Chapter 305: It’s You

This spit, of course, didn’t land on Hua Chonglang’s face, as he easily dodged it.

An unyielding soul, admirable.

Thus, Xue Lin was frozen by Hua Chonglang at the edge of the rehearsal room.

Xue Lin could only move his eyes, but he still glared angrily at Hua Chonglang.

“How interesting!” Hua Chonglang said as he arrived at the middle seat in the rehearsal room. “Back then, when I killed my family members, they begged for mercy with tears streaming down their faces. There was no one like you.”

“Even my son, only Hua Xiaomei roared at me in despair, and I spared his life.”

“The others, all of them bent their knees, bowed their heads, racked their brains, and even went so far as to make up lies to beg me to spare them!”

“None of them dared to say, ‘I want to kill you! I want to replace you!'”

“Miaomiao, am I right?” Hua Chonglang looked at Hua Miaomiao and said.

Hua Miaomiao watched her father speak these terrifying words, and she bravely said, “What about me? I also played the qin to please you, Father.”

“You’re different from Piaopiao,” Hua Chonglang said.

Hua Miaomiao knew that Hua Piaopiao was her twin sister, ranked sixth.

“Piaopiao danced. Her dance was full of perfunctory movements, devoid of beauty. At a glance, it was obvious she hadn’t practiced properly,” Hua Chonglang recalled. “Many of her dance poses were also vulgar. What kind of person did she think her father was?”

“But you’re different, Miaomiao.”

“Your qin music is full of fear, a fear of life. It’s the first time I’ve heard such qin music.”

“This shows that you’re practicing seriously, and you truly love the qin. You’ve poured your fear of the future, your fear of me, into your music.”

“That’s why you survived.”

“It’s rare for a person to be able to do something they love in their lifetime.”

“You don’t like being at home, so I allowed you to be outside.” Hua Chonglang spoke these words to his daughter for the first time.

In the past, he would just do these things, not say them.

Although his methods were somewhat extreme, he still hoped that his children could live freely and unrestrainedly, rather than living like pigs and dogs in the Jianghu.

Pigs and dogs who only knew how to kill and fight all day long.

He even blinded himself to avoid seeing such pigs and dogs.

“…” Hua Miaomiao heard Hua Chonglang pour out his heart. Suddenly, she realized that she had never truly understood her father.

She had always viewed her father from her own perspective, seeing him as a demon king, but her father was not a madman. He had his own thoughts.

He had his own expectations for his children.

“When I was young, I saw your grandmother hang herself in front of me, saw her body desecrated,” Hua Chonglang said with a sigh. “I was originally of ordinary talent, never thought I would come this far.”

“I was hunted like a wild dog. Many times, many times I thought I was going to die. But I survived.”

“I also had a woman I loved, and I was willing to give up revenge and live a secluded life with her in the mountains. But she only wanted to kill me, to devour me.”

“In my first half of life, I had no parents, no friends, and no woman. I faced everything in life alone, along with the darkness of the Jianghu and the almost impossible hatred for revenge!”

“You are much luckier than me, but you have become like pigs and dogs.” Hua Chonglang looked at Hua Miaomiao and said, “Seeing you alive, living the way you want to live.”

“Father is very gratified!”

The word “gratified” stunned Hua Miaomiao.

She never expected that her fear, her nightmare, would say “gratified” after seeing her.

“Come, play a tune for Father, let me hear if you’ve improved over the years.” Hua Chonglang gestured for Hua Miaomiao to play a piece for him.

He was waiting for Shi Feizhe now, and he had nothing better to do.

“What would Father like to hear?” Hua Miaomiao looked at Hua Chonglang with a complicated expression.

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“Anything will do!”

Since it was anything, Hua Miaomiao sat in front of the qin, gently stroked the strings, and played a piece: 《Ode to Our Turbulent Youth.》

The melody of the piece was full of rhythm and power. The love for life, the yearning for the future, and the fearlessness of challenges, all expressed through the qin’s metallic tones, had a unique flavor.

This was a tune never heard before in the Jianghu, and Hua Chonglang listened with relish.

Passionate, lively, and with a spirit of the times, completely different from the Jianghu.

“Is this a tune from your Yangzhou?” Hua Chonglang asked.

“Yes.”

“Not bad, play another one.” Hua Chonglang said.

So Hua Miaomiao played a few more pieces for him. This time, they were the tunes they commonly practiced, such as 《Diligence and Frugality are Virtues,》 《Children Must Go to School After Birth,》 and the like.

These tunes were aimed at the common people, simple and unadorned, but Hua Chonglang still listened with great interest.

“Miaomiao, you haven’t started a family yet, have you?” Hua Chonglang suddenly asked.

“Not yet.” Hua Miaomiao said.

“Considering your age, you’re not young anymore. No sweetheart?” Hua Chonglang suddenly became interested in gossip. He found that gossiping about his own daughter was quite interesting.

“This… no sweetheart.” Hua Miaomiao said. She really didn’t know what kind of person she liked.

“What do you think of him?” Hua Chonglang pointed to Xue Lin, who was frozen aside, and said, “This kid is not bad, and he’s not bad looking either.”

Xue Lin had thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a righteous face. He was originally glaring at Hua Chonglang, but now he was a little dumbfounded.

“Father, Captain Xue has a family.” Hua Miaomiao said.

“Oh? You don’t dislike him, but he has a family. That’s simple, Father will just kill his family for you. Then he won’t have a family anymore.” Hua Chonglang said.

You fucking psychopath!

Xue Lin glared at Hua Chonglang! He valued his wife and children very much!

Besides, Hua Miaomiao was a beauty of national renown, with a large number of suitors. How could a small captain like him be worthy of her!

“Hmm~ A son-in-law is half a son. In that case, wouldn’t you also become my son?” Hua Chonglang looked at Xue Lin and said with a smile.

Damn it!

Xue Lin was speechless, cursing inwardly!

Hua Chonglang could tell what Xue Lin was thinking through his eyes, and he said, “Kid, your eyes are dangerous. Now call me Father, divorce your wife, and you’ll be my son-in-law! Miaomiao will be your rightful wife!”

“Otherwise… hmph…” He threatened.

Xue Lin was truly convinced. He wasn’t afraid of death, but he was afraid of encountering a psychopath who would harm his family.

“That’s not possible! In the New Jianghu, we protect the legal rights of monogamy! We also protect freedom of marriage!”

At this moment, Xue Lin heard Academy Head Shi’s voice!

“It’s you!” Hua Chonglang saw Shi Feizhe pushing the door open and entering.

He didn’t expect that Shi Feizhe was the young man he had met in Qiuyang City, beside Yuan Jiuzhong.

“We meet again!” Shi Feizhe said, looking at him.

How about writing a protagonist like Hua Chonglang for the next book? A willful villain!