Chapter 249 Don't Be Soft-hearted
At breakfast the next day, everyone at the table secretly looked at Zhou Yunshu.
Zhou Yunshu looked up, saw the concerned eyes of her family members around her and said frankly: "Didn't I wash my face clean today?"
Zhou Yunjia quickly shook his head, then said to Zhou Yunzhi next to him, "Brother, let's switch classes this morning. I'm going to give Wu Ci some private lessons this afternoon."
After hearing this, Wu Yue looked at Zhou Yunjia with some concern and said to Zhou Yunshu, "Shu'er, is that child named Wu Ciyi really okay?"
When Wu Yue asked, Lin Fuyan looked up at Zhou Yunshu, and Zhou Yunshu nodded and said, "Unless he doesn't want to live anymore, don't worry, Second Aunt."
Wu Yue breathed a sigh of relief. Apart from her mother-in-law, the person she trusted most in the family was Zhou Yunshu. Since Zhou Yunshu said so, there shouldn't be any problem for Zhou Yunjia to give Wu Ciyi tutoring alone.
Zhou Yunjia also explained to his mother: "Mom, Wu Ciyi looks about the same age as me, but his personality is that of a child. He is reasonable."
Wu Yue nodded, but still reminded: "Still be careful, understand?"
"Um."
After Ji Mingzhu put down his chopsticks, he looked at Zhou Yunshu, who had also finished her meal, and said, "Shu'er, come with me."
"Yes, Grandma."
After Wu Yue saw Zhou Yunshu leave with Ji Mingzhu, Lin Fuyan also left pushing Zhou Yunzhi's wheelchair.
She leaned over to her sister-in-law and whispered, "Sister-in-law, will mother scold Yunshu?"
When Li Jialan thought about what happened last night, a hint of worry appeared in her eyes.
Although she didn't know what had happened at home, the atmosphere at home started to feel strange since Ji Sheng took the children away yesterday.
Or perhaps something started to go wrong after Lin Fuyan came home.
Li Jialan shook her head and said to Wu Yue, "I don't know either."
"Take your time to eat. I'm going back to the yard with Kang Kang in my arms."
She thought of the quarrel between her son and Lin Fuyan before, and she wanted to go back quickly to see if she could hear any news that would be useful to her daughter.
After Zhou Yunshu followed Ji Mingzhu into the room, Nanny Wang behind them closed the door in time, leaving the two of them a space to talk.
"Sit down." Ji Mingzhu sat down and pointed to the seat next to him and said to Zhou Yunshu.
Zhou Yunshu sat down without saying anything, so Ji Mingzhu took the initiative to ask, "Are you sober?"
Zhou Yunshu lowered her head and said to Ji Mingzhu, "I'm sorry, I lost my composure yesterday, Grandma."
Ji Mingzhu looked at Zhou Yunshu who bowed her head and admitted her mistake, sighed, and said, "Shu'er, don't doubt it, the decision you made is right."
She looked at Zhou Yunshu with a gentle voice, but her words were cold.
"If you really have to choose between the Zhou family and the twins, I hope you will choose the Zhou family." Ji Mingzhu did not hide the fact that she knew about the dispute between Zhou Yunshu and Ji Sheng yesterday.
Zhou Yunshu looked at Ji Mingzhu and saw a flash of surprise in her eyes. Then she lowered her head with a bitter look, trying to hide the true emotions in her eyes.
She never thought that one day she would have to act in a play with her grandmother.
"Do you think grandma is cruel?"
Zhou Yunshu didn't say anything, so Ji Mingzhu continued, "Or do you want to watch your mother, your eldest brother, and your nephews die in front of you?"
"Grandma!" Zhou Yunshu clenched her fists and looked up at Ji Mingzhu, "We didn't have to do this."
She knew that the problems between her and Ji Sheng would explode, but she didn't expect it to happen so suddenly and quickly.
Ji Mingzhu looked at the angry Zhou Yunshu and said with a smile: "Shu'er, a short pain is worse than a long one."
"Or do you think the mighty King of Wei, the god of war of the Great Zhou Dynasty, would be willing to babysit your children and cook for you in your backyard?"
"Shu'er, when did you become so naive? Or are you really obsessed with his pretense?"
Zhou Yunshu didn't say anything.
"They're right about one thing. Our Zhou family has fallen on hard times because I was too soft-hearted when I was young." Ji Mingzhu's face showed no sign of concealing the coldness. "I've been thinking about my husband, my children, and worrying about this and that."
"In the end, we still couldn't protect them."
Zhou Yunshu looked at Ji Mingzhu with hatred in her eyes and felt a chill in her heart.
"If I had known this earlier, I would have asked your grandfather to send me to the throne even at the cost of his own life, instead of watching them die in the North like today, unable to do anything."
Ji Mingzhu looked at her and said, "Zhou Yunshu, if you had left with Ji Sheng yesterday, you would have truly failed to live up to the teachings your grandmother gave you since you were a child."
"I have become a useless person who lives on the backs of others and an unfilial son who watched his family die."
"Ji Sheng never cared about the Zhou family. I believe you should know this better than your mother, your elder brother, and your nephews outside."
"Or do you think that man is more important than your grandmother and the Zhou family who gave birth to you, raised you, educated you, and taught you?"
Zhou Yunshu shook her head amid Ji Mingzhu's repeated questioning.
Ji Mingzhu showed a hint of satisfaction on his face, and looked at Zhou Yunshu and said, "You are too drunk, you need someone to pour a basin of cold water on you to sober up."
"If you hesitate when you should make a decision, you will suffer the consequences. I won't let him soften your heart like a frog in boiling water. You are the head of the Zhou family now. You belong to the Zhou family, and your heart belongs to them!"
Zhou Yunshu slowly clenched her fists.
"Men are nothing but dispensable things." Ji Mingzhu looked at Zhou Yunshu and continued, "Even if he is the King of Wei, even if he is the God of War of the Great Zhou, he is nothing more than a slightly gorgeous and good-looking thing."
"Do you think he can compare with me, your mother, and your family?"
Zhou Yunshu clenched her fists tightly, "No."
Ji Mingzhu looked at Zhou Yunshu and took a deep breath. She stood up and sat beside Zhou Yunshu, holding her hand. She said softly, "Shu'er, don't blame grandma for forcing you. I just don't want you to be like me."
Zhou Yunshu raised her eyes.
"Don't be a soft-hearted person." Ji Mingzhu looked at her and said word by word: "Ji Sheng can be used, and so can the Zhou family."
"As long as we can get revenge and overthrow that bastard emperor's court, we will do it even if the Zhou family has to be sacrificed."
Zhou Yunshu lowered her head when she heard that even if the Zhou family became the sacrifice, Ji Mingzhu touched her hair lovingly and whispered, "There must be a child in my bloodline who will trample them underfoot."
"I hope that person is you."
Zhou Yunshu looked at her grandmother who was familiar yet unfamiliar to her, and uttered the word "OK" through her dry throat.
But what she really wanted to say was: Grandma, that's not what I want.
She wanted to protect her family, she wanted to expand her power, and she never forgot revenge.
But the premise of all this is to protect her existing family members. Otherwise, even if she gets all this in the end, what is the point of becoming a lonely person?
It was at this time that Zhou Yunshu confirmed her guess that her grandmother wanted the throne, and she regretted it.
Zhou Yunshu was held in Ji Mingzhu's arms. "Let Pingping be taken away. This will remind Ji Sheng that he still has two children with us."
"Shu'er, although men are cruel, they are also the most hypocritical."
"As long as Kang Kang and Xi Xi are still in the Zhou family, he will cover up for us in the capital. We need time for you to grow up, even if you need me to be a stepping stone for you."
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