The reason for the layoff was a major mistake at work that caused the company to lose millions in revenue.
After being laid off, Yu Lei felt it wasn't his fault, but his supervisor's. He complained and blamed everyone at home, without ever looking for problems within himself.
He attempted to start his own business, but was tricked into participating in online gambling, losing most of his savings and being ridiculed by his former colleagues.
After his business failed, Yu Lei became self-destructive and spent his days drinking and partying. When drunk, he even blamed Ning You, believing that she was his nemesis and that he would never have encountered these problems if he hadn't married her.
Later, he went too far, verbally abusing her and even physically assaulting her. It wasn't until Ning You became pregnant that Yu Lei reluctantly stopped and went out to find a job.
But he was arrogant and always wanted to find a high-paying job. He looked down on jobs with a monthly salary of less than 50,000 yuan. In the end, all the companies in his industry blacklisted him, and he could only work as a food delivery driver in frustration.
Ning You didn't ask him to make a lot of money; she only wanted him to have a stable job and life. However, Yu Lei didn't change much after he started working. He even continued to beat and scold her when he was drunk. After the child was born, he probably thought that Ning You would never be able to leave him again.
When he was drunk, he not only beat her, but also his son.
He even became paranoid, assuming Ning You was cheating on him whenever she spoke a few words to other men, and even suspecting the child wasn't his, leading him to take her for several paternity tests.
Ning You was in great pain, but she couldn't leave him.
She didn't know where else she could go if she left him.
Feng Jingcheng was furious and couldn't help but say, "She's a grown woman with hands and feet. Where can't she go if she leaves him?"
"The cost of living in Beijing is high. She could take the child to a small county town after the divorce, and even if she works as a waitress or a dishwasher, it would be better than staying with that man, right?"
"She stayed, got beaten, had no freedom, and even lost her life... What was she after?"
Feng Zining peeled a shrimp for Nan Yuanman and placed it in her small bowl, saying in a calm voice, "Because of sunk costs, I guess."
"In order to be with Yu Lei, she gave up not only her parents, but also the university she had worked so hard to get into, and her bright future. She had nothing left, and the only thing she could hold onto was Yu Lei."
"She just didn't expect Yu Lei to change so quickly after marriage."
Feng Langqing clicked his tongue and said earnestly to Nan Yuanman, "Yuanman, did you hear that? All the men outside are liars. You can't easily believe their lies in the future."
Nan Yuanman, who was munching on her meal, looked up blankly, her chubby cheeks covered in rice grains. She asked instinctively, "Can't we trust what my brother says either?"
Feng Jingcheng: "How can my brother compare to other men?"
Nan Yuanman tilted her head and asked, "Isn't my brother a boy too?"
Feng Jingcheng choked.
Feng Langqing couldn't help but chuckle: "Ahem, right, your sixth brother isn't a man."
Feng Jingcheng rolled his eyes at him, annoyed: "Didn't you say you were going back to work? Why haven't you gone back to work after all these days?"
Just as Feng Langqing was about to speak, the Feng family's landline suddenly rang.
Butler Su, who was waiting nearby, stepped forward to answer the call and replied softly, "Okay, I understand. I will pass it on to you, sir."
Butler Su put the receiver back in its place and looked at Feng Congqian, saying, "Sir, there's a call from the Zhou family saying that it's Old Master Zhou's 60th birthday in three days, and they've invited you, the young master, and the young lady to attend the banquet. They've already sent the invitations over."
The mention of the Zhou family caused a moment of silence in the dining room. Feng Zining and Feng Yuli exchanged a glance. Since the incident in X province, they had been closely monitoring and investigating the Zhou family.
However, the result was not ideal, because according to the information handed back by the subordinates, there was nothing unusual about the Zhou family from top to bottom, and no one had even had any contact with people from R country, openly or secretly.
He looks like a model patriotic citizen.
But none of them forgot what Zhou Jingchuan had told them, as Nan Yuanman had relayed.
There is definitely something unusual about the Zhou family, but it is hidden too deeply to be discovered in a short time.
This birthday banquet... might be an opportunity.
Feng Congqian remained calm and wiped Nan Yuanman's oily cheeks with a wet wipe: "I understand."
Feng Jingcheng leaned back in his chair, raised his eyebrows, and said, "I'll go to the birthday banquet with Yuanman this time. It'll be a good opportunity to see what the Zhou family is up to."
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At that time, the Zhou family.
Zhou Guoqing swallowed his daily health supplement and asked the middle-aged man beside him, who was pouring him warm water, in a gentle voice, "Has the invitation from the Feng family been sent?"
The middle-aged man nodded slightly: "It's a gift."
"That's good." Zhou Guoqing stood up and stretched. "I'm going to take a nap. You go and keep watch outside."
Middle-aged man: "Yes, sir."
Zhou Guoqing entered the room, closed the door, and kicked the edge of the bed.
The large bed in the room made a humming sound and split open from the middle to both sides, revealing a dark opening.
Zhou Guoqing slowly crawled into the opening, using his phone to illuminate the path ahead. After passing through darkness, a light appeared ahead, and the air was filled with the rich scent of incense.
A room decorated like a Taoist temple appeared before him, and several paintings hung on the wall in front of him.
The central image is a tall, fierce-looking man dressed in ancient Japanese samurai attire, holding a katana, flanked by two Yamata no Orochi and a black hole.
On the altar in front of the portrait are three incense burners filled with incense sticks, and many offerings are scattered around.
On the kneeling cushion in front of the offering table, a pale-faced young man knelt properly and respectfully.
Zhou Guoqing did not disturb him. He stepped forward, took three incense sticks, bowed three times with utmost respect, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner before speaking slowly to the young man who was opening his eyes: "The Zhou family has been targeted by the Feng family."
"Is this what you told me at the beginning, that it would be foolproof? That it would definitely make the Zhou family the number one wealthy family in the capital? But now, because of you, most of my businesses have been secretly shut down."
He slowly turned his head, his eyes coldly questioning the young man: "How do you intend to compensate me?"
The young man chuckled lightly, casually glancing up at Zhou Guoqing: "What's the rush, Patriarch Zhou? A mere Feng family has thrown you into such a panic. Compared to your father… you really are…"
He didn't say what he was going to say next, but just shook his head with a complicated expression, making a clicking sound.
Silence speaks louder than words.
Zhou Guoqing's face instantly turned extremely ugly.
The reason he cooperated with the Catholic Church was because of his father.
Because he was always looked down upon and suppressed by his father when he was young, and his father always implied that he was inferior to his father's illegitimate son, he wanted to make a name for himself to show his father, make him regret his actions, and make him see that he, his own son, was no worse than those illegitimate sons who were not worthy of being mentioned.
But what is this man saying now?
Is he not as good as his father?
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