Chapter 346: Selfish people only care about gains and losses

"The one who provoked you is the culprit. People die for money and birds die for food. It has been like this since ancient times... The ancients said that there is no father and son in the royal family, and no family affection in the rich. It can be summed up in two words: interests."

Dai Qing said, looking at Cai Kuan's pale face, and finally added,

"When it comes to conflicts of interest, no one will be kind to you. So don't expect anything that is not there."

Cai Kuan was stunned when listening to Dai Qing's reminder. It took him a while to smile, but there was a hint of bitterness in his smile.

"My parents had an accident when I was five years old, and I have been living with my grandfather, who has been taking care of my daily life. But at that time, my grandfather was also very busy, leaving early and returning late every day, so I spent most of my life with my second and third aunts."

"We all live under the same roof. Although I know they take care of me incidentally, I am grateful to them from the bottom of my heart and respect them as my elders. I go to school and go home happily with my cousins ​​every day."

"Until one day, I came home late because of my duty. As soon as I entered the house, I heard my second aunt complaining in the room. She said that it was hard enough to take care of her own children, and now she was forced to have another child. It was so annoying."

"I was standing outside the door at the time. When I heard this, my head buzzed and I suddenly felt like a burden. When my second aunt saw me, she seemed a little embarrassed. She said the food was on the table and asked me to eat it myself, then she turned and left."

"But my cousin walked up to me with a pout and pushed me away in disgust. He said that it was all because of me that my aunt had to work so hard. Not only did I steal my grandfather, but now I want to steal his mother. The whole family doesn't like me."

"Although I was still young at that time, I knew that I couldn't take someone else's mother away. So, when my grandfather came back, I would stick to him and follow him wherever he went. Later, my grandfather left my uncle with me to take care of him, and that was how the conflicts in the family were resolved."

Cai Kuan said this, his eyes fixed on the roof, a helpless smile on his lips.

"Since then, whenever Grandpa didn't have anything important to do, he would take me with him and often go in and out of the Academy of Sciences. Over time, my second and third uncles also began to have opinions, saying that as grandchildren, Grandpa was not treating them equally, causing the other grandchildren to suffer."

"Because they think that my grandfather brought me along with him to teach me by example and to train me alone, which is unfair to my cousins."

Speaking of this, Cai Kuan's eyes were filled with mockery.

"They only care about fairness and seem to have forgotten how old I am. I have no parents and can only feel safe with my grandfather."

Dai Qing: “…”

When people become selfish, they can see nothing but their own interests. This is a fact.

"When they went to my grandfather to argue with him, he pointed at them and scolded them, saying that they were blinded by profit and were ungrateful. They had long forgotten how my father had protected them."

"My second and third uncles were scolded until their faces turned red, and they left in shame. After that, they didn't say anything to me on the surface, but in private, the way they looked at me was different from before. There was disgust, aversion, and some unclear hostility in their eyes... Since I lost my parents, my personality has become a little sensitive, and their eyes can't deceive me."

Cai Kuan was silent for a moment, lowered his head and picked at his nails, and then chuckled after a while.

"Actually, they are right. I really took up all of my grandfather's time, so they were right to hate me. My grandfather also really nurtured me. I could run around the science academy every day, and everyone in the academy knew me. Perhaps because I was exposed to it since I was a child, I really like scientific research. My grandfather said that I inherited the strengths of my parents and was a good candidate for scientific research."

"My cousin is a good student and is also pursuing scientific research, but he is still a little behind me. He hates me for this and blames grandpa. He thinks that it is all because of grandpa's partiality that he is always inferior to me, and this is also the biggest cause of family conflicts."

Dai Qing nodded, showing that she understood, it was just a narrow-minded thing.

Mr. Cai favors his grandson because he suffered so much from losing his parents. Most elders favor weaker children and grandchildren. This is common sense and outsiders can see it at a glance.

But for those who put profit above all else, they have no emotions in their hearts and naturally cannot feel these things.

"The accidents that happened to you were probably caused by your cousin, right?"

If a person gets stuck in a rut for too long, he will become frustrated and will try his best to remove the mountain that is pressing down on his head.

Thinking of this, Dai Qing looked at Cai Kuan's face. His upper face was moist and his lower face was full, echoing the upper face. He would have good fortune and prosperity in his later years and had a face for longevity.

No matter how hard his cousin tried, it was useless.

Hearing Dai Qing's tone, Cai Kuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

"He thought I owed him and was always hostile to me. The more my grandfather scolded him for this, the more hatred he had for me. It was hard to resolve. Over time, I just stopped caring about it."

Sure enough, she was right.

"You can't get used to him. If you tell him too many lies, they will become true. Then everyone will think you owe him something, and you won't be able to explain yourself no matter how hard you try."

Cai Kuan smiled bitterly. His second uncle's family really felt that he had blocked his cousin's path. If his grandfather had been more fair, his cousin would have definitely surpassed him. His second aunt had let this slip when they had a quarrel two years ago.

"You are just too soft-hearted. You have been backing off for Master Cai, and people think you are easy to bully."

As he was talking, Xing Zhou walked in with a sullen face, looking at him with a bit of disappointment.

"I am not as skilled as others, so I just need to concentrate on learning. Taking it out on you is cowardly. If you are doing scientific research, you will be inferior just because you are jealous... In the final analysis, you still don't know yourself well and don't know your own weight."

Cai Kuan pursed his lips. Grandpa’s greatest wish was for family harmony. If he quarreled with his cousin, grandpa would probably be very sad, right?

"Sugar cane is not sweet at both ends. Don't be too greedy."

Xing Zhou walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

"How can we be on guard against thieves all day long?"

"That's right. Besides, you are the victim. You should let your grandfather know how you feel instead of pretending to be generous and not caring about anything."

Dai Qing also agreed with Xingzhou's idea that it would be best to get rid of the problem once and for all. Of course, as the person involved, Cai Kuan had too many emotional ties to Mr. Cai, but he couldn't be persecuted every day, right?

Mr. Cai is old, but he is neither stupid nor dull. He must be well aware of everything that Cai Kuan has gone through.

However, as the head of the family, he was only concerned about family harmony and took the overall situation into consideration, but ignored the feelings of his grandson.

This kind of love is destined to make Cai Kuan suffer injustice.