Chen Dongze clearly did not believe Chen Dongxu's words.
Believe it or not!
Chen Dongxu, with a languid expression, casually uttered a sentence, and before Chen Dongze could react, he added, "Take care!"
Clearly, this was an attempt to urge Chen Dongze to leave quickly.
But Chen Dongze stood still, his lips pressed tightly together, staring intently at Chen Dongxu, as if trying to discern something from Chen Dongxu's expression, but he found nothing.
"If you don't leave, do you expect me to take you to the former educated youth compound, or to the house you'll be living in after your marriage?"
With Song Sanhe's help, the small courtyard that Chen Dongze rented in the village has been cleaned up and repaired. The repairs have been made, and it's just waiting for Chen Dongze and Zheng Qiuwen, the new owners, to move in.
It should be noted that there are several vacant houses in Shisong Village, but these houses are all somewhat dilapidated, after all, they have not been lived in for many years.
Even the best houses will gradually fall into disrepair, and there were two relatively better houses among them. One was rented by Chen Dongze, and the other was rented by Zhao Yuzhou.
Both houses have small courtyards. The one that Chen Dongze rented was originally inhabited by an old man, but he passed away more than three years ago. His only son works in a factory in town and entrusted the house in the countryside to the village committee for care.
The reason he made this decision was twofold: he had no relatives left in the village and he had a house in the town.
As for the brigade headquarters, they can either rent out the house or sell it to anyone who needs it.
The house that Zhao Yuzhou rented was left behind by a childless family.
It had been uninhabited for about four or five years.
After removing the weeds from the yard and making some repairs, it's just like Chen Dongze's house—perfect for living in.
"Xiao Xu, if you have any misunderstandings about me, you can just say so. It's my fault, and I apologize to you."
Chen Dongze looked at Chen Dongxu with a serious expression, not daring to look away: "Ever since the New Year, I've noticed that your attitude towards me is different from before."
His attitude towards Mom has also become very bad. Xiaoxu, from childhood to adulthood, Mom has always treated you better than me. I don't believe you didn't know that.
"It's your mom, not my mom!"
Chen Dongxu's face instantly turned icy cold. He said, "Your mother treats me better than you. Haven't you ever considered that she might be trying to ruin me by praising me too much? I don't like studying, and she says it's okay, I can just repeat a year."
When I got into fights with other kids in the compound, no matter if it was my fault or not, she would immediately take me to the other kid's house to apologize... Yes, she didn't hit me or scold me, and she always spoke to me gently, but is that what it means to be good to me?
On the other hand, look at how she treats you. Once, when you were playing and didn't finish your homework, she not only criticized you but also made you stand in the corner as punishment, to teach you a lesson and prevent it from happening again… Chen Dongze, should I continue?”
Praise to death?
Did his mother overpraise Chen Dongxu to the point of ruin?
This...how is this possible...?
Chen Dongze didn't want to believe it, but when he recalled the mistakes he and Chen Dongxu had made since childhood and how his mother had treated them, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
However, Chen Dongze knew very well that he absolutely could not admit that what Chen Dongxu said was true, because doing so would most likely cause problems in his mother's marriage. In other words, he and his mother would most likely leave the Chen family.
It was an involuntary departure!
Chen Dongze didn't want this day to come.
reason?
It's good to have a big tree to lean on for shade!
Given the Chen family's status in Beijing, whatever he does in the future will definitely be much smoother.
Thinking of this, Chen Dongze denied what Chen Dongxu had said: "Xiaoxu, Mom is good to you for no selfish reason. I've heard what you just said, but you absolutely can't let Mom know, or I'm prepared to break your heart!"
"Are you fucking deaf? I told you Zhang Hua is your mother, not mine. Is it fun to pretend you don't hear me?"
Chen Dongxu, like a rooster with its feathers standing on end, glared at Chen Dongze and swore out loud.
Chen Dongze blushed and said, "Xiao Xu, where have your manners and upbringing gone? Although we've addressed each other by our first names since childhood, you should know very well that I'm older than you."
Calling me "brother" is the least you can do to show respect, but you've called me by my name for years, and I've never held it against you.
Now you've gone so far as to swear at me? Am I too easygoing, which is why you're so disrespectful?
"You want my respect? Do you deserve it?"
Chen Dongxu sneered: "I've made myself perfectly clear. Your mother is a terrible person. She's been spoiling me rotten since I was little, but you're pretending not to admit it. You even bring me into this by calling Zhang Hua 'Mom' all the time. Do you think I have no temper?"
“My mother took care of you when you were two or three years old, but now you have such a big misunderstanding about her for some reason. Xiao Xu, I misjudged you!”
There must be a reason for everything. Chen Dongze didn't believe that Chen Dongxu would think of "praising to death" for no reason and change his attitude towards him and his mother.
"Speaking of your mother taking care of me, Chen Dongze, you think I know nothing, right?"
Chen Dongxu had intended to save face for Chen Dongze, but Chen Dongze seemed unwilling to accept it, leaving Chen Dongxu with no room for negotiation. He said:
"The reason your mother was able to stay in my house with you and your sister is because she shamelessly used my mother's last wish as leverage, indirectly forcing my father to marry her. To put it bluntly..."
She used my mother's last wish, under the guise of taking care of me and my younger sister, but her real purpose was only one: to marry my father, become the third wife of the Chen family, and replace my mother in the Chen family!
This is what Chen Dongxu heard from his older brother, Chen Dongsheng. Well, Chen Dongsheng didn't go into much detail, only saying that Chen Dongze's mother, Zhang Hua, was able to marry their father because of Chen Dongxu's mother's dying wish.
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