Chapter 2530: Chapter 2432: Overestimating One’s Importance

When he said this, Wu Jun’s tone actually carried a sense of relief.

Compared to the anger and despair he felt back then, now he has long since moved past much of it and has walked out from the shadow of hatred.

He believes that the way he is now is what his parents wanted to see.

They would never want their son to live in hatred for a lifetime, tortured by guilt and sorrow.

And he now thinks the most important thing he should do is live well with his sister, which is the best way to repent and seek redemption before his parents. Only by doing this will he be able to give them an account when he reunites with them in the afterlife.

But these things, spoken so lightly by Wu Jun who experienced them, felt heavy and heartbreaking to those listening like Huo Sining.

Huo Sining, who never liked to cry, couldn’t control the tears in her eyes.

Next to her, Wu Ya sobbed uncontrollably, clearly frightened after realizing for the first time that her brother had once planned to perish together with his enemies. Her emotions directly collapsed.

Liao Agong, however, rarely showed a relieved smile, reaching out to pat Wu Jun’s shoulder, and sincerely said:

"Xiao Jun, you are a good kid. Uncle Liao has never denied this. What you have done deserves everyone’s thumbs up and praise."

"It’s not just me, even Xiaoying has never blamed you."

"Besides, when you broke off the engagement, you showed genuine sincerity. The compensation of one hundred thousand was taken from you by my shameless face, and for this, Xiaoying has been blaming me."

Wu Jun waved his hand, feeling a bit awkward about the compensation, saying:

"That one hundred thousand should have been given. After all, I wasted Xiaoying’s youth and failed her affections. You taking the money lessens my guilt towards Xiaoying. It’s all in the past, Uncle, let’s not bring it up again."

Liao Agong saw that Wu Jun truly didn’t care and nodded repeatedly with a smile, saying: "Alright, alright, we won’t mention it again. You being able to move on now, that’s great, that’s great."

Wu Jun thought they came looking for him today because of Xiaoying, but now that he had Qingqing, there was no way he would have any ties with an old flame.

Moreover, back then, he and Xiaoying were more childhood friends. They were young and didn’t understand love between a man and a woman. It was more their parents’ arrangement, with the promise of betrothal, and he simply saw Xiaoying as his future wife to fulfill his father’s promise to an old friend.

But now that these two have come to his door, it’s best to make things clear. Wu Jun awkwardly smiled and said:

"Uncle, I’m not someone who beats around the bush. I’ll be honest with you. I’ve been in S City these years, um, I’ve been dating someone, and I’m about to get married. I’ve always considered Xiaoying as my sister, not..."

Before Wu Jun could finish, Liao Agong already understood what Wu Jun meant and quickly interrupted him with a hearty laugh, saying:

"You, child, you thought we came to discuss marrying you off to Xiaoying again? Haha, you’d really be misunderstanding your uncle then. Xiaoying got married the year after breaking off the engagement, and now her second child is already old enough to go buy soy sauce!"

Wu Jun was suddenly stunned, Xiaoying got married? Well, he really didn’t know about this; he thought this father and son duo came for...

Wu Jun’s face suddenly turned red with embarrassment, feeling awkward.

It seems this was his own wishful thinking, overthinking it.

"Then why did you come today..." Though Wu Jun felt embarrassed, he couldn’t help but ask.

Liao Agong’s expression became serious:

"In the morning at the tea garden, you couldn’t find your parents’ graves, and it caused quite a stir, even leading to the capture of Boss De, right?"

Wu Jun helplessly nodded but still explained: "Yes, it happened, and now the village is buzzing about it. Since you’re asking, I won’t hide it from you."

"I indeed had a confrontation with Boss De’s men at the tea garden, intentionally instigating a scene. But the people who caught Boss De weren’t my doing; it was my boss who called them over, and Secretary Du came to help me out of respect for my boss."

Wu Jun didn’t introduce Huo Sining as his boss to Liao Agong, thinking it unnecessary, and because Huo Sining was young. If he mentioned Huo Sining was his boss, this old uncle would probably become more puzzled and have more questions to clarify, so it seemed better to skip that.

Sure enough, Liao Agong didn’t ask more questions, just nodded and said:

"Your boss could call in leadership from the city to back you up, showing they are a good person who values you highly. Such a benefactor, you should cherish and not disappoint them."

Speaking of this, Liao Agong continued: "Of course, we didn’t come to probe into this matter. With such a big thing happening on your side, the village is naturally full of rumors, and coincidentally, my son, Liao Hong, returned from outside today and learned about your situation."

"That kid heard you came back and went to the tea garden to find your parents’ remains, only to tell me something. He says he knows where your parents’ bones are."

"That’s why we came here to find you!"

Initially, Wu Jun was somewhat casual, but after hearing this news, he was taken aback, instinctively rising from his chair and looking at Liao Hong in disbelief:

"What? You know where my parents’ remains are?!"

After such a large circle, it finally came to the main topic, not just Wu Jun, even Huo Sining and Wu Ya raised their heads in surprise, looking at the Liao family father and son, completely not expecting they came for this!

Liao Hong, now knowing he misunderstood Wu Jun all these years, had long lost the hatred in his eyes, replaced by an admiration and respect even he hadn’t realized.

"I know, that’s why I came with my father to find you, but I need to clarify one point. We truly aren’t here to mess with you or take advantage of you, simply because of the old ties between Uncle Wu and our family."

Wu Jun nodded repeatedly: "I know, I’m clear about your family’s character, I’ve never doubted it. Now can you first tell me where my parents’ remains are, and how do you know?"

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