Chapter 24 The Demon Pill Stepfather 24 (The End)

"What do you have at home? Besides this house, how much money do you think you have?" Father Ji found it ridiculous.

But her eyes were filled with tears: "I won't give anyone the little bit left in my savings account. If I'm gone one day, that will be Xiuyuan's retirement money."

“Dapeng is still my grandson, but you two have nothing to do with us anymore.”

"I won't give you a single bowl from the house."

"You won't even give me a single bowl?" said Ji's father coldly. Ji Huaisheng couldn't help but feel his eyes redden.

"Why should I?"

“I am your son too.”

Uncle Ji: "It's not like that now."

"Alright, alright." Ji Huaisheng was helped up by Yang Xiangui: "No, I have nothing to do with you anymore."

"Don't come to me for cleaning up after me!"

Yang Xiangui looked at his son: "Go home! What are you still doing here?"

"Our family has nothing to do with them anymore!"

Zhou Qing supported her grandmother, who was crying uncontrollably.

"Grandma, don't be sad, you still have Dad."

Ji's mother looked at her youngest son standing to the side; the child who used to be the most troublesome seemed to be the one who was most willing to stay with them.

Ji Dapeng didn't move. He stepped forward, took his grandfather's arm, and kept saying sorry. He apologized to his parents for the mistakes they had made.

Some people wanted to step forward and persuade Ji's father and mother.

But Ji Huaizhi took them back first.

"Dapeng, you should go back first." As soon as Ji's father spoke, Ji Dapeng burst into tears.

Mr. Ji said helplessly, "Grandpa means you should go back and rest. We definitely won't be able to cook dinner at home today. Your parents' affairs have nothing to do with you."

"Come play again tomorrow, Grandpa is a little tired and sleepy."

Ji's father went back to his room and sat on the edge of the bed, staring blankly at the big tree outside the window.

Ji Huaizhi came in with his father's savings book in his hand.

“I used to think you were the most unfilial one. Even when your mother and I talked about you at night, we would say that if we were to pass away, the first thing you would do is ask for a share of the money.”

"I never imagined that your mother and I had misjudged you."

Ji Huaizhi put down the savings book: "You and Mom are unlucky. You have two disappointing sons."

Father Ji suddenly laughed: "So in that case, your mother and I are still quite pitiful, and we'll be even more pitiful when we get old."

"You and Mom have cleaned up my messes for a lifetime, I'll carry you on my back for the rest of the way."

Ji's father looked at the swaying branches outside the window and felt a lump in his throat.

"dad."

"Don't worry, I'm here."

~

Ji Huaisheng and Yang Xiangui had a very bad relationship with their son. After their son went to university, he never came back. Even when he did come back, he would only visit his grandparents and never set foot in the house.

Ji Huaisheng hardened his heart and cut off his tuition and living expenses, but unexpectedly, the other party completely cut off contact and could not be reached.

Yang Xiangui blamed him for being too ruthless.

They were afraid that their son would abandon them in the future.

Ji Huaisheng had already started thinking about raising a smaller version of the phone, just two days after he and Yang Xiangui had started working on it.

Unexpectedly, on his way home from working overtime one day, he was stuffed in a sack, his leg was broken, and his ribs were also broken. Fortunately, the surveillance cameras on that section of the road were broken, and there was no one around.

Even so, they couldn't find the person, and he became the only victim.

The man didn't speak, but he knew it must be Ji Huaizhi.

He only had a feud with Ji Huaizhi.

Although he had no evidence, he still reported it to the police. However, an investigation revealed that Ji Huaizhi was not even in the area that day.

In the end, nothing came of it.

Ji Huaisheng was filled with hatred; he never expected him to be so ruthless.

This is clearly aimed at killing him.

When I cut ties with him and he didn't react, I thought the matter was over. I figured we wouldn't interfere with each other anymore, and I could just pretend I didn't know him.

I didn't expect so much time to have passed.

Suddenly they attacked him and completely crippled him.

Yang Xiangui believed that Ji Huaizhi had offended someone outside, since the police had said that Ji Huaizhi was not in the area at the time, and it was impossible for his gangster friends to be there either.

If it's true, then there must be a ghost involved.

Unexpectedly, on the first day after Ji Huaisheng was discharged from the hospital, Ji Huaizhi brought a bag of things and said he wanted to come and see him.

Yang Xiangui was suspicious; they had a grudge against them and hadn't let anyone in.

What if he really did it? What if he does something else to hurt them?

Unexpectedly, the other person just smiled and put down what they were holding.

After everyone left, he took the items inside and opened them in front of Ji Huaisheng, only to find that they contained ghost money.

Enraged, Ji Huaisheng fell off his wheelchair, causing further injury.

~

After graduating, Zhou Qing was recruited back to her hometown through a talent introduction program and was assigned a good, stable position with decent benefits.

Her father would drive her around during her vacations, and the family of four lived a comfortable and peaceful life.

That day, she left work as usual. Her father messaged her saying that he had made tender, braised pork ribs and her favorite fried shrimp, and asked her to bring him two bottles of wine when she got home.

The message ended with a pitiful emoji.

Zhou Qing is now very strict with his father.

We forced him to quit smoking, but only allowed him to drink alcohol occasionally.

Ji's mother often laughed at her son, saying that now that he could enjoy the blessings of having a daughter, he was also afraid of her.

Zhou Qing wasn't looking where she was going when a strange yet familiar voice called out to her.

“Qingqing.” A little boy stood next to Zhang Fengning.

She stared at Zhou Qing without blinking: "You're so grown up now, you must be working, right?"

"You're all grown up now, I hardly recognize you anymore."

Zhou Qing looked at her, unsure how to begin. The pain from her childhood seemed to have persisted, and the feeling of weightlessness in her heart made her breathe slowly and deliberately.

"Ms. Zhang."

The words "Ms. Zhang" stung Zhang Fengning: "What did you call me?"

"Ms. Zhang," Zhou Qing repeated.

"After all these years, are you still resentful towards me?" Zhang Fengning pulled her son forward, saying, "I thought you'd understand your mother now that you're older..."

"I understand you even less now that I'm older." Zhou Qing looked down at the little boy: "What do you want from me?"

"Are you trying to make me fulfill my filial duties? Or are you trying to make me sacrifice for this younger brother I've never met? Or are you trying to introduce me to someone now that I'm older?"

Zhang Fengning was speechless.

Because both are available.

“Mom hasn’t had a good life these past few years either. Your Uncle Lin’s son targeted me and almost caused me to miscarry. Now that your Uncle Lin has become successful, he hates me.”

Zhang Fengning stepped forward to pull her, but she dodged away.

"you....."

“Ms. Zhang, there’s nothing I can do to help you with these things,” Zhou Qing said coldly. “I’m also very sorry, but I have my own life to live now.”

"You can't just abandon me!" Zhang Fengning said unwillingly.

“I can,” Zhou Qing said firmly, “just like you didn’t care about me before.”

"My dad urged me to go home for dinner, so he left first."

Zhang Fengning: "You really treat him like your father? He's just a bloodsucker, he only cares about you making money now!"

"Does Ji Zhouqing need any help?" Someone who ran into her thought she was in trouble and asked.

"It's nothing, just ran into an acquaintance." Zhou Qing shook his head, thanked Zhang Fengning, and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now. Don't come looking for me, I have nothing to do with you now."

Zhang Fengning grabbed her: "What did he just call you?"

"Ji Zhouqing, I've changed my surname."

(over)