Ming Zhitian couldn't help but wonder, "What is it exactly?"
Ming Ya felt a bit awkward, not wanting to say, "Cough... you better not ask. My decision is made, there's no need to discuss it further."
Ming Zhitian threatened him, "I don't care what it is. If you don't help me cure Xingchen's illness today, from this day forward, we are no longer father and son!"
Ming Ya felt speechless, "You actually want to disown your own father over a mere woman?!"
Ming Zhitian smiled faintly, "Why not? It's not like we haven't done it before."
Ming Ya was so angry he almost spat blood, "Insolence! Say that again!"
Ming Zhitian said, "I'm not joking. If you won't even agree to save a life, then what kind of father is that? Better off without one."
"You!" Ming Ya didn't know what to say.
Ming Zhitian asked, "What actually happened?"
Ming Ya sighed, "At that time, I was indeed the chairman of the Anti-Drug Association, with five thousand medical masters under my command. It was such a glorious time. Until one day, Xiao Zhao appeared. She was my mistress and also a patient. It took me nearly half a year to help her successfully quit drugs. After that, Qi'er, your mother, discovered it. I wasn't there at the time..."
"At that time... Qi'er was pregnant with you, and the two of them argued. Qi'er almost miscarried because of this matter..."
Ming Zhitian choked and interrupted, "Are you saying I almost died?"
Ming Ya nodded sheepishly, "I'm sorry, please let me finish. Later... mother and son were safe, and Qi'er forgave me. From then on, I never contacted Xiao Zhao again. Until Xiao Yun appeared..."
If Ming Zhitian wasn't looking at his father, he would have rushed over to beat him up, "You're quite the philanderer."
"Cough..." Ming Ya continued, "Xiao Yun was a patient at the detox center and also my mistress. She was understanding and deeply captured my heart. I was almost ready to officially marry her. Until one day, Qi'er's cousin came to visit her. Although she was a cousin, she was like a sister. On one occasion when I wasn't there, Xiao Yun mistook Qi'er's cousin for Qi'er herself and killed her by mistake..."
"Later I found out that not only Xiao Yun, but also Xiao Zhao, who had been with me for half a year, were sent by the same hostile force to be close to me, with the objective of making my loved ones die one by one in front of me. After I found out, I had already had those two people executed."
Ming Zhitian said, "Don't you have feelings? You just killed them like that?"
Ming Ya nodded, "Many people call me cold-blooded, but I did cry at that time..."
"Hoo..." He took a deep breath, "Enough, it's all in the past. After that, Qi'er hated me for a whole year. Until your birth, she couldn't be without a father, so she reluctantly forgave me. She even forced me to resign as chairman of the Anti-Drug Association and live in obscurity.
"Initially, I refused. But my enemies knew I was working at the detox center, so I had no choice but to agree and disappear from public life.
"This is my stain. At that time, I promised your mother that I would never return as chairman for the rest of my life. I also set a condition for her: she was never to mention this to anyone, and no one else was to mention it either.
Ming Zhitian asked, "So I brought it up, and then what?"
Ming Ya looked at him, "You are an exception, because you are the son of my beloved, Ming Ya."
Ming Zhitian said, "What did you say? You said Mother is your beloved?"
Ming Ya nodded, "That's right. Among Haiyan, Qiangwei, Ling'er, and your mother, Qi'er is my only true love, no one else."