The Chen family's nightlife is empty and boring.
All the electrical appliances installed in this huge Chinese-style garden are for practical use and do not have any entertainment equipment.
Therefore, most of the younger generations of the Chen family do not like to live in the old house, but buy properties outside.
But even so, due to the Chen family's strict management regulations for family members, these people can only stay in the old house most of the time, and must respond quickly once called.
It's more like an army with orders and prohibitions than a family.
Nono hated this very much, even to the point of disgust.
Especially the habit of kneeling in the ancestral hall is simply feudal dross. It has no use at all except trampling on people's self-esteem and making people servile.
Such punishment is just punishment and has no educational significance.
But no one in the Chen family would think about this.
They just inherited ancient traditions and family rules.
This family is like an alien that rushed into this era thousands of years ago. They are corrupt, stubborn, and old, with a strong smell of decay.
Since Nono was very young, he wanted to burn this place down.
It started when I was very young, when my mother who loved me the most was taken away by this family.
She hated this family.
Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, Nono's behavior is closer to resistance and dissatisfaction with the family, but no one knows that everything Nono does is to take revenge on the family.
There is no love without reason in this world, and there is no hate without reason.
If it weren't for the death of her mother, Nono would probably have gradually grown into a tool they were satisfied with according to the family's wishes, and then married off.
This is one of the two fates of women in the Chen family - the other is to help the family recruit stronger hybrids.
Family affection does not exist - no, this statement is inappropriate, let's put it another way - in the Chen family, family affection exists because of value.
Everything depends on value, interest.
This is the rule of the Chen family.
Even between brothers, even between father and son, this rule must be followed.
Follow without question.
"Big brother is here too."
Nono knelt on a futon and looked at the middle-aged man kneeling beside him with a gloomy face.
The middle-aged man turned his head and ignored her.
Nono didn't force the conversation.
The two of them were at odds with each other, and it would not be good if they fought in the ancestral hall.
The Chen family's ancestral hall is very large, about the same size as a basketball court.
The beams and columns of the wooden structure are carved with exquisite patterns, which are lifelike. The roof is covered with gray tiles, with brackets and cornices, full of classical beauty.
There are calligraphy and paintings hanging on the surrounding walls, recording some ancient stories, which are all anecdotes of famous people in the family history. Those yellowed scrolls tell the glorious past one after another.
The moonlight shines through the skylight of the ancestral hall and onto the bluestone floor, adding a mysterious color to this ancient building.
Directly in front of the ancestral hall is the altar table where the memorial tablets are placed, with many tablets of the ancestors of the Chen family densely displayed on it.
Nuonuo looked at the many tablets above and couldn't help but think: Are they here to compete in the ranking match?
Thinking of this, she felt a little cold first.
Damn it, after hanging out with people like Gu Bei for so long, even I have become abnormal!
Nono thought again of Caesar who said, "Eat more plums if you have nothing to do."
These people are poisonous!
Shaking his head, he threw the chaotic thoughts out of his mind.
Nono moved his eyes back to the altar table and looked at the names on the tablets one by one.
In fact, she was almost able to memorize the names above.
As the junior who made the most mistakes in the entire Chen family, Nono spent half of her time in the Chen family in the ancestral hall.
Place
She is more familiar with this place than where she lives.
In the center is a tall ancestral tablet, which is the oldest ancestor of the Chen family - Chen Sheng.
That's right, it's the Chen Sheng who "is a prince, a general, and a prime minister."
Although this guy said it sounded nice, in fact that was not the case at the time.
In this world, do you want to be an emperor without dragon blood?
All I can say is that it’s so beautiful.
The founding emperors of every dynasty and every generation were not the result of bloody battles. Even ordinary people would want to compete with mixed races.
Do not make jokes.
Of course Chen Sheng was not a fool. He believed that he would not die even if he rebelled, so he dared to do so.
Not many people are willing to risk their lives.
There is indeed no shortage of people with integrity in this world, nor is there a shortage of people who sacrifice their lives for their ideals.
But there are too few such people.
Most people will make decisions only after they are completely sure.
Chen Sheng is this kind of person.
"Do princes, generals, and prime ministers have the guts to do this?"
Haha, he is a blood descendant!
He himself is a member of the princes and generals!
According to records, this guy's speech spirit seems to be able to hypnotize people, and then, relying on his decent bloodline and effective speech spirit, he fooled a large group of people into following him to "Da Chu Xing, King Chen Sheng."
Although it failed later, it also left a rich heritage and foundation for the Chen family.
This is how the Chen family came to be.
There are fruit offerings and a huge incense burner placed in front of Chen Sheng's tablet.
There are cigarettes lingering on the incense burner, filling the air with a faint aroma.
The incense is specially made to make people feel calm and peaceful.
Nuonuo's eyes drifted upward along the curling fireworks, and finally dissipated into the vast night.
She felt extremely calm and relaxed.
There is a feeling of emptiness.
There are no more barriers or any restraints, and the whole soul just floats like a dissipating cigarette.
Such ultimate freedom.
But it's not enough.
She could feel that there was something pulling her, preventing her from floating too high.
She calmed down.
What time is it now?
she does not know.
There are no electronic devices in the ancestral hall, and no one is allowed to bring in electronic devices. All those who enter the ancestral hall to receive punishment must look at everything in the ancestral hall and then calm themselves down.
Of course, it is also possible to be more impatient, like the person next to her.
To be honest, there is no substantive blood relationship between Nuonuo's eldest brother, because they are not considered biological parents of the head of the Chen family.
They are just the products of Chen Yuan providing DNA and then finding someone to surrogate them.
Otherwise, at Chen Yuan's age, it would be impossible for him to have forty or fifty children at one go - unless he was having fun every night.
But just looking at Chen Yuan's look...it would be no exaggeration to say that he was *cold.
Occasionally, Nono would wonder viciously whether Chen Yuan had been physically removed. After all, as the high-ranking head of the Chen family, Chen Yuan behaved a bit too freely.
So Nono has profiled Chen Yuan more than once.
The result is - this guy is a normal man.
But something is strange.
Nono's profile of Chen Yuan is always incomplete.
It was like she was profiling not a person, but a puppet. The conclusions she got were all made by the puppeteer.
But is this result possible?
Is it possible that the dignified head of the Chen family is someone else’s puppet?
Who can use the head of the Chen family, the strongest among the five major families, as a puppet?
But the results of profiling are also beyond doubt.
So Nono is concerned about Chen Yuan’s situation.
very curious.
She even felt uneasy.
"Ahem..."
An old voice suddenly sounded in the ancestral hall.
The eldest brother, who was already very anxious, was frightened by the sudden sound and actually jumped up from where he was.
Nuonuo frowned and looked over at the sound.
I don't know when, a gray-haired old man sat on the chair next to the altar table.
When did he come in?
Nono was sure that there was only himself and his eldest brother in the room just now, and there was absolutely no third person.
How did this old man get in?
But then again, are there really such old people in the Chen family?
No, it may not be a human being. This is the ancestral hall of the Chen family, so this old guy may also be... a ghost! ?
No, no, no, no...
Years of materialistic education allowed Nono to quickly regain her sanity. She quickly observed the details of the old man and tried to profile him.
Being able to enter and leave the ancestral hall freely is a senior member of the Chen family.
The details of the clothes are very exquisite, and the taste is like the Republic of China.
The age is probably...more than a hundred! ?
Could it be an old guy like Principal Angers who has lived from the last century to the present?
Is there anyone like this in the family?
Never heard of it!
Nono bit his lip with a strange expression.
The old man glanced at her with cloudy eyes: "Oh? Profile? I remember you, Chen Motong... your mother is... oh, she is that very curious woman, she knows a lot of things that she shouldn't know. of."
The old man looked at Nono: "You don't look much like your mother, but more like your grandmother. It seems that the blood flowing in your body is purer than I thought."
From the moment he opened his mouth, he was an old blood party, talking about pure blood mixed blood, blood human beings, noble and low.
To be honest, this is the type that Nono hates the most.
And the other party also mentioned her mother.
Even more disgusting.
However, before knowing the identity of the old man, Nono would not talk nonsense. She still knew the reason why the trouble came from his mouth. At this time, she would use her usual trick: "Grandpa, why have I never been here before?" Have the Chen family met you?"
Test your identity first.
But the old man just chuckled and pointed out Nuonuo's intention: "If you can't find any useful information in profiling, you will start to test your identity. From this point of view, you and your mother are quite similar, and you are equally curious. This is terrible. It's not a good thing, otherwise she might end up like your mother at some point... I remember she was not yet thirty years old. She died so young, like a flower that withered before it fully bloomed. "
The old man sighed: "This is also nutrients. Without nutrients, how could the Chen family grow into a towering tree?"
Nuonuo's pupils shrank and she narrowed her eyes.
This old guy keeps saying some disgusting things to himself. Since you like the Chen family so much, then become your own nourishment. Why do you still live for so many years! ?
"Why do you have to live for so many years? That's what you're thinking." The old man's indifferent gaze fell on Nuonuo's face, and her thoughts were revealed in one sentence.
Nuonuo looked horrified.
The old man shook his head: "Don't put it on your face. If you can profile me, I can also profile you, so don't be so surprised. This is far worse than your mother - that woman, think about it carefully She is also a rare talent. I originally wanted Tianci to marry her as my wife, but she shouldn’t..."
Nono didn't hear the rest of the words clearly because she was thinking about how to make the old man in front of her shut his stinky mouth.
If only Caesar were here now, so would Su Qian, so would Gu Bei, so would Lu Mingfei, Chu Zihang, and that little Eri Yi.
They will definitely send this old man to the West with one punch.
But Nono can't.
No matter how angry she was, she couldn't do anything.
She is an outlier among the mixed-race species. She obviously has A-level blood, but her actual combat power is only B-level, and she has no speech spirit. There is nothing like A-level except for her relatively high spiritual vision.
She couldn't get violent and hurt people because her combat power didn't allow it.
She should calm down, she had to calm down.
"Oh, you actually controlled your emotions, which is worthy of praise," the old man clapped, "Then let me explain to you why I am so old, but I still die without being used as nourishment."
"Because I am the root, the root of the Chen family's big tree. If the root dies, the Chen family will naturally die, so I cannot die." The old man said lightly.
root?
He actually said that he was the root of the Chen family?
Has he watched too much Naruto?
No, that's not the point.
He said that after his death, the Chen family would also die together!
What's the meaning?
literal meaning?
Is this old guy the talkative person of the Chen family?
"That's right, I'm the one who talks about things in the Chen family."
The old man patted his palms that looked like dead branches, and several dark figures appeared in the ancestral hall, carrying out the eldest brother who had been unconscious for some time.
So only the old man and Nuonuo were left in the ancestral hall.
Nuonuo recognized those few people just now. They were secret troops that only the head of the family could mobilize.
But now they are looking at the old man in front of them.
In other words, the old man did not lie to her.
This old guy is the real master of the Chen family!
but why……
"You're wondering why I told you my identity, especially why today?"
The old man smiled broadly, but Nono felt cold all over.
He stood in front of the old man as if he had no clothes on, and all his thoughts were invisible, but she could not see the old man's thoughts at all.
Things like profiling will be suppressed.
In the final analysis, it is actually a calculation based on the collected information, similar to the basic deduction method of Sherlock Holmes. However, when the opponent collects far more information than you do, your profile will be affected by the opponent, which will be invalid or biased. .
This is the situation for Nono now.
She felt as if a pair of hands were holding her throat, so that he could only listen to the old man speaking slowly, but she herself could not say a word.
"The reason is very simple. That alien kid and the one he founded who knows everything are really unpleasant. They have obviously let them go before, but now they just have some strength and they come to kill them. , and also bribed people within the family..."
"Chen Motong, you should know the consequences of betraying the family."
The old man's voice was stern, drilling into Nono's ears like an awl, wrapping around her neck, suffocating her.
At this moment, there was an explosion in the dark night.
Nono felt the pressure all over his body loosen, and he collapsed to the ground.
The old man turned his attention away and saw a thunder falling in the dark night, illuminating all directions.
"It's really unexpected."
