After Zhou Shanhuai left, the driver Li Gang also got out of the car, leaving only the two brothers, Chen Ke and Chen Zhuo, in the car.

What are your thoughts on today's events?

"Hmph, are you asking my opinion on how you now have the ability to make the police treat you with such deference?"

"If this is all you can see, then never mind I asked."

Chen Zhuo: "!!!"

"What opinions can you have? In the past, money could make the devil turn the millstone, but now if you have money, you're just a sucker and can only wait to be slaughtered!" Chen Zhuo said sarcastically.

Chen Ke was surprised that Chen Zhuo could see through the social reality revealed by today's event so quickly.

They drove a car to the police station to report the crime, which shows that they were at least not poor people. However, even though they could afford a car, they still had to personally escort the criminal to the police station. So the two policemen deduced that they were just rich but not powerful. After taking a few questions from Zhou Shanhuai during the interrogation, they began to try to hint to them to give money.

Recalling Chen Zhuo's outburst of emotion and his attempt to rush up and beat someone up, Chen Ke turned to look at him, his eyes cold and indifferent: "Since you know what they want and what they're afraid of, why are you still so impulsive and reckless?"

Chen Zhuo was looking out the window, but after hearing Chen Ke's words, he turned back and met his gaze without flinching. "What can I, with no power or influence, do? Be a pushover for him to crush and manipulate? If I fight back relentlessly, at least I can make him think twice, right?"

Chen Ke breathed a slight sigh of relief upon hearing Chen Zhuo's words. At least Chen Zhuo wasn't truly impulsive and easily angered; he had simply used the wrong method. He had been genuinely worried that Chen Zhuo was just like that, and that it wasn't just directed at him, which would have been quite troublesome.

"Why aren't you saying anything? Of course I can't be as calm as you. After all, you came back after doing that kind of thing and were still able to act as if nothing had happened. Today you can still call me Dad without batting an eye. Hehe, Chen Ke, I really admire you."

Chen Ke knew that this incident had caused them the most harm, but since the original owner had already done it, all he could do was redeem the items one by one. As for the damaged feelings, only time could heal them.

But he couldn't explain anything now, because Chen Zhuo had already decided in his heart that he was such a selfish and ruthless person. If he tried to change the fact that Chen Zhuo had already decided, given Chen Zhuo's current mental state, the most likely outcome would be that he would gain even greater resentment and feel that he was hypocritical and deceiving him.

So Chen Ke curled the corners of his mouth and said with disdain in his eyes, "Since you admire me, then learn from me properly, so that you don't end up thinking of risking your life at the drop of a hat when faced with a problem."

"You! Don't you have anything to explain?" Chen Zhuo said coldly. He thought that Chen Ke had kept him behind alone because he wanted to give him a reasonable explanation for what he had done before.

After all, he seems to have power and advantages now. Could it be related to the sudden absconding of the family's property? For example, did he need capital to start a business? Or did he need to bribe officials for something that forced him to take the family's property and sell it?

Although Chen Zhuo wouldn't believe Chen Ke even if he said that, he didn't expect Chen Ke to be so lazy as to not even bother telling him a lie, and even shamelessly asking him to learn from him—

Seeing Chen Zhuo's incredulous and questioning expression, Chen Ke dropped another bombshell.

"Chen Zhuo, why are you still so naive? Do you still expect me to explain anything to you? Or did that incident when you were a child not teach you enough of a lesson?"

——

Chen Zhuo's eyes widened, his anger and hatred burning like a raging fire, threatening to extinguish his reason.

"You, you know, you actually know... I still remember?" It was a short sentence, but Chen Zhuo felt like he had used all his strength to say it. It was a secret that he had buried deep in his heart and would never mention again, so why did this person have the nerve to talk about it so easily?

Does he not know that this is a scar he's desperately trying to forget? Is it a scar he's presumptuously trying to stitch up and cover up?

Compared to Chen Zhuo's intense and agitated reaction, Chen Ke, the culprit, was clearly much calmer. His calm eyes clearly reflected Chen Zhuo's red eyes, and his tone was even somewhat relaxed, "Chen Zhuo, since you remember things from your childhood so clearly, why have you never asked me about them all these years?"

Chen Zhuo couldn't believe what he was hearing. "What...what did you say?"

"I said, since you still remember that I was going to sell you, why didn't you ask me why?"

Chen Zhuo was so shocked that he was speechless, because Chen Ke's tone was too relaxed and casual, as if he were asking him why he didn't bring an umbrella that day when it was raining.

"...Because of what?" Chen Zhuo thought he would never ask this question in his life.

“Because I was so hungry, so very hungry at the time, Chen Zhuo, if I sold you, I could get something to eat, fill my stomach, and survive,” Chen Ke said, looking at Chen Zhuo and enunciating each word clearly.

A moment of bewilderment crossed Chen Zhuo's angry and hateful face.

He had thought of countless reasons why Chen Ke sold him, but in the end, they all boiled down to money or not wanting him as a burden.

But Chen Ke is telling him now that it's because he's hungry. Although it seems to be about money, for some reason, Chen Zhuo thought that once he got the answer, the volcano of resentment in his heart would erupt without restraint.

However, it now appears that this volcano not only shows no signs of erupting, but also shows signs of disappearing.

Chen Ke didn't know what Chen Zhuo was thinking right now, but the fact that he was sold when he was a child had already caused him indelible harm.

Although he seemed to be trying to stitch up the wound and let it scab over, he pretended that he had forgotten about it because of the high fever, and continued to call him brother as if nothing had happened, and was close to him and loved him.

However, Chen Ke knew that the wound was only covered up on the surface; in reality, it had become infected and ulcerated. If it continued to be covered up, it would truly become like a maggot clinging to a bone, impossible to heal or remove, causing lifelong suffering.

"Heh, it seems like something you're capable of doing." Chen Zhuo didn't know what expression to make now. If he continued to be angry and hateful, it would seem like he was overestimating himself. It's only natural for a person to put themselves first when faced with life and death. If he sold him, he could have money to eat and survive. Why not sell him?

But he couldn't possibly show any heartbreak or anguish over this, and he would never again be moved by this person's emotions.

"Alright, is there anything else you want to say? If not, I'm leaving." Chen Zhuo concealed all his emotions beneath a calm face, appearing indifferent and aloof.

Chen Ke: "After what happened today, you should know what to do about what I told you before about moving back to your original house, right?"