"Uncle, you can't just abandon my brother!" Xie Fangfei looked anxiously at Xie Zheng, pleading with him again and again.
Beside her, Xie Qingtong curled her lip. She wanted to say something, but held her tongue.
Hadn't the family helped Xie Chenglin before? During the last Nude Photo Scandal, if the family-and even Grandpa-hadn't intervened, could Xie Chenglin have safely returned to Danqing City as Vice Mayor? Could he have later joined the standing committee? In his dreams!
Besides, was her father wrong to scold him? Her cousin was a leopard who would never change his spots, spending all day thinking about the sordid business between his legs. What made it worse was that fooling around wasn't enough for him; he had to keep finding new ways to court disaster. The first time, he'd been caught in nude photos. This time, he'd even fathered a child!
He thought he was playing women, but they were actually playing him. Falling into the same trap twice-how much more hopeless could he get?
Grandpa still didn't know about this latest incident, and no one in the family dared tell him. If he found out, the anger might well make him seriously ill.
So why help him at all? Just leave Xie Chenglin to fend for himself and spare the Xie Family any more disgrace.
With a grim expression and his hands clasped behind his back, Xie Zheng paced back and forth across the living room.
Xie Chenglin had repeatedly acted like a fool, falling into Zhou Yi's hands twice and bringing shame on the entire Xie Family. Xie Zheng had indeed considered hardening his heart and washing his hands of him. But this was his own nephew, after all. His elder brother had died young, and Xie Chenglin and Xie Fangfei were especially