Zhou Yizhou was seen carrying a skinny boy of about ten years old from the passenger seat. The boy had a bandage on his shoulder, his right arm was in a sling, and a timid expression on his face.
Zhou Yizhou put his son on the ground and led him to Zhou Xiang. "Binbin, this is your aunt Xiang. Call someone."
The boy's eyelids drooped and he called out "Auntie" in an almost inaudible voice.
Zhou Yizhou frowned, "Louder."
Zhou wanted to stop him by waving his hand. "Don't yell at the child. I heard Binbin calling me. To him, I'm still a stranger, and this is still a strange place. Don't force the child. The more you force him, the more scared he will be."
Zhou Weibin raised his eyelids, glanced at Zhou Xiang secretly, and then immediately lowered his eyelids.
Zhou Xiang extended his hand as a gesture of invitation, leading the family of four into the yard.
Zhou Yizhou, holding his son's hand, sighed as he entered the courtyard, "Little sister, I haven't been here for many years. I came to the housewarming party on the day we moved into this building!"
"Aren't you busy with your family and son? I don't want to bother you so often! Who would have known that you would mess up these most crucial years of your life?"
Zhou Yizhou's expression was bitter. "I don't know how it turned out like this."
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. First, bring the child into the living room. Tell Ling Ran to take you and carry everyone's luggage upstairs. There's a vacant apartment upstairs, so you and your family can live there."
"good!"
After Zhou Yizhou pushed the child to sit on the sofa, Zhou Xiang invited Zhou Zuoping and Chen Wenlian to sit down. "Uncle Zhou, Aunt Chen, don't be polite. Treat this place as your home. Brother Zhou and I never talk about formalities."
Zhou Zuoping pulled his wife to sit down. "Zhou Xiang! Yizhou has also told you about his current situation. We are powerless to help him. The couple needs to handle the matter between them. Our opinions are simply not suitable for people of their generation. He suddenly brought us here. Is he determined?"
Zhou Xiang nodded and held the boy's left hand. "I actually agree. A noisy family is bad for a child's mental health. Sometimes, negligent parents are worse off than not having any of them."
As she said this, she looked down at her hands, and her small hands were trembling slightly.
She sighed softly. This child was too sensitive. His parents' quarrels had a great impact on him. Even his grandfather's abdication might have had a significant impact on him.
Zhou Zuoping was silent.
Chen Wenlian sighed, "Human beings! It's best not to get promoted. After you get promoted and then come down, you'll be treated coldly too much. It's better to be an ordinary employee from the beginning!"
Zhou Zuoping looked embarrassed.
Zhou wanted to change the subject, "Uncle Zhou, I wanted to ask Brother Zhou to help me, but I haven't told him yet. I'll wait for him to come down later.
In fact, Brother Zhou is not suitable for politics, but for business and working with people. Didn't he do well when you directed him to do things before? As soon as you let him go and let him make his own decisions, he messed up everything.
Zhou Zuoping's eyes showed surprise. "It would be best if you had work for him. After I came down, I asked him to leave, but he refused to listen and insisted on fighting to the death with Wang Yibao. Now he's in such a bad state, ah~"
"Uncle Zhou, Aunt Chen, things have come to this. Let's not talk about the past anymore and just focus on the present and the future. You two should relax.
Brother Zhou is at a crossroads in his life. You should cheer up and help him, instead of making him worry about your feelings when he's already in such a state of panic. Yesterday, when he received my call, he cried. I think he's been suppressing this for too long.
Upon hearing this, Chen Wenlian's eyes became moist. Her son had been carefree and heartless since he was a child, but he actually cried in front of Zhou Xiang, who was a dozen years younger than him. It was really aggrieved.
She opened her mouth to say something when Zhou Yizhou came in.
Zhou Xiang waved his hand and asked Zhou Yizhou to sit down. Ling Ran came in right after him and sat on the left side of his wife, staring at the little hand in his wife's right hand.
Zhou wanted to push away his body that was leaning towards him, "Sit up straight and tell Brother Zhou and the others what happened."
"oh."
Ling Ran reluctantly gave up staring at the little boy and told Zhou Yizhou about his school plan.
Zhou Xiang coaxed Binbin in a low voice, "Binbin, did you see that playroom in the yard just now? At noon, there will be two identical brothers coming home from school!
You can slide down the slide with your two brothers, play on the rocking horse, and even go skateboarding. There are four skateboards at home, so you don’t have to fight over them.”
Seeing Zhou Weibin looking at the sling on his arm, Zhou Xiang asked, "How long has it been since you removed the plaster from your arm?"
"More than a month." Binbin answered in a low voice.
"Does it still hurt?" Zhou Xiangdu said softly.
"No, it doesn't hurt anymore." Facing his gentle aunt, Zhou Weibin couldn't say anything against his will.
"You've been absent from school for half a year, but you can't keep up with your studies. Do you plan to repeat a grade?"
Zhou Weibin remained silent.
"If you feel you can't keep up, then repeat a grade. If you don't want to repeat a grade, then wait for those two brothers to come back and ask them to help you with the lessons. Don't rush to answer, think about it for a few days. The final exams are coming up soon, and you won't be able to catch up even if you rush.
I'm planning to ask your father to come over and work for me. So, would you like to transfer to a school in town?"
Zhou Weibin immediately raised his head and said in a slightly louder voice, "Can I transfer to another school?"
"Of course, if you're unhappy studying in one school, you can transfer. As long as your grades are good, transferring is easy. On the contrary, if your grades are poor, other schools may not accept you, so transferring becomes a problem."
Zhou Weibin smiled slightly. "My grades have always been above average. How about I repeat a grade and study for the fourth grade? I'm sure my grades will improve."
Zhou Xiang raised his head and touched his head. "Well! You're smarter and more thoughtful than your father. It's right for you to repeat a grade. It's a good opportunity to consolidate the knowledge you've learned so far."
Binbin smiled shyly, "My dad is also very good."
Boys generally admire their fathers, so Zhou Yizhou is not a failure.
"Right? He'll be even more powerful in the future. These past few years have just been a low point in his life. You have to be obedient and let him have the energy to do things."
"Okay! I will be obedient." Zhou Weibin nodded vigorously.
"What about your arm?"
Zhou Weibin ripped off his suspenders embarrassedly. "I was afraid my dad would send me to school. Wang Shuai always brought people to bully me. I didn't want to go to school anymore, but I didn't know what to do. So I lied."
"Did you break your arm yourself?"
"Wang Shuai and his men chased me, and I ran so fast that I fell."
"When you come over here, if anyone bullies you again, tell those two brothers and ask them to help you find a way out."
"good!"
Zhou Weibin's voice became louder and louder, and both Zhou Yizhou and Zhou Zuoping heard it.
Chen Wenlian walked over to her grandson with red eyes and sat down, hugging him in her arms. "It's my fault. I was only concerned about my own sadness and ignored you. That kid from the Wang family is too bullying."
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