Chapter 118: Father and Son (Part II)
Du Wei was slightly shocked in his heart. He didn't expect his father to investigate so clearly! He knew that the only people in his private property were himself and Made, and Du Wei firmly believed that Madeh would never reveal the slightest thing, and he was absolutely loyal to his own land.
"It's only the first year, if in the next two years, your annual private income will probably exceed the family tax of the Luolin Plains for one year! I didn't expect that this son of my birth is actually a business genius."
Since his father had a direct showdown, Du Wei didn't plan to hide anything, he just smiled: "Those are some nonsense things I made, although they can make money, but they are just small tricks, and the family is not short of money now.
"So, what about your fleet?" said Count Raymond smiled.
Du Wei was not surprised that his father knew about the fleet, and he shrugged his shoulders: "It was just an accident. I happened to meet a very good thug, and without her help, I would not have been able to get such a fleet......"
Count Raymond sighed, he stared at Du Wei deeply, frowned, and said slowly: "I am strangely ...... Why?"
Du Wei glanced at his father.
"You're smart." Count Raymond's tone was deep, and he said slowly, word by word: "Even I think that your cleverness is rare in the history of the family! Even when I was a teenager, I absolutely did not have the mind and ability of you! But why, when you were in dìdū, you deliberately wanted to keep a low profile and be mistaken for being an 'idiot'? Now that I think about it, although you didn't mean to be stupid, you also seemed to deliberately face those misunderstandings, and you didn't defend them at all, as if you were happy to see that kind of situation! So, I want to ask you......
Why!"
Count Raymond looked at his son, and his tone was resolute, waiting for Du Weidi's answer.
Why?
Du Wei was silent for a long time, this question is really difficult to answer...... No, not that it's hard, it's that it's impossible to answer!
Although I didn't mean to, but intentionally or unintentionally, I led everyone to misunderstand me and be misunderstood as an idiot, but I was happy to see that situation.
Because of myself...... The kind of mood that is disheartened, lazy, and just wants to be carefree and live comfortably...... How do you explain it to others?
Yes, I just want to live peacefully in zìyóu, but I can't do that in dìdū!
But these reasons could not be explained to my father.
Looking at Du Wei who was silent, Count Raymond couldn't wait for an answer, sighed again, he shook his head: "You don't want to say it, I won't force you, but I know it very well...... You don't seem to like me very much since you were a child, right?"
Du Wei still didn't speak.
Count Raymond didn't wait for Du Wei to answer this time, but continued to talk to himself.
"When you were born, I was not by your side, as the patriarch of the family, I carried the glory and responsibility of the entire family! As an imperial general, I have to shoulder the heavy responsibility of expanding the territory of the empire...... In fact, in my heart, I feel deeply guilty about you, for your mother." Count Raymond slowly took a sip of wine and smiled self-deprecatingly: "It's just that you should be able to understand that as a man, many times, these thoughts will not be expressed."
Du Wei didn't speak.
"You don't like me, and I can see it in the eyes of you when I came home and picked you up for the first time...... You don't even want to come into contact with me, although I don't know why you have those thoughts at such a young age.Maybe you're a rare genius in the Rollin family...... Perhaps, it's because when you were younger, I wasn't there for you, I wasn't around you, and I didn't like me.
After a pause, Count Raymond suddenly asked, "Do you know why I drove you out of dìdū in the first place?"
“...... Yes." Du Wei finally spoke, and he whispered, "Because you are disappointed in me and think that I am not a qualified heir to the family."
Count Raymond nodded: "Do you hate me?"
Du Wei shook his head: "No, what I want to say is...... I'm not jealous of you."
"Oh?" said Count Raymond, slightly surprised.
"It's the ground." Du Wei sat up straight, and his tone was very solemn: "You are a father, but you are more of the patriarch of the family, so you can't treat your own son like an ordinary father! You have to think about the future of the family, the future responsibility, and the rise and fall of the whole family...... So, I don't hold a grudge."
"You get it." Count Raymond didn't seem surprised: "But your guess is only half right."
He stood up, walked over with a glass of wine, and looked at Du Wei: "The other half of the reason you don't know is ...... I'm here to protect you, my son, you...... After all, it's my son! I'm here to protect you!"
Du Wei couldn't help but tremble.
"Dìdū is the center of power in the Roland Continent, the most prosperous city, but at the same time, it is also the most cannibalistic place on the entire continent...... Look at His Majesty the Emperor, the Imperial Group, the Wealthy Group, the Military Group, the forces of the Temple, the forces of the Magic Guild...... For hundreds of years, you ate me, I bit you...... Hmph, in the past few hundred years, how many once glorious and glorious families have now disappeared from history! I used to missee you, thinking that you were a ...... Well, although I am disappointed in you, after all, you are my earthly son! I can't watch my earthly son grow up in the cannibalistic land of dìdū, and watch you flow into this chaotic aristocratic circle! I thought you were not smart enough, I thought you were very mediocre, and if you were like that, I was afraid that at any time, you would be eaten to the point that there was not even a slag left! So, I threw you back to the Lorraine Plain, in fact, to protect you!"
Count Raymond looked at his son, and at this moment, the expression on his face was completely a father.
"My idea is very simple: although you have not inherited the talent of the family, but after all, you are my son! Let you stay away from the complicated and dangerous place of dìdū, and go to the collar to live some zìyóu happy and safe rìzi.......
"Even what?" Du Wei couldn't help but ask.
"Even if the family suffers a catastrophe one day, just like those wealthy families that have not landed in history, they will raid the family and destroy the family...... Even if all the people in Dìdū are dead, you are far away in the Lorraine Plain, and you still have time to escape! When the time comes, you can still leave a seed for the Lorin family!" The imperial minister said slowly: "Wealthy families have always done this! The best people stay in Dìdū to fulfill their responsibilities for the family, but they also have to leave some seeds in the original dìdū, just in case!"
Du Wei's face was solemn.
"You are my son." Count Raymond said, "Although I used to think that you were far less intelligent than your brother Gabriel, in my heart I still love you."
Du Wei was suddenly a little moved, although his mind was tenacious, but at this moment, the emotion of moving came up from his heart uncontrollably!
"I'm not telling you this today because of any other place, because we've been misunderstanding father and son for too long, and I now understand that you're far smarter than I thought! So, I don't want to waste any more time, and I've told you all these things in my heart, because I know that with your cleverness, you must be able to understand, and at the same time, I want to tell you one thing......"
"What's the matter?"
"You must be very strange...... Count Raymond said in a deep face: "It stands to reason that a month or two ago, after you were recognized as a disciple of Gandalf, I should have summoned you back immediately, but I have been delaying it for so long!
Du Wei smiled bitterly: "I...... Thought you didn't like me."
Count Raymond was stunned, and then shook his head: "No, now I want to tell you that even now, I am very reluctant to recall you! This time I have dragged you back to dìdū, and I have really delayed and pushed and pushed. But the pressure from all sides has made it impossible for me to delay any longer, so I have no choice but to call you back! It is definitely not my intention to let you come back!"
Du Wei frowned: "But I, although I have the identity of Gandalf's disciple, but this identity, is so important? Why did it cause so many things? Gandorf's apprentice, there are still a few still alive, not more than me, not much less me, why did I cause so much trouble?"
Count Raymond suddenly sneered, and pointed to Du Wei's underground magician robe: "Just because of this robe on your body!!"