"Boss, don't do anything stupid! If your work style is wrong, everything will be over." Seeing Zhou Zhigang's gloomy face, Zhou Chunping hurriedly persuaded him: "You are the eldest son of our Zhou family. Only when you are well can our Zhou family be well!"
These days, Zhou Chunping has been secretly paying attention to Zhou Zhigang. Seeing that Zhou Zhigang stayed at home obediently at night and did not seem to be having a passionate affair with that female educated youth, he made up his mind to confront his son.
Zhou Chunping himself had come from a youthful era where, when the relationship between a man and a woman is too intense, the more people around them try to persuade them, the less they will listen. This was the case when he fell in love with Wu Jinfeng. The more his grandfather tried to persuade him, the more he stubbornly insisted on marrying her.
In this day and age, people with questionable conduct are scorned by everyone. If Zhou Zhigang and Liu Moli's affairs were exposed, they would not even be able to hold the position of village accountant.
"Dad, I was wrong." Seeing Zhou Chunping's attitude, Zhou Zhigang knew that Liu Moli's matter could no longer be concealed, so he quickly admitted his mistake to comfort Zhou Chunping.
No matter how much Liu Moli resembles Yunxiang, she is not her, Zhou Zhigang thought.
Seeing Zhou Zhigang's gloomy face, Zhou Chunping felt a pang of discontent. He said that the incident back then wasn't solely Zhou Zhigang's fault. If Zhao Yunxiang hadn't wandered around the supply and marketing cooperative, how could Zhigang have mistaken her? If Zhao Yunxiang hadn't insisted on marrying into the Zhou family, how could Zhigang still be obsessed with her? This woman had ruined his eldest son!
If Zhou Yuanyuan knew that Zhou Chunping had such a strange idea in his heart, he would definitely roll up his sleeves and beat Zhou Chunping up his face first. Zhao Yunxiang did nothing, but attracted Zhou Chunping's hatred. Zhou Chunping did not blame Zhou Zhigang for not being unyielding and unrequited, but instead blamed all this on Zhao Yunxiang. Isn’t Zhao Yunxiang so unfair?
Zhou Chunping puffed on his cigarette for a while longer, finally making up his mind. The benefactor had told him that day to quickly resolve the matter. Although Zhou Chunping didn't understand what was going on, the person who had entrusted the child to him had told him to raise the child well, and that someone would come and bring great wealth to their family.
Over the years, Zhou Chunping's desire for wealth and prosperity had always supported him, and that was why he treated his child so well. But now, his benefactor had decided not to have the child anymore? Zhou Chunping was somewhat bewildered.
If it weren't for the two absolutely true code words "checkered scarf, black mole on buttocks", Zhou Chunping would have really suspected that the visitor was a fake. But no matter what, the stack of money the noble man gave him before leaving was real!
The nobleman had told Zhou Chunping to get rid of the child as soon as possible. The sooner he could do so, the more money he would give him. If he could get this done within the next year, wouldn't he, Zhou Chunping, have tens of thousands more for nothing? Hiss! Zhou Chunping gasped, stunned by the rosy "money prospects" he had imagined in his head.
"Dad? Dad~?" Zhou Zhigang saw Zhou Chunping was stunned and called out a few words. It was the middle of the night and he was sleepy. He hoped his father would finish his work soon so he could sleep!
"Boss! Daddy has something to tell you." Zhou Chunping's heart hardened, and he decided to pull Zhou Zhigang to his side. The kid had grown up, tall, handsome, and promising. Zhou Chunping was old, not as smart as him, and not as strong as him. How could he get rid of him?
The boss was different. He was smart, in his prime, and had a grudge against that person. But with the boss's help, the matter wasn't so difficult.
By this time, the night was already quiet. Zhou Chunping had something to discuss with Zhou Zhigang tonight, so he sent Wu Jinfeng to sleep with his daughter-in-law, Li Chunjiao, at Zhou Zhigang's house. Except for Zhou Chunping's room, which was lit, the other rooms in the Zhou family's east and west wings were all dark.
Zhou Yuanyuan lay in bed, the energy in her body flowing slowly and automatically. The rustle of the wind through the sycamore leaves, the snoring of the old hens in the backyard, the creaking of mice grinding their teeth in the hole in the wall... her mother Zhao Yunxiang's peaceful sleeping posture, the gnashing of her grandmother Wu Jinfeng's teeth in the east wing... all of this gradually surfaced in Zhou Yuanyuan's mind.
It’s so late, grandpa and uncle are still not asleep?
Zhou Yuanyuan felt very strange when she saw Zhou Chunping and Zhou Zhigang having a long conversation.
After Zhou Chunping retired, his top priority was maintaining his health. Going to bed before 9 p.m. every night was a very important thing for him.
"Boss, Dad wants to tell you a secret." Zhou Chunping stared at Zhou Zhigang with a serious face, which made Zhou Zhigang's expression extremely solemn.
"Your third brother isn't your mother and I's child." Zhou Chunping's words struck Zhou Zhigang and Zhou Yuanyuan like a thunderbolt. The difference was that Zhou Zhigang was left with a daze: How could my third brother not be my father and mother's child? Could it be that my third brother was father's child with another woman?
Zhou Yuanyuan suddenly understood. No wonder her family had been disliked by Zhou Chunping and his wife for two lifetimes combined. So her father was adopted from outside? Wasn't there truly an unbridgeable chasm between blood?
"Big Boss! Dad is telling you this. You have to keep it to yourself and don't tell anyone." Zhou Chunping was afraid that Zhou Zhigang might let something slip, so he quickly added, "Not even Chunjiao."
"Yeah, I know." Zhou Zhigang nodded, his mind still immersed in the misunderstanding that Zhou Chunping had a woman outside. His father had this habit, no wonder he also went out to find women. It turned out that the root cause was his father!
"Back in Daxing City, I met a man on the street who was holding Zhixin and asked your mother and I to adopt him for a while. It just so happened that your third brother had passed away at that time, so your mother and I adopted Zhixin as a way to accumulate merit for him." Zhou Chunping spoke slowly, each word spouting out. He was too embarrassed to tell the truth in front of Zhou Zhigang. After burying his third son, he met a middle-aged man holding a baby on the street.
The middle-aged man looked a bit disheveled, one arm drooping, his clothes stained with blood, but his other hand tightly grasped the child in his arms, his face full of tension and grief.
Zhou Chunping was still young and passionate at that time. Seeing the middle-aged man in such a mess, he asked him if he needed help.
The middle-aged man chatted with Zhou Chunping for a few words, hesitated for a few seconds, and decisively put the child in his arms into Zhou Chunping's arms.
Zhou Chunping's third son had just died, and his heart softened when he saw the little baby. Provoked by the middle-aged man's words and dazzled by the huge stack of money in his hand, he took Zhou Zhixin home.
Although Zhou Chunping was thick-skinned, he was too embarrassed to admit in front of his son that the main reason he took Zhou Zhixin home was out of greed for money. He racked his brains to come up with a good excuse to "accumulate blessings" for his son.
Before leaving, the middle-aged man left behind two words as a code, telling Zhou Chunping that no matter who came to inquire about the child's whereabouts, anyone who did not tell him the code could not be trusted.
After Zhou Chunping brought the child home, he told Wu Jinfeng about the bizarre incident and showed her the several hundred yuan the middle-aged man had given her. Wu Jinfeng burst into tears and cursed Zhou Chunping for being so crazy. He dared to provoke a man covered in blood. Did he despise the Zhou family for having too long a life?
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