Under the neighbors' questioning, Chen Xiangnan immediately thought of a story and was about to give a big performance when Chen Xianghong burst into tears.
That cry contained endless grievances.
"You aunts have watched me grow up since I was a child. Don't you know who I am?"
"Before I went to the countryside, I was eager to do more work for my family. After I went to the countryside, I would send some good things home."
"Later, my mother and my second brother brought me back from the countryside. I still wanted to work more so that my parents and brothers could have more rest."
"My heart and eyes are full of my family. How could I possibly have the intention to harm my father?"
Chen Xianghong's previous image of honesty was deeply rooted in people's hearts. Even if she was not here, no one would believe what Old Chen said about Chen Xianghong.
Not to mention, Chen Xianghong's eyes became red as she spoke these few words, as if she was heartbroken by her old father.
The neighbors in the compound couldn't help feeling sad.
This child has always been thinking about his family, but Old Chen still blames him for it.
Old Chen stammered as he tried to confront Chen Xianghong, "I...had just returned from the hospital when this damn girl...grabbed me by the collar and dragged me across the ground.
My...back must be full of injuries...and it's still burning with pain.
"It's really unfortunate for our family... It's really unfortunate for our family. I didn't expect... Chen Xianghong is... the most unfilial one. She was just pretending before, cough cough cough."
As he was speaking, he choked on his own saliva and started coughing violently.
Chen Xiangnan stepped forward and patted him on the back, looking extremely concerned, but his words were clearly defending Chen Xianghong, "My dear uncles and aunts, I don't know what's wrong with my dad. Now he opens his mouth and falsely accuses us children.
Xiang Hong is a kindhearted person, yet he still twists her into a false image. She's never done anything to harm our family since she was little. She's always helped my mom with the housework, and if you give her any food, she can't wait to share it with us brothers.
If you ask me, I do have some basis for saying that the three of us brothers are not good to our parents, but who is Xiang Hong? She would rather spend two dollars of her own money on her family.
My dad said Xiang Hong dragged him away, which is absolutely impossible."
Chen Xiangbei also shouted, "You all have seen my performance during this period. I can't say that I have been very attentive to my father, but I have done my best.
My father refused to give us money, so we children pooled our money to hire someone for him. Even though the person had a hard time and had to quit because Aunt Su always snatched Uncle Li's food and money, I still asked him to cook three meals a day and bring them to my father.
When we came back from the hospital just now, we kids were there. Even if it was true what my dad said, and my sister grabbed him by the collar and dragged him, wouldn't the rest of us have stopped her if we saw her?
If things really get so cold, we won’t care about Dad’s life or death.”
Chen Xiangdong nodded: "Yes, we are all here. We just came back from the hospital."
Chen Xianghong cried even louder at that moment.
Old Chen was so angry that he was shaking all over. "I have a new wound on my back..."
Chen Xiangnan seemed to be disappointed with his father and didn't want to look at him. He closed his eyes for a while, and then seemed to be unable to bear being framed and could only explain helplessly.
"Dad, you insisted on going to see Aunt Su halfway. We wanted you to go home and rest first, and we would bring you news if there was any, but you refused.
I fell off the wheelchair while struggling and landed on the ground. "Even for this, are you going to frame us? For Aunt Su's sake, you really can't let all of us children bear the reputation of being unfilial?"
Chen Xiangbei was about to burst into tears, "Dad, we have worked so hard for you during this period, but in the end, it is still not as good as the place Aunt Su holds in your heart?
In order to make us forgive her and bring her back, you're willing to hurt yourself and ruin the reputations of us children. Don't you feel uncomfortable at all for forcing us like this?"
Old Chen was in pain, terribly so. He had never felt this bad since he became paralyzed.
He wanted to scold those children who said he was confusing right and wrong, but in fact he was the one who was confusing right and wrong. He wanted to tell everyone that the facts were not like that. It was these unfilial sons who were rebelling against the Tiangang and wanted to kill him, their old father.
Old Chen regretted it very much. If he had known that his resistance on the road would result in their unremitting smear campaign, he would have let Yang Su die in the labor camp.
When Old Chen opened his mouth to speak, Chen Xianghong interrupted him again, "Dad, Aunt Su took care of you in the hospital, and you insisted on having her come back. When your second brother saw you lying on the ground covered in blood, did you ever think about how he felt?
He finally came back from abroad, and the first thing he did was to bring Lingling to see you. If he hadn't realized something was wrong and left the child with Aunt Yin, Lingling would definitely be terrified if she saw you like this.
Moreover, he rushed back so tired, and encountered such a thing. He didn't sleep for several nights and blamed himself so much. Have you completely ignored him and us?"
Chen Xiangnan lowered his head. "Xiang Hong, stop talking. I'm still young and can handle it. It's my fault. My eldest brother has already separated from the family and moved out. It's normal that I couldn't find out in time. The third child is still young and has just joined the factory, so he has a lot of things to do. It's already his limit to come to see Dad every day.
This is my responsibility. Dad has resentment towards me, and I am willing to bear it. But he shouldn't have dragged you, a married daughter, into this and shouldn't have let you be criticized."
He tidied up Old Chen's messy hair and said, "Dad, if you really want Auntie Yao to come back, we can agree. But from now on, Old Three and Xiang Hong will no longer care about you.
You trust Aunt Su so much, but you don't trust us children. I'm afraid if something goes wrong with you, you'll blame them. They're still young and have bright futures ahead of them. I can't let you drag them down any longer.
From now on, I will take care of you. If you want to scold me, you can scold me. Even if I go out of town after the New Year, I will hire someone to take care of you. If you feel unwell, please send me a letter. I will take care of you even if it means I have to quit my job.
Old Chen was confused. Letting the second child take care of him was the same as letting him die. If Yang Su came back and the other children didn't care about him, it would be obvious that Yang Su would kill him directly.
But why can't the other neighbors see such a simple truth? They even think that the second child, who has a vicious mind, is filial.
These people's brains need to be checked.
Old Chen yelled, trying to say that he wanted Yang Su to come back, but the children wanted to help him target Yang Su, so he had to take care of him, not let Yang Su come back to beat him.
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