Li Mu patted Zhou Qiang on the shoulder and said, "I told you a long time ago that this woman is not worth it, but you didn't listen."
Zhou Qiang found a stone block to sit on and asked in a heavy voice, "Brother, I want to know now whether the baby in her belly is mine."
Hearing Zhou Qiang's question, Li Mu didn't want Zhou Qiang to suffer more blows in an instant, so he hesitated and said:
"I don't...I don't really know."
Having known Li Mu for so many years, Zhou Qiang saw through Li Mu's hidden meaning at a glance. Instead of feeling sad, he felt relieved.
Zhou Qiang had already given up on Zhou Lifang's changing attitude towards him. If it weren't for the child, they might have broken up long ago.
Seeing Zhou Qiang's reaction, Li Mu gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, the child is not yours. You are someone else's mistress. I am with you just to find someone to take the blame and help raise someone else's child."
When I really heard Li Mu say in person that the child was not his, I still felt a little sad.
But Zhou Qiang felt more relieved, but now he didn't know how to talk to his grandmother.
The great-grandson she had been waiting for for so long was not her own child at all.
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Zhou Qiang thought of this problem, and Li Mu must have thought of it as well, otherwise Li Mu would not have secretly shown the photos to Zhou Qiang alone.
After discussing it, the two decided to keep it a secret from Grandma Zhou, considering that Grandma Zhou is now quite old and cannot bear the truth.
We can only slowly guide Grandma Zhou in the future to minimize the damage.
After the chat, the two returned to the fish pond. Wu Min looked at Zhou Qiang, who was originally very happy to see Li Mu coming, but now had a bitter face after coming back from chatting with Li Mu.
Those who didn’t know would think that Zhou Qiang had done something wrong and was pulled aside by Li Mu to be taught a lesson.
So he walked up to her curiously and asked, "What's the matter, Brother Qiangzi? You look so bitter and resentful. Brother Li Mu won't bully you, will he?"
Hearing Wu Min's slightly teasing tone, Zhou Qiang forced a smile and did not respond.
Wu Min pursed her lips, and seeing Zhou Qiang's expression that looked more painful than crying, she instantly lost the mood to continue asking.
The three of them took care of the fish pond together. During that time, Zhou Qiang was distracted and was driven away by Wu Min.
Li Mu noticed Zhou Qiang's series of reactions, but didn't say anything.
After all, no matter who encounters such a thing, it is impossible that nothing happens to them. It would be a lie to say that I am not sad. I can only talk to Qiangzi about it in the evening.
When Li Mu and Wu Min finished their business and returned to Zhou Qiang's ancestral home, Grandma Zhou had already prepared dinner.
"Grandma, your meal smells so good. It makes me hungry just by smelling it." Wu Min saw Grandma Zhou and came up to her happily, praising her with a smile.
Grandma Zhou said lovingly, "You must be tired. Come and eat. Grandma made some home-cooked dishes. I don't know if you can get used to them, Xiaomin."
Hearing what Grandma Zhou said, Wu Min sat down without any hesitation, picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, praising it nonstop: "Delicious, delicious, better than my mom's cooking."
Grandma Zhou felt embarrassed by Wu Min's praise. She waved her hands sheepishly, signaling Wu Min to eat quickly.
Then he gave Li Mu a look and whispered, "I don't know what happened to Qiangzi. He stayed in his room as soon as he came back. Did he have a fight with Lifang?"
Li Mu hurriedly shook his head and said, "Nothing. I just scolded him at the bathhouse. He must be feeling uncomfortable. I'll go check on him."
Wu Min, who was standing by, couldn't stop nodding, indicating that Li Mu was right.
Seeing the two people's reactions, Grandma Zhou's worried expression finally calmed down a little.
Li Mu walked to Zhou Qiang's door and knocked. Zhou Qiang's hoarse voice rang out from inside the room and replied, "Brother, I know it's you. Come in."
When Li Mu walked in, he saw Zhou Qiang sitting on the ground in a decadent manner. The moonlight shone through the window onto Zhou Qiang, feeling an indescribable sadness.
"Still can't figure it out?" Li Mu looked at Zhou Qiang and asked.
Zhou Qiang shook his head and said, "It's not that I can't figure it out, I just don't understand. When I first met her, I thought she was good in every way, but why did she become like this once she got involved in money?"
"I originally thought that Lifang and I would be as sweet and happy as you and sister-in-law, but the reality is just the opposite. I just... just can't accept it for the time being."
Li Mu comforted him, "From the beginning, she just wanted you to be her scapegoat and cheat you out of some money. She didn't really want to live with you at all."
"Qiangzi, let me ask you, do you want to get the 50,000 yuan back yourself?"
When Zhou Qiang heard Li Mu say that he could get back the 50,000 yuan he had originally borrowed, his eyes lit up instantly, and he hurriedly asked, "How do you want it back?"
Zhou Qiang knew that if Li Mu was not sure, he would never say such a thing.
"Tell Zhou Lifang that I have decided to give you full management of the grilled fish restaurant and teach you the grilled fish skills, but I need 50,000 yuan for the skills. How much money the grilled fish restaurant makes in the future has nothing to do with me."
Li Mu thought about it and told Zhou Qiang his thoughts from the past two days.
After hearing this, Zhou Qiang frowned and said nothing. This idea is indeed good, but...but will Zhou Lifang believe it?
Li Mu knew that Zhou Qiang was afraid that Zhou Lifang would not believe it, so he took out a contract and handed it to Zhou Qiang.
It clearly stated what Li Mu had just said. All Zhou Qiang needed to do was give the money to Li Mu now, and he would be the owner of the grilled fish restaurant in the future.
As a result, because Zhou Qiang only went to elementary school, he didn’t recognize any of the words on the contract.
Li Mu helplessly called Wu Min, who was still eating, in and asked Wu Min to read it to Zhou Qiang.
When Wu Min saw what was written on the paper, he looked at Li Mu in surprise and confirmed it with Li Mu several times.
He then read it to Zhou Qiang. Although Zhou Qiang was illiterate, after working with Li Mu for such a long time, he could more or less understand what this contract represented.
So he said, "No, I don't want it. I can't cheat you like this because of her."
Li Mu smiled and said, "At worst, you can sell it to me after I get the money back. I will then give you one-third of the shares of the grilled fish shop and a share of the profits. Is that ok?"
After hearing what Li Mu said, Zhou Qiang thought about it and felt that Li Mu was right, so he reluctantly agreed to cooperate with Li Mu.
Because Wu Min had seen the contract and knew some of what Li Mu and the others were going to do, he did not raise any objections.
Wu Min had always admired Zhou Qiang, and now that Zhou Qiang was breaking up with his girlfriend, she was extremely happy and couldn't contain her joy.
What's more, that woman is not a good woman at all.
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