Chapter 835: Chapter 835: Insane and Inhuman
Sun Qihui quietly calculated that Zhao Gushen awakened his Family Head abilities at the age of 9.
And the little fellow hasn’t yet turned 5, so let’s consider him as 5, there’s still 4 years to go.
years ought to be enough time for Zhao Guqing to get married and have children.
Having a child is easy; just uncertain whether the awakening of Family Head abilities will be timely.
However, Sun Qihui thought for a moment and felt that she was being foolish.
The Family Head abilities aren’t destined for Xiao Mo to awaken.
If he doesn’t awaken at the age of 9, wouldn’t that be an opportunity for Zhao Guqing’s son?
As long as the child is born first, there will be competitiveness.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Guqing might have a child before Zhao Gushen awakened back in the day.
Sun Qihui had never considered Zhao Dinglian’s family as competitors.
Moreover, Zhao Guoxian is young and surely still wants to have fun for a couple more years; it’s too early for him to settle down, so there’s no rush.
Yet Sun Qihui failed to notice Zhao Dingye beside her suddenly casting a deep gaze toward the little fellow.
Sun Qihui’s pondering had indeed reminded him.
Xiao Mo hasn’t awakened the Family Head abilities yet.
Currently, Zhao Gushen has only one son.
If anything happens to Xiao Mo, even if he’s no longer in this world, then there’s no chance of awakening Family Head abilities whatsoever.
If only before he awakens the Family Head abilities, this little brat is eliminated, he’d completely lose the chance to awaken them.
Zhao Dingye calculated mentally for a moment, feeling somewhat regretful.
In hindsight, he should have conducted a thorough investigation earlier.
Had he known about Zhao Gushen’s son outside the family, he should have eliminated him before recognizing the ancestry.
This would have eliminated many troubles.
Zhao Dingye felt no burden in removing this tiny life.
He’s currently only pondering one issue.
The Family Head abilities awaken only once in the same generation of any family.
That is to say, once the person with awakened Family Head abilities passes away, be it from illness, accident, or murder.
As long as he’s awakened the Family Head abilities, no second person in this generation will awaken them.
The position of Family Head remains vacant, held by the previous head.
Until the next generation awakens the Family Head abilities and passes the position to the next family heir.
Thus, it prevents certain malicious people within the family from harming awakened children, threatening their lives.
But this condition is triggered after awakening the Family Head abilities.
What Zhao Dingye is unsure about now is whether eliminating him before awakening affects the manifestation of Family Head abilities.
If Xiao Mo won’t awaken the Family Head abilities, then killing would be in vain.
It wouldn’t affect the awakening of Family Head abilities in others.
Even if mistakenly killed, Zhao Dingye wouldn’t have any regrets.
What worries Zhao Dingye is if the Family Head abilities were to appear on Xiao Mo, and he died prematurely, then whether the abilities should have manifested in him would appear in others is uncertain.
Because there’s no precedent—not in the Zhao Family or any other family—such a situation hasn’t occurred.
Thus making Zhao Dingye indecisive.
As Zhao Dingye pondered, his gaze was consistently upon the little fellow.
Actually, when thinking to himself, though his eyes were on the little fellow’s direction, he wasn’t really looking at him.
To others, it appeared as if he was staring at the little fellow, causing chills in their hearts.
The old lady felt a chill, calling out sternly: "Dingye!"
Zhao Dingye snapped back to reality, turning his head and casually smiled: "Second Aunt, what’s the matter?"
The old lady replied, "Nothing, just noticing you were constantly looking at Xiao Mo; is there something about him?"
Zhao Dingye laughed, "I’m just envious, wondering when Guqing will give us a grandson."
But the old lady didn’t believe him at all.
Zhao Dingye couldn’t possibly be thinking so simply, but not even the old lady imagined Zhao Dingye had started plotting the little fellow’s life and death.
Due to the late lunch, which concluded by afternoon at three, there was no appetite left for dinner.
After staying a while at the old residence, nobody felt like eating dinner.
They chatted for a while till they felt the time was right, and all left the old residence.
Only Zhao Dinghuan and Chi Jingsi, Zhao Gushen and Ye Fei, along with the little fellow remained at the old residence.
The old man suddenly reminded them: "I feel like Zhao Dingye’s look at Xiao Mo earlier was off. Be extra cautious about Xiao Mo; under no circumstances let him be alone."
The old lady turned sharply toward the old man: "What do you mean by this? Do you feel Zhao Dingye means to harm Xiao Mo?"
Both elders spoke without shielding the little fellow, intending for him to hear.
To let the little fellow be aware, even if he’s too young to understand fully.
But at least concerning his safety, he must not be careless.
Understanding the seriousness of the matter, he should be obedient.
Otherwise, before the old man spoke, Housekeeper Hong would have already taken the little fellow out to play.
Hearing the old lady’s words, Ye Fei looked over shocked: "Grandfather, do you mean..."
The old man took a breath and said: "Hopefully, I’m overthinking, but I felt Zhao Dingye’s reaction was truly off. Regarding Xiao Mo’s safety, I’d rather assume the worst about Zhao Dingye and be cautious than regret later if anything happens."
The old lady took off her bracelets of small leaf sandalwood beads and counted them carefully: "I noticed Zhao Dingye was staring at Xiao Mo, but I didn’t consider such malicious intent."
"I thought, no matter how much he wants the Family Head position, he couldn’t be this heartless. To harm Xiao Mo, would he still be human?"
The old man said gravely: "If he values the Family Head position so highly, I’d rather give it directly to him to prevent him from constantly scheming against our child like a venomous snake lurking, staring at our child."
Chi Jingsi then said: "But if he’s capable of such madness, why didn’t he act against Xiao Shen when he was young and awakened the Family Head abilities?"
"People change," the old man responded, "Before Xiao Shen awakened the Family Head abilities, perhaps he felt there was still a chance to compete, not thinking of malicious ways."
"After Xiao Shen awakened the Family Head abilities, it was too late for any action," the old man paused and asked Ye Fei, "Has Xiao Shen ever mentioned to you that Family Head abilities can only awaken once per generation?"
Ye Fei shook her head, Zhao Gushen only mentioned matters regarding Family Head abilities.
