Aunt Chen Yun was a sad and suppressed topic.
Every time she was brought up, it stirred the pain in the family's hearts.
Although Chen Nan did not show excessive sadness, he remembered the events from his childhood.
Even though his aunt rarely visited Jizhou, she always brought him wild fruits picked from the mountains and birds she caught to play with.
Then.
One day at the market, she suddenly vanished.
"Beep beep!"
The sound of a car horn echoed from outside.
Seeing the familiar BMW car outside, Jia Cui urged, "Quick, quick, Ning'er is here, hurry up and tidy up to go to class!"
These past few days, Jian Ning had become close with the two Chen sisters and was responsible for picking them up and dropping them off from school every day.
This showed that Jian Ning was quite capable.
Otherwise, the two sisters wouldn't have gotten into her car.
Chen Nan, meanwhile, went to the stone cliff behind the villa. Seeing his father smoking dejectedly, he walked over and patted his shoulder, "Dad, once something happens, you have to face it!"
Chen Shan gazed into the distance, "If your aunt hadn't disappeared, she would surely be married and have children by now, wouldn't she?"
Chen Nan nodded.
His aunt was only twenty when she disappeared, so she would have been married and had children by now.
A faint smile appeared on Chen Shan's face, "If your aunt knew about your abilities now, would she be very proud?"
"Although you didn't become an official, you became a doctor who saves lives and heals the injured. And studying medicine, becoming a nurse, was her dream!"
Chen Nan was sturdy and robust as a child. According to his aunt, this child would be blessed when he grew up and would surely become a high official.
She also said that when one person achieves success, their entire family benefits, and the Chen family would surely bring honor to their ancestors.
Even though many years had passed, these words were still vivid in his memory.
"Hiss, why are you pulling my hair?" Chen Shan rubbed his head, looking at his son indignantly.
Chen Nan chuckled, then said solemnly, "Dad, I have a way to try and find Aunt's whereabouts, but I'm not very confident we'll succeed."
Chen Shan couldn't help but ask, "You want to use my hair to search?"
Chen Nan nodded.
"This must be some kind of immortal technique, mystic arts, or something like that?" Chen Shan's heart was unsettled.
Although he hadn't asked his son what exactly happened in prison, Chen Shan knew that his son was no longer the same boy he used to be.
He possessed many god-like abilities, and each time he displayed them, it would shock and proud him!
"You could say that!"
Chen Nan sat down cross-legged, forming a hand seal, and his father's hair floated into the air.
Then it emitted a faint aura of bloody light.
He closed his eyes, sensing the aura of bloody light.
After a moment.
He spat out a mouthful of blood, and the aura of bloody light disappeared.
"Son, how are you? Don't scare me!" Chen Shan was extremely frightened.
"Dad, I'm fine, don't worry!" Chen Nan quickly comforted his father's emotions. The reason he spat blood was due to the immense mental energy he had expended; he would be fine after resting.
Chen Shan earnestly cautioned, "Remember, no matter what you do in the future, you must act within your capabilities."
Chen Nan smiled and agreed, then said, "Dad, have you been hiding a secret all along?"
Chen Shan's expression changed, "What do you mean?"
Chen Nan: "For example, who are you really? And what is your relationship with Grandpa and Grandma, and the Chen family from our old home."
Chen Shan: "I am your grandparents' son, do I need to ask that?"
"No, no, no, no!" Chen Nan shook his head, "If you were my grandparents' son, I would have been able to sense the locations of my two uncles and those few younger siblings when I performed the bloodline summoning technique just now."
"However, I did not sense their approximate locations."
"This situation can only be explained in two ways."
"One, they are all dead."
"It is obvious that they are all still alive, and we even have lunch plans with them today."
"Using the process of elimination, only the other possibility remains."
"You are not their biological son!"
Chen Nan did not find his aunt's whereabouts using his father's hair, but he unexpectedly discovered that his father was not his grandparents' biological son. This was quite a significant discovery for him.
Of course, he did not have deep feelings for his grandparents.
Because he grew up in Jizhou, and even when he occasionally visited, his grandparents didn't dote on him. Instead, they favored the children of his second and third uncles.
He had been sad about this for a long time, but now he knew the truth.
"Alright, I didn't expect you to deduce this much!" Since things had come to this, Chen Nan no longer hid anything, "You are right, I am not your grandparents' biological son, but I am almost as good as one."
"I was an abandoned child they found. It is said that they found me at the entrance of the village clinic and then raised me!"
"The elders in the village all know about this."
"The reason I didn't say anything was not to hide anything, but because I felt it was unnecessary to talk about these old matters."
"Even if they are not my blood relatives, I still understand the principle that upbringing is more important than birth."
Chen Nan seemed to understand something, "So, that's why you treat the second and third brothers as your own children?"
Chen Shan smiled and shrugged, "Isn't that enough?"
Chen Nan suddenly said, "Dad, can you tell me about you and Mom?"
Although he felt the warmth of maternal love from Jia Cui,
She was still his adoptive mother.
As for his biological mother, he had no memory of her at all.
He had asked his father about this topic when he was young, but his father always kept silent.
Even if he answered, he would just brush it off, saying, "You're too young, you wouldn't understand if I told you more."
A hint of sadness flashed in Chen Shan's eyes, "There's not much to say about me and your mother. That year, I left the countryside and boarded a train to Beijing."
"There, I met your mother."
"According to her, she was the fallen daughter of a prominent family. En, she often said this, so she ordered me to be her servant!"
Recalling the past, a happy smile appeared on Chen Shan's face, "She was truly a spoiled young lady, no, a celestial being untouched by worldly affairs. Because she had no ability to live independently, I happened to rent her family's house."
"Then, I paid the rent by doing chores and cooking."
"And then, your mother was attracted by my unique charm."
"There's no need to elaborate on what happened next, you understand, right?"
Chen Nan nodded.
Matters of love relied on fate.
Once things progressed naturally, they were unstoppable.
"Then your mother became pregnant with you. I thought our good days were about to begin, but she had a massive hemorrhage during childbirth and couldn't be saved!"
He sighed deeply, his eyes full of sadness, "After your mother passed away, I brought you back to Jizhou. After all, the cost of living here is not that high, and the two of us could still survive."
"Coincidentally, the Jizhou Steel Plant was hiring, and I became a member. Afterwards, the three of them came to our home, and there's no need to tell you the rest, right?"
Chen Nan asked, "Are there any other relatives on my maternal grandmother's side?"
"If they hadn't all perished, how could your mother have become a fallen daughter of a prominent family?"
Just as Chen Nan was about to speak, he received a call from Tan Liangliang, "Crazy, didn't you want me to introduce you to a beautiful female celebrity? An opportunity has arisen, are you interested?"