Chapter 76: Conditions for Forgiveness

“Chen?”

“He really has the last name Chen?”

Chen Mingchuan sneered inwardly, he was now certain: he probably wasn’t a Chen!

However, he couldn’t prove it at the moment.

As soon as his uncle finished speaking, his Uncle Sanalso chimed in.

“Mingchuan, just tell us what you want, your father said he will try his best to satisfy you.”

Requirements?

What could he possibly ask of them?

As expected, he was adopted!

Back then, when he was almost starved to death and sick to death, his father never once showed up.

Chen Mingchuan’s heart hardened again, but facing his elders, he could only endure one last time.

“Third Uncle, this is a crime, I would also be wrong if I concealed it.”

The Uncle Sanimmediately said, “I know, I know, but what else can we do?”

“If we send them all to that place, our Chen family will lose face here.”

“Mingchuan, Uncle San knows you are an honest man.”

“But for the sake of our Chen family, please turn a blind eye.”

“Don’t worry, no one will hear about this, the family will punish them.”

The Chen family was a large clan, with several thousand people in the entire Hongling Commune, divided into eight branches.

In the courtyard, several elders from the third branch of the Chen family stood.

They all looked at Chen Mingchuan, waiting for his response.

Chen Mingchuan didn’t speak, he just stared silently at everyone.

At this time, Sanhu, who had just entered, moved a few long benches from the house: “Third brother, help your third sister-in-law sit here.”

“Yes, yes, sit down and talk, sit down and talk.”

The fifth uncle immediately stepped forward to help set up the benches.

Li Xinyue knew that it was impossible to send these people to jail.

Family before everything.

“Help me sit down.”

Chen Mingchuan helped her sit down on the bench, then pulled his son to his side.

He then looked up at the elders: “Uncles, do you know what happened today?”

Of course they knew, they wouldn’t have asked for forgiveness if they didn’t know.

The Uncle San nodded solemnly: “Your father has said that they were wrong.”

“But if we really send them all in, it will be hard for our Chen family to make alliances in the future.”

“Chuanzi, we know you and your wife have been wronged.”

“But for the sake of our many brothers and sisters in the same family, please forgive them this time.”

“Any conditions, you can name them.”

Name any conditions?

It seemed that those people were his ‘father’s’ real family.

Originally, Chen Mingchuan hadn’t planned to arrest them, he wanted to create this opportunity to negotiate with his family.

Since the opportunity was here, he might as well use it.

“Alright, this time, for the sake of my uncle and three uncles, I can let it go and not pursue it.”

“I will also go to the police station and speak on their behalf.”

“I don’t have any special requests, the only thing is: I hope my father will separate our family and my second brother’s family.”

“Over the years, my second brother and his wife have done enough in the family.”

“My wife doesn’t need to be mentioned, she’s been working as a full-time laborer.”

“I’ve sent back enough money over the years, it’s enough to repay the debt of raising us.”

“I don’t ask for a share of the past, I just hope they will guarantee that they will no longer ask me and my second brother for money in the future!”

“Today’s matter must be written down, they all have to put their fingerprints on it, otherwise I won’t be at ease.”

“Also, my second brother’s family, they must be fairly given their share!”

“What kind of request is this?”

“Why does this nephew dislike such a good child so much?”

“Could it be that this child isn’t theirs?”

“I’ve seen favoritism, but never this kind of stupid favoritism!”

Uncle San immediately agreed: “Alright! This old man will decide. Aniu, did you hear that?”

Not only did Old Man Chen hear this request, but the whole family did.

Mrs. Chen was furious, wanting to split the money in her hands.

She opened her mouth to scold, but Old Man Chen’s glare silenced her!

” Uncle San, I agree!”

Since he agreed, it was easy to handle.

They sent someone to call Chen Mingzhong back, and started to divide the family property.

Chen Mingchuan didn’t want anything, only a written document stating that he would have nothing to do with the family from now on.

If they came to trouble him again, he would go to the police and have them all arrested.

This document had the fingerprints of Old Man Chen, Mrs. Chen, Liu Xiulan, Ye Juan, and Chen Lifang, as well as the signatures of the several old uncles in the Chen family.

Chen Mingzhong didn’t want anything else from the family, only one hundred and fifty yuan.

Mrs. Chen actually had more money than that, but Chen Mingchuan didn’t care. All he wanted was to separate his second brother’s family.

“Third brother, are we still brothers?”

The atmosphere in the Chen family was heavy. Chen Mingguo and his wife were devastated by their son’s disappearance, lying in bed like dead people.

Looking at his second brother, the only one with a bit of conscience in this family, Chen Mingchuan patted his shoulder: “Second brother.”

“Yes!”

Chen Mingzhong’s eyes reddened.

He couldn’t understand why his parents treated his brother so poorly.

“Third brother, thank you for your second brother’s family.”

What was there to thank him for?

He had arranged everything so that he could leave without any worries.

“Second brother, I’ll accompany you to change your household registration. Work hard, and your life will get better.”

“Yes!”

Old Man Chen’s sudden division of the family, and his second son’s move out of the village, caused a stir among the neighbors…

“What happened to Aniu’s family? Why did they suddenly split up?”

“I don’t know. The child is still missing, and they suddenly split up. It’s so strange.”

“Yeah, yeah, a good child suddenly disappeared. It’s so strange! Everyone be careful, there might be kidnappers.”

Secretary Zhang also heard this news.

He went to the Chen family: “Ming Chuan, what happened? Why did you suddenly split up?”

Chen Mingchuan shook his head: “Uncle, I can’t explain it.”

“Tell me, I’ll help you!”

“Uncle, a lot happened today, and it was all my family targeting my wife and child.”

Then, Chen Mingchuan recounted the events in detail…

“Damn it! They are so vicious! People like them should be locked up!”

“Sigh!”

Chen Mingchuan sighed: “What’s the point of hating them? They are my family.”

“If I really had them locked up, I wouldn’t be able to return to the village.”

“Uncle, you are more like a relative to me.”

“I told you because I was feeling suffocated.”

“But you can’t tell anyone. Otherwise, my brothers and sisters will be implicated!”

The Zhang family was also a big clan. Secretary Zhang knew he couldn’t tell anyone, especially since Zhang Caiyun was involved…

Just then, Zhang Caiyun’s parents came.