly, his mother on the other end of the line suddenly became angry:
"You don't understand anything!"
The phrase was very sharp.
Li Wei was even startled!
"Mom, what's wrong?" he asked hurriedly.
"Just now your father told me that you also merged with that useless Star Guardian legacy card in front of everyone… Is that true?"
Her voice was clearly trembling with fear.
Li Wei broke into a sweat!
He thought his mother already knew about it, but it turned out she had only just found out?
"It's true…"
"You are so stupid!!"
From the tone of her voice, his mother was in a state of fury and despair.
Li Wei felt terrible.
He didn't know what to say.
"Come back!" his mother suddenly said:
"The television has already shown your story in the news. You're about to become famous across the whole country. Don't embarrass yourself at your grandfather's place."
"Ah! This…"
Li Wei felt his hair stand on end again.
Local television, how rude!
Couldn't they have waited a bit with the report? Why the rush?
His mother thought Li Wei was afraid to come home and get scolded, so she sighed heavily:
"Come back! Your father doesn't want to beat you anymore. He said you don't have much time left anyway, and you'll soon pay for your stupidity…"
Having said that, his mother started crying over the phone.
Hearing his mother cry, Li Wei hurriedly said:
"Mom, don't worry. I'll come back right now. I'll explain everything to you."
. . .
After hanging up the phone.
Li Wei immediately went out to the road, called a driverless taxi, and headed home.
Some time later.
He arrived at an elite residential complex and, following his memories, walked toward a row of townhouses.
This residential complex had just been completed, and Grandfather Li, spending most of his savings, had bought five houses in this complex at once.
He gave four townhouses to his four sons.
He kept one separate house for himself — it was located right behind the four townhouses, very close by.
In this way, Grandfather wanted to show his four sons that they were brothers connected by blood ties, and he hoped they would unite and help each other.
In fact, Grandfather had succeeded in this.
In Li Wei's memories, his father and his brothers lived very harmoniously.
At this moment.
As soon as Li Wei approached the house, he ran into his youngest uncle, who was returning from the hospital.
His youngest uncle looked at him with eyes full of disappointment. He opened his mouth several times to scold him, but in the end couldn't do it. He only heavily patted Li Wei on the shoulder and said:
"I just heard your mother crying inside the house. Go to her quickly…"
Hearing this, Li Wei immediately ran home.
His house was the third one in the row of four townhouses.
At this moment, the courtyard and the gate of the house were wide open.
As he walked inside, he saw a middle-aged man sitting on the sofa in the living room.
Seeing the painfully familiar face of the middle-aged man, Li Wei couldn't help but exclaim:
"Dad?"
It was an involuntary cry.
The middle-aged man's face was almost an exact copy of his father's face back on Blue Star.
The only difference was that here his father looked more ruddy and healthy.
Now Li Wei was almost certain that he had transmigrated into a parallel version of himself.
However…
After he called out to his father, he realized that his father's face was ashen gray, and his gaze was angry and heavy.
Although Li Wei's psychological age was close to thirty, facing his enraged father, he still felt a little scared.
It was the pressure that came from blood ties.
Suddenly.
His father spoke.
"I gave you the name 'Wei,' hoping that you would become great and strong! Because this world is dangerous, and without strength, you cannot survive in it!"
Having said that, his father's expression suddenly changed, and pain appeared on his face:
"But I never expected that even when an incredible opportunity was placed in your hands, you would give it away to others and, without thinking, choose a dead-end path… You…"
His father fell silent, breathing heavily, as if it was difficult for him to continue.