Chapter 301 Separation

Jiang Zhizhi looked up at the door in confusion, only to find Zhou Xiye standing there!

Feeling somewhat surprised, and remembering the scene I had seen on the street earlier, I deliberately lingered a bit, slowly carrying my schoolbag as I went out.

Zhou Xiye wasn't in a hurry. He stood by the door, looking at Jiang Zhizhi with a calm and gentle gaze. He noticed that she seemed a little awkward, unlike before when she would happily flutter over to him like a little bird every time he came to pick her up.

At the same time, he saw Jiang Donghua diagonally behind Jiang Zhizhi, his gaze paused slightly, and then fell on Jiang Zhizhi again.

Seeing Jiang Zhizhi slowly walk up to him, Zhou Xiye reached out and took her schoolbag, resisting the urge to pat her head: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Zhizhi gave a haughty snort and headed straight outside.

Zhou Xiye, carrying his schoolbag, quickly caught up, but couldn't resist reaching out to touch her braid: "Are you still angry? Who upset you?"

Jiang Zhizhi glanced at him sideways: "Of course it's you. Haven't you forgotten what you did?"

Zhou Xiye was somewhat bewildered: "What did I do? I've been doing this lately..."

Suddenly remembering something, he chuckled softly: "You saw me? Just a comrade-in-arms. I was temporarily transferred there for a mission."

Jiang Zhizhi guessed that was the case, but still scoffed, "Then the two of you are too close..."

Zhou Xiye was confused for a moment. Was the distance close? It was a normal distance, but he still obediently nodded: "Okay, I'll be more careful next time."

Jiang Zhizhi's mood improved: "Why did you suddenly come back today?"

"I'll rest for half a day today, rejoin the team tomorrow morning, and then go to Hainan for three months of intensive training."

Jiang Zhizhi was taken aback: "Three months? You're gone for that long?"

But I also know that sea training is even more arduous and tiring.

The two walked out while talking...

Jiang Donghua silently watched their backs. He had to admit, the two were quite a good match! Especially the way Zhou Xiye looked at Jiang Zhizhi; he couldn't see anyone else in his eyes.

Didn't Sun Xiaoyue say that Jiang Zhizhi had an affair with him because of her unhappy marriage and Zhou Xiye's early death, leaving her a widow?

When did Zhou Xiye die?

...

On the way home, Zhou Xiye asked Jiang Zhizhi, "I saw Jiang Donghua in your class. Is he a freshman who was recommended this year?"

Speaking of this, Jiang Zhizhi also had a lot to complain about: "Yeah, I don't know how I became a freshman this year. They said I did something to save people in Ganbei. I don't know the specifics. We just got rid of that annoying Sun Xiaoyue, and now we have Jiang Donghua."

Zhou Xiye paused for a moment: "You don't need to worry about him, just focus on your studies. If anything happens, you can go to Zhao Haiyang or Song Dong."

Jiang Zhizhi laughed: "Don't worry, Dad has been home the whole time. It's more effective for me to call Dad."

Zhou Xiye smiled and said, "I was afraid you'd feel embarrassed."

Jiang Zhizhi chuckled: "No, power unused expires."

Fang Hua was pleasantly surprised by Zhou Xiye's sudden return.

"Why did you suddenly come back? Did something happen?"

Zhou Xiye patiently explained it again, and Fang Hua felt sorry for him when he heard that he had to go to the seaside for training: "Three months, sea training is very tough, you..."

I was about to say it was too tiring and ask if I could skip it, but then I remembered Zhou Xiye's personality and changed my tone: "Then you need to be careful. The climate there is humid, and the mosquitoes are very venomous. You need to be extra cautious."

Zhou Chengyu chuckled from the side, "Sister-in-law, look at you, worrying about useless things. That training that makes you lose skin and flesh, isn't that worse than a few mosquito bites? Besides, the sun at the beach is scorching; after coming out of the water, your skin will peel off several layers."

Hearing this, Fang Hua felt a pang of heartache again: "Then... how's the food over there?"

Zhou Xiye laughed: "Mom, we're different from the grassroots troops. Our meals are classified information. Don't worry, everything will be fine. Just stay home and take good care of yourself. Don't be angry with Dad anymore."

Zhou Chengzhi, who had just returned from outside, overheard Zhou Xiye's words: "What nonsense are you talking about? I haven't made your mother angry recently, it's just that she doesn't like me anymore."

Fang Hua glanced at Zhou Chengzhi but didn't say anything. It seemed that after experiencing life and death, he wasn't so angry about the past.

Zhou Chengzhi seemed to know that Zhou Xiye was coming back, and handed a bag of beef bones to Zhou Chengyu: "Make soup with this, add some gastrodia elata and make it for your sister-in-law."

Then he said to Fang Hua, "Old Chen introduced me to a nanny today. She used to work in our compound. She's around forty years old. He said she's hardworking, capable, and observant. Should I have her come over and try her out tomorrow?"

Fang Hua had no objection: "Sure."

Zhou Chengzhi thought for a moment: "How about we try having her cook a meal first?"

Fang Hua agreed: "Okay, I'll come over tomorrow morning."

Zhou Chengyu has been doing all the housework lately, and she feels embarrassed about it.

After Zhou Chengzhi finished speaking, he glanced at Zhou Xiye and said, "Come to the study with me."

After the two left, Fang Hua was still a little confused: "Did your dad just call Nishino over very seriously?"

Jiang Zhizhi didn't pay attention, feeling that Zhou Chengzhi always spoke loudly and seemed very serious: "No, he looks perfectly normal to me."

Fang Hua snorted: "What's normal about it? Go listen at the door and see if he's trying to stop Nishino... Although I feel sorry for the kids, I've come to terms with it now. You have your own pursuits. If we keep stopping you, it will only make you misunderstand me more and eventually hate us."

Jiang Zhizhi smiled and went over to hold Fang Hua's fingers, gently squeezing each one: "Mom, I think you are really good. When you encounter problems, you can always calm down and analyze them."

Fang Hua sighed: "This is a lesson I learned after suffering a loss. I used to think, like Chen Limin, that everything we did was for the good of the child. But Xi Ye is also stubborn. After what happened last time, I'm scared. If it happens again, I believe he would really dare to ignore us for the rest of his life."

"Nishino seems very rational and tolerant. But he has one flaw: he's very stubborn and will stick to what he's set his mind on. However, he's also very vengeful."

“If you betray him or anger him, he will remember it forever and never forgive you.”

“If it weren’t for you this time, he probably wouldn’t have gone home on his own initiative and would have stayed for so long. Don’t even think about it.”

Jiang Zhizhi was somewhat surprised and taken aback: "Mom, you said Zhou Xiye holds a grudge? I don't feel that way at all?"

Fang Hua laughed: "He definitely won't hold a grudge against you. Look at what happened before. We were wrong, but he didn't come back for the Spring Festival for eleven years. He did come back to Beijing a few times on official business, but he only came to visit us briefly."

“Even with this marriage, when your father was pushing it down, he only came back for a short while and spoke to us politely and formally.”

"So, he can be really hard-hearted sometimes!"

Jiang Zhizhi rubbed Fang Hua's fingers, somewhat lost in thought, unable to imagine what Zhou Xiye's ruthlessness was like...