LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 576 - 576 Do You Know the Consequences?
Chapter 576: Chapter 576 Do You Know the Consequences?
“I won’t apologize, I didn’t say anything wrong,” Luo Ziling ignored Ling Ruonan’s scolding and continued to be stubborn. “The ones who should apologize are these elders who have made our lives like this. They owe us an apology, including the people of the Yang Family. It’s a basic duty of a person to be clear about gratitude and grudges. Grandpa has emphasized this point over and over again, and I’ve etched it into my heart.”
“Are you really not afraid of retaliation from the Ling Family and the Yang Family?” After watching Luo Ziling coldly for a while, Ling Mingrui asked with a hint of murderous intent, “Do you know the consequences of angering the Ling and Yang families?”
“I’m already experiencing these things. I’ve only been in Yanjing for two short months, and I’ve been through several assassination attempts. Just last night, my mom and I almost got killed on the street by a sniper rifle. May I ask, respected grandfather, is there any revenge more vicious than this? If I hadn’t been wearing a bulletproof vest, if I weren’t naturally sensitive to danger, if I had dodged even a moment later, perhaps my mom and I would have both died on the spot.” As he spoke of that day’s events, Luo Ziling was filled with anger and said to Ling Mingrui in a completely defiant manner, “The worst outcome is death. Are you going to chop us into pieces?”
Hearing Luo Ziling rant like this, Ling Mingrui couldn’t help but frown and turned his head to ask Ling Ruonan, “What’s going on?”
He knew that Luo Ziling regarded the Ling Family as a suspect.
Ling Ruonan, who initially wanted to scold Luo Ziling, had to explain last night’s events to Ling Mingrui upon his father’s inquiry.
After hearing what Ling Ruonan had said, Ling Mingrui’s face turned dark, and anger surged again.
Seeing that Ling Mingrui became furious after hearing what she said, Ling Ruonan quickly pinched Luo Ziling’s hand, urging him to apologize again.
This time, Luo Ziling was not as stubborn and spoke immediately, but his tone was still not very soft, “Some people not only prevent our family of three from uniting but seeing my mom and me shopping together, they go so far as to want our lives. Anyone who encounters such an incident would not accept it and would be angry. Even if my dad and mom were wrong in the past, the incident has nothing to do with me. I am a descendant who has nothing to do with the past events and did not participate in any of them. Yet you still want to kill me. Is there anything more vicious than this?”
“Has the matter been investigated clearly?” Ling Mingrui didn’t address Luo Ziling but seriously asked Ling Ruonan, “Who planned the assassination?”
“He Jianmiao of the Municipal Bureau is personally in charge of the case, but currently, there are no leads.” Seeing her father take an interest in the matter, Ling Ruonan took a deep breath and quickly explained, “Dad, Ling’er was scared by last night’s event. He almost got killed, and he himself was injured. He suffered a great shock, so his emotions were a bit out of control today. He didn’t sleep well last night, and today he exhausted all his energy treating grandpa, making it even harder to control his emotions. Please don’t hold it against him.”
As she spoke, she gave Luo Ziling a look and urged, “Ling’er, quickly apologize to grandfather. How can you talk to your elders like this? Apologize quickly.”
“Fine,” Luo Ziling muttered a bit reluctantly, and then said loudly to Ling Ruonan, “Grandpa, I’m sorry, I was too impulsive. Please forgive me. After knowing about these events, I really couldn’t accept it and was very angry. I’ve been repeatedly targeted for retaliation, and I’ve survived several assassination attempts. I’m harboring deep anger inside. So, I was impulsive in my speech, please don’t mind.”
After looking at Luo Ziling for a moment, Ling Mingrui took the opportunity to step down, chuckled, and said, “You young man really have some backbone, daring to shout at me regardless of your mom’s scolding. Although it’s impolite, it also shows you’re straightforward and not as hypocritical as others.”
In fact, Ling Mingrui had regretted getting angry. He recalled what Ling Ruonan had said: in front of Ling Jinhua, Luo Ziling had said such words, and Ling Jinhua did not blame him but praised him instead.
Luo Ziling, praised by Ling Jinhua, speaking such words in front of his maternal grandfather, wasn’t overly excessive.
Furthermore, Ling Mingrui indeed felt guilty towards Ling Ruonan, his precious daughter, which is why he had called them both in to talk, aiming to offer some compensation. Luo Ziling’s treatment for Ling Jinhua was very effective, which was another reason he didn’t want to blame Luo Ziling. He still needed Luo Ziling to continue treatments.
Moreover, the event that occurred the previous night was indeed infuriating. Those people dared to commit such an act in a busy district, attempting to kill either Ling Ruonan or Luo Ziling, which was a harsh slap in the face for him as the head of the Ling Family.
Regarding some past incidents aimed at Luo Ziling, Ling Mingrui was aware that members of his own family were acting behind the scenes; however, last night’s event was unlikely to be the doing of the Ling Family.
It must have been other enemies, or other families trying to muddy the waters, who planned the act.
Of course, one cannot completely rule out the possibility that someone from the Ling Family was behind this. If it really was someone from the Ling Family, Ling Mingrui would never let the person who planned it get away with it.
Because Ling Ruonan talked about what happened last night and Luo Ziling also apologized, Ling Mingrui was no longer angry.
But his impression of Luo Ziling had changed dramatically.
Previously, although he hadn’t interacted a lot with Luo Xusheng, the most dominant impression he had was of a shy boy with a stubborn streak, someone hard to turn around once his mind was made up, otherwise the subsequent events wouldn’t have occurred. Unexpectedly, the son of Luo Xusheng and Ling Ruonan was even more stubborn than Luo Xusheng.
Ling Mingrui knew that his daughter, Ling Ruonan, was also a person with a very stubborn character, if she were not, all those messy incidents wouldn’t have occurred. It seemed that the stubbornness of these two had been entirely inherited by this young man who had just yelled at him.
After calming down, he started to look at this young man in front of him with new eyes.
Having held a high position for so long, all these years, no one had ever dared to yell at him this way.
The only one who dared to speak harshly to him, apart from the old master, was none other.
Those others, encountering him, would act with respectful caution, especially those from his own family, fearful of spoiling their image in his heart, so they would behave as meekly as mice before a cat.
Accustomed to others’ flattery and obsequiousness, being suddenly criticized and yelled at was something he was momentarily unable to accept.
But after the event, he found it rather amusing.
In the society of today, it must be exceptionally rare to find someone who dares to disregard authority and speak their mind to him so directly, criticizing him publicly.
Ling Ruonan could not have imagined that, after her father Ling Mingrui became so angry, throwing a teacup at Luo Ziling, he would soon be smiling back at him.
This left her extremely shocked, so much so that she was at a loss for words.
Luo Ziling also felt a bit embarrassed, it seemed that those in high positions really did have a broader mindset than the average person; if someone had criticized and yelled at him like that, he would definitely have been angry and wouldn’t want to deal with them.
Ouyang Feifei and Ouyang Huihui had been impolite to him before, so his impression of them had always been quite bad, especially at the beginning.
However, he was also relieved that he hadn’t embarrassed Ling Ruonan too much.
He also felt that he had been too impulsive.
But he didn’t regret saying those things, because he really wanted to express those words to the elders of the Ling Family.