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Chapter 170 One dares to propose, one dares to respond
Cheng Yaozu's incredible rhetoric made Cheng Ze almost lose his composure.
Cheng Ze in the video remained silent for a long time before finally asking with some difficulty:
"Since you care so much about carrying on the family line, why didn't you let An Yi take your surname back then?"
What followed was Cheng Yaozu's very regretful reply.
“After all, there is a huge gap in status between me and the An family. I was afraid they wouldn’t let the child take my surname, so I took the initiative.”
“When An Qilan was pregnant, she knew that Xiao Yi was a girl, so I took the initiative to suggest that Xiao Yi take the surname An. I thought that if we had another child, it would probably be a son, and then he would take my surname. I don’t think the An family would say anything, since the first child already took their surname.”
"But who knew that An Qilan had no intention of having any more children! No matter what I said, she said that if she had another child, she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to treat both children equally. She wanted to give Xiao Yi complete love. I don't know what kind of bullshit parenting books she read that made her have such a ridiculous idea!"
"Then..." Cheng Ze still couldn't understand, "Why don't you have another one? Whether you find a mistress or divorce and remarry, you can just have a few more children who will take your surname, right?"
Cheng Yaozu's voice gradually changed from regret to hatred.
“You have no idea how domineering An Qilan is. If she finds out I have an illegitimate child, she will definitely make me leave with nothing. She might not even leave me anything that I should have had.”
No, no, no, at first he did have the desire to steal but lacked the courage because he was afraid of being discovered by his aunt. But later he realized that his aunt didn't really care about his whereabouts, so he became bolder. As a result, he had the guts but not the ability to steal.
[This wasn't Cao Ling's first affair; he had several mistresses before, but they hadn't been able to have children. He found it strange and went to the hospital for a checkup, only to learn that his sperm quality had declined with age, making it difficult to conceive.]
Therefore, he could only place his hopes on An Yi.
For the first time, An Qilan regretted not keeping a closer eye on Cheng Yaozu.
Although she has a strong personality, she focuses more on her career. She has always been relatively gentle with her family and naturally doesn't interfere with Cheng Yaozu's affairs.
She originally thought that giving her partner enough privacy was a way of respecting him, but little did she know that it would only embolden Cheng Yaozu to cheat on her.
If she had noticed Cheng Yaozu's actions sooner, wouldn't she have realized sooner that he was not only an unfit partner, but also an unfit father?
Although An Yi was furious, he still noticed that An Qilan's emotions were a little off.
She took her mother's hand and patted it gently a few times, then whispered words of comfort:
"Mom, it's all in the past. There's no point in thinking about it now. Besides, none of us have X-ray vision. People's hearts are the hardest to see through. It's already lucky that we can see through his true colors now."
An Qilan nodded, put away her useless regrets after hearing her daughter's words, and began to think about how to make Cheng Yaozu pay the price.
The video continues.
"Can't you just get a divorce and remarry?" Cheng Ze continued to ask. "Your marriage certificate isn't a contract of servitude. Even if An Qilan is very powerful, she can't stop you from getting a divorce, right?"
Cheng Yaozu shook his head, adopting a helpless posture.
"If you get divorced, won't you lose everything?"
"Huh?" Cheng Ze didn't understand.
After hesitating for a moment, Cheng Yaozu decided to make things clearer.
"Xiao Ze, I only told you the truth because I trust you. You've been pursuing me for two years and haven't given up. You must be serious about me."
"It hasn't been easy for me to get to where I am today. If this child is Xiao Yi's, then that child can inherit the An family's property in the future. But if it's a child I had with someone else, then the An family's property has nothing to do with him."
“Xiao Ze, you also happen to have the surname Cheng. If you and Xiao Yi have a child, the child will have the same surname as me, be related to me by blood, and inherit the An family’s property. Later, we can also include the child in our family’s genealogy. Isn’t that the best of both worlds?”
Now, not only Cheng Ze, but everyone present who heard those words understood what Cheng Yaozu was thinking.
His plan was absolutely brilliant.
If things really go as he envisions, and An Yi really marries Cheng Ze, and their child takes Cheng Ze's surname, then Cheng Yaozu will have both fulfilled his duty of continuing the family line and ensured that An Qilan's property will be inherited by his grandson.
"Holy crap, isn't this like eating someone's entire fortune?"
"I've heard of people eating their own daughter's childless offspring, but this is the first time I've ever seen someone help others eat their own daughter's childless offspring."
"Cheng Yaozu has really gone mad. Does his family have some kind of imperial throne to inherit? Is his surname made of gold?"
The An family finally understood why Cheng Yaozu insisted on introducing Cheng Ze to An Yi.
It's all for the sake of a surname.
He's a person who wants everything, and is also stupid, wicked, and greedy.
Despite being deeply conservative at heart, he dared not mention divorce to An Qilan because he was reluctant to give up the wealth that the An family could bring him. After learning that An Yi was his only bloodline, he insisted on pushing his only daughter into a pit of fire for the sake of so-called carrying on the family line.
How could a person be so wicked!
After hearing this, Cheng Ze remained silent for a long time. Even someone with such skewed values as him was amazed by Cheng Yaozu's words.
After hesitating for a long time, he finally said, "I can agree to that."
The scene erupted in uproar again; everyone was furious with this pair of philandering men.
"Huh??? He actually agreed???"
"I don't even dare to listen, but they both dare to bring it up and dare to agree."
"But Cheng Yaozu probably still likes women, right? So he's planning to sacrifice himself? He's ruthless!!"
[Cheng Yaozu had indeed only ever liked women before, but Cheng Ze really did look a lot like Cao Ling, the kind of first love face that Cheng Yaozu liked, so he didn't find it so hard to accept...]
But at this point, Cheng Ze already felt that Cheng Yaozu was somewhat terrifying, as he was actually willing to use himself as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Cheng Ze in order to achieve his goal.
Although he hesitated for a moment about whether he should continue to provoke such a terrifying person, Cheng Yaozu's appearance was simply too good to pass up to him, and in the end, his emotions prevailed over his reason.
However, he didn't really intend to seduce An Yi as Cheng Yaozu suggested. He had absolutely no interest in women; he just wanted to agree to it first to fool Cheng Yaozu, and once he had Cheng Yaozu's back, he could get away.
An family: ...
Is this what they mean by "evil people will be punished by other evil people"?
Cheng Yaozu was even prepared to sacrifice himself, but in the end, it was destined to be all for naught.
Because they really hated Cheng Yaozu so much, they were now even hoping that Cheng Ze could succeed!