Heroic Death System [BL]

Arc 8: Covenantor (XI)

Previously, Yue Cheng had simply assumed that Yue Ze was Lu Xiufan's lover. He'd scoffed when he'd heard the rumor that he'd gifted his covenantor son to Lu Xiufan—he never believed in using his children in exchange for the family's benefit. If Yue Ze wanted to be with Lu Xiufan, that was his own decision. However, he never thought that Yue Ze was actually Lu Xiufan's servant, hired from the Covenantor Distribution Center.

After all, he would truly be an idiot if he didn't know what kind of a place the Covenantor distribution center was and how the covenantors there were treated. The great Yue Family head's son, once the family heir, had been treated as an object and publically put up for sale.

If Shang Ke hadn't been hired by Lu Xiufan, it was unthinkable what type of treatment his own son would have had to endure. And after he'd been humiliated and abused, the family would have had to disown him in order to maintain their reputation, leaving him to fend for himself.

Yue Cheng's face burned and his whole body shook.

Shang Ke gazed cooly at the disturbed Yue Cheng. This person's mistake did not stop at his indifference towards Yue Ze. Even until Yue Ze's death, Yue Cheng never found out that the only reason the eldest son he'd been most proud of became a covenantor, and was later killed, was because of his wife and other son.

However, Shang Ke didn't plan to reveal this fact for the time being; he wanted to wait and let the whole Yue Family know just how much injustice Yue Ze had endured.

Shang Ke felt someone hold his hand; turning his head, he saw Lu Xiufan's grave expression. Lu Xiufan glared at Yue Cheng, coldly saying, "Yue Cheng, understand this; from today onwards, Little Ze will have nothing more to do with Yue Family."

Yue Cheng promptly replied, "No. Yue Ze is a member of Yue Family. This will never change."

Lu Xiufan replied frostily, "Once he took on the name 'Shang Ze' and became mine, Yue Family lost all claims to him. The reason why I brought him here today was, in fact, to break off your kinship."

He had originally wanted to give Yue Cheng a chance to make amends, he was Little Ze's father after all. If possible, he hoped Little Ze would be able to receive a sliver of care and comfort from his family. However, this man merely hurt Little Ze again. A covenantor might not have the full emotional capacity of a regular person, but he still has memories of what he sees and hears. Today's meeting, other than establishing Yue Cheng's indifference towards Little Ze and partiality for the other son, had accomplished little else.

Lu Xiufan pulled up Yue Ze, turned, and walked out the door.

"Wait, Your Excellency, please give me some time; I promise that I will seek justice for Little Ze." Yue Cheng shouted after them agitatedly.

"Let's talk again when you really follow through on that." Lu Xiufan left without looking back.

Once they returned to the car, Lu Xiufan asked Shang Ke, "I'm off today; is there anything you'd like to do?"

Shang Ke was silent for a moment, before uttering just one word, "Swimming."

Thus, the two went to the pool and spent the whole afternoon in synchronized swimming.

Once Yue Cheng returned home, he called for Madam Chang and Yue Xuan and grilled them on the distribution center issue.

Madam Chang impatiently replied, "Since you were busy dealing with other family business, you let me take charge of finding a place for Yue Ze. Only after I asked his opinion and received his consent, did I send him to the distribution center."

"You're still making excuses? Don't you know what type of place the distribution center is? If it became known that we sent our child to the distribution center, Yue Family would become the laughing-stock throughout the empire."