Chapter 100: Unforgivable

Qi Nian was full of confusion, but he only heard Zeng Chenglin tell Teacher Zhang that he just didn't want to participate in the competition, there was no other reason.

However, it is impossible to convince Teacher Zhang with this reason that I made such a sudden decision.

Teacher Zhang tried to persuade Zeng Chenglin. She said seriously, "Teacher, I see that it's really not easy for you to come this far. I still can't believe that you would suddenly make such a decision. This speech competition is very valuable and will be broadcast on CCTV. I am not emphasizing that you should start from fame and fortune, but this competition is really important. I don't want you to suddenly make such an irrational decision."

Zeng Chenglin looked at Teacher Zhang's slightly worried eyes and slowly tightened his hands at his side. Of course he wanted to continue participating in the competition because he loved it.

But..., thinking of something, Zeng Chenglin's expression was gloomy: "Teacher, I..."

When Teacher Zhang saw his expression, she knew that he would not like what he was going to say next, so she quickly said, "Don't make a decision yet. I hope you can go back and think about it. There are still three days before the registration deadline. If you have thought it through by then, that would be great. If you still decide to withdraw, it won't be too late to talk about it then."

Zeng Chenglin was not determined to withdraw from the competition. Hearing what Teacher Zhang said, he breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Thank you, Teacher."

Teacher Zhang could see that he must have something to hide, but Zeng Chenglin was unwilling to say it, and she was helpless too. What's more, some things were not something she, a counselor, could solve.

Thinking of this, Teacher Zhang sighed and just hoped to hear good results in a few days.

Zeng Chenglin opened the door and saw Qi Nian standing at the door. He was stunned for a moment, nodded to him a little awkwardly, and left in a hurry.

Qi Nian came to his senses, quickly handed the things to Teacher Zhang, and then quickly caught up with Zeng Chenglin.

"Zeng Chenglin, wait a minute!" Qi Nian didn't expect Zeng Chenglin to walk so fast, just like he was racing, which made his weak body very tired.

Zeng Chenglin paused, and finally stopped.

Qi Nian walked to his side, resting his hands on his thighs, exhaled, calmed his breathing, and then stood up: "You... walk really fast."

Zeng Chenglin: "Sorry, I was thinking about something else just now."

It was obvious that Zeng Chenglin was not in a good mood. Although he was usually shy, he loved to laugh, but now his face showed almost no expression.

Qi Nian looked at the other person, hesitated for a moment, and scratched his hair: "Just now I accidentally heard what you said to Teacher Zhang."

Maybe because he felt that eavesdropping was not polite, Qi Nian's cheeks turned red when he said this.

Zeng Chenglin smiled nonchalantly, but his smile was a little stiff: "Just listen to it."

Qi Nian looked at him, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Why... do you suddenly want to withdraw from the competition?"

Zeng Chenglin lowered his eyes, his voice a little depressed: "If you want to withdraw, then withdraw. It's just one competition."

Although he tried to remain calm, his voice still trembled unconsciously when he said these words.

This made Qi Nian even more certain that something might have happened to him.

If it was someone else he wasn't familiar with, Qi Nian would feel a little regretful but wouldn't say anything. However, Zeng Chenglin was a very good person and had helped him a lot in the past few days. Qi Nian also saw Zeng Chenglin's efforts.

He really didn't want such an excellent person to give up the opportunity he had been waiting for for a long time. This was really a pity.

Thinking of this, Qi Nian still asked: "Are you... encountering any difficulties?"

Seeing Zeng Chenglin looking at him, Qi Nian quickly explained: "I don't mean anything else, it's just that if you encounter any problems, maybe I can still help you."

Zeng Chenglin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and looked away: "You can't help me."

Qi Nian frowned.

Zeng Chenglin added: "And I really didn't encounter any difficulties, I just simply didn't want to participate."

He pretended to be relaxed and said, "Although this opportunity is indeed precious, students from University A will not lack opportunities after graduation, so it doesn't matter if you don't take this opportunity."

Qi Nian looked at Zeng Chenglin and knew that these words were not what the other party meant.

But Zeng Chenglin refused to help, and there was nothing he could do. Qi Nian sighed, feeling a little powerless.

"Thank you for your concern. I'm leaving first." Zeng Chenglin lowered his head in a panic and left in a hurry.

Qi Nian wanted to say something, but seeing that the other party was walking away so quickly, he had to shut up.

Zeng Chenglin, who was walking away, suddenly raised his hand and wiped his face vigorously, his palms full of tears.

When he reached a place where Qi Nian could not see him, he suddenly squatted down and cried almost to the point of collapse.

He had no choice but to withdraw from the competition because he owed it to others. Although Teacher Zhang gave him three days, he knew clearly that even after three days, the answer would be the same, which was too late for him.

But he knew that Teacher Zhang was doing this for his own good, and Qi Nian really wanted to help him. It was this kindness that made him even more sad.

I don’t know how long I cried, but Zeng Chenglin finally adjusted his mood. He stayed outside for a while before returning to the dormitory.

He subconsciously opened the printed speech, then remembered something and hurriedly put the speech back, sitting on the hard stool in a daze.

"Chenglin, are you okay?" His roommate noticed that he was in a bad mood and asked with concern.

Zeng Chenglin shook his head: "Nothing, just a little tired."

The roommate stopped asking and said with a smile, "You still feel tired? Tsk tsk, you are really too competitive. Although no one in our dormitory is participating in the competition, we are scared to sleep in when we see you getting up so early every day. We feel guilty."

Another roommate said, "If Chenglin doesn't win a prize in this competition, it will be a crime against humanity. Come on, Chenglin, I'm rooting for you."

Apparently, his roommates didn't know yet that he was going to withdraw from the competition, and they were all laughing and talking happily.

Zeng Chenglin pulled the corners of his mouth, but he couldn't laugh, so he had to remain silent.

His roommates thought he was really tired, and they all quieted down.

Zeng Chenglin lowered his head tiredly. At this moment, his cell phone vibrated. After seeing who sent the message, he hesitated for a moment before clicking it.

[Liang Fanyou]: Where are you? Come back.

Zeng Chenglin pursed his lips slightly and replied "OK".

——

Zeng Chenglin walked all the way to the gate of a high-end residential area. When he came in, the security guard glanced at him, then withdrew his gaze with a cold attitude, but did not stop him from entering.

Watching him come in, the security guard sighed in his heart: This poor guy is really lucky.

Zeng Chenglin didn't care about the security guard's attitude, walked all the way to the door and rang the doorbell.

Not long after, the door was opened by the nanny. After seeing Zeng Chenglin, she smiled and said, "Master Zeng."

Although he called him "Master Zeng", his attitude was not respectful at all and he continued to clean the room on his own.

Liang Fanyou came out of the room, perhaps because he had received a notification from the servant. When he saw Zeng Chenglin, his expression was not very good: "How dare you come back? Why haven't you done what I asked you to do?"

Zeng Chenglin did not refute that it was the other party who asked him to come back. He explained: "I have already told my coach that I will withdraw from the competition, but Teacher Zhang told me to think about it for three days."

"What's there to consider?" Liang Fanyou was very dissatisfied with this and couldn't help but raise his voice. Seeing that Zeng Chenglin didn't react, he squinted at him and said suspiciously: "Are you trying to play some tricks? Pretend to agree, but delay time."

Before Zeng Chenglin could say anything, Liang Fanyou cursed unhappily: "Zeng Chenglin, you ungrateful bastard, don't forget how much you owe our Liang family! I tell you, if my dad hadn't kindly adopted you, you would still be able to get into University A. It's ridiculous. You can only be a pitiful orphan!"

Zeng Chenglin frowned: "I don't want to delay time."

"You still say no, then why don't you just withdraw from the competition?" Liang Fanyou asked relentlessly without any sense of reason.

Zeng Chenglin's chest rose and fell, and he said stubbornly, "Okay, then I'll go find Teacher Zhang later and just withdraw from the competition, right?"

Liang Fanyou was satisfied in his heart, but he still said harshly: "Zeng Chenglin, don't think that you are giving it back to me. This opportunity was originally mine."

"You see, if our Liang family hadn't taken you in, raised you, and given you a good education, you would never have the chance to go to University A, let alone have the chance to participate in the competition. So, this opportunity originally belonged to me." Liang Fanyou has his own hilarious logic.

But he still thinks what he said makes sense, doesn't he? There are 20 people who advance to the next round of this competition, and he is just stuck at 21st place.

If Zeng Chenglin hadn't been there, he would have definitely been promoted. It's just that the other party took his original opportunity and now he's just returning it!

It just so happened that once Zeng Chenglin withdrew from the competition, he, who was ranked 21st, could naturally participate in the competition. That was why Liang Fanyou asked him to withdraw from the competition.

Zeng Chenglin did not refute Liang Fanyou's words. He certainly did not think that what the other party said made sense. However, after so many years, he had long understood that no matter how much he refuted, it would be meaningless and would only cause Liang Fanyou to scold him.

He could only comfort himself that Liang Fanyou was right. If it weren't for the Liang family, he might not even have the chance to go to school, let alone have the chance to enter University A.

This is what he should pay back...

Zeng Chenglin tried hard to ignore the resentment deep in his heart and calm himself down.

But he didn't expect that Liang Fanyou was even more shameless than he imagined. Seeing that he didn't say anything, the other party smiled again and said, "Well, you're not going to participate in the competition anyway, but your speech has been written. It's a waste if you don't use it. Why don't you give it to me?"

Zeng Chenglin looked at Liang Fanyou in disbelief and refused subconsciously: "No, no."

He could withdraw from the competition, but he couldn't accept the thought that his hard work was attributed to someone else's name. Moreover, Zeng Chenglin didn't want to tarnish such a competition. If he gave his speech to Liang Fanyou, it would be no different from cheating.

However, Liang Fanyou obviously didn't expect Zeng Chenglin to reject him without hesitation. Moreover, Zeng Chenglin actually dared to reject him, which made him explode instantly, and he immediately cursed: "Zeng Chenglin, who do you think you are? Do you think I care about your speech? I just feel sorry for you. I worked so hard to write a speech for so long and you can't use it. I'm afraid you will feel regretful, so I want to take your speech to participate in the competition. If I take your speech to participate in the competition, you will have to thank me when I win the prize!"

Zeng Chenglin was somewhat speechless by Liang Fanyou's robbery logic. He glanced at him and said calmly: "Since you don't want it, don't use my speech script. I don't want the so-called honor either."

He has already retired, what honor does he need?

"Zeng Chenglin!" Liang Fanyou was like a completely irritable baboon. He turned around a few times in anger and kicked over the trash can beside him. Then he turned the tables and said, "You are too much. How dare you talk to me like that? You are really an ungrateful person. My dad shouldn't have cared about you in the first place, leaving you and your short-lived parents..."

When talking about his parents, Zeng Chenglin, who was originally calm, clenched his fists and said, "Don't be so harsh when you say that!"

Liang Fanyou was stunned for a moment by Zeng Chenglin's yelling, but he quickly came to his senses and said unmercifully: "What I said was right in the first place!"

Zeng Chenglin pursed his lips tightly and looked at him coldly.

Liang Fanyou swallowed and changed the subject: "Anyway, I want your speech."

Zeng Chenglin exhaled harshly: "This is a matter of principle. I won't give it to you."

"What a bullshit principle!" Liang Fanyou started to get angry again.

At this time, a gentle voice came from upstairs: "Fanyou, what are you arguing about with Chenglin again?"

Liang Fanyou glanced at his father, no fear in his eyes, and grumbled with his arms folded: "Dad, I told you that you raised an ungrateful person, and you still blamed me."

Father Liang frowned: "Fanyou, how many times have I told you that Chenglin is your brother, don't talk nonsense!"

Liang Fanyou curled his lips and muttered, "What the hell is a brother? He is not your and my mother's child. I don't understand why you care about him."

Father Liang's tone became solemn: "Fanyou!"

Seeing that his father was a little angry, Liang Fanyou reluctantly shut up.

He thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he immediately walked over to Liang Fanyou, took his arm and discussed with him: "Dad, please persuade Zeng Chenglin. I want to participate in that speech competition. He has clearly written the speech, but he still won't give it to me. Isn't this a waste?"

As Liang Fanyou was talking, he began to feel aggrieved.

Liang's father glanced at Zeng Chenglin and began to teach Liang Fanyou a lesson: "Fanyou, if you want to compete, do it in an upright manner. Don't think of any crooked ideas."

Liang Fanyou wanted to say something unconvinced, but his father gave him a look and he immediately understood that his father had his own plans.

But even if he had other plans, Liang Fanyou still felt that Zeng Chenglin had upset him, and started to make trouble again: "Zeng Chenglin, I don't want your speech, but you come with me now and tell me that you will withdraw from the competition immediately, otherwise who knows if you will regret it later!"

Zeng Chenglin frowned: "I've already said it, I will definitely withdraw from the competition within three days."

"Tsk, I don't believe you. I don't care, just come with me now!" Liang Fanyou had a tough attitude. He was determined to make Zeng Chenglinlin unhappy.

Liang's father: "Fanyou, why do you want Chenglin to withdraw from the competition again?"

"Because he took away my original chance to compete, it's only right for him to withdraw. He just gave me the chance I deserved!" Liang Fanyou was very angry.

Father Liang frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about..."

"Dad, don't worry about it. I won't listen to you. If you speak for Zeng Chenglin and don't want me as your son, I will die in front of you!" Liang Fanyou threatened in a serious manner.

Liang Fanyou: "If you want to have another child with my mother, just give it a try!"

Father Liang opened his mouth, sighed helplessly, and looked at Zeng Chenglin guiltily: "Chenglin, uncle is sorry for you, it's my fault for not teaching Fanyou well."

Zeng Chenglin didn't have much hope at first, because such conversations had happened many times, as could be guessed from Liang Fanyou's skilled threatening words.

Liang Fanyou said impatiently: "Are you going with me or not, Zeng Chenglin? If you don't go, I will never let you go, you ungrateful bastard!"

Zeng Chenglin looked at the troubled Liang's father, then at the aggressive Liang Fanyou, and finally said, "I'll go with you."

Liang Fanyou immediately smiled, a master of changing his face. He was not surprised that Zeng Chenglin would compromise. After all, he had done this more than once and was very skilled in the business.

However, he still felt a little resentful towards Zeng Chenglin. Every time the other party would compromise in the end anyway, so he should have just been obedient at the beginning. Why was he wasting his saliva?

Humph, Zeng Chenglin did it on purpose, so annoying!

Thinking of this, Liang Fanyou glared at Zeng Chenglin fiercely and crossed his arms: "What are you doing standing there? Go away, idiot!"

Zeng Chenglin followed Liang Fanyou calmly, as if he didn't hear him scolding him.

The Liang family has a dedicated driver, but Zeng Chenglin is usually not eligible to ride in the car, so he also has to take the bus when he comes back.

He did not feel resentful about this. The Liang family was willing to support him and send him to school. He was already very satisfied and did not dare to ask for anything else.

However, today Liang Fanyou was "merciful" and allowed Zeng Chenglin to ride the bus with him to school. The main reason was that it was too difficult for this family to squeeze into the bus, and he didn't want to wait.

"Hey, people like you, I'm afraid my car will get dirty if you ride in it. Forget it, I'm in a good mood today, I'll let you broaden your horizons." Liang Fanyou shook his feet like a grandfather.

Zeng Chenglin had gotten used to Liang Fanyou's occasional suppression and said nothing.

Usually in this situation, Liang Fanyou would think that Zeng Chenglin was looking down on him by ignoring him, and would chase Zeng Chenglin and scold him for a long time. Anyway, no matter what, he could find Zeng Chenglin's fault.

However, Liang Fanyou seemed to be busy messaging people today and did not chase him to scold him, which made Zeng Chenglin breathe a sigh of relief.

Even if he appeared calm, he was not completely calm inside, it was just because he had no other choice. If there was a way, no one would like to be scolded.

On this side, Liang Fanyou couldn't wait to send a message to his father.

[Liang Fanyou]: Dad! Why didn’t you let me get Zeng Chenglin’s speech just now? You must give me a reason!

[Father Liang]: If you want a speech, I can ask a professional to write it for you. There is no need to ask for his.

[Father Liang]: And Zeng Chenglin will not agree. I know him.

Liang Fanyou curled his lips. Well, why would he care about the speech written by Zeng Chenglin? Didn't the other party just get third place in the competition? Tsk, maybe he was just lucky.

Liang Fanyou has become accustomed to suppressing Zeng Chenglin and looks down on him from the bottom of his heart. Even if the opponent beats him in a competition, he thinks it is luck.

Liang Fanyou played the game quietly all the way, and when the car arrived at the gate, he was so anxious just now that he was reluctant to get out of the car and waited until the game was finished.

No one dared to urge him, so the driver and Zeng Chenglin could only wait for him in silence.

After a long time, Liang Fanyou, probably because he lost the game, cursed something, kicked the luxury car that he was afraid Zeng Chenglin would dirty, and then slowly got out of the car.

He glanced at Zeng Chenglin and cursed, "It's all your fault. You're so unlucky!"

Zeng Chenglin: “…”

The driver secretly glanced at Zeng Chenglin with sympathy. This kid was so pitiful. Liang Fanyou could find all kinds of reasons to scold him even though he did nothing wrong.

But no matter how much sympathy he felt, he was just a driver and sometimes he would be scolded, so there was nothing he could do.

Liang Fanyou walked in front like a big brother, with his hands behind his back, letting Zeng Chenglin walk behind him like a younger brother.

Just at this moment, a young man with delicate looks came over and took the initiative to greet Zeng Chenglin.

Liang Fanyou glanced at the other person and curled his lips: "Who are you?"

Qi Nian inexplicably felt that Liang Fanyou was annoying, but she didn't show it and said, "I'm his classmate."

After he finished explaining, he saw that Zeng Chenglin seemed to be in a bad mood. He hesitated for a moment, but still asked: "Have you thought it through? Do you still want to withdraw from the competition?"

"Yes!" Before Zeng Chenglin could say anything, Liang Fanyou said, "He is going to find his counselor now and tell him that he is withdrawing from the competition."

Qi Nian looked at Zeng Chenglin, who nodded imperceptibly.

Qi Nian knew that this was a personal decision, but he saw Zeng Chenglin's sadness and couldn't help but ask, "Did something happen to you? I still say the same thing, if you have any difficulties, you can ask others for help."

"Hey, why do you talk so much nonsense? Can you please stop talking nonsense?" Liang Fanyou was afraid that Zeng Chenglin would really go back on his word, so he interrupted him hurriedly.

Zeng Chenglin, who had been silent, couldn't help but frown: "Liang Fanyou, don't say such harsh words."

It would have been fine if he didn't say anything. As soon as he started talking, Liang Fanyou exploded again: "Zeng Chenglin, have you forgotten who you are? How dare you talk to me like that! You ungrateful bastard, I should have let you fend for yourself. My dad shouldn't have raised you. You might as well have died. You might as well have been a dog!"

Qi Nian's brows furrowed more and more as he listened to Liang Fanyou's words. This man's words were truly too vicious, but he still held back and did not speak, because he roughly guessed that Zeng Chenglin's withdrawal from the competition had something to do with this man.

Is it because the other party's family has done Zeng Chenglin a favor? If so, it would be a bit difficult to deal with. No matter what he does, it will only make Zeng Chenglin embarrassed.

However, Qi Nian still subconsciously dug up the gossip about the other party. After seeing the content clearly, his face turned pale: [How can there be such a vicious and shameless family in the world? What benefactor? The Liang family is obviously Zeng Chenglin’s enemy! ]

[At first, Zeng's father had a big business. Liang's father was a friend of Zeng's father and also made some money by doing business with him. But he didn't expect that this beast not only didn't know how to be grateful, but became more greedy. He thought, why can Zeng's father make a lot of money while he can only drink soup? ]

[So Liang's father had evil intentions and gave Zeng's father a chronic poison, pretending that Zeng's father's health was getting worse, but in fact he was poisoned. Not long after, Zeng's father was killed. At that time, Zeng's mother noticed something was wrong and wanted to call the police, but Liang's father forced Zeng's mother to death, pretending that she was provoked and jumped off the building to kill herself.

The Zeng family had no other relatives except Zeng Chenglin, a child who knew nothing. It was because of this that Liang's father acted so recklessly. No one called the police. The deaths of Zeng's father and mother seemed very "normal", so no one suspected Liang's father.

This guy even went to the funeral of his great-grandfather and great-grandmother in a grand manner. How disgusting! When his great-grandfather passed away, he, as the second-in-command, succeeded in taking over his great-grandfather's business as he wished. It can be said that the Liang family's current wealthy life does not belong to them at all. It was stolen after the Zeng family was destroyed! 】

[Also, Zeng's father originally had no intention of taking care of Zeng Chenglin. He was not that kind-hearted. But later on, he had nightmares every day, dreaming that the Zeng couple were seeking revenge on him. After a while, he became scared and thought of taking Zeng Chenglin home to take care of him. After that, he miraculously stopped having nightmares.]

[How vicious! He is clearly an enemy, but he acts as a benefactor every day, allowing his son to bully and insult Zeng Chenglin in various ways. Doesn't Liang's father feel guilty at all? Such a person has been at large for so many years. It is really unforgivable! ]

Thinking of this, Qi Nian’s fists stiffened!

Zeng Chenglin's face turned pale, his body was staggering and he almost fainted.