Xia Jiandang looked at his mother, who kept talking, in disbelief, and then flipped the table.
“My son is well-behaved and obedient, how can he not be better than a street thug? You are his own grandmother, how can you say such things about him? Jinbao is even more well-behaved and obedient than Xia Yuanbao, he just doesn't like to talk!”
Xia Jiandang's reaction stunned everyone present. Even Xia Wan, who had deliberately provoked the incident, did not expect him to react so strongly.
Is this the taciturn old father finally awakening?
Xia Wan pouted. "It should have been done a long time ago, okay? Otherwise, what kind of father can't even protect his own son?"
"You...you...you heartless little beast!" Old Mrs. Xia pointed at Xia Jiandang, furious beyond measure: "Take your stupid son and get out of here..."
"Alright! What's all this fuss about!" Old Man Xia pulled Old Woman Xia back from her endless chatter: "Jian Dang, don't argue with your mother. She's just too anxious; she doesn't mean any harm."
Old Man Xia wanted to appease his son first, not wanting to end up with his own family fighting amongst themselves after failing to gain any advantage from Xia Jianguo.
Xia Jiandang had used a lot of courage to say those defiant words to Old Lady Xia just now; he would never have dared to defy his parents if he hadn't been fueled by anger.
Hearing his father's scolding voice, he lowered his head and remained silent.
Wu Lanhua watched anxiously from the side. Her husband had finally gotten a raise, but if her father-in-law suppressed it now, what other unfair treatment would she have to endure in the future?
She gripped the hem of her dress tightly and said through gritted teeth, "Father, it's not that I'm an unfilial daughter-in-law, it's just that Mother went too far with her words."
Jinbao is still your grandson, no matter what. What kind of grandparents would say their grandson is stupid?
Over the years, it's also because they, as parents, have been incompetent that their son has suffered a lot of injustice!
"You're the only ones who care. He's not very bright to begin with. You should have had another one while you're still young!"
Grandma Xia didn't think she was wrong, and just went along with Wu Lanhua's words, completely ignoring Grandpa Xia's objections.
She believed that she was doing all this for her son's own good, and felt wronged that her son didn't understand her.
Seeing this, Xia Wan had an idea and said, "Grandma, don't talk nonsense. I don't think Jinbao is the stupid person you're talking about. He seems like a genius! When I was in the city, I heard a doctor say that there's a type of autistic genius who doesn't like to communicate with others. He just doesn't like socializing, but his IQ is much higher than normal people..."
"You're talking nonsense! I've lived all these years and I've never heard of any autistic genius!" When Grandma Xia saw her son and daughter-in-law looking at Xia Wan with surprise, she jumped up and down in a panic.
Xia Wan shrugged, as if she had only mentioned it casually: "Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I'm going to take my dad to Beijing to get his leg treated in a few days. Uncle and Aunt can also take Jinbao to see a doctor."
Before Xia Jiandang and his wife could say anything, Old Mrs. Xia exploded: "What? You said you're going to Beijing? No... no way! You can't go to Beijing!"
His reaction was a bit excessive, immediately drawing everyone's attention.
Xia Wan narrowed her eyes, her resolve hardening: "Grandma, what are you saying? Isn't it good that I took Dad to Beijing for treatment? Dad is your own son, don't you want his leg to get better?"
This old lady is definitely up to something. I heard that she reacted so strongly to her father's trip to Beijing. It seems we have to investigate Old Man Xia and Old Woman Xia today.
Both the points these two provided and their reactions to their own fathers were highly abnormal.
I need to use the search function to check, but I don't know if it can find all the information.
As Xia Wan thought this, Old Man Xia began to try to make amends for his wife: "Your grandma was just angered by your third uncle. Alright, everyone go back and rest. It's getting late, so tidy up the place."
After finishing his sentence, Old Man Xia ignored everyone else's opinions and went straight back to his room.
Grandma Xia knew she had done something wrong and said the wrong thing, so she followed her husband back to her room, no longer in the mood to be angry with her son.
After the two elders left, the rest of the family remained silent. Xia Jiandang was preoccupied with the idea of dividing the family property and planned to bring it up again at breakfast the next day.
Xia Wan followed Xia Tao and carried Xia Jianguo back to his room, but because Xia Tao was there, the two did not discuss anything.
It's not that I don't believe Xia Tao, it's just that their time travel and rebirth are hard to explain.
Xia Wan nodded subtly to her father, then went back to her room. She figured whoever was going to clean up the mess outside could do whatever they wanted; she wasn't going to bother.
It felt so good to have a room all to myself. After lying in bed and making sure no one would disturb her, Xia Wan opened the system shop.
After all, he had to make sure that no one would disturb him during the fifteen minutes he was using the query function, otherwise it would be a waste of time.
Xia Wan decided to start her investigation with Old Mrs. Xia and Old Mr. Xia, and sure enough, this investigation led her to uncover a major case from more than ten years ago.
Old Man Xia and Old Woman Xia came to Huaihua Brigade when they fled famine with their three sons. Xia Jiandang was not even born at that time.
She was said to have three sons, but in reality, only two were her biological sons. Sure enough, her father, Xia Jianguo, was not the biological son of Old Man Xia and Old Woman Xia.
During their escape from famine, Old Man Xia and his companions encountered a down-on-their-luck couple with a child.
The couple had given them life-saving food and asked them to help take care of their son, Xia Jianguo, who was only a few months old.
He also promised that he would go to find his son soon and would definitely repay Old Man Xia and his companion handsomely.
The couple looked like wealthy people of high status. Old Man Xia and Old Woman Xia agreed to take care of Xia Jianguo because they wanted to receive more rewards in the future.
The couple left Xia Jianguo only a jade pendant as a token for their future recognition of each other.
In order to survive, Old Man Xia and his men had committed numerous acts of murder and robbery along the way before arriving at Huaihua Brigade.
Even with all the difficulties, they never gave up on Xia Jianguo, all for the benefits the couple had promised.
As Xia Jianguo grew older year by year, the couple never came looking for him again. However, Xia Jianguo was clever and strong from a young age and could do a lot of housework.
So Old Man Xia and Old Woman Xia didn't abandon the person, but just kept raising them in a haphazard way.
It wasn't until a few years ago that the couple came looking for him, but by then Xia Jianguo already had his own job and was often away on transport, so he didn't run into the couple.
This gave Old Man Xia the opportunity to switch Xia Jianlin with the prince, allowing Xia Jianlin to go to the capital.
Their claims about adopting the child to relatives were just excuses they used to avoid arousing suspicion.
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