Deceive Me, Marry Me

Considering quickly, Sheng Lanci just took the porcelain bowl and drank it with sleeves covering his head. Then, he forced a smile, “Good boy, just stand up….”

Before Sheng Lanci finished his words, Sheng Shuihe grabbed the empty bowl from his hand and called Gongsun Xi to come and fill it, “For this bowl of soup, I wish you and mother last forever and be healthy forever!”

Sheng Lanci"s face went pale, and he drained it again.

Sheng Shuihe gave him a bowl of soup again, “Father, I hope you have a long life, and everything goes well for you!”

Repressing the urge to kill him, Sheng Lanci drank the third bowl of soup with hands trembling. At this time, after drinking, he immediately hid the bowl behind him for fear of Sheng Shuihe"s taking again. He raised his hand and held Sheng Shuihe"s shoulder, with a kind face but fierce expressions in eyes, saying, “You haven"t healed yet. Don"t get off the bed. Go back in bed, or you will catch a cold!”

Sheng Weiqiao was deeply moved by their “closeness”. She added, “Yes, brother, stand up! Dad is not accustomed to so many etiquettes. If you kept kneeling, you might not see us as your family members!”

Everyone could imagine what would happen. After Sheng Shuihe lay in the bed, Sheng Lanci immediately ordered Gongsun Xi to provide a bowl full of soup. He smiled and held it in front of him, “Dear, you have been outside these years. You must feel aggrieved! It was my fault not to find you earlier, which made you suffer more! Fortunately, those have pa.s.sed. From now on, father will treat you well. Now, drink the soup your sister made for you!”

Sheng Lanci"s eyes seemed to say: good boy, you are too naive to trick me. Then, Sheng Shuihe drank the soup without saying a word, and he immediately said, “Dad treats me well, and I should also show my respect to dad! Xi, fill the bowl with soup, I will serve it to dad by myself!”

“Good son! You and sweetheart are my fortune for life!” Sheng Lanci sneered inwardly and said in a kind tone, “Dad is healthy now, but you haven"t healed yet. It"s time for you to eat well to recover soon! I can"t drink your soup!”

“Troubled mind needs the right medicine!” Sheng Shuihe was obviously not a person easy to be fooled. He was not alone at the moment!

He was now a combination of filial piety and good moralities!

With respect, admiration, expectation, grat.i.tude, etc., Sheng Shuihe gazed at Sheng Lanci and said affectionately in an extremely gentle voice, “The reason why I have not recovered is that I have been missing father so much. I was worried that I would die without knowing my father, and if that happened, it would be my regret for life! But now, my dream has come true, and dad cares so much for me. I cannot describe how moved I feel!”

Holding the hand of Sheng Lanci affectionately, he said, “When I see father drinking soup, I feel happier, more satisfied, more comfortable, and more touched than I drink! Therefore, I hope dad can drink all soup that my sister has cooked. If so, I would feel refreshed! Then, I can recover soon!”

Since your dream had come true, why were you still living in the world!?

Sheng Lanci complained in his heart. Looking at his baby girl next to him who had been moved deeply and were wiping tears, he suppressed his hatred and took a deep breath. Then he forced a smile, “My son! The soup was made specifically for you by your sister. If I drank it all, I would feel regretful. I have drunk several bowls, and I am pretty full now!”

While speaking, he stroked his stomach and said with a smile, “How about drinking the soup with some appetizers?”

Actually, you didn"t need any appetizers!

With your expression in eyes while drinking soup, I could drink ten pots of wine that had been kept for 20 years!

“Dad… dad… wouldn"t you like to give me the chance to show my filial piety?” Sheng Lanci hadn"t expected that Sheng Shuihe could be so shameless. When he heard that, Sheng Shuihe seemed to be so sad and wept, “Sure enough, I expect too much! It is a blessing for me to be allowed to enter Sheng Family. How can I require more like my sister? It is an excessive honor for dad to visit me. I… I….”

Seeing that it seemed to be too hard for him to continue speaking, Sheng Lanci, Gongsun Xi, and others were wordless. Corners of their mouths and their eyelids were twitching. Sheng Weiqiao moved forward quickly to console him, “Brother, don"t be sad! How come father doesn"t care for you? He has been worrying too much about you!”

Comforting him for a little while, Sheng Weiqiao saw Sheng Shuihe was still disappointed, so she pinched her father"s arm, whispering, “Dad, it"s just soup. Since brother wants you to drink it, why not do as he wishes! You mentioned that he had suffered a lot these years, so couldn"t you follow his will for such a trivial thing and make him feel better?”

Seeing her anxious expressions, Sheng Shuihe chuckled to himself: old guy, did you want to trick me? I have been at sea for so many years and have seen so many conspiracies, tricks, and looting! Did you see me as a rude man knowing nothing but killing people?!

When I was lost on the island, I was a defenseless child. I won Young Sea Master"s favor through a brief encounter, and then I struggled to be the foster son of Gongsun Family instead of being a servant. My acting skills had helped me a lot!

Seeing clearly Sheng Shuihe"s expressions, Sheng Lanci thought: sweetheart, is that the filial piety? He wants to kill me!!!

That was why he had to invite his son back to support the whole family, even though he did not value him that much. The apple of his eye was gullible, and how could he be at ease?!

Glancing at the pot, which was as high as half of a man, Sheng Lanci suppressed his anger and forced a smile, “Sweetheart, I know. How come I don"t care for him? You go back now. I want to chat with Shuihe. We will make things clear, and he could untie the mind knot and feel better!”

After getting rid of her daughter, Gongsun Xi and others also chose to walk away. When Sheng Lanci did not need to pretend to be a kind elder, after rolling up sleeves, he was going to squeeze Sheng Shuihe"s throat. He shouted with fierce expressions, “Unfilial! Unfilial! How could you treat your father in that way? Are you a beast?”

“Wasn"t it a beast that one father made his son who was injured drink such soup?!” Sheng Shuihe escaped from his attack with a sneer. He grew up in a group of pirates. He survived many battles, so he had rich experience in fighting. Even if he were seriously injured, Eldest Master, who has long been in a wealthy family, couldn"t touch him. Getting away, he stretched his leg and tripped Sheng Lanci. He sneered, “Are you sure that you are my real father but not my stepfather?!”

“Such soup? That was made by your sister for you!” Sheng Lanci fell on the bed. Struggling to stand up, he groaned and ma.s.saged his waist. Regardless of beating Sheng Shuihe, he shouted angrily, “Can"t you care about her feelings?! It is lucky that the kid has a simple mind and didn"t know you dislike her soup! Or she must feel sad!”

With arms crossing, he raised his eyebrows and said, “Dear father! I have drunk for three days! And you can"t drink just a pot of soup! Who should feel sorry for my sister"s kindness?!”

Seeing Sheng Lanci wordless, he continued, “I have never driven my sister away with an excuse, or poured the soup these three days!”

“The soup was specially made for you, not me!” Sheng Lanci a.s.serted eloquently, “So how could I do that for you? Since you mentioned that you would not let her down. Then you should drink the pot of soup!”

Sheng Shuihe said coldly, “I don"t want to be wordy. In short, since you have been spoiling your daughter, you find a way to solve it. If I saw the soup again tomorrow, believe it or not, I would throw the pot off the cliff in front of your sweetheart! If she cried then, that wouldn"t be my fault!”

Sheng Lanci snarled, “Sweetheart cooked for you instead of me! Why should I do that? You handle it!”

Both the father and son glared at each other. After a while, they said simultaneously, “Would I find you if I could handle it?!”

Sheng Shuihe, “….”

Sheng Lanci, “….”

In the end, Sheng Shuihe thought of a plan, “You tell your daughter that would eat only vegetables for atonement because I had killed so many people!”

To prevent Sheng Weiqiao from learning to make vegetarian dishes, he added, “Since it is atonement, I will eat only rice with pickles!”

However, Sheng Lanci showed his concern and opposed, “You are recovering now. I don"t really know if it"s a good idea.”

“So, you pay attention to your sweetheart, and don"t let her disturb me!” Sheng Shuihe sneered, “As long as she can"t see what dishes I have on the table, can"t I have delicacies every day?”

Considering for a while, Sheng Lanci suggested, “Actually, in my opinion, you are so healthy that it doesn"t matter for you to eat pickles and rice for a few days! I am a good father, so how can I lie to my daughter? You have been wronged for so many years. Why not tolerate it for a couple of days?”

Sheng Shuihe answered him by throwing the pot out of the door!

After Sheng Lanci left furiously, Gongsun Xi came with great care to serve Sheng Shuihe. As Sheng Shuihe"s trusted subordinate, he felt sad: knowing Sheng Shuihe"s life experience, Gongsun Xi hoped that Sheng Shuihe would be favored and taken care of by Sheng Lanci after he entered Sheng Family. Thus, it could warm his heart since he had been going through fire and water all those years.

Here came the problem: after having hurt each other like that, could they keep harmonious?

He thought that they would keep hurting each other!

How to handle that?!

The next day, Sheng Weiqiao learned that her brother, whom she just accepted from the bottom of heart, started to eat pickles and rice, so he wouldn"t drink the soup. She felt both surprised and lost, “I prepared soup today!”

Gongsun Xi, who was guarding in front of the door, said with a dull expression, “What a pity! Last night, Eldest Master and chief talked for a long time, and chief was visibly moved. He determined to get used to and obey the etiquettes and laws on the sh.o.r.e. So, he felt bad for killing so many people in the past! Otherwise, we have been used to things about killing people and being killed. How come we have the ridiculous idea of atonement!”

“You are right!” Sheng Weiqiao felt it reasonable. After nodding, she put the pot in his hand and said, “Then I will give it to you!”

Seeing Gongsun Xi become stunned, she smiled and waved her hand, “You are welcome. You are the person taking care of my brother all these years, so you deserve it!”

“Knowing that I am the trusted subordinate of your brother, you still want to trick me?!” Gongsun Xi felt desperate. Fortunately, because Sheng Shuihe didn"t drink soup today, Sheng Weiqiao would never watch him drink it. When Sheng Weiqiao walked away, he threw the pot into the sea under the cliff!

At the moment, Gongsun Xi thought Second Miss, who was against his chief, was cuter than she was now, though she treated his master well now.

In the past, he disliked the Miss, but now he wanted to slap himself. At that time, he was so foolish that he didn"t know he was being blessed!

Sheng Weiqiao didn"t know Gongsun Xi"s mood. Hearing the perfunctory sweet words by Sheng Shuihe, she returned to her room happily.

Because there was no need for her to make soup for Sheng Shuihe, she was free all of a sudden. Then, she realized that she hadn"t seen Xu Baomo in days.