Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

That evening, several friends came to find Anran and Anxin early in the morning, wanting to take Heizi out to play.

As usual, they sat on the stone under the big banyan tree at the entrance and waited.

Anran and Anxin washed the dishes and swept the floor, quickly tidying up before pulling Heizi out the door, followed by their friends in a swarm.

Hei Zi ran very fast, and his friends chased after him, laughing and shouting.

When they reached a corner in the village, someone called out to Anran.

An Ran paused, stopping in her tracks.

It is Qi Zhengyang.

He had clearly just cut his hair and shaved, his face was clean, and his clothes were neat, but it was hard to hide his roughness and vicissitudes.

Anran looked at this familiar yet unfamiliar person.

He was once his closest relative, and now, his blood still flows in his veins, but in his heart, he feels as if this person has nothing to do with him anymore.

"Anran, I am your father. When you see me, won't you call me 'Dad'?"

Do you deserve for me to call you "Dad"?

"What...what did you say?" Qi Zhengyang asked in astonishment.

An Ran lowered her head and was about to leave.

Qi Zhengyang stopped him.

“You don’t acknowledge me as your biological father, but you call someone who has no blood relation to you ‘Dad.’ Anran, your mother has corrupted you. When you were little, you were such an innocent and lovely child. You were upright, kind, and had a clear sense of right and wrong. Now, you have become so mercenary.”

"Just because I, his biological father, have no status or position, you feel unworthy to be your father, while others have status and position, so you call them 'Dad'..."

An Ran: "You used to be a teacher, and after experiencing so much, how come you haven't improved at all? Don't you know what you've done? How come in your eyes, everyone else is wrong, and you're the only one who hasn't done anything wrong?"

Are you blaming me for divorcing your mother?

"This is really not my fault. It was your mother who insisted on getting a divorce."

"If you hadn't done something to betray my mother, would she have divorced you? If you still cared about me and Anxin, and about my mother, and didn't agree to the divorce, and cut off all contact with that woman, would my mother still insist on the divorce?"

"Do you know how much public pressure my mother endured after her divorce?"

"Do you know how my mother was ridiculed after your scandal with that woman was exposed? Do you know how Anxin and I were discriminated against by our classmates because of you? Do you know how others have viewed us all these years without a father?"

An Ran looked at Qi Zhengyang, whose face had darkened, and continued, "You don't know any of this. Of course, if you had even a little bit of concern for the three of us, you wouldn't have done such a thing. That's why you don't care about our lives."

An Ran sneered: "That's right. You don't even care about your own future and reputation, so why would you care about whether the three of us, mother and children, will be ridiculed?"

"For just one woman, you didn't hesitate to destroy a family and yourself. I don't know how else to describe it except with four words."

An Ran paused for a moment, then said, word by word, "Lust...blinds...the mind!"

Seeing Qi Zhengyang's drastically changed expression, An Ran pushed him away.

"You asked us why we recognized someone who is not related to us by blood as our father. It's because he spoils and loves us like his own children. It's not just that he can bring us glory, but more importantly, he gives us enough security and enough love."

After saying that, An Ran ran away.

Qi Zhengyang was left standing there, completely dumbfounded.

He had been humiliated countless times by many people, and he had long since developed an impenetrable defense against it, so that no one could hurt him in the slightest.

But now, these words have been brought up again by his own son, each one like a sharp sword piercing his heart.

why?

Even after he divorced Su Jinru in his previous life, his son still respected and was close to him, and never said a hurtful word to him.

Now, he left him when he was still young, so he didn't fulfill his responsibilities during his upbringing and made him suffer. He blames him for all these grievances.

No, it was Su Jinru who blamed everything on him and deeply instilled this idea in the child's mind.

The son who was so close to him in his past life has been brainwashed by Su Jinru in this life. In his past life, An Xin always sided with Su Jinru, so it goes without saying that she will have no attitude towards him in this life.

Therefore, Qi Zhengyang sadly realized that in this life, he might lose these two children.

He lost so much, but he always firmly believed that these two children were still his, that they would be successful in the future, and that they would not disown him as their biological father.

But An Ran's attitude towards him is like this now. So what if they are related by blood? So what if they are father and son?

An Ran actually said he was not worthy of being his father.

There is nothing more heartbreaking than this.

Qi Zhengyang staggered home.

Upon reaching the entrance, two militiamen escorted Du Mei out.

Qi Zhengyang was in a panic.

"What are you doing? What do you want to do?"

"Someone reported that Du Mei had committed a moral failing, neglecting her child and only caring about her own extramarital affairs, which led to the drowning of her own child. This behavior has had a very bad impact on social morality."

He then tried to take Du Mei away.

Qi Zhengyang pressed on, "Isn't this all in the past? Why are you still bringing it up?"

“How can this matter be left unresolved? Didn’t your family fall apart? Her own family fell apart too, and she lost her child. All of this has had an extremely negative impact on social values. If we don’t crack down on this and punish it to serve as a warning, how can we allow this kind of trend to continue?”

Where are you taking her?

"Take him to jail. We'll have a PD meeting tomorrow."

Du Mei was so frightened she almost collapsed, and was taken away by the guards.

At that moment, two people came out of the house.

"Qi Zhengyang, do you want to go with her to tomorrow's... meeting?"

Qi Zhengyang was so frightened that his legs went weak.

"I...I don't..."

"If you don't want to, then you'll have to cooperate with our investigation."

Qi Zhengyang understood the implication and quickly nodded.

"I will cooperate. I will cooperate with your investigation."

The other person took out a notebook and a pen.

"Okay, back then, wasn't it Du Mei who seduced you?"

Qi Zhengyang knew what a yes would mean for Du Mei, and what a no would mean for him.

If he stands with Du Mei, then neither of them will escape unscathed.

What will happen to the two children? What will happen to him? His life is probably completely over.