Hu Xiaotian said, "I truly don't understand, and I don't want to. All I know is who treats me well and who doesn't." He gazed at his mother's grave and said softly, "I want justice for my mother!"
Xu Lingkong's two white brows knotted together, but his feelings were even more tangled than his expression. He heaved a long sigh. "Your mother died of illness. Who are you going to demand justice from?"
Hu Xiaotian said, "The first person I'll confront is my father. Why did he say such heartless things to my mother and leave her without hope? The second is Old Madam Xu. When the Hu Family fell on hard times, she stood by and did nothing for fear of being implicated. If she was only looking out for the Xu Family's interests, I could let that pass. Heaven and earth destroy those who don't look out for themselves. But my mother has been dead for so long, and her own mother still refuses to show her face. Not only that, not a single member of the Xu Family came to pay their respects. Wasn't my mother's surname Xu? Even if she married into another family, what right did they have to treat her so coldly? I will settle this account!"
Xu Lingkong groaned inwardly at these words, but the reasons behind it all could not be told to outsiders. He could only smile bitterly. With a sigh, he said, "By that reasoning, you ought to settle accounts with me too!"
Hu Xiaotian said, "If you hadn't come tonight, I certainly would have!"
Xu Lingkong sighed. "I abandoned my wife and children all those years ago. Every one of these tragedies was caused by me alone. If you have anger in your heart, direct it all at me.