Side Story Chapter 2: Daughter 2
When the mother and daughter woke up, Zhou Songran played with the younger sister.
Zhou Mingshi promised his daughter that he would teach her to ride a horse once she recovered from her cold.
Zhou Yunhui was just three years old when she had a horse farm.
The horse farm was a gift from her eldest uncle, who also gave her a foal.
Lin Yi-an can also ride horses, but her horsemanship is not as good as Zhou Ming-shi's, so the task of teaching her daughter to ride horses can only be left to her father.
Of course, the horse farm has professional equestrian instructors, but Zhou Yunhui wants her father to teach her.
The brother and sister went into her small study and whispered to each other for a long time, no one knew what they were whispering about, the couple ignored them and talked outside.
The brother and sister came out after Tan Qingwen arrived.
Tan Qingwen has been staying here for the past few days since his granddaughter caught a cold.
When Zhou Yunhui saw her grandmother, she hugged her first before going to find her father.
She handed a piece of paper to Zhou Mingshi: "It needs the chairman's signature."
He then handed him a pen.
Tan Qingwen laughed: "What needs the chairman's signature?"
Zhou Mingshi took the paper, looked at his nephew's neat handwriting, picked up the pen from his daughter's hand, and signed his name on the paper.
Zhou Yunhui picked up the paper on the table and handed it to her grandmother: "Dad is the chairman of the board, and once he signs it, he can't go back on his word."
Tan Qingwen smiled as he looked at the contents of the paper and said to his son, "You should spend more time with Yunyun when you have free time. Look, she doesn't even believe you can teach her to ride a horse; she needs your signature first."
Lin Yi-an explained with a smile, "Ming-shi often takes her to the company. When company employees need Ming-shi's signature, she learns to do it too, and now she needs the chairman's signature for everything."
As soon as his daughter learned to walk, Zhou Mingshi liked to take her to the company. To make things easier for his daughter, he even bought an apartment next to the company so she could rest when she got tired of playing.
After his daughter was born, he spent more time with her before her first birthday. After her first birthday, Zhou Mingshi took over more of the time with her. Whenever he wasn't busy at the company, he would bring his daughter to work. The employees of the Zhou Group were already used to having a doting father as their chairman.
Zhou Yunhui lay on her grandmother's lap: "I believe my dad. He said it only counts if he signs it. He even signed it when he taught me to ride a horse."
Tan Qingwen kept laughing. Zhou Mingshi picked her up, held up the paper he had signed, and said, "Dad promises to teach you to ride a horse. I'll teach you when you start elementary school. Dad will definitely have time then."
Zhou Yunhui became anxious: "Dad said he'd teach me to ride a horse if I stopped coughing."
Zhou Mingshi tapped the paper: "It only says that Dad will teach you to ride a horse, but it doesn't say when. Dad can teach you whenever he wants."
Zhou Yunhui was completely stunned.
Zhou Mingshi said, "Why didn't you think of writing the specific time before writing all this?"
Zhou Yunhui pouted: "I didn't remember. Dad didn't tell me and even signed it. Dad is bad."
Zhou Mingshi looked at her and said calmly, "This matter is in Dad's best interest. Why should Dad tell you? It's already signed, and you've put your fingerprint on it. Going back on it would be a breach of contract."
Zhou Yunhui was unhappy, but she knew in her heart that whatever her father said went. Once those uncles and aunts got her father's signature, he wouldn't go back on his word. Her father said that this was about integrity, so she had to consider everything before making a decision, otherwise it would cause losses.
She didn't understand what her father meant before, but now she seems to understand a little. She hadn't quite figured it out just now.
When Zhou Mingshi was educating his daughter, Lin Yi'an generally did not interfere.
Although Tan Qingwen, the grandmother, was reluctant to part with her granddaughter, she knew that her son was educating his daughter, and she couldn't interrupt. Interrupting would only ruin things and make her son's efforts go to waste.
Zhou Songran secretly rejoiced that he wasn't his second uncle's child; his younger sister had already experienced the treachery and cunning of humanity at such a young age...
In his mind, his second uncle was very cunning at this moment, even cheating his own daughter.
However, he also admired his sister for not crying.
Thinking back to when he was a child, he would cry if he wanted something but didn't get it immediately, and I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
Seeing that her father remained unmoved, Zhou Yunhui ran to her mother's side, snuggled into her arms, and cried out pitifully, "Mom..."
Lin Yi'an wiped her hands with a piece of paper and said, "Since you've already signed, you definitely can't go back on your word."
Zhou Yunhui: "Mom, I want Dad to teach me how to ride a horse."
Lin Yi'an told her, "The specific time isn't written on it. You can try to get your dad to agree to teach you when you recover from your cold."
Zhou Yunhui's eyes lit up, and she asked her in a low voice, "What idea do you have?"
Lin Yi'an laughed and said, "You'll have to use your clever little brain to think about it carefully."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yunhui knew that her mother wouldn't tell her. She leaned against her mother's chest and thought about it until she took her medicine that night, but she still couldn't figure out how to get her father to agree.
When it was time to sleep, she went to her parents' bed and slept next to her mother.
Zhou Mingshi looked at his daughter with a headache: "Go to your room and sleep. Let Auntie sleep with you."
Zhou Yunhui hugged her mother's arm tightly: "No, I have a cold, I want to sleep with Mom."
Zhou Mingshi: "Your mother said you don't need to take medicine tomorrow. Your cold is almost gone. Go to your room to sleep."
Zhou Yunhui slept with her aunt when she was little. She had been sleeping with her mother for several days, and she knew that after she recovered from her cold, she would have to go back to sleep with her aunt.
She tilted her head and said, "Mommy loves me the most. I'm still coughing. I want to sleep with Mommy, and Mommy will agree to sleep with me."
Zhou Mingshi remained silent.
She slowly crawled to her father's side: "I'm going to sleep with Auntie. Daddy, you promised to teach me to ride a horse after my cold gets better, okay?"
Zhou Mingshi smiled and said, "Okay."
Zhou Yunhui's mouth opened slightly: "Dad agreed?"
Zhou Mingshi nodded: "The agreement didn't specify a time, but since you're willing to give up your own interests in exchange, of course Dad agrees."
Zhou Yunhui: "Yay, Dad is the best!"
Zhou Mingshi patted her on the back: "Go to your room quickly."
Zhou Yunhui turned back to kiss her mother before getting out of bed.
Just as she stepped out of the room, Tan Qingwen heard the sound and led her to her room.
Zhou Mingshi's expression relaxed slightly.
Lin Yi'an lay to the side, laughing.
Zhou Mingshi also smiled and said, "Our daughter is very smart."
Lin Yi-an teased him, "Does it feel like the student has surpassed the teacher?"
Zhou Mingshi nodded: "Growing up with the love of many elders, not being spoiled, and being willing to bear the losses caused by one's own reasons, is already great."
The pride in his tone was impossible to conceal.
Lin Yi'an thought that although Zhou Mingshi was very strict with his daughter, his love for her was definitely not lacking.
Seeing the smile on her face, Zhou Mingshi lowered his head and kissed her lips: "No one will bother us tonight, shouldn't you keep me company?"
Lin Yi'an: "Mm."
...
After Zhou Yunhui recovered from her cold, the couple first took her back to see her great-grandparents.
When the family of three arrived, there was an extra little girl in the house.
Zhou Yunhui was not recognized, but Lin Yi'an had met Zhou Mingyuan's daughter and knew her.
Zhou Jia returned to China last month. After graduating, she worked abroad for a period of time before coming back.
When she went to visit her mother, her mother asked her to take her niece back to the old house to visit her great-grandparents.
Over the years, she has grown up and naturally wouldn't easily agree to her request.
I brought my niece back after consulting with my grandparents.
Zhou Qisheng and Yu Minhua didn't have many thoughts on it. If the child wanted to visit them, they wouldn't say anything, but they would give a small gift.
As soon as Zhou Yunhui entered the courtyard, she began calling out, "Great-Grandpa! Great-Grandma!"
Upon hearing their great-granddaughter's voice, Zhou Qisheng and Yu Minhua couldn't stop smiling.
Zhou Yunhui ran into the house, hugged her great-grandfather, and then ran over to hug her great-grandmother.
Yu Minhua pulled her into her arms: "Let Great-Grandma see, whose little darling is this?"
Zhou Yunhui giggled and said in a clear voice, "From my great-grandmother's family."
She then greeted Zhou Jia, saying, "Little Aunt."
Zhou Jia handed her a bag, saying, "This is a gift for you."
Zhou Yunhui took it: "Thank you, Auntie."
Zhou Jia then introduced Zhou Zhihui to her: "This is your third uncle's older sister, Zhou Zhihui."
Zhou Yunhui looked at her curiously: "Sister."
Zhou Jia then said to Zhou Zhihui, "This is your second uncle's younger sister, Zhou Yunhui. You can call her either 'sister' or 'Yunyun'."
Zhou Zhihui was a bit shy, and this younger sister was very pretty, so she called out, "Younger sister."
Zhou Yunhui ran over and grabbed her arm: "Sister, let's go to my toy room and play. I'll show you my toys."
Zhou Zhihui looked at her aunt, and Zhou Jia smiled and said, "Go ahead."
After the two children went to play, Yu Minhua asked Zhou Jia, "What are you planning to do when you get back?"
Zhou Jia said, "Let me check it out first."
Yu Minhua: "It's good that you know what's going on."
Zhou Jia nodded.
After she returned to China, her grandmother transferred several shops to her. When she was eighteen, her grandfather gave her a villa, and later her father gave her another villa. Over the years abroad, although she didn't suffer financially, she didn't spend money as much as before. She could save more than ten million yuan of her allowance each year, and now she has tens of millions of yuan in cash. Even if she didn't work, she could invest in a business.
While abroad, she learned that her cousin had passed away, her uncle had become crippled, her third sister-in-law's parents had been arrested, and her third brother and sister-in-law had divorced.
She never imagined that among the siblings, her third brother would be the worst off.
It's not surprising, is it?
Third Brother seemed quite content, and even told her that he was now a supervisor and planned to buy a house, which she thought was actually a good thing.
Regardless of his marital status, he at least fulfilled the vow he once made to earn money to support his family.
Seeing how busy he is every day, even after get off work he still has to contact clients. If a client calls, he'll rush out, all while maintaining a smile. She felt uneasy; he could easily live a life without this...
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