Seeing his own father favoring Jia Cong, his inexpensive half-brother, was one thing, but what was crucial was that in front of Jia Jing, Jia Zhen would tremble with fear and always be on tenterhooks.
Because of his father's recent behaviors, Jia Zhen didn't dare to act recklessly as he used to.
First, he feared his father might get another whim to "discipline" him.
Second, after adopting Jia Cong, Jia Zhen was no longer the "only son" of Ningguo's Mansion.
In Jia Zhen's eyes, Jia Cong had stopped being an insignificant adopted son and had become a potential competitor.
It was improbable, but Jia Zhen also had to guard against the possibility that one day all of Ningguo's Mansion would be taken away by Jia Cong!
After all, the one who now accompanies his father up close and personal was Jia Cong, and as humans are not plants or trees, as a clever and endearing child, Jia Cong might eventually grow closer to his father—
Oh dear, he dared not think about it, dared not think!
