Chapter 60 I like Uncle Zhou and don’t want to be separated from him.
Yu Luo had just grabbed her bag and was about to leave. She was changing her shoes at the door when she saw Su Quan's face look grim after answering a phone call. She asked, "What's wrong? Why is your face so long so early in the morning?"
Su Quan sneered, "Don't be in such a hurry to leave. Your good daughter has set a big game for you and me. That man didn't come to see us, but went to his hometown to see the two elders first. I don't know what kind of curse he used to make the two elders speak for him. He's really scheming. I really don't feel comfortable handing Zhizhi over to him."
Yu Luo was also stunned when he heard this, "He went back to his hometown? When did he go? Why didn't anyone tell me?"
Su Quan said, "Please ask for leave. The man sent a matchmaker to our house today to propose marriage, and Dad asked us to go back."
Yu Luo, “…”
The couple's emotions were truly complicated. The more Su Quan thought about it, the angrier he became. "Not only did he trick her into being pregnant, but now he's tricking her into instigating Grandpa and Grandma. This man's tactics are truly powerful. And my dear daughter still thinks I'll harm her. If she marries a man like this, it's a wonder she can be happy in the future."
Yu Luo went back to pack up his things. "Stop talking. Let's pack up and go back."
As the couple went out, they called their respective leaders at work, saying that there was an emergency at home and they had to go back to deal with it, so they asked for a day off.
Zhou Jinbai was actually panicking. This was the first time he had to face Su Li's parents in person since they had been together for so long. He was really afraid that Su Quan and his wife would expose his past relationship with Su Li in front of the two elderly people. He didn't know how the situation would end then.
If they really cared about his relationship with Zhou Zexi, he would have already decided to sever the father-son relationship with Zhou Zexi.
In Zhou Zexi's world, he is an indispensable character, but in his world, Zhou Zexi is always a burden.
If it wasn't for repaying his sister's companionship and care, he wouldn't have suffered so much for Zhou Zexi over the years.
But if it weren't for Zhou Zexi, he might have followed her the year his sister died.
But on the other hand, if he hadn't had to raise Zhou Zexi, he wouldn't have worked so hard and met Su Li.
There are pros and cons, but Zhou Zexi has grown up now. Even if he leaves him and starts his own business, he will not starve to death, so he should live for himself and work hard to pursue his own happiness.
Zhou Jinbai went to the vegetable market early in the morning to buy a lot of ingredients. He prepared eight dishes.
Jiang Wen called and said they would arrive around 11 o'clock, and he would drive to pick up the bosses.
Zhou Jinbai asked them to be careful on the road.
But Jiang Wen said, "The young master was at home these days and asked you where you were going, but I didn't tell him. Today, when I went out, he asked me where I was going, but I didn't tell him either."
Zhou Jinbai said indifferently, "Don't say anything. Just pick them up and prepare the gifts for the marriage proposal."
Jiang Wen agreed and said that Li Zhuzhu had gone to Zhou's house to look for him, but he didn't know why. Zhou Jinbai told him not to worry about it for the time being.
Surprisingly, grandpa and grandma did not go out after having morning tea today. Grandma went to help him pick vegetables, and while picking vegetables she complained that Su Li did not get up.
Zhou Jinbai's voice was clear and calm, "It's okay, let her sleep a little longer, it's still early, I'll be there."
Grandma sighed, "Xiao Zhou, you can't spoil her like this. How can I let you be busy all by yourself?"
Zhou Jinbai smiled and said, "I'm busy enough. If I'm not, I'll call her."
Grandma nodded. "Children from poor families have to grow up early. I can see that you are a very responsible person. It must not be easy to raise a child by yourself, right?"
Zhou Jinbai answered honestly, "It was indeed not easy. It almost cost me my life."
Grandma was puzzled. "Since he is an adopted son, why is it worth your efforts? Will he come today?"
Zhou Jinbai shook his head. "He's not coming. He's busy with work and is rarely home. I haven't told him about getting married yet. If I did, he'd probably argue with me again."
Grandma sighed, "He doesn't agree? Why doesn't he agree? You didn't get married for him all these years, and now you want to get married, why doesn't he agree? He's really selfish."
Zhou Jinbai didn't refute, "He and I are the only ones who depend on each other at home. I guess he doesn't want me to shift my focus to someone else."
Grandma understood. "If he's around Zhizhi's age, he should be getting married too. Why isn't he married?"
Zhou Jinbai remained emotionless, "Divorced."
Grandma was stunned. "Ah? Divorce already? Whose fault is it?"
Zhou Jinbai replied, "It's his problem. The woman did nothing wrong. He made a mistake."
Grandma asked, "Is it a serious mistake? It has come to the point of divorce, so it must be serious."
Zhou Jinbai nodded, "It's indeed serious, extramarital affair."
Grandma got angry when she heard this. "Isn't this just harming the girl? If you can't control yourself, why get married? It seems Zhizhi's divorce was also due to her ex-husband's infidelity. These men are really disgusting."
Zhou Jinbai put the selected vegetables in the basket and said, "Who knows what he was thinking? Anyway, I can't figure it out."
Grandma said, "You can't do that, or you'll disappoint a lot of people. Zhizhi is my only child. If she suffers any injustice, her grandfather and I will definitely not agree."
Zhou Jinbai reassured her, "If I had that kind of thought, then my life would definitely be over."
Grandma felt uncomfortable. "Your son also cheated on his wife. Why are there so many cheating men?"
Zhou Jinbai thought, it's not just his son, there are so many people in this world, how many of them are loyal to their partners.
He prepared the dishes in advance and waited until almost ten o'clock before going upstairs to wake Su Li up.
This girl slept late last night and really didn't want to get up today.
Zhou Jinbai walked into the bedroom and called her name twice, but she didn't respond.
He climbed directly onto the bed and picked her up. Su Li hummed in a daze, her little mouth pouting unwillingly. Zhou Jinbai held her in his arms and sat down, kissing her twice on the lips.
"Your parents are coming, and you're not getting up yet. Do you want me to be scolded alone?"
Su Li was woken up by his kiss. Seeing his face so close to her, she rested her head in his arms and closed her eyes again.
"Sleep for another ten minutes."
Zhou Jinbai was helpless.
"Okay, I'll wait for you for ten minutes."
Su Li nodded. In fact, she woke up after a while. Zhou Jinbai didn't let her go. She reached out and hugged his neck.
"Uncle Zhou."
"Um?"
"Don't get angry if my parents scold you."
"I'm not angry. To get my wife, they can scold me however they want."
Su Li nodded, "Don't abandon me just because they scold you."
Zhou Jinbai felt a pang of pain in his heart, "How could it be? If I don't die, I'll take you."
Su Li felt relieved. "I like Uncle Zhou and don't want to be separated from him."
Zhou Jinbai's heart melted when he heard this. This was the first time Su Li took the initiative to say that she liked him.
He knew that Su Li had him in her heart, "We will never be apart, not in this life."
Every day he was apart from Su Li, he felt what it meant to be living a life worse than death. When they first started this relationship, Su Li ignored him, and he thought that as long as she lived well, it didn't matter what happened. Anyway, he could bear the pain of being ignored.
It doesn’t matter if Su Li doesn’t want to be with him. If they want to break up, then they can break up. It doesn’t matter if the feelings aren’t that passionate. He thought he could calm down.
But every time they meet again, he can be easily moved by her emotions. Zhou Jinbai thinks he is a calm person. No matter what he faces, even facing death, he is calm.
But nothing Su Li did could make him calm. He couldn't help but miss her, but no matter how much he thought about her, he couldn't see her.
He would stay awake all night because of Su Li's little temper, and smoke all night long, but he didn't know how to vent his inner frustration.
Love changes a person beyond recognition, especially this separation. He truly experienced what it meant to be living a life worse than death. He couldn't eat a single bite of food and tossed and turned in bed in the middle of the night. He really felt like he would die without her.
When he fainted from hypoglycemia, he was thinking that some people would really die without love. He used to look down on those who tried to commit suicide for love, thinking that people could live without anyone.
But when this happened to him, he realized how painful it was. The thought of her aborting their child out of grief made him feel so painful that he could hardly control himself.
He pretended to be calm for a few days, but when he saw Su Li's message of reconciliation, God knows who saved his life.
After being held by Zhou Jinbai for a while, Su Li got up. There were guests coming today, so she dressed up specially to avoid looking listless and making it seem that she didn't value Zhou Jinbai.
Zhou Jinbai said he had found a few matchmakers, but Su Li was still wondering who they would be.
After getting up, washing and dressing, she also went downstairs to help Zhou Jinbai with the work.
I just ate a couple of bites of the steamed buns that my grandfather had left over from his tea, and waited for the big meal at noon.
At about eleven o'clock, the sound of a car was heard outside the yard of the two-story villa.
Zhou Jinbai glanced at the time and guessed that those people had arrived.
Jiang Wen's Porsche attracted a lot of attention as soon as he entered the small county town.
Someone tracked this car and posted it on a short video platform with the caption: People from small places have never seen the world, what kind of big shot is this that came to my house?
The license plate number of the black Porsche in the video is Beijing A with several 8s at the end. It seems that the license plate number is more expensive than the car.
The car quickly became a local hot topic, and the comment section gradually became lively.
I've seen the car of Zhou Jinbai, a big shot, on marketing accounts a few times. His car is so cool, the license plate number is even more expensive than the car itself.
[Why did he come to our small town? Is there any event going on?]
[Where has this person gone? I see this blogger is pretty close to me.]
[I can't even imagine how happy the lives of rich people are. Can you let me experience it?]
[I can't even afford a wheel on a luxury car in my entire life. How could Zhou Jinbai inexplicably fall in love with me and then take me by force?]
[Go to bed, you think you're the heroine of a novel? The boss throws the heroine on the bed and tears her long skirt apart. The boss throws you on the bed and takes off your long johns, warm pants, and fleece pants... but loses interest in you halfway through.]
【……】
The car caused a small sensation online, but no one could track down where it went.
After Zhou Jinbai washed his hands, he went out to greet some friends. As soon as Zhang Qingchi got out of the car, he shouted at the door, "Is this Su Li's house? It's too shabby. She earns so much money but can't afford to buy a house?"
Hou Jiangyong shouted inside, "Lao Zhou! Is this the house?"
Zhou Jinbai walked out of the small building and said, "Stop shouting, it's disturbing the neighbors."
After seeing Zhou Jinbai, Hou Jiangyong and others entered the room.
Su Li also came out to greet them. Zhang Qingchi immediately criticized her when he saw her, "You didn't even reply to a single message. You really are my ancestor."
Grandpa and grandma stood at the door looking at them. Zhang Qingchi changed his attitude in an instant, smiling harmoniously, "Hello, old man."
Grandpa and grandma greeted them politely, "Now that you are here, come in and sit down."
Zhou Jinbai took the gifts brought by Hou Jiangyong and Jiang Wen and let them in.
Passersby all looked sideways at Su Li's yard.
Zhou Jinbai was greeting guests and serving tea and water to several of them. How could he normally receive such treatment?
Su Li said to let her come, and Zhou Jinbai asked her to sit next to him and not move.
When grandpa and grandma watched Zhou Jinbai greeting guests, they always felt that Zhou Jinbai treated this place as his home.
Seeing that he didn't want to be helped, Su Li sat down opposite them.
Qin Yu and Jiang Wen were rather reserved, so Su Li greeted them, "Butler Jiang, Assistant Qin."
Jiang Wen almost called out "Young Madam" but then realized something was wrong and smiled at Su Li, "Miss Su."
Qin Yu finally saw the beauty that was rumored to be so beautiful in the company. The whole company was saying that Chairman Zhou had hidden a beauty. He thought it was fake, but it turned out to be true.
But he knew this beauty... She used to be Chairman Zhou's daughter-in-law.
Qin Yu's expression was a little subtle. He nodded slightly at Su Li and then looked away.
Hou Jiangyong was a talkative and smooth person. He chatted with the two elderly people with a smile, "Our Zhou is actually a very nice person. He is helpful and has good character. He hasn't had many women around him in recent years. This Miss Su is the only one I have met."
Zhang Qingchi echoed, "That's right. Lao Zhou is so focused on his career. I thought he really didn't care about women. It wasn't until he got together with Su Li that I realized Lao Zhou actually likes women."
Grandpa looked at the men's clothes and appearance and felt that they were extraordinary. Each of the four men had his own temperament. He asked everyone, "Have you known him for a long time?"
Hou Jiangyong said, "It's been more than ten years. I've known him since before he became famous."
Zhang Qingchi said, "I've known him for almost 20 years, but we didn't have much contact in the early days. We only gradually got in touch later."
Grandma asked, "He's never been married?"
Zhang Qingchi shook his head, "I've never seen it..."
But Zhou Jinbai had a son, and no one knew that he was an adopted son.
Zhang Qingchi and Hou Jiangyong didn't know either. Zhou Jinbai didn't say anything, so Zhang Qingchi deliberately kept it vague, fearing that he would say something wrong and ruin Zhou's good deeds.
After pouring them some water, Zhou Jinbai let them chat while he went to cook.
Hou Jiangyong glanced at him and said, "Venerable, Lao Zhou."
Zhang Qingchi tutted his words, “How can I normally eat the food he cooks? This meal is probably going to last forever.”
Jiang Wen consciously stood up to help him, "Master, let me do it."
Zhou Jinbai didn't refuse and directed Jiang Wen to work in the kitchen.
Grandma stood up and said, "How can we let guests do the work? Zhizhi, help."
Su Li quickly stood up and said, "Oh, okay."
Grandma and Su Li went to the kitchen together, and the rest of the people stayed to talk to Grandpa.
The gifts I brought were piled all over the floor, and I didn’t know what I brought.
It was almost twelve o'clock, and Su Quan and his wife had not arrived yet. Grandpa couldn't help but take out his mobile phone to call them again to urge them.
Su Quan and Yu Luo were almost there, holding their breath, and had already figured out how to deal with that man.
The neighbors saw a car in front of Su Li's house, and several close friends came to visit and asked what was going on with her grandmother.
Grandma explained with a smile, "My granddaughter has grown up and it's time for her to get married. Someone came to propose marriage today."
In fact, ordinary people rarely pay attention to whether a car is a luxury car or not. It’s just that the “8” on the license plate is too conspicuous. Even if you don’t know luxury cars, you know that such a license plate number is not something ordinary people can afford.
The neighbor aunt whispered to grandma, "Is your family rich?"
Although my grandmother was a little proud, she still answered calmly, "Generally speaking, he's rich, with an annual salary of around one million."
The neighbor's aunt's eyes widened. "Your daughter Su Li is really promising. She has many opportunities to go to school and work in a big city. No wonder you two broke your family to buy a house for your son in Beijing. Your granddaughter has made it big and found such a rich boyfriend."
Grandma pretended to be calm and said, "Actually, whether you have money or not is not the main point. The main point is to treat my granddaughter well. Look, so many people came today. I didn't even cook. It was my grandson-in-law who did all the cooking."
My aunt's eyes were almost filled with envy. "How does she look? I hope she's not ugly."
Grandma waved her hands, "That's impossible. He's very handsome and tall."
My aunt asked, "How old is he? If this guy isn't a second-generation rich kid, he should be over 30, right?"
Grandma was vague about his age. "Zhizhi is almost 30, so it's not uncommon for her to find someone over 30. Just treat her well."
Aunt nodded. "That's true, but why haven't the Su Quan couple come back yet? It's impossible for them to come and propose marriage today without the parents being here, right?"
Just as she was speaking, she heard the sound of a car approaching from afar. Grandma didn't answer her, but just looked outside.
Zhou Jinbai was cooking, and Jiang Wen and Su Li were watching as the food was brought to the restaurant. It was almost noon.
Su Li was a little nervous. Looking at Zhou Jinbai busy in the kitchen, Su Li walked in and stood beside him.
"Uncle Zhou, what should I do if I'm nervous?"
Zhou Jinbai is stir-frying vegetables.
"Don't be nervous. There are a lot of people here today. They won't embarrass you in front of so many people."
Jiang Wen also walked in and whispered, "Calm down, don't panic, it's not a big deal."
Su Li glanced at him and said, "Butler Jiang, it's easy for you to say that. My parents know about the relationship between me and your master."
Jiang Wen spoke calmly, "You've already divorced the young master, and nothing's wrong. It would be awkward if you hadn't divorced."
Zhou Jinbai told her not to be nervous, "I heard the sound of a car, they should be here, Lizhi, go out and take a look."
Su Li said "oh" and went out to check the situation. Just as she reached the door of the hall, she heard Su Quan's voice, "Why is Zhou Jinbai's car here?"
Yu Luo had a bad feeling, but still smiled at the grandmother and several neighbor aunts in the yard, "Mom, everyone is here."
Su Quan's face looked grim. He forced a smile at the neighbors and walked straight inside. "Zhou Jinbai! Give me a fucking explanation!"
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