Chen Ke handed a piece of pastry to Yan Ying Wang, who unceremoniously snatched it into his mouth. After finishing it, he glanced at Zhan Boling and asked Chen Ke, "Is this the thing that took your place?"
Chen Ke glanced at Liu Ru, who seemed to have fainted again, and slowly said, "My father told me that when he found me, I was lying naked on a piece of driftwood. I don't know if it was my fate to die, but even though the Goddess River was flowing so swiftly, I wasn't swept away and drowned..."
After Chen Ke finished speaking, he chuckled and looked around with interest, taking in everyone's expressions before asking sarcastically, "Now I want to ask, which 'kind person' was so eager to put a newborn baby into the Goddess River for what purpose?"
After hearing this, Yan Ying Wang wanted to applaud Chen Ke with his wings, thinking to himself that Chen Ke was now speaking with true "wisdom".
Chen Ke's words not only revealed that he knew about his background, but also that he harbored resentment over being thrown into the Goddess River.
The "kind-hearted" Liu Ru's closed eyes trembled incessantly, her hands under the blanket almost tearing it to shreds, her heart filled with endless regret that she should have broken the neck of this lucky man before throwing him into the river!
After Chen Ke finished speaking, he thought that Liu Ru's biological son would be the first to speak, after all, he had been calling Liu Ru "mother" behind her back for more than ten years, and he should stand up and say a few words for her at this time.
To Chen Ke's surprise, the first to speak was the original owner's biological mother.
"Child, child, you were just a baby then, how could you know if you were deliberately put into the Goddess River? The situation was too complicated back then—"
"If it wasn't deliberately thrown away, did it crawl out on its own right after it was born?" Chen Ke interrupted Du Wan without any politeness.
Since marrying into the Zhan Prince's mansion, when has Du Wan ever been so publicly humiliated and insulted? Everyone speaks to her softly and gently, and apart from the two harsh words Zhan Ao said a couple of days ago when he was extremely angry, this is the first time Du Wan has been rudely interrupted and mocked.
The crucial point is that this person is her own biological child... Du Wan was stunned for a moment, and tears streamed down her face.
How could this person be her own child? So rude, so ill-mannered, and so disrespectful to elders... Du Wan became more and more heartbroken as she thought about it, wiping away her tears with a handkerchief and bursting into sobs.
Chen Ke was rarely shocked by something, but today he encountered it.
"Mother, Mother, don't be sad. If you cry yourself sick, Father will worry again." Zhan Boling said anxiously, glancing at Zhan Aotian. Every time Du Wan shed tears, Zhan Aotian had to surrender. It was true that even a hero couldn't resist the charms of a beautiful woman.
"Cough cough cough..."
At this moment, Liu Ru, who was "unconscious," gradually woke up. The first thing she said as she got up was, "Your Highness... cough cough cough... Your Highness, it's all my fault... Please don't cry. If you cry and hurt yourself, the young master and the prince will worry."
Chen Ke was shocked again. Had he wandered onto the wrong set? This...this looked like a large-scale power struggle within a wealthy family...
Seeing Chen Ke's complicated yet shocked expression, Zhan Boling sneered inwardly. "How about it, young master? Are you stunned by your own mother's actions? Hahaha, don't think you can take back everything from the Zhan Prince's Mansion just because you're back. The road ahead is long!"
The three of them were singing and shouting like they were performing a grand opera. However, instead of comforting Du Wan as they expected, Zhan Aotian gently soothed the person they thought was the culprit who made Du Wan cry.
"Bu Ke, your mother—" Zhan Aotian immediately changed his words when Chen Ke rejected him, "The princess is sensitive and a bit melancholic. It's not directed at you." Zhan Aotian was still hoping that Chen Ke would have a good impression of Du Wan.
Chen Ke smiled and said, "Your Highness and Your Highness's wife are not just being sentimental, they are suffering from an illness. It's best to treat it as soon as possible."
"You, you...you know I am you..." Du Wan clutched her chest. Although she wanted to use her mother's name to scold this unfilial son, she didn't want to admit that he was her biological son. She stammered as she spoke.
Chen Ke quickly interrupted, "I don't know, I don't need to know, and I don't want to know. You are just a stranger to me."
"A stranger?" Du Wan was so shocked that she forgot to shed tears. She looked at Zhan Aotian in disbelief, her eyes seeming to question him: Is this how the son you brought back recognizes his mother?
In Du Wan's view, since Chen Ke had already returned to the Zhan Wang Mansion with Zhan Aotian, he must want to reclaim his identity. In fact, she was not completely unprepared when she saw Chen Ke.
Two hours earlier, after learning his true identity, Zhan Boling had asked her, heartbroken, what he would do if her biological child came back.
Du Wan had told Liu Ru that his child had died because of his strange appearance, so in order to appease Zhan Boling, who was emotionally agitated at the time, she made a firm promise that no matter whether her biological son would come back or not, he would still be the young master of the Zhan Prince's Mansion.
As if to confirm her words, two hours later her biological son was brought home by her husband...
Looking at the face that was almost identical to Zhan Aotian's, Du Wan couldn't bring herself to deny it no matter how much she wanted to.
But then I thought, let him come back. After all, he's my own son. Even if there's no affection, the prestigious War King's Mansion can afford to support another person.
But to her surprise, her own son's attitude towards her was something that Du Wan, who had always been treated with utmost respect, found completely unacceptable.
Her son should be like Bo Ling—filial, considerate, well-mannered, and outstanding!
Instead of the rude person in front of her who showed her no care or respect whatsoever, who might even harbor resentment towards her deep down, which is why he assumed she was someone who had been thrown into the Goddess River without listening to her explanation.
Zhan Aotian never imagined things would turn out this way. He had thought that the bond between mother and son should be naturally close, and that Du Wan might soften Bu Ke's attitude and make him consider returning to the Zhan Prince's Mansion.
However, he never expected that Du Wan would have this kind of attitude towards her own son. Not only did she not cry tears of joy when her own son returned, but she also cried her heart out because of a seemingly ordinary question from her child.
What does she mean by that?
Zhan Aotian might not understand what Du Wan meant for a while, but Chen Ke understood it perfectly.
It's just that he feels distant because he wasn't raised by her, and he can't accept that she hasn't shown him any respect or affection. But since he can't change the facts, he tries to use his usual methods to control her.
Clearly, she believed her winning formula was tears.
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