Chapter 269 A bombshell buried for many years

Zhao Xiaojing only took a glance and immediately understood what Dong Mei meant. She was asking her whether the photo of Zhou Jianye when he was a child looked like the child Zhou Jianye was holding in the phone.

It's more than just alike, they are carved from the same mold.

"Similar." Zhao Xiaojing said.

Dong Mei opened her mouth, as if she wanted to laugh or cry. After making a few breaths, her expression visibly cracked. She pulled Zhao Xiaojing and wanted to speak, but then she closed her mouth tightly. She seemed to be trying her best to remain calm, but strong sobs came from her throat, making her whole body tremble.

After a few sobs, Dong Mei could no longer hold back and opened her mouth. She gasped for breath, and her nose, tears, and uncontrollable crying began to burst out.

Zhao Xiaojing hurriedly took the tissues and kept stuffing them into Dong Mei's hands. She patted Dong Mei's back to comfort her and couldn't stop crying when she saw her like this.

"I'm not running away, I'm not running away." Dong Mei cried for a long time, and the sobbing gradually stopped, leaving only tears flowing out. She repeated this sentence intermittently.

"Auntie San, what didn't run away?" Zhao Xiaojing asked with red eyes.

"That child is definitely Zhou Jianye's son. Zhou Jianye, he has been lying to me from the beginning!" Dong Mei's voice became hoarse as she spoke, and she burst into tears again.

After Zhao Xiaojing brought tea, water and a towel again, and Dong Mei covered her eyes with a hot towel for a long time, Zhao Xiaojing slowly figured out the reason.

It turned out that this woman was not only Zhou Jianye's junior high school classmate, but also Zhou Jianye's ex-girlfriend. They had been together before.

When Dong Mei met Zhou Jianye, they were both in the factory. At that time, Dong Mei had been working in the production position for two years. Because she was good at writing news reports, she was deeply liked by the secretary. He repeatedly asked their team leader for people and also introduced her to a handsome young man who had just been assigned to the factory. That man was Zhou Jianye.

Dong Mei had never been in a relationship at that time. Her longing for love came entirely from the romance novels and martial arts novels of the time. She was completely fascinated by cool, somewhat macho boys. As soon as she saw Zhou Jianye with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, tall stature, and the fact that he didn't like to talk when they met, she agreed halfway.

In addition, when the secretary introduced her, he repeatedly told her that the other party was a good seedling, very calm and experienced in dealing with people and things, and that if the two of them worked together in the future, they would surely be able to rise to great heights.

Dong Mei was moved by what she heard and directly expressed her interest in dating the secretary. Soon after, she heard from the secretary that Zhou Jianye was also open to it, and the two officially confirmed their relationship. A winter later, with the secretary's help, the parents of both parties met, visited each other, and decided to get married.

It wasn't until the marriage was finalized that Dong Mei learned that the secretary was actually related to Zhou Jianye's family. He was Zhou Jianye's uncle, and it was because of his connections that Zhou Jianye got the job at the factory. Suddenly, Dong Mei realized why the secretary had promised the young man a promising future when they introduced him. It turned out he was a relative of his.

After the marriage was decided, the two parties invited the matchmaker, Zhou Jianye's uncle, to a banquet at their home. On the day of the banquet, Dong Mei was helping in the kitchen when Zhou Jianye's uncle suddenly came over and called her, asking her to go to the door and call Zhou Jianye back.

Dong Mei went out of the door inexplicably, and saw Zhou Jianye standing at the door, talking to a girl with his head down. Both of their eyes were red. When the girl saw her, she just nodded at her and hurried away with tears in her eyes.

Dong Mei noticed something was wrong and pulled Zhou Jianye to ask him. Zhou Jianye just said that she was his classmate and was going back to the room. Dong Mei refused to give in. Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Zhou Jianye's uncle came out to smooth things over and explained to Dong Mei that she was the girl Zhou Jianye had been with before, but their family situation was complicated, and they had not been together for long and did not have much feelings for each other. His family did not agree, so Zhou Jianye took the initiative to break up.

He also said that the girl was engaged and would get married before them, and that he came here to send an invitation to Zhou Jianye.

Dong Mei was half-believing and half-doubting. Although she didn't quite believe that the two of them had no feelings for each other just because their eyes were red from talking at the door for a few minutes, but she heard that the girl was about to get married, and she did see Zhou Jianye holding a red invitation card in his hand, and with his uncle's repeated assurances, the matter was over.

Later, Dong Mei never saw her again. She only recognized her when she was moving and sorting out photo albums. She even had a big quarrel with Zhou Jianye with the photo. Zhou Jianye refused to admit that they were back together. He said that Dong Mei was too suspicious. They were just ordinary classmates. He went to congratulate the wedding. There was no tears or red eyes. The photo was just a group photo of classmates. Who would keep it specially? He said that Dong Mei was just looking for trouble.

Dong Mei was extremely angry, but Zhou Chuyan had just been born at that time and there were a lot of things waiting for her at home. After arguing twice, she lost interest and was too lazy to argue again. She just stuffed the photo album into the cabinet and was done with it.

Unexpectedly, so much time had passed in a flash, and what she thought was a small episode turned out to be a blockbuster bomb that had been buried for many years. The first time she saw the photo, she immediately thought of this woman. When she recalled and compared it, she was suddenly shocked and terrified.

Dong Mei was still in a trance and in disbelief. After hearing the story, Zhao Xiaojing was shocked that the three of them had been entangled for decades, but she also breathed a sigh of relief.

This cancer is buried too deep. It will be a relief if it is exposed one day earlier. Dong Mei can live her own life earlier if it is exposed earlier.

Although she couldn't accept the truth now that she suddenly knew it, being truly trapped in it would be a disaster. Dong Mei's weight was no match for those two people.

Although she said that she was about to retire and had time to spend in Mingcheng, in fact, she had never been idle in her previous life until Zhao Xiaojing's death.

Zhou Jianye's parents were not in good health to begin with, and they were hospitalized frequently due to serious illness in the following years. They were all left to Dong Mei's care, and Zhou Jianye rarely came back.

Although he was past retirement age, he rehired at the construction site under the pretext of earning money for his parents' medical treatment and remained in Mingcheng. He did receive a bit more money then, but it all went to cover the cost of his parents' serious illness and hospitalization. Not only did Dong Mei not receive a penny, but by the end of her care, she was completely exhausted, and even her own health was not very good.

Zhao Xiaojing glanced at Dong Mei, who, though weeping heartbrokenly again, hadn't impulsively done anything. She'd called Zhou Jianye to confront him, then stormed off to his parents' house, throwing things and throwing a tantrum. She wondered if Dong Mei had grown through the experience or if her edges had simply smoothed over. Even with such a huge blow, she'd learned to remain calm. After all, these past few decades had transformed the once intolerant, murderous person.

"Third Aunt, no matter how sad you are, he will be back tomorrow. What do you want to do?"

"What should I do? I want him to die!" Dong Mei gritted her teeth with red eyes.