Zhou Ziyi's question surprised Yan Xiuzhi a little.
"…Why are you asking this?"
"Uh..." Zhou Ziyi actually wanted to get to the point, but when it came to the final step, he hesitated, "Asking this is of course related to what I want to say. Let me confirm first, in your understanding, your father and Yan Meiyue are uncle and nephew, right?"
Yan Xiuji did not answer again and said, "Just say what you want to say."
"..." Zhou Ziyi was silent for a few seconds, then stood up and said, "I'll go to the kitchen to get some water first."
Yan Xiuji said: "I'm not thirsty."
"I need some water, to act as a buffer? You know." Zhou Ziyi said, "I thought drinking some wine at the dinner would give me courage, but that glass of champagne was too light, and I basically felt nothing when I got home."
Yan Xiuji asked, "How long are you going to wait before you tell me? Do you need to be so mysterious?"
"It's not mystery, it's pressure, brother!" Zhou Ziyi went into the kitchen and made soda water for both of them. After mustering up his courage during this period of time, he finally returned to the living room.
He gave one of the cups to Yan Xiuzhi, then took a sip of his own, put it down and sat up straight.
"Brother, are you ready?"
Yan Xiuji said: "I have been waiting for you to speak."
"Okay." Zhou Ziyi said, "It's like this, wasn't I waiting for you in a coffee shop in a shopping mall this afternoon? Then, by coincidence, I saw Yan Meiyue and your father shopping in the mall together, and they came into the coffee shop where I was and sat behind me!"
When Yan Xiuji first started talking, he wanted him to get straight to the point. But when he heard the last sentence, Yan Xiuji suddenly realized the strangeness of the situation: "They didn't find you?"
"No. The sofa backrest is very high and there is a barrier. They didn't care who was sitting behind it." Zhou Ziyi paused and continued, "I swear I didn't eavesdrop on it on purpose, but I heard it. And it's normal to be so shocked that you can't help but continue to listen carefully!"
Yan Xiuji couldn't help but said, "Stop talking nonsense."
"Okay." Zhou Ziyi took a deep breath and finally said the key point, "I heard Yan Meiyue...calling Yan Wenwu dad."
"..." Yan Xiuji had no expression. Zhou Ziyi thought he was frightened or shocked to the point of unconsciousness. Just as Zhou Ziyi was about to wait for him to digest it, Yan Xiuji said, "Speak clearly."
So Zhou Ziyi told everything he had heard.
Including the matter of Yan Meiyue's transfer to the household registration book, Yan Wenwu's proposal to adopt her, and their discussion of some recent events. Although he did not take out the recording from the afternoon, Zhou Ziyi basically repeated all the key points. Zhou Ziyi also said some emotional words he heard, which made Yan Xiuji, who had originally had a serious face, gradually become speechless.
After drinking a glass of soda water, Zhou Ziyi finally finished telling the super gossip he heard in the afternoon.
Yan Xiuzhi remained silent for a long time.
Zhou Ziyi looked at his face, unable to read what this expressionless man was thinking, so he asked, "Uh, brother, are you okay?"
Yan Xiuji glanced at him and said, "…What's wrong with me?"
Zhou Ziyi thought, after living for decades, suddenly finding out that his biological father had an illegitimate adult daughter, anyone would collapse, right?
However, after this afternoon, Zhou Ziyi finally understood why Yan Meiyue was so arrogant. She was the biological daughter of the head of the family, and Yan Wenwu seemed to treat her well secretly. Of course, she did not feel like a dependent.
So, sometimes she seems to dislike Zhou Ziyi because Yan Wenwu hates this male daughter-in-law; sometimes she seems to (verbally) support Yan Xiuzhi's marriage because if two men get married, there will most likely be no offspring, which means it is possible... that the Yan family will be inherited by Yan Meiyue's children in the future?
According to Yan Wenwu's idea, this might really be the case.
Thinking of this, Zhou Ziyi felt that Yan Xiuji's life in a wealthy family was not easy. It was hard enough to develop Huahao, and now his father was trying to seize power and his sister was eyeing him covetously. In ancient times, he would be a prince with internal and external troubles!
Fortunately, Chu Ling's family is strong and the queen is powerful enough to protect the prince's position.
But if that's the case, then what is Zhou Ziyi herself? A princess consort married by the prince to piss off her father? I don't think she would survive more than two episodes in the TV series!
Yan Xiuji had no idea how far Zhou Ziyi's divergent thinking had gone, so he drank a small portion of the water in his cup, and then said, "I know about this matter, so that's it. Don't worry about it, and don't tell anyone else."
"...I know." Zhou Ziyi hesitated for a moment, then said, "Brother, you won't blame me for meddling in your business, right?"
"This is not meddling in other people's business." Yan Xiuji paused, then said, "Thank you for telling me this."
"Ah, isn't this right? I was afraid you would think I was talking too much." Zhou Ziyi thought about it and felt that Yan Xiuji might feel awkward if he continued talking, so he stood up and said, "Then, I'll go to rest?"
"Go ahead." Yan Xiuji also stood up, "Good night."
Zhou Ziyi tilted his head and stared at him, as if observing something.
Yan Xiuji: “What?”
Zhou Ziyi went forward and hugged him, as if to comfort him, but he only whispered, "Good night."
Yan Xiuzhi was stunned for a moment. Somehow, he always felt that there was a certain emotion in Zhou Ziyi's voice... Was he hoping that he would not be sad?
The man suddenly felt that it would be nice to have someone at home, especially when this person would pay attention to his emotions from time to time.
Yan Xiuji has been independent since childhood, and even stronger as an adult. He has always been seen as indestructible by others. Even his biological mother Chu Ling rarely takes the initiative to comfort him. On the one hand, Chu Ling thinks Yan Xiuji can handle it himself and trusts him; on the other hand, Chu Ling is a more pragmatic person, and she cares more about solving problems than emotional comfort.
It is quite rare for someone like Zhou Ziyi to feel that Yan Xiuji would be sad and need comfort, and actually take action.
The feeling of a goodnight hug is pretty good.
Yan Xiuji raised his hand and hugged him back: "Thank you."
Zhou Ziyi was a little surprised.
—Thank you for what? Tell him these things?
——I thought he would be unhappy... Fortunately, I did the right thing.
Zhou Ziyi couldn't help but said, "You're welcome... I'm always on standby if you need me."
His words were somewhat interesting, and Yan Xiuji couldn't help but ask: "What do you need to be on standby for? Go and quarrel with Yan Meiyue?"
"Uh..." Zhou Ziyi said, "If you want to talk about it, like if you want to say something bad about them behind their backs, or talk nonsense, you can come to me. Anyway, I know everything about it, right?"
Zhou Ziyi raised his right hand and pounded his chest lightly, then pointed at Yan Xiuji: "Stand with you, bro!"
Yan Xiuzhi really found it funny this time.
"I'm no longer in my rebellious phase, but thank you anyway." Yan Xiuji said, "Go to sleep, good night."
Zhou Ziyi smiled at him: "Okay, good night this time."
***
A few days later, Zhou Ziyi learned in a very magical way how Yan Xiuzhi handled the shocking news.
The old customer who bought the picture and then had Yan Meiyue trace it suddenly sent a message: [Oh my god! I saw that plagiarist posting gossip about her family on his smurf account. It’s so fucking bullshit. She’s obviously a college student, but how can she act like a middle school student! ]
There is a link below the information.
Zhou Ziyi clicked it, scanned the page quickly, and immediately exclaimed "Wow".
[The elders’ family is getting divorced, and the woman brought some dowry. Now the elders have expanded their business, and the woman wants to take advantage of it without having run the business for a day. It’s really funny! ]
"So, this is Yan Meiyue's trumpet?" Zhou Ziyi raised his eyebrows, "Have they started the process of dividing the family property during the divorce?"
After a quick search on the Internet, Zhou Ziyi was sure that Chu Ling would not suffer any loss. Yan Wenwu had an illegitimate daughter, Yan Meiyue. As long as their relationship was proven, Yan Wenwu would be the party at fault, and the weight of division would tilt towards Chu Ling. Moreover, Huahao's equity was now dispersed. Most of Chu Ling's shares had been transferred to Yan Xiuji after he became an adult, and Yan Wenwu's shares were of course even more. When it came to the property division, Yan Wenwu would still suffer.
As for the rest of the family assets, it depends on how much Yan Xiuji and Chu Ling can find out. Yan Wenwu has an illegitimate daughter, so it is very likely that he has private property outside. Even if it was given to Yan Meiyue or someone else, as long as it can be proved that Yan Wenwu bought it after marriage, it can be taken back.
I just don’t know if Yan Meiyue will be so angry that she goes crazy.
Zhou Ziyi was thinking about gossip when he suddenly saw Yan Meiyue's second account updated a message: [Ahhhh, the house my dad gave me!!! Is this woman sick?!]
Zhou Ziyi: ...Whatever you think will come true. Is it that effective?
Yan Meiyue's account is probably followed by her friends. Soon someone commented: [Which apartment is XX? ]
Yan Meiyue replied: [That’s right! I put a lot of thought into decorating it! Holy shit!!!]
The other party replied: [Why don’t you just ask your dad to take it back and give it to you? ]
Yan Meiyue: [This woman is very insidious! She gave her son what she herself said was in accordance with the contract and did not count it as common property at all. But she insisted on counting what my father gave me! She is very son-centric! ]
After this message, Zhou Ziyi refreshed his page and saw no new replies. He thought about it and took screenshots of both messages and the comments. He actually liked the second message by accident, but he didn't notice and closed the page.
He sent the screenshot to Yan Xiuji, captioning: [This is Yan Meiyue’s smurf account.]
Yan Xiuji happened to be taking a break from work when he saw Zhou Ziyi's message. He quickly scanned it and simply replied: [Received.]
Zhou Ziyi posted again: [She dares to call me dad so directly, has she made her relationship public? ]
Yan Xiuji thought about it and actually talked about the progress a little: [Not yet. Yan Wenwu does not agree to the paternity test, and we are trying to find a way to force the test.]
There was no movement from Zhou Ziyi.
Yan Xiuji thought he had nothing to say and was about to go back to work when Zhou Ziyi suddenly sent another message: [Brother, I swear first, I really am not a spy, I just did it for fun. Don't doubt me! ]
It also has a cat winking expression, which is very cute.
Yan Xiuji couldn't help but imagine Zhou Ziyi making this expression, and found it a little funny, but surprisingly suitable for him. President Yan had a smile on his face that he didn't even notice, and replied: [No doubt, what do you want to say? ]
Zhou Ziyi sent an audio file.
Yan Xiuji opened the audio and heard Yan Meiyue's voice as the first sentence: "When will I be able to have my name officially recognized, Dad?"
President Yan immediately raised his eyebrows.
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