Jiang Yue was easily swayed by gentle persuasion but not by force. Hearing the boy's soft words, she felt a little uncomfortable.
She spoke a little stiffly, "I understand."
The boy craned his neck to look at his mother, and seeing no annoyance on her face, he dared to ask in a low voice, "Mother, you've come to take me back, right?"
Jiang Yue came to the old house with the intention of just seeing him once.
I really didn't intend to bring the child back to the villa.
She has never raised a child and has no idea how to raise one.
However, her son seemed to be very well-behaved, and at this point, he did not show any signs of being the villain that the system kept talking about.
Jiang Yue didn't want to lie to the child, "It's good for you to live here, there are more people to take care of you."
Zhou Zhengchu was clearly disappointed, though it wasn't outwardly apparent. He hung his head, wondering why his mother still wouldn't take him back when he had been so well-behaved.
He seems to have become increasingly greedy lately.
Because of her mother's gentle and kind words these few times, he became greedy.
I crave her tenderness and her embrace more and more.
"Besides, I'll be very busy with work recently, and I won't have time to take care of you then."
"Mother, I understand." The boy carefully took his mother's hand, his dark eyes looking at her expectantly. "When you have time, could you come and see me more often?"
Jiang Yue resisted the urge to pull her hand away, and after considering for a moment, she said, "Okay."
Zhou Ji listened to the conversation between the mother and son without interrupting. In fact, he still didn't believe that Jiang Yue had repented about her approach to raising her child.
I don't believe that her occasional acts of kindness towards the children are genuine.
Her acting skills are only good enough to fool children.
Zhou Ji then interrupted them, his tone extremely cold and completely indifferent, "It's time to go to class."
The housekeeper immediately chimed in, "Teacher Zhao, please come with me."
Zhao Shuyan followed the housekeeper to the piano room. Her face was deathly pale. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed that Zhou Zhengchu was still so attached to his mother.
Having endured such inhuman abuse, they still harbored illusions.
Zhao Shuyan originally thought that Zhou Zhengchu would even prefer her, an outsider, to his mother, who had a bad temper.
"Teacher Zhao, what's wrong?"
Zhao Shuyan snapped out of her daze and forced a smile at the butler. "It's nothing."
She had to pull herself together for the piano lesson.
Zhou Zhengchu was very talented; in fact, he was very smart and learned everything very quickly.
The class is almost over.
Zhao Shuyan said gently, "You played very well today. We can learn new music next class."
The boy remained indifferent to the teacher's praise.
Despite his coldness, he was very well-mannered: "Thank you, teacher."
Zhao Shuyan forced a faint smile, intentionally trying to get closer to him, "Teacher also brought you a toy this time, the bamboo dragonfly you really wanted before."
The first time she gave him a piano lesson.
The child was somewhat sullen, gazing absently at the dragonflies outside the window.
She went over and asked him if he really wanted it.
The boy nodded.
But at this moment, none of what Zhao Shuyan had imagined happened. The little boy frowned as he looked at the bamboo dragonfly she took out of her bag: "Thank you, but I don't need it."
Zhao Shuyan had no idea that the boy wanted a bamboo dragonfly woven by his mother.
He had seen his mother knit one and give it to the little girl next door, which made him feel envious, but also a little unhappy.
When Zhao Shuyan met the boy's cold face, her deliberate attempt to please seemed like she had been doused with cold water, but she did not give up.
Over time, as we got to know each other better...
Even a child has a basic ability to distinguish who treats him well and who doesn't.
After her piano lesson, Zhao Shuyan was driven home by the driver.
When she left, the living room was empty.
*
The Zhou family's old residence was heavily guarded.
Zhou Ji's grandfather held a high position of power and influence, and the Zhou family today also holds a pivotal position in Beijing.
The deeply entrenched power structure is so powerful that it's no exaggeration to say they can control everything.
The Zhou family members are usually very low-key and do not like to be exposed in the media.
Even the younger members of the collateral branches dared not act too recklessly.
Zhou Ji's parents naturally disliked their daughter-in-law, Jiang Yue, who was constantly in the news. However, out of good manners, they didn't say anything despite their dislike.
We should avoid meeting each other if possible.
Each time I see it, my dislike grows stronger.
After dark, Jiang Yue was asked to stay for dinner.
When Zhou Ji's aunt saw Jiang Yue at the dinner table, she couldn't help but mock her before everyone else had arrived: "You're really a celebrity now. I hear people talking about you everywhere I go."
Not a single kind word was spoken.
All of these are the bizarre things she did.
Jiang Yue pretended not to notice the sarcasm in her words, and said, "Thank you for the compliment."
Zhou Ji's aunt never expected her to be so shameless today. In the past, she had often made veiled insults at the dinner table, and Zhou Ji would always keep her head down and not dare to say a word.
He obediently accepted the scolding and reprimand.
It actually choked me today.
Jiang Yue then smiled at her aunt, her smile sweet and charming: "I will continue to bring honor to your Zhou family in the future."
Zhou Ji's aunt was so angry at those words that she choked for a moment.
She sneered, "Have you no shame?"
Jiang Yue must have been drinking today, otherwise she wouldn't dare to speak to her in this manner.
Her brother and sister-in-law disliked this daughter-in-law. In order to please her in-laws, Jiang Yue often begged her to speak well of her, and thus gave her a lot of money and gifts.
She told Jiang Yue to go east, so Jiang Yue didn't dare to go west.
They're even more obedient than the dogs we raise.
Unlike now, people have become incredibly audacious.
Compared to her exasperation, Jiang Yue remained calm and composed in her seat, a slight smirk playing on her lips. "I may be shameless, but what can you do about it?"
She said calmly, "If you don't like it, then call the police."
Zhou Ji's aunt couldn't stand her arrogance, but then she thought that she wouldn't have many good days in the Zhou family either, so she swallowed her anger.
Her brother and sister-in-law's dissatisfaction with her wasn't something that happened overnight.
The most important thing is Zhou Ji's attitude.
To outsiders, things have been somewhat unclear over the years. They say he likes her, but they haven't seen him care much about her affairs.
They said they didn't like each other, but they haven't gotten a divorce in five years.
“You act all high and mighty in front of me, but in front of Zhou Ji you still have to act docile and weak, begging him to like you.”
“I used to say a few nice words for you, but with your attitude today, don’t expect me to say a single nice word for you in the future.”
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