CH 323

Adopting and Raising the Male Lead and the Villain 323

Huo Chengming didn’t feel pressured as he went towards Yuelan villa. After all, his thoughts towards Zhong Yuhuan hadn’t been officially publicized.

Li Jinyuan was different.

When he got out of the car and was at the door, he couldn’t help but inhale deeply.

Lang Jinzhi happened to arrive at the same time. He walked over from the back and slapped Li Jinyuan’s shoulder. Li Jinyuan was startled.

“Cousin,” Li Jinyuan turned back and hurriedly greeted him.

But Lang Jinzhi’s gaze only coldly swept past him before walking away and stepping into the villa.

Inside, Zhong Yuhuan had long heard sounds from outside, so she went to the doorway to welcome them.

“Cousin Lang.” Zhong Yuhuan and Lang Jinzhi hugged.

“Come in.” Zhong Yuhuan just noticed Li Jinyuan.

When they all arrived at the dining room, Grandpa Ding was already in his spot.

Only they were missing.

Grandpa Ding looked strict and scary when he didn’t speak. When he didn’t speak, other people wouldn’t dare to speak up either.

Everyone quietly finished the meal.

Grandpa Ding instructed the maids to serve the fruits and desserts before he finally spoke to them, “I saw a video of Jinyuan’s concert.”

This immediately made everyone pay attention, knowing that the main point was here.

Grandpa Ding’s expression changed, suddenly shouting angrily, “Kneel!”

When Li Jinyuan heard this, he knelt down without any hesitation.

The hand of the maid holding the fruit platter shook and she looked at Grandpa Ding blankly.

“Do you have anything to say?” Grandpa Ding asked coldly.

Before Li Jinyuan could speak, Huo Chengming suddenly rose and knelt beside him. “Grandpa, it’s not his turn to kneel.”

Zhong Yuhuan silently facepalmed.

They were even more screwed!

Grandpa Ding held his chest, his face full of shock. “Y-you… you and Li Jinyuan, you two are both…”

“Grandpa, there’s only me, and no him,” Huo Chengming said brazenly. Even though he was kneeling, he didn’t have any intention of backing down.

Li Jinyuan also quickly spoke, “Grandpa, it’s me. I have intentions towards Huanhuan, so I publicly confessed to her. Now, everyone knows that I have a secret crush on her.”

Huo Chengming snickered. “Right, a secret crush. I’m different. My crush is obvious.”

Li Jinyuan: “…”

Grandpa Ding took a breath and shouted angrily, “Stop!”

The two men who were almost 190 cm tall simultaneously lowered their heads with the appearance of being beaten or scolded.

Grandpa Ding had a cold expression. “Bring me my stick.”

The servant stood in place, not daring to move.

“Still not going?” Grandpa Ding frowned.

The servant quickly went to get the cane Grandpa Ding normally used outside.

Li Jinyuan and Huo Chengming continued to keep their heads lowered, motionless, without any intention of avoiding what was to come.

Grandpa Ding held the cane, coldly saying, “You think I don’t dare to hit you?”

Huo Chengming hurriedly spoke, “You can - you can hit wherever.”

Li Jinyuan also quickly spoke, “I’m the one with impure intentions towards Huanhuan. You should discipline me.”

“When you guys first came here, you were only this tall.” As he spoke, Grandpa Ding gestured toward his leg. “At that time, Huanhuan was also only this tall. Three children walking in, one skinnier than the last. At that time… Huo Chengming, Mr. Huo, what did you say?”

Huo Chengming watched Grandpa Ding’s gestures, a trace of nostalgia rising in his heart. The scene back then appeared in his mind.

He said in a low voice, “At that time, I told Grandpa that I would be a good big brother and definitely protect Huanhuan when I grow up.”

“Then what are you doing now?”

“Now, I’m still protecting Huanhuan and I’m still her big brother. But there is no rule that says that older brothers can’t be boyfriends as well.” At this kind of time, Huo Chengming was unlike his normal repressed self and wanted to cut his heart out to show it to Grandpa Ding.

“Fucking hell!” It was the first time Grandpa Ding swore like that. He turned to ask Li Jinyuan, “What about you?”

Li Jinyuan smiled. “Grandpa, at that time, I only said that I’ll be very good towards Huanhuan when I grow up. I never said that I’d be Huanhuan’s younger brother forever. Actually, from that time forward, I was waiting to grow up and marry Huanhuan.”

Grandpa Ding didn’t think that he would be even more shameless.

Neither did Huo Chengming.

Zhong Yuhuan: “…”

Are they not afraid of not being beaten to death?

“Okay okay, you’ve grown up, have your own ideas now, and forgotten about your previous words. What do you want to do now? To marry our family’s Huanhuan, right? Straighten your backs!” Just as Grandpa Ding stopped speaking, two sounds of something being hit rang out. The cane in his hand took turns hitting Huo Chengming, then Li Jinyuan.

Zhong Yuhuan was shocked. “Grandpa?”

Grandpa Ding turned to glare at her. “You’re not allowed to intervene. Sit properly! Don’t move!”

Li Jinyuan still had a smile on his face and echoed Grandpa Ding’s words, “Yes, Huanhuan, stay in your seat. Don’t move. Be obedient.”

Hearing his tone, Grandpa Ding hit him again.

Li Jinyuan didn’t even sway.

Huo Chengming said solemnly, “I understand, what I want to take away is the treasure you have hidden away. If simply getting beaten once is enough to be able to openly have it, then it’s definitely worth it.”

Grandpa Ding laughed. “Ha, kids these days know how to say beautiful words now? Right, what you two bastards want is the treasure I hid away! How could I be willing to give her to you?”

Then, there was the sound of the cane landing on Huo Chengming.

When Zhong Yuhuan heard it, her whole body tensed up. She was too in the moment to realize that her hands were clenched tightly into fists and her nails were digging into her flesh.

“Grandpa…” Zhong Yuhuan called out softly.

Grandpa Ding finally stopped hitting them, slightly panting as he pointed at Li Jinyuan and Huo Chengming and asked, “Okay, you want to plead for them, right?”

Zhong Yuhuan acted pitiful and nodded at Grandpa Ding.

“You can only save one.”

Zhong Yuhuan widened her eyes.

How am I supposed to choose?!

One of them will die regardless!

And if one gets beaten while the other watches from the side, it would destroy the family harmony!

Zhong Yuhuan silently withdrew. “Okay, then you can continue beating them.”

This beating lasted for almost half an hour. In the end, Grandpa Ding was too old and physically weak, so he stopped. He sat down on the sofa with the aid of Lang Jinzhi, who hadn’t said a thing.