Zhou Ling blamed everything on Zhou Chen.
Even when she realized she was wrong, she still refused to admit it, insisting that she was right and innocent.
Zhou Na, also spending the Lunar New Year alone and forlorn, was staying in a hotel.
However, compared to Zhou Ling, Zhou Na is used to being alone and does not experience significant emotional fluctuations.
Because whether in the dormitory, classroom, or cafeteria, she always lived a solitary life.
For Zhou Na, the Spring Festival was not a day to celebrate. What truly moved her was the opportunity to pass the exam and leave Fanjia County.
What she was thinking was, "School starts soon, and the college entrance exam comes soon!"
I don't want to stay on this land where I grew up.
Only by escaping and going to a place where no one knows her can she start a completely new life of her own.
A steaming bowl of instant noodles was Zhou Na's dinner, and also her New Year's Eve dinner.
After eating,
Zhou Na arrived outside the hotel, looked up at the night sky, and saw fireworks glittering.
a long time,
After watching the fireworks, Zhou Na turned around and went back to rest.
A few minutes later,
The middle-aged couple who went out to search for their son returned. The hotel owner asked them about their search and was happy to hear that they had a concrete lead.
"Great, we've finally found it!"
"Yes, but I don't know if those children will recognize us?"
“We are their biological parents, and they have no choice but to acknowledge us. Now that they have grown up, it is time for them to take care of us in our old age.”
Zhou Na, who had just lain down, overheard this indistinct conversation. When she opened her eyes, a look of disgust flashed across them.
Searching for their children just to support them in their old age? How can there be such parents in the world? Why should their children acknowledge them?
Zhou Na thought to herself that if she were the child of the couple, she would definitely not acknowledge them. She was better off without such a family; once she acknowledged them, they would only be a burden.
Thinking of the couple living next door who found their child, Zhou Na couldn't help but wonder where her parents, who had abandoned her and her two siblings, were now, and whether they had ever come back to look for them.
If one day they appear before her, wanting to acknowledge her, how will she react? Will she accept them?
Zhou Na fell into deep thought.
She didn't know the answer either.
But she was certain that if her parents were like the couple renting next door, she would never acknowledge them. She hoped that her biological parents were not like that.
However,
In an instant, Zhou Na recalled the experience of being abandoned by her three siblings, and she began to doubt: how could parents who could abandon their own children be of good character?
No good person would do such a thing.
Furthermore, could the children the couple next door are looking for be the three siblings?
Zhou Na became increasingly terrified as she thought about it; she didn't want it to be true.
She doesn't want such irresponsible parents.
She decided to stay at a different hotel tomorrow and not stay here.
...
The first day of the new year,
Zhou Chen sent New Year's greetings to Xu Laoqi, Sun Liancheng, Lu Guoliang, Wu Yingjie and others. These people were all kind to him and had helped him in various ways in life and career.
As for Zhou's relatives, since he's been removed from the family tree, there's no need for any pretense of politeness anymore, and there's no need to contact them at all.
This saves a lot of trouble.
In the past, when their parents were alive, Zhou Na and her two siblings did not want to pay New Year's visits. As the eldest brother, he had to act as their representative to pay New Year's visits to all the elders of the Zhou family. Even so, those elders still disliked their family and held great prejudices against them.
Zhou Chen didn't understand why he had to be so eager to please his parents, but his father insisted that it was a matter of family upbringing and etiquette. So even after his parents passed away, he would still call them during holidays.
Now that he has been reborn and is being treated like that by the Zhou family, he can finally be himself without any worries and without having to please those arrogant relatives.
If they don't even recognize you anymore, and you still try to get close to them, that's just being pathetic.
He, Zhou Chen, isn't that despicable.
Zhoujia Village, located hundreds of miles away from Fanjia County,
The younger generation of the Zhou family paid New Year's greetings to their elders. Zhou Lao Er, Zhou Lao San, and others gathered in the ancestral hall to discuss the repair of the old and damaged hall.
As the ancestral hall of the Zhou family, it would cost a lot of money to repair it, but there has never been a consensus on how much each family should contribute, because no one wants to spend more than necessary.
But if it's shared equally, some people who aren't doing well won't be able to afford it.
"In my opinion, Zhou Chen should pay for this."
Auntie's words stunned everyone. After many people looked over, Auntie explained that Zhou Chen would call to wish everyone a Happy New Year every year. She took this opportunity to ask Zhou Chen for money in the tone of an elder.
“It’s a good idea, but if we remove him from the family tree, will he still take the initiative to pay New Year’s visits?” Some people were not optimistic.
Auntie was confident, saying, "His father set the rules, and even if he is kicked out of the family register, he will definitely abide by them. I can guarantee that. He will definitely call us on his own initiative. The important thing is for us to think about how to squeeze this money out of him."
“I think it’s feasible. Although he has been removed from the family tree, he is surnamed Zhou and has made a lot of money in business. We should use the money to do this.”
Third Aunt chimed in, and those around her were persuaded as well.
In an instant, everyone reached a consensus. After all, if Zhou Chen paid the money, they wouldn't have to pay anything, which was naturally a good thing.
then,
A group of people sat in the ancestral hall, waiting for Zhou Chen's New Year's greeting phone call.
But they waited and waited, and the sun was already high in the sky, until noon, but Zhou Chen still hadn't called.
Not to mention Zhou Chen's phone call, Zhou Na, Zhou Ling, and Zhou Chuan, the three siblings, also didn't send New Year's greetings.
This filled the Zhou family members, who had been waiting anxiously, with resentment.
"Unworthy descendants! Unworthy descendants!"
"How could my Zhou family produce such an ill-mannered fellow?"
"Does kicking him out of the family genealogy mean that he won't take the initiative to pay New Year's visits? That's absurd."
"Putting aside the facts, isn't he completely without fault?"
The second and third aunts joined in with a string of curses, completely disregarding their image, because Zhou Chen had thoroughly humiliated them.
Zhou Chen, who was on a date with Sun Wanying, felt her ears getting very hot.
"It must be those shameless old geezers talking about me."
"hehe……"
Zhou Chen sneered, knowing that someone must be cursing him behind his back, but so what? He didn't care.
Let them scold me; it won't hurt me.
He's too lazy to care about those who just want to leech off him and get something for nothing.
Those people don't deserve it!
Just then,
Zhou Chen suddenly received a phone call from his neighbor next door.
When Zhou Chen heard that someone was looking for him, and that they were suspected to be the biological parents who had abandoned the three siblings years ago and were now looking for their son, he was stunned.
A moment later, he couldn't help but laugh out loud again.
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