amaotonovel Chapter 221 Su Lekang Comes to the Xiao Family
Chapter 221 Su Lekang Comes to the Xiao Family
September arrived quickly, and in a few days they would be setting off for the capital.
She never expected that someone she had almost forgotten would come to her house that day.
"What are you doing here?" Old Master Xiao asked the visitor coldly.
"Grandpa, please help me! I'm your grandson too!" The speaker was Su Lekang, the eldest son who had severed ties with Aunt Xiao.
The Xiao family never expected Su Lekang to suddenly appear at their home, especially in this manner.
Xiao Siyue almost didn't recognize her at first.
Xiao Lekang, kneeling on the ground, was crying with snot and tears streaming down his face. He looked much older than before, his clothes were tattered, and his hair was even more frizzy. He didn't look like a young man in his early twenties at all.
Kneeling beside him was a boy who looked to be about a year old, with a blank stare and no sign of life.
This must be Su Lekang's child.
However, it was obvious that the child hadn't been well taken care of; his clothes were dirty and torn, and he was kneeling on the ground with his fist in his mouth, staring blankly at the Xiao family members.
"You've probably forgotten that you've severed ties with your mother and the others, and you have nothing to do with me anymore. Go back to your own home. This is the Xiao family home, not a place for you." Old Master Xiao had no affection whatsoever for this former grandson.
Upon hearing this, Su Lekang's eyes darkened; he regretted it.
"Grandpa, I know I've done a lot of wrong things before, but I've changed. Please forgive me just this once, okay? I really have no other choice." Su Kangle was very emotional and knelt down, moving a few steps closer to Grandpa Xiao.
"Ha, you know you were wrong now? Where were you before?" Old Master Xiao said disdainfully. If he really knew he was wrong, then so many things wouldn't have happened.
"Grandpa, please save my child, please save him." Su Lekang knew he had done many wrong things in the past, but he was helpless now.
Su Lekang pulled the child in front of him: "Xiaotian, please beg your great-grandfather, please beg your great-grandfather."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this. What happened to the child?
Su Yichen, who was standing next to Xiao Siyue, tugged at Xiao Siyue's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Auntie, what's wrong with this little brother?"
"Auntie doesn't know either, Chenchen, wait a bit." After saying that, Xiao Siyue turned her attention to Su Tian.
I looked at him for a long time but didn't find anything unusual, he was just a little thin.
"What's wrong with the child?" Although Grandpa Xiao disliked Su Lekang, the child was innocent, and he wanted to know what had happened.
“Grandpa, Xiaotian fell off the bed before, but he’s all better now. However, he won’t speak anymore. The doctor said he’s become mentally impaired.” Su Lekang’s eyes were filled with tears, his heart filled with resentment towards Sun Ni.
"How can someone your age take care of a child like this? How could you let him fall off the bed?" Grandpa Xiao was so angry that he jumped up and down. Su Tian was not even two years old yet.
Su Lekang looked guilty; he hadn't taken good care of the child.
"How do you expect me to save him? I'm not a doctor." Old Master Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.
"Grandpa, I know you're going to the capital. Could you take me with you?" He knew there were good doctors and imperial physicians in the capital.
"Shut up, Su Lekang! You actually came all this way!" A furious roar came from the doorway. It turned out that Aunt Xiao's family had caught up with them, and the speaker was none other than Su Le'an.
"Ru'er, what happened?"
"Dad, don't pay any attention to him, they brought this on themselves." Aunt Xiao said angrily.
When Su Lekang saw Aunt Xiao's family, his eyes dimmed, as if he had lost all hope.
"Grandpa, you don't know, Su Tian falling off the bed wasn't an accident at all, but Sun Ni deliberately threw him off." Su Le'an said angrily, wishing he could beat Su Lekang again. What a vicious wife he had married, not even sparing his own child.
"What?" The Xiao family members were incredulous. They only knew that Sun Ni was mentally unstable and was treated like a doormat by her own family. They never expected her to be so vicious at heart. She really was a member of the Sun family, just like her roots.
"How dare you come begging us? Go back now, or I'll send someone to kick you out." Upon hearing this, Old Master Xiao's little bit of interest vanished instantly.
"Grandpa, I know it's all my fault, but Xiaotian is innocent! Please save him, or how will he live in the future?" The house is in complete chaos, and he can't manage anything at all.
She had first asked Aunt Xiao for help, but Aunt Xiao refused, so she had to come to the Xiao family.
Their family has almost run out of money and has no silver to send to the capital. Even if they did, they wouldn't be able to find a good doctor, let alone an imperial physician.
"Oh? You're coming to the capital with us? What about Sun Ni?" Old Master Xiao was very curious. Wasn't Su Lekang very fond of Sun Ni? How was she doing now?
Upon hearing Sun Ni's name, Su Lekang's expression instantly changed, his face filled with hatred for her.
Everyone saw it clearly.
"Heh, didn't you love Sun Ni very much? You even abandoned your own family for her. Why are you making this face now?" Su Le'an's words were full of sarcasm.
Su Lekang looked at Su Le'an without refuting, because it was the truth.
He used to love Sun Ni as much as he now hates her, and he also hates himself. He was blind. Because of Sun Ni, he is now abandoned by everyone and his family. He has become a joke.
Thinking about what had happened recently, Su Lekang couldn't help but shudder.
He had to endure Sun Ni's insults and complaints every day, and also serve her.
The hardworking, kind, and pitiful Sun Ni of yesteryear is gone; the Sun Ni of today has become repulsive.
She takes her anger out on him and the child all the time, and this time she has hurt the child so badly.
"Why aren't you saying anything? Are you too ashamed to speak? How dare you come to your maternal grandfather's house? Don't you only care about the Sun family?" Su Le'an continued to mock Su Lekang when he remained silent.
He was still angry and resentful, blaming Su Lekang for abandoning his family for Sun Ni. Seeing Su Kangle's current state only made him more disappointed.
If you're so capable, you should be living a good life. How did things end up like this?
"I'm sorry, Le'an," Su Lekang said, pursing his lips.
"I'm sorry, what's the use of saying sorry now? Where were you before? And don't call me Le'an, you don't deserve it." Upon hearing Su Le'an's words, Su Le'an reacted like a cat with its fur standing on end, her voice instantly rising several decibels.
“I…” Su Lekang was in great pain. He knew he was not qualified, but he could not give up this opportunity, otherwise what would happen to his child?