LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 702 - 702: Number One in the Whole County
Chapter 702: Chapter 702: Number One in the Whole County
In the end, neither Chen Yuan’s father nor his mother was willing to have their arm chopped off.
His father said that if one of his arms was cut off, it would affect his gambling posture and his luck. He couldn’t afford to lose; he had to win money because he was supporting their home by winning at gambling!
His mother said that if one of her arms was chopped off, she wouldn’t be able to pour a drink with one hand and hold a cup with another, which would slow her down when drinking. She had recently been winning money by outdrinking others, if she couldn’t outdrink them anymore, not to mention not winning any money, she would have to pay for all the drinks she had drunk.
After a quarrel, they found that neither would back down, so they both turned their attention to their son.
Their arms were both useful, but their son’s wasn’t!
They found a way out and urgently told the delinquents, “Cut off our son’s arm, he’s the one who stole the stuff, it has nothing to do with us! If you have to chop someone’s arm, chop his!”
The delinquent was extremely annoyed. He thought he was a nobody, but he didn’t expect to encounter someone more despicable than him. This was simply a challenge to his authority!
He called his underling over and directed him to chop off Chen Yuan’s mother’s arm because her overwhelming smell of alcohol irritated him.
But to everyone’s surprise, Chen Yuan’s mother snatched the knife and chopped off Chen Yuan’s arm herself. Then she yelled at the delinquent, “Here’s the arm! You can’t chop me now.”
Chen Yuan’s arm was chopped off, and he cried out in pain.
The delinquent and his followers were stunned. This crazy woman, for her own sake, dared to cut off her own son’s arm?!
Isn’t there a saying, ‘Even a tiger does not eat its own cubs’? How could she be even more ruthless than a tiger?
Now, the delinquent couldn’t bother with her anymore. He ordered his underling to bandage Chen Yuan’s wound, take the severed arm, and rush to the hospital.
Luckily, they got there in time. Chen Yuan’s arm was surgically reattached. Though it might not be as flexible as before, it could still be used.
Later, worried that people might think he was weak and only capable of bullying children, and fearing people would say he was the one who cut off a child’s arm, the delinquent sent his gang members around to clarify the story, detailing every moment of the incident, to virtually every person, so nearly everyone in their area knew about it.
Chen Yue didn’t know how Chen Yuan managed to endure it all, he only knew that even after Chen Yuan’s arm had healed, his parents still forced him to steal. However, he made a condition with his parents — he wanted to go to school.
So, Chen Yuan, who was already ten, started first grade.
Later, because of his excellent performance, Chen Yuan skipped grades, catching up with his peers when he was in eighth grade.
A year later, with the best score in the county, he was admitted to the best high school in their county town. Because of his excellent grades and impoverished background, the school waived all his tuition fees and even provided a scholarship for him.
No one knew how Chen Yuan managed to rank first in his grade while recovering from having his right hand severed and reattached.
Medical technology back then wasn’t as advanced as it is now, plus the surgery was performed by just an ordinary doctor from a small county town. Chen Yuan’s right hand was not very mobile due to substantial nerve damage.
Chen Yue was an average student who had never attended school with Chen Yuan. He had just started to work after enrolling at university when he happened to meet Chen Yuan at work. They started communicating gradually.
It was only recently that he discovered Chen Yuan could write with both hands, and, surprisingly, he could write well with both.