Ch 30 (Part 2): Rebirth of the Tool Man in a Pampered Protagonist Novel

Moreover, he was very familiar with her. Wasn’t she Tang Xun’s mother…

Xie Zheng suddenly understood why both he and Rick couldn’t understand why Tang Xun treated Fang Ziyang so well.

It was because Tang Xun was Fang Ziyang’s brother!

Regardless of whether they were full siblings or half-siblings with the same father but different mothers, it could explain Tang Xun’s behavior all these years.

However, they needed to investigate in detail to determine the exact relationship.

The situation might not be as simple as Fang Ziyang speculated.

With a serious expression, Xie Zheng took out his phone and snapped a photo of the picture. He nodded and agreed to help.

“Alright, I’ll investigate the woman in the photo for you. But you have to promise me not to act recklessly until we have the results. This matter may be more complicated than you imagine…”

“Yeah, I understand.”

Fang Ziyang looked at Xie Zheng, whose expression changed several times, and he had a bottom line in his heart.

It seemed that even if Xie Zheng didn’t help, he had a new direction for investigation.

His guess was correct. Yan Tong would never do anything without purpose. By uncovering the secret of this photo, he might find some unexpected surprises.

“Rick, go to the research building now and bring Tang Xun back home. I’ll come over and talk to both of you. I have something to discuss with Tang Xun.”

“Huh? What’s so urgent that you can’t say it over the phone?”

“It’s about Tang Xun’s background. I suspect that Aunt Zheng is not Tang Xun’s mother. Tang Xun is actually Fang Ziyang’s older brother, his full-blooded brother.”

“…”

Leaving the coffee shop, Xie Zheng instructed his secretary to cancel the upcoming meetings. He got in the car and rushed to the villa where Tang Xun and Rick lived.

Although he didn’t fully believe Fang Ziyang’s words, he believed about 70 to 80 percent of it.

In fact, some people had noticed the situation in the Fang family. Fang Yandong had been hiding the fact that he was raising his younger son, but he couldn’t hide it from Xie Zheng, Tang Xun, and Rick, who had been paying close attention to Fang Ziyang.

However, they didn’t think too deeply about it. They thought that Fang Yandong was deliberately cultivating a son to prevent internal conflicts within the family, even if it was cruel. It was understandable because there were too many struggles within the wealthy families. As a father, he didn’t want to see his sons fighting each other. If there was anyone to blame, it could only be Fang Ziyang’s unfortunate luck for being abandoned.

Although Tang Xun wanted to help Fang Ziyang, his reach was limited, and he couldn’t interfere in the internal affairs of the Fang family. He could only privately take care of Fang Ziyang, so he wouldn’t end up in a bad state…

However, hearing Fang Ziyang’s words today made Xie Zheng realize that the situation had become much more serious.

Fang Ziyang’s two speculations leaned more towards the latter.

If Aunt Zheng was really the true love of Fang Yandong, who had been planning to bring back his beloved woman and son, then why didn’t they have any contact for so many years? Why didn’t Fang Yandong care about Tang Xun at all?

When Xie Zheng met Tang Xun, Tang Xun and his mother were living a difficult life abroad.

If it wasn’t for Xie Zheng’s support, Tang Xun wouldn’t even have had the opportunity to go to school, let alone have enough to eat. Therefore, the speculation that Fang Yandong had been planning to adopt his beloved woman and son from outside could be completely ruled out.

In that case, only the second speculation remained.

Tang Xun was the true young master of the Fang family, while Fang Qianhao was the illegitimate child, and their identities had been swapped. That was why Fang Yandong treated his two sons so differently, and he completely ignored Tang Xun, who was living outside.

But then, another question arose!

If Fang Yandong genuinely loved his older son and his mother, it meant that he truly liked Fang Qianhao’s mother. In that case, why did he tolerate his beloved woman suffering outside for so many years without any contact? Why did he not care about Tang Xun at all?

After all, when Xie Zheng met Tang Xun, Tang Xun and his mother were not living well overseas.

If it weren’t for Xie Zheng’s support, Tang Xun wouldn’t have had the opportunity to go to school, and even basic sustenance would have been a problem. Therefore, this speculation about Fang Yandong planning to bring back his beloved woman and son from outside could be completely ruled out.

If that was the case, then what was the reason behind it?

Xie Zheng felt heavy-hearted.

He had known Tang Xun for many years, and to outsiders, they seemed to have a good relationship as boss and subordinate, but in reality, they were close friends.

Everyone saw him as someone with infinite power as the head of the Xie family, but no one knew about the difficulties and dangers he faced in private, such as the consecutive “accidental” deaths of his fiancées and the constant accidents involving his friends.

He had reached his current position with great effort, and Tang Xun had played a significant role, shielding him from countless dangers.

The sponsorship he had initially offered out of impulse unexpectedly resulted in such a deep friendship.

Tang Xun was a person who valued relationships greatly, and he didn’t want anyone to harm each other in this matter. The revelations today were truly shocking…

Xie Zheng arrived at the suburban villa with a heavy heart.

Rick had already brought Tang Xun back. Although their phone conversation was brief, it was enough to change their expressions.

Tang Xun’s face was pale, and when he saw Xie Zheng, he immediately stood up anxiously.

He seemed to have been greatly struck by something, and his emotions were on the verge of collapsing. “Boss, is what you and Rick said true? Am I really the biological brother of Fang Ziyang? His full-blooded brother?”

“Tang, calm down and let Xie sit down and explain slowly,” Rick tried to comfort him, worried.

But at this moment, Tang Xun’s emotions were too close to the edge of breaking, and he couldn’t listen. He shouted loudly as if stimulated, “I can’t calm down! Rick, you don’t know… I can’t calm down! You don’t know what this news means to me!”

“If this is true, then I’m a fucking idiot! I’ve been watching my biological brother being ruined step by step! I’ve been filial to the woman who took everything from my biological mother!”

Normally mild-tempered Tang Xun, for the first time, lost control and spoke rudely in front of others.

The sudden revelation was just too difficult to accept. It was as if his entire world had collapsed.

“You guys say, if this is all true, am I an idiot? I’ve been watching my brother turn into a waste, and I thought I was protecting him well… I’ve been filial to the enemy of my biological mother…”

“She definitely knew! She definitely knew that our identities were switched! She didn’t want me to treat the brothers from the Fang family well; she wanted me to treat Fang Qianhao well! She deceived me like a fool, took away my identity, and still wanted me to treat her biological son well!”

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Tang Xun’s anger was on the verge of exploding.

“No wonder, no wonder, even though I respected her, I couldn’t feel that close bond between a mother and son. I thought it was because I resembled Fang Yandong too much that she treated me with such coldness. It turns out it was all Zheng Yaxue’s lies!”

He didn’t want to make such speculations, but all the doubts pointed to this cruel truth, forcing him to think this way.

Xie Zheng and Rick were also filled with anger if Tang Xun’s speculations were true. Zheng Yaxue was truly despicable!

Did she think she was kind after leaving Fang Yandong?

If Zheng Yaxue truly had any self-awareness and felt guilty towards Fang Yandong’s wife, she wouldn’t have returned to become Fang Yandong’s mistress after their breakup. If she genuinely felt guilty towards Fang Yandong’s wife, she shouldn’t have selfishly watched as the two children were switched.

If she had a conscience, she shouldn’t have brainwashed Tang Xun, burdening him with guilt and self-doubt from a young age, and expected him to treat her biological son well!

“Fuck! I want to kill her!”

Rick was so enraged that he smashed the cup on the table and stood up, wanting to kill.

Xie Zheng grabbed his arm and stopped him firmly.

“Calm down, Rick! There’s still another question we must clarify before we take action.”

“What question?”

“It’s what I said earlier. If Zheng Yaxue knew everything, why did she choose to separate from her son and live a miserable life abroad, even though she knew Fang Yandong had deep feelings for her and their children? Why didn’t she directly marry into the Fang family after Fang’s wife passed away?”

“This doesn’t align with normal human behavior logic. Either Zheng Yaxue truly wanted to leave or… there’s a significant and compelling reason behind all this.”

Clearly, Zheng Yaxue couldn’t be the former.

Tang Xun clenched his fist.

Rick also calmed down and squinted his eyes. “I’ll contact M Country immediately to investigate.”

“As for the Fang family in China, let me handle it.”

Xie Zheng’s gaze was equally sharp.

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