145: Knot In The Heart

Wang Cheng didn't know at the time, but he had caused a stir in the Guan’s Village because of this affair. Almost everyone was discussing his incident. There were not many people who originally knew that Wang Cheng was picked up by Papa Wang, except for Mama Wang and a few people from the maternal family, as well as the elders of the Wang family. Even the juniors did not know. After this incident spread, many people knew.

Wang Xiaoyan originally planned to expose Wang Cheng's homosexuality during her and Wang Ningkai's engagement banquet. Even if it was not true, at least many might believe it. Unfortunately, her purpose was not achieved. At the time, she was so furious that she told the truth about Wang Cheng's birth. As a result, this incident overshadowed the homosexuality incident. Unexpectedly, none of the juniors at the scene brought up that incident, and Wang Xiaoyan was accused by the villagers. Afterward, rumors about her lack of education spread throughout the Guan’s Village in less than a day.

Wang Xiaoyan was angry to death, but she still felt that she had done nothing wrong. She complained to her parents and Li, and they did not blame her. On the day after the engagement banquet ended, Wang Xiaoyan and Wang Ningkai returned to the city in a mighty manner.

However, she later said bad things about Wang Cheng when she met people, as if she wanted it to be known to everyone. However, they had no intersections in life, and few people knew about it. It did not affect Wang Cheng at all.

Until something happened, and this matter directly related to Wang Xiaoyan's future. The two families were not at peace; everyone also knew at that time. It turned out that Wang Xiaoyan told bad things about Wang Cheng everywhere, but Wang Ningkai, the elder cousin, did not stop her.

Wang Cheng didn't go home. Both Papa Wang and Mama Wang were worried, but they also knew that Wang Cheng was not the kind of person who acted on impulse. After their calls did not go through, the couple decided to give him a few days to calm down. Originally, the couple wanted to go to Li for an explanation, but when their emotions stabilized, they heard that Li and Wang Hongwei went to the city with Wang Ningkai. At this point, they knew that they were afraid of being held accountable.

After Zhang knew it, she also scolded Li’s family. She quickly slipped away when something went wrong. She thought that the youngest couple would come to her to quarrel, and devoted herself to preparing for the battle. As a result, the youngest couple had little reaction, and she even found that the two were just as usual, as if they were not affected.

[T/N: Mama Wang and Papa Wang are the youngest couple in their generation in the Wang family; they are the third-ranked family.]

Didn’t they care about Wang Cheng? This was impossible.

Zhang knew the importance the youngest couple attached to their children. When Wang Cheng was young, she tried to persuade the two to give Wang Cheng to others. As a result, they scolded her. If they didn’t want to raise him, they wouldn’t have picked him up in the first place. Zhang wondered what they were thinking all day.

Li and Wang Hongwei, who followed their son to the city, had a good time. They were far away from the Guan’s Village and were not affected by the incident at all, nor did they care about it, even if they had provoked the others first.

Wang Ningkai had real estate of more than 100 square meters in the city. It was bought by the company when they started. At that time, the price of the house was relatively cheap, but it had more than doubled in a few years. Now that money couldn’t even buy a ten-square-meter house. So, his confidence was always inflated.

In the next two days, the two seemed to hit it off, and soon they were discussing marriage.

Originally, people with their rural background did not celebrate engagement, but Wang Xiaoyan wanted to experience it, and Li also wanted to do it once in the village. So, they agreed to host two, an engagement banquet in the Guan’s Village, and the marriage once they returned to the city.

At the same time, when Wang Cheng and Chu Yifeng went to lunch, they finally remembered something that was almost forgotten.

"Oops, I have to call Yuan Xia and tell him what happened," Wang Cheng sighed, and quickly pulled out his mobile phone to call Yuan Xia's number. He was shocked by his own experience before and completely forgot about it.

Chu Yifeng took his mobile phone, "No need to call."

"What's the situation, do you know?" Wang Cheng asked in surprise.

"This incident happened on the 3rd. Someone was targeting Yuan Xian, so they secretly took photos of you meeting Yuan Xia, and then put a post on Shanhai University's forum to discredit Yuan Xia. Later, they exposed Jiang Xuan Yuan Xia.” Chu Yifeng told him.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? How is Yuan Xia? Did anything happen to him? No, I have to go and see him." Wang Cheng was startled. He didn't even know such an important thing until now.

Chu Yifeng held him down, "You can rest assured that I have found someone to delete the post. Yuan Xia is fine, and Jiang Xuan returned to appease him. It is useless for you to go."

After hearing this, Wang Cheng finally calmed down and said, "Alright, then did you find out who did it? I wondered how Wang Xiaoyan could have such great ability to take photos of me and Yuan Xia. She probably got it from the post on the forum."

"What did she do?" Chu Yifeng became cold when he heard this. Wang Cheng omitted this part before, so Chu Yifeng didn't know that he was exposed as homosexual.

Wang Cheng simply said, "Let’s not talk of her, do you know who did it?"

"It was Jiang Xuan's cousin. The one who attempted to abduct Yuan Xia last time was also his cousin. His cousin there was jealous that Yuan Xia was promoted to be an assistant professor at such an early age. He sent those himself and wanted to use the posts to destroy Yuan Xia."

"Jiang Xuan's cousin is too sinister. He even wanted to ruin Yuan Xia twice. He must not be let off easily." If there was once, there would be twice. If there was twice, there would be three times. If they let him go like this, Jiang Xuan's cousin would definitely do something bad to Yuan Xia in the future.

"Jiang Xuan is in control of the group at this age. You have not seen his methods. The teacher who posted it has been exposed and fired by the school. He cannot be a teacher in the future, and it will be difficult for him to find a job."

"What about his cousin?"

"His cousin may be a bit troublesome to deal with, but it’s okay for him to receive a lesson." Chu Yifeng's eyes flashed coldly. If he investigated, Wang Cheng’s life experience was also indirectly related to this matter.

Jiang Xuan's family was not a family of businessmen, his relatives were all on the path of politics. The Hongyu Group he inherited was a career that his grandfather had worked hard for. It had nothing to do with the Jiang family. However, the people of the Jiang family had always been fighting for the Hongyu Group after his father’s death. It would get in Jiang Xuan’s way if he dealt with them. Even if he told his old man, he would only scold him a bit with no discipline.

Chu Yifeng had rarely participated in such things, but since Wang Cheng was involved, he did not plan to sit idly by and watch this time.

Wang Cheng finally called Yuan Xia. He was relieved when he heard that he was okay, but Yuan Xia couldn't go back to school now.

After the second post came out, it was basically confirmed that Yuan Xia was homosexual. Although the post was deleted soon, there were too many people who saw it. Even some people in Shanhai High School misunderstood this matter. Yuan Xia was sorry, because Principal Cheng and his mentor had trusted him. Although he liked being a teacher, he finally made up his mind to leave Shanhai University.

Before leaving, Yuan Xia confessed to Principal Cheng and his mentor that he had been with Jiang Xuan. He hadn't lied to the two before, and he indeed had nothing to do with Wang Cheng. Principal Cheng and his mentor were also enlightened. Both of them were people who had lived most of their lives, and had one foot in the coffin. They didn't blame Yuan Xia for hiding this from them. It was only a pity that Yuan Xia was a good seed, passionate and serious about the profession of teachers, unlike some insidious people who used it as a method for the pursuit of fame and fortune.

Yuan Xia was very grateful for their understanding, but he had decided to go. He could not be a teacher at Shanhai University. He could go elsewhere, and if that was no good, he could do other things.

Zheng Jingen learned of what happened in the Guan’s Village two days after the incident. Since it was determined that Wang Cheng was his younger brother, he always wanted to find a chance to chat with Wang Cheng. However, because he traveled to Shanhai City frequently during that time, his abnormal actions caught his grandpa’s attention. After being warned, he had to temporarily put the matter aside. Father Wang also advised him not to worry; after waiting for 25 years, he was not in a hurry. After returning to the Imperial Capital, Zheng Jingen did not give up paying attention to the Guan’s Village. After learning of this, he told his father that the opportunity he had been waiting for finally arrived, but he needed his father to help cover for him, otherwise, the person scrutinizing his every move would surely complain to his grandpa.

"Dad, even if I can't bring my younger brother back this time, I want to tell him that we are his true family, and that Mom has always missed him." Zheng Jingen had to do this for Mother Zheng.

Twenty-five years ago, Wang Cheng was still a newborn baby. After his disappearance, Mother Zheng almost collapsed. Later, she managed to get better with the efforts of their family, but because of this, Mother Zheng treated her eldest son and daughter differently. When they were young, they were taken very seriously by Mother Zheng. They had to do everything by themselves. She had to pick them up personally from school and after school in order to be at ease

One time, his younger sister wanted to eat ice cream. Zheng Jingen was begged by her, and so he took her to the ice cream shop, thinking of returning immediately after the purchase. As a result, Mother Zheng came over and went crazy looking for them everywhere. Both of them were beaten by Mother Zheng afterward. Zheng Jingen was even cautioned that adults must not take his sister away without permission.

"Dad knows, you can rest assured, Dad will take care of anything," Father Zheng said in a hurry. In fact, he missed his younger son more than his elder son.

With the words of Father Zheng, Zheng Jingen was relieved, finishing his work for that day and arranging work for the next few days. He then flew to Shanhai City the next day. Father Zheng thought that his eldest son was going to have a showdown with Wang Cheng, but he didn't know that he didn't go directly to Wang Cheng. After getting off the plane, he rushed to the Guan’s Village without stopping.

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