Urban All-Round Master

Capítulo 1380: Chapter 1414: Who in This World Can Escape Death?

“But this is a matter concerning the survival of the family! If Grandpa just leaves like this, our entire Mu Family will be doomed. Do you want to watch our Mu Family disappear before your eyes?” Mu Cangtian was not in a good mood, forcefully suppressing his temper, desperately trying not to let his emotions explode.

“But the survival of the family is already an irreversible fact. Do you want to see your daughter’s entire life’s happiness destroyed by a marriage alliance?” Mu Yang suddenly turned his head, his eyes filled with bitter resentment.

“Can your happiness compare to the survival of the family? Just for you alone, the entire family would be doomed. Do you want to see that happen?”

Mu Cangtian glared at her and shouted angrily: “Don’t you understand the situation we’re in? The Long Family has been wiped out, and the other three major families and five big clans have swallowed up all their territory and heritage. You know those other two families have gone insane trying to become major families. If this drags on, our Mu Family will become the next Long Family.”

“Father! This is already settled. We cannot change it. Since we cannot alter the rise and fall of the family, why not follow destiny?”

“Follow destiny?!”

Mu Cangtian abruptly turned around, his bloodshot eyes glaring, his rough voice roaring: “Our family is on the brink of decline, and you want me to follow destiny? How exactly should I do that?”

“Enough, I don’t want to discuss this with you anymore. I’ve made up my mind. If you insist on using me as a sacrificial piece, I have nothing to say. But, Father, if I truly become a sacrificial piece for the family, I think our father-daughter relationship should end here. Ever since Mother passed away, you’ve almost always been trying to arrange marriages for me. Starting with the son of a university president, then that Long Tianya from the Long Family, and now you want to give me as a gift to that useless kid from the Xiao Family. I have nothing more to say because you are my father!”

“Slap!”

Suddenly, Mu Cangtian reached out and slapped Mu Yang hard.

Glaring with bloodshot eyes, he shouted in anger: “Your birth itself was a family martial arts alliance. When your mother married me, it was a family martial arts alliance. You were born into the Mu Family, not a civilian family. Otherwise, you would have no choice but death!”

“Fine! Mu Cangtian, your words are enough for me!”

This slap not only broke all the emotional ties between Mu Yang and her father but also shattered their father-daughter bond.

In the past, her father cherished her dearly, afraid she’d melt if he held her, afraid she’d fall if he let go.

But in recent years, with the family’s decline, her father seemed to have changed into a different person, completely losing his rationality, like a beast gone mad, driven to the extreme.

…

In the distance, watching this scene, Lin Zifeng felt a pang of discomfort in his heart.

Although he couldn’t hear what they were saying, his lip-reading skills allowed him to understand clearly.

He remembered the first time he came to the Mu Family, Mu Yang and her father’s relationship was harmonious. He didn’t expect that after half a year of not seeing each other, her father no longer treated her as a daughter.

Perhaps, her father’s so-called kindness in the past was merely based on using Mu Yang as a pawn under his control…

Soon, the parents went back into the house, and Lin Zifeng’s view was obstructed, unable to see their interaction anymore.

…

“Grandpa!”

Hearing that her grandfather was nearing death, Mu Yang almost cried as she ran over.

She threw herself into her grandfather’s arms.

Afterward, Mu Cangtian walked in with a gloomy face, standing by without saying a word.

“Alright, alright, don’t cry, don’t cry. As long as I’m here, no one can force you to marry if you don’t want to. Don’t worry.” The old man was full of kindness, his wrinkled face had aged beyond recognition. Even though he was bedridden, he still held his beloved granddaughter in his arms, stroking her face with his dry, thin hands, filled with affection.

Mu Yang’s greatest sadness was that she would never be able to see Lin Zifeng again. If she sacrificed her life for a marriage alliance, she felt she wouldn’t have the face to see him anymore.

Even if Lin Zifeng came looking for her, she felt she wouldn’t be worthy of him.

After all, the first woman Lin Zifeng was with upon his return to the country was Mu Yang.

The first man to intrude into Mu Yang’s body was Lin Zifeng.

And now…

“Grandpa knows your pain. As long as you disagree, Grandpa will never let anyone take you away from the family!”

Mu Yang’s grandfather was once one of the top experts in Dragon City, named Mu Liancheng. Unfortunately, in his old age, even the best cannot escape the ravages of time.

He had lived over 150 years, with his bodily functions severely declining, facing imminent death. But what he couldn’t let go of was his precious granddaughter.

In the entire Mu Family, perhaps only Mu Liancheng truly cherished her.

Family interests always came first. Who could place personal life and death above it?

“Father, the people from the Xiao Family are coming to take her today. Can we just reject them like this? Not only will it fail to save our Mu Family, but it will also bring more trouble to ourselves!”

Mu Cangtian was emotionally charged. He knew Mu Liancheng loved this granddaughter, but the family now faced the only option of marriage to recover from its decline. If the Xiao Family was willing to help, maybe the family’s decline wouldn’t be as severe.

“Cangtian, I understand your difficulties. I’ve lived so long and seen through many things. There are some matters I hope you can take lightly, just like me. Back then, in my prime, I could be called a king among my peers. But now?

As one approaches death, the most hoped-for, the most yearned-for, is to live one more day at a time. Who in this world can escape death? No matter how outstanding, how celebrated, or even if you hold vast lands, renowned across the world, in the end, you can’t escape the depletion of life.

If time could go back, I wish all I ever did was not striving for supremacy. Instead, I wish I could live happily with family and friends, that’s what’s truly important.

No matter how much you gain, how much you own, in the end, it’s just dust.”

Mu Liancheng’s old and yellow face no longer had any color. He understood his physical condition, and any moment he could leave this world. But he wanted to convey to his son some words of wisdom he had spent a lifetime realizing.

Everything pales in comparison to life…