Beautiful CEO's Top Expert-Chapter 61 - 00 Unbearable Past
61: Chapter 0061: Unbearable Past
61 -0061: Unbearable Past
Inside the second-floor study at the Listening to Fragrance Waterside Villa, Ye Xunhuan and Qiu Shuihan sat opposite each other.
Before them lay a Go board, with black and white pieces interlaced across the board.
The black and white pieces on the board seemed like two battling armies, neither willing to retreat half a step.
Qiu Shuihan held the white stones, while Ye Xunhuan held the black.
A play of black against white, their moves on the board were a back and forth dance.
Qiu Shuihan sought to form a great dragon on the board, but Ye Xunhuan’s black stones were like a broadsword, slashing across the board, threatening to slay the dragon!
Despite Qiu Shuihan’s apparent wild and rough exterior, when playing Go, his style was bold and powerful, very much in keeping with the ways of the Shaolin sect.
However, Ye Xunhuan’s play was more subtle and flexible, similar to the Wudang sect.
His stones were placed with no apparent danger, but with substantial potential, and if one were not careful, one’s position would collapse.
Ye Xunhuan always took the unexpected approach, and in no time, he had cornered Qiu Shuihan into a tight spot.
This left Qiu Shuihan holding a stone, unsure where to place it next.
Ye Xunhuan looked at Qiu Shuihan with a smile that was not quite a smile, “Dad, it looks like I’m about to slay your dragon!”
“I quit!” Qiu Shuihan grunted coldly, “It’s always like this, just when I’m about to win, you cut down my dragon directly.
Don’t you know how to go easy on your old man?”
“I’m your father-in-law, after all.”
Ye Xunhuan chuckled and replied, “It’s not that I don’t want to let you win, but if I did, it would seem disrespectful to you.
To show my respect, I give my all.
If I can give ten, I won’t give just nine.”
Upon hearing Ye Xunhuan’s words, Qiu Shuihan’s mouth twitched slightly.
These words left Qiu Shuihan without any rebuttal.
Then, Qiu Shuihan picked up the cigarette Ye Xunhuan had placed aside, lit one for himself, and took a gentle drag, “Xunhuan, do you have any regrets?”
Taken aback by Qiu Shuihan’s words, Ye Xunhuan paused for a moment before shaking his head lightly, “What’s there for me to regret?”
Qiu Shuihan exhaled a thick plume of smoke, which twined around his face, rendering his expression somewhat indistinct, “I know you have regrets; I know you feel wronged.”
“You should have been the eagle soaring above the nine heavens, the dragon flying high, but now you’re holed up here…” trailing off, Qiu Shuihan sighed deeply, “My child, I’ve wronged you!”
“Dad, I don’t feel wronged,” Ye Xunhuan replied with a bitter smile, shaking his head, “I’m quite content with my life now.”
“Whether you feel wronged or not, I, Qiu Shuihan, know well,” Qiu Shuihan said as he smoked, looking at Ye Xunhuan, “Qiu Ruoxi is not bad, but she’s not your match.”
“If it weren’t for your mother’s dying wish, you probably wouldn’t have come here, would you?”
Mother!
At the mention of that word, Ye Xunhuan felt a twinge in his nose, and a shade of sorrow flashed through his eyes, which he deeply concealed.
Ye Xunhuan drew a deep breath, “Dad, don’t worry, I will treat Qiu Ruoxi well.”
“I know your temper; you’re the kind of man who would risk his life for his woman, to provide her with a splendid life,” stated Qiu Shuihan emphatically, “But have you let go?”
“Can you let go?”
“I…”
“What your mother wants is for you to let go, let go of everything.”
Ye Xunhuan fell silent.
Picking up is easy, but letting go, how is that simple?
Seeing Ye Xunhuan’s silence, Qiu Shuihan knew in his heart that Ye Xunhuan hadn’t let go.
But then again, how could he?
After all, his experiences were there, the blood of his brothers was still flowing there, his master’s life was placed there; how could he possibly let go in such a short amount of time?
“Child, if your mother’s spirit is watching from the heavens, she definitely wouldn’t want to see her child like this.
I think your master, your brothers, seeing you like this now, they wouldn’t be able to rest in peace either,” Qiu Shuihan took a deep breath, “Besides, haven’t you already avenged them?”
Looking at the sorrow in Ye Xunhuan’s eyes, Qiu Shuihan couldn’t help but heave a sigh.
To avenge his master and brothers, he wandered alone in Europe’s underworld, overturning the colossal entity Shadow Charm with his own strength, thus creating his own iron-blooded forces and earning the title of Marshal.
In those years, he was always racing against the Grim Reaper, wandering on the brink of death, his body riddled with wounds, not knowing how many times he had nearly met his end.
“Dad, you don’t understand.” Ye Xunhuan’s face was filled with unprecedented pain, and at the same time, his eyes slowly began to redden, a cold murderous intent burst forth from his eyes.
Those past scenes, like fleeting shadows, surfaced in front of Ye Xunhuan.
“Huan, live on, you’re our hope!”
“Xunhuan, your master is old now, but you’re young, you have to live on for me!”
“Huan, in the next life let’s be brothers again…”
“Huan, let’s go, do you want to let us die in vain?”
“Xunhuan, you might say I’m being selfish, yes, today your master will be selfish just this once, so many people can die, but you must live for me, otherwise I will not rest in peace…”
The painful memories of the past and the external sensations were like countless black and white film strips, endlessly playing in Ye Xunhuan’s mind…
Feeling the change in Ye Xunhuan, Qiu Shuihan was startled; this child, he…
Suddenly, Qiu Shuihan noticed Ye Xunhuan’s eyes slowly turning blood-red, and Qiu Shuihan was greatly alarmed. freёweɓnovel.com
He knew that if Ye Xunhuan continued like this, he might become a killing machine, so he quickly shouted, “Xunhuan, snap out of it for me, think about your mother, think, if you continue like this, how could your master and your mother rest in peace beneath the nine springs?”
“Think about what your aunt said to you, what she told you…”
Qiu Shuihan’s sudden roaring was like a cool spring surging from his heart, pulling him back to reality from that unbearable past, from that blood-soaked and violent history!
“Dad, I’m sorry, I…”
Although Ye Xunhuan’s eyes were still tinged with scarlet, Qiu Shuihan heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing his normal tone.
But at this moment, Qiu Shuihan was covered in cold sweat, especially his back, which was completely drenched.
Just now, Ye Xunhuan’s killing intent was too terrifying.
If the man before him wasn’t his son-in-law, Qiu Shuihan would have run away already.
In that moment, Ye Xunhuan was like a savage, bloodthirsty beast, exuding a dangerous aura from every inch of his being.
