After seeing Old Lady Xia leave, Old Chen and his family seemed to have lost all their energy and spirit, and suddenly became depressed, including Yu Hongzhen and his sister who had just arrived here not long ago.
Chen Xiangbei was stunned. "Mom...are you really not coming back?"
Old Chen looked at him slowly, then suddenly stood up like a madman and slapped him in the face until he fell to the ground. "Your mother left because of you. If it weren't for you, how could she have left?"
"Chen Xiangbei, if I had known you were such a child, I should have strangled you to death when you were born. Why wasn't it you who died as a child? Xiangxi must have been more sensible than you. Now, your mother has left because of you, and she divorced me. Are you satisfied?"
Chen Xiangbei was stunned by Old Chen's continuous beatings at first. When he came to his senses, he immediately started to resist, "Dad, don't be afraid to admit that you treated Mom badly and you want to put the blame on me for her divorce from you. I'm not a child anymore, nor am I a fool. I can't just follow your words."
He violently knocked over Old Chen, who was pressing on him and beating him. His face was already bruised, but when he saw Old Chen stand up, he jumped away and took a step to guard against him.
Chen Xiangnan also stepped forward and slapped him hard, "Xiangbei, I'm going to stand with Dad this time. He's right. If you hadn't been picking on Xianghong during the New Year, Mom wouldn't have gotten so angry, and there wouldn't have been any of the things that happened later. In the final analysis..."
Chen Xiangbei sneered, "If my mother is disappointed in me, she can just kick me out like my eldest brother did. Why bother divorcing Dad? And you, second brother, do you think you're such a good person? Mom has already said that when our family was against Third Aunt and Auntie, you were the traitor who went to the hospital and tried to sell us all out. You are the worst person in our family."
"Dad, I'm Mom's son, so am I not your son? Once Mom leaves, will I become the one taking the blame among all of you? Can you all just say it's all my fault, and then you can still have a good reputation like before?"
"I'm your son, second brother's younger brother. Do you really think I'm stupid and don't understand anything? If you put the blame on me today, then our whole family will never have a good reputation in the future. At worst, the whole family will die here. Anyway, I will never admit that Mom left home because of me."
Old Chen shouted, "Third brother, do you think I won't dare to separate you just because your mother is gone? Don't forget, you don't have a job yet. Who will you rely on in the future?"
Chen Xianghong couldn't stop crying. After her mother left, this family no longer felt like a home. They were obviously family, but they blamed each other. "Stop arguing. Even if mom left, she still wanted us to live a good life."
Chen Xiangbei was like a firecracker ready to explode at any second, cursing anyone who spoke. "Chen Xianghong, if you hadn't brought someone home during the Chinese New Year, I wouldn't have let you sew clothes, and none of that bullshit would have happened. Why are you pretending to be a good person now? Mom has already told me you're a hopeless piece of shit, and you'll only be bullied to death in the future. Don't you want to get married? Hurry and get married. If it weren't for Mom, there's no place for you in this family. Don't you understand?"
"You're just a money-loser. All girls are money-loser. You have no right to speak here. If you want us to be well, take those two bastards you brought from Hai City and get out of here. They've seen enough of our family's excitement these past few days. If you ask me, they're just unlucky. Their own homes are a mess, and after coming here, they've messed up ours even more. Get out of here."
Tang Jiao suddenly broke free from Chen Xiangnan's tight grip, "Xiangbei, did your sister make a mistake in helping you? What kind of money-loser, what kind of burden? Did you become the trigger yourself and drag everyone down with you?"
Chen Xiangbei opened his mouth to scold Tang Jiao, but Tang Jiao continued, "We all have our own problems, and the accumulation of these problems made Mom disappointed all of a sudden, so she left. We all know this, and so do those who are watching the excitement outside. But you have to admit that you are the fuse. It was you who caused Mom's anger and ultimately exposed all of our problems. You are wrong to scold your second brother and Xiang Hong and the others now. It is unreasonable."
Chen Xiangbei's eyes were red with anger. He didn't care about what was right or wrong. "Why are you jumping out again? I'm not being reasonable. I'm the most reasonable one in the family. Why didn't you say anything when Dad put all the blame on me? You're just a bully. You think I'm the only one in the family who doesn't make money and has to rely on you for food, so you can only blame me. If you're really fair, go and scold Dad."
"My room is on fire, have any of you taken any action? I've been wearing the same cotton-padded jacket from a few years ago, have any of you shown any concern? You're acting like a sister-in-law to me now, why don't you help me solve the problem first? What? You only know how to scold me, not do anything? If you don't help me, why should I be scolded by you? Who the hell are you?"
Chen Xiangnan was furious: "Old Third, do you know what you are talking about?"
Chen Xiangbei held his head high. "Then do you even know what you're talking about? Second brother, you're so proud! A woman with a mental disorder is willing to marry you and defend you at every turn. If you have a tail now, you'd be so proud! I scolded her and you immediately responded. You want her to know that you're a good husband, not the kind of man who only cares about profit as Mom said you are."
"You guys, when Mom was nice to us, you all bullied her. Now that you've pissed her off and run away, you start bullying me? I'm not like Mom. If you bully me, I'll let everyone know what kind of people you are. I can't live like this anymore, and I'll make sure you can't live like this either."
"Get out of here! Get out!" Old Chen pushed Chen Xiangbei hard, causing him to stagger.
"I'm leaving. Why should I leave? This is my home. I will never leave." Chen Xiangbei shouted.
Old Chen was so angry that his face turned blue. "Throw his things out of here, and don't let him come back. I want to see how he lives out there. Is he as stubborn as this out there?"
No one moved. After a moment of awkwardness, Chen Xiangnan softened his stance. "Dad, Xiangbei is still in school. If we ignore him now, there will be more gossip in the future. Xiangbei is right. We all made mistakes. Let's not talk about this anymore."
Old Chen didn't say anything, but Chen Xiangnan knew that he agreed. Everyone was just talking in anger just now. If their family were to be separated from one more person now, it would really fall apart.
Although... Chen Xiangnan actually wanted to live his own life with Tang Jiao, now is not the time.
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