Chapter 27 Day After Day
Just as Zhou Tingyun understood Mingzhao, Mingzhao also understood Zhou Tingyun.
Ethics, age. Even if there was a one in ten thousand chance that he had transcended family ties with himself, he would never take that step on his own initiative.
His indulgence towards her now was just a compromise after she had quarreled. If he really rushed forward like a fool, he would be pushed away and taught a lesson. "You are still too young to understand the difference between feelings."
She could even imagine his tone.
Calm and composed, yet a little helpless.
But it was normal, she thought. After all, she did have a history of finding a boyfriend for fun and wanting to marry Zhou Qi'an.
"Then why do you still call him brother?" Lin Zhiwei asked, supporting his chin.
Indeed, if you want to break boundaries, you should forget your original identity.
The newly opened dessert shop is beautifully decorated and plays lively music.
The fiery red maple leaves in the small dish are sprinkled with icing sugar and covered with fluffy cream, with the rich fragrance of raw pine nuts and the fresh fragrance of bergamot.
Ming Zhao did not answer, but just smiled with his lips curved, his pupils sparkling.
Lin Zhiwei clicked his tongue and shook his head. He looked like a fool but he was actually a fisherman.
On the other side, Huayu Group.
The man was dressed in a dark suit, looking straight and solemn. He crossed his legs casually and raised his hand to rub his brow.
Seeing that he didn't seem to have had a good rest, with his eyes tinged with a pale blue, the secretary asked in a low voice, "Do we need to postpone the meeting?"
"No need." The man replied briefly.
The secretary hesitated to speak, but finally nodded and left.
Chen Zhou sat on the sofa.
"I'm familiar with your situation. You're unsatisfied." He took a sip of tea. "I'm like this too when my wife is not around."
Zhou Tingyun seemed not to hear his teasing, and frowned as he continued to deal with the pile of documents next to him.
Chen Zhou admires his model worker spirit very much.
"You won't die suddenly from overwork, will you?" he said nonchalantly. "If you do, your precious sister will be someone else's."
The man raised his eyes calmly.
Chen Zhou felt a chill on his back and immediately stopped talking, "Just kidding."
This person doesn’t care about his own sudden death, but gets anxious when his precious sister is mentioned.
"But to be honest," he said, "there are too many people who miss your sister."
"Those old guys put so much thought into choosing a man, hoping to marry into a wealthy family and bring prosperity to the whole family."
Chen Zhou just thought these people were stupid to death. They always thought that they could get benefits from the Ming family and Zhou Tingyun in this way. They didn’t even use their brains to think about which brother doesn’t hate his brother-in-law the most?
Especially for someone like Zhou Tingyun who is an ultimate sister complex, he would probably have his legs broken and thrown to Southeast Asia before he even gets in the door.
Zhou Tingyun didn't say anything. Mingzhao is still a child at heart. If she really likes someone, he will carefully examine the other person's family.
Chen Zhou suddenly thought of something and said without restraint, "Why don't you just marry her? It's not like she's a—"
"Chen Zhou." The man's voice became deeper.
"Stop joking like that."
Why doesn't it work?
Chen Zhou met his gaze and silently swallowed his words.
Then changed the approach.
"I say, aren't you afraid that she will be with Gu He again? I heard that guy learned this trick from somewhere, and now he is very good at coaxing people."
"Girls need to be coaxed. I'm reminding you, don't get anxious when someone elopes."
Zhou Tingyun didn't say anything.
Although Ming Zhao has promised not to contact Gu He anymore and doesn't seem to care about this person, he can never forget how she argued with him for Gu He.
Her eyes were surprisingly bright, like an angry little lion, stabbing him with sharp words to protect the important treasure.
But it is not a treasure at all.
I sold the gift she gave me on a second-hand platform and sent the money to my childhood sweetheart.
That kind of person...x
The man's deep brows and eyes became increasingly stern.
At the time, he was busy cleaning up the Zhou family's power and didn't even know that she had a boyfriend like this.
Sparks flickered, a cigar was lightly held between his fingertips, and the thin smoke blurred his face.
Zhou Tingyun never had the habit of smoking until Mingzhao left without saying goodbye.
That day he went home and bought her favorite dessert, wanting to apologize to her and saying that he shouldn't have been so mean to her.
He had regretted it a long time ago. He had never spoken even a little louder to his sister, whom he held dearly. She would definitely not be able to bear it.
If she must be with Gu He, then let him be with her. He will always be there to support her.
But when Zhou Tingyun knocked on the door, all he was left with was empty silence.
Day after day, day after day.
There will no longer be a girl who will jump out to greet him with a smile, hold his arm and coax him to put down his work and go to the movies with her; after failing an exam, she will hide in the room and cry, rubbing her snot and tears on him.
In four years, Zhou Tingyun had to go to the psychological counseling room countless times.
Before he got in touch with the Zhou family, he didn't know that he was adopted. In the past years, they were just like biological siblings.
But less than two years after learning about his life story, he actually had a reaction that he shouldn't have had on that damp and sultry night, in that office chair.
While he was still forcing her to break up with Gu He, he had the idea of keeping his sister by his side forever.
And it does not disappear with the increase of time and space distance.
The illness is serious.
Sometimes he would think, it’s fine this way, it’s fine not to come back.
But the falling cigarette ash burned his fingertips and burned a hole in his heart.
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