"Mother!"
“Zhengxin, don’t worry about him. Didn’t he ask you if you gave him up because of the Chen family? I’ll tell him today that it was not only for the Chen family but also for me, this old woman. What, do you think you alone are more important than the Chen family, more important than the mother who gave birth to him and raised him?” Old Mrs. Chen walked up the steps, her expression agitated, her eyes filled with disgust as she looked at Chen Ke.
Everyone was also shocked by Old Mrs. Chen's skillful use of contradiction transformation.
"This is... this is a bit too shameless."
"Indeed, shamelessness is the greatest virtue in the world."
Hearing these words, Old Mrs. Chen, who always valued her reputation above all else, didn't care at all. How could her own face be more important than the reputation of her two sons?
If word gets out, everyone will say that she was an unreasonable old woman who threatened suicide, forcing her two sons to do this.
"You old woman are quite interesting. If that's the case, then why did you choose Chen Daozhi instead of Chen Ke? They are both your grandsons. One was born with a pure Yang destiny, and the other was born with a pure Yin destiny but has the protection of merit. If you had to choose one of the two, you would definitely choose the one with the protection of merit, right?"
After Miao Lingyu finished speaking, Li Yulou nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, if such talent were born into our family, we would be worshipped. Don't tell me that your Chen family doesn't want a person with a pure Yin destiny as the head of the family. You're kidding me. Any family that has this rule is not far from extinction."
That's hilarious! A family of ghost hunters, and they're trying to be righteous and macho?
Upon hearing this, Chen Daozhi looked up in surprise. Could it be that they had made up this reason?
"Whether our Chen family has this rule or not is none of your business, outsiders. I'll just ask you: if you had to choose between a three-year-old child who is already proven to have a talent for learning incantations and drawing talismans, and an infant whose talent is still unknown, who would you choose?" Old Mrs. Chen changed the subject, and everyone couldn't help but start thinking again.
"That makes sense. Although Chen Ke has accumulated merit, what if he doesn't have a talent for drawing talismans and chanting incantations? We can't use merit to exorcise ghosts, can we?"
"How can you exorcise ghosts with merit? Merit can only protect oneself."
"That settles it then. One is a child who has already been identified as having talent, and the other is an infant who can only protect himself. It seems that there is no problem for Grandma Chen to choose Chen Daozhi."
"Yes, yes, Chen Daozhi's advantage is that he was born three years earlier."
Listening to the whispers below, Old Madam Chen glanced at Chen Ke with a smug look, while Pan Weiyin, as if she had won a battle, stood tall and proud, saying, "Who can argue with that? Our Daozhi has been exceptionally talented since childhood. It's understandable that we would give up Chen Ke for the sake of the family."
Chen Ke kept looking at Old Madam Chen indifferently. Originally, he was just curious and wanted an answer from Chen Zhengxin, but he didn't expect to be dragged around by this old lady and end up having to give up on him.
He chuckled softly, and everyone's gaze immediately turned to him.
Chen Ke bypassed Old Madam Chen and faced Chen Zhengxin directly, asking word by word, "The last time, why didn't you stop it back then? Also, why did Su Mei never go up the mountain again after she turned twelve?"
The original owner looked up at the path leading up the mountain again and again, but he never saw his mother come to see him again.
"I, I—" Chen Zhengxin was in a daze after hearing Pan Weiyin's words that Su Mei had already been forced away anyway. Now, hearing the name Su Mei made him even more confused, and he completely forgot Chen Ke's first question.
As if remembering something, he turned to Chen Zhenghong and asked, "Brother, tell me, why exactly did Su Mei divorce me and leave the Chen family?"
"Second brother, don't you know why? What do you mean by asking me this now?"
“But my sister-in-law just said that she was forced to leave.”
Seeing Chen Zhengxin's expression, Pan Weiyin was afraid he would suddenly change his mind and side with Chen Ke, so she hurriedly said, "She was forced to leave. Wasn't she forced to leave by you? You suspected her of having affairs with other men all the time. I don't know if she felt guilty or couldn't take it anymore, so... she left." Pan Weiyin hesitated a bit when she said the last three words because Chen Zhenghong and Chen Zhengxin were staring at her intently.
Chen Zhenghong was angry, angry that this stupid woman was saying this now!
Chen Zheng was shocked. How did they know about this?
"Heh, so you suspected I wasn't your biological son, which is why you acquiesced to them stealing my merits?" If that's the case, then everything seems to make sense.
The deepest secret hidden in his heart was suddenly revealed, and Chen Zhengxin was in a state of panic. The jealousy, suspicion, and twisted revenge that he had kept hidden in the corner seemed to be exposed to everyone. He would be ridiculed by everyone, and his dignity as a man would be trampled into the ground.
He started frantically explaining, "No, no, you are my son, my son, I've done a paternity test."
But what he said in his panic was almost a tacit admission that he had given up on Chen Ke because of this.
Because of a ridiculous suspicion, a man's despicable jealousy and desire for revenge led him to harm his own son.
And even now, he remains unrepentant and unwilling to admit his mistakes.
The crowd gasped and looked at Chen Zhengxin with disdain.
"My God, how can there be such a person?"
"That's disgusting."
"He is utterly unfit to be a father."
Chen Zhengxin staggered a few steps, his face pale, and almost couldn't stand.
Seeing this, Old Mrs. Chen was extremely anxious and shouted at Chen Ke, "What do you mean! Are you trying to force your father to his death? I've already told you that it was this old woman who forced him to do it!"
Chen Ke looked at Old Madam Chen, his cold and sharp eyes like a sword. Old Madam Chen was so frightened that she trembled violently, thinking to herself that this little brat was indeed a ruthless person who didn't recognize his own family.
"I don't care who you choose, but you still went to great lengths to steal my life-saving merit. This debt must be settled." After all, you are indirectly the culprit who caused the death of the original work.
"I'll give it back to you, and you can take back all the merits I have!" Chen Daozhi, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.
Pan Weiyin was stunned by Chen Daozhi's words, not understanding why he would have such a thought. She immediately retorted, "No! You can't, you can't give it to him! Daozhi, you'll die if you do that!"
Then everyone remembered that there was another main character here.
"Chen Daozhi seems to be a decent person, but he's a bit naive. Since the merit has already been done to him, how can it be returned so easily?"
"Moreover, he and Chen Ke are inherently incompatible. If he returns all his merits, then wouldn't he...?"
"So what?" Miao Lingyu raised her voice. "Even if he dies, it's his fate. The merit he has is something he was born with. Just because you were born first doesn't mean you can take away his merit and force him to die. What kind of logic is that?"
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