Chapter 392: The Gynophobe Crown Prince 42

Seeing his depressed yet envious expression, Tang Wan said gently, “It'll be fine once Sixth Brother is a little older. You're still too young right now.”

The military had a regulation that soldiers had to be at least twenty-two years old before they could go to the battlefield.

Sixth Brother nodded at this, then said, “Luckily, you're back to keep me company. Otherwise, being home alone would be so boring.”

“Mm. I'll stay home and keep Sixth Brother company.”

……

Since almost the entire Tang family had gone to the front lines, Tang Wan had no interest in spending the vacation cuddling up with Zhou Zitong either. Instead, she locked herself in her room and continued diligently researching mechas.

Zhou Zitong understood her worries. Besides, his lovesick parents had finally remembered that he was turning twenty this year. They had made a rare trip back to the palace, so Zhou Zitong couldn't exactly go out to look for Tang Wan either.

At this moment, inside the palace.

Looking at their son, who had grown so tall without them even noticing, the Emperor and Empress were both somewhat surprised.

But when they saw Zhou Zitong's indifferent expression, the two of them soon wore awkward looks in unison.

After giving birth to him, the two of them had felt that they had completed their duty of continuing the royal bloodline. After handing him over to the nanny, they went traveling around various planets and had never really taken care of him.

If they hadn't happened to return once, they wouldn't even have discovered that the nanny had been abusing him.

It was also from that point onward that he became distant from them. He had even stopped calling them Dad and Mom.

“Zitong…” the Empress called out to Zhou Zitong.

Zhou Zitong didn't respond. He merely looked at her indifferently.

Seeing this, the Empress couldn't help looking embarrassed.

Had she really been such a failure as a mother that her own son wouldn't even call her Mom anymore?

Seeing the woman he loved looking distressed, the Emperor's eyes immediately sharpened. He gently put an arm around her and sternly said to Zhou Zitong, “Where are your manners? Your mother is speaking to you. Why aren't you answering her? Can't you see that you've upset her?”

Hearing this, Zhou Zitong wore a mocking expression.

“May I ask, Your Majesty, what gives you the right to lecture me about manners?”

The moment he said this, the Emperor's breath caught, while the Empress burst into tears on the spot.

Seeing this, the Emperor hurriedly comforted the Empress gently while coldly saying to Zhou Zitong, “Even if we didn't raise you, can't you at least call her Mom?! How can you just stand there and watch your mother suffer without caring? You unfilial son!”

“Heh.” What a pair of idiots.

“I'm sorry, but I don't even remember having parents. Since the two of you love each other so deeply and have eyes only for each other, why did you bother having a child in the first place just to neglect him?”

He didn't deny that the two of them had a relationship that others might envy.

But they didn't deserve to be parents!

From the day he was born until now, he could count on one hand the number of times he had seen the two of them each year. Even when they did meet, they were always wrapped up in each other, their eyes filled with nothing but each other, as though he didn't even exist.

And now they had the nerve to accuse him of being unfilial?

What a joke!

……

The Emperor's anger intensified after hearing his words.

The Empress quickly stopped him. “Dear, don't be angry. I've never fulfilled my responsibilities as a mother. Zitong has every right to blame me.”

With that, she looked at Zhou Zitong with tears in her eyes. “But Zitong, all these years, I've always blamed myself for what happened back then. Can you really not forgive Mom?”

“Your self-reproach consisted of staying home for a month afterward, then continuing to travel around the world, attending art exhibitions and fashion shows?” Zhou Zitong said disdainfully.

The Empress's face instantly went pale.

“Enough! I only took your mother out to relax because she was depressed! Who told you to be so impossible to reason with? Your mother took meticulous care of you for an entire month, and you wouldn't even spare her a glance!” the Emperor said furiously.