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Chapter 246 Father and Son, Ghost Bell's Confession (Thanks to "Seven Stars Night White Dove" for being the Alliance Leader)

The rain grew heavier and heavier, accompanied by the mournful wail of thunder carried by the relentless gale. Dark rain clouds swept in, and blazing white lightning bolts danced between the overwhelming clouds.

At this very moment, the dimly lit and silent living room was enveloped in the sound of heavy rain.

Gu Qiye and Gu Zhuoan stood facing each other across a long entrance hall.

A fleeting flash of lightning lengthened Gu Zhuo'an's shadow, casting it onto the wooden floor, while the wind chimes hanging from the ceiling swayed rapidly.

"Kino, I have something to tell you."

Gu Zhuo'an stood motionless at the door with his head down, letting the wind and rain outside beat against him.

"Why can't you just say what you want to say?" Gu Qiye looked at the man standing at the door, puzzled.

He couldn't understand why the man was standing motionless in the rain. Had he done something wrong again?

After a long silence, Gu Zhuoan suddenly said, "Qi Ye... don't join Rainbow Wing."

His voice was hoarse, his tone pleading yet concealing an barely concealed anger.

Gu Qiye was slightly taken aback, and looked up at him: "Who told you about this?"

He had barely finished speaking when he suddenly froze on the spot.

Thunder roared, and at that moment, a blinding white lightning bolt ripped through the rain clouds, illuminating the sky.

In the fleeting glimmer of light, Gu Qiye suddenly saw the mask clutched in Gu Zhuo'an's right hand. He stared blankly at the silver-black breathing mask, his pupils contracting to their limit, his lips moving, but he couldn't utter a word.

Gu Qiye's body trembled amidst the increasingly loud wind and rain. Gu Zhuo'an stood with his back to the wind and rain, his head lowered and his face turned away, not daring to look him in the eye.

"It's you...it's you...why?"

Gu Qiye slowly lowered her head, retreating step by step, murmuring hoarsely.

A moment later, he bumped into the wall in the entryway, his bangs falling over his forehead and obscuring his eyes.

Gu Qiye suddenly understood. Why she had seen that dark figure at the auction, and why she had heard a deafening bell ring out at that time.

He recalled the crimes Ghost Bell had committed over the years:

He repeatedly provoked Hongyi on television, but never laid a hand on ordinary people. Every time he appeared on camera, he was either attacking those superhuman police officers who overstepped their bounds or destroying valuable cultural relics.

That's because the Gu Zhuo case is attracting official attention by using every means possible without violating its own principles.

He hoped that one day the high and mighty monsters named "Rainbow Wings" would come to punish him, and on that day, he would finally be able to find out the truth about his wife's death.

After a moment, the silence that had enveloped the entrance hall was finally broken.

Gu Zhuo opened his mouth, saying each word slowly and deliberately:
"Kino, don't join Rainbow Wings. It's their trap. Once you join Rainbow Wings, there's no turning back."

Gu Qiye lowered his head and remained silent for a long time before asking in a hoarse voice:

"Why...why didn't you tell me sooner?"

“I will investigate thoroughly… Dad will investigate thoroughly to find out the truth about Mom’s death. You don’t need to interfere.”

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

“Everything will be alright. I will take care of everything. You can stop and live a normal life like other children.”

"I'm asking you a question, why didn't you tell me sooner—! You just disappeared for years, without saying a single word... You're Ghost Bell? You've become a criminal! We might never even know when you died out there! Were you planning to keep this from us forever? If you were killed by Rainbow Wing's people, how would we know where you went?! Were you just going to disappear like that? Did you ever think... what would happen to us?"

“I was just… worried that you would be affected. I wanted you to be able to live a normal life and to study hard, which is why I left here.”

"It's too late!"

Gu Qiye growled, raising his head to stare coldly at Gu Zhuoan: "Xiaomai is gone too. She became an exorcist. Are you satisfied now?"

"I know, but there's still a chance to salvage the situation..."

"You have no idea! She went to Tokyo and worked as a bodyguard at that auction! She almost died, just a hair's breadth away! If you had been at home, if you had paid even a little more attention to us, would this have happened?"

Gu Zhuo lowered his head and said in a low voice:
“I know I’ve never been a good father, but this time, I hope you can trust your dad, stay away from Rainbow Wings, and don’t be a moth drawn to a flame… They are using you, and Black Chrysalis is using you too.”

Gu Qiye leaned against the wall and slowly sat down.

He lowered his voice: "You shouldn't have come back... You shouldn't have even told me you were that damned Ghost Clock. Now what do you want to say, that you were also trying for Mom, so we should forgive you?"

“Don’t join Rainbow Wings…” Gu Zhuo’an said, “Let it end like this, let Blue Arc disappear, and then… I will end everything. Su Ying’s matter, Rainbow Wings’ matter, I will settle it alone. I’m not so cowardly as to need my own child to do such a dangerous thing.”

"And then what? You think you can come back alive with the title of a criminal?"

"I might... never come back."

Gu Qiye was stunned. The moment he heard those words, he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, as if a fire was burning inside him, about to burn his entire chest apart.

"Then get out of here!" he growled. "You're a bastard, a bastard who only ever thinks about himself, and now you suddenly come out here pretending to be all innocent. Do you know what I've been through these past few years?"

"Qi Ye, that's enough... You've done enough over the years, so leave it all to me..." Gu Zhuo'an said hoarsely, "I'm begging you, don't go near Rainbow Wing. Those people are dangerous. You don't know what will happen if you join Rainbow Wing..." "Do I need your help?" Gu Qi Ye suddenly laughed, his bangs obscuring his eyes. "Do you know why I chose to become an Outcast in the first place?"

"why?"

“Because every day when I come home I see a drunk man, I want to pull him up, I want him to realize that even without his mother, there are still several children at home waiting for him to pull himself up, but I can’t do it… I couldn’t do it. No matter how hard I try, you’ve never even looked at me properly, which is why I became an Outcast. I’ve always thought that if I can find out the truth about my mother, my reliable father will come back.”

At this point, Gu Qiye paused for a moment, looking down at the floor:

"But you left...you left without saying a word."

Gu Zhuo stood frozen in place. He slowly raised his head, staring in astonishment at the young man sitting on the ground. The wind and rain outside the window grew stronger, almost howling, and his back was completely soaked.

After a long silence, Gu Qiye suddenly asked in a hoarse voice:

"Tell me... why did you save me at the auction?"

"Because I am...your..."

The words in his heart were like a tidal wave, threatening to drown him, but Gu Zhuoan couldn't utter them. He wasn't sure if he was still qualified to call himself a father, or if he was still a father in this child's eyes.

He had made too many mistakes, too many to undo. A final, cold sentence echoed in the entryway, interrupting his thoughts:

"I will join Rainbow Wings."

"No! You absolutely cannot..."

Gu Qiye suddenly raised her head and interrupted him: "I said I would join Rainbow Wing! What right do you have to tell me what's going on? I will investigate the truth about my mother, but not for you, this time it's not for you! It's for myself. I've worked so hard for so many years, so many years... Why, why can't I get a good result? Why do I have to accept the fact that I'm a good-for-nothing? And what right do you have to make me give up?"

He paused, then shouted hoarsely:

"Anyway, everything I do is wrong, isn't it? No matter how hard I try, it's still the same as before! Even after I come home from school and try my best to make the whole house look presentable and clean up all the messes for you, you never look at me, not even once."

He suddenly laughed. "Even over these past few years... you've wanted to kill me many times, haven't you?"

Gu Zhuo'an hung his head, weakly defending himself: "That's because I didn't know back then, I had no idea you were Lan Hu..."

Gu Qiye smiled with relief.

His voice suddenly calmed down, and he said weakly and hoarsely:

"Yes, of course you don't know. It's precisely because you've never known that you're acting like you understand me so well is disgusting..."

Gu Zhuo remained silent.

Gu Qiye didn't raise her head, her lips moved slightly, and she spoke slowly:

"Go...don't let me see you again."

Gu Zhuo lowered his eyes and stared at the ground: "Don't worry, Qi Ye... Dad will take care of everything." After saying that, he clenched the Ghost Bell mask, turned around and walked into the wind and rain, his tough back swallowed up by the overwhelming rain.

A moment later, a sudden clap of thunder boomed down.

Gu Qiye suddenly paused, slowly raised her head, and turned to look at the figure standing in the living room.

Gu Wenyu walked over slowly without saying a word, sat down beside him, and lowered his head without speaking.

After a moment, Gu Wenyu suddenly spoke, saying in a low voice:
"Brother, didn't you say... you wanted to reconcile with Dad?"

Gu Qiye opened his mouth slightly, but couldn't speak. He lowered his head, swallowed, and his Adam's apple bobbed up and down.

Gu Wenyu looked up at the heavy rain outside, which had soaked even the shoe cabinet and the floor of the entryway. He then stepped into the shadows of the entryway and closed the door.

At that moment, the sounds of wind and rain were shut out, and the whole world seemed to quiet down, leaving only the hissing sound of the television malfunctioning. After standing there for a while, Gu Wenyu slowly walked back.

He looked down at Gu Qiye, who was sitting on the ground, and asked softly:

"Brother...is tomorrow Dad's birthday? Are we still ordering the cake?"

Gu Qiye remained silent.

After waiting for a long time, Gu Wenyu said in a low voice, "I see... never mind then."

He squatted down and placed the phone next to Gu Qiye. "Here's your phone back. Tell the boss that I don't want the cake I just ordered."

After saying that, Gu Wenyu turned around and went upstairs without looking back.

Gu Qiye was the only one left in the entryway.

After a long, long silence, he slowly raised his head, leaned the back of his head against the wall, and took deep breaths, again and again.

"Mom, what should I do?"

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)