Chapter 86: Ashes to Ashes
Zhou Jinzhi has lived in a temple in the mountains outside the city since he was born.
Sweeping the floor, fetching water, attending classes, and copying scriptures.
According to Temple, this day-to-day life is to cleanse him of his sins.
He didn't know what kind of sin it was, but judging from the shunning attitude and indifferent looks of the people around him, it was probably unforgivable.
I have become accustomed to earnestly atone for my sins in this small place and live a mediocre life.
If he had not been taken back to the Zhou family many years later.
He had never had any contact with the outside world, but under the training of Mr. Zhou, he quickly showed amazing talent.
He is more outstanding than his eldest brother who left home. He has shown extraordinary strength in both business acumen and decision-making ability, making him the most suitable heir to the Zhou family.
Zhou Jinzhi gradually immersed himself in the joy of business war. Every decision and every contest made his blood boil.
Breathing the air of freedom, feeling the vastness and splendor of the outside world, the gazes of those around me are no longer shunned as before, but replaced with flattery and compliments.
With wealth and status piling up, he stood at the top of the pyramid, overlooking the world below.
But one day they were told that the pyramid was on the verge of collapse.
When the man who had been away from home for many years was about to return, he learned the truth of the matter.
It's ridiculous and absurd, but there's no way to refute it.
The more aristocratic a family is, the more it cannot escape the superstition of Feng Shui.
So a casual remark was enough to determine his fate.
In 1960, Mrs. Zhou Guan Qingzi, who was pregnant with her fourth child, went up the mountain to pray for blessings.
The child who was originally given infinite expectations turned out to be a disaster that was incompatible with the eldest son's fate.
The limitations of old ideas were like heavy shackles that tightly bound Guan Qingzi and caused her great suffering.
Everyone was telling her to give up.
"Qingzi, we can have another child, but please don't harm Chen Zhang."
"It's better to believe it exists than not to believe it exists. You can't be confused about this kind of thing."
"If you don't think about Chen Zhang, you should at least think about the Zhou family."
How could Guan Qingzi possibly abort her own child because of a false accusation?
However, at the same time, the Zhou family fell into a precarious situation due to wrong decisions.
Under the double pressure, Guan Qingzi's morning sickness became extremely severe. She couldn't eat anything and often vomited. She quickly lost weight.
The rumors thus intensified.
Even so, Guan Qingzi still persevered because of her love for her unborn child.
Finally, one spring, she gave birth to Zhou Jinzhi.
Green buds sprouted on the branches outside the window, and the situation of the Zhou family was also improving.
Guan Qingzi, however, was like a withered flower, gradually dying away.
She suddenly became irritable, anxious, sensitive and suspicious.
In 1961, no one knew what postpartum depression was.
Naturally, everyone in the Zhou family blamed everything on Zhou Jinzhi, and the unwarranted accusations were placed on her.
Her husband was also focused on his career and had no time to care about her situation.
When Guan Qingzi received provocative and intimate photos from other women, her heart was completely in turmoil. She couldn't tell the truth from the false. It was like a nightmare that kept tormenting her.
At the beginning, the man would explain to her seriously and try to calm her down.
But after quarrels broke out again and again, she met his disappointed gaze among the broken dishes.
"I shouldn't have let you give birth to that disaster."
This sentence was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, completely crushing her. All her persistence and efforts were shattered like dishes on the ground.
A few days later, Guan Qingzi chose to commit suicide.
The rumors about Zhou Jinzhi were thus confirmed.
The Zhou family immediately sent him to a temple on the mountain and decided that he could never leave the temple and would not be allowed to return to the Zhou family.
It was not until more than twenty years later that Zhou Chenzhang left.
After losing his heir, Mr. Zhou remembered his wife's request in her suicide note to treat their youngest son well, so he took Zhou Jinzhi back.
But now, Zhou Chenzhang decided to return to the Zhou family.
This means that Zhou Jinzhi will be trapped in the cage again.
He couldn't accept it.
Why can Zhou Chenzhang live happily in the sun, while he can only hide like a shameful rat?
Why should the culprit who killed his mother have his fate easily decided?
Jealousy, resentment, and the fear of losing his current life slowly condensed in his heart like a dense spider web.
Zhou Jinzhi carefully planned the car accident.
Then soon, there was a loud bang.
Outside the ward, snowflakes piled on the dead branches fell down, and the birds were scared away.
The sanatorium is not far from Tanshan Prison.
The sound of the execution fell silent, and tears rolled down from Mr. Zhou's cloudy and old eyes.
All dust returns to dust, earth returns to earth.
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