Zhou Shirong, her maternal grandfather, was a selfish and shrewd businessman, a man who devoted all his energy and attention to his work, and an extremely patriarchal father.
His marriage to his wife was also a transaction; interests were the only bond that brought them together. After a few years of marriage, they had two daughters in succession, which he was very dissatisfied with. Since then, he has come home less and less often and has completely ignored his daughters.
He was also a very suspicious person who kept his secrets from everyone. In his world, only boys who shared the same blood were qualified to inherit his legacy. Therefore, he regarded his two daughters as outsiders and never allowed them to interfere in the company's affairs.
He didn't even attend Zhou Lirong and Song Xinian's weddings until Song Yunzheng was born, at which point he finally showed up.
His appearance was not to visit his daughter, but to snatch his grandson. He didn't even glance at his daughter who had just been wheeled out of the delivery room. He picked up the swaddled Song Yunzheng and prepared to leave, but was fortunately stopped by the caregiver.
He made no attempt to hide his intentions and directly expressed his stance to his daughter and son-in-law: he wanted to take Song Yunzheng with him, give him his surname, and train him to be his successor.
The consequence of Zhou Lirong's disagreement was that she severed her father-daughter relationship with him and never had any contact with him again.
Until recently, he went to great lengths to find Song Yunzheng again and secretly threatened him: either make Zhou's business bigger and stronger, or make his future child take his surname...
"Knock knock knock..." A crisp knock on the door instantly pulled Song Yunxi back to reality.
"Come in." She turned around and sat on the sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.
Zhou Shengnan pushed the door open and came in. "Hi, Yunxi, long time no see."
Song Yunxi gave a faint smile. "Long time no see. Have a seat."
She didn't want to be called her cousin because she didn't want to be associated with the Zhou family.
Zhou Shengnan walked straight to the seat next to Yunxi and sat down. Yunxi moved to the side without making a sound.
"Thank you for still being willing to see me." Zhou Shengnan's voice was bitter.
Song Yunxi pushed the freshly brewed tea towards her, saying, "Guests are always welcome."
"I suppose you've already been turned away by my brother."
Zhou Shengnan gave a self-deprecating laugh, "I'm used to it... but this time the situation is a little different. His health is not as good as before, and he wants to see Yun Zheng."
Song Yunxi held his teacup and savored it carefully, completely ignoring what she said.
"So what do you want me to do?"
"If possible, please ask Yunzheng not to hate him so much. And please, Chengye, spare the Zhou family..."
"The last sentence is probably the main point."
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