Chapter 972 Choose Him or Me

"Since he's here, let's meet him. Mr. Huo, please give me a place to stay. I need to have a good talk with our old lady."

Huo Xingzhou stood up and took Qiao Xi to the restaurant. "I've brought back all the food you wanted. I'll have Aunt Qian prepare it for you to try. You haven't rested well these past two days, so eat as much as you can. I'll be at home with you every day from now on."

"good."

Sun Weimeng wanted to stay and watch the fun, but was also taken away by Lao Chen.

The living room suddenly became quiet.

Wan Jiang invited the old lady from the Zhong family in.

The old lady still looked very bad, and she was still trembling when she walked, and needed the support of the housekeeper. He must have been injured at the fork in the road that day, and more probably from the turmoil in the Zhong family.

He was uneasy.

The old lady of the Zhong family sat opposite Zhong Yi and looked at his expression.

He had never seen Zhong Yi since the last time. He only heard about her from outsiders. After he was discharged from the hospital, he did not return to the Zhong family, but went to the home of his rival.

The old lady knew Zhong Yi's temper. He would rather stay here than go back, which showed that he was really separated from the Zhong family this time.

He also felt some regret.

I'm used to being in a superior position and giving orders.

He had other plans when he asked Zhong Yi to let Zhong Lingxiao go, and he really didn't consider his feelings. After thinking about it for a while, he was a little flustered.

I'm really worried that Zhong Yi will completely abandon the Zhong family.

After waiting for a few days, he couldn't wait any longer, so he came over.

Fortunately, the child was still willing to see him.

However, Old Lady Zhong understood his character. If he was unwilling to see it, it meant that he still hated the Zhong family, and that he cared about the Zhong family.

He actually wanted to meet her, which made him confused.

"Wan Jiang, pour the old lady a glass of water. The Huo family doesn't like to drink tea, so I'll follow the host's wishes. There's only warm water here, so drink some if you want, and don't if you don't like it." Zhong Yi's attitude was very obvious.

He no longer tried to please the old lady carefully.

"I'm not here for tea." The old lady looked at his familiar handsome face and said, "How is your injury? Did Dr. Qiao say it can be cured?"

"Are you asking this to assess how much value I still have?"

Zhong Yi's tone was very bad.

He held a water cup in his hand and said to Wan Jiang, "Peel an apple for me. I'm a little hungry. I've been tired all night and was just about to rest when someone came to my house."

The old lady is very overbearing in everything she does and in everything she does, and she has never spoken so nicely before.

He also knew what happened last night.

But he never thought that Zhong Yi and Huo Xingzhou could really overthrow the Pei family. The old man was not happy about the fall of the Pei family. He was afraid that one day the huge Zhong family would also fall.

It is so easy for them to bring down a noble family.

"I came here today just to see you. You don't have to hurt me with those harsh words. After all, we are blood relatives. Even if I have done many seemingly inhumane things for the Zhong family, I still have a sense of affection for you."

Zhong Yi almost laughed when she heard his words, "Then I thank you for your charity."

The old housekeeper couldn't bear it any longer. "Young Master, the old lady is very concerned about you. She is worried about your health and can't eat or sleep. Please at least take care of her..."

"Are you worried about me or Zhong Lingxiao?" Zhong Yi said impatiently, "Just tell me what's going on. I feel uncomfortable when you beat around the bush. You've wasted my time."

Seeing the old lady, it would be better for him to have breakfast with Qiao Xi.

The old lady realized that Zhong Yi was really drifting away from him.

He felt a little uncomfortable.

But it did not show any sadness or fragility.

"I came here for two things."

He still spoke in that commanding tone, "First, I want you to return to the Zhong family. Take over the Zhong family's business. The Zhong family will be handed over to you from now on. I will no longer interfere in the affairs of the Zhong family. You will be fully responsible."

"Your tone is like a gift. You gave me something so easily that I fought with Zhong Lingxiao for so long? Or do you have no choice but to let me clean up the mess? Unfortunately, I don't want to clean it up. Let's talk about the second reason you came here."

"This is the most important thing! You are a descendant of the Zhong family. Do you want to watch the Zhong family being eaten by leeches?"

"I am just an illegitimate child, a illegitimate child that you took back home as a stepping stone. If I hadn't been lucky, I would have died long ago. Do you think I still have feelings for the Zhong family? Old lady, when did you become so naive?"

Zhong Yi laughed wildly.

To be honest, he has a vengeful mentality.

A person who is high and mighty in power is described as worthless by him here.

"You...you really don't want my Zhong family's hundreds of years of business?"

"There's so much money and it's hard to spend it all."

"You don't have any power at all, so how can you protect the people you want to protect?"

"She has found her home."

I like to watch people who are not interested in food or drink.

Old Mrs. Zhong almost fainted from anger. How could there be such a stubborn guy? He had already bowed his head, so didn't this kid know to give the old man some face?

"Please tell me the second thing quickly. I also want to try the breakfast that Huo Xingzhou brought back."

The old lady took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in her heart and said, "Where is Ling Xiao?"

Zhong Yi showed an expression of "as expected" and a bit of mockery: "Are you really coming to pick him up? It's a pity that I don't know either."

"How could you not know!"

"Huo Xingzhou locked people up. How could I know that?"

"Don't play dumb. I asked about his whereabouts not because I wanted him to return to the Zhong family, but because I wanted to save his life. It's not good to have the blood of your brothers and sisters on your hands."

"Don't tell me such high-sounding words."

Zhong Yi sat in a wheelchair with a smile on her face. "Let me ask you a question. If you have to choose between me and Zhong Lingxiao, who will you choose, him or me? You'd better think it over before answering. I'm not joking."

He only gave him one chance.

I will never ask again.

Old Mrs. Zhong didn't waste his words. He looked at Zhong Yi and said, "You and I are both made of flesh. If you ask me to choose, I naturally can't. But if you ask me to choose for the future of the Zhong family, I will naturally choose you."

He has been thinking about the glory and interests of the Zhong family all his life.

Whoever is more valuable, choose him.

"That's just like you."

Zhong Yi sighed, "But the resentment in my heart is hard to get rid of."

Old Mrs. Zhong knew that he had conditions, and she also understood that as long as he fulfilled these conditions, Zhong Yi would take over the responsibility of the Zhong family.

Who could have imagined that the Zhong family's property would become such a hot potato that he would have to beg to give it to others.

"Tell me, what are the conditions?"