The King's Enchanting-Chapter 1629 - 1642: Severed Ties (6)

Cheng Juye also said that during this period, he had been hit too hard, displaced, suffering from family misfortune plus being chased for debt, the extreme disparity left him completely lacking his past grace. Being retorted by Yu Zexiao, his eyes reddened, and his suppressed anger could no longer be contained: "Yu Zexiao, at the very least we are your elders, is this how you speak to us? Isn’t Tingting Anning’s sister? What’s wrong with us asking her for help?"

"Do you even dare say you’re Anning’s elder?" Jian Anning wanted to speak, but Yu Zexiao stopped her with one hand, "Then let me ask you, how old was Anning when she came to your family? Sixteen, she wasn’t even an adult! Your wife is her mother, she should have been raising her! Did you give a single penny for her upbringing in those first sixteen years? Who told you to marry her mother at that time? Since you married her, when her father’s relatives passed away, you should have raised her!"

These words made Jian Panying feel deeply ashamed. Indeed, after she divorced, and since sixteen years ago, she hadn’t raised Jian Anning for a single day. Later, when Anning came to the Cheng Family, all these years, because Jian Anning lived in the Cheng Family, Jian Panying had a sense that her daughter should be under her control. Because she considered Anning the older daughter, she thought the older should yield to the younger, so she always favored Cheng Tingting in everything.

Unexpectedly, it harmed her instead.

Yu Zexiao became more and more agitated as he spoke: "What, you feel wronged because you had to raise her? I ask you, how much did you spend raising Anning? Besides eating and living at home, wasn’t all the other money from the inheritance given by her father? You yourself relied on their Ma Family, earning how much, you know very well! In the end, you still want to seize the inheritance her father left her, do you even dare say you’re her elder?"

Cheng Juye’s face turned red upon these words, he retorted hoarsely after a long pause: "So what, I am her elder! That’s what her father gave her, her mother helps her manage it, is that wrong?"

"You’re her elder, you still dare say you are? How old is she now, isn’t she an adult? According to the law, she could have received the estate by the age of 21! It was your selfishness that led to the signing of a ten-year contract when she was accepted into the family!" Yu Zexiao then looked towards Jian Panying, his eyes sharp, "You’re her elder, do you believe you should also decide her marriage matters?"

Cheng Juye found himself speechless, he wasn’t a fool after all, he naturally knew these words were indefensible. But he had been accustomed to being an elder for years, and to bow his head to Jian Anning and Yu Zexiao, these juniors, it was something he could barely suppress at first, but once provoked by Yu Zexiao, he couldn’t hold back.

"What, do you think the downfall of the Cheng Family is because Anning refused to agree to Situ Xuan? If she was with Situ Xuan, wouldn’t have there been so many issues afterwards? Or do you think I should also go along with your treasured Cheng Tingting? Is it my fault for not agreeing?"

Cheng Juye was rendered speechless by Yu Zexiao’s words, but it wasn’t wrong, that’s exactly what he was thinking! If Jian Anning could be with Situ Xuan, and Cheng Tingting could be with Yu Zexiao, would the Cheng Family still fear being unable to develop in the future?

But at this moment, where does he have the courage to say these words to Yu Zexiao?