Venerable Demon King & The Doting Immortal (QT) novel Chapter 273

Chapter 273: What happened to Han Xin’s mother

Han Jing woke up, his eyes heavy and uncooperative. When the light penetrated his eyelids, the pain was so excruciating it felt as though his eyes had been set alight.

He shut them tightly, taking a deep breath, only to feel a sharp pang in his chest that made his sore eyes tear up. He tried to get up, but his body refused to obey. His fingers, his legs...nothing responded. Panic began to set in as he struggled to recall how he had ended up here.

Fragments of memory surfaced. He remembered his impulsive yell, confessing to Han Xin that he had killed his mother. That brat Xiang Yu had shot him in the arm and dragged him by his hair, leaving streaks of blood on the floor. The last clear memory was Xiang Yu’s hard punch knocking him out. After that, everything was a blur.

His head throbbed as he tried to piece together the events. He had been partially lucid when they sent him to the trenches, a place where he had condemned countless enemies to rot. Now, he was being sent there by his own illegitimate son. As he was dragged away, he could have sworn he saw the woman who was always beside Han Xin in a cell.

He was pulled into a room and tied to a chair. His consciousness flickered in and out, making it hard to grasp everything that was happening. He remembered his son entering with Xiang Yu and a doctor who seemed eerily familiar.

The doctor injected something into him, and he didn’t even have the strength to resist. His head hung low, feeling strangely relaxed and less guarded. Soon, a wave of drowsiness washed over him, pulling him into a state of semi-consciousness.

The doctor had said it wasn’t the most reliable method, and Han Jing couldn’t help but ask, his speech slow and slurred, "Wha-what method... what are you do-doing to me?" But no one replied to him. He saw Xiang Yu smirk and say, "Then he might need some encouragement."

He saw Han Zhan bring Han Jia into the room and shove him to the ground. Han Xin walked closer, his eyes cold and calculating, and began to ask questions. When Han Jing heard the name Lu Yan, he instinctively pressed his lips together, refusing to talk. But the cries of Han Jia made his chest hurt, and he immediately began to spill everything.

Just when he was considering adopting a son to cultivate, he discovered that Lu Yan had a son she had never told him about. That stubborn woman had raised the boy with the help of her mother, doing an excellent job of hiding him from Han Jing. Determined, he paid her a visit, demanding she give up the boy. But Lu Yan was as stubborn as ever. She told him to get lost and threatened to end him if he even thought about her son.

Han Jing knew he couldn’t use force to take his son; otherwise, the boy would hate him. He had to make his son feel grateful torwards him. Dealing with Lu Yan was easy. He paid a few people to poison her slowly over six months, a condition misdiagnosed as cancer. He thought she would come begging for money, but she remained stubborn. She neither sought him out nor did her son.

When she died, Han Jing sent his butler to arrange the funeral and bring his son home. But Lu Yan’s stubbornness was inherited from her mother. The old woman refused to give up her grandson and planned to leave the country with him. Running out of patience, Han Jing found someone to end the old woman and made it look natural. With no one left to stop him, he took his son home and changed his name to Han Xin.

Han Xin was brought into the family with all the privileges and responsibilities of an heir. Han Jing watched him closely, moulding him into the successor he needed. The boy was sharp, resilient, and had a fire in his eyes that reminded Han Jing of Lu Yan. He knew he had made the right choice. Han Xin would be the one to carry on his legacy, to lead the family with strength and cunning while Han Jia reaped the benefits without lifting a finger as the head of the family.