Girl, there's something wrong with you

Cheng Jinyang was discharged from the hospital.

He returned to his clan quietly without disturbing anyone.

Then, he met his cousin Cheng Huaiyan at the door of the family meeting hall.

"Cousin." Cheng Jinyang whispered.

He was a little embarrassed and sad because his second uncle and third uncle went with him, but in the end he was the only one who came back alive.

"As long as you're okay." Cheng Huaiyan patted his shoulder.

"Things about Third Uncle..."

"That's not your fault." Cheng Huaiyan comforted him, "My father is Tianluo."

"To die in battle is the fate of a warrior. He had written a suicide note before setting off."

The cousin sighed quietly and pointed upstairs:

"The Moon Immortal is up there."

Cheng Jinyang understood what he meant, so he said goodbye to his cousin and walked into the family meeting hall.

When he arrived on the second floor, he saw Cheng Yuexian with his back turned to him, packing documents in the filing cabinet.

"Cousin." Cheng Jinyang called.

Then he saw his cousin wipe her face hard twice, and then turned around, with faint traces of tears still on her face.

"Jinyang?" She exhaled a long breath, "You are finally back."

"In the past few days when you were hospitalized, the clan has accumulated a lot of things that have not been done. If your body recovers, you can deal with it as soon as possible..."

"Cousin, are you okay?" Cheng Jinyang asked hesitantly.

Cheng Yuexian fell silent.

"I'm sorry about my second uncle..."

"Well, I don't blame you." She turned around, "I just... need to slow down a bit."

She went to the bathroom. Cheng Jinyang followed him to the door and heard uncontrollable choking crying coming from inside.

………………

"Discharge ceremony?" Cheng Jinyang asked helplessly.

"Yes." Xing Yunzhi said, "You can wash away the illness."

"What kind of illness..." Cheng Jinyang was speechless. You guys were going to have a banquet as soon as I was discharged from the hospital. It always felt a little weird.

However, due to the sacrifices of the second uncle, third uncle, and two other clan members, the atmosphere in the clan is indeed too low now. It would be good to have a banquet to boost morale.

"Forget it, let's do it." He agreed.

"Then I'll go get ready." Cheng Yuexian said.

After his cousin left, Cheng Jinyang asked Xing Yunzhi in a low voice:

"What's going on? The whole clan was in a state of silence before, and now they suddenly have a banquet? What are you planning?"

"This is my idea." Wang Wanrou's voice sounded from behind.

"Wanrou?" Cheng Jinyang was a little surprised, "Why are you here too?"

"My father wants to see you." Wang Wanrou said concisely.

Normally, Cheng Jinyang would have teased her and said, "Why does my father-in-law want to meet my son-in-law in advance?" But now he really wasn't in the mood to be mean and sighed:

"In the name of a banquet, you sent the clan members away and asked me to meet him privately? You don't have to go to such trouble. Why don't you just let me go find him?"

"Father doesn't want the emperor to know about this." Wang Wanrou said.

Cheng Jinyang pondered.

"Okay," he said at last, "but I ask that you be there too."

Wang Wanrou said without hesitation:

"Of course. I don't trust you to communicate with him alone."

"Do you know what he wants from me?"

"I don't know, but I can roughly guess it." Wang Wanrou said, "Jinyang, how much do you know about your mother?"

"My mother..." Cheng Jinyang said, "is an academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences?"

"Yes." Wang Wanrou said, "But few people know about her other identity."

"Another identity?"

"The Cheng family in the original city of God misjudged the attitude of the five surnamed families and thought they were afraid of Xie Guyan's royal background, so they tried their best to prevent your parents' marriage." Wang Wanrou said coldly, "But that's not the case. That way...I can’t say the specifics. I’ll tell you after confirmation.”

"Is she the emperor's sister?" Seeing that Miss Wang refused to say it clearly, Cheng Jinyang made a tentative guess.

"Why do you say that?" Wang Wanrou was surprised.

"Sister Xinnan once told me that my mother used to be her teacher." Cheng Jinyang thought, "If my mother was just an ordinary academician of the Academy of Sciences, how could she become the princess's teacher? But what if she had another one? If her identity is, for example, Sister Xinnan’s aunt, wouldn’t that make sense?”

"In that case, your sister Xinnan will become your cousin." Xing Yunzhi suddenly said, "So you are a sister-controller?"

"Ahem, I just said it casually." Cheng Jinyang quickly clarified.

In the afternoon of that day, the banquet of the Cheng clan was held as scheduled.

Because the place was too remote, and the Cheng family no longer had fifth-grade supernatural beings, only Hejian Xing family and Sanchuan Zhu family responded to the invitations sent out.

Considering that the younger generation is easier to talk to each other, the Hejian Xing family sent Xing Yunzhi to the meeting, and the Sanchuan Zhu family sent Zhu Xinchu. In addition, although the Chu family of Yangzhai and the Yang family of Hongnong did not respond publicly, there were young people who came in privately without telling anyone and were secretly introduced by Cheng Yuexian's people without appearing in front of the clan.

"Xinchu, I heard that you recently joined the Yulin Army?" Cheng Jinyang asked politely.

"Well." Zhu Xinchu, the former second-year middle school boy, had now changed into the uniform of the Yulin Army, with a serious expression, "Brother Jinyang, I have heard about your feats the day before yesterday. It is a pity that you could not defeat the rebellion." Warship."

After saying that, he poured a glass of wine: "I am a man of great strength."

Cheng Jinyang hurriedly returned to the drink, but he was embarrassed to say that he was just watching the whole battle. In the end, he was hit by a main gun and suffered a concussion and stayed in the hospital for three days. It was really not a feat.

The two continued to be polite for a while, and then Zhu Xinchu went to find Cheng Huaiyan. His visit this time was not purely for socializing, but because the Yulin Army wanted to temporarily borrow some manpower from Tianluo, so Zhu Xinchu, a newly promoted officer, was asked to try to open a gap from the Cheng family in the capital city.

Cheng Jinyang turned around and sighed:

"He has changed so much. But you and me, it seems, haven't changed much since we first met."

"It's just that I haven't changed much." Xing Yunzhi also sighed with emotion, "He became an officer of the Yulin Army from a family member who was not familiar with the world. What about you? You went from a humble family with nothing to now in charge of the entire divine city. Chief of the Cheng family, aren’t these changes enough?”

"That's enough, that's enough." Cheng Jinyang smiled, "It's just that the future is so unpredictable and confusing, which makes people uneasy."

"No matter how many difficulties and obstacles there are." Xing Yunzhi also poured a glass of wine, "Jinyang, I am willing to go through it with you."

"Let's spend time together." Cheng Jinyang clinked glasses with her.

The two drank quietly for a while, then Cheng Yuexian came over quietly and whispered:

"coming."

"Yuan Zhi, I'll go back first, you can do your own thing." Cheng Jinyang said goodbye to her.

Xing Yunzhi knew that he was going to see Wang Wanrou's father, so she nodded and went to find Miss Qingqing and the others.

Arriving at the inner room of the family meeting hall, Cheng Jinyang saw the chief assistant Wang Maohong standing by the window, looking at Shishou Mountain in the distance.

Wang Wanrou stood behind him and nodded slightly calmly.

"Cheng Jinyang." Wang Maohong turned around and said with a gentle smile, "Actually, I have wanted to see you for a long time, but I have been busy with work and have no time to get away. Now that I have temporarily resigned from my duties to the court, I finally have time to do something."

"Master Chief Assistant." Cheng Jinyang saluted with his hands raised.

"There is no need to call me Chief Assistant." Wang Maohong waved his hand, "I am older than your father, you can call me uncle."

Wang Wanrou raised her eyebrows. You know that the children of other aristocratic families all address their father as "Prince", but he is actually willing to let Cheng Jinyang call him uncle?

"Ahem, my nephew has met his uncle." Since the other party expressed his closeness, Cheng Jinyang naturally accepted it immediately.

"I heard that after you returned from the battlefield the day before yesterday, you were hospitalized and bedridden for three days. Are you feeling better now?" Wang Maohong asked kindly.

"Thank you for your concern, uncle. It's almost better now."

"Yeah." Wang Maohong stroked his beard, "Has your body ever felt strange?"

"Nothing strange."

Somehow, although there was no clear evidence, Cheng Jinyang noticed that Wang Maohong seemed a little disappointed.

After the conversation ended, Cheng Jinyang left in confusion.

From the beginning to the end, Wang Maohong only asked him some daily trivial matters, such as the current situation of the Cheng family in the divine capital, the current business situation of Tianluo, and the clan's future plans, etc.

However, he felt that Wang Maohong didn't care about this. The only thing Mr. Shouzhu really asked seriously from the beginning to the end was the very first sentence, "Have you ever felt anything strange about your body?"

Watching Cheng Jinyang going to the courtyard to entertain guests, Wang Maohong stood by the window with his hands behind his hands, seemingly thoughtful.

"Father." Wang Wanrou whispered, "You suspect that Cheng Jinyang inherited it from his mother..."

"...that kind of power?"

"It's not that I doubt it," Wang Maohong replied, "it's that the emperor is doubting it."

"As early as three years ago, after Cheng Qinghe and Xie Guyan died in a demon attack in Wujiang Town, the noble clan stopped paying attention to their orphans."

He let out a long sigh:

"However, if he really inherits that kind of power, then the disaster that will happen to the court this time..."

"Not to mention the misfortune of the imperial court, what does my father think of the common people?" Wang Wanrou asked softly, "Is it a blessing or a curse for the world?"

"I don't know."

"Is there something my father doesn't know about?"

"If you are not a saint, how can you know everything?" Wang Maohong chuckled, "Wanrou, if one day comes, can you see clearly for my father's heart?"

"I will go and see it." Wang Wanrou lowered her head and said.

With my own eyes.