Chapter 8: Only Recognizes Brother

This little brat, he's really hopeless, huh!

"Yuchun, you, what are you yelling at him?"

Wen Yunzhe noticed the difference in how Wen Yuchun addressed the man, surprised, he glanced at Wen Yuchun, then at the man opposite.

Although he is the elder brother, he was only born two minutes earlier than Wen Yuchun and Wen Jingrou.

As the older brother, he is often taken care of by his two sisters instead, but he also deeply cares about them in his heart.

He couldn't bear to see them sad and upset.

Hearing Wen Yuchun's way of addressing the man opposite, he was dumbfounded.

He stared blankly at Xiao Ming.

This handsome face, eyes, nose, mouth — just now he was dazed and didn't notice, but now taking a careful look, this man actually looks just like the three siblings.

It could practically be said to be the same face, except they look more youthful while this man looks more mature.

If he grew older, he would definitely end up with this long face.

No wonder he's so good-looking; it turns out his own genes are just that good.

His anger from being hit vanished at this moment, his expression showing hard-to-conceal excitement.

"Brother, he is our father; we just recognized each other this year, and we even did a paternity test."

Wen Yuchun answered, stepping forward and shaking Wen Yunzhe's arm, chidingly reminding: "Brother, hurry up and apologize to our father; you say you're so incoherent, just spouting nonsense as soon as you open your mouth."

"He..." Wen Yunzhe was completely bewildered, like a lost child unable to find north.

He looked at his two sisters; seeing them both nod at him, he quickly came to his senses.

"Dad, Dad!" Finally, Wen Yunzhe, under the sisters' gazes, somewhat awkwardly called out to Xiao Ming.

"Hmm."

Xiao Ming nodded slightly and gave a faint "hmm".

Before even recognizing his son, he first slapped him across the face, and he himself was quite unwilling.

But this little good-for-nothing is really disappointing.

After composing his emotions, Xiao Ming said to Wen Yunzhe: "You big fellow, after a small setback you think about killing yourself? If you lose money, you can earn more; if you lose a woman, you can find another—what's the problem?"

"You say that while standing, you don't feel back pain."

Wen Yunzhe had just mustered a little emotion, but Xiao Ming's words instantly set him off: "You say it so lightly; why don't you just give me money to pay off my debts? I owe over a million, and if you can pay it off, I will surely take good care of you for the rest of your life."

"You..."

Xiao Ming, hearing this, instantly wanted to give that brat another slap.

It seems he, as a father, needs to assert his authority and discipline his son.

Xiao Ming felt suffocated with anger.

"Dad, calm down."

"Brother, what are you doing?"

Wen Yuchun and Wen Jingrou hurriedly scolded Wen Yunzhe.

The two looked at each other helplessly, their faces showing difficulty.

The two feared that their unreliable brother might do something shocking, scaring away the father they had finally found.

Only these two sisters could tolerate their brother's behavior.

Afterward, Wen Yuchun, before the father could be angered into a rage, pushed Wen Yunzhe back into his room.

Meanwhile, Wen Jingrou greeted Xiao Ming to sit down, letting the father and son both calm down.

Xiao Ming sat down with a grim face, sipping the hot tea Wen Jingrou poured, and his mood eased a little.

Wen Jingrou, not used to her father's temper, had wanted to speak several times but held back; seeing Xiao Ming's mood ease, she then spoke carefully.

"Dad, we three were born only one or two minutes apart, coming into this world one after another."

"When we were fifteen, my older brother left us."

"My mother left when we were twelve; the three of us relied on each other to survive, and when we were thirty-five, an old lady found us, saying she was our relative and wanted my brother to go home with her, guaranteeing he would live a life above others."

"That person was extremely wealthy, with over a hundred million in assets; later we learned she was our maternal grandmother, who, when our mother was pregnant with us, ruthlessly drove her out, and when she came to find us, she only recognized my brother, not me and my sister."

Wen Jingrou said while crying.

"My brother didn't want to go with her, so she had people kidnap him back; it turned out my maternal uncle's body had a problem and he could never have children again, so my grandmother thought of my brother."

"She said when she took my brother away that she would raise him as an heir."

"A few months later, my brother returned to us in a sorry state, crying that he would never abandon me and Yuchun; we two are the sisters he is closest to in this world."

"After a long time, he finally told us that the condition for our grandmother making him an heir was that he cut ties with us two."

"Between wealth and honor and us two, he chose us two."

"At that time, he was only fifteen as well."

Wen Jingrou wiped her tears sadly: "To him, nothing is more important than us two; he said, although the world is vast, the people closest to him are only us two, and nothing is more important than us three siblings staying together forever."

So sometimes, even if Wen Yunzhe's actions are a bit misguided, the two sisters also choose to be tolerant.

For the sake of staying with his two sisters, the brother gave up the chance to rise above others; such familial love, how could they not cherish it?

"Tell me about your mother's affairs?" Xiao Ming, hearing Wen Jingrou's words, felt a mix of emotions, quite unpleasant.

"Dad, actually, Mom leaving you also had a reason."

Wen Jingrou continued: "When we were young, Mother told us she actually always loved our father; the reason she split from you was that our grandmother found out you were together and disapproved, wanting to make things difficult for you, so to protect you she could only leave you."

"After leaving you, she discovered she was pregnant with us, but then our grandmother found out about the pregnancy and forcibly wanted to take her to the hospital to abort the child, to force her into a wealthy family."

"But later Mother escaped, fleeing to a small city where she lived in obscurity and gave birth to us three siblings; she was a pampered young lady who had never known hardship, but because of us three siblings she did all kinds of hard labor, which eventually accumulated into illness, causing her to leave us."

At this moment, Wen Jingrou had already cried herself into a tearful wreck.

Xiao Ming, hearing this, felt his heart weigh heavily.

From Wen Jingrou's narration, he pictured the scenes of Wen Zihan's days.

Twenty-two years ago, society wasn't as open as it is now; there was no money, and no one to rely on.

How did she, an Eldest Miss raised in luxury, manage to drag three children along to survive?

Overcoming numerous hardships, enduring gossip.

Giving birth to several children, raising them to adulthood.