In officialdom: After she left, I rose rapidly through the ranks!

Chen Jingcheng looked at Chen Dashan indifferently and sneered, "Are you trying to morally blackmail me?"

"Or are you going to use the Chen family members to threaten me?"

"If that's what you're thinking, then I advise you to give up on that idea. I, Chen Jingcheng, and you don't share the same ancestor. In the entire Chen family, I only recognize my parents and my younger siblings. What do others, including you, have to do with me?"

Chen Jingcheng said this not because he had found his biological parents, but because he was heartbroken by these people!

After he was taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission, Chen Jingcheng knew exactly what these people had done and said. Not to mention what Chen Jinghan had done, what about the others? They quickly severed ties with his family, removed their names from the family genealogy, and even made his parents kneel in the ancestral hall to receive family punishment. It was simply outrageous.

Meanwhile, the news that Chen Jingcheng was not the biological son of Chen Dachuan and Li Sumei also spread.

Things have already escalated to this point, and you still expect Chen Jingcheng to give them face?

They even thought of using them to morally blackmail Chen Jingcheng, which really makes them think Chen Jingcheng is a fool.

When Chen Dashan heard Chen Jingcheng say that, he immediately became angry. However, he was then startled. He felt that Chen Jingcheng seemed to know something.

Just then, Chen Dashan's wife noticed that the two were getting tense, and from Chen Jingcheng's words, it seemed that he had no intention of saving her son at all, which frightened the aunt.

"Jingcheng, no one is trying to morally blackmail you. We just want you to help us save your cousin."

"I know there's been a misunderstanding between you and your cousin, but Da Shan is right, Jing Han does know he was wrong, so please give him a chance."

"Your aunt knows about this. You can help. Trust me, if you help me, I'll make Jinghan kneel before you and apologize, okay?"

"Also, if your parents knew, they would definitely make you do this too. After all, we're family."

That's very well said.

Chen Jingcheng didn't have any ill feelings towards this aunt, but now he also didn't have any good feelings towards her. He just wanted to never have anything to do with her again.

Looking at his aunt, a hint of pain flashed in Chen Jingcheng's eyes, and he said softly, "Aunt, I will still call you Aunt, but this is the only time."

"Remember this: I, Chen Jingcheng, have absolutely no connection with you or your families from this day forward. Remember that, absolutely none!"

"You keep saying that if my parents knew, they would make me save your heartless son. Fine, then I'd like to ask you, where are my parents?"

"Chen Dashan, if your wife didn't know where my parents were, I could understand. But now, do you dare say you don't know what happened to my parents?"

At this point, Chen Jingcheng pointed at Chen Dashan's nose and said coldly, "To be honest, I never expected you to dare come to me to plead for your good-for-nothing son. How dare you!"

"Get out of here right now before I lose my temper. Remember, never set foot in my house again, and never have any contact with my family. Otherwise, I can be ten times, a hundred times, worse than what Chen Jinghan did to my parents. You'll see!"

Chen Jingcheng's words completely severed all pretense of civility.

But does he still need to worry about whether things will fall apart?

He's not directly tearing Chen Dashan's face off now; he's already saving face for him.

These words caused Chen Dashan's heart to sink completely.

Now, how could he not understand that the stroke of luck he had hoped for—the situation where Chen Jingcheng was unaware of what had happened—had never materialized at all.

Chen Jingcheng knew everything that happened from beginning to end; he knew everything.

Looking at Chen Jingcheng's cold demeanor, Chen Dashan even suspected that the reason his son Chen Jinghan was labeled as a member of organized crime, and the reason he couldn't leave and was suddenly arrested, was perhaps Chen Jingcheng's doing.

The more Chen Dashan thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

The old Chen Jingcheng couldn't do it, but the current Chen Jingcheng can do it without difficulty!

Chen Dashan took a deep breath, looked at Chen Jingcheng, and wanted to explain a few more things.

However, Chen Jingcheng's eyes grew colder and colder, and he knew that no matter what he said, it would be useless.

The concern now is not what will happen to Chen Jinghan, but whether he will face retaliation from Chen Jingcheng.

Holding his wife's hand, Chen Dashan gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go back."

Upon hearing this, Chen Dashan's wife paused for a moment, then shook off Chen Dashan's hand, unwilling to leave with him.

"Why go back? What happened?"

Chen Dashan's wife may not know many things, but she is not deaf; she heard everything Chen Jingcheng just said.

It's precisely because I've heard it that I find some things increasingly incomprehensible the more I listen.

Moreover, Chen Jingcheng is not the kind of person who would be so heartless as to disregard family ties.

And, most importantly, what does it mean that Chen Jinghan did to his parents?

Chen Jinghan, what are you doing?

"Jingcheng, what did you just mean? Jinghan did do something wrong before, but didn't Dashan already bring him here to apologize?"

Are you going to keep bringing this up?

"And what about your parents? Let me talk to them. If that doesn't work, I, as their mother, can come and apologize?"

Chen Jingcheng looked at his aunt and decided not to hide it from her. As for how desperate she would be after knowing the result, that was none of his business.

Chen Jingcheng pointed to the doorway, then to the ground, and finally to the table leg, saying coldly, "It seems you know nothing, but Chen Dashan couldn't possibly not know."

"On the very day I was taken away by the disciplinary committee, Chen Jinghan and Mr. Wang, the owner of the hot pot restaurant, brought people downstairs to my apartment building to set off fireworks and firecrackers. They were using a megaphone to shout that I, Chen Jingcheng, this corrupt official, had been brought down, and they were celebrating!"

"They celebrated my being taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission in front of so many of my neighbors and my parents."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jinghan's wife opened her mouth wide, revealing an expression of disbelief.

She never expected Chen Jinghan to do such a thing. If this really happened, then she could now understand why Chen Jingcheng was so indifferent.

If it were her, she would also be angry.

"Jing, Jing Cheng, Jing Han, did he really do something so foolish and heartbreaking?"

"Please, please don't be angry. I... I apologize on his behalf, and I also apologize to your parents, okay?"

"But please, forgive him just this once, otherwise his life will be ruined."

Chen Jinghan laughed loudly, tears streaming down his face.

Has Chen Jinghan's life been ruined?

What about Chen Dachuan and Li Sumei?

Especially Li Sumei, the woman who raised Chen Jingcheng with great difficulty, is still lying in a hospital bed, unable to move!

"He's ruined it? Forgive him?"

"Then tell me, what will happen to my dad, Chen Dashan, who was beaten black and blue by him?"

"That's Chen Jinghan's second uncle!"

"And what about my mother, Li Sumei, who was beaten by him and suffered a severe spinal injury, and is still bedridden and unable to even get up? What will happen to her?"

"If your parents were hurt to this extent, tell me, could you forgive him?"