"What else are you still clinging to? Do you really think you still have a chance to turn things around?" Xia Hanyue looked at him in surprise.
"After all, it's not the last moment yet. As long as it's not the end, I still have a chance to turn things around," Chen Zhengyi said seriously.
"Do you think the Chen family won't give up on you?" Xia Hanyue smiled and said, "Give up, the Chen family has already given up on you."
“I don’t think so,” Chen Zhengyi shook his head and said, “My Chen family is a reclusive family. Even if we bring together all the major families in Yanjing, their power might not be as great as ours.”
"Besides, my grandfather Chen Wuliang is the head of the four elders in the Xuan Yang Sect. With such a trump card, I am not sure I will lose."
"Unfortunately, you haven't seen reality clearly." Xia Hanyue looked at him with some pity: "The greater the power of your Chen family, the more uneasy the people above will be."
"After all, in Yanjing, and even throughout China, the power is equal."
"A single dominant family is not a good thing for anyone, so the decline of the Chen family was inevitable."
"What you said seems to make sense." Chen Zhengyi's expression became slightly serious as he listened to Xia Hanyue's words.
"Moreover," Xia Hanyue glanced at him and said, "the high-ranking members of the Xuan Yang Sect all have descendants in the world."
"Why should the Xuan Yang Sect devote all its resources to developing the Chen family, while ignoring the relatives and descendants of other elders? Do you really think your grandfather still has a lot of say in the Xuan Yang Sect?"
Chen Zhengyi kept his mouth tightly shut and didn't say a word.
Actually, even without Xia Hanyue saying it, these were already things he could think of, but when Xia Hanyue said them so bluntly, it still shocked him.
Yes, firstly, the Chen family's development has already caught the attention of those above, and equal distribution of resources is the best strategy for development.
A monopoly is never a good thing.
Secondly, devoting the entire sect's resources to developing the Xuan Yang Sect would certainly provoke dissatisfaction from others.
Wherever there are people, there is a world of martial arts, especially in the Xuan Yang Sect, where masters abound.
"Does what I said make sense?" Xia Hanyue asked when she saw that he was silent.
“That makes a lot of sense. Actually, I had already thought of these things even if you hadn’t said them.” Chen Zhengyi sighed and said, “It’s just that I didn’t want to believe reality.”
He looked up at Xia Hanyue with a complicated expression: "How wonderful it would be if I had a woman like you by my side, constantly reminding me and giving me advice?"
"You already have Bai Yingyun by your side. Before she married you, she was a talented woman in Yanjing, with both intelligence and strategic acumen."
Xia Hanyue sneered, "But after she married you, she was like a puppet, living in a daze every day like a walking corpse. Don't you think there's something wrong with you as a person?"
“He can’t forget Ye Xingchen, so…” Chen Zhengyi said through gritted teeth.
"Don't put all the blame on Ye Jinyu," Xia Hanyue interrupted him. "This has nothing to do with Ye Jinyu."
"Ultimately, it's because the way you got her wasn't exactly honorable, and you're too controlling. You try to control everyone around you, especially your woman."
Chen Zhengyi was stunned. Xia Hanyue's words were truly incisive.
Yes, he has always been too controlling, especially towards Bai Yingyun.
She was originally a gentle, kind, and tender woman.
But in order to control her, he did not hesitate to feed her drugs that affected her mind every week, to the point that she became like a psychopath.
He had been complaining about being abandoned by everyone and wondering why, after all these years, he had no one he could trust. Only now did he finally understand.
Ultimately, it's all because of him.
"I understand, but if I had a woman like you in my life, and you reminded me sooner, perhaps..."
"Stop using such offensive language to disgust me, okay?" Xia Hanyue frowned, her gaze towards Chen Zhengyi filled with disgust.
“If I were the one who married you, my final fate would be the same as Bai Yingyun’s,” Xia Hanyue said. “Your biggest shortcoming compared to Ye Jinyu is that you have no respect for women at all.”
“He is different. He respects all women, especially the women he likes. He will cherish and protect them.”
Chen Zhengyi fell silent again. Yes, he couldn't compare to Ye Jinyu in this respect, because he had always been a chauvinist and how could he possibly respect the opinions of the women around him?
"Alright, there are some things I just have to get off my chest." Xia Hanyue said leisurely, "I've said so much to you, I've said everything I needed to say."
"When you leave this world, don't have any regrets. Someone like you deserves to go to hell, even in death."
“I deserve to go to hell…” Chen Zhengyi’s expression was complicated. Suddenly, he laughed: “In your impression, am I really that bad?”
"Terrible, terribly terrible." Xia Hanyue glanced at him coldly, then turned and left.
"Can't you stay with me a little longer?" Chen Zhengyi sighed.
"My aunt doesn't have time to keep you company anymore, it's my turn now." With a flash, Ye Xingchen walked in from the doorway.
"Ye Xingchen, you've finally arrived." Chen Zhengyi looked at Ye Xingchen, his expression becoming even more complicated.
Since Ye Xingchen has come, it means that the Chen family has given up on him. His grandfather, Chen Wuliang, will not help someone as disgraced as him.
Having hidden like a mouse for so long, I can finally be free.
For a moment, he didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
"Are you looking forward to my arrival, or do you not want me to come?" Ye Xingchen smiled slightly and said, "You should know that if I come, it means that the Chen family has given up on you."
"I'm looking forward to it, but I'm not." Chen Zhengyi thought for a moment and said, "Your arrival means the Chen family has given up on me. It's time for me to go."
"But if you don't come, I'll still be hiding in the shadows like a mouse. There's no point in living like that; I might as well be dead."
"Looks like you're really torn." Ye Xingchen glanced at Chen Zhengyi. "But no matter what, you can't go back."
"Yes, there's no going back. The second brother is ruthless. He risked his own life to ruin my reputation. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have lost so quickly," Chen Zhengyi said through gritted teeth.
He was somewhat unwilling because something unexpected had happened on his side; otherwise, he believed he and Ye Xingchen could have fought to a standstill.
“Your brother is a very open-minded person,” Ye Xingchen said with a smile. “He knows you’re trying to kill him, and he’s going to die either way, so he might as well use his own life to give his son a better future.”
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