CHAPTER 149: CHAPTER 149 CLEARLY ONE FAMILY

Sheng Tang finally met her legendary grandfather.

Her father Sheng Sidong resembled the old patriarch quite a bit, with roughly eighty percent similarity in facial features and contours.

The other two sons of the old patriarch—Sheng Siyu and Sheng Siming—didn’t resemble him as much; perhaps they looked more like their mother.

Sheng Tang suddenly understood why they were so wary of her father.

This time, the old patriarch was suffering from myocarditis, which was quite severe. However, he’s out of danger now. He didn’t like the hospital environment and had moved back home to recuperate.

His gaze was sharp, sweeping over everyone present.

His sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, all lowered their heads. No one dared to speak up in front of him or complain.

Because the old patriarch was dominant, they didn’t dare to argue, and became increasingly wary of Sheng Sidong.

"What’s the commotion downstairs?" he asked. His voice was neither loud nor particularly stern.

The second wife stepped forward.

"Dad, that fat girl hit me. Look at my face. I won’t stoop down to a child’s level, but shouldn’t they educate their daughter?" The second wife leaned her face closer.

There were still fingerprints on her face, which was already swollen.

The old patriarch furrowed his brows.

He really disliked violence.

"Who did you say hit you?" he retorted.

The second wife pointed at Sheng Tang, feeling an inexplicable bit of panic inside. She feared her father-in-law more than her own father.

The old patriarch’s gaze shifted to Sheng Tang’s face.

"You hit someone?" he asked. It sounded both like an inquiry and a doubt.

He wasn’t senile yet and remembered that this granddaughter of his was timid and shy, often unable to speak smoothly. Every time she visited, she hid timidly behind her parents.

She actually hit someone?

"Yes." Sheng Tang said straightforwardly, with a hint of gentleness in her eyes, stepping forward a few paces. "Grandpa, she called my father an ’old bastard.’ I think, if such words come so easily to her, she probably hasn’t said them only once."

The old patriarch’s face changed slightly.

The second wife quickly explained, "I... I didn’t, you’re falsely accusing me!"

"Secretary Cai said there’s surveillance at home, a look will tell the truth. Why lie?" Sheng Tang responded calmly, glancing at her.

The second wife panicked.

The old patriarch’s furrowed brows deepened: "Who said those words? I’ve already explained Sidong’s status to you all. He is my ex-wife’s son. You dare call him a bastard?"

"Sir, it’s Sheng Tang’s fault." Sheng Sidong stepped forward. Hearing the old man refer to him as his ex-wife’s son stung a bit.

What ex-wife, his mother was abandoned.

He had accepted the old patriarch’s financial support out of sheer necessity. Even today, he couldn’t face it calmly. He just didn’t want his mother-in-law to worry, so he concealed the past.

He couldn’t truly reconcile with himself or bid farewell to the past.

"We are not wrong." Sheng Tang smiled at her father, "Dad, don’t worry. Grandpa will stand up for us, won’t you grandpa?"

The old patriarch nodded.

Beside them, Sheng Rong started to cry.

She was the second wife’s daughter, pampered daily, and Sheng Tang had kicked her once; her chest still hurt.

"She hit me too. I didn’t insult her! She hit me and big brother." Sheng Rong cried, "She rampaged in our home, grandpa."

"You all lunged first, I was just fighting back." Sheng Tang said, "You live here, this is your home; I don’t live here, doesn’t this place count as my home?"

Everyone looked at her in astonishment.

Sheng Sidong, too proud to this day to call the old patriarch father, only addressed him as "Sir."

But his daughter, on the other hand, was too cunning, appearing shameless.

The old patriarch’s greatest lifetime regret was his inability to truly reconcile with his eldest son.

Now, Sheng Tang’s every word was playing to the old patriarch’s favor: she acknowledged herself as part of the Sheng Family.

"Your family, our family?" The old patriarch shouted angrily, "You dare to behave like this? We’re clearly one family!"

He reprimanded Sheng Rong.

Sheng Rong panicked, looking at her grandfather in shock.

She failed to appear obedient and ended up being scolded, feeling like she wanted to die.

"Please don’t get angry." Secretary Cai cautiously persuaded.

The old patriarch was indeed very angry.

He said to everyone, "You all leave, Tangtang stays."