Chapter 257 - Please don't do this

The moment Luo Guangying opened the inconspicuous door and walked into the "bathroom", he realized that it wasn't a bathroom, but a bedroom. A normal person would have walked out upon realizing the mistake. However, Luo Guangying could not bring himself to walk out of the room... because of what was in front of his eyes. 

Luo Guangying's eyes widened in shock as he looked around the room. 

Plastered all over the room were blown-up wall-length pictures of Callum and different girls, doing different types of intimate things. Kissing, flirting, making out, hugging...

His expression darkened immediately, but he forced himself to take another step into the room. With each step, he turned his gaze toward the photos on the floor, on the closet door, on the study table. 

Luo Guangying was fuming with anger by now, and he wanted to turn around and walked out of this room while pretending that he had seen nothing. However, a neon-colored note on the bed caught his attention. Right next to the note was a remote control, presumably for the TV that was right opposite the bed. 

He went over and picked up the note, upon which he read out the words out loud, "Turn on the TV."

He knew that this was a trap, and it was probably created to enrage him and probably cause a rift in his relationship with Callum. However, he could not ignore it. Clenching his fists and jaws, he turned toward the TV and switched it on. 

There was a slight static electricity sound before a man appeared on the TV. 

"Why am I not surprised..." Luo Guangying murmured to himself as he stared at Old Master Shenlong in the TV. The old man was dressed in a modern Tang-style grey hanfu, and his luxurious-looking black cane was on a table, which was right next to the armchair that he was sitting on. 

Luo Guangying gave the black cane a brief glance. In the few occasions that they met, he was always careful around Old Master Shenlong, especially when he brought the black cane with him. That black cane of his was not just a cane, but a weapon on its own.  

"Hello, Mr. Luo..." Old Master Shenlong finally said something after a few seconds. "How do you like this present that I prepared for you? It's not easy since you guys only gave me so little time to prepare. I made this just for you, you know." 

The old man leaned back into his chair and picked up his black cane, which he then proceeded to wipe with a small white handkerchief, which he pulled out from his shirt pocket. "You know, this cane was passed down to me by my father, who in turn received it from his father, and so on. This cane is meant to be passed down to the firstborn son. My eldest son, Feihuang, left before I could hand this over to him..."  

He then stared up into the camera with fury in his eyes. "I waited for that little brat to grow up, all so that I could pass this to him, which he could then pass to his firstborn son... but now!" 

In one smooth move, he threw the towel aside and slammed the cane back down on the table. If Luo Guangying did not expect that, he would have jumped back a little. But since he did, he merely stood still, calm and collected. Well, as calm and collected as one could be in this situation.

"Because of you, that brat is getting worse by the day. He has always been a disappointment, but I've always believed that he would live up to his potential. Even when he chose to stay with the Du Family, I thought that 'hey, maybe my great-grandson would be worthy enough to inherit this cane. But now, you and him, being in this..."

His sentence was interrupted by a loud cough.

"Grandfather, are you seriously doing this?" 

A woman's voice suddenly appeared from somewhere outside the view of the camera, followed by the sound of a little child's inaudible mumbling in the background.

The old man's face lit up upon hearing her voice and he smiled as he said, "Oh, my favorite great-granddaughter!"

"Grandfather, please don't do this. It's hard for me to keep it from Yuan," the woman said in a wry voice. 

"No, I must do this. Please go back. You're pregnant now, don't walk around too much," the old man said as he waved a hand nonchalantly. 

The woman sighed loudly before saying, "Alright then, Grandfather. Take care of your health, and don't go overboard. That's Xun's heart you're talking to there." 

"Yeah, yeah!" 

A little kid's voice could be heard in the background saying, "Bye bye..." 

Old Master Shenlong did a cute "bye bye" and waited for them to leave the room before turning back to the camera with a stern expression. 

"Heard that?!" he snapped. The loving gaze in his eyes was gone, replaced by a seasoned killer's glare. "If it's not because of you, I'd have had a grandchild by now! But now?! I don't even know who to give this cane to! Are you forcing me to break the tradition and pass it down to the second child?!"  

Luo Guangying clenched his fists as he thought to himself, "We are going to have our own children too!" 

Old Master Shenlong suddenly sighed and he leaned back in his armchair. "Mr. Luo, I'm just going to go straight to the point. I'm sure you've seen the photos all over the room, and I'm sure you knew about my stupid grandson's promiscuous past. Each and every person he had been with, with the exception of you, was a woman. With b.r.e.a.s.t and v.a.g.i.n.a! Things that you'd never have! Do you think what you have is love?" 

Luo Guangying's eyelids twitched and he released his fists as he asked himself internally, "Is it... love?"

"No!" the old man answered his own question. "What he is feeling toward you now is just infatuation and curiosity. How long did you think his previous relationsh.i.p.s last? How long do you think your relationship will last? He's a man who needs his heirs, and you can't give it to him.  Not biologically. Surrogate? Even if you get a surrogate mother, don't think that I know nothing about it... I'm telling you now, even if you get a surrogate mother, it would still be your child or his child. It would never be the child formed between the two of you. What's next?"

The old man glared at the camera with sharp eyes. "After he has satisfied his curiosity, he would know that what he wants is a woman in his bed, not you." 

Luo Guangying gulped and his lips twitched slightly. He was clenching his fists so tightly that his short nails were digging into his palm, and he did not even notice the sharp, stinging pain. "I should ignore this... I should ignore him..." He kept thinking to himself. 

However, what came next broke his mind. 

The TV showed a man and a woman lying in bed, arms and legs tangled together... N.a.k.e.d. 

"No..." Luo Guangying finally voiced out a word. His eyes were red, and he had a pained expression on as he stared at the photo of the man who he had been living with for the past two years. 

"I... love... you..." the man mumbled in his sleep as he hugged the woman in his arms tighter.

Luo Guangying finally turned away while clutching his heart. He knew. He knew that it was a ploy, but it still hurt nonetheless... and it hurt really badly. Old Master Shenlong was right. 

How long could they last?

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