More than half a month passed quickly as Zhou Kai was forced to drink all kinds of tasteless soups that his wife could not finish every day.
Lawyer Gao accompanied Mao Xiaolu and Zhou Nian to participate in the filming. After returning, the three of them went directly to Zhou's house to report.
"Xiang Xiang," Mao Xiaolu hugged Zhou Xiang fearfully, "Luckily, Lawyer Gao accompanied us. The filming crew insisted on re-doing Nian Nian's makeup and even took out the agreement we signed last time. There was a clause in the agreement that required us to comply with the filming crew's requirements within the time limit."
Zhou Xiang pulled her away and looked at Zhou Nian. Zhou Nian usually didn't wear makeup, but today she had deliberately drawn her eyebrows thicker, slightly drooping, and applied heavy eye shadow. At first glance, she looked lacking in beauty and agility.
"Have you learned your lesson?" Zhou wanted to ask Mao Xiaolu.
"I ate it, I ate it," Mao Xiaolu nodded repeatedly. She was obviously a few years older than Zhou Xiang, but she was always criticized by Zhou Xiang, and every time she couldn't help but accept it.
Zhou Xiang told Song Sui about the incident again and asked him to solve the problem as soon as possible. "If it hadn't happened to me, I would never have intervened. After all, this is still your job."
Song Sui knew that this matter could be a big deal or a small one, so he immediately went to negotiate with the TV station.
As the time to return to the team is getting closer, Lailai is becoming more and more like this. His father holds him tightly in his arms every day and even sleeps with his son in his arms, not letting Lailai lie in bed for a moment.
Zhou Xiang tapped his forehead with his finger and shoved him back hard. "If you keep going like this, Lailai will be no different from when you were a kid! If there really is a personality problem, hey, tell me, do you feel good when you're arguing with your parents? Put yourself in their shoes and think about how it will feel in a few years when Lailai leaves you speechless and suffocating."
Zhou Kai looked down at the tiny baby in his arms. The baby's mouth moved a few times, so cute that it made people's hearts melt. "Cousin, I'm leaving tomorrow. I'll hold you again."
"Yeah! You're leaving tomorrow, leaving Jiajia to worry about your son, who you spoiled so much he wouldn't even stick to your bed. It's just like how you got Jiajia pregnant, then dumped her and disappeared back to the team. It's the same thing, a scumbag."
Zhou Kai panicked at his cousin's words. He looked up at the woman beside the bed. She sat there quietly, looking at him with sadness and reluctance in her eyes, but fortunately, there was no resentment. "Wife, I'm sorry."
"It's okay," Guo Jia graciously accepted her husband's apology. "With or without you, it makes no difference. I'll get married, have children, and wait until they're old enough to go to school. My mission in the first half of my life will be complete, and the mission in the second half will soon begin."
Zhou Kai was stunned. What did his wife mean by this?
Zhou Xiang raised his eyebrows and looked at his cousin. He had never received much affection from Jia Jia, but he didn't take the opportunity to make up for it and even dared to cause trouble. He deserved it.
Zhou Xiang returned to his room to prepare for a nap, but was dragged out by his cousin again. "Cousin, what did Jiajia mean by that? I don't dare to ask. She's too cold."
Shaking off his cousin's hand, Zhou Xiang straightened his wrinkled sleeves and said slowly, "In Jiajia's view, getting married and having children is a task that a woman must go through in the first half of her life, and then..."
At this point, Zhou Xiang stared closely at Zhou Kai's eyes. He saw the tension in his eyes as he wished, and felt very happy. "Then, when Xu Tong and his wife reach the age, she will become my personal cook. The rest of her life will be mine."
"Cousin!" Zhou Kai was shocked and angry, "So you're the one trying to poach me?"
"No!" Zhou Xiang refused to admit it. "She originally had deep feelings for you, but when she was most helpless during her pregnancy, I was by her side. Now, you're only concerned about your own son, holding Lailai in your arms every day, and then you just walked away. The only ones who can help her take care of the child are me or someone close to me. Plus, it was me who saved her family from dire straits back then. Am I not a hero in her heart?"
Seeing his cousin's face getting uglier, Zhou Xiang's inner little brother couldn't stop laughing. "I told you not to listen to everyone's advice and hold your son in your arms every day? I'll scare you to death."
Ling Ran, attracted by Zhou Kai's scream, had no choice but to hug his wife in his arms, "Okay, stop bullying him. We can't let our emotions interfere with our mission."
Zhou Xiang raised his head and glared at his lover, "What a mess!"
Zhou Kai's cousin's husband's words did not make him relax his vigilance. How could he not know how much his wife admired his cousin? No! He had to be discharged from the army as soon as possible. He glanced at the couple leaning on each other and asked, "Brother-in-law, how did you retire?"
"I accumulated merits, and then negotiated with the captain. He assigned me a mission he thought was impossible to complete. After I completed it, he had no choice but to agree to my request."
Zhou Kai's eyelids twitched. The couple's words became increasingly unclear. "What mission?"
"The mission where your cousin won the medal."
When Zhou Xiang heard this, his hands itched again, and he couldn't help but pinch the waist of the person next to him, "I've reminded you several times that your mission is not completely completed."
"I know," Ling Ran grabbed the restless little hand at her waist, "I haven't stopped either! Let's go back to the house and discuss this in detail."
Then, under Zhou Kai's playful gaze, Zhou Xiang was hugged and carried back to the room by his lover.
After Zhou Kai left, Lailai cried for a long time, but no one paid any attention to him. He could only lie on the bed and sleep quietly.
Only when her son was away did Xia Cuilan dare to bring up the issue of her grandson's surname with her daughter-in-law.
Guo Jia remembered his cousin's words carefully and would not give in easily, otherwise he would be arrogant. "Zhou Kai is a member of the Guo family, so he should have the surname Guo."
"Xiao Kai said he would have another child with the surname Zhou." Xia Cuilan repeated her son's words.
Guo Jia raised his eyelids and said, "Then the next one."
"But who knows whether the next one will be a boy or a girl? Let Lailai be named Zhou, and the next one will be named Guo."
"Who has the final say, you or I?" Guo Jia was a little impatient.
Xia Cuilan was choked and decided to stop talking for the time being and talk about it next time.
But Guo Jia's words happened to be heard by Zhou Ming who came to visit his grandson. Since his son was not around, Zhou Ming thought he could make the decision on his son's behalf. He glared at Guo Jia and said, "Of course your mother-in-law and I have the final say. Zhou Kai is my son, and I can still be the head of his family."
"Oh!" Guo Jia sneered, "Zhou Kai is my Guo family's son-in-law. He has to listen to me. His family is my responsibility."
"You bitch... wuwuwu."
Zhou Ming's mouth was covered by Xia Cuilan. She knew how bad her husband's scolding was. "Jia Jia, ignore your father. He's old and confused."
Guo Jia looked at the couple coldly and nodded slightly, "I didn't intend to pay attention to him."
This sentence undoubtedly added fuel to the fire. Zhou Ming's eyes almost popped out. He tried to break free from his wife's hand that was covering his mouth, but Xia Cuilan pulled him away firmly.
A sneer flashed in Guo Jia's eyes. His cousin was right. Xia Cuilan was much better than Zhou Ming.
After dragging her husband to sit in the living room, Xia Cuilan smiled apologetically at Zhou Xiang who was lying on the sofa. "Think about it, can you persuade Jia Jia to let Lai Lai take the surname Zhou?"
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