Chapter 228: 247. Gangzi Ran Away
Just as Yu Xiaogang was about to explode, a rustling sound came from the bamboo grove. A moment later, a man around nineteen years old emerged from within.
When he saw Liu Erlong kissing a strange man, he immediately became enraged. Summoning his Flame Cat-Eagle martial spirit, four spirit rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple—appeared around him. Angrily, he shouted at Flender, "Who are you? Let go of my mother!"
Mother? Flame Cat-Eagle? So old already??? Yu Xiaogang's brain practically short-circuited at that moment.
Liu Erlong released Flender and said to the young man, "A'Long, come meet him. This is your biological father."
"Biological father?" The young man stepped forward and stared intently at Flender.
Flender's body trembled as he looked at the youth. "He's... my child?"
Liu Erlong nodded and said, "His name is Flong. He's our son. He's nineteen this year—what do you think?"
"My child...hahaha! I have a child! I can't believe he's already this grown!" Flender exclaimed joyfully, pulling Flong into a hug.
"Daddy, you're my daddy," Flong said.
Flender patted his shoulder. "Don't call me daddy. Call me father."
"Yes, father."
The joyful scene of the reunited family pierced straight into Yu Xiaogang's heart. The child was nineteen—counting back twenty years plus a pregnancy, Yu Xiaogang quickly realized that on that very night, after he had run away, Liu Erlong must have… connected with Flender.
Liu Erlong... that very day, you and I had already held our wedding ceremony. Though we never consummated it, in a sense, you were already mine, Yu Xiaogang's woman. Yet during that same time, you betrayed me?
Yu Xiaogang abruptly interrupted the reunion scene, shouting, "When did you have this child? Twenty years ago? Twenty years ago… Liu Erlong! Flender! How could you two do this to me? Ahhh!"
His emotional breakdown ended in a scream as he turned and bolted from the grove, eerily recreating the exact scene from over twenty years ago when he first ran away.
"Xiaogang!" Flender reached out instinctively, but Liu Erlong stopped him.
"Don't bother," Liu Erlong said quietly. "If he wants to come back, he will. He's already delayed both our lives for over twenty years. Are we really going to let him keep ruining them?"
She stared in the direction of the fleeing Yu Xiaogang.
Liu Erlong's shift of affection had little to do with the altered Martial Spirit Fusion Skill (due to Huo Yuhao's interference). In their original Flame Holy Dragon Fusion Skill, Liu Erlong had always been the dominant one.
Two things had truly changed her. First, the disintegration of the Golden Holy Dragon Fusion Skill had freed her from the compulsion to love Yu Xiaogang. Though traces of affection lingered in her mind, her subconscious had quietly begun to change.
Second, the event twenty years ago—when she became a mother—transformed her. Under the influence of maternal hormones, her love for Yu Xiaogang gradually faded, replaced by affection for her son and the desire to give him a warm family.
At first, Liu Erlong still hesitated. She even thought that if Yu Xiaogang could accept her child, they might rekindle their old relationship. But if he couldn't, she was ready to give it up for her son's sake.
Gradually, Yu Xiaogang became less important to her. In his place stood Flender—the rightful father of her child.
Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang sprinted through the grove, crying out in pain and rage. He despised both Flender and Liu Erlong and wanted to drive a wedge between them, to make them suffer as revenge for his heartbreak.
He thought they would come after him. But when he looked back, what he saw instead was Flender, Liu Erlong, and Flong together, laughing and smiling—a blissful family portrait. Yu Xiaogang collapsed inside completely.
He wept bitterly. At that moment, all he wanted was to escape—to find a dark little room, hide under a blanket, and lick his wounds alone.
The reincarnation quartet watched him with unmistakable glee glinting in their eyes.
This scene was quite different from their memory of the previous timeline. Back then, Flender had loved Liu Erlong but never gained her heart, dying lonely. Liu Erlong had always loved Yu Xiaogang. Yet, because of his arrogance and moral rigidity, he refused to defy social taboos. So Liu Erlong settled for being his "spiritual wife." Eventually, dissatisfied, she made passionate advances until Yu Xiaogang finally relented, setting aside his pride to—well, consummate the relationship.
But now, in this lifetime, things had truly turned absurd. Liu Erlong's affection was directed at Flender instead. They not only loved each other but even had a nineteen-year-old son. Flender seemed unaware of the details, while Yu Xiaogang still somehow believed she loved him!
Tang San, recalling that Yu Xiaogang had fled right after marrying Liu Erlong, couldn't help connecting the dots: that meant Liu Erlong had cheated on him immediately after the wedding, putting a "green hat" squarely on his teacher's head.
As for Tang San's reaction? He felt no sympathy at all—only a mocking delight.
Gangzi, you may be a useless man, but in the last life, at least you had two women who truly loved you. And now? Look at you—your own best friend has cuckolded you for twenty years! Hahaha! You couldn't even guard your own woman. Truly pathetic.
Inside, Tang San laughed viciously at Yu Xiaogang. His heart swelled with superiority.
His talent, his power—he surpassed Yu Xiaogang in every way. And even Xiao Wu… yes, Xiao Wu still loved him deeply.
At the thought of her, Tang San paused briefly, then felt a strange chill in his heart. Still, he comforted himself quickly: she's pure, she would never betray me. With that, he felt an immense sense of satisfaction.
Compared to Gangzi, he was superior in every possible aspect—utterly, without exception.
(END CHAPTER)
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