35 Daddy’s Ambition

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Even if Zheng Xiaohong had ten times the courage, she would not dare to go to the Chen family to cause trouble for Chi Guyai.

Not to mention that her legs are still disabled and she can't walk properly.

Even if she wasn't disabled, she was still very afraid of Wang Lunan, the tigress.

That tigress was just like Chi Guai's biological mother Liao Xiangyun. They had both been trained in the army. If they really came to blows, she could be killed with one punch.

She didn't want to go and get beaten.

Feeling aggrieved, Zheng Xiaohong could only return home with envy in her eyes.

But when she thought about the gifts everyone was talking about, she felt particularly unwilling.

You have to know that although Chi Guai has been living in the Chen family for these years, in the final analysis, it is still the Chi family who is supporting her.

So why didn't Chi Gu Ai give the reward to her family after saving someone?

As a stepmother, she had some bad intentions, but she didn't do anything to Chi Gu Ai, and she even allowed Chi Jianjun to give Chi Gu Ai so much money every month.

She felt that she was a good enough stepmother.

Compared with other stepmothers in the family quarters, she is neither better nor worse than others.

Zheng Xiaohong felt more and more unwilling the more she thought about it, so she immediately went to provoke Li Zaohua, hoping that Li Zaohua would take action.

As a stepmother, it is not convenient for her to ask for things. Li Zaohua is Chi Gu'ai's biological grandmother. If she goes to ask for it, even if Wang Runan is dissatisfied, he can't fight with a paralyzed old woman, right?

"What did you say? My eldest granddaughter saved someone? And they even sent a thank-you gift?"

"Oh my! I knew my eldest granddaughter was going to be great. No wonder she said she got a promotion and a house. She must be doing such a great job."

"This girl, I knew since she was little that she would be a capable person in the future."

Zheng Xiaohong thought the old woman would join her in denouncing Chi Guai and then go to Chen's house to make trouble, but the old woman's reaction was beyond her expectations.

Seeing that the old woman just kept praising Chi Gu'ai and had no intention of making a fuss or getting her things back, Zheng Xiaohong became anxious.

"Mom, can you hear me? They've sent all the thank-you gifts to the Chen family. Shouldn't we go get them back?"

"Gu Ai is a member of our Chi family. How can we send gifts to the Chen family?"

Hearing Zheng Xiaohong's yelling, Li Zaohua rolled her eyes at her.

Li Zaohua is paralyzed, not deaf, so of course she heard it.

But she is not a fool.

Gu Ai finally softened his attitude towards her and knew he should be filial to her. If she made a scene and pissed him off, what would she do if Gu Ai no longer respected her?

Could it be that she expected Zheng Xiaohong, this black-hearted daughter-in-law, to be filial to her?

Or is she still counting on Chi Jianjun, her own son who thinks she is troublesome and has not helped her since she became paralyzed, to be filial?

She had even less hope for twins.

Although she also coveted those thank-you gifts, when she thought about the two boxes of malted milk sent by Iketani Ai, she could accept them.

Of course, if she were in good health in the past, she would definitely not be so content.

But isn't she old and frail and paralyzed?

Only when she was lying in bed and unable to take care of herself did she start to reflect.

If this person is too unsatisfied, his later life will definitely be miserable.

Zheng Xiaohong has been deeply offended by her now. No matter how much they try to ease the relationship, they can never become good mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Besides, she had to vent her anger and frustration on someone.

Otherwise, if she keeps it in her heart, it will be even worse for her health.

Zheng Xiaohong, her daughter-in-law who had been suppressed by her for many years, was the one she used to vent her emotions.

As for her eldest granddaughter, she did have some doubts about her filial piety.

But even if her eldest granddaughter was just pretending, Zheng Xiaohong didn't dare to really abuse her with her eldest granddaughter there to intimidate her.

So, did she really need to be nice to Zheng Xiaohong? She certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to offend her eldest granddaughter again.

And don't think she doesn't know that Zheng Xiaohong just wants to use her as a battering ram.

Let her offend others so that she can reap the benefits.

In the end, she completely offended her eldest granddaughter, and the loss was all hers.

Besides, she is just an old woman. Even if she takes back all those thank-you gifts, how much can she get?

In the end, Zheng Xiaohong and the twins benefited from it.

If it was only given to her eldest grandson, she could barely accept it.

But if Zheng Xiaohong and that damn girl Chi Guyu got away with it, she would be so nauseous that she would vomit to death.

Finding that she couldn't provoke the old woman at all, Zheng Xiaohong couldn't help but get angry and blurt out what she had been holding in her heart.

"Mom, do you really think those two boxes of malted milk were bought by Iketani Ai to show her filial piety to you?! She clearly stole them from our cupboard to trick you!"

"I'm definitely not a good stepmother, but don't you think about it? Are you a good grandmother?!"

"Don't you know how you have loved Chi Gu all these years? That girl is the most vindictive, how could she possibly be filial to you!"

Li Zaohua's face darkened for a moment, but soon returned to normal.

"I don't believe it. The twins drank up the two boxes of malted milk at home a long time ago. You told me that yourself. You even sold the cans until they were broken."

"You're deliberately fooling me, trying to make me doubt my granddaughter's filial piety. If I really follow your wishes and make trouble with my granddaughter, I'd be a fool!"

"Also, you and I are different. You and Gu Ai have no blood relationship, but I am Gu Ai's biological grandmother. It's normal for her to resent you for not treating her well."

"I'm different. Between us grandparents and grandchildren, beating is love and scolding is love. Gu Ai knows that I, an old woman, may have a sharp tongue but a soft heart, so she won't bear a grudge against me."

Zheng Xiaohong was speechless after hearing Li Zaohua's overly confident words.

How could this damn old woman have the nerve to think that Iketani Ai wouldn't hold a grudge against her?

Even Chi Jianjun, her biological father, Chi Guai doesn't bother to pay attention to her. Does she think she is special?

Seeing that she couldn't convince the old woman, Zheng Xiaohong turned around and left the house angrily, intending to go to the factory to find Chi Jianjun.

Now that Chi Gu Ai'ai is not young anymore and has a job, it is not a good idea for her to continue living in the Chen family.

She had to ask Chi Jianjun to persuade Chi Guyai to go home.

Her stepdaughter is getting married soon. If she doesn't come back to live with her, she's afraid she won't get a penny of the future betrothal money.

How could this be possible? She was hoping to use her stepdaughter's betrothal money to subsidize her son.

Also, Iketani Ai is becoming more and more successful now, and she can't suppress her.

Since you can't suppress it, then just build a good relationship.

She has no maternal family, and her son cannot rely on his uncle's family. Her two sisters will be a support to her son in the future.

Having a good relationship with Ikegani Ai will benefit her son in the future.

Zheng Xiaohong hurried out of the tube-shaped building with a crutch. Li Zaohua, who was lying on the bed upstairs, looked unhappy again.

The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she felt. She took out the two boxes of malted milk from under her pillow and looked at them carefully.

Could it be that these two boxes of malted milk were not bought by Ikeyani Ai, but were taken from her cupboard?

Were the two boxes that Zheng Xiaohong lied to her about having finished drinking, but were actually hidden?

Li Zaohua could not accept either of these two guesses!

When Zheng Xiaohong rushed to the security department of the textile factory, Chi Jianjun was coming out of the security department with a grim expression.

Ever since Mr. Chen was promoted to the head of the security department, his life has become difficult.

Of course, Chen didn't deliberately target or suppress him, it was just that he couldn't stand the gap.

You know, originally it was almost certain that he would be promoted to section chief, so many people in the security department congratulated him in advance.

Knowing that he was about to be promoted, some of them tried to curry favor with him in advance and bought gifts and sent them to his home.

He felt that his promotion was almost certain, so he collected all the things.

Now an accident happened, and not only did he lose the promotion opportunity, but it was also taken by his old rival Chen Fangping.

Chen Fangping's rise to power has put all the security staff who used to try to please him at a loss.

Those who had given him gifts found that the gifts were given to the wrong person, and they were neither eyes nor nose to him.

Some shameless people even found him and asked him to return the gifts they had received.

Chi Jianjun is a man who cares about his reputation. Now that someone has blocked his way, he naturally can no longer pretend to be ignorant.

But those gifts had already been made by the twins at home, so what could he return?

I could only convert everything into cash and return it.

Because of the salary cut, his income is now reduced by one-third.

This time, all the last bit of money in his pocket was taken out.

The money issue is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that all the reputation that Chi Jianjun has built up and earned in the security department over the years has been lost.

The more Chi Jianjun thought about it, the more aggrieved and angry he felt.

He felt that it was all Zhou Chenghai, that bastard, who had screwed him!

If Zhou Chenghai hadn't come to the textile factory warehouse to steal something and was caught red-handed, how could he have lost the trust of Director Wang? And lost the promotion opportunity that was about to be obtained!

No matter what, it was all his fault for being so stupid as to marry Zheng Xiaohong, a woman with a lot of burdens.

Chi Jianjun was already furious and hadn't left yet when he bumped into Zheng Xiaohong head-on.

He threw the dirty clothes in his hand at Zheng Xiaohong.

Before Zheng Xiaohong could even speak, dirty clothes hit her head and face.

The crutch in his hand accidentally tripped on a piece of clothing, and he lost his balance and fell flat on his face again with a thud.

"Chi Jianjun?! What are you crazy about?!"

Zheng Xiaohong's right foot suffered a severe blow for the third time, and her face was distorted with pain.

The old doctor at the hospital told her before that she had a slight fracture in her right foot and could not get injured again.

Otherwise, she would risk becoming a cripple!

But no matter how careful she was, she still couldn't prevent it and fell again.

Feeling severe pain in her right ankle, Zheng Xiaohong, fearing she would become crippled, also became angry.

In the past, she always spoke softly to Chi Jianjun, but now her voice became uncontrollably sharp.

Irritated by the harsh and unpleasant sound, Chi Jianjun became even more angry.

"Okay, Zheng Xiaohong, you actually dared to yell at me? I haven't even settled the score with you yet, and you're even more irritable than me!"

"Your eldest son has screwed me over like this. Where can I go to seek justice? I really regret marrying you and even agreeing to let you bring your eldest son along!"

"If Xiangyun were still here, nothing like this would have happened. Not only would she not hold me back, but she would have helped me climb the ladder!"

When Zheng Xiaohong heard Chi Jianjun say that he regretted marrying her and compared her with Liao Xiangyun, it really touched a sensitive nerve.

Zheng Xiaohong felt inferior. Even though Chi Jianjun was also a second marriage like her and they both had children, she still couldn't control her inferiority complex when facing Chi Jianjun.

Similarly, she also felt inferior towards the deceased Liao Xiangyun.

After so many years of marriage, she has always suppressed herself. Even though she has many dissatisfactions with Chi Jianjun, she dare not make trouble with him.

She just wanted to defeat Liao Xiangyun and make Chi Jianjun think that she was better than Liao Xiangyun and more suitable to be a wife.

I thought that after all these years, I had finally defeated Liao Xiangyun and surpassed Liao Xiangyun's position in Chi Jianjun's heart.

But Chi Jianjun's words were like pouring a bucket of cold water on her head.

Maybe because she was too stimulated and couldn't control her emotions, or maybe she had completely given up, but Zheng Xiaohong looked at Chi Jianjun and sneered loudly.

"I'm not as good as Liao Xiangyun, and I don't have her ability. If you still miss her, why don't you go find her?"

"Just because you've treated her daughter like this over the years, if Liao Xiangyun saw you, she'd probably beat you up with a hammer!"

"Also, if you can't get a promotion, it's because of your own incompetence. My eldest son is just an external factor. Don't try to blame it all on me."

Chi Jianjun's face flushed, and he felt a little angry and embarrassed.

"Who else can I blame if not you? It's all because you didn't teach your children well! Look at the three children you gave birth to. The eldest is a thief and is in jail. The two younger ones are also unfilial. Their grandmother has been sick these days. Have they ever said a single word of concern?"

"They are so unfilial at such a young age. What can I expect from them when I am old?!"

"Also, if you weren't such a bad stepmother, would my daughter be so estranged from me? Would she not live at home?! It was you who drove her away."

Zheng Xiaohong continued to sneer.

Chi Jianjun said that she was the one who forced Chi Guai to leave? Ugh!

If Chi Jianjun really loved his eldest daughter so much, how could he dare to treat her badly?!

It was not that she later discovered that Chi Jianjun's relationship with Chi Gu'ai was just that of a father-daughter relationship.

Her attitude towards Chi Gu'ai gradually became worse, and when she slowly tested Chi Jianjun, she didn't believe that Chi Jianjun didn't notice it at all.

As early as after she gave birth to twins, one of whom was a boy, Chi Jianjun devoted himself to his son, and his fatherly love for Chi Guai became increasingly weak.

If he had shown more concern for Ikegami Ai, she would not have dared to treat Ikegami Ai badly.

Could it be that Chi Jianjun still thinks that he is a good father and she is the bad person?

Just fool others, but don’t fool yourself!

Speaking of filial piety, Zheng Xiaohong also sneered.

Chi Jianjun has the nerve to call the twins unfilial, but why doesn't he look at himself?!

During the days that the old woman was paralyzed in bed, it was her, her daughter-in-law, who was busy taking care of her.

As the old woman's biological son, what did he do?

He did nothing, just walked away to live in the security department, and didn't even go home.

He himself wasn't filial to the old woman, yet he had the nerve to accuse the twins of being unfilial?! How dare he!

As she spoke, Zheng Xiaohong began to wipe away her tears. She felt wronged!

"Wow, I'm done with it. You have no idea how your mother tortured me these days. Now even you are bullying me. I'm not a cheapskate, so why would I go up to her and ask for trouble?"

"You can enjoy these days, but forget it. The child is grown up now, and there is nothing I can't let go of."

"Your biological mother, you will take care of yourself from now on!"

As she spoke, Zheng Xiaohong picked up her crutches and limped away.

When Chi Jianjun found out that Zheng Xiaohong was serious, he was stunned.

No, in the past, when he lost his temper, didn’t Zheng Xiaohong always go along with him and coax him?

Why didn't she try to comfort him this time? Instead, she wanted to give up?!

Thinking that after Zheng Xiaohong quit her job, the task of taking care of her mother would fall on him, Chi Jianjun felt overwhelmed.

He still has work to do and doesn't have the time or energy to go home and take care of the patients.

Chi Jianjun didn't even have time to be angry and hurried forward to stop Zheng Xiaohong.

Fortunately, Zheng Xiaohong's legs were not very strong and she couldn't walk fast, so Chi Jianjun quickly stopped her.

"Where are you going? Where will you live after leaving home? I was just talking to myself. Work wasn't going well for me, so I was upset and spoke without thinking. What made you angry?"

Zheng Xiaohong, who was stopped, struggled with her arms, but when she saw that she couldn't get them free, she stopped.

Chi Jianjun was right, she really had nowhere to go if she left home.

Just now, she just wanted to control Chi Jianjun and let him know her importance and that this family cannot do without her.

After he understood, he no longer dared to vent his anger on her or argue with her about his eldest son.

Now Chi Jianjun softened his tone and apologized to her, and Zheng Xiaohong decided to stop while she was ahead.

The two finally calmed down. Zheng Xiaohong remembered the purpose of her visit and began to instigate Chi Jianjun to coax Chi Guyai back home.

When Ikeyani Ai returns home to live, not only can she help take care of the old lady, but she will also have to hand over part of her salary to the family.

Zheng Xiaohong didn't dare to take Chi Gu Ai's entire salary, but even if she only paid a part of it, it would be fine.

When the time is right, she will find someone for Iketani Ai who is willing to pay a high bride price and marry her off.

Zheng Xiaohong only thought about good things, but didn't think about whether Ikegami Ai was willing to cooperate.

Chi Jianjun thought about it and did not refuse Zheng Xiaohong's request that he persuade Chi Guyai to go home and live there.

His position as section chief has now been taken away by Chen Fangping, and he hates the man with the surname Chen.

Zheng Xiaohong just said that Gu Ai didn’t save an ordinary person this time?

Who knows, his hope of making a comeback may lie here!

No matter what, we can't let our daughter continue to live in the Chen family. It's a bargain for the Chen family!

Without even bothering to send Zheng Xiaohong to the hospital, Chi Jianjun excitedly went to Chen's house.

If Chen and Wang Lunan stop him from taking his daughter home again this time, he will never let it go easily.

The daughter is his biological daughter. Even if Mr. Chen and Wang Lunan are her godfather and godmother, they cannot stop him, the biological father, from taking the child home to live.

If they stop us, they will have bad intentions.

By then, he will have plenty of dirty water to throw on Chen.

Maybe if Mr. Chen’s reputation is ruined, he will give up the position of section chief, and then he will have another chance!

As soon as he arrived at the Chen family's door, Chi Jianjun was stopped by the mess at the stairs.

When Chi Jianjun found out that it was the Chen family who were moving things out, he was about to speak when he was ordered around by Chi Guai who came out of the house.

"Hey? Old Chi, you're here too? Did you hear that I was moving and come to help?"

"You've come just in time. There are two cabinets in the room. They're made of solid wood and are very heavy. My godfather has a bad back and can't use his strength. You're here just to lend a hand."

Moving? Moving already?

Why did he move out before he could even persuade her?!

Chi Jianjun, who was still thinking about how he could throw dirty water on others if Chen and Wang Lunan stopped him, felt a sense of emptiness.

When he learned that Iketani Ai was not moving back to the Chi family but was going to live in the dormitory allocated by the Public Security Bureau, he felt even more empty.

Aren't you coming here excitedly, getting nothing, and going back empty-handed?

Oh, it’s not like I went back empty-handed.

He was urged by Ai Iketani to move the cabinet out, and because he was not concentrating, he twisted his waist and returned home with an injury!