After a moment of silence, Gu Han sighed softly: "I really can't avoid this kind of trap. You... have learned to be smart."
"I'm not stupid to begin with."
Luo Wannian said indifferently: "Keep reading and you will know."
The power of disaster gradually dissipated.
The face disappeared instantly.
But Luo Wannian's voice followed him like a shadow, always ringing in Gu Han's ears.
"This is just the beginning."
The resentment gradually disappeared.
Gu Han discovered that at some point, he had arrived in the study of Luo Xin, Duke of Zheng.
Came together.
There was also Luo Wannian who was still in pain and couldn't keep his soul.
Except them.
There are two other people in the study, a man and a woman. The man has a square appearance and an indifferent face, but it is Luo Xin, Duke of Zheng. The woman has a beautiful face and a graceful demeanor, but there is no expression on her face.
"look up."
A rather majestic voice sounded, making Luo Wannian tremble in shock. He came back to his senses in an instant and subconsciously raised his head to look at Luo Xin in front of him.
He doesn't know his identity.
No one has ever told him, including the dead woman.
What is a duke?
He didn't know.
All he knew was that the man in front of him was the master of this place and held the power of life and death for everyone. His status was supreme and he was not even comparable to a bastard like him.
Can……
For some reason, even though it was just his first meeting, he always felt that the other person looked at him with eyes full of disgust and disgust, so disgusting that he wished he could disappear right away.
"He looks a lot like you."
On the contrary, it was the woman who glanced at Luo Xin and said softly: "I'm just a little thinner."
In the past five years.
Luo Wannian lacked food and clothing, so he was naturally sallow and skinny, and was a bit shorter than his peers, but... between his eyebrows, one could still see that he was somewhat similar to Luo Xin.
"lady!"
Luo Xin suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and said hurriedly: "This little beast killed his biological mother. He committed a heinous crime. Why not just drown him? What are you keeping him for? Are you bringing him here?"
"Little beast?"
The woman smiled faintly: "Isn't it your seed?"
Luo Xin shut up immediately.
"If you want to kill me, you would have killed me long ago. Why wait until now?"
Glancing at Luo Wannian, the woman smiled leisurely. Although her voice was gentle and her appearance was charming, the words she spoke made people shudder.
"I just want to keep him."
"Keep him so that you can understand your identity. Keep him so that you can understand how everything you are now comes from!"
"and……"
Suddenly, she smiled sweetly, looked at Luo Wannian and said: "Sometimes, dying is a kind of relief, isn't it? The reason why people despair is not because they can't see hope, but because they see hope, but they never
Can’t get it.”
Gu Han also frowned.
Although he knew that Luo Wannian had deliberately let him see this, he also knew that this was an established fact that had happened.
He originally thought.
The Duke's wife ignored Luo Wannian's existence and even allowed him to come to the human world. This was the reason why Luo Xin dealt with it.
But now it seems that is not the case.
Luo Xin is just a puppet. This Duke's wife is the real person in charge of the Duke's Mansion. She has great methods, deep scheming, and vicious thoughts... Among the people he has met, she is enough to be ranked in the top five!
He suddenly reacted.
If no one had secretly given instructions, how could the huge Duke's palace, which was so wealthy, allow Luo Wannian's maid mother to be reduced to the point of cutting her flesh to feed her children?
"That's good."
While thinking about it, the Duke's wife added: "He is the same age as Wen'er and has reached the stage of elementary education. Let him keep Wen'er company and be a book boy."
Luo asked.
He was the eldest brother who was born half a moment before Luo Wannian, and was also the young prince of the Duke's mansion.
"Yes Yes!"
Luo Xin was sweating like rain, and immediately responded: "Everything is entirely up to my wife!"
"What are you still doing?"
As he said that, he looked at Luo Wannian, his eyes full of anger: "Why don't you thank me quickly?"
To this illegitimate child.
He has no emotion at all.
after all……
Just because of a drunken sexual affair, his wife was alienated from him, his father-in-law criticized him, and his career was suspended, leaving him with no hope of further progress in his life.
If it is possible.
He hoped Luo Wannian would die quickly more than anyone else.
"Kneel down!!"
Thinking of this, he became angry and shouted again.
With a plop.
Luo Wannian had a dull look on his face and knelt down in response. After kneeling down, he never got up again.
…
Time seems to be floating in the air, and time is like a fleeting glimpse. In the blink of an eye, thirteen years have passed.
period.
More and more of Gu Han's bodies have been assimilated, from an arm at the beginning to less than half of his body now.
There is no other reason.
It's just because the feedback from Luo Wannian is getting more and more painful.
"You bastard, I'm tired, kneel down and let me rest!"
"..."
"You bastard, I heard that you ate your mother's flesh and killed her?"
"..."
"You son of a bitch, you said your life is worse than that of a dog. Why don't you die?"
"..."
For more than ten years.
What Luo Wannian heard the most was these three sentences.
From Luo Wen.
This eldest half-brother, this eldest brother inherited his mother's vicious character, but didn't know how to restrain himself because of his youth.
these years.
He already knew his identity.
Although painful.
But he always remembered what the woman said to him before she left. He was Luo Wannian, he was not a bastard, he was an upright person, and... he worked hard to make everything better.
He really tried hard.
He also proved that he is indeed very smart.
In the past ten years, he cherished every opportunity to have access to books. He studied every day and every night, and never missed every opportunity to acquire knowledge and improve himself, because his instinct told him that doing so would make him a better person.
get better.
His judgment was correct.
The Duke's wife was far-sighted and keenly sensed the trends in the court. Before her prime minister father passed away, she helped Luo Wen choose a path different from Luo Xin - the imperial examination.
Nature.
Luo Wen was uneducated and ignorant, so the person who took his place in the examination room was Luo Wannian. After all, they were brothers and had similar looks and age, so they were the most suitable candidate.
During this time.
This is the most relaxing day in Luo Wannian.
Because he found that everyone around him began to become friendly to him.
The first to bear the brunt.
It was his half-brother who no longer called him a bastard and no longer exposed his scars. He even put his arm around his shoulders and called him brother after being drunk one time. There was no hint of disdain in his words and deeds.
Secondly.
It was his father, who was a prince, who no longer spoke coldly to him, and would often visit him and ask him how his studies were going, how his life was, and how he was doing.
at last.
It was Luo Si, the nominal father. Because of Luo Wannian, he finally raised his head and became the steward he had longed for for many years. He always boasted to everyone that he had a good son.
even.
The Duke's wife even helped him find a marriage partner.