Chapter 345 - Three Requirements (1/2)

Only one brother?

Shi Qingxue exploded at once after hearing Dong Hui’s words.

She couldn’t control herself anymore but questioned loudly, “Mother, as you say something like this, what do you think Qingmin is? How can you bear to treat your biological child in this way?”

Her two questions were straightforward and piercing, making Dong Hui’s smile frozen on her face. She looked at Shi Qingxue in embarrassment and couldn’t speak.

After recuperating for nearly one month, Dong Hui got much better than she had been when she gave birth to the babies. Although she was still unwilling to admit that the “monster” was her son, when somebody questioned her, she looked awkward inevitably.

For a moment, all people in the room stopped talking and laughing, and they were quiet and confused.

Dong Biren didn’t understand Shi Qingxue’s words. “Who is Qingmin? Isn’t Hui’s son named Tianyou?”

After hearing Dong Biren’s words, Shi Qingxue suddenly realized in surprise that her mother could do something like this.

She didn’t admit Shi Qingmin’s existence but even planned to keep him a secret in front of outsiders…

Even the Dong family didn’t know Shi Qingmin. How could Shi Qingxue expect that outsiders would know that there was a young master named Shi Qingmin in the Shi family?

She glanced at Shi Junhe who kept silent, with a serious expression, seeming to question him or expect something.

Dong Hui refused to admit Shi Qingmin. Would Shi Junhe hide this son as she wished?

Shi Junhe had a blush on his old face under Shi Qingxue’s sharp eyes, so he couldn’t control himself but told Dong Biren everything.

Dong Biren was astonished. “So, I have one more grandson, and he is raised in Qingxue’s villa now?”

“Right.” Shi Junhe felt ashamed and didn’t dare to meet Dong Biren’s eyes.

It seemed that he would be stabbed if he glanced at the old man.

Dong Biren guessed everything roughly from the Shi family’s weird attitude and Shi Junhe’s evasive explanation, yet he didn’t express his opinion at once. He just turned to Shi Qingxue.

Shi Qingxue looked at all people, saying seriously and firmly, “I don’t care about what you are thinking about. Shi Qingmin is my brother and a legitimate descendant who will be registered in the pedigree of the Shi family in the future. Nobody can deny it.”

“No!” Dong Hui denied it resolutely.

She spoke out her exaggerated words again just to scare people. “That’s a ‘monster’. If we accept him, how about Tianyou? We can’t allow him to harm Tianyou. I will never allow something like this.”

“Harm?” Shi Qingxue couldn’t help but sneer.

It was her first time to show her disdain for Dong Hui’s ignorance.

She raised her brows and squinted at her mother, saying in a distant voice, “If Qingmin didn’t absorb the poison in your body when he was a fetus, do you think that you and Tianyou would be so safe and sound?

“Even though Qingmin is always sick and not good-looking, you and Tianyou are the last people who qualify to call him monster. He has become like this because he bore the pain for you.”

She stressed each incisive word and told the truth in a sad and shrill voice.

She showed the most unendurable fact to Dong Hui and made her have nowhere to hide.

Shi Qingmin was just a little baby less than one month old. He couldn’t feel the pain or cry, nor did he even know what had happened.

Because of his mother’s persistence, he stayed alive as a disabled baby, yet he was disdained by his parents.

Such pain was enough to make people grieve even when they thought about it.

Shi Qingxue felt lucky as Shi Qingmin was only a little baby and didn’t know anything, so he couldn’t feel the pain.

However, she couldn’t bear to see that the most innocent baby was treated unfairly.

Dong Hui wanted to present a false appearance of peace and prosperity, while Shi Qingxue would reveal all the truth.

“No. It’s not true.”

Dong Hui opened her eyes wide. It was the first time for her to hear the truth, yet she denied it before thinking it over.

She couldn’t accept such an answer.

Shi Qingxue didn’t give her a chance to dodge but snorted. “Doctor Shen and Qingmin are in the mansion. If you don’t believe it, you can ask.

“Mother, because you were unwell earlier and I didn’t want you to bother about these things, I hid the truth, but…”

She sighed deeply and looked at Dong Hui, with her sad eyes. “Mother, you have gone too far.”

“No, I didn’t.” Dong Hui argued subconsciously and tried to find a reason to defend herself. “I did that for Tianyou. I can’t, I can’t let…”

“Tianyou is your child, but Qingmin is not?” Shi Qingxue mentioned the key point incisively.

Her question made Dong Hui speechless again and lower her head blushingly.

At the moment, Dong Biren stated, “Since Qingmin is Tianyou’s twin brother, you should celebrate for both of them, and you can’t be partial.”

Dong Biren was of the highest rank in seniority in the family, and he was strict, with prestige. Once he made a judgment, no matter what the others thought about, they had to do as he said.