BHBF Chapter 76.5

Boss, He’s Becoming a Father (Arc 4) Chapter 76.5: Playful Son (22)

“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have done this, I just…” Shao Jialiang was unable to continue. He was suffering a huge blow at this moment and felt that he had no strength to do anything.

But Shao Yu said urgently: “Your suspicion is correct, I did it on purpose.”

Shao Jialiang widened his eyes, looked at Shao Yu in disbelief, and asked, “Why?”

Shao Yu asked back: “Why did you win and why did you lose, do you really understand?”

“I…my wins and losses are all because of you.” Shao Jialiang said.

“Yeah, you just listen to me. You actually don’t know why you bet like this, and you don’t know what your dealer is thinking.”

“You make money for the people. Are those gamblers around you who are making trouble also doing it for the people?” Shao Yu asked.

From childhood to adulthood, until he reached the highest position in the country and was later killed by the new emperor, Shao Jialiang was always kind-hearted and wholeheartedly cared about the people.

But he didn’t know who the new emperor was, nor did he know that he was followed by a group of people.

His public spirit could not compare to the endless selfishness of his relatives and followers. Although he was innocent, the new emperor only saw the huge force surrounding him, a force that was enough to threaten the imperial power.

Shao Jialiang has reached that point. Even if he remains loyal to the new emperor, the forces around him will continue to provoke conflicts between him and the new emperor in order to gain further power.

“I…I just want to help them.” Shao Jialiang said helplessly.

Shao Yu sighed and said, “Why do you want to help a group of gamblers? Gamblers can sell their children for gambling money. They are a group of people who have completely lost their humanity. Why do you want to help them?”

Shao Jialiang was suddenly speechless. He didn’t understand why he was tricked so easily by those people under such circumstances.

“You don’t know why you win, but you still have to lead a group of people to win.” Shao Yu said.

Shao Jialiang couldn’t help but ask back: “Did I do something wrong?”

In Shao Yu’s opinion, although his youngest son was not greedy for profit, he was overly fond of fame. He was easily immersed in the flattery of others and was too easily tricked and did some brainless things.

“I shouldn’t do things I don’t understand, even if there is a huge temptation,” Shao Jialiang suddenly said.

Shao Yu nodded. Shao Jialiang was not stupid. He just had grown up too smoothly, so he needed a little setback to make him grow faster.

Shao Jialiang looked at his eldest brother and said, “Although I don’t understand why you win money, you know to quit while you’re ahead. I’m not as good as you.”

Shao Jiashan thought about his mental journey at that time. He almost rushed back to place bets several times. He suddenly felt a little embarrassed and said, “I… I just didn’t squeeze in. I almost went in and gave it up.”

“Even so, my eldest brother was persuaded by my father to leave the gambling table, but I insisted on my own way, which resulted in the loss of 60,000 taels of silver.” Shao Jialiang understood the truth, but he still couldn’t help feeling heartbroken when talking about it.

Shao Yu consoled him, “It’s not sixty thousand taels. You only lost ten taels of silver.”

Shao Jialiang forced a smile upon hearing this, but he still looked listless. No matter how Shao Jiashan teased him along the way, he couldn’t be happy.

When the father and his two sons returned home, Xiao Han was already waiting for them. When she saw her son in a dishevel and his clothes torn in many places, Xiao Han immediately screamed.

“What’s going on? How did Liang’er become like this?” Xiao Han looked at Shao Jiashan with suspicion.

Shao Yu said: “There was some trouble in the gambling house. Although his clothes were torn, he is fine.”

“Tear it apart? What on earth did you do in the gambling house?” Xiao Han was so aggrieved that she was about to cry.

She didn’t want her son to go to the gambling house in the first place, and now it has turned out like this. She blamed Shao Yu in her heart, but she also felt that Shao Jiashan was the culprit of all this.

“Shan’er, even if your brother did something wrong, you can just tell me. Why make such a fuss?” Even though Xiao Han didn’t understand the truth, she instinctively started to glare at him.

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Xiao Han was certain that Shao Jiashan was a troublemaker and that all this must have something to do with him.

Shao Jialiang naturally understood what Xiao Han meant. Seeing his mother blaming his brother, he immediately blushed and said, “Mother, please don’t talk nonsense. This has nothing to do with my brother. It’s all my fault.”

Xiao Han only thought that her son loved his elder brother, so she took the initiative to admit her fault and said, “You are a good child, but you can’t take everything on yourself.”

After Xiao Han finished speaking, she looked at Shao Yu standing beside her, as if letting Shao Yu make the decision.

Shao Yu smiled helplessly and reminded: “Madam, I was also in the gambling house. If you want to talk about the culprit, it should be me.”

Xiao Han’s face froze. She had always been accustomed to flattering her husband in this way, but today it seemed like she had failed miserably.

Shao Yu continued, “Shan’er is a good kid. You misunderstood him too deeply in the past.”

Xiao Han nodded quickly.

Shao Yu looked at Shao Jialiang who was standing beside him and said, “Liang’er is too tired today, go back and have a rest first.”

Shao Jialiang has always been obedient. Hearing this, he just reiterated to his mother: “This matter really has nothing to do with my brother. Mother, please don’t think too much about it.”

Xiao Han’s psychological quality was very strong. After her youngest son left, she turned around and looked at Shao Jiashan lovingly, saying, “Mother wronged you just now. Can you forgive mother?”

Shao Jiashan didn’t say anything.

Shao Yu said, “Don’t be in a hurry to apologize. There are other things to talk about.”

Xiao Han was puzzled.

Shao Yu said, “Today I took Shan’er to check the accounts.”

“Check the accounts? What accounts?”

“The business that your sister brought as a dowry.” Shao Yu said.

Xiao Han’s expression changed slightly, but in just a moment, she calmed down and said, “Shan’er is grown up now, and it’s time to give my sister’s dowry to him.”

“It’s just that Shan’er has never come into contact with these things, so it’s better to hand them over slowly.”

Xiao Han didn’t think her husband understood the account books, and she just wanted to delay the handover as much as possible so that she would have time to make a final profit.

But Shao Yu said: “We found some problems.”