Chapter 104 – What Does He Owes Us? (2)

“Mother, what do you think Third Uncle owes us?” Lu Lingzhi looked at his mother and asked in a low voice.

Liu Shu looked at her most valued son and tearfully asked, “What good did the third house did to you that you are you helping them like this? Everything the Lu family has today was all yours and your father’s doing! Why do they get the same benefits on their return?”

“If Third uncle didn’t sacrifice his fame, our family would have split up a long time ago. He could have been a high official and have a good salary now, yet he gave up all of those for the family. Mother, it is true that father and I did so much, but it wasn’t just for ourselves but for everyone in the family to have a better life. Third uncle didn’t say anything about the change of examination papers because of this family.” Lu Lingzhi explained in a heavy voice.

Shaking her head, Liu Shi fisted her palms and said in a sneer, “I just don’t want to…”

“What? What don’t you want to do? Blame Third uncle why father refused to see you before he died?”

Lu Lingzhi swallowed a lump in his throat.

“Father hid the truth from the whole family and claimed that the selling of test papers to others was his work. Even grandma still doesn’t know that you have hurt Third Uncle. Why do you hate him?”

Lu Lingzhi watched how his mother’s face crumpled as he threw the words he kept to himself for years.

In utter shock, Liu Shu looked at her son sharply, but her expression lacked any guilt.

“How did you know?”

“Right at the beginning, you didn’t sell Third uncle’s examination papers for the sake of the Lu family, you only sold it out of self-interest. You were afraid that Third uncle would pass the examination which would make him better than father and could, therefore, overpower our house.”

For a minute, Liu Shi couldn’t talk. Her se