RBNTW Ch 19

“What did you go out for if it wasn’t for a walk?”

 

Chen Guangren was stunned and turned to look at Chen Ling.

 

Chen Ling didn’t expect Chen Jiu to wake up so soon and look ready to expose her. She was startled but quickly regained her composure and said to Chen Jiu, “Brother, are you confused by Silly Zhao and Wang Tiezhu? Before dinner, didn’t you say you wanted to go out for a walk and told me not to tell Father? Did you forget?”

 

She then glanced at Chen Jiu, signaling him to play along.

 

Seeing her exaggerated expressions, Chen Jiu found his previous life ridiculous. He couldn’t remember how many times he had taken the blame for her hints, making his father angry.

 

If it weren’t for his father’s deep love for hiand being the only child left by his father, he would have long been abandoned and wouldn’t have received such care and concern.

 

In his previous life, when his father saw him entangled with Qian Yun before marriage, he was furious but never scolded him. Instead, he kept pushing Qian’s family to take responsibility.

 

Later, he agreed to marry off Chen Ling first because she was getting older and delaying her marriage further would have been detrimental.

 

Now, given a second chance, he would treat his father even better. But as for Chen Ling…

 

It was already a show of restraint not to strangle her, yet she still wanted him to take the blame for her?

 

Dream on!

 

Chen Jiu sneered internally but still wore a surprised expression, looking at Chen Ling with wide eyes, “Ling’er, why are you saying this? You were the one who said Silly Zhao found your embroidered pouch and asked me to retrieve it!”

 

People who walk by the river will inevitably get their feet wet.

 

Chen Ling often made him take the blame, and even his slow-witted father had noticed. Recently, his father had heard from Chen Fu about him always taking the blame for Chen Ling, which had angered him greatly. It took everyone’s persuasion to calm him down.

 

To Chen Guangren, although Chen Jiu had various flaws, he was not someone who would lie for his own sake.

 

Especially now, Chen Jiu seemed sincere, while Chen Ling appeared evasive, clearly up to something.

 

Chen Guangren’s recently subdued anger surged again.

 

Standing up, he pointed at Chen Ling and angrily scolded, “Chen Ling, you’re becoming more and more unruly! It’s one thing to have your little quirks and temper, but to have your sick brother fetch your pouch? How could you come up with such a thing? Are you trying to kill your own brother?”

 

“Father, it’s not like that…”

 

Things were developing completely differently from what Chen Ling had imagined. She panicked and instinctively tried to explain.

 

Chen Guangren, extremely angry, pushed her away and retorted, “If it’s not like that, then what is it? Are you saying Jiu-ger would deliberately make things difficult for you?”

 

“Why not! Father, you believe whatever he says?”

 

Chen Ling, young and unable to handle pressure, became angry and shouted, “Father, you’re biased! You always give the best to brother and never blame him for anything, but you always scold me! In your heart, only Chen Jiu is your child. Were we picked up?”

 

“You, you are simply unreasonable…”

 

Chen Guangren trembled with anger. He couldn’t believe his daughter thought of him this way.

 

Yes, he admitted that because of his feelings for his deceased husband and Chen Jiu’s health, he didn’t dare or want to scold Chen Jiu loudly. Except when he found Jiu-ger neglecting his health, he was mostly gentle, fearing that Jiu-ger would get sick again if he got too upset.

 

But what did she mean by giving the best to Jiu-ger?

 

Whenever there were things, wasn’t it always the smallest picking first, with the rest going to Jiu-ger?

 

Sometimes, there wasn’t even anything left for Jiu-ger!

 

Was Chen Ling saying this in anger, or had she always thought this way?

 

If she had always thought this, then what kind of ungrateful wolf had he raised?

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