Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 468: Chapter 221 Farewell (5K)_2

That was...

Li Qiong wiped the ice chips from his face, looking at Li Yelai sitting opposite him, his face showing uncontrollable surprise.

From his perspective, he saw only darkness and then his son appeared.

No... it was his son, years later. Li Qiong could clearly see that Li Yelai seemed more mature than in his memories.

How many years had passed? Li Qiong wondered.

Li Yelai, on the other hand, was looking at Li Qiong, the father he had hated for six years.

”Long time no see, Dad.” Li Yelai muttered, trying to force a smile.

”You...” Li Qiong, after looking at Li Yelai for a few seconds, revealed a bitter smile. ”Why are you here? Those people... No, is your mom okay?”

As a Spiritual Ability User, Li Qiong could determine the current situation with just one glance, immediately asking about the condition of his wife, whom he was most worried about.

”The officials saved her, she’s now at home in the family apartment, with Xiao Yan keeping her company.” Li Yelai spoke, deceiving Li Qiong. He didn’t want Li Qiong to feel guilt and pain during his brief revival.

So, before using the horn, Li Yelai had concocted a lie.

His mother was still alive and well. The only regret was that Li Qiong, as a husband, hadn’t returned.

And he had become a Spiritual Ability User, joined the officials of No.3 Border City, and finally found his father.

”I became a Spiritual Ability User, joined the officials of the Giant City, became Ye Boshou, and found you on a mission...”

Li Yelai rambled on, but Li Qiong was in tears. ”You little rascal, you still can’t lie! If she were still alive, you wouldn’t have revived me now!”

Indeed, if his mother were still alive.

Li Yelai would surely have brought his father’s body back to the Giant City to reunite them, even if only for a brief moment. Thus, his lie had been torn apart from the start.

Li Yelai’s strained expression also fell apart at this moment, as a deep sadness welled up inside him. He covered his forehead to stop his tears from falling.

Li Qiong painfully said, ”Your mother was always stubborn... always...”

”She was thinking of you until the very end, telling us that you would definitely come back.” Li Yelai sobbed. ”But Xiao Yan and I thought you had abandoned us, we hated you for many years... Six years...”

”You should hate me... It’s true I didn’t go back, nor did I manage to save her...”

He picked up the white fruit in his left hand, tears streaming down his handsome face. ”I... had promised her I would definitely return... Ultimately, I broke my promise. She was really foolish, if only she had reached out to the Jing Family for help, they surely would have come to rescue her... But she was too foolish, not wanting to call for help from her family until the end.”

”The Jing Family?” Li Yelai asked with a sniff. ”Yaoqing Jing Family?”

Li Yelai’s first thought wasn’t that his mother actually came from a Spiritual Ability Family.

Rather, it was regret. If he had known this information sooner, he might have been able to deceive his father just moments ago.

”Yes, she came from a Spiritual Ability Family,” Li Qiong responded. ”From the Yaoqing Jing Family of the Northern Giant City... When I met her by chance, she was so dazzling and charming. It was because of the Jing Family’s mess that she was to be sent to the Forbidden Zone... So I knocked over more than a dozen Jing Family members and eloped with her, escaping to No.3 Border City. If she had sought help from the Jing Family, she surely could have survived. But she didn’t want the Jing Family to find her until the end... It was also to protect you and your sister, I suppose.”

Could it be that Li Qiong’s boasting from the past was actually true? He really had knocked over her maternal relatives and eloped with his mother.

”Have you had contact with the Jing Family?” Li Qiong asked. ”Has their influence reached No.3 Border City?”

”Yes, I have a rather good relationship with someone from the Jing Family,” Li Yelai responded.

”I see, you must protect your sister well. The Jing Family has bad people,” Li Qiong advised. ”They always wanted to use females with Jing Family blood to bear the so-called Divine Son. Your mother was the prime candidate back then...”

Divine Son, Jing Family women, Forbidden Zone...

Li Yelai silently nodded.

”How is your sister?” Li Qiong asked, wiping the tears from his face.

”When she was eighteen, she suffered from a curse, unable to communicate normally with strangers...” Li Yelai didn’t conceal the truth; there was nothing he needed to hide from his father.

He disclosed everything about Li Yunyan’s curse, his own Curse of Misfortune, the powerful Face, to Li Qiong.

As for Mr. Shadow’s existence, there was no need to make his father worry at this time, and Li Yelai only briefly mentioned it without going into details.

”So you really became Spiritual Ability Users... That’s expected, since your mother and I were both Spiritual Ability Users, the chances were high for you and your sister. If I had known this, I should have left something material behind... Ah, whether it was me or Xiao Lian, we both hoped that you could be ordinary people, spared from too much suffering.”

”Mr. Shadow is a big problem. This Face’s ability is too overwhelming... Try not to trade with it. Even if you must trade, always save one last chance.”

”You even joined the Champion Team One of No.3 Border City? I had a face-off with the seventh generation Champion back in the day, good heavens, if I hadn’t been there to steal something from the Ember Church, she probably would have knocked me off too. Really lacks respect for the elderly...”

”The only consolation is that you joined the officials of No.3 Border City. The Old Mad King is quite a character. With him around, the Jing Family won’t dare to do anything. Spiritual Ability Families are the best at playing their cards right.”