Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 430 - 399: The Mystery of Origins 1

Su Jingyue saw Yu Xiaolian was also present, and the words he was about to blurt out were swallowed back.

Would Sister Xiaolian dislike his brother for being a child without a biological father? After all, his uncle wrote in the letter that his brother was his mother’s illegitimate child.

Such a background might be detested by others, right?

"I’m fine, you all chat!" Su Jingyue turned and ran out.

Su Jingchen called out to Su Jingyue, "Stop!"

"Give me what you have in your hand!"

Su Jingyue halted in his tracks, winking vigorously at his approaching brother.

Bro, wait until Sister Xiaolian leaves before you look at it; otherwise, she might dislike you, and if she doesn’t want you by then, you wouldn’t even know where to cry!

Su Jingyue quickly hid the letter behind him, and as Su Jingchen took a step forward, he took a step back.

It wasn’t until Su Jingchen unexpectedly grabbed his back collar, lifting him entirely off the ground and snatching away the letter from Su Jingyue’s hand, did Su Jingyue wail, "Bro, that’s as far as I can help you!"

He usually thought his brother was quite clever, so why was he so clueless today?

Could it be that he and Sister Xiaolian were so close they had no secrets and shared everything?

Su Jingyue saw that Su Jingchen had already pulled out the letter, and immediately stretched out his hand, shouting, "Bro, I advise you not to look at it now!"

Su Jingyue’s abnormal behavior only intensified Su Jingchen’s curiosity.

Yu Xiaolian was also intrigued, but she caught the key point in Su Jingyue’s words; it wasn’t that Su Jingyue didn’t want Su Jingchen to read the letter, but he wanted him to read it later?

Why later? It’s as obvious as a louse on a bald head!

Su Jingyue didn’t want her to know.

But what could the letter from Su Dafu’s study possibly have to do with her?

Yu Xiaolian was very puzzled.

Despite her curiosity and confusion, Yu Xiaolian still didn’t approach Su Jingchen; she just stood quietly on the side, waiting for Su Jingchen to read the letter.

She believed Su Jingchen would tell her the contents of the letter afterward.

Su Jingchen read the letter written by his uncle Cui Huaixin to his father, Su Dafu, at a glance.

Cui Huaixin was his grandfather Zheng Yecheng’s first child and the legitimate son of the Zheng Family.

Surely someone would ask, why does Cui Huaixin have the surname Cui instead of Zheng?

When Zheng Yecheng was young, he was a poor boy who married into the Cui Family as a son-in-law, but after joining the Cui Family, his quick thinking rapidly expanded his father-in-law’s herbal business many times over, and he later ventured into other successful businesses. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Zheng Yecheng’s father-in-law, seeing he had a knack for business, regarded him highly.

But once Zheng Yecheng’s business grew, he developed the idea of taking concubines. It was no issue in ordinary families to have multiple wives, but Zheng Yecheng couldn’t; he was a son-in-law with no personal rights. When he married the Cui family, he signed an unequal treaty promising never to take concubines and to always obey the Cui household.

Since he couldn’t openly bring a concubine into the home, Zheng Yecheng simply supported someone outside.

But eventually, the secret was revealed, and the Cui family found out.

When Mrs. Cui led people to the concubine’s residence, she discovered the concubine had already borne Zheng Yecheng a son and a daughter, both with the surname Zheng. The older daughter was already six, and the younger, Zheng Huaixing, was also three.

This drove Mrs. Cui mad, causing a massive uproar.

Later, Zheng Yecheng was cornered into wanting a divorce from Mrs. Cui, thinking that with his current skills, even leaving the Cui family empty-handed, he could live quite well.

Mrs. Cui, in her fury, surprisingly agreed to the divorce, but her father suppressed the matter.

The old man promised Zheng Yecheng to bring the concubine into the house and allowed him to take as many concubines as he wanted in the future, and the children of those concubines could carry the surname Zheng, as long as Zheng Yecheng promised to care for his only daughter, Mrs. Cui, after his death, and that he would meet any of Zheng’s future requests.

The Cui patriarch did this because he knew his son-in-law was not heartless and fickle, and he was right to bet on it.

This move by the old patriarch deeply moved Zheng Yecheng, who knelt to his father-in-law, promising that no matter how many women he had, Mrs. Cui would always come first.

Mrs. Cui didn’t understand her father’s actions—clearly, she could have had Zheng Yecheng thrown out penniless from the Cui family, so why treat him so favorably?

The old patriarch sighed deeply, telling Mrs. Cui that she would understand in the future and sternly forbade her from causing any more trouble with Zheng Yecheng.

Many years later, though Zheng Yecheng took concubine after concubine, he would always let Mrs. Cui handle any he disliked or found unpleasant, never opposing her. By then, Mrs. Cui finally understood her father’s deep intentions.

As the matriarch of the household, Mrs. Cui was quite formidable and influential; numerous concubines’ children lived under her control, always trying to please her, fearing being sent to the countryside to live a harsh life if they displeased her even slightly.

But there was one point: since having her eldest son Cui Huaixin, she could no longer conceive, which was a regret for her father when he passed.

Following Cui Huaixin were the concubine-born Zheng Yueniang and Zheng Huaixing, born of Zheng Yecheng’s first concubine. However, due to frail health, that woman had chronic coughs and barely survived three years in the household before succumbing to a cold.

After losing their real mother, Zheng Yueniang and Zheng Huaixing were sent to be raised by Mrs. Cui. Though Mrs. Cui had only one son and a thin lineage, she was unwilling to expend effort to educate the concubine’s children.

She outwardly promised to take good care of Zheng Yueniang and Zheng Huaixing, but in reality, they would not see their legitimate mother once a year.

Mrs. Cui only began to pay attention to Zheng Yueniang and Zheng Huaixing when Zheng Yueniang’s coming-of-age ceremony was approaching.

Mrs. Cui discovered that Zheng Yueniang was exceptionally beautiful—describing her as beautiful as a heavenly fairy was no exaggeration, which made Mrs. Cui feel like she had found a treasure.

She began to focus on cultivating Zheng Yueniang, providing her with the best food, clothing, housing, and gold and silver jewelry, and found people to teach her music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Mrs. Cui also encouraged her to attend formal events hosted by Huizhou’s families’ daughters.

For the first time in over a decade, Zheng Yueniang was shocked by the sudden affection from her legitimate mother, whom she had never even looked at properly.

She asked her brother Zheng Huaixing why their legitimate mother suddenly treated her so well.

After Zheng Yueniang garnered attention, Zheng Huaixing also gained benefits, with improved living standards. Though not very clever, he was not a fool.

Zheng Huaixing told his sister, Zheng Yueniang, that their legitimate mother might have taken notice of her beauty.

Zheng Yueniang had actually considered this but wanted confirmation from her brother to know it wasn’t just her imagination.