General, Madam Called You To Farm - Chapter 485

General, Madam Called You To Farm
Chapter 485 – Xiaoxiao’s revenge (3) 

Translator : Moon Lee
Editor : Tea
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When Qin Che entered and saw him dressed in full court attire, his expression shifted slightly.

He bowed with cupped hands, “Father.”

The attendant tied the sash, then handed the black gauze hat to Qin Canglan.

Qin Canglan held the hat, waved the servant away.

The servant understood and withdrew respectfully.

“What are you doing here?” Qin Canglan asked, his tone neither warm nor cold.

Qin Che’s eyes brimmed with guilt. 

“Your son has come to beg for forgiveness.”

Qin Canglan gave a cold, dismissive snort.

Qin Che lifted his robe and knelt before him. 

“Father, it’s true that I had no choice back then. You may think I’m quibbling, or just making excuses, but what I’m about to say is absolutely true!”

“The dead should be respected, and I shouldn’t speak ill of Grandmother. But back then, it was indeed Grandmother who sent my mother away to the countryside manor. My mother thought that after giving birth to me, Grandmother would take her back for my sake. Who could have imagined Grandmother wouldn’t even want her own grandson?”

“The servants always fawned on the powerful and trampled the weak. Father, you cannot imagine the life we lived. After escaping the manor, Mother carried me while we wandered, cold and starving. When my younger brother went missing, at least he was already six years old. I wasn’t even three… I had been weak even in the womb, and after birth I was frail and sickly. I can’t remember how many times I nearly died of illness…”

Qin Canglan’s gaze stayed icy, unmoved by his words.

Qin Che spoke bitterly, “I say all this not to beg for your forgiveness…”   

Qin Canglan’s voice was cold:

“Then what was it for? No matter what injustices you and your mother suffered, it had nothing to do with Huayin and Cheng’er! For the sake of returning to the Qin family, you would go so far as to strike ruthlessly at Huayin and Cheng’er?!”

“Father!” 

Qin Che’s eyes widened in shock. 

“You believe that back then, the accident with your official wife and younger brother… was our doing?”

“Was it not?” Qin Canglan shot back.

Qin Che’s eyes looked genuinely wounded. 

“Father, I was only one year older than my younger brother. He was six when the accident happened, I was seven. At that time, we had only escaped from the manor for two years, and we could barely survive ourselves. How could we possibly have had the ability to reach all the way to Qingzhou, that was a thousand miles away?”

Qin Canglan sneered. 

“So you even know it was Qingzhou!”

Qin Che’s eyes brimmed with tears. 

“Father, it wasn’t us! I admit it, I stole my brother’s identity. I had my reasons. My mother’s greatest wish in life was for me to return to your side. On her deathbed, she held my hand and said she could no longer stay with me. She told me to take the jade pendant and come find you… Even if I wouldn’t be acknowledged as her son, she didn’t want me to live out my days utterly alone……”

“Yes, I was selfish… I lied… I pretended to be my younger brother… But I swear to the heavens, I never once wanted to harm anyone! I thought my younger brother had already passed away! Only a few days ago, when I saw a man in the capital of similar age… whose features were so much like Father’s… Only then did I dare to speculate, perhaps my brother was still alive…”

“Father! Believe me! I never framed my younger brother—”

Crash! 

From outside, something heavy slammed against the door.

A flash of vigilance swept across Qin Canglan’s eyes. 

“Who’s there?!”

Creak—

The door opened. 

Su Mo and Su Xiaoxiao appeared at the threshold.

Su Mo bowed respectfully as a junior would, “Granduncle.”

Qin Canglan’s gaze fell upon the two children. When his eyes landed on Su Xiaoxiao, his stern look softened a little.

Qin Che was utterly taken aback.

Su Mo… and that little girl…

What were the two of them doing here?

“May we… come in?” Su Xiaoxiao tilted her head. 

Qin Canglan gave a heavy nod.

As she walked in, Su Xiaoxiao looked at Qin Che’s back and said, “Huh? Who’s that?”

Qin Che didn’t want to embarrass himself in front of the juniors. 

He steadied himself against the arm of a chair and rose.

But before he could stand firmly, Su Xiao Xiao suddenly let out a startled cry, so loud that it made him stumble, nearly dropping back to his knees!

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