"Zhengye... Rest in peace. Don't worry, I won't mistreat Aliang." In the end, Chen Wanliang placed his hand on his son's cold face, then resolutely turned around and walked out.
When he walked out the door, Chen Liang was kneeling at the gate. He was kneeling upright with an extremely calm expression on his face.
"What are you doing kneeling here? Get up." Chen Wanning regained his dignity as the head of the family and said in a deep voice, "A man's knees are worth gold. Even if I am your grandfather, I cannot kneel easily."
“I kneel not for myself, but for my father.” Chen Liang knelt upright, without moving an inch: “Please, Grandfather, report this to the authorities and avenge my father.”
"Revenge?" Chen Wanning practically roared, "What am I supposed to do? Your father is my son, and Chen Zhengyi is my son too. They're brothers. Is it not enough for me to lose one son? Do I have to lose another one as well?"
"Then what about my father?" Chen Liang looked up resolutely. There was no grief on his face, but more hatred: "He was a rare talent in Yanjing, with exceptional talent."
“After he returned from studying abroad, he was full of ambition, but the Chen family did not provide him with a fair competitive environment, which almost cost him his life.”
"Why has he been lying low for so many years? Was it all just for such a trivial position as the head of the family?"
"You're being insolent!" Chen Wanning roared in anger.
"Heh, am I being presumptuous by telling the truth? Chen Zhengyi tried to kill my father twenty years ago. Surely the old man knows about that?"
Chen Liang knelt upright and roared, "And you, sir, choose to turn a blind eye because in your eyes, my father, who comes from an arts and literature background, is not as good as your son, one of the five generals, a war god who is famous throughout the land, right?"
"Even if you weren't biased, even if you were just a little bit fair, how could my dad have ended up like this?"
Chen Wanning felt as if he had been struck hard by a heavy hammer.
Yes, he wasn't fair. Deep down, he still liked his son Chen Zhengyi.
So although he has considered himself fair over the years, he has in fact been infinitely biased towards Chen Zhengyi.
Otherwise, Chen Zhengyi wouldn't have been so bold as to do something that would incur the wrath of both heaven and man.
"The matter... has already happened." Chen Wanning's tone softened: "A Liang, I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter."
"How will you explain this?" Chen Liang stared at Chen Wanning, then suddenly laughed: "I think what you're going to say next is that what's done is done, and the dead can't be brought back to life."
"I will do my best to make it up to you, and I hope you won't be ungrateful, right?"
Chen Wanning felt a lump in his throat, and he was so choked that he couldn't breathe for a long time.
Yes, that's what he meant, but Chen Liang had anticipated what he was going to say.
"I will ask the old master for permission to pass the position of head of the Chen family to you." He tried his best to calm himself down.
Both sons are his flesh and blood; he had already lost one son and couldn't bear to lose another.
Therefore, he had no choice but to make this decision, and among the direct descendants of the Chen family, apart from Chen Liang, there was really no one more suitable to serve as the head of the family.
“I don’t need it.” Chen Liang’s eyes were bloodshot. “I, Chen Liang, don’t need your charity. I only want one result, and that is for Chen Zhengyi to die.”
"otherwise……"
"Otherwise what?" Chen Wanning roared. He had never felt so powerless, nor had he ever been so furious. "Otherwise you're going to take matters into your own hands? He's your uncle, do you dare?"
"Heh, even now, the old man is still biased." Chen Liang laughed, but tears welled up in his eyes as he laughed. "So he only allows him to kill my father and his own brother, but not his nephew, to seek revenge?"
“Chen Liang, I told you I would give you an explanation, and I guarantee that you will be satisfied with it.” Chen Wanning took a deep breath: “I am currently doing my best to find your uncle. Once I find him, I will naturally bring him to you.”
"Then you'll have to choose one of two options: either you accept the position of family head and I expel him from the Chen family and remove him from the family register, or... you kill him and I sever all ties with you."
"Alright, I'll wait, I'll wait for you to give me this choice." Chen Liang knelt upright, bowed deeply, and kowtowed loudly.
He kowtowed so hard that his forehead was bruised, then he stood up and left without looking back.
Watching Chen Liang resolutely leave, Chen Wanning gritted his teeth and ordered, "Go, find Chen Zhengyi as quickly as possible."
Chen Liang was driving away when he suddenly said, "Stop the car."
The driver pulled the car over to the side of the road, and Chen Liang turned and got out.
"Where is the young master going?" The bodyguards in the convoy behind him rushed out, fearing that something else might happen to Chen Liang.
"I'm just getting some fresh air by myself, you don't need to follow me." Chen Liang left those words behind and turned to walk up the mountain to the side.
Inside the pavilion halfway up the mountain, Ye Xingchen had already brewed a pot of tea and was waiting there.
"You were waiting for me here?" Chen Liang sat down opposite Ye Xingchen.
“That’s right, I’ve been waiting for you. Didn’t I send you a message?” Ji Xingchen glanced at him. “If you don’t come soon, I’m leaving.”
“I didn’t want to see you originally, but my father instructed me before he passed away that since we are allies, we should cooperate sincerely.” Chen Liang said, “After much consideration, I still came.”
"Please accept my condolences regarding your father's passing." Ye Xingchen poured him a cup of tea. "The dead cannot be brought back to life, but the living cannot let the dead die in an unclear manner."
"I won't let my father die in vain. I will definitely avenge this." Chen Liang said in a deep voice, "I already know Chen Wanning's attitude. He wants to protect his son."
“I think you didn’t understand what I meant.” Ye Xingchen took a sip of tea: “If your father were alive, only one of him and Chen Zhengyi would be qualified to be the head of the family.”
“Now that he’s dead, Chen Zhengyi is disgraced, and you are the only one suitable to be the head of the Chen family. So you can’t let his efforts go to waste.”
Chen Liang was stunned. He was an extremely intelligent man, and after considering all the circumstances surrounding his father's death, he suddenly realized: "Could it be that my father's death..."
“We can’t say it has nothing to do with Chen Zhengyi. I saw him a few days ago and saw blood-red clouds appearing in his life palace, which means he must have suffered a bloody disaster,” Ye Xingchen said.
"You've seen him? You knew he was going to be in trouble?" Chen Liang suddenly stood up, his expression agitated. "Ye Xingchen, if you knew, why didn't you tell me?"
"Tell me, what can you change?" Ye Xingchen glanced at him.
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