mtlumby2d Chapter 438 Who is he?
Chapter 438 Who is he?
Through Chao Xi's words, Jiang Zhouzhou learned some of Chao Mu's past.
He was adopted by a wealthy family at the age of thirteen, but God did not favor him.
As Chao Xi slowly drank the rest of her soy milk, she said to herself, "My adoptive parents are very concerned about their reputation. They adopted many orphans, and they plan to raise the boys to be their heirs, while the girls are intended to be used as tools for future marriage alliances."
“They have a high reputation in the outside world, but they are not good to us in private.”
Like her, she had too many adopted children to be considered brothers and sisters.
They wanted to groom them into socialites, the socialites of the wealthy.
Moreover, in their eyes, this was a blessing, a way to help them change their impoverished fate.
Chaoxi slept in the big bed she had always dreamed of, wearing beautiful and clean clothes, and had also expressed her gratitude to her adoptive parents.
She worked hard to learn dance, even though she had no natural talent for it, until her toes became deformed and her ankle fractured...
She thought she would receive a brief period of love from her adoptive parents after being injured, but instead she was abandoned.
"Don't let my brother's fierce appearance fool you, he's actually very soft-hearted. I almost ruined my leg back then, and my adoptive parents were unwilling to pay for my treatment. It was he who used his secretly saved pocket money to take me to the hospital. From then on, I decided to study medicine when I grew up."
And it was from then on...
She discovered that not all adopted children could be called brothers and sisters.
Only morning and evening were her only family.
“He was very talented in design, and he was his adoptive parents’ favorite adopted son. However, his adoptive mother had a strange quirk that no one knew about.”
"When she lacked inspiration, she liked to sharpen her pencils with a pencil sharpener, making the lead as sharp as possible. The blade of the sharpener was covered with black powder, which she would wipe off with her brother's hand..."
As bright red blood flowed from the wound, those beautiful hands were stained with a dazzling and alluring red.
The foster mother admired her masterpiece as if it were a work of art, and her dried-up inspiration finally burst forth.
When she achieved great success, no one cared about the scars on the hands of her adopted son.
Jiang Zhouzhou listened quietly, the image of Chaomu's hand floating in her mind.
When they first met, he extended his hand to her as an introduction; his well-defined fingers were covered with scars of varying depths…
From an adopted son living under someone else's roof to becoming the person in charge of the company.
He walked alone along that long road, but no one knew that it was a road full of thorns.
"But Xiaoxi, we can't let him continue down this wrong path."
"He is now heading down a path of no return..."
"Take me away from here!"
Jiang Zhouzhou looked at Chao Xi in front of her and said, "You should know the power of the Sheng family. Even if he succeeds in his revenge, what will happen to him? I don't need to tell you, you know better than anyone else what will happen to him."
Chao Xi's face paled slightly, and a struggle flashed across her face.
"I know."
She stood up and gave Jiang Zhouzhou a complicated look.
“But I support all his decisions. If even I betray him, then he will truly be all alone.”
After leaving those words, Chao Xi hurriedly left the villa.
……
The old Sheng family residence.
Sheng Jingyao frowned deeply as he looked at the message he received on his phone.
Fearing that alerting the kidnappers would lead to irreversible consequences, he could only order his men to investigate in secret.
He had already found out all the other party's information, but before he could even look at it, he received a text message from an unknown number.
Sheng Jingyao: [What do you want?]
Since the text message was sent to him, he suspected that the other party was targeting him.
The phone buzzed again, and I received a reply from the other party.
What if it were your fate?
His eyes trembled, and he gripped his phone tightly, the veins on the back of his hand bulging.
Then, it gradually loosened.
Sheng Jingyao: [Okay, don't hurt her]
After sending the message, he leaned back on the sofa, his eyes momentarily unfocused.
He probably really is a jinx to wives...
Let her suffer an undeserved misfortune because of me.
Old Zhao handed him the information he had gathered and said gravely, "Young Master, we need to talk to the Old Master about this."
Sheng Jingyao sat up straight and took the documents handed to him.
His expression changed when he saw the other person's photo.
"It's him again?"
The man I met at that jewelry exhibition.
Sheng Jingyao had previously had someone investigate him, but the results were not as detailed as this one.
Old Zhao, standing to the side, said, "When I saw his photo last time, I felt his face looked familiar. So I investigated further..."
His voice trailed off, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.
Sheng Jingyao said with a stern face, "Speak, stop keeping me in suspense."
However, Old Zhao did not answer. Instead, he said with a complicated expression, "If the young master wants to know, he should ask the old man himself!"
Seeing that he was unwilling to answer, Sheng Jingyao did not waste any time and drove directly to the villa.
They practically barged in headfirst; not only was the old man there, but Sheng Ronghua was also there.
Seeing his rebellious eldest son, Sheng Ronghua's eyelids twitched: "I heard that girl went missing? If she wants money, give her the money, but don't even think about using the Sheng family's interests to exchange for it."
Sheng Jingyao ignored him and walked directly to Old Master Sheng.
He handed him the photo of Chao Mu when he was a child.
"Grandpa, who is he?"
He looked coldly at the old man in front of him, the grandfather he had always respected.
Grandpa Sheng looked down at the photo, his wrinkled brows furrowing, and remained silent for a long time.
Until I heard Sheng Jingyao's voice in my ear.
"You betrayed Grandma?"
According to the investigation, the other person was seven years older than him. Although the photos of him as an adult did not show much difference, the photos of him as a child showed some resemblance to his grandfather when he was young.
The unexpected words made Old Master Sheng cough violently in anger.
"Cough cough cough...you...you brat, what nonsense are you spouting?"
"That was clearly your dad's doing!"
"None of my business."