PFC Article 70 Family Traditions
Article 70 Family Traditions
Mrs. Cheng was practically supported all the way back, her legs were so weak.
Her heart was pounding like a drum, and her face was terribly pale. Even the maid supporting her noticed that something was wrong.
As soon as she returned to the house, Mrs. Cheng collapsed into a chair, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.
"Madam! Madam, what's wrong?"
The maid suspected she was cold, so she hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to her, but Madam Cheng swept her hand away.
"Do not touch me!"
The still-hot tea was spilled onto the maid's hand, startling her into a cry of surprise.
Startled by the shout, Madam Cheng immediately looked at the young maid.
"Get out!"
She roared angrily, her expression ferocious and terrifying, as if she had suddenly become a different person.
The maid was startled by her, her eyes filled with tears, and she ran out, covering her hands.
As soon as the person left, Madam Cheng immediately stood up from her chair. She paced anxiously back and forth in the room, muttering something to herself.
"How... how could this happen? Why did it have to be Cheng Fang who was bitten to death by a dog..."
She looked anxious and uneasy, her hands clenched tightly together, twisting the handkerchief in her hands repeatedly.
"Impossible... No one should know about this..."
"No! It can't be! It must just be a coincidence! Yes! It's just a coincidence..."
As if she had convinced herself, she kept nodding and repeating the words "it's just a coincidence" over and over again.
Meanwhile, Cheng Nanchun had already led a group of people back to the reception room to continue discussing countermeasures.
Xie Yan and Chu Ling didn't come along this time, but instead planned to wander around and take the opportunity to investigate.
Unexpectedly, during their stroll, the two witnessed another interesting scene.
In the Cheng family's garden—
A beautifully sculpted child is playing with the servants.
However, his play involved taking a bone and throwing it into the distance, then having his servants crawl on their hands and feet to retrieve it.
Urged on by the child, the servant could only imitate the dog, pick up the bone, and then fawn over the child.
Seeing a grown man, much larger than himself, being treated so humiliatingly as a dog, the child showed no empathy whatsoever and instead laughed loudly.
"Hahahaha! This is fun! It's so much fun!"
He held the bone in his hand and kept slapping the servant's face while barking.
"Come here, little dog! Give me a bark!"
The servant's face turned red from the beating, but he could only endure the humiliation and bark like a dog a few times.
Upon hearing this, the child clapped and laughed again.
Just then, a woman's voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Little brother, what are you doing? How can you humiliate someone like this?"
A pretty woman walked quickly over, her face showing some reluctance, and hurriedly tried to stop the boy's behavior.
Judging from her appearance, Xie Yan recognized her as the woman who had sat at the same table as Young Master Cheng yesterday.
Hearing the voice, the boy turned around to look at the person. After recognizing who it was, his young face immediately showed impatience.
And when his "game" was interrupted, he immediately became unhappy.
After glancing at the woman, the boy suddenly threw the bone in his hand at the servant, hitting him squarely on the forehead.
No one knows where a child like him got such strength, but the sharp corner of the bone struck the servant's forehead hard, causing the servant to bleed profusely from his head.
"I can do whatever I want! You're nothing but a lowly bastard, how dare you try to tell me what to do?"
Upon hearing this, the woman's face turned pale instantly, as if she had been greatly humiliated, and her eyes immediately reddened.
Her voice trembled as she said, "How could you insult me like this? I'm your sister!"
"Pooh!"
The boy spat out a mouthful of contempt, his gaze toward the woman filled with disdain and disdain.
"You're nothing but a bastard born of a lowly servant girl. How dare you call yourself my sister?"
He's only three years old, and I don't know where he learned these vicious words. He can curse people in a very sophisticated way, and he can say all sorts of nasty things that are extremely unpleasant to hear.
The woman, her face pale from his scolding, choked back tears as she sobbed, "But...but you and I were born of the same father..."
"Shut your mouth! I only have three older sisters, you're not even worthy to carry my shoes!"
He took a few steps closer to the woman, then suddenly pushed her to the ground.
Seeing the woman fall hard to the ground, a vicious smile appeared on the boy's face, completely at odds with his delicately beautiful features.
He walked up to the woman and said fiercely, "If you dare to meddle in my business again, I'll tell my mother and have her punish you severely! I'll also have my father kick you and your wretched mother out!"
Upon hearing this, the woman's face turned deathly pale, her body stiffened, and she didn't even dare to cry anymore.
She seemed extremely afraid that the boy would actually do it. After the boy said he would kick her out, she immediately scrambled to her feet.
Then she wiped away her tears, choked back sobs, and curtsied to the boy.
"Yes, it was my sister who was meddling. Please don't be angry, little brother, and please don't tell Father and Mother..."
But her apology triggered the boy's anger again, and he kicked her leg once more.
"Didn't I already tell you that you're not worthy to be my sister?!"
His kick was extremely hard, and the woman staggered, almost falling to the ground again.
Fortunately, she managed to steady herself in the end, thus avoiding another embarrassing incident.
But seeing that she didn't fall, the boy continued to kick the woman, cursing her with words like "bastard" and "lowly servant."
The woman was kicked and curled up, retreating repeatedly, but dared not resist or even dodge.
Xie Yan and the other person, who witnessed this scene from a high place, both had a slightly cold expression on their faces.
Xie Yan picked up a stone, about to teach the brat a lesson, when a voice interrupted him.
"Cheng Ci, what are you doing?"
Following the sound, Cheng Ruonan walked towards the two people with an annoyed expression.
Upon seeing the person who had arrived, Cheng Ci stopped what he was doing, but the woman trembled again.
He stood with his hands on his hips, his face full of arrogance, and replied, "I didn't do anything, just taught this bastard a lesson and showed her what it means to respect the difference between superiors and inferiors!"
Upon hearing this, Cheng Ruonan didn't say anything.
As she approached, she first glanced at the woman with the same disdainful look as Cheng Ci, then squatted down and patted Cheng Ci's clothes, saying, "Don't forget your status. Why bother arguing with someone like this? Your mother is looking for you. Go back now."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Ci nodded, took Cheng Ruonan's hand, and turned to leave.
The woman was left standing there, silently shedding tears, watching the two figures leave.
I never expected the Cheng family to have such a family tradition.
Xie Yan rolled up his sleeves, preparing to put a sack over the man and give him a beating first, when Chu Ling grabbed his hand and gestured for him to look in another direction—
In a corner of the garden, out of sight of the others, stood the Fourth Young Master Cheng, his face cold and gloomy.