Looking at Zhuge Dan, who was covered in darkness in front of him, Jing Fei sighed: "Everyone has his own persistence and happiness, and only the person involved understands some things."

"Yes, I think so too. So I never thought about taking revenge on Zhuge Yunfan because this was my mother's last wish. I could see that my mother really loved Zhuge Yunfan deeply and had never changed until she died, so I couldn't do anything to hurt Zhuge Yunfan." Zhuge Dan nodded, and his expression magically calmed down.

"I can see that you have a lot of resentment towards the Zhuge family, but why do you have different feelings towards Zhuge Qingge?" Jing Fei looked at Zhuge Dan strangely.

"Yes, I have resentment towards each family, because if it weren't for this family, my mother wouldn't have had such a miserable ending. Zhuge Qingge is an exception. She is the only person I don't hate in Zhuge's family. Not only does she not hate, but she is also the only relative I admit and the only relative in my world."

"Why?" Jing Fei became even more strange.

Zhuge Dan did not answer this question immediately. He asked: "Do you know the living environment I had during that period after my mother died?"

"I was just thirteen years old at that time, and no one cares about my life or death. I could only grit my teeth and persevere, because I am the pride of my mother and the hope of my mother. I must not have anything to do, I must live well."

"Isn't your grandmother's house nearby? Why don't you go to join them?" Jing Fei asked unexpectedly.

"Grandma's house?"

Zhuge Dan sneered: "Of course I've been there, but the treatment I received was driven out by them with sticks, saying that their family would rather raise a dog than a wild breed to waste food."

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Jing Fei frowned. If what Zhuge Dan said was true, then his grandmother's family would be too much.

Zhuge Dan continued to say coldly: "They don't think about it either. If it weren't for my mother, if it weren't for that bastard Zhuge Yunfan's help, their family could have developed so quickly. Now that Zhuge Yunfan has left and my mother has died, they actually said I was a wild breeder." Zhuge Dan looked at Jing Fei: "People are really realistic, aren't they?"

Jing Fei didn't say anything. He really didn't know what to say about this question.

Zhuge Dan continued: "Since then, I started wandering alone. During the day, I looked for food in nearby towns or towns, and at night I went back to the wooden houses on the mountains to sleep. Sometimes I couldn't find food and didn't go back for a few days. I was like a homeless stray dog..."

"Later I met a liar. He saw that I was smart and asked me to follow him. Since then, I finally had a support, at least I don't have to worry about eating every day."

"What liar?" Jing Fei was curious.

"It's just the kind of ordinary scammers who rely on fortune-telling to read palms. There were many such scammers in small towns in the past." Zhuge Dan said calmly.

"Oh." Jing Fei nodded. Unexpectedly, Zhuge Dan had such an experience, which was somewhat similar to when he was a child. When he was a child, he was also a mess with a fortune-telling trip.

"What then?" Jing Fei asked.

"Then……"

A trace of memories appeared on Zhuge Dan's face, and the dark atmosphere shrouded in himself also dissipated a lot: "I will never forget that day. That year I was only sixteen years old and the Chinese New Year was about to celebrate. I cheated a lot of money with the liar in the town. I returned to the mountain just after dark. I bought a lot of delicious food and fruits. Because it was the Chinese New Year, I didn't want to eat it myself, but I also wanted to pay tribute to my mother's grave."

"But when I went back that day, I found a dirty girl squatting there at the door of the wooden house, shaking from the cold while trying hard to bite a frozen bread in my hand..."

"At that time, the girl jumped up. She stood up suddenly and looked at me alertly. Then, after a while, suddenly asked me uncertainly, saying, 'Is your name Zhuge Dan'? I said, 'Yes, who are you?' After hearing my words, the girl cheered, threw away the bread and rushed over, hugged her, and then cried, crying sadly, and said, 'Second brother, I finally found you'."

Zhuge Dan said this and let out a breath and looked at Jing Fei: "That was the first time I saw Zhuge Qingge. Later, I learned her identity from the girl's mouth. Her name was Zhuge Qingge, and she was Zhuge Yunfan's daughter, five years younger than me, and she was only eleven years old that year."

"I was instinctively resistant to the people of the Zhuge family. I immediately pushed her away after knowing her identity. I didn't want to have any connection with the Zhuge family. After pushing her away, I began to prepare sacrifices to visit my mother's grave. For us, we have to add soil to the elders' grave on New Year's Eve."

"I thought Zhuge Qingge would definitely walk away tactfully after I was so neglected, but she was not angry at all, and seemed very sticky to me, and helped me do it. Even when I was carrying the sacrifice to pay tribute to my mother behind the wooden house, Zhuge Qingge followed me and couldn't drive it away no matter how hard she was. However, she was very quiet when she visited the grave, and just looked at me quietly, as if she wanted to help, but she didn't. Then, when I stood up and prepared to return to the wooden house, Zhuge Qingge suddenly knelt down at her mother's tombstone with a 'gudong', and cried and said in a low voice, 'Mom, my daughter is unfilial, I'm just here to see you now, don't be angry'. After that, Dongdongdong kowtowed three times hard."

"At that moment, I looked at the dirty girl kneeling there and kowtowed, and immediately accepted this sister. No one ever called me mother. You should know that many people in the north call me mother. I am the same. Zhuge Qingge is the first and only one. I can see her sincerity."

Zhuge Dan showed a rare look of gentle expression in his eyes. He looked up at Jing Fei and continued, "After returning to the wooden house, Zhuge Qingge obviously felt the change in my attitude towards her. She seemed very happy. She pressed my shoulder and asked me to sit, serving me in a hurry. She also said that men do not need to do housework, and doing housework is a woman's job."

"I was not used to being served for the first time, but I looked at the cheerful Zhuge Qingge and did not stop her. The New Year's Eve dinner that year was the happiest meal I had since I was a child, because I had a sister, my dear sister..."

"Then I could easily get out of Zhuge Qingge's mouth through conversation. It turned out that she accidentally heard Zhuge Yunfan quarrel with her mother and realized that my second brother was still there. So she secretly left home and ran to me the next day. At that time, she was on winter vacation, so she had time."

"I was really shocked at that time. A girl who was only eleven years old left Yanjing City and ran alone to the depths of the Northeast Mountains to find someone. I really don't know how this little girl found this place. At that moment, I remembered the scene when I saw Zhuge Dan trembling while gnawing on the bread that knew how to be stiff. I felt a little distressed for this extra sister. At that moment, I swear in my heart that I must protect this sister and will never let anyone bully her, because he is my only relative."

"My wooden house is very simple and cold. That night we almost hugged each other and kept warming each other before falling asleep. The next day, after a night of getting along, our relationship quickly heated up. Zhuge Qingge, who grew up in Yanjing City since childhood, had never seen a mountain. He felt that everything was so novel, so I decided to take her to see the scene of the Northeast mountains."

"That day I took her to catch rabbits in the mountains. The laughter I made was almost a combination of all the laughter I had since I was a child. I could also see that Zhuge Qingge was smiling very happily..."

"But when we successfully caught a rabbit and returned to the wooden house, we found a group of people standing at the door, a group of people dressed in a dress that looked like they were not ordinary people."

Zhuge Dan's eyes showed a complicated look again: "They are from the Zhuge family. They came here to find and pick up Zhuge Qingge who had secretly escaped from the monk. But what surprised me was that in addition to picking up Zhuge Qingge, there was another one of them who was to take me back."

"To be honest, I have such a strong resentment towards the Zhuge family, and of course I won't go back. But when I saw Zhuge Qingge looking at my request, my heart suddenly became soft. At the same time, I was also very curious and wanted to see what kind of person my father, who made my mother fall in love with her for the rest of her life, would never let me take revenge until she died."

"So, that time I accompanied Zhuge Qingge to return to Yanjing City and Zhuge's house. At the same time, I also saw Zhuge Yunfan, the father I had fantasized about countless times but had never met."

Zhuge Dan suddenly stopped talking and looked up at Jing Fei: "Can you think of what Zhuge Yunfan said in the first sentence after seeing me?"

“What is it?”

Jing Fei was really curious. What would a man who had abandoned his wife for more than ten years finally say when he saw his abandoned son one day?

"You will never think of what he is saying."

Zhuge Dan's laughter was full of self-deprecating: "The first thing he said when he saw me was: I know I lost money, and I can make up for it, cultivate you, and achieve you, no matter what you want, but you have to change your name, especially your surname, you cannot be Zhuge."

Jing Fei's face turned cold. He never thought that Zhuge Yunfan would say such a thing. Is this still what a father should say?

"Isn't it very ironic? I came here reluctantly and saw this man who had ruined my mother's happiness for the rest of my life. As a result, when he saw me, he not only did not feel guilty, but the first thing he did was to change my name so that I could not use his surname. Is this a huge irony? Is there such a tragic man in this world who is heartbroken?" Zhuge Dan's voice became a little louder, and he gritted his teeth hard.

"Maybe he has had his last resort."

Jing Fei sighed, he really didn't know what to say about this.

"Yes, he did have his own difficulties. Later I realized that that period was the sensitive period of his career. He had to rely on the influence of his wife's family to ensure his advantage, so he was afraid that my appearance would affect his career."

Zhuge Dan nodded: "But I didn't know at that time. I just felt sarcastic. I looked at Zhuge Yunfan and said, "Do you really think I would be Zhuge's surname? What do you think you are? If I hadn't promised my mother, I really want to kill you now."

"Zhuge Yunfan seemed to have expected my reaction to me, without any surprise. Instead, he looked at me calmly and said, "You must be calm and learn to look at problems calmly to achieve something."

"I was very calm. At that time, I was also wondering why I was so calm. After looking at him calmly, I walked out of the Zhuge family without thinking. I don't care about the Zhuge family, let alone the surname Zhuge, but I can't change it because this is the only thing my mother left me, and I'm better than having to protect it."
Chapter completed!