Chapter 116: Heart Knot
Kane looked at him like this, and felt more and more that he was really too far away from Bethany's mother, and said calmly: "I have heard of your name, but I am Bethany's husband, that is, your son-in-law, so you are also my father." β
Bretani's father was a little embarrassed and nodded slightly.
Kane took out a pot of wine and two glasses from the space bag, poured a glass and handed it over, thinking that he would refuse, but seeing him struggling for a while, Kane immediately became a little interested, and poured a glass himself, "As the two most important men in Bethany's life, we wish her happiness for the rest of her life!"
The corners of Pentani's father's mouth twitched, and he raised his glass to touch him, and then drank it down.
Kane also drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, and poured another glass for him, but saw that there were tears shining in his eyes, this wine was the palace jade liquid brought out by James, and it was naturally not difficult to drink at all, so his expression undoubtedly came from the pain in his heart.
"I'm curious, why did you move here alone?" Kane whispered as he poured himself a drink.
Philip hesitated for a moment before saying, "They... Didn't you tell you?"
Kane shook his head, "No, if I hadn't even asked, I'm guessing they'd never mention your existence." β
Phili's eyes were filled with tears, and he swallowed his saliva and said, "They're right, I shouldn't have existed in the first place." β
Kane nodded, "You may have been closed here for too long, imprisoned by a tradition that seems completely distorted to us, and in the outside world, I have never met a man like you. β
Fili turned his head to look at him, and there seemed to be something other to his face than sadness, "I know that my cowardice sometimes hates even myself. β
Kane shook his head, "No, I'm not talking about cowardice, or that goes beyond cowardice, if a person doesn't even dare to face his own heart, then it's no longer cowardice, it's deception." β
"Bully... Liar...?"
Kane raised his glass and took another sip with him before nodding and saying, "It's a deception, not only deceiving others, but also deceiving himself, living in the lies he weaves all day long, and he can no longer face the real world in front of him... Just like you are now!"
Fili shook his head and didn't speak, but took a hard sip of wine.
Kane poured it for him again, "If alcohol gives you courage, I think you should really get drunk." β
Phili's eyes sharpened, "What the hell are you trying to tell me?"
Kane smiled, "It's rare to hear you speak in such a tone, but I beg your pardon, I may have gone too far as your son-in-law, but I really don't know how to express it to you." β
Fili fell into a deep silence again.
"Actually, I understand the crux of your problem, generally speaking, people who like to deceive are often the most unbearable is the deception of others, especially a sensitive and fragile person like you, but then again, if Betani tells me one day that she doesn't love me at all, and being with me is just a joke, I think my performance is probably similar to yours, and the biggest difference may just be that I will find a place a little farther away. β
"You... What the hell are you trying to say!" Philip suddenly turned his head and glared at him.
Kane frowned, "What I want to say is that some people may have really deceived you, but don't you feel a little guilty about yourself?When I met Bretani, he was chained like an animal by several humans, and I thought she was just an orphan, and there was no man in his life who could save him from his bad luck! When Bethany's mother was badly injured by monsters trying to protect her people, I thought she was just a widow and didn't have a man who could stop him from danger! And when Bretani stepped into that ancestral hall where life and death were unknown, where was the big tree of her life?!"
"Could it be that you will only pray and weep for them in the silent night, if it weren't for my appearance, Betani might not exist in this world now, and Bethany's mother may also be killed under the giant claws of the monster, I want to ask you, when that time comes, for whom should your prayers and tears flow?"
Fili burst into tears after hearing what he said, and his hands clutched tightly on the wood beside the bed without speaking.
Kane shook his head, "I'll tell you the truth, I've heard most of your things about them, and I didn't come to you by myself, but Bethany's mother begged me to come, because only I, an outsider, can say sorry to a man she dreams of without affecting the majesty of her patriarch, but I think this apology is completely unnecessary, because the responsibility she has borne for you for more than ten years is enough to repay the original mistakes, and even I think it is you who should say sorry!"
"It is because of you that Betani's mother became a patriarch and a father and mother at a young age, you can imagine how much pressure this has to bear for a woman! It is also because of you that Betani has lacked fatherly love since she was a child, and she has never experienced what it feels like to have a complete home, and all of this stems from your almost ignorant paranoia!"
"I want to ask you, can you abandon Bethany because of a mistake of their mothers?Can you completely shift the blame you should have borne to someone else?If that's the case, I think you should really choose to disappear from this world, so that they will be a little better, at least they will think that you are still a man...!"
"Don't say it!" Philip couldn't take it anymore and lowered his head and cried bitterly.
Kane was silent for a long time before standing up, "This wine may be useful to you, I'll leave it to you, tomorrow I want to see you next to my mother, if you don't... I might have persuaded Mother to find another father for Bethany, but if you really don't feel able to do the job, I think someone else might be willing to take your place!"
After Kane finished speaking, he left without looking back, and after venting just now, he seemed to be a little better, and when he returned to the ancestral hall, he found that there was still no movement, and he only returned to the fox house in a huff.
The next day, Kane came to the ancestral hall as usual to wait for her, and Leah naturally accompanied him, along with Bretani's mother, and now Bethani's situation has exceeded everyone's expectations, Kane saw that her brows were furrowed more than herself.
None of them spoke, just staring quietly at the still closed door in front of them, Kane was a little disappointed that Bethany's mother was alone, and it seemed that the man was indeed hopeless.
"I want to go in and see her. Kane said with an anxious look on his face.
Mother Betani still looked at the door and shook her head slightly, "If you go in now, you'll probably ruin her efforts!"
"Are we just waiting, what if something happens to her?"
Mother Bretani shook her head again, "There will be no accidents, at least there have never been accidents before, and it is the heroic spirit of the ancestors, and it will not hurt her." β
Kane frowned and sighed, suddenly noticed something, turned his head slightly, and found a person standing behind a large tree not far behind them, although he was almost completely blocked by the trunk, but Kane immediately knew who was standing there.
I couldn't help but feel a little comforted in my heart, it seemed that my scolding last night still had some effect, and then I turned my head to look at Pentani's mother, and found that she seemed to have all her thoughts on Betani, and she didn't notice that there was another person behind her.
Leah noticed that Kane's expression was a little strange, and cast an inquiring look.
Kane shook his head at her and motioned for her to speak, then said to Bethany's mother, "Mother, I want to ask you something. β
Mother Bethany nodded.
Kane thought for a moment before saying, "Since that man has abandoned you, why don't you find another one?"
Mother Bretani gave him a strange look, not understanding how he could ask such a question in such a situation, and then her face turned a little gloomy, and she bowed her head and said, "He has not abandoned us. β
Kane sighed, "Isn't it an abandonment that he moved out alone and didn't live with you for more than ten years, and didn't even say a word to you?"
Mother Bretani shook her head and didn't speak.
Kane put on a serious face, "I think Mother should really consider finding another father for Bethany, after all, I don't want her to rely on you for everything in the future." β
"Isn't there still you?" said Bretany's mother, who was silent for a moment.
"Husbands are not the same as fathers, what Bethany needs is not love, but a complete family, and besides, don't you want someone to share some of the pressure for you?
Hearing this, Pentani's mother turned her head and glared at him sharply, then frowned and thought about it, bowed her head and said, "I will only have one man in this life, and I believe he will come back one day." β
Kane shook his head, "Hopefully it won't be too late..."
Bretani's mother stopped talking, but there was sadness and determination in her eyes.
"Helenβ" At this moment, a faint voice rang out from behind, and Bethany's mother had a surprised expression on her face that she had never felt before, because Helen was her name, and this voice...
She hurriedly turned her head to look, and saw that not far behind her, an emaciated figure stood there, her face was full of sadness, and the whole person looked so lonely.