Only Eldest Sister Chen Siyin, who was still thinking about last night’s millet porridge, remained silent.
She looked at these so-called closest family members with unfamiliar eyes as they discussed how to punish Chen Zimo. A chill crept into her body.
They were being so ruthless toward their own son, their own brother.
Not only did they want to cut off Chen Zimo’s living expenses, they even wanted to send him to prison.
Although Chen Zimo’s allowance was small and he often broke things and stole from home, which was indeed wrong, he was still her biological younger brother.
Moreover, the Chen family was wealthy. It wasn’t as if anything particularly valuable had been lost. They could simply buy it again.
Why go so far as to send their own son to prison for the sake of an adopted son?
Was it really all for a kidney transplant for the adopted son that they had pushed their biological son to this extent?
She could not understand it at all.
Her mind was in complete turmoil.
At that thought, Chen Siyin suddenly felt a trace of fear.
If one day she…
For the first time, she felt how unfamiliar her family truly was.
“Chen Zimo, after returning to the Chen family, what exactly did you go through?”
“What made you rather give up the identity of the Chen family’s young master and a 10 billion yuan fortune, just to sever ties with us?”
At that moment, Chen Siyin only wanted to see Chen Zimo. After all, he was her biological younger brother.
Even if, in the future, when Chen Zimo grew up, he would compete with her for the family fortune and for control of the Chen Group, he was still her brother.
If she could persuade him properly and have him bow his head and admit his mistake to their parents, perhaps they would stop thinking about sending him to prison.
After the family finished discussing everything, Chen Siyin started the engine of her sports car. She planned to find Chen Zimo herself and talk to him.
…
At Grandma Li’s clinic, Grandma Li was treating the wound on Chen Zimo’s forehead.
“Does your forehead still hurt?”
“Is there anywhere else that feels uncomfortable?”
“Youth really is a blessing. It’s only been one night and it’s already starting to scab.”
“Don’t wrap it up today. Just sprinkle some antiseptic powder on the wound and put a bandage over it.”
…
Hearing Grandma Li’s words, Chen Zimo felt warmth spread through his heart.
At the same time, he silently made a decision: he would save Grandma Li.
Whether it was for her life-saving kindness or for Su Qing standing up to testify for him, rescuing Grandma Li was something he had to do.
Although both Grandma Li and Chen Zimo deliberately avoided mentioning Su Qing, whether it was Su Qing’s grandmother, saving him, making him hot noodle soup, encouraging him, or lending money to a stranger, no matter which reason it was, Chen Zimo would choose to save Grandma Li. Find the original chapter at novelping.com.
In both his previous life and this one, Chen Zimo firmly believed that good people would receive good rewards.
Although he had not lived happily in his previous life, heaven had given him a second chance. Wasn’t that the best proof that good people were rewarded?
As for saving someone, if he chose to stand by and do nothing, then the world would simply have one fewer good person.
After a brief pause for thought, Chen Zimo said, “Grandma Li, I… recently don’t have a place to stay. Could I live here until the college entrance exam?”
To get closer to Grandma Li, he told a small, well-intentioned lie.
Grandma Li thought for a moment and smiled. “Of course. You can stay here for the time being. But after school, you’ll have to help out at the clinic. Consider it paying your rent, alright?”
A faint smile curved at the corner of Chen Zimo’s lips.
…
Chen Siyin drove to No. 11 Middle School and found Teacher Cui to ask about Chen Zimo.
Instead of answering her question directly, Teacher Cui looked at her in shock and asked incredulously, “You’re Chen Zimo’s elder sister?”
“That’s impossible.”
“Chen Zimo is an orphan.”
“His relatives all died more than ten years ago.”
“He’s been in my class for three years. In those three years, I’ve never seen anyone come to visit him, and I’ve never heard him mention any relatives.”
“He always attended parent-teacher meetings alone.”
“He wore the same slightly short school uniform issued by the school all year round. In winter, he couldn’t even afford a padded jacket. And you’re telling me he has wealthy relatives?”
“He didn’t even have money for meals and fainted from hunger.”
“And now you come here claiming you’re his biological sister?”
“Are you sure?”
“Did you make a mistake?”
Teacher Cui was extremely surprised.
Chen Siyin had driven a sports car worth over 1 million yuan. Her fitted clothes were clearly high-end. The luxury bag in her hand alone was worth two years of Teacher Cui’s salary.
Not to mention the jade-like bracelet on her left wrist. At a glance, it was high-grade glass jade, worth tens of millions of yuan.
This wealthy young lady was the sister of Chen Zimo, who wore a short school uniform and shivered through winter without a padded coat?
The sister of Chen Zimo, who fainted from hunger because he could not afford food?
How was that possible?
Hearing this, Chen Siyin felt her heart break.
When Chen Zimo had first returned to the Chen family, their parents had said he lacked manners, did not understand rules, brought dirty orphanage habits into the Chen household, had poor grades, lacked hygiene, and associated with shady beggar friends, which disgraced the Chen family. Enjoying the story? Read on at novelping.com.
So they had forbidden Chen Zimo from telling anyone outside that he belonged to the wealthy Chen family.
To this day, only a few people knew that the Chen family had found their biological son.
She had not expected that in the two years since Chen Zimo returned, their parents had never once come to the school to see him.
The key point was that the adopted son Chen Zixuan and the biological son Chen Zimo were in the same school and the same grade.
Yet their parents had never attended a single parent-teacher meeting for Chen Zimo.
Thinking of this, Chen Siyin felt a deep sadness.
“They say the eldest sister is like a parent, yet I, as the eldest sister, have never come to see him at school or cared about his studies. How could I be so… cold-blooded?”
“He shares the same blood as me.”
“No, I must find him and bring him home.”
“As long as he is willing to go home and admit his mistake to Mom and Dad, I will definitely compensate him and let him enjoy the life he deserves.”
With that thought, Chen Siyin said, “Teacher Cui, I truly am Chen Zimo’s elder sister. We found him two years ago. It’s just… for certain reasons, he ran away from home.”
“Our family owes Chen Zimo. I want to make it up to him. So could you tell me where I can find him? Or give me his phone number?”
She spoke sincerely, hoping that the promise of compensation would move Teacher Cui enough to contact Chen Zimo.
However, Teacher Cui was not moved by the word compensation. Instead, she looked at her even more strangely.
“So that’s why his grades started plummeting two years ago. It turns out it was because you took him back.”
“And another thing, although he wasn’t fat before, he was healthy. After returning to your Chen family, he became thinner and thinner. He didn’t even have enough to eat. It broke my heart just looking at him. How exactly are you people raising a child?”
Chen Siyin asked in shock, “Chen Zimo used to have excellent grades? And was healthy?”
Teacher Cui genuinely doubted her identity. She claimed to be his elder sister, yet she did not even know the most basic facts about him.
Teacher Cui said, “Chen Zimo entered our No. 11 Middle School as the top scorer in the high school entrance exam. Do you think his grades were good or not?”
“And although I knew he grew up in an orphanage, he used to study diligently and work hard. He often worked part-time with the other children from the orphanage or set up stalls in the square to earn money. His life was fairly stable. But in the past two years, not only have his grades declined severely, his body has become increasingly frail.”
“Are you really Chen Zimo’s family? How have you been taking care of your younger brother?”
Every word made Chen Siyin, the CEO of the Chen Group, bow her head in shame.
Seeing that her attitude was still sincere, Teacher Cui stopped pressing further. She took out her phone and dialed Chen Zimo’s number.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
Busy tone.
After a moment of thought, Teacher Cui said, “He probably changed his number. If he really ran away from home and you truly want to find Chen Zimo, I suggest you visit the orphanage…”