The whole family is insanely eavesdropping on my thoughts Chapter 639
Chapter 639: You Have No Boundaries
What kind of person was Mai Feng?
After half a year apart, Li Fu Gui felt a sense of disorientation.
But he was certain that Mai Feng had never been like this—dressed in luxurious robes, surrounded by an imposing entourage, exuding the air of a noble young master.
Li Fu Gui hesitated to acknowledge him, but the sound of hurried footsteps soon echoed from within the house.
“You dare to come back? Why do you still dare to come back?!”
“My Rui Rui is gone! Did you come just to mock me?! My son is dead! Drowned! He drowned right before my eyes…”
Madam Dong’s eyes were bloodshot as she staggered outside, looking almost deranged, completely out of control.
“Are you satisfied now? The Li family belongs to you! My son is dead, drowned, just like that…” She collapsed onto the ground, wailing uncontrollably.
She had once been abandoned as a childless wife.
Finally, she had Rui Rui—the son she had begged countless deities for!
Mai Feng’s face turned pale as he clutched his robe tightly. “I didn’t…”
“I didn’t feel happy.” His heart felt suffocated, an overwhelming sorrow nearly consuming him.
It was just like when Guo Guo had died.
“Stop pretending! I know exactly what you’re thinking! You’re just waiting to drive me and my son away!”
“My son… my Rui Rui…” Madam Dong rolled on the ground, crying and wailing, but her son would never return.
Mai Feng ignored her and the wary gaze of his father.
The warriors had already formed a protective line before him.
He took a few incense sticks and walked inside. The funeral music that had been playing in the hall abruptly fell silent.
He lit the incense and bowed three times.
“Rui Rui, big brother is here to see you.” His voice trembled, his hands shaking uncontrollably.
He didn’t dare to look inside the coffin.
He had buried Guo Guo himself, and now he had to send Rui Rui away as well.
“It’s all your fault! You bring misfortune! It’s all because of you! After you left, Rui Rui kept talking about finding his brother, about making fish soup for him…”
“He was trying to catch fish for you!”
“It’s all your fault!” Madam Dong stormed into the room, weeping hysterically.
“Give me back my son! Give him back to me!”
“Why was it Guo Guo and not you?!”
She lunged at Mai Feng, trying to claw at him, but before she could get close, the warriors blocked her path with drawn blades.
Mai Feng waved a hand, and they stepped back.
Before he had left home, he used to secretly catch fish and cook soup for his two younger brothers. Rui Rui must have missed him terribly.
His little brother had believed that if he caught some fish and made soup, his older brother would come home.
Madam Dong struck and clawed at Mai Feng, but he never lifted a hand in retaliation.
Shan Shan’s expression darkened, his fists clenched in fury.
Windchaser caught his small fist. “This is his family matter. You can’t intervene. Otherwise… you know Chao Chao won’t be happy.”
Shan Shan let out a cold snort.
“However, I might be able to help with this,” Windchaser said, setting Shan Shan down.
“You should be grateful to Mai Feng!” Windchaser sneered at Madam Dong.
She was about to retort when he continued, “You must have consulted the deities, didn’t they say you were destined to be childless?”
“You must have seen countless physicians, all saying you were unable to conceive. You even drank herbal medicine for years, but you never became pregnant.”
Madam Dong’s expression flickered.
“You were indeed fated to be childless.”
“But Mai Feng… he was destined to have two younger brothers. His mother was already gone, so one was given to you.”
“Mai Feng, do you remember the time you buried two rabbits?”
“You buried them under a tree, erected small gravestones, and even performed a ritual. You wished for them to be reborn as humans in their next life.”
“You gave them the chance to take human form.”
“Guo Guo was one of them.”
“Your mother passed away, so Rui Rui was reincarnated into your stepmother’s womb.”
“That is why Rui Rui was always so close to you, why he depended on you. They came into this world just for you, to repay their debt of gratitude.”
Windchaser then turned to the pale-faced Madam Dong. “Before you got pregnant, did you have any unusual dreams?”
Madam Dong clutched her mouth, tears streaming down her face.
“Rabbits… Two pure white rabbits, one with an injured leg, right? Before I became pregnant with Rui Rui, I dreamt of two snow-white rabbits for several nights. Then, one day, one of them left, and the other came closer to me. The next day, I discovered I was pregnant with Rui Rui.”
Windchaser continued, “After you married into the family, you mistreated Mai Feng and Guo Guo. Yet Rui Rui, despite being so young, would always argue with you and stick close to his brother, wouldn’t he? No matter how you tried, you couldn’t keep them apart.”
“You tormented Mai Feng until he left home.”
“Did Rui Rui show any signs of distress?”
Madam Dong turned deathly pale, her entire body trembling violently.
“It was my fault. It’s all my fault. After Mai Feng left, Rui Rui had constant nightmares, murmuring about repaying a debt… I thought he was possessed and even got him an amulet.”
“It was my fault. Everything was my fault.”
“Rui Rui gave me a chance. He gave me a chance! He was right beside me, and I didn’t save him. I didn’t!” Madam Dong banged her head against the coffin.
She hadn’t just failed to save him; she had watched coldly.
Cause and effect, action and consequence—everything had its own course.
If she had harbored kindness, treated her predecessor’s children with compassion, or reached out to help the drowning child…
Everything would have been different.
“I was an excellent swimmer…” That was what tormented her the most—she had been perfectly capable of saving him, yet she had done nothing. Fate had given her two chances!
Tears streamed down Mai Feng’s face. “Is this true?”
Windchaser nodded. “Yes.”
“The bond they shared with you was far stronger than with their parents. You must have noticed that.”
Mai Feng nodded.
“Don’t worry. This lifetime, they came to repay you. They have fulfilled their purpose, and in their next life, they will be able to live happily and fully.” Though Windchaser was a demon, demons also sought enlightenment.
Madam Dong would spend the rest of her life drowning in regret.
Li Fu Gui opened his mouth several times but couldn’t speak. As Mai Feng prepared to leave, he rubbed his hands together, his aged eyes filled with emotion.
“Where is your brother? You took Guo Guo with you. Why did you return alone?”
Mai Feng’s expression turned cold. “Guo Guo is dead.”
“Impossible!” Li Fu Gui roared.
“Why not? Guo Guo was just a child, wandering the world with me! His mother was gone, and his father wanted to sell him. How could he have survived?”
Indeed, they had come together.
And they had departed together.
“We’re leaving!” Mai Feng didn’t spare him another glance and turned away.
“Mai Feng! Won’t you come home? Father… Father knows he was wrong. Come home. I won’t listen to that venomous woman anymore…”
Mai Feng sneered. “You’re not remorseful. You’re just desperate because you have no heirs.”
Li Fu Gui stiffened.
Now, he had lost even the chance to get close to Mai Feng.
“Karma exists for everyone.”
“So, one must always act with kindness,” Windchaser said, casting a knowing glance at Rong Xiang Shan.
Shan Shan remained expressionless. [Say what you want, but why are you looking at me?!]
[So annoying!]
[I hate people with no sense of boundaries!]
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