"Zhou Ling, what nonsense are you talking about!"
“That’s my mother, your mother-in-law. How can you think of her like that?”
"You can eat the food yourself. I'm leaving. I won't be staying at home tonight. You've disappointed me too much."
When Zhao Kun returned home, during dinner, Zhou Ling mentioned that Old Mrs. Zhao might have gone to see other old men. This angered Zhao Kun so much that he slammed down his chopsticks and left the house.
Stepping out of the residential area,
Zhao Kun glanced behind him, his face no longer showing extreme anger, but instead revealing a triumphant smile, because he just wanted to take advantage of the situation and deliberately get so angry so that he wouldn't have to lie in bed with Zhou Ling and deal with her demands.
They kept giving him all sorts of tonics to nourish his waist and kidneys, to the point that he was almost vomiting.
He really wasn't interested in certain things; at least, Zhou Ling didn't interest him.
Inside the room,
Hearing the phone's switched-off tone, Zhou Ling knew that he had just thoroughly angered Zhao Kun and didn't want to answer her call.
"Zhou Chen, it's all your fault. If it weren't for you, Brother Kun wouldn't be so quick to anger. My family is unhappy and disharmonious, and it's all because of you."
"Why can't you just die?"
Zhou Ling once again dragged Zhou Chen into the mess as a scapegoat, cursing incessantly at the air.
...
Yanli University,
As Zhou Na and Hao Ying walked on campus, Hao Ying kept talking about the news about Zhou Chen that she had seen online.
She had heard about the private equity fund; many people were frustrated because they couldn't buy into Zhou Chen's private equity fund.
"Zhou Na, do you know how much his private equity investment is this time? It's said to be at least 5 billion."
"If he can make a big profit from foreign stocks this time, his net worth may exceed 10 billion. 10 billion! That's a lot of money."
Hao Ying's envy and amazement left Zhou Na with mixed feelings.
She cheered herself up more than once, vowing that one day she would surpass Zhou Chen. But Zhou Chen set up a private equity fund and amassed billions in one go. This made Zhou Na feel like a clown trying to shake a tree, unaware of her own limitations.
Could she really have done it without Zhou Haide's help?
Zhou Na didn't want to admit it, but she knew in her heart that this was no ordinary difficulty.
There are many people who want to become Zhou Chen or surpass him; it's not something that can be achieved by making vows or spouting a few big words.
perhaps,
She should lower her expectations and not be too ambitious; that would make it easier for her to succeed.
A bitter smile appeared on Zhou Na's face.
Unbeknownst to her, Zhou Chen had already reached a height that she could only look up to. Trying to catch up would likely be like trying to run a mountain only to die from exhaustion.
The school bell rang, and the two went back to the classroom together.
During the second long class, Zhou Na was somewhat absent-minded and often drifted off.
When eating lunch after class,
As soon as Zhou Na stepped out of the classroom, she saw two people standing at the door. One of them suddenly lit up when he saw her.
Zhou Na looked away, unconcerned, and prepared to go to the cafeteria with Hao Ying. However, at this moment, the middle-aged woman suddenly called out her name.
"Zhou Na, wait a minute."
"Is there something you need?"
Zhou Na didn't know why the other person was calling her, and looked at the middle-aged woman with some wariness.
"I'd like to talk to you alone, is that alright? Don't worry, I'm not a bad person."
Zhou Na was silent for a few seconds, thought for a moment, then turned to Hao Ying and told her to go eat first. Then she told the middle-aged woman to talk outside.
Arriving at the open space below the teaching building,
There weren't many students around, so Zhou Na asked the other person directly what they wanted to say to her.
“My name is Xia Guiqiu. I am Zhou Haide’s first wife and the biological mother of you three siblings.”
The person who came to see Zhou Na was Xia Guiqiu, who had just witnessed Zhou Haide's ignominious imprisonment.
After Xia Guiqiu revealed her identity, her eyes reddened, and she reached out, unable to resist touching Zhou Na's face.
The appearance of Xia Guiqiu as her biological mother was so sudden to Zhou Na that she was stunned for a moment.
“You’re still the same as when you were little, my eldest daughter.”
Tears streamed uncontrollably from Xia Guiqiu's eyes, stirring up long-forgotten memories in Zhou Na's mind. Xia Guiqiu's voice sounded familiar to her.
"you……"
Zhou Na became increasingly certain that the woman in front of her was indeed her mother, because the voice was exactly the same as the voice in her memory. Moreover, upon closer inspection of Xia Guiqiu, she found that she resembled her somewhat, having inherited Xia Guiqiu's face shape.
"Mom is sorry. I've made you suffer all these years. The worst decision I ever made was leaving the three of you behind."
Xia Guiqiu stepped forward and took Zhou Na's hand.
Zhou Na suddenly flung her away, angrily saying, "Since you abandoned us, why did you come back to us? You shouldn't have given birth to us in the first place."
Facing her biological mother, Zhou Na felt not joy, but anger, because she knew that if she hadn't been abandoned as a child, she wouldn't have been adopted by Zhou Chen's parents, and none of the subsequent events would have happened.
Xia Guiqiu did not refute it; she had indeed failed to fulfill her duties and responsibilities as a mother.
otherwise,
The three siblings wouldn't have ended up like this.
“Xiao Na, I have no right to beg for your forgiveness. I came here just to see you. You are the most sensible of the three of you siblings. I think you can persuade your younger brother and sister to have a meal together as a family. After that, I will leave immediately and will not bother you again.”
Xia Guiqiu said earnestly.
Zhou Na's reaction was extremely cold. She immediately refused, saying, "No need. None of us want to have dinner with you, nor do we want to be abandoned again."
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