Chapter 29: Too much bullying!
"Second brother, what you said is wrong. Who is holding you back? Is asking you to serve and honor your parents a hindrance? According to what you said, will your parents not dare to let you serve them in the future? They worked hard to raise you and found a wife for you. Is this how you repay them for their upbringing?" When Cen Dajiang heard what Cen Dahai said, he immediately frowned, acted like an eldest brother, and lectured him in a serious manner.
"Eldest brother is right! Second brother, you have to distinguish right from wrong. Your parents asked you to serve them, and that's what you should do! It's not your parents' fault that Cen Yan can't go home! She was the one who insisted on going to the Forbidden Forest in the beginning. How can you blame your parents? It's really unfilial of you to say that!" The third brother, Cen Dahe, also followed suit.
"Hmph, isn't it for your own good that your parents didn't ask you to look for Cen Yan? What kind of place is the Forbidden Forest? Does anyone dare to go there? She clearly stole the fruits I bought at the market before, and she refused to admit it. In order to justify her lie, she made up a story that she picked the fruits in the Forbidden Forest... Look who she got cheated by in the end? The weather has been fine recently, but it suddenly rained today. It shows that God wants to punish her, a thief and a liar!" Yu picked her teeth while making sarcastic remarks, not caring at all that she was the elder. She wanted to take this opportunity to push Cen Yan into the mud to avenge herself.
"Second brother, I know you are good to me, but Cen Yan lies and steals things, which is really outrageous. Just like Third Sister-in-law said, even if she can't come back today, it is God's punishment for her. You have to follow God's will!" Cen Ying also said coldly.
In short, no matter what anyone said, except for the second branch, no one in the old Cen family was worried about Cen Yan's safety. Instead, they all took a nonchalant attitude towards the life-and-death dangers she might encounter, and regarded it as none of their business.
At this moment, Cen Dahai felt his heart turn cold as he listened to their seemingly fair words.
"You all said that the Forbidden Forest is not a place that ordinary people can go to, so why did mother insist on forcing Yan'er to go there?" Cen Dahai looked at Old Lady Cen with disappointment.
He glanced around the room and saw Old Man Cen sitting there watching coldly. He finally stopped putting all his hopes on them and said firmly, "If you don't want to find Yan'er, then I will find her myself! After you find her, you can ask our second branch to get out of this house or punish me, it's up to you! But now, no one can stop me!"
After saying this, he stepped out of the house decisively.
"...This rebellious son!" Old Lady Cen was so angry that she covered her chest and kept scolding him, "You were born to make me angry! Why didn't I strangle you to death when you were a child? I wouldn't have to be angry with you now!"
"Mom, don't be angry, I will go with my third brother to bring my second brother back!" Upon seeing this, Cen Dajiang patted her back soothingly and carefully helped her breathe.
"Yes, mother, we will never let our second brother do anything stupid!" Cen Dahe also quickly followed.
The two brothers thought that no matter what, they were still brothers, and they couldn’t let anything happen to Cen Dahai.
Besides, if something happens to him, who will do the housework in the future?
"Hurry up and bring him back to me! Even if you knock him out, you have to bring him back to me!" Old Mrs. Cen shouted sternly with a sullen face.
Although she wished that Cen Dahai would die, wouldn't it be too easy for him to just let him die like that?
She wants their second wife to work like her slaves!
He, Cen Dahai, was her slave. His wife, children, and his children's children... generation after generation would also be slaves to her and her descendants!
"Mom, I hope nothing happens to my elder sister. I want to go find her too!" At this time, Cen Yang suddenly shouted to Li.
"It's okay, your father will definitely find her..." Although Li was very worried, she still hugged her son and comforted him in a gentle voice.
However, this very ordinary and heartwarming conversation between mother and son sounded particularly harsh to Old Mrs. Cen.
She immediately looked over coldly, and seeing Cen Yang's face that was 70% similar to Cen Dahai's when he was a child, she was immediately disgusted and didn't want to even look at him any longer!
"Cen Yan is just a girl and cannot carry on the family line. So what does it matter if she dies outside? You two, get back into the house and no one is allowed to come out! If anyone dares to come out tonight, we will all be caught in the rain all night!" Old Mrs. Cen stared at them and spoke in an extremely harsh tone.
"My sister will not die! She is a great hero!" Cen Yang immediately retorted loudly.
"You little rascal, how dare you talk to your grandma like that? Madam Li, is this how you teach your son? What a disobedient and unfilial child you have raised! Get out of here right now! Otherwise, I will make you stand in the yard overnight and starve for three days!" Old Lady Cen cursed angrily.
“Mmmm…” Cen Yang wanted to refute again, but Li covered his mouth tightly.
"...Yes, mother, the child is ignorant and he has no disrespect towards you. I will take him back to the house now." Li wanted to resist bravely like her son, but she was really afraid that Old Lady Cen would be so cruel as to kill their second wife. Her life was nothing, but her son was still young. How could she bear to do that?
She had no choice but to quickly hug her struggling son, and the mother and son went back to the second room together.
Although Cen Yang was young, he already understood what he should understand.
He was held in Li's arms, and he felt that Li's body was shaking with fear. He couldn't help but stop struggling, and hugged her tightly, comforting her sensibly: "Mom, don't be afraid, sister is so strong, she will be fine!"
"You're right, your sister will definitely come back safely." Her son's words made Li feel sad and comforted. She swallowed back her tears, touched her son's head, and planned to make his bed so that he could rest first.
"Mom, why doesn't grandma like our second branch? And grandpa, he is the head of the family, but he didn't say a word, even though grandma was so excessive..." Cen Yang stood obediently beside the bed, and a voice of incomprehension sounded in the room.
Just now when Old Lady Cen got angry, Old Man Cen acted as if he didn't exist. He just sat there and smoked his hookah in silence, as if what was happening in front of him was someone else's family's business and had nothing to do with him. He watched the second wife being bullied and his granddaughter not returning home and her whereabouts unknown, but he didn't order anyone to go out and look for her. Instead, he indulged Old Lady Cen's recklessness...
Li also didn't understand why her father-in-law was so cold-blooded!
The entire Cen family seemed to be owed something by the second branch!
But it is obvious that the second branch owes no one anything, and it is the old Cen family that owes the second branch too much!
They really go too far!
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