"Brother, can we talk alone?"
After stopping Zhou Chen, Zhou Ling lost her usual arrogance.
If it weren't for the familiar voice, Zhou Chen wouldn't have recognized that the person in front of him, whose face was completely covered, was Zhou Ling.
Zhou Ling wasn't stupid. She knew that her appearance would attract attention and gossip, so she deliberately wore a hat, glasses, and a mask to completely cover her face, just to avoid being recognized.
"I have nothing to talk to you about."
Zhou Chen refused outright. After Zhou Ling was released on bail by Zhao Kun and his lawyer on the grounds that Zhou Ling was pregnant, he immediately learned about the matter from the county leaders.
Unexpectedly, the child in Zhou Ling's belly saved her; otherwise, Zhou Ling would have inevitably gone to jail and suffered the consequences of defaming his business.
Although Zhou Ling escaped a terrible ordeal, the ending wasn't perfect, but seeing Zhou Ling take the initiative to humble herself was still a good thing.
Unfortunately, he didn't want to waste words with Zhou Ling. He knew her too well; the reason she was begging was simply because she wanted to ask him for something.
Moreover, they came entirely because of Zhou Chuan's matter.
Zhou Chen had already anticipated this scenario.
"Big brother, I know that fourth brother has wronged you, and I have wronged you too. We know we were wrong. Can you forgive us this once? I can apologize to you, and I can apologize to you on behalf of fourth brother. Let's drop the matter and go to the police station to ask Uncle Hat to release fourth brother. Otherwise, fourth brother's life will be over!"
Seeing Zhou Chen's cold expression and his unwillingness to pay attention to her, Zhou Ling was unhappy, but she knew she couldn't show it. If she wanted Zhou Chen to give in, she had to lower her stance.
Therefore, Zhou Ling took off her glasses, her eyes reddening, and put on a pitiful appearance, hoping to soften Zhou Chen's heart.
However,
Zhou Ling thought her act of playing the victim would work, but little did she know that Zhou Chen wouldn't fall for it. After all, Zhou Chen knew what kind of person Zhou Ling was. He had seen Zhou Ling's true colors in his past life, so how could he be fooled? Moreover, Zhou Chuan was a scoundrel who had ruined his business. Being kind to Zhou Chuan would be being cruel to himself.
Begging me won't work!
From the day he was reborn, the three ingrates were no longer his siblings, but strangers. Zhou Ling and Zhou Chuan kept trying to annoy him, and now they had become his enemies.
He showed no mercy to his enemies.
Seeing that Zhou Chen remained silent, Zhou Ling felt a sense of unease. She hadn't expected Zhou Chen to be so unmoved, which made her hate his cold-bloodedness. But could she give up?
cannot!
A thought struck Zhou Ling, and she immediately thought of her deceased parents. She changed the subject, "Big brother, when Mom and Dad were alive, they doted on our fourth brother the most. He should be punished for his mistakes, but sending him to jail is too harsh. It will leave a stain on his life."
If Mom and Dad were alive, they definitely wouldn't want to see this happen. Please, for the sake of our deceased parents, forgive my fourth brother this once. I'm begging you, okay?
Seeing Zhou Ling abandoning all pride and dignity to beg him for Zhou Chuan's sake, acting like a loving sibling, Zhou Chen found it increasingly laughable.
You, Zhou Ling, are willing to go to such lengths for your own brother. Why didn't you treat me like this before? You're afraid that Zhou Chuan will have a stain on his life. In the previous life, I, Zhou Chen, took the blame and went to jail. Why weren't you afraid that I would have a stain on my life?
If Zhou Chuan can't leave a stain on his reputation, then Zhou Chen can.
That's such a double standard!
You even used his deceased parents to morally blackmail him; how could you, Zhou Ling, come up with such a thing?
"Let me emphasize one point: those are my biological parents, not yours. If you three ungrateful wretches had any regard for your parents, you wouldn't have done those things to smear and spread rumors. Now you're begging me? Sorry, giving up is impossible. Don't try to use my parents to blackmail me. Even if they were still alive, let alone if they were dead, I would still pursue this to the end!"
Zhou Chen said those words and, too lazy to waste any more time, got on his bicycle and left.
Zhou Ling was left alone, standing there in a daze.
It failed!
Even though he begged Zhou Chen, he still couldn't save Zhou Chuan's life.
Zhou Ling clenched her fists, her eyes filled with resentment. She had already bowed her head; what more did they want from her? Kneel down before you, Zhou Chen?
“Zhou Chen, you should be lenient when you can, and leave a way out for others so that you can meet again in the future. You have gone to such extremes that you will surely be punished.”
Zhou Ling turned her head away angrily, watching Zhou Chen's figure disappear into the setting sun.
"If there is such a thing as retribution, it should be taken against those ungrateful bastards!"
"Who wronged whom? They clearly did something wrong, but they come here pretending to be wronged. How can people be so shameless?"
Just then, a cold laugh rang out from behind Zhou Ling.
"It's you!"
Zhou Ling turned her head and saw that it was Li Kaile who was speaking. Her eyes immediately filled with anger.
Li Kaile snorted: "So what if it's me? Did I say something wrong? Zhou Ling, you three siblings are the adopted daughters and sons of the Zhou family. It's one thing if you're not grateful to the Zhou family, but instead you keep doing ungrateful things. You are like the farmer and the snake, Mr. Dongguo and the wolf. You should be glad there are no gods in the world, otherwise, the three of you will be in a worse state than the other!"
“You…” Zhou Ling was furious.
Li Kaile deliberately mocked, "What do you mean, 'you'? You have the nerve to do it, what are you afraid of what others will say!"
“This is our family matter, it’s none of your business as an outsider. Who do you think you are, a poor student who ranks last in exams?” Zhou Ling said resentfully, picking on Li Kaile’s shortcomings and confronting him head-on.
Li Kaile didn't care at all. "It's true that I'm a bad student, but you're not even as good as me. You didn't even graduate from high school, and as far as I know, your grades in school weren't that great either. You weren't much better than me. What are you so arrogant about?"
Dropping out of school to have a child with a street thug, don't you feel ashamed? I'm mortified by your boasting, yet you act all proud of it. Have some shame! Brother Chen doesn't bother talking to you because he has some self-respect, unlike you, who's shameless!
Faced with Zhou Ling's ungrateful behavior, Li Kaile was furious and unleashed a torrent of abuse, showing no mercy whatsoever.
If it weren't for Zhou Ling and Zhou Chuan, their business would be even better than it is now. Just thinking about the grievances he had suffered before made Li Kaile furious. Today, he was finally able to vent his anger.
"Classmates, come and see! This is Zhou Ling, an ingrate who spreads rumors and slanders against her adoptive parents' son. How dare she come to school?"
To make Zhou Ling lose even more face, Li Kaile shouted, attracting all eyes to Zhou Ling.
Immediately, many people turned their attention to it and began to point and whisper.
Faced with everyone's accusations, Zhou Ling was both angry and ashamed, and she quickly slunk away, not daring to linger.
Seeing this scene, Li Kaile felt refreshed and extremely comfortable!
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