Huo Yuhao was silent.
He lowered his head, looked at the cold dagger in his hand, and then looked at the two faces in the cave that were full of fear and pleading. His mother's unwilling and desperate eyes before she died flashed through his mind again.
To kill or not to kill?
If you kill, you may never recover.
If he doesn't kill... he may never have such an opportunity again in his life.
Moreover, the black-haired boy in front of me has those scarlet, enchanting eyes, and that sense of resonance that is like a blood connection...
Huo Yuhao always feels that this person will not harm him.
At least, I won't harm him in this way.
"I..." Huo Yuhao opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, he just clenched the knife in his hand, his fingers trembling slightly from the exertion.
At this moment, in the cave, Dai Huabin finally broke free from the shackles of the vines on his mouth and roared:
"Huo Yuhao! How dare you! I am the legitimate son of Duke of White Tiger! If you dare to touch a hair on my head, my father and my mother will not let you go! You will die miserably! That bitch mother of yours will not be able to live in peace underground!"
Bitch mother.
These four words, like four red-hot knives, stabbed into Huo Yuhao's heart, completely burning his last hesitation into ashes.
He raised his head suddenly, and the pale golden light in his eyes instantly turned blood red.
"You... said... what... what?" Huo Yuhao said every word, his voice hoarse like sandpaper, full of cold murderous intent that could freeze the soul.
"I said, your mother is just a bitch!" Dai Huabin has been blinded by fear and speaks indiscriminately. He just wants to use the most vicious words to stimulate Huo Yuhao so that he does not dare to take action.
"A despicable maid dared to seduce my father and give birth to a bastard like you! Both of you, mother and son, deserve to die! You both deserve to go to hell! You..."
He didn't finish what he said.
Because Huo Yuhao, moved.
He held the knife and walked towards the cave dwelling step by step.
The steps were steady and slow, but every step was like stepping on the hearts of Dai Huabin and Dai Yueheng, making them tremble with fear.
"Huo Yuhao! Don't be impulsive!" Dai Yueheng also broke free from the restraints on his mouth and shouted urgently, his voice deformed due to fear, "We are brothers! Half-brothers! Blood is thicker than water! You can't kill us! If dad knows, he won't forgive you!"
"Brother?" Huo Yuhao stopped and looked at Dai Yueheng. There was no emotion in his eyes, only a bottomless, cold blood red.
"When my mother was forced to death by you and her son, why didn't you say we were brothers? When I was living like a dog at the White Tiger Duke Mansion, why didn't you say we were brothers? When Dai Huabin called me a bastard and my mother a slut, why didn't you say we were brothers?"
He paused and his voice became even colder. "Now that you are about to die, have you remembered that we are brothers? It's too late."
"No! Don't!" Dai Yueheng was completely panicked, with a cry in his voice.
"Huo Yuhao, I was wrong! I apologize to you! I kowtow to your mother! Let me go! Let Huabin go! Whatever you want, I will give you! Money, resources, Soul Bone, Soul Tool... As long as you let us go, I will give you everything!"
"Yes, yes!" Dai Huabin also quickly agreed, his face full of flattery and fear.
"Huo Yuhao, no, Yuhao brother! You are my brother! My brother! It was my fault before, I was blind! You don't remember the villain's mistakes, let us go! From now on the White Tiger Duke Mansion, you will be the legitimate son! The future Duke! We... we all listen to you!"
Listening to the two people's bottomless pleas, full of desire for survival, Huo Yuhao just felt... disgusting.
Extremely disgusting.
Is this the legitimate son of the White Tiger Duke Mansion?
Is this his half-brother?
In the face of life and death, all pride, dignity, and backbone are gone. Only an ugly and disgusting face remains.
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, stared at the two of them, and was about to take action.
Dai Huabin then advised.
"Think about it again Shrek Academy... don't you have a very good relationship with that Wang Dong? If you kill me, you will never be able to stay in the Shrek Academy..."
"Calm down... think more about the future!"
Having been classmates for so long, Dai Huabin naturally understands Huo Yuhao.
There are many bonds in the Shrek Academy!
Huo Yuhao How can you let go when you have no one to rely on?
Huo Yuhao was stunned... because in the Shrek Academy, he did still have many things he cared about, and what would he do after leaving Shrek Academy?
Dai Tu just walked up to him, looked at the short knife in his hand that was only an inch away from Dai Huabin's chest, and looked at Huo Yuhao's eyes that turned blood red due to hatred and anger. He twitched the corner of his mouth, revealing a cold arc full of ridicule.
"It seems that your feelings for your mother are just like that." Dai Tu's voice was very soft, but every word was like a needle, piercing Huo Yuhao's heart.
"Can I be forgiven for killing my mother? Can my determination be shaken by a few words of begging for mercy?"
"I didn't!" Huo Yuhao retorted sharply, his eyes filled with misunderstood anger and humiliation, "I have never forgotten hatred! I have never dreamed of revenge!"
"Really?" Dai Tu raised his eyebrows, and his eyes became more sarcastic, "But I saw that you were very hesitant just now. Are you worried that if you kill them, you will be held accountable by the Shrek Academy? Will you be retaliated by the White Tiger Duke Mansion? Will it ruin your future, your future?"
Huo Yuhao opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but when the words came to his lips, no words came out.
Because what Dai Tu said is true.
He was really worried about this just now.
"So, your hatred is conditional." Dai Tu's voice became even colder.
"Only when it does not harm your own interests, you dare to take revenge. Once it involves your own future, your future, your...'big picture', you will hesitate, you will shrink, and you will... forgive."
He paused, looked at Huo Yuhao's eyes that turned blood red from anger and humiliation, and spoke word by word, his voice as sharp as a knife:
"Perhaps, your hatred will only be slowly forgotten through compromise after compromise. You will feel that your father, whom you have never met, has difficulties. You will feel that after all, you are related by blood and are a family.
You will feel that for the sake of the 'overall situation', for the sake of 'stability', and for those high-sounding principles, you should put down your hatred, forgive, and... shake hands with them, make peace with them, and love each other."
"It's like..."
Dai Tu's voice suddenly dropped, and a deep, almost sad mockery flashed in his eyes.
"Just like you will do in the future."
Huo Yuhao was shocked and stared at Dai Tu, his eyes filled with unbelievable shock and a kind of... fear that went deep into his bones.
My future self?
Will you forgive?
Will you shake hands with Dai Hao, Zhu Yue, and the entire White Tiger Duke Mansion...?
No, impossible!
How could he forgive those who killed his mother and ruined his life?
How could he betray himself and his mother?