ATPnovel #136 - Chapter 136 Instructions and Price
#136 - Chapter 136 Instructions and Price
“What kind of deal was that?”
Wu Wei asked.
He was really curious as to what kind of deal it was that allowed Emperor Shi Wushuang to let go of pursuing the Wu Wei family for their failed rebellion.
“I don’t know.”
Su Yuanzheng took a puff of his cigarette and said.
“Don’t look at me like that, Wu Wei, I really don’t know.”
“Because back then, I asked your father the same question as you.”
“But he didn’t tell me the specifics of the deal.”
“Then how did you confirm that what he said was true?”
Hearing him say this, Wu Wei couldn’t help but frown.
He was puzzled as to why Su Yuanzheng could be sure that he was safe and would not be implicated in the rebellion without confirming the content of the deal.
“Because when your parents sent you to my house, they didn’t come alone.”
Su Yuanzheng gave a wry smile.
“The Empire’s Emperor, Shi Wushuang... also came.”
“He personally instructed me to take good care of you and not to worry about those outside... uh, rumors.”
After putting out his cigarette, Su Yuanzheng couldn’t help but sigh.
“To be honest, it was the first time I had ever seen the Emperor in person, and I was so scared I almost peed my pants, you know?”
“That was the head of the Shi family, the current Emperor of the Empire, and the Empire’s only Supreme Lord!”
“Even now, when I think about seeing Emperor Shi Wushuang in person, I have trouble breathing...”
“Wait, you said Emperor Shi Wushuang personally told you, and he even came here? I don’t remember that?”
Faced with Wu Wei’s question, Su Yuanzheng smiled for once.
“You were less than three years old back then, what could you possibly remember?”
“Besides, even if you did see the Emperor himself, could you really tell the difference between him and anyone else?”
“So you just believed his casual words and thought there was no risk in adopting me?”
Wu Wei retorted.
“Of course, but that wasn’t just any casual word, that was the Emperor’s personal instruction!”
Su Yuanzheng looked at Wu Wei with some surprise, seemingly not understanding.
“You still understand too little about high-level politics, there are many things you don’t understand.”
“The Empire’s Emperor Shi Wushuang came in person and gave instructions, which means that what he said is equivalent to an imperial decree, which no one can disobey.”
“Otherwise, I wouldn’t dare to keep you, would I?”
Speaking of this, Su Yuanzheng smiled very happily.
He didn’t know if he was happy because he was able to see the Emperor in person because of Wu Wei, or if he was happy that he had the opportunity to raise Wu Wei to adulthood.
“...”
Wu Wei was silent.
“So, in the end, my parents disappeared just because they wanted to pull Shi Wushuang down from the throne?”
“Just? Just!”
“What do you mean just? That’s treason!”
“But you’re right, your parents’ disappearance is indeed because of this.”
Su Yuanzheng’s face was ashen, and he couldn’t believe his ears.
But after seeing Wu Wei’s indifferent expression, he couldn’t help but say.
“Little Wu Wei, I’m telling you this so that after you understand the truth of all this, you can cherish your precious life in the future.”
“Although your parents seem to have abandoned you, I can assure you that they did it to protect you.”
“Even if it means being separated from you forever.”
“So....”
“Little Wu Wei, promise me, let’s just leave it at that, okay?”
Wu Wei raised his head, and a pair of scarlet vertical pupils suddenly opened.
“Leave it at that? Why? Just because the other party is royalty?”
Seeming to have expected Wu Wei to say this, Su Yuanzheng was somewhat helpless.
“Although I know you will definitely feel unwilling and want to figure out everything.”
“But I swear, the secrets behind this matter are definitely a terrifying existence that you shouldn’t even try to understand.”
“The infighting within the Empire’s high levels, even if you are just affected by it, will leave you with no place to be buried.”
“The aristocratic families are a true monster compared to other lords!”
“Your parents have already made sacrifices for you.”
“And you shouldn’t let their sacrifices be in vain.”
“Okay?”
These words were Su Yuanzheng’s heartfelt words.
Although he had admitted that if Wu Wei’s existence really posed a risk to him, he would definitely sell him out.
But now, with Shi Wushuang’s personal promise to guarantee Wu Wei’s safety, Su Yuanzheng has done his best in fulfilling his responsibility.
He raised Wu Wei, educated him, and did his best to give him the same treatment as Su Yingxue.
Getting into the same school and the same class as Su Yingxue with the worst grades is enough to prove everything.
Therefore, Su Yuanzheng is unwilling to see Wu Wei lose his life for a useless truth.
Even if this useless truth involves Wu Wei’s parents.
However, Wu Wei did not answer this question.
It seemed that he already had an answer in his heart.
Knock knock knock!
After a knock on the door, Su Yingxue pushed the door open, successfully breaking the almost solidified atmosphere in the room.
“Time to eat!”
“Hey, why aren’t you guys talking?”
“.....”
“.....”
At the dinner table, Wu Wei and Su Yuanzheng kept a tacit understanding, and neither of them mentioned what they had discussed before.
The two of them did their best to chat and laugh with Su Yingxue as they finished the meal that she had put a lot of effort into making.
After dinner, Wu Wei returned to his room.
Unlike last time, Wu Wei opened a locked drawer.
Then, Wu Wei took out a somewhat old and worn chessboard and stared at it intently.
After looking at it for a long, long time, Wu Wei put the chessboard back and pressed his personal data terminal.
In the blink of an eye, Wu Wei returned to the Endless Abyss.
The Abyss Lord sat on the Abyss Throne, silently thinking.
Finally, after finishing his thoughts.
The Abyss Lord raised his head, looked at the eternally rotating black and red vortex in the sky, and said something he should have said to the Endless Abyss long ago.
“I...”
“Need your power.”
“No matter what price I have to pay for it!”
The Endless Abyss heard his request.
And was about to respond.