frightfiction Chapter 39: The Submissive Half-brother in the Exile Story (14)
Chapter 39: The Submissive Half-brother in the Exile Story (14)
"Found it." Jiang Zui said lightly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Li walked forward excitedly and shouted angrily: "Jiang Zui, since you found the food, why don't you bring it here?"
Jiang Zui replied calmly: "Why should I take it?"
"As a son, you found food but didn't honor your parents. Don't you feel ashamed? We are your closest family, but you are so heartless and ungrateful. You are worse than pigs and dogs." Jiang Li's voice was so loud that everyone around could hear it.
"Tsk——" Jiang Zui said disdainfully: "Family? That's really funny.
You said that you and I are family, so how did you address me? Which brother would call his elder brother worse than a pig or a dog?
You say I don't respect my parents? My mother is dead, so where does my mother come from? As for...my father, has he ever cared about my life or death?
As a concubine's son, I had no intention of competing with my second brother for anything, but my stepmother was afraid of me, so I let her control me since I was a child. Not giving me food, insulting, whipping, and torturing me became a common occurrence in our daily life.
His father ignored him and didn't care. He was humiliated at will by his younger brothers and sisters. Although he was the eldest son of a concubine, he could be bullied by everyone, and even the servants would step on him from time to time.
Before, my family just treated me as invisible, but now, they tell me not to forget to be filial.
Humph! What a joke. "
As soon as these words were spoken, people around started talking about it.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Yu hurriedly came out to smooth things over, "Xiaozui, I didn't expect that you misunderstood me so deeply. I admit that I may be a little harsh in disciplining you, but I also hope for the best for you, but you actually..."
Liu Yu didn't finish the rest of his words and wiped the non-existent tears from the corners of his eyes with his hands, as if he had been hit hard.
Liu Yu's words made everyone think that Jiang Zui was too extreme and repaid his stepmother with hatred.
Jiang Li, who was standing aside, held his head high and chest puffed out, looking at Jiang Zui with his chin, a threatening look in his eyes.
"Oh, so that's how it is. I was wrong about my mother. So the severity that my mother mentioned meant locking me in my room and not giving me food for three days.
Just because I said something to my younger brother, he whipped me and beat me all over. He watched me fall unconscious and didn't call a doctor, leaving me to fend for myself.
I was studying in the academy and got first place, which made my stepmother think that I was disrespectful to my stepbrother and ruined my reputation. She even wanted me to drop out of school." Jiang Zui had a smile on his face, but his tone was sharp.
"Wow--"
"This is the first time I've seen such a legitimate mother. I'm also a bastard, but my living conditions are much better than his. Although not as good as the legitimate son, they're not bad either."
"You call this harsh?! They beat him unconscious and didn't allow the doctor to treat him? Isn't it obvious that they wanted him to die?"
"This stepmother is so vicious."
"Oh! Listening to the tone, this cruel and ruthless woman who abuses her bastard son actually wants him to be her slave? If anyone dares to treat me like this and still wants me to be grateful, I will make his life a living hell."
"Jiang Zui did the right thing. If you do nothing, you'd be a fool."
......
The words of the people around him made Liu Yu feel a little uneasy and guilty. He turned around and looked at Jiang Hongsheng who was sitting on the ground without saying a word. In an instant, his emotions disappeared.
She is right!
Jiang Zui is her illegitimate son, that is, her son.
What's wrong with her teaching her son a lesson?
She is Jiang Zui's biological mother. What's wrong with her asking Jiang Zui to be filial to her?
In fact, half of the reason why Liu Yu dared to treat Jiang Zui like this was because of Jiang Hongsheng.
If Jiang Hongsheng had not been indifferent and unconcerned, how could she have dared to attack the child?
It was Jiang Hongsheng's step-by-step connivance that made Liu Yu become more and more aggressive.
"Jiang Zui."
Jiang Hongsheng, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke at this moment.
Jiang Zui raised his eyebrows, then pretended to be wronged and looked at Jiang Hongsheng, saying, "Father."
"It was your mother who was wrong before, I asked her to apologize to you.
As a junior, you should forgive your mother."
Of course he couldn't apologize. After all, although Liu Yu was not Jiang Zui's biological mother, she was his father's wife. If he accepted the apology, he might be the one being blamed.
"Since father has spoken, I will naturally forgive him, but there is no need to apologize."
Hearing this, Liu Yu and Jiang Li both looked triumphant, especially Jiang Li, whose whole body was saying, see, father still values them.
"Father..." Jiang Zui paused, glanced at the people present, and said, "Let's split the family."
Jiang Zui's three light words stunned everyone for a moment, and then they returned to normal. For a family like this, it would be better to break up as soon as possible.
"Actually, I wanted to tell you about this after we got married, but unfortunately, this happened before I could even open my mouth.
However, it's not too late.
I have never coveted wealth from the beginning to the end, and I don’t want to be with...”
Although Jiang Zui didn't say who it was, he turned around and looked at Liu Yu and others.
"Please help me, father."
Jiang Zui has been thinking about dividing the family property since Qi Chen had a fever.
In order to avoid betraying Jiang Hongsheng, he was reluctant to remove the shackles.
In order to prevent the Jiang family from snatching the food from his hands, he deliberately took less.
In short, he doesn't want to be restricted in every way.
Jiang Hongsheng didn't say anything, but stared at Jiang Zui with sharp eyes.
After a long time, he finally said, "Have you thought it through? If we separate, it will be difficult to come back."
He was unfamiliar with his eldest son Jiang Zui. In his impression, Jiang Zui was timid and afraid to look at him.
How could such a cowardly and incompetent son be worthy of being his son?
From then on, he could ignore Jiang Zui intentionally or unintentionally.
Apart from Jiang Zhou, he loves his youngest son Jiang Xuan the most.
It doesn’t matter to him whether the family is divided or not.
"I want to split up the family." Jiang Zui's firm tone made Jiang Hongsheng sigh and say, "Okay, as you say, we'll split up the family."
As the Jiang family was ransacked, Jiang Zui had nothing and was still burdened with twenty taels of silver in alimony a year.
Jiang Zui and the Jiang family divided the property very smoothly in front of everyone.
Liu Yu and Jiang Li on the side were so angry that they jumped up and down.
Such good free labor is gone just like that!
What a pity!
After the division, Liu Yu said unwillingly: "Jiang Zui, although we are now separated, your father's injury has just healed, and he was caught in the rain last night. He has been hungry for such a long time. Do you have any food?"
"No."
"How could there not be one?! Jiang Zui, your father is still your father, you should still be filial to him when you should."
"Hasn't the twenty taels of alimony already been agreed upon?"
"What can you do with that little money?" Jiang Li blurted out.
"We have just made it clear in front of everyone. I only need to provide you with twenty taels of silver in alimony every year. Other... nothing." Jiang Zui said, turned around and left.
Liu Yu looked at Jiang Zui's back as he left, feeling extremely regretful. He complained to Jiang Hongsheng, "Master, why do you want to split up the family?"