C71 Causal Cause

The sun shone down from the west, illuminating the world with its last glimmer of light. It was like the last mouthful of blood coughed by a patient in the late stage of pulmonary tuberculosis. It was incomparably sad and beautiful.

Xia Xiaoqing was walking very slowly. The distance between her and the white building in the sanatorium was only about 500 metres. However, to her, it was like the distance between heaven and earth.

If Xia Xiaoqing wanted to find the person she didn't want to see the most in the Fourth or Ninth City, then Old Man Chen would definitely be the first. To be honest, Xia Xiaoqing knew that Old Master Chen had treated her quite well. When they first entered the Chen family, Old Master Chen had been extremely caring towards his grandson. After Chen Nan Yu died, Old Master Chen had even taken good care of her.

Now, if she walked into the sanatorium and thought of telling the old man, she would feel sorry for him. But she was even more clear that these things had to be known by Old Master Chen.

It was very quiet in the sanatorium. Just as Xia Xiaoqing reached the corner of the stairs and was about to reach for the door, a guard walked over from the side. She looked at Xia Xiaoqing and said, "Anyone from the Chen family can come to the nursing home to see the old man, but the doctor said that you can't, so …" "I'm sorry!"

The guard was speaking the truth. Ever since Chen Beihuang had come over to tell him about Xia Xiaoqing, Old Man Chen had fainted once. At that time, he had repeatedly said Xia Xiaoqing's name. At that time, the doctor had already issued a death order to the guards protecting Old Master Chen. They absolutely could not let Xia Xiaoqing get close to the old man in order to prevent his emotions from fluctuating too much.

Just as the guard finished his sentence, an old voice suddenly sounded from inside the ward, "Let her in. Although my body isn't very good, I haven't reached the point where I can't even see someone."

When the guard heard this, he retracted the arm that was blocking Xia Xiaoqing and placed her within the sickroom.

"Old Master …" When Xia Xiaoqing saw the handsome face of old man Chen lying on the sickbed, she couldn't help but feel her heart ache as she asked in a trembling voice.

"I didn't think you would still have the face to come see me." The Chen family's old patriarch glanced at Xia Xiaoqing and said indifferently, "Since you've already associated yourself with someone else, you are no longer in our Chen family. You don't need to call me the old man anymore."

As Old Man Chen spoke to here, he looked at Xia Xiaoqing with a cold gaze. The meaning in his eyes was obvious.

"If you have something to say, hurry up and say it. Wait a while, the doctor will come over to inspect your room. If he sees you, he'll kick you out again!" The Chen family's old patriarch forcefully held on as he leaned on the bed, his voice ice-cold.

Xia Xiaoqing restrained her emotions and softly said: "I found some facts about Nan Yu's sudden death, so I came over to tell you!"

"The truth of Nan Yu's sudden death? Could it be that you hooked up with that Lin kid at that time? " The Chen family's old patriarch suddenly opened his eyes as he said this. The killing intent in his eyes was bone-piercing to Xia Xiaoqing.

Xia Xiaoqing was silent for a moment, ignoring Old Man Chen's mockery as she said: "It was a trap set by Chen Beihuang. He took the opportunity when Nan Yu was swimming to kill him. I only found the evidence today …"

Old Man Chen's expression froze for a moment before pointing at Xia Xiaoqing as he scolded loudly: "Nonsense, our Chen family wouldn't do such a rebellious thing!"

The Chen Clan was the same as the other clans in the city. From the moment they had entered the political arena, they had followed the principle of family unity.

In the shopping mall, everyone had to work together, especially in the political field. They had to stick together and form an effective network, in order to maximize the family's influence.

The words that Xia Xiaoqing had said had already exceeded the Chen family's bottom line of teaching for future generations. He couldn't believe that Chen Nan Yu's death was caused by his other grandson, and he couldn't believe that his painstaking teaching would actually bring up such a crazy person.

"Old Master, what I said was all true. At that time, there was someone present. If I didn't find that person today, even I wouldn't have believed that this was true!" Xia Xiaoqing said as she bit her lips.

Now that the words had come out, Xia Xiaoqing no longer needed to hide it anymore. She told everything that she knew, placing them one by one in front of Old Master Chen.

"You … Is what you said true? " After Old Master Chen heard what Xia Xiaoqing had said, he pointed at Xia Xiaoqing with a trembling hand, asking in a trembling voice.

Xia Xiaoqing nodded silently. Seeing Xia Xiaoqing's appearance, the Chen family's old patriarch's body that was leaning against the hospital bed suddenly became much more hunched. His originally handsome face became even older, and his cheeks that were filled with ravines even lightly trembled.

He placed all of his hopes on Chen Nan Yu. He hoped that his grandson would be able to carry the banner of the Chen family, making the Chen family one of the most famous families in the city. After Chen Nan Yu's death, he was sad, so he placed all of his hopes on Chen Bei Huang.

However, he really did not expect that right when he was about to step into the coffin, someone would actually tell him that the Chen family had become like this, that he had painstakingly nurtured them with all of his effort, that it was actually so laughable.

Regardless of whether he was trying to shine in the political scene or at the shopping mall, Old Man Chen's real goal was to bring glory to the Chen family. However, he didn't expect that after working hard for a lifetime and teaching for a lifetime, he would finally realize that what he was teaching was nothing but a fart.

This kind of direct blow to the heart made even Chen Changsheng, who had experienced the baptism of fire and rain on the battlefield, feel somewhat unable to bear it.

Seeing that Old Master Chen's face was ashen, Xia Xiaoqing hurried over to Old Master Chen's side, gently patting his back. She said something to the ashen-faced old man, but felt she could say nothing.

The Chen family's old patriarch closed his eyes. After a long silence, he lowered his head and muttered, "Let's go, wherever you wish to go. You don't owe the Chen family anything, and the Chen family doesn't owe you anything. Just treat it as a stranger. Leave …"

"Old Master …" Xia Xiaoqing choked with sobs as she looked at Old Master Chen and said softly.

Old Man Chen did not open his eyes. His incomparably aged face was full of grief. He pointed at the door of the ward and said word by word, "I'll let you out!"

"Lordmaster, take care of yourself." Xia Xiaoqing looked at Old Man Chen's pale face on the sickbed as she softly muttered something. After wiping away her tears, she stood up and walked towards the ward's door three times in a row.

The sickroom was completely silent. After Xia Xiaoqing walked out, Old Man Chen opened his eyes and stared blankly at the snow-white ceiling of the ward, not saying a word.

After a long while, the old man stood up and walked to the window to take a look outside. All the light outside the window had sunk below the horizon, leaving only a faint glow of light. The old man sighed and walked to the door of the ward.

"..."

Chen Beihuang felt that his luck in the recent days had almost reached an unimaginable level. The people on the huge list did not reject his suggestion.

That old Daoist Tian Yangzi really did have some ability. Even though he used a living person as a sacrifice, this method of extracting karmic luck was not bad at all.

"He Qinghua, aren't you staying in the military for the next ten thousand years? Why did you suddenly come here?!" Just as Chen Beihuang was thinking, he saw a young man in a military uniform with a military cap in his arm walk in. He was overjoyed and shouted at the young man.

Hearing Chen Beihuang's voice, He Qinghua's face was full of smiles. He walked up to Chen Beihuang and smiled, "What? You're the one who owns this place. You're the only one who can't come?"

"Brat, you're quite sharp-tongued. Why aren't you staying in the army for a long time and instead come here? Aren't you in charge of the discipline in the army?" Chen Beihuang said to He Qinghua as if he was not paying attention.

When He Qinghua heard this, he slapped the military cap under his arm and said harshly: "Those surnamed Liu are f * cking bullying people. We, Old He, are pretty famous in this city, but in the army, how are the direct descendants of Old Liu trying to bully our men?" Let me tell you, I won't f * * king eat this. I'll be out now! "

Hearing this, Chen Beihuang was overjoyed, but he did not show it on his face. Old man He was an illustrious general back in the day. After the founding of the country, he had overshadowed a whole region, and had also become very popular in the army in recent years. If the Liu family wanted to rise to prominence, they would inevitably have conflicts with the He family.

"Old Liu's family is quite well-off right now, so it's natural that he doesn't put us in his eyes." "I think you should hurry back to the army and stop messing with them!" Chen Beihuang tried to persuade her.

When He Qinghua heard that, he was angered. He hit Chen Beihuang on the chest and said, "I say, what happened to you? You weren't afraid of it in the past, but now you're pissing your pants?"

"To tell you the truth, I was bullied by the Liu family members a while ago …" Chen Beihuang sighed, pointed at his forehead and told her everything that had happened recently.

Just as he finished speaking, He Qinghua slapped the bar and scolded: "Lin Bai and Liu Jingtian are really inhumane. They want to ride on our heads and piss off. I'll bring you to see our family's old man right now! "

Chen Beihuang burst into laughter when he heard He Qinghua's words, but he did not notice the mischief that flashed across He Qinghua's eyes!