What exactly are you trying to say?
Chen Changqing asked in a deep voice.
As if she had nothing to lose, Zhang Hua closed her eyes, then suddenly opened them again, looking directly at Chen Changqing and saying, "Xiao Ze went to the countryside in place of Xiao Xu. He has been suffering there for over a month now, and I think it's time for him to come back!"
"You can go and talk to the old man."
Chen Changqing offered his advice.
"If the old man could agree, would I need to bring this up with you?"
Zhang Hua wiped her eyes, her voice choked with emotion: "Xiao Ze's biological father and you were partners, you went through countless life-and-death situations together in the same trench... but he ultimately didn't survive, leaving behind only the son and daughter I bore for him."
As a result… as a result, my daughter and his daughter were kidnapped more than ten years ago, and only Xiaoze, his only bloodline, has grown up. If something happens to him in the countryside, how can I face his biological father?!
"The countryside is not a den of dragons or tigers."
Chen Changqing remained expressionless and said in a deep voice, "The country called on educated youth to go to the countryside in order to support rural development. Do you think your statement was appropriate?"
"I……"
Zhang Hua was speechless for a moment.
“Since Xiaoze is now a child of the Chen family, he can’t be treated specially. Other people’s children can go to the countryside and support rural development for several years. Are the children of my Chen family cowards who can’t endure any hardship in the countryside?”
That's right, Chen Dongze is not of the Chen family bloodline, nor is he Chen Changqing's child. He was brought into the Chen family by his mother, Zhang Hua. However, ever since Zhang Hua married into the Chen family with her children, Chen Changqing has treated her children no differently than his own, except that he could not give Zhang Hua any affection.
Furthermore, there was something Chen Changqing still couldn't understand before Zhang Hua's daughter was abducted.
Despite being blood relatives, Zhang Hua treats his son and daughter very differently, but he treats the youngest daughter left to him by his ex-wife as his own.
Chen Changqing couldn't understand it, so before the child was abducted, whenever he was at home, he couldn't help but love the child more. He felt closer to the child than to his own daughter.
He gave the child more love, but Zhang Hua, as the biological mother, told him more than once to spend more time with his own daughter, saying that his daughter had lost her mother at birth, and that his daughter was already very fortunate to have her as her mother.
Not wanting to say much to Zhang Hua, Chen Changqing would simply nod and turn to leave each time.
"Did Ozawa write to you asking for it back?"
Chen Changqing suddenly asked.
Zhang Hua shook his head: "No, Xiao Ze didn't mention in his letter that he wanted to go back to the city. I just couldn't bear to see him suffer in the countryside."
“Since the child didn’t mention it, it means he’s fine in the countryside. As his mother, you shouldn’t hold him back and hinder his opportunity to develop himself in the countryside.”
If the second son hadn't gotten into a conflict that left him disabled and unable to go to the countryside, he certainly wouldn't have agreed with his grandfather's decision to have his stepson go and support rural development.
But there are no "what ifs" in life.
The second son... Although the second son was discharged from the hospital a couple of days ago, he will probably never be able to stand up again. Thinking of his unruly second son, Chen Changqing felt a mix of emotions.
Seeing that Zhang Hua was still sitting on the sofa, he said casually, "If there's nothing else, go and rest."
"..."
With tears welling up in her eyes, Zhang Hua's lips twitched as she noticed Chen Changqing lower his eyes and continue working. She felt very stifled, but had no choice but to get up, leave the study, and close the door behind her.
Back in the bedroom, Madam Chen's face instantly darkened. She felt Chen Changqing was too heartless, having not shared a room with her for nearly twenty years and showing little concern for her children… Yes,
Back then, she insisted on staying in the Chen family and helping her friend Zhao Su take care of her child. But even if Chen Changqing is blind, how could he not feel her feelings for him all these years?
Zhao Su was Chen Changqing's second wife. She and Zhang Hua were high school classmates. During the war, they, along with several other female classmates, resolutely chose to become nurses and go to the battlefield to treat the wounded.
In terms of background, Zhao Su was a rich young lady from a very wealthy family, while Zhang Hua was the daughter of an ordinary worker. However, Zhao Su did not mind Zhang Hua's background at all, and the two got along very well in high school.
Later, both of them became nurses to treat the wounded, and each married one of the two great heroes.
Everything was going well until Zhang Hua, two months pregnant with her second child, suddenly learned of her husband's sacrifice. At that moment, Zhang Hua felt like the sky had fallen. It was Zhao Su who stayed by her side every day, comforting her.
Unexpectedly, one day, her former best friend and confidante became her husband's third wife. If Zhao Su knew, she would probably jump out of her coffin!
"Chen Changqing, is your heart made of stone? It's been almost twenty years. I've devoted almost twenty years to this family and cared for you, but I still can't warm your heart?"
Zhang Hua sat on the edge of the bed, tears streaming down her face, muttering to herself, "For so many years you've treated me like a stranger, never knowing that I have feelings too, that I feel pain too... Since you insist on keeping your distance from me..."
If you're unwilling to accept me as your wife from the bottom of your heart, then all the things I did in the past can only be considered as what you owe me... Anyway, Zhao Su has been dead for many years, so even if she knows everything, what can she do?"
Silent tears and silent laughter filled Zhang Hua's expression, which could be described as "fierce."
"You've all wronged me, it's all your fault. If I can't have your love, Chen Changqing, then I'll take the Chen family... The Chen family belongs to my son Xiaoze, and no one can take it from him!"
So what if Chen Dongsheng and Chen Dongxu are of the Chen family bloodline?
One didn't die outside, but that doesn't mean she won't have another chance to get rid of him; the other is already a cripple, and even if he lives to old age and dies, it won't change the fact that he's a cripple!
The Chen family lived in a heavily guarded compound, in a two-story red brick building with a sizable independent courtyard. The living space was particularly spacious for the family of several people. However, the old lady of the Chen family had been living in a courtyard house outside for recuperation for twenty years.
The old man would visit his wife at the courtyard house every now and then.
"The doctor didn't give a definitive diagnosis, he just said it would be a bit difficult for you to stand up again. Don't you have any confidence in yourself? Is it necessary to make yourself half-dead?"
In a bedroom on the first floor, Chen Dongsheng sat on a chair by the bed, his brows furrowed as he looked at his foolish younger brother lying on the bed with empty eyes, a pale and haggard face, and little vitality.
Speaking of Chen Dongsheng, we must mention Song Lan, because it was Song Lan who unexpectedly saved Qin's father on the mountain when she first went to the forest farm to visit him. It can be said that Song Lan had a life-saving grace for Chen Dongsheng.
This gave Chen Dongsheng a second life.
"If you had listened to me earlier and trained properly, would you have been beaten so badly that you couldn't fight back? Tell me, what exactly happened that day?"
Chen Dongsheng was discharged from the hospital this afternoon and still needs to rest well. At this moment, while his family was resting, he made a special trip to his second brother Chen Dongxu's room to visit his troublesome and silly younger brother.
"Why aren't you speaking? Have you forgotten how you were beaten, or are you ashamed to talk about it?"
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