Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 431 - 400: The Mystery of Origins 2

Although Zheng Yueniang knew her stepmother intended to make an issue of her marriage, she was helpless.

She could only console herself, telling herself that perhaps her stepmother had found a decent family for her!

However, what Zheng Yueniang did not expect was that at a flower viewing party, she was drugged and lost her chastity in a daze.

This led to the scene where Zheng Yueniang attempted to drown herself in the lake, only to be saved by Su Dafu. Seeing that Zheng Yueniang had lost her value, the Cui family agreed to let Zheng Yueniang marry Su Dafu and gave him a sum of money to take her far away to the Northern Land for a fresh start.

The letter had no date, so it’s unclear when Cui Huaixin wrote it to Su Dafu, but their family had only been in Luocheng for three years. Judging by the ink on the letter, it seemed it was written in recent months.

In the letter, Cui Huaixin asked who Su Jingchen’s father was, implying that he also wasn’t certain whether Zheng had been pregnant before leaving with Su Dafu.

At the end of the letter, Cui Huaixin mentioned that if Su Jingchen wasn’t Su Dafu’s child, then he might know who Su Jingchen’s biological father was.

Cui Huaixin ended the letter with the words "awaiting a reply".

Su Jingchen calmly handed the letter to Yu Xiaolian to read.

Yu Xiaolian covered her mouth in shock; this wasn’t a plot in the book!

In her version of the book, Su Jingchen was undoubtedly Su Dafu’s son!

Could it be that because Su Dafu was suddenly killed by bandits, the secret was buried forever?

Hmm, quite possible!

Moreover, she hadn’t read the latter half of the book; perhaps there would be a revelation about Su Jingchen’s background later on.

But back then, she saw that Su Jingchen died at thirty, without any surprises about his background, unless it was uncovered many years after his death?

Sigh, the situation was becoming increasingly uncontrollable, completely different from what she thought.

In the book, not only did the two countries of Meng and Liang not cease fighting, but the Crown Prince was captured by Cao Chengtong and killed swiftly.

Now, the revelation that Su Dafu wasn’t Su Jingchen’s real father had emerged.

Could Su Jingchen’s real father be someone significant?

"Aren’t you surprised?" Yu Xiaolian suddenly realized Su Jingchen remained calm throughout.

Unusually calm!

This was evidently abnormal!

Sure enough, Su Jingchen spoke, "I know!"

He knew when he was little!

Because when Su Dafu and Zheng argued, Su Dafu let slip, calling Zheng a worn-out shoe worn by someone else. He said if he had known Zheng was not pure anymore, and brought along a wild child, he would never have accepted her, no matter what.

Su Dafu and Zheng didn’t know that, during their heated argument, little Su Jingchen was standing outside the door, listening to every word they said.

When Zheng passed away, Su Jingchen even thought to himself that his mother might reveal his lineage before she took her last breath. But even as Zheng was dying, she showed no intention of disclosing anything, only giving him Yao’s deed and advising him to take care of his younger brother before passing away.

During all this, Su Jingchen desperately wanted to ask his mother who his real father was but ultimately couldn’t bring himself to ask.

After reading Cui Huaixin’s letter, Su Jingchen realized, ironically, that his mother also didn’t know who his father was!

"Brother, why didn’t you tell me?" Su Jingyue suddenly exploded.

He was on such close terms with his brother, with no secrets between them, and now he discovered his brother had hidden such a huge secret from him; their brotherly bond felt in vain.

"I was only five at the time, sometimes I’m not even sure if I heard those words or if it was just a dream, feeling unreal. How could I tell you something I wasn’t sure of myself?" Su Jingchen couldn’t bear seeing Su Jingyue upset and quickly explained.

"Hmph, I don’t believe your excuses! No wonder you were never close to father; you knew everything from the start and just didn’t want to share this secret with me.

You’re not my good brother from now on!" Su Jingyue crossed his arms, looking like a sulking child.

Seeing Su Jingchen not come over to hug him as usual, Su Jingyue huffed loudly again.

"Hmph╯^╰"

Are you not going to comfort me?

Su Jingchen glanced at Yu Xiaolian, then helplessly went over and patted Su Jingyue’s head, speaking with great affection, "You’re already eleven, why are you still acting like a little child?"

"But I’m only eleven, I’m still young."

Su Jingyue suddenly hugged Su Jingchen’s waist, choking up as he spoke, "Brother, will you seek your biological father? If you find him, will you leave our family and never return? 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Brother, I’m still young, I still need my brother, I can’t support the household on my own. Please don’t leave me and Jinghua."

Su Jinghua, the daughter of Su Dafu and Yao, was five years old this year, and had a nanny taking care of her daily needs.

Su Jingyue’s pitiful plea tugged at Su Jingchen’s heartstrings. He did plan to go to Huizhou to meet Cui Huaixin, not to find a biological father, but to confront the scoundrel who wronged his mother, and give him a beating to vent his anger for his mother.

But now, he changed his mind.

Once he succeeded in his endeavors, he might be able to avenge his mother more effectively.

"Brother won’t go anywhere; I’ll stay home with Jingyue."

Su Jingyue, not knowing what he was imagining, clung to Su Jingchen’s waist, crying uncontrollably until he soaked a patch of Su Jingchen’s collar.

After crying, Su Jingyue still tried to cover up to Yu Xiaolian, "I just got sand in my eye; I wasn’t crying, Sister Xiaolian. You better not go back and tell Sun Hu and the others that I cried!"

Yu Xiaolian nodded earnestly, "You definitely didn’t cry; it was just a heavy rain that drenched your brother’s clothes!"

Faced with Yu Xiaolian’s teasing, Su Jingyue felt embarrassed first, then coquettish, "Sister-in-law, I’m the leader among Sun Hu and the others; if they learn their leader cried, they’ll definitely mock me!"

Yu Xiaolian could tell that Su Dafu’s death didn’t seem to have struck Su Jingyue too hard; there was none of that post-grief aura about him.

This just further showed how much of a failure Su Dafu was as a father.

"I remember Su Hu telling me he was the leader among you guys; so, who’s lying?" Yu Xiaolian raised an eyebrow, appearing inquisitive.

Su Jingyue hastily explained, "Neither of us is lying. He used to be the leader, but I passed the student examination and Sun Hu didn’t, so now I’m the leader."

Discussing this, Su Jingyue felt a bit proud.

"Taking the student exam was such a small matter, yet not one of Sun Hu or Sun Manzhi did well! I wonder what they do at home, probably just focusing on swordplay and martial arts, and ignoring their studies!"