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This advice, stamped with Xia Qingyun's unmistakable style, truly suited Chen Xun's temperament and way of doing things.
Yet even as he took it to heart, he could not help silently grumbling, No wonder Father was so thoroughly subdued beneath your palm that he never showed the slightest temper...
At the same time, Chen Xun recalled the beatings he had received as a child.
It could be said that much of the foundation of his present personality came from Xia Qingyun's words and example.
From childhood, he had watched his mother wield unquestioned authority in Chenlin Village, acting with the force of thunder and the speed of wind.
Even an elder like her father-in-law, Chen Zixiu, often chose to avoid the sharp edge of her authority and tacitly acquiesce.
Chen Zhang, by contrast, was gentle and modest, more like their father, Chen Yu.
He could not help muttering to himself that, looking back now, his mother had invested far more effort in him than in his younger brother, Chen Zhang.
Come to think of it, his mother did not seem to have that habit of favoring "the youngest son and the eldest grandson."
Thus, bringing the Si Family into the "Zhaowu Ranks" as its fourteenth family this time had been Chen Xun's unilateral decision.
He valued the Si Family because their drive to climb higher was very much to his taste.
Moreover, judging by how early the Si Family had begun preparing, the siblings Si Baining and Si Baining were clearly not the only mad ones among them.
He admired that ambition.
To Chen Xun, the Chen Clan was a great tree whose canopy was more than broad enough for capable families to grow strong beneath its shade.
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