After resolving the matter, Jiang Xiaoli and her group did not stay at the Ren family's house for long.
Ren Zhiyi saw them out, saying, "Things happened so suddenly today. If you hadn't come, the Yun family might have continued to cause trouble at my house for a long time. Thank you."
Hu Jingxin put her arm around her shoulder and said, "It's our duty to uphold justice!"
Ren Zhiyi smiled gently and said, "Alright, alright, thank you, my esteemed heroes."
Jiang Xiaoli waved to her, "Alright, no need to chat with us here. Go home and have a good talk with Grandpa Ren. I feel he has suffered quite a blow. Come to the company again after you have dealt with your family matters."
Ren Zhiyi nodded. "Okay, I understand."
They walked towards the parking lot. Hu Jingxin rubbed her stomach, "I ate half of the hot pot earlier, and now I'm so hungry."
She shouldn't have brought it up, because once she did, the others also felt their stomachs growling.
Jiang Xiaoli quickened her pace, "Let's hurry home, I need to eat a couple more plates of meat to nourish myself!"
Back home, they didn't mind the thawed meat rolls sticking limply to the plate, and they devoured them with great relish.
They interrupted their hot pot meal for several hours before resuming it.
After finishing their meal, Zhong Yuan and the others helped clean up the battlefield before leaving.
As Chang Yue was leaving, she asked, "Xiao Li, are you coming to the company tomorrow? Qian Yi came up with a plan for the FMCG brand, shall we meet up?"
“I need to go to the Jinghua Center tomorrow,” Jiang Xiaoli said after thinking for a moment. “Chengcheng isn’t arriving until tomorrow afternoon, and Zhiyi probably can’t go either. How about we postpone it to next week?”
“Okay.” Chang Yue nodded and said, “Then I’ll discuss it with Xin Xin first. You go ahead and do your thing. We’ll talk about it when Cheng Cheng and the others arrive.”
The next morning, as Jiang Xiaoli finished breakfast and was about to leave, Zong Jiayu followed her closely.
She stopped and asked, "Aren't you going to the company today?"
Zong Jia smiled slightly, "I'll also go check out the 'Jinghua Center'; I can't just stay at the 'Jiang's Building' all the time."
The elevator stopped on the 24th floor. Zhong Yuan saw the two of them and gave them a "I knew it" look. "I knew it was you two coming down from upstairs!"
Jiang Xiaoli countered, "It could also be Uncle Xiao!"
Zhong Yuan was taken aback for a moment, then said, "That's still a one-in-five probability! By the way, why aren't you guys with Uncle Xiao?"
Zong Jia explained, "Let's go. Uncle Xiao took Auntie to the airport early this morning; we'll meet up at the 'Jinghua Center' later."
Zhong Yuan nodded. "I see."
Zhong Yuan followed the two of them, handing his car keys to Cao Jie, "Miss Cao, could you help me drive and follow us? I'd like to chat with your Chairman Jiang on the way."
Seeing Jiang Xiaoli nod, Cao Jie took Zhong Yuan's car keys and walked to the side.
On the way, Zhong Yuan, sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and chatted with the two of them, "I have a question I want to ask you two."
Zong Jia looked at him and said, "Speak your mind."
Jiang Xiaoli also said, "Brother Yuan, what's wrong with you? Why are you hesitating?"
"Sigh! It's not that difficult." Zhong Yuan sighed. "I just remembered that I heard you say that Auntie is going back to Xi'an today. My dad, who's a biology major, contacted me a while ago."
Zong Jia asked, puzzled, "Haven't you always been very clear about your attitude towards them?"
“Yes.” Zhong Yuan nodded. “You all know that I’m the kind of person who responds better to gentleness than force. In the past, when Old Zhong was tougher than me, I would be tougher. But this time, the old man didn’t play by the rules and suddenly started playing the victim.”
Jiang Xiaoli's assessment was very simple and blunt: "Brother Yuan, there must be something fishy going on. It's not that I don't support you repairing your relationship with him, but we need to figure out why he suddenly showed weakness, don't you think?"
"Hehe." Zhong Yuan chuckled. "I investigated, and guess what? Old Zhong only discovered he'd been cuckolded in his old age!"
"Huh?" Jiang Xiaoli and Zong Jiayu's eyes widened simultaneously. "What's going on?"
Zhong Yuan explained to them, "After my mother passed away, Lao Zhong initially did not plan to remarry. He was just having fun with this woman, but she suddenly got pregnant. Lao Zhong had no choice but to get a marriage certificate with her and live together."
A while ago, my younger brother, who was playing around, ran out and got hit by a car. He was seriously injured and needed a blood transfusion. But then we found out there was a funny thing: the little rascal is blood type B, Old Zhong is blood type O, and the woman is blood type A.
Jiang Xiaoli's mouth formed an "O" shape. "So you're saying your dad has been raising someone else's son all these years?"
Zhong Yuan nodded. "That's right, it really hit the old man hard."
Zong Jia asked a crucial question, "So what was his purpose in contacting you?"
“He didn’t say,” Zhong Yuan continued. “The old man just called me and said he missed me. He sounded so pitiful. I had someone look up all the details myself.”
Jiang Xiaoli asked, "Brother Yuan, what are your thoughts?"
Zhong Yuan pursed his lips and thought for a moment before saying, "To be honest, I don't have any thoughts. After all these years, I've long since lost all feelings for that family."
The old man and his family of three used to be living happily together, and I didn't bother to interfere. But seeing him like this now, I don't know how to handle it, so I thought I'd ask you guys.
Zong Jia chuckled lightly, "Isn't your thinking quite clear?"
"Huh?" Zhong Yuan was taken aback.
Jiang Xiaoli explained with a smile, "Relationships between people are built over time. Since you don't have any feelings for him, just follow your heart and don't overthink it."
Zhong Yuan thought for a moment and asked, "You mean it's reasonable for me not to talk to him, right?"
Zong Jiayu shrugged. "From what I remember of him, he's just realizing that you're his only biological son and wants to mend his relationship with you so he can have security in his old age. As for how much genuine affection he has, I don't think so."
Zhong Yuan wasn't displeased by his words; instead, he echoed, "That's what I think too!"
Jiang Xiaoli asked with a smile, "Brother Yuan, you seem to know so much about this, you must have another reason for asking us, right?"
Zhong Yuan scratched his head sheepishly, "I'm just afraid that Xin Xin and her mother will find out about this and think that I'm heartless for not caring about my own father."
Zong Jiayu suggested, "I think you should be open and honest with them about this."
“Yes,” Jiang Xiaoli said. “I think as long as we put ourselves in your shoes, Xin Xin and Auntie won’t have any ill feelings towards you. Yuan Ge, don’t overthink it.”
Zhong Yuan was then pleased, "That's good!"
He complained, "You guys don't know, I've been agonizing over this for days!"
Zong Jia leaned forward and patted his shoulder, "Don't be bound by moral constraints. The worst outcome of your situation is that you'll just have to pay him some money when he's old and no one cares about him."
Zhong Yuan laughed, "Old Zhong has a formal job and a pension after retirement, so it's not my place to support him!"
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