Chapter 761: The most heartbreaking part is yet to come
Barreda spent a week in hospital before being discharged.
During the week, Neto and Lucila visited him occasionally, but they were often there less than ten minutes before they left.
On the day of discharge, which turned out to be a working day, Inocencio went to the hospital to pick up Barreda instead of going to the office.
Indeed, of the three children, Inocencio was different for Barreda.
He was also more supportive of Barreda.
Marco had to work, so naturally he didn’t go to pick up Barreda. Lucila and Neto were the two most idle in the comparison and should have gone for a good reason.
Over the course of a week, Barreda lost a lot of weight.
The paler and thinner the look, the more feminine it will appear.
Julio helped him into the car, during which Inocencio was also carefully watched.
Lucila turned her head to look at Neto and, noticing that his face was a little cold, she took his hand: “Let’s get in the car too”.
Neto nodded, and once in the car, there was a bit of silence.
Lucila grabs his hand and breaks it to play with it. Neto is a bit out of it and doesn’t know what he’s thinking.
He recalled that Aeneas had said that Julius’ family had not been well off either, but that he had married into the Pastrano family anyway.
Aeneas does not say so explicitly, but what he is trying to say is that not only is Julius from a bad family, but his parents do not seem to be decent people either, and are worse off than Lucila’s in comparison.
But Barreda took a liking to her and insisted on marrying her.
Of course, Conrado disagrees, even if he is a bastard, he is still in the blood of the Pastrano family.
And so, the child-loving Innocent makes his appearance.
Although both valued the frieze and the face, Innocent really loved Barreda.
Of course, she did not want to see her son unhappy, so she gave her consent to marry Julio, and overcame this obstacle, even if Conrad would not give in, but had to reluctantly agree.
However, after they were married, Conrado did not like Julio, and even Barreda liked him even less.
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Back at home, the group went to their respective rooms.
They are obviously family, but they don’t want to talk to anyone beyond maintaining a superficial relationship with each other.
Conrado does not like the Barredas and Barreda’s feelings for Inocencio seem to be somewhat complicated.
Coming full circle, no one in the Pastrano family is really crossed with anyone.
In the evening, Marco returned home and the whole Pastrano family gathered for dinner.
Lucila doesn’t look at or talk to anyone and concentrates on eating.
Aeneas’ cuisine is very good.
When it was almost lunchtime, Neto suddenly spoke up and said, “Lucila and I got married.
In an instant, all eyes turned to Neto in unison.
Even Lucila, looking astonished, turned her head to look at her.
Neto just said they got married and announced it?
He thought it would be a long battle in the tunnel.
Looking closely at the faces of the other diners, Lucila realised that Marco was the only one who could count on calmness.
He just looked at Neto for a few seconds after making this announcement, and then naturally looked away as if he was not surprised.
The other faces varied from surprise to exasperation.
The first to react, naturally, was Conrad.
“Neto, what did you say? What marriage?” Conrado was clearly holding back his anger.
Neto leaned back, his face calm, and said, word for word, “I’m married to Lucila, we got our marriage license a week ago, we’re legally married now.”
“Nonsense!” Conrad banged the chopsticks in his hand against the table with a loud “pop”: “This is nonsense!”
His eyebrows furrowed in anger and his gaze sharpened as he looked at Lucila: “You instigated Neto to marry you? You would do anything to marry into the Pastrano family.
Lucila felt strange in her heart, in front of so many people, she had to at least save face for him and she didn’t want to get into a fight with a stubborn old man.
Neto, on the other hand, as if possessed by something strange, did not give Conrado any face.
He smiled, his expression calm to the core, a far cry from his usual cynical self.
“Grandfather, what do you think is so good about The Pastrano family that Lucila wants to get married in The Pastrano family because I was born in The Pastrano family, if I was a beggar sleeping under the catwalk, Lucila would have married me anyway”.
Neto says it with confidence and a bit of swagger.
Lucila silently lowers her eyes.
It seemed to him that Neto talked too much. If Neto was really a beggar under the flyover, he wouldn’t necessarily like it.
But whoever she is, she will marry him if she wants to.
Inocencio looked at Neto with a disapproving face and stopped him with a cold voice: “Neto! How you talk to your grandfather!
Neto showed no weakness: “Even if he is an old man, my grandfather, he cannot scold people, and even if Lucila is my wife, she should not be scolded by her grandfather for some reason”.
“You!” Inocencio pointed at Neto for a long time, unable to say anything.
Innocent took a deep breath: “If you still think you’re The Pastrano Family, go get a divorce tomorrow!”
Neto let out an “Oh” and stood up.
He looked down, saw Lucila staring at him and asked with a smile: “Are you full?
Lucila nodded: “Full”.
Neto’s every word, every sentence tonight, was full of “I’m going to do something” and she felt it.
She felt a little bad that Neto had to deal so much with the Pastrano family because he was married to her, but the way he supported and helped her made her feel incredibly comfortable.
“Let’s go then.
When Neto finished, he held out his hand.
Lucila immediately stood up and put her hand in his.
The two hold hands and walk calmly out of the doors of the Pastrano family.
Inocencio reacted when he saw that the two had just left, got up and burst out in anger: “Neto, where are you going? Come back here”.
However, both Neto and Lucila were too far away to hear him.
Marco, who was on one side, put down his chopsticks, picked up a handkerchief and wiped his lips, saying: “I’m full”.
Then it was time to get up and go upstairs.
“Freeze!”
He had not taken two steps when Innocent called out to him.
He turned around and Innocent shouted at him: “You don’t even care about your brother, look what he has become!
“Isn’t it good that he stole and didn’t steal, and got himself a daughter-in-law?”Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.
Marco’s words stopped Innocent from speaking.
What is wrong with these children of yours, each and every one of them?
And little did he know that the most heartbreaking part was yet to come.
“Anyway, you haven’t cared about Neto since he was a kid, so what do you care now? You better worry about Barreda, who is still injured.” The mockery in the words was unmistakable.