“With parents, he’s no longer a drifting duckweed!”
Chen Siyin kept repeating that sentence under her breath. Thinking about how kind Chen Zimo had once been to her, tears nearly slipped from her eyes.
All along, in her heart, Chen Zimo had only been a country boy. How good could his grades really be? He did not understand etiquette, dressed like a beggar every day, and kept clinging to her. He had annoyed her to death.
Yet she had never considered that it was simply a younger brother’s dependence on his sister, on his own family.
When faced with her biological brother’s reliance, she had responded only with impatience, driving him away, even hitting and scolding him.
But when the adopted son, Chen Zixuan, acted cute and spoiled her, she adored him endlessly.
And she had never once hugged Chen Zimo.
It was unfair.
“How did I become this kind of person?”
Chen Siyin still remembered watching wealthy family idol dramas when she was young. Lin Jiangxue had gently patted her small head and said lovingly, “I believe our eldest daughter would never turn against her siblings like those people on television, right?”
Wearing delicate makeup and always ranking first in class, little Chen Siyin had lifted her chin proudly and said, “Mom and Dad, don’t worry. With me here, I will make sure everyone in this family loves each other!”
In a daze, Chen Siyin made her way home. After entering the house, she did not greet Lin Jiangxue or her third sister, Chen Qingya. She went straight upstairs.
“Siyin, where did you go? You don’t look well!”
Her eyes slightly red, Chen Siyin did not turn around. “I went to find Chen Zimo.”
After saying that, she entered her room. No longer caring about her image, she threw herself onto the bed and began to cry.
“Wuwu…”
“Zimo, little brother, I know I was wrong! I will definitely find you and let you feel the warmth of a family.”
“I will repay you double for everything I owe you.”
“We are still a loving family!”
The CEO of Chen Group and one of the top ten outstanding entrepreneurs of Guangdong Province felt as if her heart were being sliced apart at that moment.
Lin Jiangxue looked at her eldest daughter, who seemed somewhat absent-minded, and raised her brows.
“Qingya, look. Whenever Chen Zimo is around, nothing good happens.”
“Your eldest sister looks like she cried from anger!”
Chen Qingya was lying on the sofa with a facial mask on, chatting casually in her QQ group.
She had been a fan-chaser since childhood. For her idols, she had spent quite a lot of money.
Later, relying on her looks and her connection to Chen Group, she became a celebrity herself.
Being a celebrity made chasing stars even more convenient.
He had shot two shallow, forgettable television dramas and quickly rose to fame, becoming a hot star.
Chen Qingya even created three QQ groups with over 1,000 members each, chatting daily about her idol’s routine, travel, and outfits.
Just moments ago, her favorite idol had approved her friend request and invited her to attend the premiere of his next television drama. She was overjoyed.
Hearing her mother’s words, she did not even lift her eyes. “Isn’t it because of that country bumpkin Chen Zimo? He’s been back for 2 years and hasn’t done a single good thing. All he knows is how to make us angry!”
As if remembering something, she continued, “That country bumpkin left and still caused us trouble. When he comes back, I’ll definitely fix his bad habits.”
“Tomorrow, during the Physics Competition award ceremony, we’ll expose his cheating on the spot and have the school expel him. Then we’ll call the police and lock him up for a few days. Who told him to push Zixuan down the stairs?”
“Then he’ll obediently come back and donate his kidney to Zixuan!”
Lin Jiangxue frowned slightly. She wondered if her third daughter was being a little too harsh on Chen Zimo.
But when she thought of well-behaved and sensible Chen Zixuan, and how he could live a healthy life and stay by her side as long as he received a kidney transplant, her heart hardened immediately.
“Fine. We’ll do it that way.”
…
By the time Chen Zimo returned to the clinic, it was already close to 8 p.m. He tidied up briefly, picked up his tools, slung his laptop and hard drive over his shoulder, and went out.
He hailed a taxi and directly handed the driver 500 yuan.
“Chartered ride.”
The driver grinned from ear to ear. “Alright! Honored VVVIP customer, where would you like to go?”
When they arrived at the entrance of Yujing Villa, Chen Zimo told the driver to wait there and walked toward the back door of Villa No. 9.
Using his tools, he performed a few simple operations and connected his laptop.
With swift and precise moves, he copied everything he needed.
However, Chen Zimo did not leave immediately. He searched briefly through the copied videos, connected his Fruit 3 smartphone, and transferred the videos into it.
After finishing everything, he packed up his things and walked toward the main gate.
Just as he was about to get into the taxi, a Rolls-Royce stopped beside him.
The window rolled down, revealing Chen Tinghao’s square face.
“Chen Zimo, when did you come back?”
“Where are you going?”
“Hmph! Chen Zimo, after leaving home, isn’t it inconvenient without a private car? Can you live in a villa worth tens of millions outside?”
“Is it because your allowance was too little?”
“As long as you come home obediently and kneel to apologize to Zixuan, I’ll raise your allowance to match his.”
“Stop making trouble and come home with me.”
Chen Zimo looked at Chen Tinghao as if he were a fool.
“Mr. Chen Tinghao, I’ve been home for 2 years.”
“Didn’t you know I walked to school every day?”
“And living in the same villa, didn’t you know where I stayed? If sleeping in a basement storage room counts as living in a villa, then thank you very much!”
“And why should I apologize to that bastard?”
“He’s not even your biological son. Why are you protecting him so much?”
When Chen Tinghao heard that Chen Zimo had been walking to school, he immediately frowned.
Hearing that the son of a family worth over 10 billion yuan had been living in a basement storage room made his brows knit even tighter.
When Chen Zimo emphasized the words “biological son,” a flash of panic appeared on Chen Tinghao’s face. But it was late evening, and no one except Chen Zimo could notice.
“You bastard! I’m your father!”
“How dare you talk to me like that?”
“Has the Chen family wronged you? Or did I falsely accuse you?”
Chen Zimo no longer bothered to argue with this cheap father. He got into the taxi and said, “Drive.”
He did not give Chen Tinghao any face at all.
Chen Tinghao’s face turned the color of pig liver in anger. “Chen Zimo, if you have the guts, don’t ever come back to the Chen family. The Chen family’s fortune of over 10 billion yuan will have nothing to do with you.”
“And tomorrow, isn’t your school holding the Physics Competition commendation ceremony? I will report your cheating to the school.”
“Just wait to be expelled!”
When persuasion failed, Chen Tinghao resorted to threats.
After all, his son Chen Zixuan still needed Chen Zimo to donate a kidney.
Whoosh!
The taxi driver did not care about such matters. So what if someone was worth over 10 billion yuan? What did that have to do with him?
Since Chen Zimo had paid, he was the real boss. The car shot off, disappearing in an instant…