nashuaworldcup Chapter 454: Choose 2 from 1
Chapter 454: Choose 2 from 1
Chen's mother jumped up, the veins on her neck bulging with anger as she roared, like a venomous snake spitting out its tongue. "Chen Deshan, Chen Hao is your son, and Chen Xuan is just my sinful child. Don't be so hypocritical here! If the doctor hadn't said that abortion would kill me, I would have gotten rid of him long ago!" She suddenly grabbed the glass on the table and smashed it to the ground, shattering the glass at Chen Xuan's feet. "His father cheated on me and ran off with a strange woman. I feel sick every time I see his face!"
Chen Deshan knocked her to the ground with a slap, his cloudy eyes burning with unprecedented anger: "Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs! Are you worthy of being a mother? Chen Xuan is such a good child! Look at what Chen Hao has become because of you. He steals and cheats at school, and even lifts up other girls' clothes! Last year, he beat up a classmate at school and sent him to the hospital. If Shanzi hadn't knelt down and begged me to borrow money to pay for the medical expenses, do you think this matter could have been resolved?" Chen Deshan was furious. Then he came to Chen Hao and grabbed Chen Hao's collar. The game console manual hidden in his inner pocket fell to the ground with a clatter.
"Chen Hao, tell me where you bought this game console. Yesterday you were pestering me for 500 yuan to buy it! Now that the money is lost, you suddenly have money?"
Chen Hao said tremblingly, "This is my work-study program..." Before he finished speaking, Chen Deshan suddenly ripped open his school uniform jacket, revealing a pair of brand-name sneakers underneath: "Work-study program? You even have to draft your lies. You're usually too lazy to even pay for your family's expenses. Did you steal money from home to buy your shoes? No wonder I lost the thousand yuan last month. I guess you stole it all? I'm going to beat you up, you're so uneducated. You can't even learn from your brother and study hard.
Before Chen Deshan raised his hand, his mother suddenly pounced on him like a mad dog, scratching three bloody marks on his face with her nails: "How dare you touch my son! Chen Hao is the lifeblood of the Chen family. Even if he kills people and burns things, he is still my good son!" She turned around and glared at Chen Xuan fiercely, "It's all because of you, you jinx! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be like this. Get out of my home, you are not welcome here.
After hearing this, Chen Deshan slapped her again and said, "Although Chen Xuan is not my biological child, ever since he called me dad, he is a member of my Chen family. He is my, Chen Deshan's, son. If you don't want to get a divorce, just be quiet." Just one sentence made Chen's mother behave herself from then on.
"You jinx!" Chen's mother flipped over the bedside table, sending the thermos crashing to the ground, splashing golden soup onto the white tiles. "If you hadn't wanted to go to school, why would Deshan have to work three jobs a day? Now he's sick from exhaustion, are you satisfied?" She suddenly lunged at the bedside, her skinny fingers tightly gripping Chen Deshan's arm. "Old man, you can't get hurt. Haohao isn't married yet, and the mortgage isn't paid off yet..."
The ECG monitor blared with a sharp alarm, and Chen Deshan coughed violently from the strain, blood seeping from between his fingers. Chen Xuan, eyes red, rushed forward to separate the two, only to be slapped in the face by Chen's mother. "You've rebelled! I gave birth to you and raised you, and even a beating wouldn't be enough!" The slap echoed throughout the ward.
"Enough, Wu Xiaolian! Stop hitting Chen Xuan!" Chen Deshan choked out a mouthful of blood foam, his cloudy eyes were bloodshot, and the infusion tube twisted into a knot on the hospital bed as he struggled violently. "Chen Xuan is my son, I'm willing to be his slave! If Chen Hao was half as sensible as Chen Xuan, would our family have ended up like this today?" Chen Deshan passed away after he finished speaking.
The sharp, long beep of the heart monitor pierced the dead silence of the hospital room. Chen Xuan felt as if an invisible hand were gripping his heart. He reached out with a trembling hand to check his stepfather's breath, but his fingertips felt icy cold, and tears instantly burst forth. "Dad!" His cries echoed through the ward. Chen's mother, Wu Xiaolian, froze in place, her brightly lipstick-coated lips trembling slightly. Chen Hao slumped in the corner, his game console slipping from his palm with a resounding thud.
Chen's mother came to Chen Xuan and slapped him angrily: "It's all your fault! Why wasn't you the one who died? Your brother was still young, how could I have survived? You owe me. I want you to pay me back with interest.
Chen Xuan came back to his senses from his memories, and came to his mother and said, "Mom, you blame me because my father abandoned you and you found a stepfather, but he passed away because he paid for my schooling. But I have already paid back what I owed you over the years. I bought a car and a house for my brother, but he gambled and lost the car and house I gave him. I am a human being, not an ATM!
Chen's mother suddenly flew into a rage. She grabbed the crystal paperweight on the desk and threw it at Chen Xuan: "How dare you mention that! If you hadn't read so many books, Deshan wouldn't have gotten so sick from exhaustion! He's dead, and Haohao is in jail. The rest of my life is ruined by you!"
Fu Sihan stood up and said: "I will give you another 500 million
When you sign this severance agreement, you must also pay ten times the penalty for breach of contract, and take your son with you to get out of City A. By the way, I will also change Chen Xuan's household registration. From now on, Chen Xuan will sever all ties with you.
After Fu Sihan finished speaking, he had a new copy of the agreement printed out and threw it in front of Chen's mother and Chen Hao.
Chen's mother's eyes instantly widened, greed gleaming in her cloudy pupils. Her bony fingers grasped the air a few times, as if she were already holding five million in cash. She snatched up the agreement, her yellowed teeth biting her lower lip as she quickly scanned the densely packed clauses. An excited chuckle escaped her throat. "Ten times the penalty? You mean what you said?"
Chen Hao stumbled forward, his suit sleeve scraping across the table, sweeping the scattered pen to the floor. He pressed down on the agreement, his nails scraping against the paper. "Mom! Sign it! With this money, we'll have the capital to start a business. Mom, I promise you, I won't gamble again. If I gamble again, you'll cut off my hand."
Chen Xuan came to Fu Sihan and said guiltily, "Mr. Fu, I've dragged you into these family affairs..." Before he could finish his words, Fu Sihan raised his hand to interrupt him. His eyes behind the glasses were as cold and sharp as an eagle: "When you emptied the Chen family's savings, did you ever think that they were using you as an ATM? Don't worry, you have to work for me for the rest of your life after you take out this money."
Fu Sihan threw the agreement in front of them after he finished speaking. "If you want the house, you don't want the money. You can only choose one of the two. Choose! If you sign it, you can have five million. But I tell you, I have already ordered all the casinos. As long as he goes to the casino, he will be kicked out. Wouldn't it be good to start a business with the money?
Chen's mother dug her nails into her palms, scraping harshly against the expensive wooden tabletop. The scent of cheap perfume mixed with the thick odor of cigarette smoke filled the office. She squinted at Fu Sihan, her cloudy eyes swirling with greed and resentment. "Five million? You're just giving money to a beggar! Haohao needs to get married and have kids someday. Without a decent house, what girl would want to be with him?"
Chen Hao suddenly lunged at the table, his sleeve of his suit sweeping off the pen holder, sending it tumbling to Chen Xuan's feet. He clutched the edge of the agreement tightly, his knuckles white. "Mom! Get the money first! If we invest it in another city, who knows if we won't earn enough to buy a house?" The boy's eyes danced with a morbid enthusiasm, but he couldn't help but flinch when he met Fu Si's cold gaze.