Chapter 76 Inheritance: The An family was wiped out by the Jing family more than a decade ago...
Seeing that Jing Zhao was still crying, Wen Han comforted her, "Maybe it's one of your father's relatives."
Jing Zhao cried out, "Isn't that even more terrifying!"
Wen Han: "......"
"Besides, where would my dad get any relatives? His family is all—" Jing Zhao said softly before falling silent.
*
Seeing Jingyu's father again in such an awkward situation made Wen Han want to disappear into the ground.
"Xiao Zhao, why are you back?"
Jing Zhao became mute at this moment, unable to say a word to his father, letting him stroke his hair.
Finally, Jingzhao couldn't hold back any longer: "Dad, get a divorce and move in with us."
Jingyu's father paused for a moment, then smiled helplessly: "What nonsense are you talking about again?"
"Father, he..." Just then, Jingyu's father returned. He looked at Jingzhao coldly, and Jingzhao silently shut his mouth.
"Jingzhao, you should move back home from now on."
"Why should I!"
Jingyu's father sneered, "I was hoping you would become more sensible after moving out, but look at you now, where do you look like an Omega? You make a huge fuss and act crazy outside. People who don't know you would think you're some wild girl who just appeared out of nowhere."
"Jingxu!" Jingyu's father frowned. "How could you say that to the child?"
“An Ning, it’s because you always spoil her. She’s all grown up and doesn’t know anything.”
“Father,” Jing Yu said coldly, “Xiao Zhao is still young, and things are different now than before.”
Jingxu then noticed his second son and said with displeasure, "Jingfeng is being ridiculous. Why don't you just go to that school and make yourself a laughingstock? And why are you doing all these underhanded things behind my back? What are you thinking!"
Wen Han felt very uncomfortable hearing this. Was her school really that shabby?
An Ning lowered her head, appearing very vulnerable: "If the child wants to go, then let him go."
Jing Feng rushed over upon receiving the news, and as soon as he entered, he said anxiously, "Father, how could you do something that would betray Dad!"
An Ning's fingers trembled slightly upon hearing this, and Jing Xu's face showed impatience.
"Jingxu, what happened?" An Ning asked calmly. "What did you do that the child found out about, didn't you?"
Jing Feng then realized that everyone hadn't explained things yet, and he had accidentally revealed it. The Jing family children remained silent, and Wen Han felt like she was suffocating in the atmosphere.
An Ning placed her hopes on Wen Han: "Wen Han, you saw it too, right? Tell me."
Looking at his tearful eyes, Wen Han felt a pang of pity. He didn't care about Jing Xu's threat, but since Jing Zhao and Jing Yu hadn't mentioned their father's infidelity for so long after returning home, it was clear that saying it wouldn't do An Ning any good.
Wen Han clutched the hem of her clothes, about to say that nothing had happened, when she saw Jing Xu looking at her with a subtle look of disgust.
Wen Han heard herself whisper, "Your husband cheated on you. He's sorry."
Wen Han regretted her words as soon as they were spoken; she shouldn't have spoken so rashly in the name of pride.
Jing Xu remained silent, while An Ning nodded gently: "So that's why. I thought it was something else."
What do you mean by that?
An Ning shook her head, clearly not wanting to talk to him any further: "Jing Feng, take your younger brother and sister and leave."
"dad!"
"Be good." After saying that, An Ning ignored them and went upstairs on her own.
——
On the way back, Jing Zhao kept sobbing, which made Wen Han feel very guilty.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that."
Jing Yu was kept at the Jing family's old house by Jing Xu for further questioning, while the others were released. Wen Han was certain that if Jing Feng hadn't told her and Jing Zhao to leave first, Jing Xu would have wanted to kill him.
"No, it was his fault to begin with; he was being unreasonable."
Wen Han hesitated for a moment: "Neither your father nor your father seems to want a divorce, maybe this is a misunderstanding."
"Really?"
Jing Zhao is young, so there are some things Wen Han shouldn't ask him. But from what he observed just now, even though Jing Xu was clearly in the wrong first, An Ning's evasive attitude didn't seem like she was heartbroken; instead, there was a hint of guilt in her expression.
An Ning.
Wen Han looked out the window; the clouds and trees rushed past.
Wealthy people probably keep their wealth within their own families. Gu Cheng's mother is named An Lu, right? They both have the surname An, so are they related? Are there many wealthy people with the surname An in Linjin?
Ke Anning clearly lacked confidence, and it seemed that he had nowhere else to go except the Jing family, otherwise everyone else wouldn't have been so deflated after Jing Xu said that.
Jing Zhao didn't really want to go back, so Jing Feng simply took her to the hospital for a check-up.
"Wen Han." Seeing Wen Han waiting on the side, Jing Feng felt a little embarrassed. "Why don't you get a physical examination while you're at it?"
"No, no, no." Wen Han was afraid of the medical examination. What if they found something wrong? "I'll be fine."
Jing Zhao suffers from pheromone disorder and has to go for checkups every month. Wen Han found it strange; the book on glandular differentiation that Gu Zong had shown him at the Gu family home mentioned some symptoms, and generally, people from well-off families don't suffer from pheromone disorders.
This disease is mostly caused by external violence during differentiation, leading to nutritional imbalances and an inability to control the full growth of glands. Therefore, the incidence of pheromone disorder is much higher in unstable, war-torn regions. But how could Jing Zhao, a wealthy young lady, possibly encounter this situation?
The doctor reviewed Jing Zhao's medical examination results, adjusted his glasses, and said, "Because Miss Jing's condition has a genetic component, treatment will be more complicated than for ordinary disorders..."
Wen Han looked up. Hereditary?
*
For the first time, Wen Han felt relieved to be back in the tenement building; even rich people can be quite chaotic.
"Host!"
Wen Han was stunned for a moment: "System?"
Almost a month has passed for Wen Han, and he's still a little unaccustomed to not hearing the system's voice for so long: "It's over so quickly? I thought it would take at least a year."
"Host, you don't know this, the worst thing you can do when it comes to rebellion is to drag it out. The longer it drags on, the more unforeseen problems will arise. Speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness are the most important things."
The system excitedly told him how it and other smaller systems had united to overthrow space.
Wen Han got the gist of it. In short, a swarm of jelly-like creatures swarmed in when the space repair was at its most vulnerable. With their sheer numbers, they blocked all the lines, preventing outside information from reaching the center and causing a short circuit that completely destroyed the space.
"We have a new leader now, and our leader is my teacher!"
In just one month, the system has achieved tremendous success.
"Host, how's it going on your end?" The system had no idea how chaotic the campus world had become in the month it had been gone.
“Let me think… Gu Cheng, this filial son, and Gu Yuan have teamed up to overthrow his father, Gu Zong, and are incredibly audacious in secretly conducting illegal experiments,” Wen Han said. “They’re probably researching a drug to redifferentiate people of other genders into Alphas.”
"What?" The system was stunned. "How come the protagonist is starting to take the path of an outlaw?"
“And Jing Yu,” Wen Han said, “I suspect he might be a mutant.”
"Oh my god!"
"I just witnessed Jingyu's father cheating on his wife. Jingyu's father and Gu Cheng's mother both have the surname An, so they might be related."
"What?"
“There’s something else very important.” Wen Han chuckled twice. “Your host received 200,000 yuan from the future and invested it all in the Jing family’s stocks. He’ll probably become a millionaire soon.”
"ah?"
One person, one system, unraveling the mystery piece by piece. The system was the first to raise a question: "Host, I've never heard of people from the future being able to send things to the past. Future technology hasn't developed to that extent yet."
"How do you explain the two hundred thousand?" Wen Han took out the note from the future. "Look, this is my handwriting."
"Besides, if it's not mine, whose money is it? Two hundred thousand isn't twenty dollars."
The system stammered and couldn't answer.
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Quickly help me find out what the relationship is between Jingyu's father, An Ning, and Gu Cheng's mother, An Lu."
With the space-time neurotic mess gone, the system is now reluctant to restrict it: "Let me look for it."
“Host, they are indeed family,” the system said. “However, their relationship is quite distant. An Lu is from the main branch, while An Ning is from a collateral branch, and not just any ordinary collateral branch. They are basically unrelated, and the two of them probably haven’t even met each other.”
"Then this An family is quite extraordinary, actually managing to form a marriage alliance with the Gu and Jing families."
"Uh..." the system said awkwardly, "Host, the An family is no longer here."
"Gone? What do you mean?"
"The An family was wiped out by the Jing family more than ten years ago."
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