Su Qingjiao crossed her legs, leisurely munching on snacks while browsing through the envious and flattering comments from others.
Suddenly—
She saw a familiar profile picture.
Hao Min liked her post on WeChat Moments.
She automatically blocks Zhou Yi when she sends messages, but this time she forgot to block Hao Min.
It's too late to delete it now.
Today, Hao Min witnessed Zhou Yi slapping her and also heard the truth that Zhou Yi was a young master. If she were to tell this at school tomorrow, she would be finished.
Su Qingjiao broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly messaged Hao Min privately: "Minmin, what happened today was an accident. Actually... Zhou Yi has suffered traumatic injuries. He will go berserk and beat people whenever he hears the word 'grandmother'."
“I didn’t expose her because of his dignity and health, and I let those people play along with him. You saw it when I first got home; the servants were all calling me ‘Miss.’”
"Xiaomin, you are my best friend, and I hope you can keep this secret for me."
"If people find out he's sick, his life is over."
"In the end, it's also my responsibility. If I hadn't insisted that his grandmother run an errand for me, she wouldn't have suffered the accident and wouldn't be in a vegetative state in the ICU now. I remember his kindness, which is why I gave him so much face."
"You know I'm so kind, I just want to make it up to him as much as possible."
The message went unanswered for a long time, and Su Qingjiao kept staring at her phone, feeling anxious and uneasy.
She knew that her explanation was a little forced.
But she couldn't think of any other reason. Zhou Yi slapped her in front of her and exposed her identity, making her both angry and panicked.
Finally, a message came from the other side.
Hermione: "Oh, I see. I thought Zhou Yi was the real heir to the Zhou family. It turns out it was all an act. Miss, you are so kind."
"Don't worry, I will definitely keep this a secret for you."
"Absolutely, absolutely no one will know."
Seeing Hao Min's reply, Su Qingjiao breathed a sigh of relief and smiled easily.
On the other side of the phone.
Hao Min burst out laughing at Su Qingjiao's clumsy excuse. It was hilarious. Did she really believe it? Of course she would believe it verbally, but not in her heart.
What kind of kindness is this? Acting? You're sick! Pah!
Do you really think I'm stupid?
As she was thinking about something, suddenly, a greasy hand teasingly pinched her waist: "What's so fun about cell phones? Come on, let's drink."
"Give my buddies a toast, and if they behave, I'll buy you a bag too."
"That old man with presbyopia, what's his name, Erlao Wei..."
Hao Min resisted the man's advances with all her might, but when she heard about luxury handbags and imagined being adored like Su Qingjiao, her signature smile appeared on her face.
"Oh dear, my best friend needs me urgently, I'm so sorry..."
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Zhou Family Villa.
Zhou Yi recalled the short five years he spent pursuing Su Qingjiao in his previous life. The first time, Su Qingjiao was truly terrified, fearing that his affection would vanish in the next second.
By the second year, I had gotten used to it, playing hard to get and keeping him hanging on every day.
In the third year... Su Qingjiao began to act self-righteously, her desires were unfulfilled, and she even put on airs.
This is the fourth year. This year can be described as a turning point for the Su family mother and daughter. They have become greedy and determined that they cannot live without her, so they are fearless.
After this year, it will be the fifth year. In the fifth year, Su Qingjiao encountered some kind of 'benefactor'.
She began to harbor enormous ambitions and targeted him, wanting to seize control of the Zhou family. First, she exploited his affections to torment him mentally, causing him to save her from a fire, then forcing her to donate a kidney, tricking her into signing a transfer contract, and finally…
fine.
It's not too late. Right now, Su Qingjiao and her mother are just greedy and fearless; they haven't reached the point where they'll be ruthless and want to seize power next year.
The fact that the Su family mother and daughter were able to eventually take control of the Zhou Group must mean they did something behind the scenes.
Otherwise, how could the old shareholders of the Zhou Group possibly allow an outsider to take control?
In his past life, he was obsessed with keeping his grandmother alive and never cared about money or power. But now, looking back, he realized that it was precisely his indifference that allowed Su Qingjiao to take advantage of him.
"Auntie, could you secretly investigate the finances of Su Qingjiao and her daughter? Every penny the Zhou family has spent must be returned to them!"
Aunt Zhou sat opposite Zhou Yi, with a desk between them.
Upon hearing that Zhou Yi wanted to investigate the two's finances, Aunt Zhou smiled slightly.
"good."
After a pause, Aunt Zhou glanced at Zhou Yi cautiously, worried that he might object. She hesitated for a moment, but then decided to be honest and say, "Actually, I did investigate this secretly before."
"These past two years, they've been fed up with their appetites. They're probably convinced they have you under their control, that you can't live without Su Qingjiao. So, they haven't been saving any money on the surface. I guess they have high standards and don't care about the little money they can save."
"When I go out shopping, I spend money like water. I spend millions a month just on luxury goods."
Zhou Yi had expected this, so he calmly said, "They dare to spend 290,000 on a bag, what wouldn't they dare to spend? Ha, they're really willing to spend."
"They will have to pay these back one by one in due time."
Seeing that Zhou Yi did not blame her for meddling, Aunt Zhou felt much relieved and told Zhou Yi that she would investigate every single account of the Su mother and daughter.
Then, Aunt Zhou asked, "Xiao Yi, will you be attending the Zhou family celebration next month?"
“I know that because of your parents’ unnatural deaths, your godmother is afraid that you will also be harmed, so she has kept you hidden away, for fear that your competitors will target you and treat you badly.”
"But this time... I suggest you make an appearance."
"Ever since my godmother was hospitalized in a vegetative state, things within the company have been less harmonious. The old shareholders are also getting restless. If you could show your face, it would serve as a warning to those with ulterior motives that the true heir of the Zhou family is still alive, and they should keep their ambitions to themselves."
Aunt Zhou was adopted by Zhou Yi's grandmother a long time ago.
She also knew the inside story about Zhou Yi's parents.
Shortly after giving birth to Zhou Yi, Zhou's mother committed suicide. Although all the evidence at the time proved that Zhou's mother committed suicide, the Zhou family did not believe it and did their best to find out the truth.
A few years later, Zhou's father also suffered an accident while trying to find out the truth.
This was a murder, but no matter how much Grandma Zhou secretly investigated, she couldn't find the real culprit.
Grandma Zhou dared not investigate any further for the time being. She was afraid that Zhou Yi would also be secretly murdered, so she kept him hidden.
Regardless of outside speculation about who the Zhou family's heir is, or the occasional false rumors about the Zhou family's heir, the Zhou Group has never denied these rumors.
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