Chapter 1058: Misfortunes Can Help People Grow

"It's nothing, it's just a bowl. Look at how scared you are, get up."

The lady didn't lose her temper, and the matter was brushed aside lightly.

People are in high spirits when they encounter happy events; when the mood is good, everything looks pleasing to the eye.

Lady Qi instructed the servant: "Sister Wang, go call the young master again and ask him when he will be back."

Her son is running errands at the grassroots level, doing work that is both bitter and tiring, in a very harsh working environment; he eats and lives there, and can only come back once every ten or fifteen days.

Every time she thinks about her son having to suffer like this, her heart aches with spasms.

Now it is finally better; her husband has been restored to his original position, and her son no longer has to suffer in that kind of harsh place.

Sister Wang whispered: "Madam, the young master just called and asked me to tell you that he is very busy with work right now and cannot come back."

"It's just the grassroots level, how busy can he be? Is there anything more important than his father being restored to his original position?"

Lady Qi didn't care at all, so she personally called her son to tell him to come back.

"A Heng, put down your work immediately and prepare to come home; Mom will send someone to pick you up."

Qi Heng: "Mom, you are very happy right now, aren't you? I am also very happy that Dad has been restored to his original position, but it is enough for us to be happy ourselves; don't let the whole world know about it."

"The Chen family didn't enjoy their success for long before they stumbled one after another, all because they were blinded by success. We cannot repeat their mistakes..."

Qi Heng has been training at the grassroots level these days and has seen too much of the cold reality of the world.

He was used to being high and mighty in the past, being held up and pampered by everyone, spoiled rotten.

But after he arrived at the grassroots level, everything he heard was harsh words.

Some words were so harsh he hadn't even heard them in his dreams, but he had experienced them all during this period.

The cold shoulders, the cold glares, being bullied openly... these blows not only did not make Qi Heng wallow in self-pity or collapse.

Instead, they made him more mature and stronger.

Now his father has been restored to his original position, but Minister Chen has not been toppled, so his father's position is not stable.

It is too early to be happy now; if one wants to remain stable for a long time, one must be able to remain calm and composed even if Mount Tai collapses before one's eyes.

Lady Qi cannot listen to others, but she can listen to Qi Heng; she believes whatever her son says.

"Alright son, don't worry, Mom will listen to you. If you don't come back, then don't come back. Take care of yourself over there. You have suffered, my son..." She wiped her tears; although her heart ached, she was also very gratified.

Her son has grown up and become sensible; he is becoming more and more like his father!

The Vice President of L Country has been restored to his original position, and the area in front of his door has become incredibly lively again.

The noble ladies of high society are also swarming like flies, inviting Lady Qi out for shopping, banquets, and drinking parties every day...

This time, she refused them all; she avoided participating whenever she could.

Her son was right, one must keep a low profile!

The entire Qi Family is very low-key, which makes the President very satisfied.

He feels that his position has not been threatened, and the Vice President is a man without ambition, so he confidently handed over more and more important tasks to him.

Power is limited; the more that is divided to him, the less is obtained by Minister Chen.

Minister Chen was unhappy at work, and upon returning home, he vented his anger on his wife and Chen Ran!

"It's all the good work of you mother and son, failing to accomplish anything but good at ruining things; you look smart but are actually nothing..."

The old man was furious, and his children not only didn't persuade him, but added fuel to the fire: "We don't know where this bastard came from, trying to pass himself off as a member of our Chen family. The Chen family wouldn't do such a thing."

"Exactly, Dad, you should still be cautious; doing a paternity test is not shameful."

"Dad, honest advice is hard to hear. You were too rash in the beginning; you believed whatever others said without even verifying it..."

Chen Ran was fine, his expression calm, and his true inner thoughts could not be seen.

But Chen Furen's face was pale, beads of sweat the size of beans broke out on her forehead, and her nails dug deep into her flesh; she was a little panicked.

Although the older ones didn't name names, they were clearly targeting her.

She couldn't hold back and wanted to defend herself, but just as she was about to speak, she was tugged by her son, so she forcibly held it back.

Chen Ran: "Brother and sister are right, a paternity test should be done, so as to avoid my identity being unclear."

Minister Chen was actually a bit shaken, but since his wife didn't express her stance, he couldn't easily agree. Just as he was thinking about what roundabout method might be more appropriate, Chen Ran happened to speak.

He took the opportunity to go along with it and was about to agree.

At this moment, Marie, who was standing beside Chen Furen, spoke up: "A paternity test cannot be done domestically. No matter the result, if this matter is known by the Sheng Family, it will be used to make a scene, and the Chen family will lose face completely."

"You are just a servant, do you have any right to speak here?"

"Get out, get out, get out."

Seeing their father's expression soften, Minister Chen's children hadn't even had time to be happy when they were brazenly opposed by a servant, and they were instantly enraged.

They wanted to kill the chicken to scare the monkey and use the maid beside Chen Furen to make an example of her.

"Someone, drag this unruly thing out and give her a beating."

"Stop!" Minister Chen opposed it one step earlier than his wife.

Marie's words made Minister Chen wake up as if from a dream.

Right, it cannot be done.

Male chauvinism is prevalent in L Country, and the status of men is much higher than that of women.

If a man has a woman outside, he won't be mocked; he will only be considered capable.

Even having an illegitimate child won't affect his career, but if this illegitimate child is suspected not to be his own... uh, he will become a laughingstock for others!

Therefore, a paternity test cannot be done. Regardless of whether Chen Ran is his son or not, as long as it is discovered that he went to do this test, it is equivalent to losing!

That was close; he almost agreed just now.

Minister Chen vented his anger at his children: "Bastards, are you all thinking I've lived too long? Asking me to do a paternity test, are you trying to make me lose all my face?"

"Brainless things, you all look like me, why doesn't a single one of you have a brain like mine?"

"Father, please don't be angry, we are also doing this for your own good."

"That's right, if you don't want to do it, then don't; your health is what matters most. Just pretend we never said anything."

"Exactly, we were just anxious..."

The three of them now realized it was inappropriate, but they were still unwilling to give up.

They were eager to show their devotion, yet they didn't know what else to say.

Madam Chen would not let pass an opportunity to strike at her stepson and stepdaughters, so she sobbed "ying ying ying" in great sorrow.

"Husband, this is bullying people too much. How could they be like this? Isn't this dumping filth on my head? You are still perfectly fine right now, and they are already bullying me and Ranran like this. If you were to go before me, wouldn't they just swallow us mother and daughter alive..."

"I don't want to live anymore, just let me die! I will prove my innocence with death, and use my life to prove my loyalty!"

She made a show of rushing toward the wall, but naturally, they could not let her hit it.

Marie and Chen Ran grabbed her tightly, while Madam Chen cried and complained of her grievances.

"Let me die, don't stop me. I have been single-mindedly devoted to the Chen family, yet I end up in such a state... They all treat me like a thorn in their side, what is the point of me living..."