Chapter 919: Verification
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
At this moment, Su Xiaoxiao knew nothing about the Saintess’s plan.
Cheng Sang had not seen the sea and sky outside for a long time. She was happy and lingered. She bought a carriage of things that could barely be filled.
Mei Ji’s arms were also filled. “Little bird spirit! Little bird spirit! Take it!”
Cheng Sang was still buying.
Mei Ji looked at the mountain of trinkets in her arms and thought to herself, This is even more tiring than taking care of a child!
If they gave Wei Xiyue, Dahu, Erhu, and Xiaohu a stick each, they could lick for ten streets without arguing!
Cheng Sang held Su Xiaoxiao’s hand and pointed at the cloth on the stall. “Weiwei, I want to buy this!”
Su Xiaoxiao said, “You just bought this material.”
Cheng Sang said, “The colors are different. I think Weiwei has to have new clothes to wear every day!”
Most of Cheng Sang’s things were bought for Su Xiaoxiao. If Su Xiaoxiao hadn’t stopped her, she would have bought the entire street.
Needless to say, the Cheng family had the financial resources.
However, the Cheng family’s external accounts were currently in Xie Yunhe’s hands.
Cheng Lian handed over the key to the Cheng family’s storeroom last time.
Xie Yunhe was in charge of the tenant rent and other large sums of income outside.
Recently, Uncle Quan had been trying his best to snatch back the power that had been divided by Xie Yunhe. However, he was only in charge. Unless Cheng Sang personally appeared, he could not suppress the ingrates who had long been fed by Xie Yunhe.
“Mother.”
Su Xiaoxiao stopped Cheng Sang.
Cheng Sang turned to look at her. “What’s wrong, Weiwei?”
Su Xiaoxiao said softly, “It’s getting late. We should go back.”
Cheng Sang curled his lips. “But I haven’t had enough fun.”
Su Xiaoxiao smiled. “You have to take your medicine on time to recover. If you want to play, I’ll accompany you out next time.”
Cheng Sang did not react at the beginning, but the latter sentence successfully piqued her interest.
Cheng Sang looked into Su Xiaoxiao’s eyes seriously. “Will Weiwei accompany me out next time?”
Su Xiaoxiao nodded. “Yes, I’ll accompany you out.’
Cheng Sang successfully deceived her and said in satisfaction, “Alright, let’s go home first!”
Su Xiaoxiao muttered, “Why do I feel like I’ve been tricked?”
The reception hall specially used to receive guests in the outer residence of the Cheng family was filled with elders and elders of the Cheng family invited by Xie Yunhe.
The Cheng family was a big family. The main family was Old Master Cheng’s lineage, and the rest could only be considered side branches.
However, even if they were from the side family, they were still from the direct line of descent in the previous generations. They also had a lot of say in the Cheng family.
A man in his fifties asked an old man sitting at the bottom left, “Third Uncle, do you know why Yunhe called us over?”
Third Uncle folded his hands on the handle of his walking stick and slowly opened his drooping old eyelids. He glanced at him.
The man pointed at himself and said, “I’m Rong An. Do you still remember?”
As Third Uncle got older, he could not remember his juniors clearly.
Cheng Rong’an said, “When I was young, I even burned your pants!”
Third Uncle’s face darkened. “It was you, you brat…”
“Hehe.” Cheng Rong’an asked, “I was insensible when I was young and caused you trouble. You’re a magnanimous person, so there’s no need to argue with me. Among the great-uncles, only you and Sixth Great-uncle are left. Yunhe must have revealed a thing or two to you, right? What exactly is it?”
At the side, a middle-aged man of the same generation as Cheng Rong’an said, “That’s right, Third Uncle. Did something big happen to the main family again?”
Third Uncle closed his eyes. “You’ll know in a while.”
Seeing that Third Uncle was unwilling to say anything, the few people around him lost their temper.
It was not until sunset that the last elder arrived. Xie Yunhe, the Holy Maiden, and Cheng Lian arrived late.
Cheng Lian was a concubine’s daughter. Logically speaking, it was not her turn to be present at the clan’s meeting.
Unfortunately, she was the only one in the main family who could preside over the situation after Cheng Sang went crazy years ago.
She had always gone around the family as the substitute family head.
However, recently, there was news that Cheng Sang had recovered. Everyone could not help but look forward to Cheng Sang’s arrival.
Seeing everyone looking behind her, Cheng Lian was indignant, but her expression was as gentle and generous as ever.
Since this was a family matter, the Saintess considered herself to be in a high position and sat at the bottom right, leaving the two master seats for Xie Yunhe and Cheng Lian.
After the two of them sat down, some were surprised, while others were used
to it.
After all, for the past 30 years, the two of them had been the master seats. Cheng Rong’an said, “Yunhe, why are you so anxious for us to come this time?”
Xie Yunhe said, “The Saintess has something to announce to everyone.” Everyone looked at the Saintess in unison.
The Saintess said, “It’s about the orthodoxy of the Cheng family.”
“With all due respect.”
A branch of the Cheng family in his early forties interrupted the Saintess. His name was Cheng Rui, and he was from Old Master Cheng’s uncle.
According to seniority, the Holy Maiden had to call him Uncle.
“What do you want to say, Uncle Rui?” the Holy Maiden asked.
Cheng Rui said, “Since it’s related to the Cheng family’s orthodoxy, shouldn’t we call Patriarch Cheng Sang over too?”
Xie Yunhe and Cheng Lian had plotted for 30 years. More than half of the people in the family had been bribed by the two of them. Cheng Rui was one of the few who was loyal to Cheng Sang.
The man beside him said, “Brother Rui, Patriarch Cheng Sang has been crazy for many years.”
Cheng Rui sneered. “Brother Fu, haven’t you heard that Patriarch Cheng Sang has long recovered?”
Cheng Fu stroked his goatee. “Is there actually such a thing? Could it be that… you called all of us here tonight to announce the news of Patriarch Cheng
Sang’s recovery?”
The Saintess slowly stood up.
“Everyone will naturally make a judgment when they see my Elder Mother later. However, what I’m announcing today is not my Elder Mother’s condition.
“Everyone should have heard that a little girl from the Cheng family came and claimed to be my Elder Mother’s granddaughter. She even produced the token that was buried with my Elder Mother’s biological daughter back then. My Elder Mother was deceived by her and mistook her for her own flesh and
It was one thing to hear some news, but it was another thing for it to be announced by the Saintess in public.
“I’ve heard of such a little girl. Cheng Sang, the family head even passed the family head’s token to her.”
“Didn’t you lose the family head’s token?”
“That’s what Yunhe said… Was it lost, or was Patriarch Cheng Sang unwilling to give it to Yunhe…”
Cheng Lian hurriedly said, “My sister has yet to recover from her crazy illness. It was that girl who found the family head’s token herself. We never dared to touch my sister’s things. We’ve been working hard to treat my sister’s crazy illness, hoping that after she recovers, she will regain control of the Cheng family. We never had any intention of taking the family head’s token from the beginning. Who would have thought that… our actions would let an outsider take advantage of us!”
These words were watertight, making it impossible to refute.
Cheng Rui said, “Saintess, you said that she’s a liar. Do you have evidence? Back then, Cheng Sangm the head of the family gave birth to a stillborn child. You said this yourself. We didn’t even see the child’s corpse. I’m not questioning you about tampering. I’m just thinking that if the heavens are kind enough to let that poor child be saved, it’s not impossible, right?”
The Saintess said seriously, “You’re right. In order to verify her identity, I decided to invite Gu for her and Elder Mother. I specially called the elders and uncles over to let everyone be a witness on the spot!”
“What witness?”
Su Xiaoxiao walked in.
Everyone’s gaze landed on her.
It was a young little girl. Her appearance was a little ordinary, and her facial features could be said to be similar to those the Cheng family’s. Only those eyes reminded one of Cheng Sang when she was young..