"Since you mentioned Xiao Xu, let me ask you this: his legs were broken while he was out there. Does this have anything to do with you?"
Chen Changqing's expression was cold and his gaze sharp as he stared directly at his wife, Zhang Hua. Caught off guard by Chen Changqing's words, Zhang Hua didn't react for a moment. Once she came to her senses, she immediately said:
"What do you mean? How could you suspect me? Although Xiaoxu wasn't born from my womb, I raised him myself. Am I so heartless as to do something to ruin a child's life?!"
Feeling uneasy, could it be... could it be that this person really knows something?
It's been almost a year since that happened, so why bring it up in front of her all of a sudden?
Zhang Hua seemed to have forgotten that she was the one who mentioned Chen Dongxu a moment earlier, which led to Chen Changqing's questioning of her.
"Zhang Hua, you'd better make sure you've covered your tracks perfectly, otherwise, if I get the evidence one day, you can imagine the consequences."
Chen Changqing's tone sounded calm and even, but it felt like a heavy hammer blow to Zhang Hua's ear.
Before she could react, Chen Changqing had already gone upstairs to the second floor.
But now, he felt more and more strongly that Zhang Hua and Chen Dongxu's legs were crippled, because when he asked that question in the living room earlier, he had clearly seen the change in their emotions.
From shock to panic, and then to anger, the entire emotional shift happened quickly, but it did not escape his notice.
The footsteps on the stairs disappeared, and Zhang Hua turned her gaze to the second floor. At this moment, her face was obviously pale and she looked dazed. Unconsciously, she walked to the sofa and sat down on it.
It's alright. Even if that person is suspicious, she has considered everything before taking action and will not leave any loopholes so that people can follow the clues and find her.
Furthermore, she didn't handle the matter directly; the scoundrel responsible for crippling Chen Dongxu had already fled Beijing after the job was done.
She wouldn't be back for at least a year or two; this was something she had secretly instructed her brothers from her maternal family when she made her plans, for no other reason than...
Just to avoid getting caught and sent to a farm for reform through labor, those scoundrels would stay quietly in that corner outside Beijing, not daring to show their faces easily!
Zhang Hua sat on the sofa, repeatedly trying to reassure herself.
And sure enough, the comforting words really worked. Her complexion gradually returned to normal, and a cold smile even appeared on her lips.
Ha! What are the consequences?
It's not hard for her to imagine the consequences.
Chen Changqing, don't think that scaring her a few times will force her to reveal her true colors!
Zhang Hua knew very well that if Chen Changqing found evidence of what she had done, she would inevitably face divorce and be handed over to the police for legal judgment.
But would such a thing happen to her?
Absolutely not!
The fact that she managed to move into the Chen family legitimately and become Chen Changqing's wife, even if only in name, shows that her methods were beyond what ordinary people could match.
Since she is already the third wife of the Chen family and Chen Changqing's wife, she will be until she dies!
No one can kick her out of the Chen family.
As for the final ownership of the Chen family, apart from being controlled by Zhang Hua's son, those two bastards, Chen Dongsheng and Chen Dongxu, should not even think about getting a piece of it!
Second floor.
After taking a bath, Chen Changqing did not go to bed immediately. Instead, he sat in his study with his eyelids lowered, his face cold and indifferent. He tapped his fingers lightly on the table, making it difficult to tell what he was thinking.
He didn't know how much time had passed when he reached for the landline phone, dialed and transferred the call. A familiar voice came through the receiver and said, "Brother, it's me."
"You're back?"
Chen Changzheng asked over the phone.
"Yes. I wanted to let you know that Mom and Dad are both fine and should be able to be discharged from the hospital in about a week."
Chen Changqing described the situation of Grandpa and Grandma Chen, then he replied to Chen Changzheng, "Mom and Dad said they'll go to meet their relatives after they're discharged from the hospital. As for whether they'll stay with Second Brother or go back to Beijing after the meeting, Dad said it depends on Mom's decision. By the way, eldest brother, are you going to go to see Mom and Dad when they're discharged?"
"Of course I'll go."
Chen Changzheng replied, and then said, "When Mom and Dad and my second brother reunited, it would be better for us, as brothers, to be there."
"That's what I think too."
Chen Changqing said, "I'll contact you again when Xiaoxu calls me later."
"good."
Chen Changzheng responded.
Chen Changqing: "That's fine then. Get some rest."
After finishing his call with Chen Changzheng, Chen Changqing put the receiver back on the landline. Just then, there was a knock on the study door. He sat quietly for a moment, then got up to open the study door. His gaze was deep and unfathomable as he stared at Zhang Hua without saying a word.
Perhaps it was his penetrating gaze that made Zhang Hua withdraw his hand, looking slightly uncomfortable, and ask, "Do you want something to eat? If you do, I'll make you a bowl of noodles."
"Need not."
Chen Changqing responded expressionlessly. Seeing that Zhang Hua remained standing still, he asked in a deep voice, "Is there anything else?"
Zhang Hua shook her head. The next moment, the study door closed in front of her, cutting off her view of Chen Changqing.
His expression changed several times. He was about to turn around and go back to his bedroom, but Zhang Hua seemed to have thought of something and knocked on the study door again.
After a while, she didn't see the study door open.
Faced with this situation, Zhang Hua was furious and said to the door, "I went to the courtyard house for two days in a row and found that the gate of the courtyard house was always locked. Do you know where Mom and Dad went?"
You know their health isn't very good. If something were to happen to them somewhere we don't know about, it would be disrespectful of us as their younger generation!
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