After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 118, Episode 0122: Old Man Chen

Lin Yuexi suddenly felt despicable, but felt no remorse.

No matter the reason, no matter how helpless or for the greater good they claim, people who choose to abandon you in your most difficult time are not worth remembering.

This is Lin Yuexi's worldview.

The reason she was able to quickly accept the Leng family after arriving in this world was because the Leng family had never abandoned her, even at the cost of their entire family's survival.

Chen Yan spoke of his predicament, his difficulties, and the challenges of finding Old Chen, but what did he actually do?
Putting aside other matters that are difficult to verify, let's just talk about whether he visited Mr. Chen after he admitted to knowing where he was. Did he ask someone to convey his greetings to Mr. Chen?

No.

Lin Yuexi was willing to cooperate with him mainly because the country needed the Chen family's medicine formula. When it comes to the country, everything else is trivial.

Secondly, it is indeed because Old Chen saved her, but it is not about repaying Old Chen's kindness to other members of the Chen family. Rather, it is about extending this kindness to the Chen family and, in a way, linking it to the Chen family's interests. Once she wants to "take away" Old Chen, whether the Chen family members are truly unwilling or only unwilling for the sake of face, they have no reason to stand up and oppose it.

Old Chen had experienced far too much and was already quite shrewd; he could easily see through Lin Pengxi's intentions.

It was precisely because I could see that I felt moved, but also even more sorrowful.

He said with a wry smile, "You were the one who facilitated the cooperation between the medicine prescription and the state. I'm afraid Chen Yan would love to use me to cling to you."

Well, no one can guarantee that their family members or children will have all the best qualities, and Old Chen is no exception.

Chen Yan is Chen Lao's eldest son, born to his first wife.

However, his first wife had a difficult childbirth when she gave birth to Chen Yan. At that time, neither Mr. Chen nor Mr. Chen were at home, so she could not be saved.

When Chen Yan was seven years old, Chen Lao married his second wife, a pitiful woman who had been divorced on the grounds that she could not have children.

Later, when Mr. Chen went abroad, his wife accompanied him, and the two had Chen Yan's younger brother abroad.

One is right next to him, and the other is far away in China. Naturally, there is an emotional bias between them. It can be said that there is basically no affection left between him and his eldest son.

Old Chen didn't blame Chen Yan for not caring about him, and even for possibly hating him. He already felt guilty towards Chen Yan. Although he often sent money back and tried his best to make up for it after returning to China, there were still too many things between them. Old Chen felt it was normal for Chen Yan to have no feelings for him.

What he couldn't forgive was that Chen Yan didn't care about Old Master Chen at all. Old Master Chen only went abroad after Chen Yan got married. When he was in China, he doted on Chen Yan the most. Before he went abroad, he left everything he had to Chen Yan.

Now that Chen Yan can contact Xiao Xi through his own abilities, he doesn't believe that Chen Yan wouldn't have found out that the old man has passed away, yet he is unwilling to even go to the old man's grave to pay his respects.

Lin Yuexi was speechless for a moment: "..."

Well, if we put aside Chen Yan's character issues, it seems understandable that he dislikes his father, Old Chen.

However, people's hearts are inherently biased, so what if she leans towards Old Chen!

Perhaps because he had no expectations of Chen Yan, Old Chen felt a pang of sorrow, but it passed quickly. Instead, he worried that Lin Yuexi, being so gentle, would be deceived, so he sat cross-legged at the end of the kang (a heated brick bed) and gave her some instructions, sitting across the table from her.

“I went abroad when he was eight years old. At that time, the D side allowed me to bring two family members. I was originally planning to take Chen Yan with me.” “But when I rushed home to get some documents, I saw him pouring a slightly yellow powder into the medicine his stepmother was going to drink. After I took the medicine to be tested, I found that it contained a slow-acting poison that could make a person’s health deteriorate.”

That medicine was also something left by the Chen family ancestors. Several of the Chen family's ancestors worked in the palace, and there was a great demand for this kind of drug that could kill without drawing blood in the harem, especially during the Qing Dynasty, when many princes relied on this kind of drug.

Old Chen didn't want to know how Chen Yan got the medicine. He was the kind of person who lacked decisiveness and couldn't handle things well. After discovering the matter, he didn't think about investigating the cause. He just wanted to cover things up and separate his wife and son.

He told Old Master Chen about the matter and entrusted his son to Old Master Chen, whom he felt was more suitable than himself to be taught.

So he suddenly changed his mind and only took his second wife with him when he went abroad.

Looking back when he's old, he knows he made many wrong decisions when he was young. But during those years of hardship and loneliness in the cowshed, he has regretted his mistakes countless times. Gradually, he has become so detached from everything that he no longer desires anything.

When a person has been freezing in the wilderness for a long time in the dead of winter, even a little warmth is a salvation for him/her. For Old Chen, Lin Yuexi, who said "What I am going to do concerns the lives of many people" when she was hovering between life and death, was his salvation.

Because his belief, which he once held onto with his life, was gradually worn away by repeated hardships.

What happens when a person loses their beliefs?

Like a walking corpse.

He still hasn't rediscovered his beliefs, but Lin Yuexi is like a ray of light suddenly shining through his gloomy life, guiding him back to his former convictions.

So what does it matter if it's the Chen family or Chen Yan? What does it have to do with Chen Wenkun?!

Lin Yuexi had no idea that she would be fortunate enough to become a guiding light for someone who could be considered a national elder. Hearing what Elder Chen said and his obvious bias towards her, she breathed a sigh of relief.

With the tension in her heart eased, she could no longer stay awake. Her eyelashes twitched slightly a few times before she fell into a deep sleep.

Old Chen was not surprised. One of the effects of his acupuncture technique was to induce sleep. Xiao Xi was one of the few people he had seen who could resist it. In the past, only a few people could last a little longer.

Perhaps that's why it's so frightening!
He sat still and waited. When the time came, he got up, removed the silver needles, covered Lin Yuexi with the blanket, gently pushed the door open and went out, and then gently closed the door behind him.

Leng Xingchen and the others were still waiting in the main room. Fortunately, their house had underfloor heating, so it wouldn't be cold in the main room as long as the underfloor heating was on. Otherwise, with the outside temperature still around minus twenty degrees Celsius, none of these people would have been able to get up tomorrow.

Everyone was worried about disturbing Lin Yuexi, so they all kept quiet and looked at Old Chen with questioning eyes.

Old Chen had seen this kind of attitude countless times, and he wasn't intimidated at all. He calmly walked to the single sofa, sat down, and then slowly said, "Everything is fine for now."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then, like thieves, they all whispered questions at once.

Ask about the patient's condition and the subsequent care.

Old Chen was very patient and answered all the questions one by one. In the end, as usual, Xu Shan carried the cattle back to the shed.

There are still people watching over the cattle shed, but Old Chen doesn't want to stay and cause trouble for everyone.

As for asking Xu Shan to carry it, it's already troublesome enough to dig someone out of their warm kang in the middle of the night on such a cold day. How could he have the nerve to make someone with mobility issues struggle to walk back through the snow?!