Traveling through the Sixties with the Male God (Completed BL)

Ch229: Trouble Brewing & Ch230: Taking in Additional Burdens

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 03/11/2024

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Chapter 229: Trouble Brewing...Disgusting

Taking without asking is theft, and it seems that the Chen family members don't understand this. The one who broke into the house and stole wasn't even Chen Fang, it was Cai Zhen and her precious son, Chen Youcai.

Zhao Qinqin couldn't understand why there was no movement from the Chen family after Chen Fang returned. It was as if the attempt to run away didn't exist. It wasn't that the Chen family didn't react; it was an overreaction, resulting in trouble.

Just as Grandma Zhao suspected, there are no secrets in the family area. In the morning, when Chen Fang came to ask Zhao Qinqin for Chen Xiaohua's address and money for a train ticket, by noon, Cai Zhen returned home, and the news reached her ears.

The location Chen Fang chose, unless she lost control emotionally, no one else could hear what they were saying from a distance. However, she shouted a few words in a frenzy, which others couldn't quite make out. But when it reached the ears of the Chen family, it seemed like Chen Fang was about to be taken away by her sister for a life of luxury.

Chen Youcai exploded when he heard this. He slammed his chopsticks and yelled at Cai Zhen, "Why is she getting taken away? Why not me? Mom, didn't you say their money is all mine?!"

Cai Zhen, already annoyed, tried to calm Chen Youcai and then grabbed a broom to go interrogate Chen Fang.

When she first heard the news, there was a moment of panic. Although she usually treated Chen Fang badly and ignored her when good things happened, she knew very well that there was only this one daughter left in the family, still earning a salary. If she also ran away, leaving only Chen Guoliang to earn money and support the family, how could they manage?

Her precious son still had to go to school, finish high school, attend university, pay for tuition, and living expenses, and then get married and have children in the future. How much money would that require? How could they afford it on just her husband's income alone?!

Cai Zhen was overthinking it. With Chen Youcai's grades, forget about college, he might not even make it to high school without repeating a few years. If things continued like this, Chen Fang might not even live long enough to see her brother get married and have children.

Of course, Cai Zhen didn't think like this. She always believed that her son was a genius, and if he didn't perform well in school, it was because the teachers didn't teach properly. She even once nearly fought with a teacher who suggested that Chen Youcai drop out.

On the other hand, Cai Zhen understood deep down the contributions Chen Fang had made to the family. But her mindset had become twisted. While there might have been a trace of sympathy when she was criticized for giving birth to four daughters and being forced by her mother-in-law to adopt her nephew, Cai Zhen shifted to favoring her son excessively after Chen Youcai was born. She had driven away three daughters and only one remained. Cai Zhen always believed that her daughters should remember her kindness in giving birth to them and raising them, and she wanted to reclaim the affection from all four of them.

Chen Fang felt that Chen Xiaohua owed her, just as Cai Zhen believed that these unfilial daughters owed her. It was expected behavior from biological mother-daughter relationships, where even without communication, their thoughts were aligned.

So, when Cai Zhen found out that Chen Fang wanted to run away, it's easy to imagine her shock turning into rage. Her so-called "interrogation" was not verbal; it was physical. She grabbed a broom and started hitting Chen Fang, thinking that by doing so, she could hide her guilt and angrily demanded to know why Chen Fang dared to do such a thing.