Chapter 1: Responding in public, nothing to say
"Cheng Ye, you really disgust me! My fiancé will only be Cheng Fenghao, don't even think that I will fall in love with you!"
"Feng Hao is weak, and you dared to push him into the water! You almost killed him!"
"Today is Feng Hao's birthday party. You deliberately embarrassed him in public. That's really too much! I order you to kneel down and apologize to Feng Hao immediately!!"
Hearing a sarcastic and threatening voice in his ears, Cheng Ye was stunned and looked around subconsciously.
Didn’t he work in the factory tightening screws for ten years and then die suddenly from working overtime late at night?
Why am I at the Cheng family's banquet in Beijing at this moment?
The guests at the banquet who wanted to curry favor with the Cheng and Chu families all mocked them in a questioning tone.
"Cheng Ye, you are pushing your luck too far. Master Feng Hao was bullied by you time and time again, and he always spoke up for you out of kindness. Not only are you ungrateful, but you also want to kill Master Feng Hao?!"
"That's right. He is very jealous, has no talent, and is so vicious. No wonder the Cheng family and Miss Chu don't like him."
"Master Feng Hao, I know you are kind, but there is no need to be sincere to a white-eyed wolf like Cheng Ye."
Listening to the familiar mocking voice, Cheng Ye realized that he was actually reborn and returned to the year when he was eighteen years old.
In his previous life, he lived in an orphanage and was taken back to the Cheng family at the age of fifteen. It turned out that the nurse took the wrong child away when he was born. He was not an orphan without a father or mother, he had relatives.
He has been lacking love and longing for family affection since childhood. He humbly tries to please his parents and three sisters. The fake young master Cheng Fenghao keeps framing him, and his parents and sisters become increasingly disappointed. In the end, they are left with only disgust and disgust.
As a result, he was kicked out of the wealthy family and did not even have time to take the college entrance examination. He had no choice but to work in a factory. He tightened screws for ten years and died suddenly from working overtime late at night.
Cheng Ye collected his thoughts and his eyes were calm. In this life, he would concentrate on studying and get admitted to a prestigious university. He would not repeat the same mistake and live the tragic fate of sudden death while tightening screws like in his previous life.
"Cheng Ye, are you deaf?! Kneel down and apologize to Feng Hao!!"
Hearing the voice, Cheng Ye's cold eyes fell on the man and woman in front of him.
The girl is Chu Xiyan, the eldest daughter of the Chu family. She is beautiful, cold and arrogant, and her delicate face is filled with anger.
Cheng Fenghao was protected by Chu Xiyan behind him. His eyes were red and he hung his head pitifully.
The upper class celebrities gathered around the fountain, all with surprised expressions and whispering to each other.
"Cheng Ye doesn't want to apologize, does he?"
"From what I can see, he doesn't have the slightest desire to repent. He is really morally corrupt."
"Master Fenghao is so pitiful. Cheng Ye always takes advantage of his status as the real master and makes things difficult for Master Fenghao. He is a troublemaker at school and he is restless in the Cheng family. I am speechless."
Cheng's father, mother and three sisters hurried over.
Seeing Cheng Fenghao's clothes were soaked, his face was weak and pale, and he was covering his mouth and coughing violently, they immediately became furious.
Cheng Fenghao looked aggrieved, his voice trembling, and spoke well of Cheng Ye: "It's my fault. I upset my brother. Don't blame my brother. He just pushed me into the water in a moment of impulse."
Father Cheng pointed at Cheng Ye's nose and yelled, "Apologize quickly. I'll pretend this never happened."
After all, it was Feng Hao's birthday party, and there were many wealthy and famous people watching. He didn't want to make a big deal out of it and lose face for the Cheng family.
Mother Cheng comforted her beloved son with heartache.
The eldest sister Cheng Wei, the second sister Cheng Zhirou, and the third sister Cheng Shiyan looked at Cheng Ye with disgust.
Cheng Ye crossed his arms across his chest, his expression cold.
Compared with my own helplessness, I felt like an outsider as their family of six loved each other.
In his previous life, he thought they loved him, but they were just not familiar with him. When he slowly changed his bad habits and devoted time and energy to them, they would see his good side and be willing to accept him...
However, it's all my own wish.
They never considered themselves as real family. They trusted Cheng Fenghao unconditionally and threw all the dirty water on him. Every time he explained, they stood on Cheng Fenghao's side.
Thinking of this, Cheng Ye suddenly smiled, first looked at the angry Chu Xiyan indifferently, and said in a cold tone, "If you have a brain disease, go and get treatment. People like you are not my type. Don't be so narcissistic. You are not the center of the universe."
"You——!" Chu Xiyan's eyes flashed with astonishment, and her expression suddenly cracked, "Cheng Ye, you made a mistake, but your attitude is still so arrogant!"
Chu Xiyan's pretty face flushed, "You pushed Feng Hao into the water, so I asked you to kneel down and apologize, isn't that what I should do?!"
"Oh? Which eye of yours saw me push him into the water?" Cheng Ye said in a faint tone.
Chu Xiyan choked up for a while, then she gritted her teeth and said, "When I came here, I saw Feng Hao falling into the water, and you standing by the fountain, there was no one else!"
"Feng Hao also said it himself, it was you who pushed him into the water!" Chu Xiyan clenched her fists. She felt very uncomfortable when she thought of Cheng Ye mocking her narcissism just now.
Chu Xiyan was furious, "Cheng Ye, you look like this! How can you be the demeanor of a rich young master!"
"I have the final say on whether it's OK or not. You really are a grasshopper wearing a bridle, pretending to be a big animal. You have such a big face, but where is your face?" Cheng Ye said bluntly.
Chu Xiyan's face was full of disbelief, and her face turned pale and blue.
Cheng's father and mother did not expect Cheng Ye to speak so viciously. This is the eldest daughter of the Chu family, known as the "most beautiful woman in the capital". The rich young men chasing after her lined up from inside the city to outside the city.
If the Cheng and Chu families could marry, the Cheng family's power and status would rise rapidly, and they would have the opportunity to compete with the Jiang family, one of the top wealthy families in Beijing.
If it weren't for the fact that the old man of the Cheng family saved the old man of the Chu family's life and arranged marriages for the grandchildren of both sides, how could such a good marriage have fallen into Cheng Ye's hands?
They would not have brought their biological son Cheng Ye, who lived in an orphanage, back to the Cheng family after discovering that Cheng Fenghao was not their biological son.
The original intention was to cultivate the relationship between Cheng Ye and Chu Xiyan, and when they reached the right age, they would get married, thereby consolidating the Cheng family's wealthy status.
Who would have thought that three years later, not only had their relationship not been well developed, but Chu Xiyan became more and more disgusted with Cheng Ye, and instead protected Cheng Fenghao everywhere.
Father Cheng was holding back his anger, "You know you are wrong but you don't change. Your attitude is so rude. How do you talk to your fiancée?!"
"Mr. Cheng." Cheng Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, "Based on your tone, do you think I pushed him into the water? Do you have any evidence?"
Father Cheng felt that Cheng Ye was being unreasonable, and he looked at him coldly, "If it's so obvious, do you still need evidence?"
Cheng Fenghao's eyes were blurred with tears. He took two steps forward and said, "Brother, is it because my parents and sister didn't give you a birthday present that you pushed me into this? I know you don't like me very much. I'm sorry, it should have been me who lived a poor life in the orphanage."
"My parents and sister gave me a Rolls-Royce as my 18th birthday present. You and I have the same birthday. If you like it, I will give the car to you. As long as you are happy, I will be happy. Even if you ask me to leave the Cheng family, I will have no regrets. I just hope that you can be more obedient and stop worrying them all day. OK, OK?"
Cheng Fenghao cried with a sad voice and a pale face. He coughed and apologized, "Brother, I'm sorry. I took over your life."
"Enough!" The eldest sister Cheng Wei grabbed Cheng Fenghao's arm and protected him behind her. She said angrily, "Cheng Ye, as a brother, can't you give in to your younger brother? How has he been bullied by you?!"
The second sister Cheng Zhirou was full of hostility, "Cheng Ye, you are very happy to ruin your brother's birthday party, right?"
The third sister Cheng Shiyan said with disdain, "We only have one brother, Feng Hao. No matter how much you try to attract our attention, it's useless."
Mother Cheng was in a complicated mood, "Xiaoye, just apologize, why are you so stubborn?"
Cheng Ye keenly noticed that Cheng Fenghao, who was protected behind them, had a provocative and vicious look in his eyes.
If it were in his previous life, he would see the Cheng family collectively defending Cheng Fenghao and accusing and insulting him indiscriminately.
He would definitely be depressed, but now, there are only four Chinese characters in his mind -
Nothing to worry about.
Cheng Ye lazily lifted his eyelids and said nonchalantly: "When humans were evolving, did you all hide?"
After the words fell, not only the Cheng family, but all the wealthy and famous people present were stunned. It took them a full half minute to react and finally understood what Cheng Ye meant.
He was speaking in a roundabout way, scolding the Cheng family and Chu Xiyan for being brainless!
Cheng's father, mother, three sisters, and Chu Xiyan were all furious.
Cheng Fenghao bit his lower lip, his eyes were red and filled with tears. He came over to hold Cheng Ye's hand, "Brother, please stop making trouble, okay?"