In the end, Cheng Zhilan still didn't accept the money. She said goodbye to her aunt and finally ran outside to talk arm in arm. Apart from anything else, the person Cheng Zhilan was closest to and respected the most in her natal family was her eldest brother Cheng Jun.

Many people dislike Cheng Jun's big brother style, thinking that according to seniority, it is not his turn to be the top leader of the family. But no one can deny that he acts like a big brother and really does what a big brother should do.

A few years ago, when the factory run by Lao Chen went bankrupt and his family was so poor that they could not afford to eat and had to borrow money for milk powder, he was the one who gave them a thousand yuan.

That was a thousand bucks in the millennium.

He was not only concerned about Cheng Zhilan's family, but also Chen Tinghan's household registration and further studies. Everyone else had more or less received his favor and care. Unfortunately, his sense of belonging and identity with the family was not recognized. Instead, he was exploited and guarded against. His sincere heart was entrusted to the wrong person.

It was precisely his natural enthusiasm and straightforwardness that allowed him to be promoted to the front line in the fight against Wang Kai's group.

Cheng Jun has lived a down-to-earth life. He made his fortune in engineering and has experienced the ups and downs of countless times. He does not rely on speculative business, does not make any large and risky investments, and is cautious, like a reliable ship.

But in the last period of time, he fell into an unimaginable terrifying situation and was overturned by the storm raised by the Wang family.

To this day, Chen Tinghan still finds it hard to imagine what this group of people said to him that would lead such a person to kidnap Wang Jinling and eventually die.

The official report stated that he died from falling from a building, suspected to be suicide.

But the place where he died was obviously not where he would normally go. It was hard to imagine that such a person who had been steady and cautious all his life would be under too much pressure to fight against the Wang family and choose to end his life in an unknown unfinished building. Later, the only thing their family could find out was that Cheng Jun had contact with Wang Jinling before his death.

The so-called kidnapping was also deduced based on the actions during that period, and was a speculation that was denied by the "victim".

After Cheng Jun's death, Cheng Zhilan cut off contact with her parents' family. The affection of the past was gone, and only hatred remained.

It is difficult for an honest official to judge family affairs, especially those that have been cut off and the truth hidden. Chen Tinghan was very wary of the situation at that time happening again, but he didn't know what had happened. He only knew that it was related to the occupation of the village's land.

So if he had to do it again, no matter how much he hated this group of people, he would have to lay a good foundation for the relationship. At least he would have a channel to speak to Cheng Jun.

Otherwise, Chen Tinghan wouldn't even look at these people.

…

A group of people went to the food stall they had booked. Chen Tinghan did not follow them. Instead, he went into Cheng Jun's house. He did not leave either. He sat in the study with the door open. There was no one around and he looked very serious.

Cheng Jun saw Chen Tinghan and asked, "Aren't you going to dinner with them?"

"It's still early. The dishes have just been delivered. They're all seafood and will take some time to prepare. There's no rush." ​​Chen Tinghan glanced around the room inconspicuously and noticed a chess board on Cheng Jun's desk. He thought for a moment and said, "Uncle, let's play a game of chess?"

Cheng Jun glanced at him and said crisply, "Come."

The chess pieces are placed, the battle formation is drawn up, with the screen horse facing the central cannon and the river patrol chariot.

The uncle seemed to have not expected that Chen Tinghan actually had some chess skills, and was a little overwhelmed to deal with it. Then Chen Tinghan began to control the water temperature and made a few mistakes. Playing chess was not the real business, the real business was to hint at the progress of the project contracting.

He simply played it straight and asked in a somewhat impolite manner, "Uncle, is our village going to be demolished soon?"

"Why are you asking this?" Cheng Jun's attention was on the chess game. He was a little cautious, but he was not so overly wary when facing the younger generation.

"I'm just a little curious." Chen Tinghan scratched his cheek.

Cheng Jun put his chess piece down, raised his head, looked at Chen Tinghan, and suddenly said, "Didn't your mom or dad ask you to ask this?"

"No." He quickly denied it, then said a little embarrassedly, "I just wanted to ask. I heard there's a demolition subsidy. It's a huge sum of money."

Cheng Jun shook his head, and said with a hint of regret: "You have so many clever ideas, but you haven't inherited half of your father's cleverness. At your age, you shouldn't be worrying about these messy things. Doing your job well is more important than anything else."

He pouted stubbornly, placing the chess piece down and saying somewhat unhappily, "I don't mean anything else, I'm just asking. I heard from some people at school that this project is not simple, with all sorts of messed up things, and some big brother from the underworld is involved."

This time, Cheng Jun frowned slightly, then reacted. He subtly questioned, "There are so many top students at Haiyi Middle School, good students who love to study, and you don't interact with them. Instead, you hang out with some scumbags every day. Who told you that?"

"Don't bother hanging out with anyone, the rumors are all over the school." Chen Tinghan said, "There's a classmate named Wang in our school. Her family does that kind of stuff. There are all kinds of messed up rumors, saying that she's a descendant of gangsters, and that she made her fortune by looting and plundering.

I am worried, after all, it is our family matter."

Cheng Jun raised his head, a rare expression on his stern face as he scolded, "Your mother never asks about this kind of thing. Do you know why? Because she wouldn't think of getting rich overnight by relying on the demolition compensation. That would be looked down upon.

What's the big deal about the underworld or the white world? It doesn't matter what you hear. You need to know your place clearly, don't you understand?

It seems that before Chen Tinghan demonstrates his ability and value, his uncle will not trust a young child and openly talk about this matter.

This was expected. After all, he was just an ordinary high school student, and his grades were even a little poor. If he were in his place, he would not discuss such issues with high school students.

However, this was originally just a test, a warning to warn him of Wang Kai's existence.

Just as he was thinking, the cell phone in his pocket vibrated. Chen Tinghan lowered his head, pretending to be aggrieved, and downloaded the game a few times before getting up and not wanting to download anymore.

Cheng Jun shook his head and said, "Let's go eat. Tell them I'll be there later."

"Okay." Chen Tinghan walked out, then suddenly turned back and took out a stack of papers from his schoolbag. He said, "These are the papers from my last quiz. Can you give them to my sister so she can check if there are any problems?"

Cheng Jun nodded and said nothing. After he left, he slowly sighed.

This generation of ours is really useless, each one is more useless than the last.

He stood up and stretched, and was about to put away the chessboard when he exclaimed, took a closer look, and was immediately a little scared. He was just two steps away from being defeated because he didn't pay attention.

Fortunately, the boy was impatient and probably got it by luck.

Then Cheng Jun picked up the test paper on the table and flipped through it casually... The scores printed on each paper were very impressive.