Lucius and his wife were really unable to answer him. Both of their faces turned red and then turned white. When their faces were red, they were as red as blood. When their faces turned pale, they were as white as sheets.
Vireo raised his head and looked at the sky, and then he continuously sneered. Only then did he say again, "When I was almost finishing high school and was about to go to college, you didn't allow me t o apply for college. You were afraid that I would leave and never return after getting into college. It was at that time that I finally understood everything. I was not your biological son. You only had one purpose for buying me-to let me take care of all of you until the day you die. Because i n our county, a family would be deemed as a family with no heir if there were no sons i n the family. A family without an heir was considered to be inferior to others in status.
"All of you did not mean to care for a child that you had bought. Not only could you not invest in this child, not let your money be spent in vain, but you also had to get back the money you had spent to buy that baby, as well as earn interest from it. At the same time, you also had to let that baby be responsible to support all four of the elder people's basic needs after he had grown up! Only then would it be the best deal for all of you! Isn't it?"
"No...it's not like that," the old lady firmly denied it. Her face got redder and redder.
Her face was reddened because Vireo had said everything that they had on their minds. That was indeed what the couple was thinking. They simply did not want to suffer any losses. They wanted to get back their money and also earn interest. However, when all of their scheming intentions were revealed by their son, both the couple were more or less a little embarrassed. Lucius opened his mouth a few times but he was unable to produce a single word at all.
Vireo continued, "Originally, all of these could be disregarded because no matter what, you were my adoptive parents, after all. It was fortunate that I grew up fine and I even went to a medical school. However, what happened after I returned to the county? All of you insulted and attacked m e. I had to pay rent to my sisters every month for using our own stores to open a clinic. Do you know how that made me feel? Forget about all that as well! I can disregard that! However, that clinic was a business I had poured my heart and soul i n! That was a business that I had originally planned to fight for the rest of my life! That was a business that I had built with all my heart and soul, as well as all my might! All o f you did not help me all, but you and my sisters actually wanted to take it for your own! You said that the clinic is yours! I, on the other hand, can only work for your family! I didn't agree, so you got me into prison. Dad! Mom! More than ten years ago, I was once put in prison by you, the Payne family. Do you still remember that? Just like you right now. You were only in prison for one day, and you already couldn't take i t anymore. However, don't forget that I was locked up for fifteen days in prison back then! By the time I got out, I had already become a public enemy in that small county. If I were your biological son, would you treat your own son like that? Forget about sons for a moment, even if it was your own daughter, could you bear to treat her like that? Have you seen anybody in this world who treats their son like how you did?"
He sobbed. "You have never treated me like a son, but you've only treated me like your source of wealth, right? You wanted to leech off me for life. While I'm being leeched off by you, I still have to take care o f you for the rest of your life. Isn't that true? If it weren't for the incident I had in the provincial capital, perhaps all of you would have still been very pleased with yourself now. You might still be thinking that the most successful deal you've invested in this life is spending a few thousand dollars buying that boy. It only cost you a few thousand dollars!"
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