Zhou Shangcai was quite embarrassed: "I've had some free time lately, so... I came back to visit Mom!"
He said these words as if he had made up his mind.
Even though they rarely met, Zhou Hongyu knew her older brother well; he was lying!
Zhou Hongyu smiled and nodded, pretending not to have seen through his clumsy lie: "That's great, brother, Mom has been hoping you could come back to see her!"
After hearing this, Zhou Shangcai's expression turned forlorn, but his tone instantly became firm: "Little sister, I'm retired. I'll have plenty of time to spend with Mom from now on!"
Zhou Hongyu was slightly surprised. "Huh? My sister-in-law would agree?"
In fact, Sister-in-law Zhou disagreed at all, but Brother Zhou insisted on it. The two, who had been respectful to each other for many years, started arguing, but this was not the reason they were getting a divorce.
Zhou Hongyu could tell that her elder brother had made the decision on his own without consulting the family. She didn't want to pry into the details, so she could only nod to indicate that she understood.
Seeing that Zhou Hongyu didn't press for details, Zhou Shang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He wasn't good at lying, but now he had told a lie to his family that he couldn't cover up.
This includes both the anxiety of not being able to cover it up and the unbearable shame of lying.
Luckily, my younger sister didn't notice at all!
Zhou Hongyu: I could tell at a glance that I was just trying to be considerate of your feelings!
Zhou Shang then stammered that he dared not go home to see his mother-in-law.
Zhou Hongyu's eyelids twitched. Her elder brother must have gotten into a huge mess and run back home, too ashamed to face her!
Zhou Hongyu couldn't help but ask, "So, when do you plan to go see Mom, big brother?"
Zhou Shangcai, unusually timid, asked in a conciliatory tone, "Perhaps, in a few days?"
Zhou Hongyu raised an eyebrow. "A few days is fine. Maybe my sister-in-law will come all the way from Shanghai and drag you away. That way, the old lady won't have to worry about anything else."
Zhou Hongyu agreed to his suggestion, but Zhou Shangcai became increasingly uneasy, glancing around the villa area from time to time, his urge to see Granny Zhou growing stronger.
Zhou Hongyu realized that things couldn't continue like this, so she seized the opportunity to ask him, "Why don't we go see Mom now?"
"Let's go, let's go!" Zhou Shangcai couldn't wait any longer.
Zhou Hongyu led him over, and the Shen family's nanny opened the door. She was stunned to see Zhou's eldest son, who had only ever appeared in photos, standing in front of her.
Zhou Shangcai disregarded everything else, asked for information about Granny Zhou's room, and rushed in.
The Shen family's nanny gaped open: "Mr. Zhou, will something bad happen?"
"Probably not!" Zhou Hongyu nodded with a smile. The old lady hadn't been feeling well lately and had heard some upsetting news. Seeing her older brother might cheer her up.
As she expected, Granny Zhou was startled when she saw the person rushing into the bedroom. But when she recognized him as her eldest son, she couldn't stop smiling and felt much better.
Hearing the laughter coming from the bedroom, Zhou Hongyu nodded in satisfaction and was about to go over to claim credit when she heard Zhou Pozi's cursing voice coming from inside.
"Are you courting death, Zhou Shangcai! When you were in the army, your wife worked hard to take care of the family. Now that you're retired and the children are grown up, you don't need her anymore, so you're planning to divorce her. If you dare to divorce her, I'll disown you as my son!"
Zhou Shangcai was kicked out looking disheveled.
Zhou Hongyu stood near the door, glanced awkwardly at her elder brother, and touched her nose: "Brother, are you going to divorce your wife?"
Zhou Shangcai said with a pained expression, "Little sister, no one can persuade me, this marriage must end!"
Hey, why are you suddenly so strong this time? Are you finally thinking straight?
I used to do everything in a daze.
A surge of curiosity welled up in Zhou Hongyu's heart. What exactly had happened? And why had her elder brother's attitude changed so drastically?
Zhou Shangcai couldn't keep it to himself, and when Zhou Hongyu asked him, he told her everything.
Granny Zhou heard everything clearly through the crack in the door.
The reason was that Zhou's sister-in-law's family business was poorly managed and suffered serious financial losses. Most of the family's money was invested and could not be liquidated. However, at this critical moment, Zhou's sister-in-law wanted to send her child abroad to study.
In recent years, seeing that Zhou Shangcai's two younger sisters' families have sent their children abroad one after another, Zhou's sister-in-law has had different thoughts. In the past, Zhou's mother would never have agreed, and Zhou Shangcai, being old-fashioned and conservative, would never have agreed either, so they never thought of sending their children abroad.
Things are different now; someone was the first to try something new, and the final result was quite good.
Even a student like Tian Xiaoman, who had the worst grades, could become a successful person and achieve some success in his career after going abroad.
Zhou Shangcai and his wife also had a worrying young son who was of average talent. He relied on his family's financial support to get married, have children, and establish himself. He had a job to make ends meet, so he wouldn't starve, but he also couldn't get rich. He couldn't survive without his extended family.
The problem is that this good-for-nothing youngest son insisted on going to help the poor when he got married.
The woman they found didn't like the man. The youngest daughter-in-law's whole family depended on the young couple for support, but after giving birth, she quit her job without notice and went home to take care of her husband and child. As for the heavy responsibility of the family, it was thrown onto the youngest son, and after going around in circles, it ended up back on Zhou Shangcai and his wife.
Because of this troublesome family that often quarrels, Zhou Shangcai and his wife are caught in the middle and have a difficult time.
One day, Sister-in-law Zhou suddenly had the idea of sending her youngest son abroad to try and make a fortune. Maybe he could turn his life around and become a successful person, thus easing the burden on the family.
Sister-in-law Zhou needed funds to send her youngest son abroad, so she set her sights on the houses on the foundation of the Zhou family's old residence.
When the house was built, Granny Zhou had it notarized, so that each of her four children would have a house after she passed away.
Before this, all the rent from the houses was used by Granny Zhou for charity.
Zhou Hongyu sighed: "Big brother, you..."
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