When Vireo heard his parents saying those words, he was extremely saddened. His heart felt as if it had been sliced by a knife. Fortunately, he was no longer a child. He knew how to conceal his broken heart. There were many things that he had to endure by himself.
He found it very amusing when he thought about it. This family wanted to keep him around to care for the elderly til the day they die, but they were not going to let him inherit a single penny of the properties? Vireo was very tempted to barge in the door and fiercely question his parents, 'Where is my share of the properties? What of the properties do you intend to let me inherit?' His hand was already going to knock on the door, but he stopped.
His ambition was not in this small county. If he were t o barge in and question his parents like that, because his parents' actions were unjustifiable, they would promise to give him a portion of the family's properties. At the very best, his parents would divide the family properties into four portions and one of them would be Vireo's. However, if that was the case, then Vireo would be completely tied down to this small county.
No! Vireo did not want that. He must go to college and he must make a name of himself. After he had made a name of himself, he would take good care of his parents. No matter what his parents had done to him, they had raised him, after all. This kindness of theirs would forever be etched in his memory.
Initially, he was still feeling a little guilty. However, after he had his parents saying those words, Vireo instantly felt at ease and justified. He had let go of all o f his baggage. That night, Vireo left a short letter to his parents.
In fact, when his family received his acceptance letter, his parents were indeed happy. His parents had been looking for him like mad during that period. They even thought that their adopted son was certainly never going to come back again. However, when they saw the acceptance letter, they had hope again. Their adopted son wanted to go to college very badly. For the sake of the acceptance letter, their adopted son would definitely return.
Sure enough, he came home. When he got home, he knelt in front of his parents. "Dad, Mom, I promise you that I don't need your money for college. I can take out a loan. I can work while studying in college. I will be frugal and I will never spend a penny of the family's money. I will also not transfer my address to where m y college is at. I will come back and I will be assigned t o our county."
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