Chapter 656 Past Events

Seeing this, Qin Cheng said in a deep voice, "Pretend to be crazy and wake her up!"

A servant, following orders, stepped forward and slapped Qin Yiyi across the face: "Wake up!"

Qin Yiyi grabbed him, saying, "Yan Su? What are you doing here? Didn't you ignore me? Oh, I know, you came to see me make a fool of myself, didn't you? You were the one who informed the Shadow Gate, weren't you? You heartless bastards, none of you can compete with me! None of you can take it from me! The head of the family is mine, mine!"

The servant impatiently broke free from her, and Qin Yiyi fell to the ground, simply chuckling to herself.

Uncle Xu, standing next to Qin Cheng, frowned and said, "Master, Miss's condition seems to be a form of madness caused by some kind of shock. We should probably find a specialist to take a look."

"That's enough," Qin Cheng said, looking at his daughter who had fallen into madness on the ground. His brows were filled with sorrow and reluctance, but he still said firmly, "Now it's all her own fault. Even if the doctor can cure her insanity, he can't cure her bad character. She needs to pay the price for her actions. Take her out of here. From now on... there will be no one like her in the Qin family."

Uncle Xu bowed: "Yes."

The Qin family was in a precarious situation and needed more people, so Qin Cheng only dealt with Qin Yiyi and some of the people who participated in the rebellion and actually carried out the actions. Those who only voted to support Qin Yiyi as the head of the family were only given demotions and fines.

After finishing all the matters, Qin Cheng looked ten years older in an instant. He weakly waved his hand and said, "Third brother, let the police handle the rest. You should cooperate with the investigation. You should know how to answer the questions, right?"

Qin Xuan said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, brother, I will handle these matters."

Qin Cheng nodded, but before he could take two steps, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and fell straight backward.

"Big brother!"

"dad!"

...

"The pulse is like boiling water in a pot, floating and without root, clearly indicating a deficiency of Yang." After taking Qin Cheng's pulse, the Qin family's doctor left the room and sighed deeply.

Qin Leilei, standing to the side, said impatiently, "Could you explain it more clearly? What do you mean by 'boiling water' and 'rootless'?"

The doctor said helplessly, "Second Young Master, the patriarch's illness has penetrated his internal organs, and his body is severely weakened. He has only been able to hold on until now mainly because he used secret medicines."

"Logically speaking, if one is calm, one might be able to hold on for a few more days, but right now the patriarch's emotions are fluctuating too much and his body is exhausted. I'm afraid he won't last much longer. If you have anything else to say, please tell us as soon as the patriarch wakes up."

After saying that, he shook his head and left.

Qin Leilei looked at Qin Cheng, who was lying on the bed in the room with a haggard expression, and was speechless for a moment.

His hand clenched and unclenched at his side, and his eyes were faintly red.

In a single day, her younger sister rebelled and went mad, and Luo Shang died. She had thought that her father's resurrection was something to be thankful for, but now it seemed that he wouldn't last much longer either.

Qin Leilei did his best to keep himself from losing his composure in front of everyone. He walked to the window and looked at Qin Feng, who had a cigarette burning out between his fingers: "You haven't left yet?"

Qin Feng remained silent.

Qin Leilei couldn't help but ask again, "Aren't you upset at all? He's your biological father too."

Qin Feng stubbed out his cigarette, turned his head and asked, "Life and death are predestined, what's the point of being upset? Everyone will have this day."

Qin Leilei frowned, about to rebuke him for being heartless, when he saw Uncle Xu come out of the room: "Young Master, the Master has woken up and wants to see you."

Qin Feng couldn't quite describe the feeling in his heart. It was as if he had expected this moment to come. His eyes darkened slightly: "I understand."

Qin Leilei wanted to go in too, but Uncle Xu stopped him: "Second Young Master, Master wants to see the Eldest Young Master alone."

Qin Leilei stopped in his tracks, his face displeased. He grabbed Qin Feng's wrist and warned him worriedly, "Father is weak. You're not allowed to talk back to him when you go in, do you hear me?"

Qin Feng's expression was icy: "Let go!"

"I won't let go unless you agree!"

Qin Feng glanced at him, shook off his hand, and went inside.

Qin Leilei was speechless with anger: "..."

He looked at Uncle Xu, who could only shake his head helplessly.

After Qin Feng went inside, he closed the door.

It wasn't far from the window in the outer hall to the room, but his mind was filled with Qin Leilei's words.

He once swore that he would never set foot in the Qin family again in his life and would have no connection with Qin City whatsoever.

Now that the first half of the vow has been broken, the second half doesn't seem so important anymore.

He took a deep breath and walked to the head of the bed, where Qin Cheng was leaning against the headboard.

At first glance, Qin Feng almost didn't recognize him.

In that short time, the person on the bed seemed to have aged several years, with gray hair at their temples.

His eye sockets were deeply sunken, his face was covered with wrinkles, and his back, which used to be straight no matter what happened, was now hunched over.

Only at this moment did he grasp the concept of "his time being approaching".

He thought he would be unmoved, but for some reason, his heart felt like it had been punched hard, and he needed to exert force to suppress the sudden, dull pain.

He clenched his fist and walked to the bedside.

Qin Cheng watched him sit down, and the father and son looked at each other. For once, a look of panic appeared on Qin Cheng's deeply lined face.

With reddened eyes, he looked Qin Feng up and down, and after a long while, he choked up and said, "Twenty years have passed. He's grown up and looks like a proper man now."

Qin Cheng's words instantly pulled Qin Feng into a vortex of memories.

He sat on the edge of the bed, his lips trembling, but he didn't say a word.

He left the Qin family at the age of eight and never set foot in the Qin family again. His network of information was extensive. He knew that the Qin family's business was growing bigger and bigger, and he also knew that Qin Cheng was seriously ill.

Facing the person in front of him, he couldn't quite describe the emotions he felt.

His mother had just passed away two months earlier, and he remarried. Just one year after their marriage, she gave birth to a younger brother.

His mother had just died, and he couldn't accept that his father could find a new love so quickly. The towering image of his father instantly collapsed in his heart, replaced by a cold-blooded scumbag.

During those years, he was depressed and unhappy. Unfortunately, his younger brother, Qin Leilei, was like a little tail, always following him around and calling him "brother" over and over again.

He was so annoying, and I couldn't get rid of him, so I had no choice but to let him follow me.

Back then, Qin Leilei wasn't the unpredictable person he is now. He was soft-hearted and dull, and would often be beaten to tears in the training ground, only to then come up to him and beg him to teach him kung fu.

He was incredibly annoyed, but Qin Cheng couldn't see his annoyance and even thought the two brothers got along well, which made him very happy.

Occasionally, when he got annoyed by Qin Leilei's persistent pestering, he would actually teach him a few tricks...

Sometimes he would think, "If only this were really my own brother."

This is the only memory from his entire childhood that he feels is still worth thinking about.

During that period, although he did not leave the Qin family, he unilaterally severed ties with Qin Cheng and did not speak a word to him for a full six months.

He could tell that Qin Cheng repeatedly hesitated to speak in front of him, but he didn't give him a second glance.

He believed that anything he said would be a meaningless defense, and he thought it was hypocritical.

When he was eight years old, he went to the river to practice his skills, and Qin Leilei insisted on going with him.

He was a good swimmer since he was a child. After finishing his training, he would take a bath in the river. Qin Leilei followed suit and insisted on going with him, but ended up drowning.

He was pulled out of the water by the crowd in a flurry of activity. Although he was unharmed, he had escaped death.

That was the first time Qin Cheng hit him. One slap swelled up his tender cheek and completely severed the bond between father and son.

He left the Qin family and vowed never to return.

That departure lasted for twenty years.