Chen Tinghao returned home with a face ashen with anger.
While still furious, he could not help but question himself. “Where exactly did things go wrong?”
“Where is that son who used to endure beatings and scoldings without ever talking back, who only knew how to apologize, who would silently take the abuse, and who didn’t even run away from home after being beaten into the ICU?”
“Could it be that this time we really wronged him?”
“Impossible! Absolutely impossible!”
“Others may not know, but I know very well that Zixuan is my biological son. He’s so obedient and sensible. How could he lie to me?”
With that thought, Chen Tinghao gathered everyone in the house.
Soon, Lin Jiangxue, the eldest daughter Chen Siyin, the third daughter Chen Qingya, the fourth daughter Chen Shuting, the fifth daughter Chen Mushi, and the adopted son Chen Zixuan were all present.
Even the elderly butler, Uncle Zhang, was called over.
“I ran into Chen Zimo at the gate of Yujing Villa just now.”
“I told him to come home, and that little brat dared to talk back to me. He’s completely out of control!”
Hearing this, Chen Zixuan frowned slightly, then immediately put on a delighted expression. “Brother Zimo is back? That’s great! Has Brother Zimo forgiven me and finally agreed to come home?”
“Dad, Mom, although Brother Zimo stole things from home, cheated in exams, and pushed me down the stairs, doing many wrong things, he is still your biological son. I’m just afraid that he won’t come home because he dislikes me. If that happens, I would become the sinner of the Chen family!”
“If Brother Zimo doesn’t forgive me, I would rather leave. I don’t want to make him unhappy!”
Lin Jiangxue immediately rushed over and hugged Chen Zixuan. “Zixuan, Mom won’t allow you to leave. You are the treasure of your father and mother. How can Chen Zimo compare to you?”
“Even if he comes back, he must donate his kidney to you first before he’s allowed to return home.”
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Chen Zixuan instantly beamed with joy. “Mom, you’re so good to me. You’re the best mom in the world.”
Lin Jiangxue happily kissed Chen Zixuan on the cheek, then turned her face cold. “Where is that brat Chen Zimo? He comes back and doesn’t even greet me first. Does he still have me as his mother in his eyes?”
“He has no upbringing at all!”
By this time, Chen Tinghao had already calmed down. He ignored Lin Jiangxue’s complaints and instead frowned at the butler.
“Uncle Zhang, during the 2 years Chen Zimo has been home, wasn’t a driver assigned to him?”
“How are you doing your job?”
Lin Jiangxue, Chen Siyin, Chen Shuting, and Chen Mushi all turned to look at Uncle Zhang.
Especially Chen Siyin. She had just cried over Chen Zimo’s situation and heard Lin Jiangxue say that he must donate a kidney to the adopted son before being allowed back home. Now she found out that the family had not even assigned him a car.
Yujing Villa was quite far from No. 11 Middle School. Even by bus, it would take over half an hour.
The key point was that Chen Zimo only received 300 yuan in pocket money. If he spent dozens of yuan on bus fare, how would he afford food?
Chen Siyin felt suffocated.
“Zimo, little brother, what have you endured at home?”
Only then did Uncle Zhang calmly respond, “Master, it was you who said Young Master Zimo needed to be tempered, so you didn’t assign him a car.”
“And in between, I mentioned it to you several times. But each time, because Young Master Zimo made you angry, you refused.”
Chen Tinghao felt his body stiffen and forced down the anger rising again. “Then tell me this, Uncle Zhang. In the 2 years since Chen Zimo came back, which room on the second or third floor has he been living in?”
Uncle Zhang had been a butler for decades. He was not afraid of Chen Tinghao’s scolding and answered neither humbly nor arrogantly, “Master, Young Master Zimo does not live on the second or third floor. He lives in the storage room on the basement level.”
Then, without waiting for anyone to respond, he continued, “When Young Master Zimo first returned, Young Master Zixuan invited Miss Gu from the Gu family and a group of friends over for a party. It got too late for them to leave. Since there were no spare rooms, Young Master Zimo had to stay in the storage room for the night.”
“The next day, I was about to arrange a room for Young Master Zimo, but he accidentally broke Madam’s favorite vase. Madam then decided not to assign him a room.”
Hearing this, Chen Tinghao could not help but turn to Lin Jiangxue. “He had only just come back for 1 day, and you made him sleep in the storage room? He is my biological son. How could you do that?”
Lin Jiangxue’s brows shot up. Chen Tinghao had never criticized her before. And now he was questioning her because of that brat?
“Chen Tinghao, you handle affairs outside, and I manage the household. How I discipline the children is my business. If you don’t like it, then you do it yourself.”
Chen Tinghao’s expression stiffened.
He knew he had misspoken.
The Chen family’s fortune of over 10 billion yuan was not built solely on his abilities. It was because of the Lin family’s support behind Lin Jiangxue that Chen Group had reached its current status.
He had not expected that being angered by Chen Zimo would make him publicly question Lin Jiangxue.
Now he felt somewhat embarrassed.
At that moment, the fifth daughter Chen Mushi spoke up. “Dad, Mom, stop arguing. It’s not worth fighting over Chen Zimo.”
“So what if he wasn’t assigned a driver? So what if he lived in the storage room? It’s still a storage room in a villa. Couldn’t he speak up?” You are reading on g.com, the official source.
“Now his goal has been achieved.”
“You two are even arguing because of him!”
“He’s simply a jinx to our Chen family.”
“Even after leaving, he won’t let things rest. He makes everyone angry. What a jerk!”
“I was busy with work before and wasn’t around. If I had been, I would have dealt with him properly.”
“He’s gone too far!”
“In my opinion, we should send bodyguards to bring him back and directly have him donate a kidney to Zixuan.”
“Isn’t he just dissatisfied with the treatment he received at home? Using this to pressure us is simply despicable!”
Chen Tinghao waved his hand and said coldly, “Enough. This matter is settled.”
“Eldest daughter, you and your sisters go to where Chen Zimo lives and see if there is any evidence proving he cheated.”
“Tomorrow our whole family will go to the school and expose his cheating at the commendation ceremony.”
“When the school leaders expel him, then he’ll obediently come back and donate his kidney to Zixuan!”
Chen Siyin’s eyes were slightly red. She wanted to argue, but knowing that Chen Tinghao’s word was absolute at home, she held back.
Yet she asked herself again. If she were disliked by her parents and sisters, given no car, no pocket money, and forced to live in a storage room…
Just thinking about it was terrifying.
The crucial point was that it was clearly these people who had wronged Zimo, little brother. Why were they still so righteous about exposing his cheating, all just to force him to donate a kidney to Zixuan?
The more she thought about it, the more frightening it became.
At that thought, Chen Siyin could no longer sit still. She stood up and walked straight toward Chen Zimo’s room.
Behind her, Chen Qingya hurried to catch up. “Big Sister, wait for me!”
“Hehe, this time we must find evidence of cheating in his room. Let’s see if that country bumpkin still dares to run away from home!”