Chapter 650
Ro was stunned by this question, "Well, we immigrated into the US in thest century. The
elders miss their homnd, though in the US."
"Every generation has to learn Chinese, Chinese culture, and history after born. It is said that we
live in the Cao camp but with our heart in the Han camp."
"At home, we speak Chinese only, and English is used tomunicate with outsiders and for work.
I know a lot, though my visit to China is few."
"I see. No wonder your Chinese has no strange ent like other foreigners."
"Of course. I will get beaten up if the elders hear me speaking English at home." Ro teased.
"Wow, you domestic discipline is quite strict." The image of a serious little old man popped into
Renee''s mind.
"More than strict, it''s freaky." Ro smiled disapprovingly. Only he himself knew how much
bitterness there was in his smile.
The potential sessor would be trained strictly, once chosen. And Tina had been through
nonhuman training from childhood.
She was smart, but the abnormal training took most credits for her excellence now. AfterTina
disappeared, the elders decided to train a backup sessor in case of idents.
At first, Nina was chosen. She threatened her own life to refuse this responsibility, though young.
Then, male chauvinism stirred in the family. The men who wanted power rmended Ro.
It was an awkward position, a back-up sessor.
He would be the only sessor when turning 18, and Tina was still away. That was how the elders
promised him.
Ro was instilled with ideas like women should stay home and take care of children. It was time
for men to regain power after all these years when women took charge of everything in this ancient
family.
It was 21 century, and the family was not mysterious anymore. Their family mission had died away
with the Qing Dynasty long ago.
Divination was lost, and the R family built its own business empire. However, women were still in
charge of the business and family, so male descendants began to be disgruntled.
With a promise to overturn the tradition, Ro was pushed to the post of a backup sessor. To
excel Tina, Ro had to study hard.
He skipped several grades like Tina, and the elders took him seriously.
Ro had no ambition at first, though chosen. However, the male elders kept brainwashing him
into getting the post of the patriarch. Gradually, he became interested in it.
Then, Tina was back and became the sessor, though Ro prepared hard for the post.
The elders in the family apologized and promised him the post of vice-president in thepany.
There wouldn''t be a disappointment if there was no expectation. Ro felt indignant of being
driving down from that top level.
Since God took his chance away, he would like to create one for his own. He worked harder and
submissive to Tina on the surface.
He was determined to get everything he wanted through his own efforts one day.
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"What''s on your mind? Why are you so serious?" Renee found Ro absent-minded.
"Well, I was thinking about my childhood." Theplicated look on his face disappeared.
Tina took away all belonging to him when he was within a foot of his goal. Ro was too young to
realize that there were idents in life.
However, he couldn''t allow himself to make the same mistake, even if the first one was an ident.
Tina was getting worse recently.
Ro was getting stronger. He could do nothing but wait to get the post.
However, the second ident happened again. He bumped into Tracey, looking like Tina.
It turned out that Tina had a baby during her escape. Thank God that he saw Tracey and had
opportunities to prevent the second ident.
Tina had few days left, and Ro would be the sessor if Tracey was tackled.
"The past is the past, and you had better move on." Renee mistook that Ro was thinking about
his father or grandfather, whose rigorousness left him a psychological shadow.
"Mm. You''re right. Let''s move forward." Ro grinned.
Tomorrow was the Eve of the Spring Festival. ording to her pact with Adam, Tracey would go to
the Sheng family for a dinner tomorrow night. So, she would like to receive her friends at home
tonight.
Tracey went to buy food early in the morning. Then, she bustled about in the kitchen, Adam was
concerned with her.
"Tracey, what do you say if I get Jane to help you?"
"You are on a holiday, so is Jane!"
"I can find Lucy, Betty, and Lily rather than Jane for you. Think about it!" Adam felt sorry for Tracey,
who was so busy.
Adam would love to help. When Tracey was washing the vegetables, he rolled his sleeves and
volunteered himself, "Tracey, let me help you."
"Great. Then, you wash these, and I go tackle the fish." Tracey left him the vegetables without
hesitation, "Remember to pick off the old leaves."
"Okay." Adam gave her an OK gesture. No one had ever doubted that a president of an
internationalpany was ipetent of this trivial housework.
A few minutester, Adam brought the vegetables to Tracey proudly, "Tracey, look, it is done."
Looking at the vegetable stems in the basket, Tracey said, "Well... why did you pick off all the
leaves?"
"They are too old." There was radiance in Adam''s eyes, and he was waiting for praise, like a cute
puppy without realizing its own wrong.
Speechless, Tracey didn''t feel like hurting him. And the brown sugar and ginger water, which Adam
once cooked for her, relived in her memory.
She told herself at heart that, ''God is fair, and no one should be perfect. Adam is outstanding in
other aspects, so let cooking be his shoring." "Tracey, I screwed it up?"
"Well, it''s not that bad." Tracey tried to sound humorous. "Just that we will need more vegetables if
your way is adopted?"
"But those French dishes are of small quantity." Adam was an idiot in cooking.
"There is a difference between Chinese food and French ones. Adam, there should be something
you can do well in." Tracey felt helpless.