168: Recognizing the Ancestors

It was a happy event, but not everyone in the Zheng family was happy.

Not many people knew about this, especially the juniors of the Zheng family. Only Zheng Jingen, his sister, and his eldest uncle's son knew that the child had not died at birth. Father Zheng ordered them not to mention this matter again. If it was not mentioned when they were children, it was even more impossible for it to be mentioned when they grew up. After all, things had passed for twenty-five years. Now, suddenly learning that the Zheng family had a missing junior for 25 years was less surprising than harmful. After returning to their rooms, they asked their parents separately, and finally knew of the incident back then.

Zheng Ru also learned about this matter very quickly. She was more surprised than anyone else. She had a vague guess before, but was interrupted by the son of the fourth house. Later, she forgot about this doubt. “No, if the second brother's youngest son returns to the Zheng family, the Zheng family will have no place for us in the future."

Wei Kai frowned. Zheng Ru went back to mention him to Elder Zheng several times over the years, but he did not get a satisfactory response. He had a bad hunch in his heart. Now that the Zheng family had one more junior, maybe they would care even less about him.

"Tomorrow you go back and see what the matter is. If the old man is in a good mood, you can mention me to him again."

"I will." Zheng Ru also wanted to see if they had actually retrieved this person. "By the way, when Xiao Wei comes back, let him come with me to the Zheng family tomorrow."

"What is he going to do?" Wei Kai didn't agree to his son being involved right away. He knew his son very well, and was afraid that he would make trouble.

"I just have doubts in my heart that I want him to help confirm. You can rest assured that I will look after him and not let him mess around."

Zheng Ru was not the kind of person who would doubt something because of a coincidence. Although she was a little confused last time, she didn’t go deep and check it. This time everything came out, and the doubts that she had forgotten, resurfaced.

Old Man Zheng and Old Lady Zheng had three sons and one daughter together. The children all married, and had not gotten together for a long time. This was the first time since the old lady passed away three years ago that they finally all got together again. There were more than a dozen people who came and went, but this was just the direct line. If you added the next lines, who knew how many there would be.

Father and Mother Zheng stayed at home waiting for him to come along with the others. Zheng Jingxue accompanied them, while Zheng Jingen drove to pick up Wang Cheng himself.

Chu Yifeng was awoken by Wang Cheng early in the morning. Since discovering this fun, Wang Cheng liked to step on him a few times with his feet when he woke up. Naturally, the two then had to go through a bed war every day before getting out of bed. Today was no exception.

When Zheng Jingen called, Wang Cheng was still brushing his teeth in the bathroom. The call was answered by Chu Yifeng. Zheng Jingen tried to talk to him in a calm tone. The two of them were so blatant that they were too lazy to cover up in front of him, but he had no position to blame them anyway. Wang Cheng was worried that he had waited too long, and casually put on his clothes. After stuffing himself with a few buns, he was ready to go out. Before reaching the porch, Chu Yifeng dragged him back.

"Today is the day when you are returning to the Zheng family to recognize your ancestors. If you don't want to be taken lightly, it is best if you change your clothes," Chu Yifeng said as he opened the closet and brought him a new set of clothes. The shoes were also new, only released in November this year. The design of the set was inspired by the fashion of the Hamlet Renaissance and was limited edition.

After changing his clothes, he also styled his hair a bit. Wang Cheng’s hair had been left for almost half a year now. His hair was no longer only one or two centimeters, it was three or four centimeters long. Chu Yifeng used some hair spray to help him style a charismatic hairstyle for men: crisp and sharp sides, with the hair loosely resting on the top of the head with the styling product. It set off Wang Cheng’s conspicuous silhouette.

Wang Cheng took a look in the mirror with a surprised expression. "I couldn’t tell that you had such an artful hand." He didn't know that Chu Yifeng could even help him with his hairstyle so well.

"This hairstyle is very simple, you can see how at a glance." Chu Yifeng turned the faucet and washed his hands, saying that he had also done this hairstyle before and could easily learn it. For those with sophisticated features, this hairstyle was the icing on the cake.

"I’ll learn it from you when I come back. Time is running out so I will go first."

After Wang Cheng finished speaking, he left in a hurry. While changing his clothes and styling his hair, another half hour had passed.

Chu Yifeng poked his head out of the bathroom. "Remember to call me."

"I see." Wang Cheng waved his hand behind him.

Zheng Jingen thought that, no matter how careless Wang Cheng's personality, he might be a little nervous. However, after seeing him, he felt that he was worried for nothing. Wang Cheng had enough time to shape himself up, much better than he thought he would. On the way to the Zheng family, Zheng Jingen told him some things that he needed to pay attention to in the Zheng family.

"The Zheng family doesn't have that many rules, but there are a few people who you need to pay attention to ..." Zheng Jingen briefly mentioned the uncles and aunts.

Wang Cheng nodded. "I'll pay more attention."

At the Zheng mansion, the servant guarding the door did not wait for Zheng Jingen to open the door of the car. He immediately opened the car door for them. Father Zheng, Mother Zheng, and Zheng Jingxue had long been looking forward to their arrival in the yard, craning their necks in hope. When they got out of the car, they couldn't help but get excited.

"Child, you are finally here." Mother Zheng stepped forward and held Wang Cheng's hand, looking at him with excitement and joy.

Wang Cheng felt a little awkward in his heart, but did not break his hand away. He nodded and smiled. These words were easy to write, but a bit difficult to say. Although he promised to return to the Zheng family, he only wanted to recognize his ancestors and return to the family. In fact, he did not intend to live in the Zheng family house. He had not told them about this intention.

Mother Zheng's eyes were a little dim. Father Zheng held her shoulders to encourage her. It was a good thing for her son to come back. As for the rest? It was left for the future to decide.

"Second brother, welcome back to the Zheng family." Zheng Jingxue smiled sweetly at him without any pressure. She had a handsome second brother, why should she reject this at all? Wang Cheng smiled. When he saw her, he thought of Xiao Yu. It was good to have such a sister.

"Come on, let's go in. Your grandpa and uncle are waiting inside." Father Zheng said.

The family of five walked into the house. The people waiting in the living room looked at the entrance from time to time. When the people outside came in, everyone immediately looked at the young person who was being surrounded first. He had a handsome face with a faint smile, and his calm and relaxed posture made it seem like he was a child from a very good family. The elders were okay, but the juniors were dumbfounded.

He was someone who had been trafficked for 25 years as a baby boy, living in Shanhai City. The probability of him being taken by a good family background was very low. Although everyone didn't say it, they thought that it was more likely for him to be trafficked to the remote countryside. In their minds, they had even made up a cowering figure. However, what was going on with this dazzling, handsome man with confidence and charm? Several juniors suddenly began to whisper.

"Father, this is the son of Xiao Hui and I. His name is Wang Cheng. He was picked up and adopted by a family surnamed Wang twenty-five years ago." After the family of five took their seats, Father Zheng said to Wang Cheng: "Chengcheng, this is your grandfather. Call him grandpa."

Wang Cheng's gaze crossed Master Zheng's. As a chief officer, he was different. His eyes were particularly sharp and majestic. It was expected that ordinary people would shift their eyes after a few seconds. However, he just smiled slightly. "Grandpa."

"Well, indeed worthy of being a descendant of my Zheng family." Elder Zheng laughed out loud a moment later, and in his words and expressions, seemed very satisfied with Wang Cheng's performance.

Zheng Shengming and his wife Feng Yuying glanced at each other. The second house already had an excellent Zheng Jingen that let them climb over their heads. Now they had a younger son who looked equally good. How could they live?

Zheng Jinghua on the side clenched his hands. He was from the first house. According to the ancient rankings, he was the eldest son. It was reasonable to say that he should be superior from birth. However, this was the 21st century where the economy was more developed. Elder Zheng had only married the old lady, so it wasn’t likely for him to divide those descendants of the same vein into high and low.

He was two years older than Zheng Jingen, but had been overwhelmed by him since he was a child. Regardless of their similar positions now, Zheng Jingen’s future was much brighter than his. There were rumors that he would quickly rise again, sooner or later. That was fine, but now that there was another Wang Cheng who looked equally good, Zheng Jinghua's heart sank a little.

"Second brother, second sister-in-law, where did you find your son from? He looks like a talent, but how come I heard that the Wang family seems to just be a small family from the countryside? Look at the clothes he’s wearing. He doesn’t look like he’s from a small family. What small family can afford such clothes and teach such a temperament? Are you sure you’re not mistaken?” Zheng Ru laughed out loud, “Not everyone can be regarded as the third youngest junior of the Zheng family. Maybe someone knew about this matter and found someone to pretend to be your son. This kind of thing is not a trivial matter. It's better to be careful."

Wang Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly. What happened? Under the cover, things about him really were not as simple as Chu Yifeng had said.

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