Chapter 119: The beginning of a burning hatred
The conversation took place in Sharma’s room, and Sharma used a way that Patel could not refuse to invite the conversation. He invited Patel at a temple gathering in front of all the elders.
No one but the two of them knew about the subtle changes in their relationship, so there was no reason for Patel to refuse, and he didn’t want to bring the matter to the surface and declare the extent of his relationship with Sharma. This would not do him any good. Dya could restrain Sharma and his family, but she could not restrain the religious forces. They were also a group of people who strictly believed in the caste system.
In Sharma’s room, Patel and Sharma finally had another conversation five years later.
Compared to five years ago, Patel’s sharp and arrogant attitude was much more restrained this time. Sitting in Sharma’s room, he simply said calmly, “Why did you want to talk to me again? Do you think it makes sense?”
“I just don’t think it’s worth it, so I haven’t wanted to talk to you for the past five years. But things like this always have to come to an end, and I don’t want to wait endlessly. Why don’t you just tell me what you want, Patel?” Sharma felt a sense of exhaustion, and this exhaustion made him want to cut to the chase with Patel and say what he wanted directly.
“What do I want? Very simple. I want to surpass you one day, and I want you to marry Zoya to me in a grand ceremony, of course, with your parents’ consent! In addition, I want my father to become a real nobleman, and your family to become my subordinate family. That’s all I can think of for the time being.” Patel said this calmly and as a matter of course.
But Sharma laughed. He didn’t even have the energy to be angry. He looked at Patel and smiled. “Do you think this is possible?”
“I don’t think anything is impossible,” said Patel, as if he were saying that every day the sun would rise, as if it were normal and certain.
Sharma was silent. He had many reasons to refute Patel, but he did not want to get into an endless argument with him, so he was silent in the face of such Patel.
“You asked me to come here just to ask me this?” Patel raised his eyebrows, clearly impatient.
Sharma took a deep breath and looked at Patel. “Obviously not. Your ambitions have nothing to do with me. I just want to say that no matter where you want to climb, I will not be your obstacle. You know what I mean! I just want you to let go of Radha and my family. Even if you don’t think of other relationships, please look at my parents who raised you and provided you with so many favorable conditions for you to grow up. Please agree to my request.”
Beg, when Sharma said this word, he also felt a sense of bitterness in his heart. He never thought that one day he would speak to Patel like this. If others knew about it, they would definitely be angry. Why would a noble Brahmin speak to a Dalit like this? This is an insult to everyone!
But Sharma didn’t care. He saw clearly that his family was more valuable than his dignity!
“Hahaha…” In the face of Sharma’s request, Patel laughed, laughing very wantonly, laughing very openly. Sharma looked at Patel like this. In his memory, Patel had never laughed like this except for his childhood. It was so comfortable and so carefree.
“Gee… I never thought that one day the noble young master Sharma would beg me like this. No, it’s to beg me! This makes me very happy, and it makes me feel that I have a value of existence… Unfortunately, if you don’t mention the ridiculous friendship that your family has given me, then maybe I would consider your words. After all, you are very annoying, and if I were to lose you on my way forward, I would be much more comfortable. But when you mention that ridiculous friendship, I can only say sorry to you. I refuse your request because I can get everything I want on my own, whether you exist or not, although your existence will cause me a little trouble.” Patel coldly rejected Sharma.
“Why do you say that?” Although Sharma had expected that Patel would be dissatisfied with his family, he never dreamed that he would hear such deep-seated hatred from Sharma’s words.
“Why? Don’t you know better than I do, dear Sharma? The treatment I received was bought with my father’s life. Your noble father, while being kind, did not forget to use me. After discovering that I was a talent that could be used, didn’t he? Your family has never treated me equally. They only trained me to be your right-hand man and your divine protector. This is ruining my life! Do you think any genius would willingly follow a mediocre talent? Not only your family, but also this ridiculous religious power! I thought you would be different. After all, we grew up together, so I gave you a chance… Do you remember when you came back for me to become your divine protector? That was the last chance I gave you, but you disappointed me. When your father proposed it, you didn’t argue for me! You didn’t object! In the following days, you even took it for granted, not mentioning it at all… Even so, Sharma, I haven’t completely lost hope in you. At this point, Patel stopped talking and looked deeply at Sharma.
And Sharma, under such a gaze from Patel, actually felt a little at a loss. He knew that what Patel said was all true, but there was something wrong in the middle. He couldn’t say what exactly was wrong for a while.
But Patel waved his hand impatiently, not giving Sharma a chance to respond, and continued, “Do you think that if I wanted to hide it, those ridiculous clowns would have found out about me and Zoya? I deliberately revealed it so that you would discover it first, and that’s why you saw me with Zoya. But my dear Sharma, you have disappointed me again. The first thing you did was look down on me and strongly oppose me being with Zoya. What illusions can I still have for you? You and your father are the same… what affection you have grown up with, what true feelings you occasionally show, now seem disgusting and ridiculous to me! Your family deserves to be punished, and it is already merciful to make you my subordinate in the future, and it is a consolation to Zoya. Otherwise, you can die a thousand times.
After saying that, Patel looked at Sharma again, and the hatred in his eyes was so strong that Sharma suddenly fell into his chair, rubbed his forehead, and muttered, “No, Patel, it’s not like that from beginning to end, no!”
“What do you mean it’s not? It’s just a pity that I’ve been more talented than you since I was a child. Although you’ve been valued for your friendship and have been given the status of the son of God, you can’t rely on your family for your innate talent, and you can’t get it with your ridiculous name! And the love of Dya, she just wants to give it to me, what can you do? Ask the heavens to stop? Isn’t it a little late to beg me pitifully now? Of course, I am still in danger. You can use the power you picked up at any time to kill me, but you will also have to gamble with your sister’s life. This will make you suffer for a lifetime. If it can make you suffer for a lifetime, I am worth it, because for decades, your shadow has always overshadowed me and darkened my life. I am very happy to be able to take revenge on you like this.” Patel was looking at Sharma with a condescending look at this time, and it was the kind of certainty that was taken for granted.
But Sharma finally caught something wrong. He stood up and said, “Patel, yes, I must admit that you have been wronged, but you can’t blame my father for his kind thoughts. After all, when he decided to raise you, you were still a baby and had no ability worth exploiting. Do you know that in this society, no matter what social status a person has, there is no restriction on how much a person should pay in return for the life that another person has given, except for morality. You can’t punish my father’s morality! Even if he wanted to make you my helper, he never intended to mistreat you, did he? Instead, he gave you a chance to live a different life. Isn’t that right? Moreover, my mother’s feelings for you are genuine! And Dia, you said you wanted to marry her, but you used her. Is it wrong for Dia to give you her pure feelings? Should she be used against me like this? As for me, the shadow in your mouth, I admit that I don’t have the courage to fight against the whole system, but has Patel ever harmed you? Everything is passively accepted. You say that I oppose you and Zia. Don’t you understand the consequences of your marriage to Zia? What’s wrong with me, as an older brother, wanting Zia to be happy? Patel, you can say that this is unfair, but you can’t be so extreme. Revenge starts with the people who have done you a favor. You can fight back, and I won’t necessarily support you, but how can you hurt us? How can you?”
At the end, Sharma grabbed Patel’s collar in excitement and was already questioning Patel.
But Patel’s expression remained indifferent. He pulled Sharma’s hand away from his collar and then straightened his collar, saying indifferently, “I will not change any of my decisions. Don’t talk about favors. Even if I hate this society, the first ones to be targeted are you because the harm began with you. Call me cold-blooded or radical, but all I can remember is hatred. I am willing to sacrifice myself for it, and the beginning of this hatred is not the beginning of my life, but the hatred that has been burning in my father’s and grandfather’s generation, only they are unwilling to realize it.