"I don't want to either, Master Chen, but Honghong is sick and it costs a lot of money. I only have one daughter, and I can't ignore her."
Aunt Chen kept kowtowing, "I know it's my fault for betraying Master Chen. It's all my fault. It has nothing to do with my daughter. Please be kind to Master Chen and save her. I will definitely treat you as your own in the future."
Her white hair was spread out due to her crazy actions, and her voice became hoarse due to her sincere crying.
Although Ye Mingqian probably understood what happened, it was always unbearable to act like this at such an old age.
However, before she could say anything, Aunt Chen immediately turned the conversation to her.
"Ms. Ye, please put in a good word for me. I really had no choice but to do this. I am a mother and there is nothing I can do for my child."
"Is your daughter sick?"
She still couldn't help asking.
"I'm sick, he has a blood disease, and the surgery cost a huge sum of money." Aunt Chen took a few steps, her face filled with tears, "Mr. Huo promised to give me this money, so I betrayed Master Chen in a moment of confusion."
"Momentarily confused."
Chi Yanchen grabbed the teacup, smashed it on the ground, and threw a diagnostic report into Aunt Chen's face.
"Read, read the diagnostic report word for word."
Aunt Chen hurriedly took the diagnosis report and turned to the last two sentences on the last page.
"The patient's platelets are below 100, and other values are within the normal range. It is recommended to eat more red meat and animal offal."
After the last word fell, Ye Mingqian asked doubtfully: "Is this your daughter's blood test report? Isn't it normal?"
"That's not the case. Honghong often has bruises all over her body, and sometimes she faints. After I pressed her, I told her that she had a blood disease."
Aunt Chen's hand that was holding the report was shaking. She stared at the patient's detailed information on the report. After confirming that it was correct, she slumped to the ground.
"There's no way she could lie to me."
she muttered in disbelief.
"She lied to you."
As if to break Aunt Chen's last fantasy, she threw a page of bank statements over and said, "Huo Jili gave her a sum of money, did you know?"
"What?"
Aunt Chen was shocked to pick up the paper on the ground. Sure enough, it was her daughter Honghong's name on it, and there was a transfer record as high as seven digits.
"Your daughter and Huo Ji deceived you with this gift." Ye Mingqian made the final decision.
Aunt Chen was greatly irritated, her nose flapped and she rolled her eyes without breathing.
Ye Mingqian saw that it was not good and quickly ran over and pinched Aunt Chen's body, which prevented her from fainting.
"I'm sorry ma'am."
Aunt Chen seemed to have aged more than ten years all of a sudden, with white hair falling on her numb face.
Ye Mingqian looked back at Chi Yanchen. Although he looked expressionless and emotionless, the looming veins on his forehead showed that he was holding back.
She helped the absent-minded Aunt Chen to the side and sat down, comforting her with a gentle voice, "Can you tell me what happened?"
Aunt Chen seemed unable to listen to anything except that she kept saying she was sorry to the Chi family, sorry to Mrs. Huo and sorry to Chi Yanchen.
"This is your last chance to atone for your sins."
Ye Mingqian turned Aunt Chen's body over and looked directly into her eyes, "Explain everything clearly. Chi Yanchen still has the possibility to forgive you. Even if he has an explanation for Mrs. Huo a hundred years later, Aunt Chen dont you agree?"
Aunt Chen's dull eyes had a glint of light, and her pupils slowly began to focus.
"Really?"
She looked hopefully in the direction of Chi Yanchen.
"I will never forgive you."
The man's cold and heartless answer made Ye Mingqian's heart skip a beat, fearing that Aunt Chen would not be able to think about it again.
Who would have thought that Aunt Chen would laugh when she heard Chi Yanchen say this.
"This is Master Chen."
"I was wrong, and Master Chen was right not to forgive me." She closed her eyes, a tear falling from the corner of her eye, and said slowly.
"Mr. Huo asked me about the young child who was with my wife before she died."
Only then did Ye Mingqian realize that the young child Aunt Chen was talking about was Shen Qingrong, who is now Li Chengxi.
"He is Master Chen's brother, a descendant of the Chi family."
Aunt Chen's words were like thunder on dry land, making their ears buzz.
"Chen Guifen, do you know what you are talking about?" Chi Yanchen was as angry as thunder and even called out Aunt Chen's full name.
The Chi family used to be a famous family, but thanks to Huo Jili, there were only a few branches scattered in various places. Only his mother, Chi Wanqing, survived in the entire main family lineage.
And he, Chi Yanchen, who has half the blood of the Chi family, is the last proof that the Chi family has ever existed in the world.
Now Chen Guifen actually said that he had an older brother, which was an insult to his mother, Chi Wanqing.
"Master Chen misunderstood."
When Chen Guifen talked about these old events, her face was full of melancholy.
"Your mother has a biological sister who was not known to outsiders because she was lost since she was a child. When she was found, she was already married and the child she gave birth to was Shen Qingrong."
Ye Mingqian was extremely shocked. He did not expect that the Chi family had such an unknown secret history.
"Shen Qingrong's mother's name is Chi Wanrong, and his name is a combination of the two sisters' names."
"Where is Chi Wanrong now?" Ye Mingqian asked.
Chen Guifen shook her head: "I don't know."
"Although my wife went through countless hardships to find Chi Wanrong, she was resentful of her because she had not had a good life these years. She left the child in the orphanage and disappeared."
Her emotions have calmed down a lot, and her tone is more sensible when she talks about this.
"Because I felt that the Chi family was in debt to my sister, my wife kept asking about the whereabouts of their mother and son. When she was terminally ill, she was thinking about her sister and her son. Unexpectedly, in her last moments, she met Shen Qingrong who came to the hospital with her mentor."
"Mrs. Huo recognizes him?"
Ye Mingqian recalled that the news media at the time all reported that Mrs. Huo had serious mental illness.
"Master Chen looks like my wife, and Shen Qingrong also looks like Shen Wanrong. Although I haven't seen him for many years, his facial features have not changed much. There is probably a strange reason for the blood relationship. My wife knows that he is Shen Wanrong's son just by looking at him."
"Did he finally know the truth?"
Chi Yanchen, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked.
"My wife didn't tell Shen Qingrong." Chen Guifen sighed, talking about Chi Wanqing's choice, she still can't understand it to this day.
Shen Mingming had clearly seen this child's desire for family affection, but he hardened his heart and refused to recognize her. Until his death, Shen Qingrong regarded her as an elder who was kind to him.
"Master Chen, I have lived for so many years, and I have long lived enough. These past events that should have been brought to the coffin, because of my confusion, I have made you juniors worry by telling them. I am sorry, madam."
The corners of Chen Guifen's eyes began to moisten again.
