148: The Past

The next day, Wang Cheng woke up relatively late. He didn't sleep much last night. Thinking of learning the whole truth today, he was still a little excited and couldn't sleep, he kept turning over in bed. Chu Yifeng was also affected by him. When he lifted the quilt, he pulled him to do it two times. There was no excitement left at all, but only stabbing passion.

"Beast."

Wang Cheng came out of the bedroom and saw the refreshed Chu Yifeng preparing breakfast. He suddenly gritted his teeth in hatred; knowing that he was going to go home today, he still pulled him to do it in the middle of the night.

The beast waved at him, "Come over for breakfast."

Breakfast was crab-roe tangbao. The methods and materials were very particular, but the taste was very good. It was a well-recognized fact that drinking this soup required a straw, otherwise, you could drink the hot soup by sipping directly. Chu Yifeng had already inserted the straw in. He bought a total of four soup dumplings, all of which were relatively large. There was one most authentic stall in the morning market, and although the price was expensive, it was often sold out if you were one step late.

The two sat face to face for breakfast.

"Wait for me to go back to the Guan’s Village with you."

Wang Cheng was almost scalded as he was halfway through his meal, and looked at Chu Yifeng surprisedly, "Did I hear that right? You want to go back with me? My parents will definitely sweep you out."

Chu Yifeng laughed, "If it was before the engagement banquet, that may have been possible."

Wang Cheng paused as soon as he heard it, and suddenly understood his intentions. He had only one idea: treacherous, too treacherous!

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Your parents feel ashamed towards you. No matter what you ask, they will definitely agree. Even if they don't agree directly, they will probably not object again. As long as your mother and your father get it, There is no need to worry about it,” Chu Yifeng said anxiously.

"You cow, how can you take advantage of such serious things." Wang Cheng said. If it went his way, he felt that he would not go back to learn of his own origin, but would act with Chu Yifeng in a bitter love scene. When he thought about it, his whole person felt wrong. Who could play so happily?

A successful businessman will seize every opportunity that can be seized, and Chu Yifeng was such a successful businessman.

The familiar scenery disappeared behind Wang Cheng, and the Guan’s Village soon appeared in front of him. It was not the Wang’s Village that was so familiar that he could find his way with his eyes closed, but this place was already regarded as his future home. The car stopped at his door, and there was an extra car.

"Isn't this Mr. Zheng's car?" After Wang Cheng got out of the car, he looked at the car in surprise. He had seen Zheng Jingen drive it a few times before, and when he received the call from him, he also said that he would meet at his house today. He thought he might come in the afternoon, but didn't expect it to be earlier than him.

"You will know his purpose in a moment." Chu Yifeng came to him.

Wang Cheng nodded. The two walked in and saw Zheng Jingen sitting in the living room. Papa Wang was also there, but this time he changed his previous posture of chatting, and became very quiet. There were dark circles under his eyes, as if he fell asleep late last night.

"Why did Mr. Chu also come?" Papa Wang was obviously surprised to see Chu Yifeng. He still didn’t know of his relationship with Wang Cheng, so his attitude was normal, but he felt that it was their family affairs. Even if Chu Yifeng was a good friend, he still shouldn’t hear these things.

When Mama Wang just came out of the kitchen with the fruit and saw Chu Yifeng, her footsteps paused, but no one noticed.

Zheng Jingen also unnoticeably frowned. The relationship between Wang Cheng and Chu Yifeng seemed to be deeper than he imagined. That Wang Cheng would bring Chu Yifeng on such an important occasion, it seemed he was probably serious.

"Wang Cheng has been a bit out of it these days, and I was worried about something going wrong, so I drove him over." Chu Yifeng nodded toward them and explained.

Wang Cheng rolled his eyes in his heart, ‘Even using me as an excuse’. Although he was not convinced, he couldn't refute it now. He would have to wait for them to be in private before he would go after him. Papa Wang was stunned for a moment, he always felt that something was wrong. However, he couldn't remember it for a while, and then replied: "We’re troubling Mr. Chu too much." Next, they had important things to talk about, Papa Wang was clear about that. So, he did not speak this time to invite Chu Yifeng to sit down.

Mama Wang's reaction to Papa Wang at this moment was really hating iron for not becoming steel; her son was being so obvious yet he hadn't found it yet.

Wang Cheng took Chu Yifeng to sit down, and then nodded to Zheng Jingen opposite them. "Mr. Zheng came very early. You had something to say to me before, I wonder what happened?" Zheng Jingen had mentioned this before and his parents also had something to do with this. He deliberately visited his home, obviously, there was no need to hide it from his parents. Hearing this, Papa Wang and Mama Wang were both stiff-faced, but Wang Cheng didn't find it.

"Chengcheng, you should really want to know about your own origins. This time your mother and I told you to come here just to tell you about this." Papa Wang interjected, some things were going their way.

Wang Cheng looked at Papa Wang and clenched his hands. "I just want to know."

Papa Wang didn't say anything immediately, instead looking at Chu Yifeng, "Mr. Chu, I'm really sorry, these family matters we want to say may not be convenient for..."

"Dad." Wang Cheng interrupted him. "I asked Boss Chu to accompany me, he already knows. It doesn’t matter to say it in front of him."

Anyway, his family had already determined that he invited Chu Yifeng on his own initiative, and now it didn’t matter that he admitted it.

"This ..." Papa Wang’s eyes widened, and for a while, he didn't know what to say. The feeling of something being wrong was getting stronger and stronger, and there was something he really wanted to say about it.

"Forget it, there is nothing to hide since Chengcheng has said it’s okay for Mr. Chu to hear what’s next." Mama Wang said this, her gaze towards Wang Cheng full of love, "Your elder cousin’s fiance is right. You indeed weren’t born from your father and I. I gave birth to your eldest brother the first year I married your father. That year, your father didn’t work in that factory.”

In order to earn money to support the family, Papa Wang worked in the city for the first few years of their marriage. However, in order to save money, he did not live in the city. In those years, he used to ride an old bicycle to and from work, leaving early and not back until eight or nine in the evening. One night, Papa Wang was preparing to go home from work as usual. When he rode to the countryside, he heard a baby crying. Papa Wang looked for the voice and found a child that looked like it was abandoned in the grass by the road. That baby was Wang Cheng.

Although it was not like he often heard that babies and children were thrown away by their parents at that time, Papa Wang's first reaction was that the baby was discarded by his parents. This kind of thing was more common in rural areas. Some people had too many children and were desperate and couldn’t afford it, so they gave it away or threw it away. Papa Wang was already a child's father, and his heart was soft, he could not bear to see the baby freeze to death. So, he took him back to the Wang’s Village.

When he returned home, Mama Wang learned that her husband had picked up a baby, and didn’t agree to raise it, they had a hard enough time raising one. However, there were few people who were willing to adopt an abandoned baby that year. Every family had their own children who couldn’t eat enough or weren’t warm enough, let alone to add a child from someone else’s family. No one wanted to adopt after a few homes, but the couple couldn’t bear to let such a cute baby live such a short life, and decided to grit their own teeth and raise it themselves.

This decision was opposed by Granny Wang and Grandpa Wang, and the eldest uncle and second uncle also advised them not to raise a baby of unknown origin. Maybe the baby would be discarded because of illness. Facts proved that Wang Cheng didn’t have a single cold since young, even healthier than Wang Ning'an. In this way, the couple ignored the opposition of their relatives and raised Wang Cheng as their own son, for over two decades.

This was also the reason why Wang Cheng’s name didn’t have a Ning, Granny Wang wouldn’t allow it. Papa Wang had asked permission in order to take care of his older son. Otherwise, Wang Ziyu should have been called Wang Ningyu.

Everyone in the Wang’s Village knew that the Wang Hongxin couple was really good to this picked-up son. From childhood to adulthood, whatever Wang Ningan had, Wang Cheng would not lose to him, except that they were forced to give Wang Cheng to the old monk. As a disciple, Wang Cheng was never treated badly.

After talking about this past, both Papa Wang and Mama Wang looked at Wang Cheng.

Wang Cheng's expression was very complicated. He was now an adult and had his own judgment. He thought he could learn from his parents why he was discarded. Now it seemed that they also didn’t know about it.

"Chengcheng, Dad is really sorry. When I picked you up, there was no one around, and when I looked around, I couldn't find anything to prove your identity." Papa Wang looked guilty.

Wang Cheng shook his head. "It's not Dad's fault. That my parents could adopt me with unknown origins is already the greatest affection. Without you, I would have died long ago."

Papa Wang was touched.

Mama Wang looked at Zheng Jingen and sighed. "Chengcheng, what Mr. Zheng is going to say this time is related to your biological parents."

"Let me talk about the next thing," Zheng Jingen finally said. When Wang Cheng came to see him, he slowly told a truth that surprised Wang Cheng. "I think when you saw me at first, your first impression should be that I look a bit similar to you, right? I also had this feeling. The reason why I found your jam shop is because I suspected you are my brother."

Wang Cheng's eyes widened. The first thought that flashed in his mind was that he turned out to be cheated by Chu Yifeng again, and he felt that he was horrible.

"I have a friend who once met you in the Imperial Capital. You should have an impression of him. He mistook you for me, and later told me about it. It might be a bit unreliable, but at that time, I thought that you might be the brother that was lost for twenty-five years, so I tried to find your home by all means. After seeing you, I became even more sure of my conjecture. After much inquiry, I learned from an elder from the Wang’s Village that you were adopted by Uncle Wang as a child."

"I used a little trick to make sure you were my brother, but I didn't dare tell you rashly. If I ran to you and said these things, you would definitely treat me as a neurotic." Zheng Jingen laughed at himself. He wanted to recognize his brother, but had to press it down for various reasons. As a result, such a thing happened in Wang Cheng's family. He knew that this was an opportunity that came to the door, so when he found Wang Hongxin and his wife that day, he told them about it.

Wang Cheng had thought he might start a family-finding experience in the future. As a result, his real family had already lurked by his side to wait for the opportunity to recognize him. Should he cry or laugh?

He stared at Zheng Jingen's face, and from this point of view, it did look somewhat similar. "So you are really my brother"

Zheng Jingen nodded. "You have a younger sister, her name is Zheng Jingxue. She is two years older than your current sister and studying at the same university as your sister. She is now a sophomore. My father and I had not given up looking for you. My mother also misses you very much. Since you disappeared, she moved all the longing for you to me and Jingxue, and has become a little paranoid. Jingxue also complained that Mom treats her too strictly. Dad said that Mom used to be a gentle person, but because your disappearance made her afraid of repeating her mistakes, her mental state became a little bit shaky. "

It had to be said that he played the family card very well. Wang Cheng was very affectionate. If he was discarded by his biological parents, he would definitely not have any expectations for them. However, Zheng Jingen already said that his biological parents did not want him to be lost, but it happened for another reason. With his description, Wang Cheng could not help but imagine a tender mother, obviously different from Mama Wang, a naughty sister, and a kind father.

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