Chapter 469
Bai Hua was someone who loved to stir up trouble. However, in front of Feng Wan, she had to be
careful with her words.
More than that, Nan Zhengde was sitting right there, which meant that she had to be on her best
behavior as well.
Hence, Bai Hua was in no position to contradict anything Feng Wan said, no matter how harsh it was.
“Mum, I’m not trying to go against her. I was just worried about the kids. They are my precious
grandchildren after all. I can’t bear to see them suffer.” Bai Hua exined while wiping off her tears, as
though she had been wronged.
“Just stop with the act. Where were you when the girl was raising the kids on her own? All of a sudden,
you’re their loving grandmother now? Do you think that you’re better than their own mother at taking
care of them? Who are you trying to impress?” Feng Wan sneered.
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“Mum! Why would you think that? Do I really seem that heartless to you?” Bai Hua asked.
Nevertheless, Feng Wan huffed, paying her no further attention.
“Alright, alright. Please just get out now.” Nan Zhengde ordered.
Reluctantly, Bai Hua stood up and left the room.
Feng Wan remained, as she knew that Nan Zhengde was not referring to her.
Nan Zhiyuan was of the same mind.
That was until Nan Zhengde turned to look at him. Seeing as such, he took his leave, soon after.
“She’s truly ridiculous! I’m beginning to think that her cancer is merely a ruse! It seems as though she’s
returned to be a nuisance to all who are around her!” Feng Wan eximed.
“The diagnosis was done by some of the country’s best specialists. It’s highly unlikely for it to have
been a lie. Besides, you’re an elder. You should cut her some ck,” Nan Zhengde reasoned.
“On the other hand,” he continued, “Her words weren’tpletely wrong either. How can a mother use
her own children to make money? If she really needed it, the Nan Family could have helped her. Right
now, it gives others the impression that our family is incapable of even taking care of two kids! She has
even tried to hide this from us. This woman is definitely not as kind as she appears to be.”
Nan Zhengde was furious because this incident had brought utter humiliation to the Nan family.
“She could’ve had her personal reasons, for doing as such. You can’t believe everything that Bai Hua
says. You know how she is, after all.” Feng Wan pressed forth.
“It’s not Bai Hua. Rather, it’s all the news that I’ve seen online! Argh!” Nan Zhengde raged aloud.
While the two elders were still talking, Nan Chen arrived.
Hoping that Nan Chen would bring Ning Ran along, Nan Zhengde was greatly displeased when he
found that Nan Chen hade alone.
“Grandpa, I have a meetingter so I’m in a hurry. Please just calm down. There’s no need to be angry
over something like this.” Nan Chen urged while looking at his watch.
“You are the person in charge of the Nan family. You should know full well how this would affect the
family name. How could you have allowed the children to work in such a manner? How much could
they have earned? This is simply mortifying!”
Nan Chen could sense the severity of Nan Zhengde’s rage from the tone of his voice. It was a tone that
Nan Chen had seldom heard.
Without a word, he went ahead and poured Nan Zhengde a cup of tea.
“Let it all out, Grandpa. I deserve it,” Nan Chen admitted sincerely.
Hearing what Nan Chen had said, a sense of sympathy welled up in Nan Zhengde, as his anger slowly
diminished.
Nan Chen was his sessor after all; the person whom he had nurtured, his greatest pride within the
Nan family.
“I’m aware that there’s a lot going on in thepany. Nevertheless, the family stilles first. You
can’t just allow that woman to do as she pleases.” Nan Zhengde chided after he calmed down.
“Grandpa, the reason that I didn’t bring her along is that I wanted to talk about this, just between the
both of us.”
“Are you trying to defend her?”
“Definitely not. It is without a doubt that what she has done ispletely wrong.” Nan Chen affirmed.
“Why didn’t you allow her to exin herself to me then?”
“Her words don’t mean much, since it’s only natural for her to have defended herself. I can only trust
the results of my own investigation”
Nan Zhengde narrowed his eyes as he stared at Nan Chen. “Did you find something?”
“When they were doing themercial, she was not in contact with any of the members of the Nan
family. This means that she might not have known of the rtionship between the kids and the Nan
family. If she’d known any better, I don’t think that she would have done that. The pay formercials
back then was abysmal. She could’ve merely brought the kids to me, naming her price. There was no
reason for her to even consider shooting themercials,” Nan Chen exined.
“As for the rumors online, about her abusing her children,” he continued, “They’re fake. I didn’t even
have to investigate this. Even if she were as sinister as you’d thought, she wouldn’t have treated the
kids in such a manner. I’ve bathed the children before and they had no signs of injury of that nature.
Those terrifying photos of a wounded kid are all fake. That’s not Dabao, nor is it Erbao. I can guarantee
that much.”
Nan Chen finished what he had wanted to say, as he quietly turned his gaze to Nan Zhengde.
“You’d said that you weren’t defending her?” Nan Zhengde’s brows furrowed.
“Grandpa, you’re a wise and experienced man. You’d know if I was trying to deceive you. I’m not
defending her here. I’m merely stating facts.”
“You can stop with the wooing. It’s not your style. You are Nan Chen, a man with a sharp tongue.” Nan
Zhengde muttered.
“I’m being honest here. You can easily see through me. I can’t hide anything from you, even if I tried.”
Nan Zhengde took a sip of tea. “What you’ve said seems rather logical. However, disregarding whether
she had known about the family, I can’t ept the fact that she’d allowed young children to partake in
such a job. Chen, she’s not a good match for you. Let her go.”
Nan Chen grew silent.
However, Feng Wan who was listening on the side spoke out. “Didn’t you say that you wouldn’t
interfere with the youngsters’ decisions? What are you doing right now?”
“I’m not interfering. I’m simply providing him a suggestion.” Nan Zhengde uttered in defense.
“What if Chen refuses? I doubt that you’d sit still and do nothing!” Feng Wan questioned.
“I won’t do a darn thing, you old woman! Stop the nonsense!” Nan Zhengde was flustered.
“Oh okay. Chen, you’ve heard him, right? Your grandpa has said that it’s merely a suggestion. Thus,
you decide who you want to marry! He won’t interfere!” Feng Wan announced as she turned toward
Nan Chen.
“You... Are you senile? Why would you say it in such a manner?” Nan Zhengde’s voice trembled in
frustration.
“I’m five years younger than you. Why would I go senile before you?” Feng Wan teased.
“No one is senile here. You are both old and wise.” Nan Chen urged.
“He’s the only old one here, not me.” Feng Wan refused to be addressed as old.
Nan Chen smiled awkwardly in respond.
“Chen,” Nan Zhengde continued, with a stern look on his face. “Even though you’d done well in
Vietnamst time, the Ouyang family are not people whom you can take lightly. I’ve been thinking, what
if we cooperated instead, as opposed to always going at it. Continuing like such will only serve to bring
hurt to our families. If we were to form an alliance through marriage, no one in the province will dare to
stand against us.”
Nan Zhengde’s reasoning left no room for contradiction, and Nan Chen understood that.
Nevertheless, I don’t want to marry Ouyang Qing.