"Grandpa Zeng, I'm sorry!" Wen Ziqing felt very ashamed.
General Zhou waved his hand, indicating that he didn't take Wen Yulong's shady tactics to heart. Honestly, General Zhou felt sorry for Wen Ziqing. No wonder there's a saying: "If there's a stepmother, there's a stepfather." In Wen Yulong's heart, there really wasn't even a place for Wen Ziqing, the child from his previous marriage. Fortunately, Wen Ziqing had made a name for herself, and even without Wen Yulong's help, she could have made a name for herself.
"Grandpa, regarding the incident at my mom's factory, have they found the person who hid the drugs?" General Zhou's tone was nonchalant as he described the entire incident. But Zhou Yuanyuan could still detect his dissatisfaction with Wen Yulong from his tone. Not wanting to embarrass Wen Ziqing, Zhou Yuanyuan quickly changed the subject.
"No." General Zhou shook his head. This matter involved Zhao Yunxiang's garment factory, so General Zhou, to avoid suspicion, did not want to interfere too much. After the special operations team cleared Zhao Yunxiang of suspicion, the case was handed over to the Shilitun Public Security Bureau for follow-up. Unfortunately, more than ten days passed, and the Public Security Bureau had made no progress at all.
For some reason, the image of Gutiezhu's box of glittering gold bars flashed through Zhou Yuanyuan's mind.
Zhou Yuanyuan didn't know that the night before the bag of powder was found in the Yunyun Garment Factory, Gu Tiezhu climbed over the wall and took away Gu Hongxing and Gu Xiaofang. Otherwise, with Zhou Yuanyuan's intelligence, she would have guessed the connection between the bag of "white powder" and Gu Tiezhu.
Because of the inexplicable bag, all workers who had access to the utility room were questioned by police. Zhao Yunxiang instructed that all workers at the Yunyun Garment Factory would unconditionally cooperate with the investigation.
Zhou Yuanyuan believed her mother's innocence and, knowing the situation was under General Zhou's control, she didn't ask any further questions. It was precisely because of Zhou Yuanyuan's small oversight that Gu Tiezhu remained at large for two more years and nearly endangered Zhao Yunxiang's life. But that's a story for another time.
Zhou Yuanyuan and the others chatted with General Zhou for most of the day, and Wen Ziqing played a few games of chess with General Zhou before returning to the Wen family.
In two days, Wen Ziqing would be reporting to the military district for duty. It was unknown how many years it would take for him to return. Before leaving, Wen Ziqing planned to say something to Wen Yiran.
Wen Ziqing had just left when Zhou Zhixin's car arrived home. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yunxiang was also in Zhou Zhixin's car today, and they got out one after the other.
"Mom, why did you and Dad get off work together today?" Zhou Yuanyuan looked at the setting sun and felt very strange. After all, Zhou Zhixin's workplace and Zhao Yunxiang's workplace were dozens of kilometers apart! Moreover, one worked to the north of the Zhou family's house, and the other worked to the south. It was impossible for them to go to get off work together.
"Oh~! Your Aunt Qiuyu was injured, so I asked Xiaoqiu to send her to the hospital. Your dad happened to be working there today, so he brought me back. Xiaoqiu will come over later, and if anything happens to your Aunt Qiuyu, I have to go to the hospital." Zhao Yunxiang was in a bad mood when she thought of Chen Qiuyu.
At this time, Zhou Yuanyuan smelled a faint smell of blood from Zhao Yunxiang. Zhou Yuanyuan looked around Zhao Yunxiang's body and found that there were a few spots of bright red blood on the sleeves of Zhao Yunxiang's snow-white woolen coat.
"Mom, are you hurt?" Zhou Yuanyuan's face changed. She grabbed Zhao Yunxiang's hand, but her eyes couldn't help but stare at Zhou Zhixin seriously.
"Yuanyuan, your mother is fine. It was someone else's blood." Zhou Zhixin explained. He didn't know if it was his own illusion, but Zhou Zhixin felt that Zhou Yuanyuan's eyes were full of condemnation towards him, as if she was blaming him for not protecting Zhao Yunxiang properly.
"Oh." Zhou Yuanyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. If Zhao Yunxiang was injured again around Zhou Zhixin, Zhou Yuanyuan felt that she would never forgive Zhou Zhixin.
"Yunxiang, isn't that right?" Zhou Zhixin was afraid that Zhou Yuanyuan wouldn't believe him, so he quickly sought help from outside.
"Yeah." Zhao Yunxiang glanced at Zhou Zhixin, feeling proud of her position in Zhou Yuanyuan's heart. Don't think she didn't know that Zhixin was jealous of her!
"Yuanyuan, have you completed the mission? When will you be home? Are you tired?" Although Zhao Yunxiang saw that Zhou Yuanyuan looked a little better than a few days ago, she couldn't hide her inner worry about her daughter.
Mission? Zhou Yuanyuan glanced at General Zhou standing beside her. Seeing General Zhou nod slightly, Zhou Yuanyuan responded to Zhao Yunxiang: "Yeah, it's done. I'm not tired."
"Kid, I've told you so many times not to be so stubborn at such a young age. Your responsibility now is to study hard and not get involved in everything." When Zhao Yunxiang said this, her eyes drifted straight to General Zhou.
As a mother, Zhao Yunxiang knew her daughter was quite capable, but she had no desire for Zhou Yuanyuan to join the special operations team. They were content with Zhou Zhixin protecting their country, and a little fatigue was fine with her. But Yuanyuan was a girl, and she should be pampered and raised, living the life she wanted.
On New Year's Eve, Zhou Yuanyuan was desperate to find a place to advance and overcome the Thunder Tribulation. Without even leaving a word, she vanished from the Zhou family mansion with Wen Ziqing. Zhou Xi, Zhou Jiasheng, and the others were busy cleaning up the debris from the fireworks display. Zhou Yuanyuan's departure was so swift that no one noticed except General Zhou, who had been keeping a close eye on her.
General Zhou was surprised by Zhou Yuanyuan's instantaneous disappearance, but for her sake, he didn't tell anyone else about her departure. He told Zhou Xi that her two children, Wen Ziqing, had gone on a trip. He told Zhao Yunxiang and Zhou Zhixin that they had gone on a special mission together.
"Got it, Mom. I'll definitely study hard after school starts. What happened to Aunt Qiuyu?" Zhou Yuanyuan knew that if she didn't change the subject quickly, Zhao Yunxiang would keep nagging. For the sake of her ears and her future freedom, she had to "sacrifice" the gossip about Ren Zhongyuan's family!
Zhou Yuanyuan's mind flashed back to Chen Qiuyu's gentle face. She had lived in the Guards Regiment's family building for over a year, and her impression of Chen Qiuyu was that she was always slow and methodical in everything she did, always prioritizing her husband, Ren Dahai, and son, Ren Zhongyuan.
"Ah!" Zhao Yunxiang sighed heavily and winked at Zhou Yuanyuan, signaling that the mother and daughter should talk in private for a while. Zhao Yunxiang was afraid that she would curse, and in front of General Zhou, Zhao Yunxiang always consciously restrained her true nature.
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