Chapter 147 The Gambler Father
Zhou Mingshi only invited close relatives and friends to his birthday banquet.
He went on a business trip after his birthday.
The pharmaceutical factory in Changping needed to be located, so Lin Yi'an had to go back. The couple were both busy with their own things and had left the capital.
As soon as he arrived home, Zuo Mingyang came looking for him.
He said, "I plan to move the village clinic next to your TCM clinic. The original clinic can be used to build a pharmaceutical factory for you, and the area around the clinic can be allocated for you to build a factory."
The village clinic used to be located at the west end of the village, where there were no residents. If the area around the clinic were allocated for them to build factories, it would be a good location. Lin Yi'an agreed, signed the contract, and after returning home, she began to contact construction teams to build the houses.
When the villagers heard that Lin Yi'an was going to build a factory, they got excited. Several young people who were going to work elsewhere stayed at home for the time being. Once the factory was built, they would need to hire employees. Who would want to go to other places if they could work right at their doorstep?
Lin Yi'an has been in Changping. Zhou Mingshi returned from his business trip, but she hasn't come back yet. The couple hasn't seen each other for half a month and can only see each other via video every night.
With his wife away, Zhou Mingshi could only focus on his work. Sometimes, when he worked late, he would simply stay at the company.
Assistant Chen sighed repeatedly. With his wife not home, President Zhou didn't even want to go back to his own home. It was true, the house was too cold and impersonal; it was better to work at the company.
Another week passed, and Lin Yi'an still hadn't returned. Zhou Mingshi called Secretary Shen over and asked, "Could you spare two days?"
Secretary Shen hesitated: "We need to sign a contract with Taijin on Thursday, and I don't have any important plans for Friday."
Zhou Mingshi nodded and said, "I'll take a day off on Friday to go to Changping. I'll be back on Monday. Call me if you need anything."
Secretary Shen: "President Zhou, Mr. Wu from Hong Kong is coming over on Saturday..."
Zhou Mingshi: "I haven't had a break for three weeks. General Manager Wu asked Manager Chen to entertain me."
At this point, he looked at Secretary Shen and asked, "The boss also needs to have a private life, is that alright?"
Secretary Shen quickly stood up straight: "No problem, I'll go and talk to Manager Chen right away."
How could he dare say there was a problem?
When General Manager Zhou is busy, he's really busy, he practically lives at the company. But when he wants to slack off, no one can stop him. But once he's finished his work and wants to go back to be with his wife, he can't very well stop him from going, and besides, he can't stop him anyway.
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On Thursday evening, He Xishan came home from get off work and had just finished making dinner when she received a call from an unknown number.
Without thinking twice, she answered the phone.
"Shanshan..."
Upon hearing that familiar female voice, she slammed her phone down on the table, her eyes instantly reddening.
The phone kept making noises.
"Shanshan, it's me, it's Mommy. Hey, Shanshan, is that you? Why aren't you saying anything? It's Mommy..."
He Xishan picked up her phone and cried out, "Where did you go? Where did you go? Why didn't you tell me?"
Hearing her daughter's cries, He's mother felt a sense of relief: "Shanshan, we're back. We're back from abroad. Foreign countries are no good at all; they're full of bad people, all liars. We'll never go abroad again. Shanshan, we have nowhere to go now, so we can only come to you. Can you ask Mingyuan to arrange a place for us to stay..."
When Zhou Mingyuan got home from get off work, he was stunned to see several people at the dining table wolfing down their food. He wondered if there was something wrong with his eyes and was about to rub them when he heard someone at the table call out, "Brother-in-law, you're back?"
Zhou Mingyuan sneered. It wasn't that his eyes were playing tricks on him; it was really his father-in-law and mother-in-law who had returned with his brother-in-law. Good thing they were back! They even dared to come to his doorstep, so fearless. It seemed they really weren't afraid of him coming after them.
Zhou Mingyuan didn't say anything, but took out his phone and was about to call the police.
He Xishan came out of the kitchen and, seeing him return, said awkwardly, "Mingyuan, my parents and younger brother are back. They don't have anywhere to stay, so... I let them stay here..."
Zhou Mingyuan looked at her: "Shanshan, I can't forgive what your father did. More than 100 million yuan. This must be reported to the police."
Mr. He quickly stood up: "Mingyuan, I've been deceived too. I'm Shanshan's father, your father-in-law. How could I possibly deceive you?"
He Xishan stepped forward and hugged his arm: "Mingyuan, don't call the police. If people find out that my parents committed a crime, what will others think of me? What will the people at the company think of me? What will Huihui think of her grandparents? When Huihui grows up, if people know that she has a grandfather who committed a crime, it will affect her. Anyway... anyway, the money has already been swindled away. Just consider it for my sake, to get back to Huihui, and to let them go, okay?"
Looking at her eager eyes, Zhou Mingyuan felt incredibly stifled: "Do you know that if we got that money back, we could buy a house, we wouldn't have to rent anymore, we could give Huihui a better life, and you wouldn't have to work so hard..."
He Xishan interrupted him: "I'm not afraid of hardship, no matter how bitter or tiring it is... But they are my parents, how can I send them to prison with my own hands? Would I still be human? If I really did that, I would suffer for the rest of my life."
Zhou Mingyuan closed his eyes briefly, then opened them again, his face contorted in pain: "Are you sure?"
He Xishan: "I'm sure." She couldn't possibly send her parents to prison; no matter how bad they were, they were still her parents.
Zhou Mingyuan felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him: "I understand, I don't want to see them. You make other arrangements for them, I'll go stay at Mom's for the night."
After he finished speaking, he opened the door and went out.
He Xishan: "Mingyuan..."
Zhou Mingyuan heard this, but without stopping, he strode away.
When Sun Yurong saw her son come over looking distraught, she quickly asked, "What's wrong? Did you have a fight with He Xishan?"
Zhou Mingyuan wiped his face, sat on the sofa, and after a long while said in a low voice, "Shanshan's parents are back."
Sun Yurong stood up abruptly: "Where? They dare to come back? Do they think you won't settle accounts with them?"
Zhou Mingyuan twitched the corner of his mouth, clearly indicating that he did have some reservations with Shanshan and Huihui around.
Sun Yurong: "Where are they?"
Zhou Mingyuan: "My home."
Upon hearing this, Sun Yurong's face contorted in anger, but looking at her son's expression, she gradually calmed down.
Sitting on the sofa, I pondered. He Xishan's parents were vampires, and her father was a gambling addict. They swindled money and ran away abroad. If they had money in their pockets, they would never have come back. Now they've slunk back to find their good daughter. It seems they've squandered all the money they swindled.
With such parents-in-law, Mingyuan's hard-won peace of mind will be disrupted once again.
She didn't believe a gambler could easily quit gambling, and she didn't believe that he wouldn't come to Mingyuan after losing money. She believed that this family was a hindrance, and with them around, Mingyuan would never have a good life.
A fierce glint flashed in her eyes. Judging from Mingyuan's expression, he clearly hadn't called the police. He had his concerns, but she wouldn't care.
If He Xishan's vampire parents hadn't come back, and the child had already been born, she would have accepted this daughter-in-law for the sake of her son and granddaughter.
But now that her parents are back, it's hard to say whether she can accept this daughter-in-law.
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