Song Linhui knew that Chen Nan's cunning was terrifying.
He himself didn't dare to get too close to Chen Nan.
He was afraid that one day he would be unintentionally harmed by Chen Nan and still sing his praises.
It was precisely because of this that he had explicitly forbidden his four sons from getting too close to Chen Nan.
Who would have thought.
The most dreaded thing had still happened.
This time.
Chen Nan had completely grasped his weakness.
Leaving him no room to fight back.
"In terms of insidious depth, no one can surpass Chen Nan!"
"I just don't get it, why doesn't someone like him just die?" Song Linhui trembled with rage, wishing he could dismember Chen Nan.
Song Feilong retorted indignantly, "Father, I cannot allow you to slander Brother Chen like this."
"He is a good person, not the devious and cunning man you describe!"
"You are judging a noble heart with a petty mind!"
"Bastard, I am your father, I am your father!" Song Linhui's eyes blazed with fury, sputtering incoherently. "I am your father, your father, how could you say I judge with a petty mind for an outsider?"
Song Feilong was fearless. "I know you dislike Brother Chen, but tell me, where is Brother Chen devious and cunning?"
"Is he not wholeheartedly looking out for the four of us brothers?"
"If he hadn't given us pills, how could we all have broken through?"
He became more agitated as he spoke. "Father, I know you are someone who values face greatly."
"But you cannot slander him just because you lost to Brother Chen."
"I feel that acknowledging another person's excellence is a noble quality."
"Mm."
"That's right."
"You just don't want to admit that Brother Chen has a deeper mind than you... is more cunning than you."
Song Linhui trembled all over with anger, rendered speechless.
He hadn't expected his usually honest youngest son to say such things.
He sighed deeply. "Your father deeply cherishes your pure and kind nature. Some things should not be said, but I must let you know how treacherous this world is."
"Let you know how dark and cruel people's hearts can be."
"Let me guess!"
"When you went hunting that day, did Chen Nan also go?"
Hearing this.
All four brothers showed a look of curiosity.
They hadn't expected their father to have guessed this.
Song Linhui continued. "He not only went but also participated in the hunt, and offered some kind of pill as a wager."
"And he helped the Tao family win first place."
Earlier, he had been perplexed.
Why had Duke Tao spoken up for Chen Nan at the execution ground?
Why had he treated him so courteously?
Now, he understood everything!
It was because the Tao family had benefited from Chen Nan.
Song Feiyang was greatly surprised. "How did Father know what happened that day?"
The other three brothers also looked incredulous.
If they hadn't seen their father absent from the hunting grounds that day, they would have assumed he had gone to observe!
Otherwise, there was no way he would know what happened so clearly.
"You have all been used by Chen Nan!" Song Linhui sighed deeply, his eyes filled with bitterness. "Why did Chen Nan help the Tao family win first place?"
"Was it just a simple gesture of goodwill?"
He shook his head. "That's a superficial view!"
"He wanted to use his show of goodwill to the Tao family to enrage Tuo Kai."
"His true intention was to have Tuo Kai beat you up."
"The purpose of doing this was because you would surely complain to me when you returned."
"And once you complained to me."
"You would surely forget about Chen Nan giving you those pills."
"And seeing you beaten, I would fly into a rage, perhaps even call you useless."
Song Feilong pouted. "Isn't that exactly what happened?"
Song Linhui gave a bitter smile. "So, when things reached that point."
"You four brothers would surely feel wronged, even stifled."
"And thus overlook Chen Nan's act of giving you pills!"
"Even if you remembered the pills."
"You wouldn't tell me about it."
"You would take those pills to improve your cultivation."
"And prove to me that you are not useless."
Song Feilong continued to pout. "Isn't that exactly what happened?"
Song Linhui gritted his teeth. "Do you know how much I want to beat you right now?"
Song Feilong obediently closed his mouth.
The third son, Song Heng, couldn't help but ask, "If what Father says is true, what was Brother Chen's purpose in giving us pills?"
"We clearly begged him to refine pills for us back then!"
Song Linhui gritted his teeth. "He wants to break the curse of the Demon Suppressing Division Director dying within half a year of taking office."
"He wants me to help him find clues!"
"If I refuse to help him."
"Your four brothers' cultivation levels will probably stop here!"
He hoped his sons would soar.
He wished his sons would become strong and accomplished.
However.
He truly did not want to collude with Chen Nan.
He feared being framed by Chen Nan.
But now.
Chen Nan, in an extremely simple, crude, and audacious manner.
Had forcefully grasped his weakness!
Song Feipeng said nervously, "Perhaps in Father's eyes, Brother Chen is a despicable and cunning scoundrel."
"But you once taught us."
"'Learn to eat shit from dogs.'"
"'Learn to eat meat from wolves.'"
"Even if Brother Chen's intentions towards us are not pure, we still want to train with him."
"Because you have forgotten one thing."
"He grew up with Ziwei from childhood, like family but closer than family."
"Now that Ziwei has returned to the Song family, how could Brother Chen harm us?"
"He is just forced, using this method to ask for your help."
"Why don't you fulfill his wish, Father?"
These simple words.
Gave Song Linhui a sense of epiphany.
That's right!
Learn to eat shit from dogs.
Learn to eat meat from wolves.
He shouldn't have been so resistant to Chen Nan, that scoundrel.
If befriending Chen Nan could make his four sons strong.
And help them mature mentally.
Then why should he dwell on past unpleasantries?
It's just...
Thinking that Chen Nan had used his sons to get them to advocate for him.
To persuade him to reconcile.
This was quite infuriating.
That fellow was truly unprincipled.
He did not do a single thing that was related to decent human conduct.
"I don't care to collude with Chen Nan, but you four brothers have grown up, and I must respect your opinions!" Song Linhui finally compromised.
He could not bear for his sons' cultivation to stagnate.
"We are father and sons, there's no need for unpleasantness over an outsider!"
"He wants me to help him?"
"Then I will help him."
"I want to see if he can uncover the truth behind the mysterious death of the Demon Suppressing Division Director." Song Linhui waved his right hand, and ten wooden chests appeared on the ground.
He said, "These are books I compiled when I revised the library. Although some have been burned beyond recognition, they still record many secret histories."
"Perhaps there are clues in here that Chen Nan is looking for!"
"Go."
"Take these ancient books to Chen Nan for me."
"And."
"Give him a message for me."
Song Heng asked curiously, "What message?"
Song Linhui gritted his teeth. "Beg him to act like a decent human being!"