20: Mother and son meet

“How are you here! How are you here! You son of a b*tch, Su! Is tormenting me not enough? Do you want to lay your hands on my mother too?”

Lin Fan shouted at Su Xuan, completely enraged, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

However, under the pressure of the jailers, the surrounding people still averted their gaze.

“Lin Fan! What nonsense are you talking about! How could Young Master Su be as you say!”

Zhao Rou frowned slightly.

“Mother! Listen to me! Su Xuan is the culprit who locked me in prison! He slandered me with all of this!”

“You better stay away from him! Stay far away from him! You surnamed Su! I’m telling you, stay away from my mother, otherwise, I will absolutely not let you off!”

Lin Fan shouted excitedly, and everyone around looked at Lin Fan with pity.

“Poor child, he’s so young and already has a new father! I really don’t know what to say!”

“Alas! Who told him to offend Young Master Su! But speaking of which, Young Master Su actually has such a hobby, my family member happens to…”

The prisoners present immediately whispered among themselves, but were quickly silenced by the jailers.

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“Lin Fan, what nonsense are you talking about! How could Young Master Su do such a thing? Do you know how much effort Young Master Su put in for me to come see you?”

Zhao Rou explained anxiously, trying to calm Lin Fan down.

However, Lin Fan was full of anger and hatred at this moment, completely unable to listen to Zhao Rou.

“Mother, you’ve been deceived by him! He’s the one who locked me here, he’s the culprit behind all of this! I didn’t do anything wrong at all!”

Lin Fan’s eyes were bloodshot, veins bulging on his forehead, and he struggled desperately to rush towards Su Xuan, but couldn’t.

Su Xuan quietly watched the out-of-control Lin Fan, with no anger on his face, but rather a hint of amusement.

“How could that be! Young Master Su couldn’t possibly do such a thing! I’ve already clarified the whole story!”

Lin Fan’s behavior made Zhao Rou a little disappointed.

That day, Su Xuan had even held a knife to the waiter’s neck and threatened his family.

However, the waiter still insisted he hadn’t lied.

How could the upright Zhao Rou not believe him?

She didn’t believe that a person would lie in the face of death and their own safety.

“It’s not like that! It’s not like that! They’re all in on it, they’re all deceiving you!”

Lin Fan collapsed, what sweet words did this Su Xuan use to deceive Zhao Rou like this?

He had lived with Zhao Rou for so many years, didn’t Zhao Rou know what kind of person he was?

“Shut up! I forbid you to speak of Young Master Su like that!”

Zhao Rou reprimanded him.

“Mother… you…”

Seeing Zhao Rou get angry, Lin Fan was stunned. He had never seen Zhao Rou angry in his life!

And the reason for her anger was to protect Su Xuan? To protect the culprit who slandered him!

You’re so foolish, Mother!

“Lin Fan! You’ve truly disappointed me. Young Master Su is such a good person, yet you call him the culprit?”

“Don’t you know, when I went to see Young Master Su, he went against his own principles to help me!”

“Moreover, this entire matter has been your fault from beginning to end. How did Mother teach you back then?”

“When you gain power, you should help the weak, but what did you do? You actually went and bullied others! Is that how I taught you?”

Back then, when Lin Fan’s cultivation broke through, Zhao Rou was very happy, but after this incident, Zhao Rou was somewhat disappointed.

Now, seeing Lin Fan show no remorse, and even trying to shift the blame to Su Xuan, she was truly disappointed.

“No! It’s not like that! It’s not like that! Mother! Don’t listen to his nonsense!”

Lin Fan roared.

“Lin Fan, you’re truly insane. Before today, I’ve never met you. Your slander truly saddens me!”

Su Xuan said sorrowfully.

“Are you still faking it, you bastard?”

Lin Fan completely broke down, utterly broke down. This Su Xuan, it’s a real waste of his acting talent if he doesn’t become an actor!

“Enough! Lin Fan! You are not to speak of Young Master Su again. Young Master Su is your savior! If it weren’t for him! You would have died here already, do you understand?”

Zhao Rou reprimanded him.

“It’s not like that… he slandered me! He’s the culprit!”

Lin Fan was on the verge of tears. He had never experienced such a great grievance in his life, not even when he was slandered by Su Xuan or tormented by so many burly men.

But now, the person closest to him, the person he trusted most, his own mother, didn't believe him and was even aiding the oppressor, which completely broke him.

“Enough!”

“Slap!”

A loud slap mark appeared on Lin Fan’s face.

After delivering the slap, Zhao Rou herself was stunned. She looked at her slightly trembling hand, then at Lin Fan’s face, full of disbelief and grievance, and a pang of pain shot through her heart.

However, despite this, Zhao Rou did not regret what she had just done.

As her only child currently, she couldn’t just watch him go astray!

“Lin Fan, I cannot let you slander Young Master Su like this. He has been kind to us! You cannot speak of him that way!”

“If you keep talking like this, then just stay here! Don’t go out! Don’t disappoint me again! Lin Fan!”

Zhao Rou said heartbrokenly.

What happened to Lin Fan? How did he become like this? This wasn't the Lin Fan she knew!

Lin Fan’s cheek stung, but the physical pain was far less than the wound in his heart.

His lips trembled, and tears welled up in his eyes, but he stubbornly refused to let them fall.

“Mother, you hit me… for him?”

Lin Fan couldn't help but tremble.

“You’ve disappointed me too much! Lin Fan!”

Tears streamed down Zhao Rou’s cheeks.

“Madam, don’t upset yourself. Perhaps Lin Fan is just momentarily confused. I believe he will understand my good intentions towards him.”

Su Xuan gently stroked Zhao Rou’s hair and comforted her softly.

“Ahhhhh! Don’t you dare touch my mother!”

Lin Fan flailed his limbs as if he wanted to tear Su Xuan in front of him to shreds, but there was a prison door between them, and Lin Fan couldn't touch him at all.

“Enough! Lin Fan! If you keep talking like this, then you’ll just stay here forever!”

Zhao Rou roared.

“Whatever anger you have, save it for those who dealt with you after you get out. Why are you losing your temper at Young Master Su here! It’s not Young Master Su who locked you up!”

“If Young Master Su locked you up, why would he help you get out? Do you think others are fools?”

Zhao Rou reprimanded him.