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Seeing that the tip was generous, the waiter ignored the owner's instructions and led them to the private room on the left.

"Bring the tea and snacks quickly."

"Yes, sir, the tea and refreshments will be served shortly. Please wait a moment."

The waiter was indeed quick, and the food was served in no time.

"Don't bother me if you don't have to."

"Alright, please enjoy your meal."

After the waiter left, Ye Yaoyao and Xin Chuli found the private room where Madam Chen was and listened intently to what was happening inside.

The voices of Madam Chen and a man could be heard.

"What do we do now? Chen Yuanzhao wants to leave the mother and keep the child."

"Isn't the Chen family still our son's?"

"What do you mean? You don't care whether I live or die." Madam Chen, who had been leaning against the man, straightened up and turned around to hit him upon hearing this.

"How could that be? You're my precious darling."

The man kissed Madam Chen to soothe her, and shamelessly said:

“Chen Yuanzhao couldn’t have a son, and we kindly gave him a son to care for him in his old age and see him off in his final days, yet he tries to harm you. He’s heartless, so don’t blame us for being unjust.”

"Okay, what do you want to do? I'll cooperate with you."

"The Chen family is now under your control, isn't it?"

"Yes." Otherwise, she wouldn't have found out about it so quickly.

"There are rumors going around that you cheated on him. Chen Yuanzhao can't just kill him directly. It would be best if something unexpected happened, leaving him paralyzed in bed for a year or two."

"Okay, I'll do whatever you say. Please arrange this as soon as possible. I shouldn't stay out here for too long, so I'll head back now."

"What's the rush? We haven't seen each other for quite some time, and I've missed you terribly."

The man felt a surge of heat rising in his body and held Madam Chen tightly, refusing to let go.

"No, it's broad daylight, it wouldn't be good if someone heard us."

"Don't worry, I've told the waiter not to let anyone up."

Then the suggestive sounds inside grew louder and louder.

As Ye Yaoyao left, a hole appeared in the paper window where she had been standing, and a thin incense stick on the ground inside was almost completely burned out.

"Little sister Yaoyao, this is brilliant! Now we've caught them both cheating."

"Haha, I wonder what they'll be like when Chen Yuanzhao arrives later."

Fortunately, they didn't have to wait long. After two cups of tea, Chen Yuanzhao, dragging his son and accompanied by servants, stormed into the teahouse in a menacing manner.

"Lord Chen, are you here for morning tea?" The waiter quickly stopped him.

"Get out of my way." Chen Yuanzhao pushed the waiter aside and was about to go upstairs.

[Host, Chen Yuanzhao has arrived.]

"The show is about to begin!" Ye Yaoyao shouted from the window.

"Ah! A pair of adulterers are having an affair in a teahouse early this morning! Everyone, we've caught them in the act!"

Xin Chuli also changed her voice and shouted:

"Madam Chen was with her lover at the teahouse early this morning; everyone caught them in the act!"

Hearing the shouts, pedestrians downstairs and passersby rushed towards the teahouse, and the waiter couldn't stop them.

Chen Yuanzhao's face was terribly dark. He shoved the waiter aside and rushed upstairs.

The two people in the next private room were still having a passionate encounter. As soon as Chen Yuanzhao went upstairs, he could hear Madam Chen shouting.

The familiar voice was indeed that of that slut, and ten-year-old Chen Peng looked terrified.

Chen Yuanzhao stood at the door, his fists clenched, his face ashen. This adulterous couple was so audacious; he wanted to hear who the adulterer was and what else he didn't know.

The people who followed him looked at him with pity.

The Chen family's affairs were already common knowledge yesterday, and Chen Yuanzhao is no longer afraid of being laughed at.

After a while, the noise inside stopped.

"I'm going to die, why are you being so fierce today?"

"Our son is about to get everything from the Chen family. Just thinking about it makes me so excited I can't contain myself."

"Alright, it's still early! I should go back, or that old man will get suspicious."

As Madam Chen dressed, she didn't forget to instruct, "Arrange for someone to take care of this matter as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, I guarantee he'll be bedridden for the rest of his life."

Chen Yuanzhao knew without a doubt who they were talking about, and angrily kicked open the door.

The two people inside the door were startled. The adulterer hurriedly pulled the quilt over his body, while Chen Yuanzhao, with red eyes, rushed up to beat the adulterer.

"Wang Chang, what a cunning scheme! You two have been lovers for over ten years, and you dare to lie to me? You're supposed to be siblings, yet you still want to harm me? I'll beat you to death!"

"That adulterer is the owner of this teahouse."

"Madam Chen heard that she was Manager Wang Chang's sister, but she never expected that they would lie to her."

"Lord Chen is such a sucker! Raising someone else's child for ten years."

"A biological son calls his biological father 'uncle,' so we're all family no matter what."

A crowd gathered at the entrance, discussing the matter.

Hearing the outsiders' mockery, Chen Yuanzhao dragged the adulterer off the bed and kicked Wang Chang, crippling him.

"If you make me raise your son, I'll cripple you."

"Ah..." A scream echoed throughout the teahouse.

Mrs. Chen was so frightened that she shrank to the side and dared not utter a sound. She was finished, completely finished.

"Mother, am I... am I really not Father's son?"

Even the usually arrogant young master is now afraid.

“You are not my son. Your biological father is the adulterer of the man you call uncle.”

Chen Yuanzhao looked at the son he had raised for ten years with red eyes.

[It's another classic tale of lovers ending up as siblings.]

Chen Peng was startled and knelt on the ground. "Father, you are my father. I only recognize you. Please don't abandon me."

"You bastard, you are my disgrace, I'll cripple you."

Enraged, Chen Yuanzhao looked at the adulterer's son and stabbed him in the eyes with a dagger.

"Ah! My eyes!" Chen Peng rolled on the ground, covering his eyes.

“My child, my child,” Mrs. Chen cried as she crawled over and hugged him.

"Chen Yuanzhao, you infertile good-for-nothing, we gave you a descendant, but you blinded my son. I'll fight you to the death."

The servants held on tightly, and Wang Chang couldn't break free.

"Take them both away and drag them to the moat to be drowned in pig cages."

Chen Yuanzhao had the adulterer and his wife tied up.

"No, sir, I was wrong, please forgive me! For the sake of all these years I've been with you."

"Let me go, and my son and I will never appear before you again."

"You slut, you wish!" Chen Yuanzhao kicked the man away.

“Your bastards will never be allowed to enter my Chen family again. Gag them and take them away.”

"Yes."

The servants dragged Wang Chang, who was still naked and bleeding, away. Madam Chen was disheveled. As soon as she left the teahouse, passersby knew what had happened, and those behind her followed.

What was originally a small group of people turned into a large team, with clever merchants pushing their carts and following along.

Ye Yaoyao stood at the back of the crowd, listening with great interest. The children raised by Madam Chen were hardly any better.

Wang Chang and Madam Chen struggled incessantly, and after being put into the cage, they sustained several more wounds.

The moat was crowded with people.

"This adulterous couple made Chen a fool for over a decade. Chen misjudged people and had to accept his fate. They even tried to harm me."

Today, witnessed by everyone, Chen had this adulterous couple, who had corrupted the morals of the capital, drowned in a pig cage. He threw them in and then pulled them out.

Chen Yuanzhao did not want to let them off easily. Madam Chen was thrown into the water and then pulled up, and the cloth in her mouth fell out.

"Help...help...Master...please spare me!"

Those on the shore felt a great sense of satisfaction at seeing Madam Chen's fate.

"Heaven has eyes! Madam, this old servant has finally seen Wang get her comeuppance. You can rest in peace now."

The cry attracted everyone's attention, and they saw an old woman dressed in tattered clothes.

"Madam, who are you? What is your relationship with Wang?"