The third brother, Xia Hezhi, wrote to Xia Heping to tell him all these things.
Xia Heping didn't know how he felt.
It's not fair to say he resents his parents for being unfair to him; there are too many children like him in this world who are caught in the middle and neglected by their parents.
Besides, he was already used to his parents' favoritism. No matter what, his parents raised him well, and now that they are old, he will definitely not pay a penny less in support.
But to say that Xia Heping didn't care at all about his parents' favoritism towards his older brother, of course he did. He would never forget his parents' cold attitude when they separated from the family.
Because he didn't have a son at that time, and because he wasn't liked by his parents, and his wife and daughter were even less liked by them, they deserved to leave with nothing.
That period was really tough for his family, but fortunately neither he nor his wife were lazy people.
"Heping, are you asleep?" Zhang Hongyan nudged the man lying next to her, babbling on and on without hearing his response.
Xia Heping quickly replied, "No, I'm thinking about something."
Zhang Hongyan turned to look at Xia Heping in the darkness: "You miss your parents, don't you? Should we send them some New Year's gifts?"
"No need, I've already sent them living expenses. They can buy whatever they want to eat," Xia Heping said calmly, his voice revealing no emotion.
"Alright then," Zhang Hongyan hadn't really intended to send anything to Grandma Xia and the others.
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Looking at the large amount of new items in the system's warehouse, Xia Qingqing felt a surge of warmth in her heart. These were all New Year's goods that Zhou Weiyi had prepared for her, including various fruits, nuts, spicy strips, biscuits, candies, dried meat, and so on.
Xia Qingqing: [Weiwei, I received everything. You're so thoughtful! Love you~]
Zhou Wei: [Hehe, I bought you the exact same New Year's treat as the ones I bought. Qingqing, is there anything else you want to eat?]
Xia Qingqing: [That's enough, we can't finish all of this.]
Many of the things Zhou Wei bought are inconvenient to take out, and she really doesn't know how long it would take her to eat them all by herself.
Zhou Wei: [Okay then, let me know anytime you want to eat something. I'm out shopping with my friends right now, so I'll talk to you later when I get back.]
Xia Qingqing: [Okay, go have some fun!]
At that moment, Zhou Wei and Ye Ling were shopping for clothes at the mall.
With the Chinese New Year just around the corner, Zhou's mother gave her daughter 3,000 yuan to buy two nice outfits for the holiday.
Zhou's mother stayed at the shop to mind the business, which was very busy and she couldn't leave. So Zhou Wei could only ask Ye Ling to go shopping with her.
Ye Ling happened to be planning to buy two pieces of clothing as well, and the two hit it off immediately.
Zhou Wei took Ye Ling's hand and asked softly, "Lingdang, didn't you really like that sweater? Why didn't you try it on first?"
"I secretly glanced at the price tag, and guess how much a sweater costs? It's 599 yuan!!!" Ye Ling said, her voice slightly excited.
"I touched the sweater and the quality was just so-so. With that money, I could have bought several more online."
She earned all her money through hard work tutoring, and she couldn't bear to squander it like that. 599 yuan would be acceptable for a cotton coat, but she couldn't accept spending that money on a sweater.
Zhou Wei nodded in agreement, saying, "That is indeed a bit expensive. Let's go check out other stores."
"Let's go look at down jackets first. If we can't find a suitable sweater for me, we'll buy one online," Ye Ling said, pulling Zhou Wei towards the women's clothing store next door.
As soon as Zhou Wei entered the store, she saw a familiar figure; it was none other than Feng Yu.
At this moment, Feng Yu was talking to a pretty girl. The girl was wearing a snow-white down jacket and twirled around in front of Feng Yu twice, probably asking him if it looked good.
Before Feng Yu could see her, she decisively pulled Ye Ling away.
During this time, Feng Yu would message her from time to time and occasionally ask her out to dinner. She could tell that Feng Yu was pursuing her, but she didn't have any feelings for him. She would usually give him the cold shoulder or refuse him directly. If she couldn't refuse, she would pretend she didn't see his messages.
Feng Yu wasn't stupid; he probably figured out what she was thinking, and his attitude gradually cooled down.
Having finally managed to keep her distance from people, Zhou Wei didn't want Feng Yu to have any other thoughts because of this, so her first reaction was to quickly avoid him.
Ye Ling was forcibly pulled out of the store, looking completely bewildered. She asked in confusion, "Hey, Weiwei, why are you walking so fast? Didn't you like any of the clothes in that store?"
"Hmm, they all look pretty average. Let's go check out other stores," Zhou Wei said with a smile.
Ye Ling didn't have any objections. After all, it was Zhou Wei who wanted to buy the down jacket, so she had to go along with her preferences.
After walking a distance, Zhou Wei felt relieved and led Ye Ling into a women's clothing store. The clothes in the store looked quite nice.
As soon as the two entered the store, a sales assistant greeted them with a smile: "Ladies, would you like to take a look at the styles of clothes? Let me introduce them to you."
"Thank you, let's take a look ourselves first," Zhou Wei politely thanked the sales assistant.
"Okay, feel free to call me anytime if you have any questions." Seeing this, the sales assistant knew that she didn't like having someone follow her while she was shopping, so she tactfully pushed her aside.
Ye Ling casually picked up the tag on a piece of clothing and glanced at it. A seemingly ordinary long down jacket cost 2,999 yuan, which startled her so much that she immediately put the jacket back.
Seeing Zhou Wei carefully selecting clothes, Ye Ling didn't say much. It wasn't that they couldn't afford clothes at this price, it was just that it didn't align with her spending habits.
Zhou Wei quickly picked out two different styles: a black fitted top with a belt at the waist and a ruffled hem.
There was also a light blue one with a large embroidered hem, which looked quite distinctive.
Zhou Wei looked at Ye Ling with a conflicted expression: "Lingdang, which of these two colors do you think is better? Black is more resistant to dirt, but I also think the light blue looks pretty good."
Ye Ling stroked her chin and thought for a moment before saying, "I can't tell from this either. You try first."
"Okay, can you hold my bag for me?" Zhou Wei handed the bag and phone to Ye Ling.
Trying on a coat is much more convenient than trying on other clothes. You don't even need to go into the fitting room; you can just take off your own clothes and put them on.
Zhou Wei tried on the black one first. Ye Ling nodded at first, then shook her head: "It looks okay, but it's almost Chinese New Year, so don't buy the black one. Aunt Zhou will start nagging you again. Weiwei, try on the blue one too."
"That makes sense," Zhou Wei thought of her mother's advice and immediately took off her black down jacket and put it back.
She had just changed into the light blue down jacket when she heard someone calling her name from behind.
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