Chew Slowly Chapter 71

Chapter 71 Chapter 71

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Chen Simin knew clearly what it meant to clarify these things.He has been chewing a bitter pill these past few days, and he is no better than Chen Zongqian.

He asked people if they remembered kneeling in the ancestral hall of their hometown.Chen Zongqian said he remembered because he lost his brother and Xiaoran.

Candles and incense were lit in the ancestral hall that day, and the smoke lingered in the cramped hut. He felt regretful and painful, and he knelt down with tears streaming down his face.The adults all set out to find Xiaoran, and no one cared about him.The punishment imposed by the family law on his body is still unforgettable to this day.

“Now that I think about it, I regret it. In fact, I should have knelt with you. You lost your brother. I didn’t think much of Xiaoran…and now I don’t think much of you two.”

Not long after the Manchester City case, he discussed with Professor Tudor that what was more despicable than ordinary rape was kinship rape, and incest was tantamount to bestiality.When he found out that his own child had also committed such an immoral act, Chen Simin first felt ridiculous and then sad.He thought a lot, but couldn’t convince himself.

“You have grown up now, and there is no one you like around you for so many years. Mom and I know that it’s not that you can’t find him, you just don’t want to find him. You said you would only want to find your brother before you are willing to start a family.”

“But that day I went to pick up Xiaoran and saw condoms and lubricants in the car. I heard from my brother that you were his boyfriend.” Chen Simin paused. Even though there was a 99% chance that his child had crossed the ethical boundary, he still looked forward to the 1%. “Guang Xiaoran said it doesn’t count. I want to ask you, is this really the case?”

Even though he had been mentally prepared, when Chen Zongqian did not give him 1% of what he wanted to see, his breathing became tight and his heart felt painful.Chen Zongqian said he was sorry and he saw tears.

“Do you know that he is your brother who has the same parents as you and the same blood as you?” Chen Simin was not as frightened and angry as he imagined. He just felt like he was being submerged by the rising water, and everything was hopeless.

“You are my brother.”

Noise is prohibited in the hospital corridor, and Chen Simin’s voice is not loud, so the grief can only turn into a soft and blunt knife, slowly cutting into the heart of the person, mincing a piece of flesh and blood.Chen Zongqian forgot all his words, argued and refuted, and was even unable to quibble.He is not at the defense table, but on trial, and his crime is obvious.

Chen Zongqian was somewhat fortunate that Xu Qiaochuan was ill. People with mental illness could not identify blood relatives and did not need to be convicted. The fault was only his.He also suddenly felt that forgetting might not be a bad thing. It would be best if he could really forget everything, so that the mistake would end here and he would still have a chance to make amends.These naive fantasies born out of despair make the reality even more bleak.

Wrong is wrong, what has happened cannot be changed, that is incest.

Even the West, which advocates sexual freedom and liberation, is extremely resistant to incest and is morally and legally unacceptable.The reasons for this are, first of all, the incest taboo is deeply rooted in tradition and mainstream civilization. Incest will lead to mixed generations and chaotic social relationships; secondly, the offspring of incest are likely to have genetic defects; not to mention that in real cases, incest is often coercive due to the unequal status of the two subjects.

Sexual behavior is the most basic relationship in human society. The union of the two sexes produces offspring, and the blood relationship is connected, which forms the most basic kinship relationship.This is the smallest human group unit, and then there are families, clans, tribes and countries. It is these large and small human groups that society is composed of.

In this sense, sexual relations create the most basic order of human society.The great destructiveness of incest is that it subverts the ethical foundation on which human society depends.

The more authoritarian and conservative a society is, the more strict and intolerant it is about sex.Chinese society, which is deeply influenced by Confucianism, attaches great importance to the ethics of filial piety and brotherhood. With such a social atmosphere, incest cannot be tolerated under any circumstances.

But Professor Tudor was shocked: “Why does China’s criminal code not criminalize incest? Nor is there any punishment for adultery between relatives?”

Chen Simin knows that China’s laws are not complete enough. One of the purposes of their legal research is to discover existing flaws through research and analysis of the law and its performance in specific practice, and propose revisions to promote the improvement and development of the law.

He was in a huge contradiction at the moment, and even more sadly found that his lifelong research could not solve the current problem. The law did not prohibit it, and morality failed.

“Brother…him, Xu Qiaochuan.” Chen Simin could not put aside the blood ties and think of him as a completely independent object.This emotion is not without reason, there must be Chen Zongqian’s acquiescence and connivance.

“He can be close to and dependent on you, because you are supposed to be the relative who gives him a sense of security.”

His brother is eight years older than him and has more experience in loving his family than he does. How come he doesn’t know where the boundaries between relatives and lovers are?In order to retain him, Chen Zongqian deliberately blurred the boundaries between lover and relatives, allowed him to like himself, and allowed all immoral things to happen.

“He is ignorant, unconscious, and irrational. As an elder brother, are you the same?”

Chen Zongqian remained silent, just like the afternoon when he was kneeling in the ancestral hall when he was a boy, unable to say anything.He no longer shed tears, only breathing evenly.The breath is hot and solid, not even like qi.His soul became boiling water, and his breath was tumbling. When all the heat dissipated, the water boiled away, and there was nothing left of him.

It’s not just Xu Qiaochuan who loses himself in love, he is also the one who loses himself in love.

Chen Simin said that this was a deformed relationship disguised as love, which was not healthy or moral. Chen Zongqian nodded and admitted.

It has a monstrous origin.One gives excessive indulgence out of guilt, while the other harbors obsessions and delusions and forces love.

Xu Qiaochuan’s usual dullness and confusion are actually a disguise.His spirit is not stagnant water, but a torrent that can crash on rocks.There is always anger, hatred, admiration, jealousy, and worrying about gains and losses.He is also extremely fragile, with humility carved into his bones, and he likes it with these things.

That night was chaotic, Xu Qiaochuan did not think about the way out, and regarded love as a one-time request, so he was as decisive as a moth rushing into a flame, and as fierce as water rushing into boiling oil.His will is so twisted and his love is so deformed.

Human beings call the process of pursuing a spouse love. This process develops as the distance gets closer and the intimacy escalates.From looking at people to looking at each other, from verbal communication to holding hands, from side by side to hugging, to kissing to touching the whole body, to touching private parts, and finally there is no gap – the intercourse of sexual organs.

They skipped many contacts and exchanges and recklessly reached the most intimate level.This is a perverted love story that was forced into being, and the result is obviously also perverted.

“I know you love your mother and me, and you have cared about your brother for more than ten years. You won’t dislike him.” Chen Simin turned away and stopped looking at the person.The light has no warmth, and I don’t know what it is shining on.He wondered if if he had raised his two children by his side from childhood, he would not be where he is today.

“Is this really good for him?”

Chen Zongqian couldn’t give an answer to many of his father’s questions, but to this last question, the answer emerged without thinking.Xu Qiaochuan must be bad, otherwise they wouldn’t be in the hospital now, waiting for their brother to undergo such a sad operation.

His love was too selfish, and Chen Simin asked him if he had thought about Xiaoran’s future.

“I have thought about it.” It was precisely because he had thought about it that he hesitated. When his indecisiveness made things worse and caused Xu Qiaochuan more pain and sorrow, Chen Zongqian didn’t want to come back in the future. He only thought about how to keep people and save them.

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In “Intimate Behavior”, Desmond Morris divided the 12 stages of human courtship according to the degree of intimacy: eye to eye, eye to eye, conversation, hand to hand, arm to shoulder, shoulder to waist, mouth to mouth, hand to head, hand to body, mouth to breast, hand to genitals, genitals to genitals.

Other references:

“The Incest Taboo and Its Origin” Emile Durkheim

“Law Encounters Moral Embarrassment – Incest in the Perspective of Comparative Law” Xu Jingli

“The Limits of Freedom: Taking the Crime of Incest as an Example” Fang Yao

“Why is “relative rape” a crime?——In-depth thoughts on the return of the crime of incest to Chinese criminal law” Li Yongjun