It was seven days after Old Chen's suicide that Chen Xiangdong suddenly realized that he had no father.
Recalling the last words his father said to him on the day he died, Chen Xiangdong felt inexplicably anxious.
He was the one who told his father to die, and then his father really died.
However, he didn't really want him to die. He was just too annoyed and under too much pressure. He had to work during the day and take care of the children at night. He even had a fight with Zhu Wenying before going to the hospital.
He was just upset. How come his father was really dead?
He was panicked for many days, afraid that Yu Hongzhen would reveal his words, and afraid that Aunt Yin and Aunt Wang would spread his reputation of being unfilial.
But until his father's funeral, no one spread the news of what happened that day. Even his two brothers and Xiang Hong did not tell him about it.
It seemed that no one knew except the few people present.
He didn't know what to feel. Sometimes he thought it would be okay if they knew, and that scolding him a few times would make him feel better, but they said nothing.
Chen Xiangdong was sitting outside. Baoyuan came up to him with a large bag of glass beads and held out his hand, "Dad, I want to buy some soda."
He has become a naughty boy, always dirty, very similar to Xiangbei before.
Chen Xiangdong wiped his hands and suddenly asked, "Baoyuan, if Dad gets sick in the future, will you take care of him?"
Zhu Baoyuan's eyes rolled around. "If you buy me two bottles of soda today, I will take care of you."
Chen Xiangdong's face darkened as he stared at him. He suddenly remembered that this was his catchphrase before his mother separated him from the family.
"Mom, give me some money, and I will definitely take good care of you in your old age."
"Dad, I'm out of money. Please help me find some connections. I will definitely take care of you in the future."
He has been saying things like this since he was a child.
And now, his son, at such a young age, knows how to coax his parents.
Zhu Baoyuan was a little panicked, thinking that his father was angry, and muttered softly, "Dad, you are so stingy. If you don't want to give it to me, then don't give it to me. I will ask Mom for it. I will not be nice to you anymore, I will only be nice to my mom."
Zhu Baoyuan turned around and left angrily, not noticing his father Chen Xiangdong's mood at all.
Chen Xiangdong stood there in a daze, feeling a chill in his heart.
After Zhu Baoyuan left, Zhu Wenying came out cursing, "Xiangdong, what are you doing outside? There's a lot of work in the house, you can't just let me do it all by myself."
Chen Xiangdong stood up and said, "Wenying, do you think I'm an ungrateful person to my father?"
Zhu Wenying was shocked. From a normal person's perspective, Chen Xiangdong, the eldest son, was an ungrateful and unfilial son to his parents, but he was doing this for their family.
Although Chen Xiangdong is not good to his parents, he is very good to his wife and children.
He just lost his biological father, and no matter how unfilial he was, he would still feel sad. If she rubbed salt into his wounds at this time, he might eventually come to his senses and start blaming her.
This is absolutely not possible.
"Xiangdong, your father passed away suddenly like this, and there's nothing we can do about it. We didn't know he would suddenly commit suicide. Perhaps, suicide is the only relief for him. He is paralyzed, and even if the children take care of him wholeheartedly, he is suffering both mentally and physically." Zhu Wenying racked her brains to persuade him.
Chen Xiangdong did not tell anyone about what happened in the hospital that day. Even his partner Zhu Wenying did not know that Chen Xiangdong would be so cruel as to curse his own father to death.
But now, Chen Xiangdong suddenly spoke up, not knowing what he was thinking, "Wenying, that day I asked my father why he didn't die, and then... he committed suicide."
Zhu Wenying couldn't even lift the washbasin in her hand, and she dropped it heavily on the ground with a "bang".
Chen Xiangdong picked up the washbasin from the ground and said, "Wenying, you think I'm scary too, right?"
Zhu Wenying struggled for a long time, but the decision to side with her relatives prevailed. "Xiangdong, I know you feel guilty now, but what you said that day wasn't what you meant. You didn't really mean it that way. If you were such a bad person, you wouldn't feel so guilty now."
Chen Xiangdong was very touched, "Wenying, do you believe me?"
Zhu Wenying held his hand tightly. "Of course, you are my husband, my lover, Baoyuan's father, and the person I will spend my whole life with. I definitely know what kind of temper you have."
Chen Xiangdong was very happy and felt that the luckiest thing in his life was marrying Zhu Wenying.
Parents may be partial and children may start their own families, but Zhu Wenying's heart and eyes are filled with only her own small family, and everything she does is for this small family.
"Wenying, I want to discuss something with you."
Zhu Wenying nodded and said, "No matter what you say, I will support you."
Chen Xiangdong: "Wenying, let's have another daughter?"
Zhu Wenying was puzzled: "Why? Do you want to have both a son and a daughter? Or do you want to give Baoyuan a companion?"
Chen Xiangdong repeated to her what Baoyuan had just said, "I'm afraid Baoyuan will be unfilial in the future. What if he doesn't care about us anymore? I've seen other people's families, and usually daughters are more filial. Most girls are soft-hearted and won't really watch their parents die.
Just like Xiang Hong, she was treated like this by her parents before, but when my father was paralyzed, didn’t she still come back to take care of him for several days? If Baoyuan can’t be relied on in the future, we still have our daughter. "
Zhu Wenying's raised lips suddenly sank. She knew what Chen Xiangdong meant. "So should we give the money to Baoyuan or to our daughter?"
Chen Xiangdong didn't notice Zhu Wenying's expression. "Of course it's for Baoyuan. Baoyuan is our son. He's the one who will carry on our family line."
Zhu Wenying was furious. She had just tried to make amends for Chen Xiangdong, but he actually said this. "You mean, we should have another daughter to serve us, and then we'll give all the money to our son and all the dirty work to our daughter?"
Chen Xiangdong immediately waved his hand: "That's not what I meant. I definitely won't be like my parents who only love sons and not daughters. It's just that Baoyuan is a boy, and it will cost more to marry him off in the future."
Zhu Wenying: "The son is unfilial, but you still have to give him money. The daughter is soft-hearted, so you bully her as much as you can. Chen Xiangdong, how can you be so shameless? No wonder you said those words before your father died. Your father was forced to death by you, shameless thing, bah!"
Zhu Wenying was still not satisfied after scolding him, so she slapped him twice, "Chen Xiangdong, I'm telling you, forget it. Continuing the family line, Baoyuan has taken my surname, so whose lineage are you carrying on?
If that's what you think, then fine. You're the son-in-law of my Zhu family, so just do your job as a son-in-law and don't put on airs. Your mother was absolutely right not to want you. A man like you who doesn't even let his daughter go should have the same fate as your father. Get out of here, get out of my house."
Zhu Wenying returned to the house angrily.
Damn it, if it really doesn’t work out, she’ll just get a divorce.
Chen Xiangdong argued with Zhu Wenying several times about this issue, but in the end he gave in because he was too timid.
Unexpectedly, his wish came true many years later.
These two selfish young couples were abandoned by Zhu Baoyuan in their old age and lived a miserable life in their later years.
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