Rong Zhaonan looked at the skinny girl and saw her staring blankly at him. He frowned slightly and asked, "What's wrong? Did you fall and hurt yourself?"
Despite saying that, he still came down.
Rong Chaobei watched him walk down, shook his head, and said in a voice that seemed stuck in his throat, "I... I didn't hurt myself, I'm not injured..."
Seeing this, Rong Zhaonan nodded: "Okay, you should rest."
After saying that, he turned around and headed back up to the second floor.
Rong Chaobei suddenly spoke up nervously: "Big brother... Dongdong fell, she was being willful... It has nothing to do with you... Sister-in-law... You... Dad can't be angry."
When she gets nervous, she becomes completely incoherent, and her sentences become jumbled and incoherent.
Rong Zhaonan understood, and a complex look flashed in his eyes as he looked north.
Although he was disgusted by He Su, he felt nothing for the child she bore.
Moreover, this half-sister has been timid since childhood, and He Su almost never lets her get close to him, as if she is afraid that she will lead Rong Chaobei astray.
But one day he accidentally discovered that Rong Chaobei was secretly watching him give Ye Dong candy, and was hiding to the side, drooling with envy.
He then learned that He Su believed that children who practiced dance from a young age should not be fat, so she did not allow Rong Chaobei, a child who was only a few years old, to eat his fill.
They also forbid her from eating sweets, fearing she won't be able to dance ballet.
Looking at Rong Chaobei, who was thin and starving in front of him, staring longingly at the candy in Ye Dong's hand.
He thought of Rong Xiangdong, who was being pampered with good food and drink, and suddenly felt that the child was quite pitiful.
Having a mother who "hopes her daughter will become a phoenix" is worse than not having one at all.
He didn't know what he was thinking, but he casually gave her a piece of candy.
The child clutched the candy tightly, his eyes filled with joy and excitement.
The boy, a year older than Ye Dong but thinner, said timidly to him, "Thank you, big brother."
From then on, whenever he received candy from others or bought candy with tickets he obtained himself, he would share some with Rong Chaobei in addition to sharing with his classmates and friends.
One day, he discovered that Rong Chaobei had barely eaten the candy he had given her and had asked Aunt Xu to throw it in the trash.
He stopped giving his younger sister candy, and when he ignored her, she cried.
Soon, He Su arrived and took her away, scolding Rong Chaobei for being disobedient and disturbing her brother's studies.
When he turned around, he received a stern reprimand from Rong Wenwu, who scolded him for bullying the younger sister and making her cry.
If he hadn't run fast, he would have almost gotten another beating.
From then on, he barely paid any attention to Rong Chaobei.
Unexpectedly, it was Rong Chaobei who said those words to him today.
Rong Zhaonan gave a faint "hmm".
He looked at her pale face, already bloodless, and sweat beading on her forehead, and unusually patiently asked, "Is there anything else?"
Rong Chaobei froze, his mouth moving for a while, but in the end he lowered his head, shook it, and said in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz: "No..."
Rong Zhaonan looked at her and frowned slightly: "Then I'll go upstairs."
Rong Chaobei remained silent, watching Rong Zhaonan turn and go upstairs.
Seeing his tall, slender figure disappear on the second floor, Rong Chaobei felt utterly deflated.
She leaned against the wall, bent over, closed her eyes tightly in pain, and slapped her face several times.
"Useless, useless, useless... So useless... Why don't you say it, why don't you say it..."
She was completely confused and really wanted to tell her older brother what she had overheard.
Dad said my older brother is a very smart and capable person, he'll have a solution, right?
But……
In that instant, she suddenly thought of her mother. Her brother was family, but her mother was also...
She suddenly couldn't bring herself to say it. If she told her brother, he would definitely report her to the police, wouldn't he?
Rong Chaobei closed his eyes, unable to hold back his tears.
Why did you have to let her hear so many terrifying things?
She's never been very bright, and her mind is completely blank right now. She can't process what she's hearing at all, and she doesn't know what to do!
All I know is... Mom is so scary... like a villain in an old movie, full of scheming and plotting.
What should she do?
"Chao Bei, what are you doing here?" He Su's icy voice suddenly rang out behind Rong Chao Bei.
Rong Chaobei froze, startled, and looked at He Su with a chill.
Looking at her weak and flustered expression, He Su frowned in disdain: "Why are you making such a petty face? You're not like my daughter at all. Don't cry!"
Rong Chaobei shrank back and subconsciously lowered his head, not daring to make a sound.
He Su grew angrier the more she looked at her: "What, I just scolded you a few times, are you going to complain to your father, or are you trying to curry favor with someone?"
She knew that Rong Zhaonan had just entered the room, and she had probably run into him from the north.
Looking at Rong Chaobei's cowardly and timid appearance, He Su held back for a moment, then muttered a curse under her breath.
"How could I have given birth to a brain-dead idiot like you! Go back to your room and go to sleep. You'll be late for school tomorrow, and you'll be sorry!"
If it weren't for the lobby on the first floor, where someone could come in at any time, she would have been so angry that she wanted to take a small bamboo stick and whip Rong Chaobei.
Rong Chaobei flinched, covered his face, sobbed, and hurriedly left with his head down.
A tall, cold figure stood at the corner of the second-floor staircase, taking in the entire scene that had just unfolded.
He narrowed his deep, unfathomable eyes thoughtfully.
He Su suddenly looked up and looked suspiciously at the stairs on the second floor.
Why does it feel like someone's there?
She paused briefly, then went upstairs.
But when they went upstairs, the stairs were empty.
He Su guessed that she was probably overthinking it, so she simply went upstairs. When she got to the second floor, she was stopped by the second secretary of the secretariat with a smile.
"Sister He Su, the old leader is talking with Zhao Nan. It will probably take some time. Would you like to go back and rest first?"
He Su sighed gently yet helplessly, looking with some worry towards Rong Wenwu's study at the end of the corridor—
“When did Zhaonan come up here? I was just a little worried about Lao Rong’s health. What if the father and son started arguing…”
The second secretary nodded understandingly: "Don't worry, it's alright. Secretary Qiu is inside. The old leader seems to be in a relatively stable mood. Dr. Liu, who is on duty today, is also in the second-floor lounge."
He Su did not get the definite answer she wanted, and when she heard Rong Wenwu remain calm, she narrowed her eyes coldly.
She had never been able to get involved with the group of people around Rong Wenwu, from the secretariat to the medical team.
But thinking back to what just happened, Rong Chaobei was just stubborn and insisted that Rong Zhaonan was her brother. He said some nice things, but there wasn't anything wrong with that.
"Okay, I'll go back to my room first. If anything happens, just have someone call me," she considerately instructed.
The second secretary nodded: "Okay."
He Su had no choice but to leave the second floor.
In the study
Rong Wenwu looked at his son's indifferent face, and his similarly brows furrowed.
"What's with that look on your face? Your father called you over to say a few words, and you act like you're about to be tortured in the Zhaizidong Concentration Camp or the Kwantung Army's Meiji Office."
Rong Zhaonan said expressionlessly, "I'd rather go to Zhazidong and Meiji."
Rong Wenwu's face twisted instantly: "You...!"
This brat is saying he's even more detestable than the Japanese invaders and reactionaries?!
Secretary Qiu immediately winked at Rong Wenwu.
Rong Wenwu took a deep breath and waved his hand: "Forget about that, I just want to ask you, what happened today? How did Ye Dong fall like that? Why didn't you catch her?"
Rong Zhaonan remained expressionless: "That's all there is to it. Everyone present today saw it."
Seeing Rong Zhaonan's "think what you want" expression, Rong Wenwu was almost furious: "You little bastard..."
"Cough cough cough cough! Old leader, don't be angry, you can't be angry!" Secretary Qiu immediately rushed over to support Rong Wenwu.
Rong Wenwu looked at his eldest son's cold, expressionless face, took another deep breath, and waved Secretary Qiu away: "I'm asking you, what are your plans? A few days ago you were acting like you already had a wife and no one should touch her, but what's going on between you and Ye Dong now? Is this behaving like this?"
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