Chapter 120 Study Hard
Li Mai was pulled by Zhou Songyan to the yard to feed the koi.
He placed a box of fish food in her hand: "Don't you like feeding the fish? Go ahead and feed them."
Limai does indeed enjoy feeding the fish.
Seeing Chengcheng behind Zhou Songyan, she waved and said, "Chengcheng, come over here and let's feed the fish together."
Chengcheng ran over with a smile and stood next to Li Mai.
The mother and son grabbed fish food and threw it into the pond.
"Mom, that koi is so greedy! It can't eat any of the other koi, it eats them all."
Li Mai: "Let's sprinkle some over there so the other koi can eat some too."
"Um."
Zhou Songyan squeezed next to Li Mai, pushed Chengcheng aside, grabbed a handful of fish food and threw it into the pond.
Cheng Cheng: "..."
He looked up at his tall and imposing father: "Why are you pushing me?"
Zhou Songyan looked down at him: "Did I squeeze?"
Chengcheng said angrily, "How would I be standing here without me?"
"You walked there yourself."
Chengcheng looked at Limai pitifully: "Mom, please uphold justice."
Li Mai rolled her eyes at Zhou Songyan: "You're so childish!"
After saying that, he walked around Zhou Songyan and went to Chengcheng's side.
Chengcheng held Limai's hand and said, "Mom, let's go and ignore him."
That annoying dad, he's stealing my mom from me.
He hasn't seen his mother for the past two days, can't we just give in to him?
The mother and son went to the other side to feed the fish.
Zhou Songyan gritted his teeth.
After dinner, Li Mai wanted to take Chengcheng home.
Zhou Songyan said, "He won't be going to kindergarten tomorrow or the day after. Let him stay here. There's no one to keep him company when he goes home."
Li Mai pursed her lips and remained silent.
She misses her son.
Without Chengcheng at home, she felt empty every day when she came home.
But Zhou Songyan is right. It's better to let Chengcheng stay at the Zhou family's old house than to leave him alone at home. There are many people there to keep him company.
She said sullenly, "Okay."
Zhou Songyan curled the corners of his mouth slightly.
“I’ll find a few teachers to give Chengcheng lessons and teach him some things. It’s no fun just sitting around all day.”
Li Mai: "Chengcheng is still so young, is it necessary?"
Grandma Zhou: "That's right, my precious great-grandson is too young. Why should he learn anything? Just let him play as much as he wants."
Zhou Jingtian remained silent.
He actually approved of his son's actions.
Chengcheng is very smart; he learns many things very quickly, so we can start nurturing him early.
Everyone looked at Chengcheng, waiting for him to speak.
Chengcheng said, "I want to learn, Dad, you arrange it for me."
Zhou Songyan: "Okay."
Grandma Zhou said with heartache, "Oh my, he's so young, and he has to suffer the hardships of studying. It breaks my heart."
"Grandson, if we don't want to study, we don't have to. It's okay. Our family is rich. You can just eat, drink, and have fun."
"grandmother!"
Zhou Songyan remained silent.
Grandma Zhou pursed her lips: "That's right. Our Zhou family is so big and prosperous, why would we need a little kid to work so hard?"
Chengcheng: "Grandma, I don't find it hard. I enjoy learning."
Zhou Jingtian patted his head with satisfaction.
This grandson is so outstanding at such a young age; the Zhou family has a worthy successor.
Zhou Songyan said, "He is the eldest son and will be in charge of all the Zhou family's businesses in the future. How can we let him eat, drink, and have fun instead of studying! He should study hard!"
"After his younger sister is born, he'll have to earn money to support her. How can he not study hard?"
Cheng Cheng: "..."
If I had known it would turn out like this, I would have preferred not to come back to acknowledge my family.
Li Mai pinched Zhou Songyan's waist.
That stinky man just talks nonsense.
Zhou Songyan held her hand: "Mai Mai, you want a daughter too, don't you?"
Li Mai looked at him with a forced smile: "No!"
"Saying one thing and meaning another."
Li Mai: "..."
Upon hearing that there was a great-granddaughter, Grandma Zhou immediately pictured a chubby little girl with two braids running towards her with a smile.
So cute!
...
Li Mai kept looking at Chengcheng in the rearview mirror, and the little guy stood there, also looking at him.
Li Mai's nose tingled and her eyes reddened.
Zhou Songyan noticed Li Mai was crying, so he quickly pulled the car over to the side of the road, unbuckled his seatbelt, and hugged her: "What's wrong? Why are you crying all of a sudden?"
She didn't cry out loud. Zhou Songyan didn't notice at first, but he saw her raise her hand to wipe her eyes.
Li Mai choked up and said, "I miss Chengcheng."
Zhou Songyan patted her back: "Didn't we just see each other?"
“You don’t understand. Chengcheng has never been separated from me since he was little. I’ve watched him grow up from such a tiny little thing. Just now, I saw him staring at our car, and it made me so sad.”
Zhou Songyan gently patted her hand: "How about moving? You can move to the villa on Qingshui Road, then Chengcheng won't have to go to the old house anymore, and Grandma can stay there often. I'll also hire a few maids. You can see Chengcheng every day after get off work."
Li Mai was silent for a moment before agreeing.
"All right."
Zhou Songyan curled the corners of his mouth slightly.
Finally, they managed to persuade Li Mai to move.
"It's too late today, let's do it tomorrow. I'll have Secretary Sun send someone over to move it."
"Um."
When she got home that evening, Li Mai started packing her things, packing up everything she could.
Zhou Songyan joined in to help.
Actually, the mother and son didn't have many things, so it was easy to tidy up.
...
The next day, not long after Li Mai arrived at the company, she was summoned by the human resources manager.
"Secretary Li, it's like this, you've been dismissed from the company. Here's the dismissal contract, please sign it."
While staying in Limai.
The HR representative continued, "Don't worry, the company will give you compensation, and the finance department will transfer the money to your account later, along with your salary for this month."
Li Mai swallowed hard and asked, "I want to know why I was fired."
HR Manager: "This is an order from the chairman; we don't know the reason behind it. Secretary Li, have you offended the chairman?"
Li Mai: "..."
She thought for a long time but couldn't remember when she had offended Chairman Ji.
"Secretary Li, no matter the reason, please sign the contract. Chairman Ji instructed us to sign the contract today. Please don't make things difficult for us."
The HR manager pushed the contract in front of her.
Li Mai looked up: "Can I go ask Chairman Ji first?"
There has to be a reason to fire her.
When Li Mai arrived at Ji Kun's office door, Ji Kun's secretary stopped her: "Secretary Li, Chairman Ji is not feeling well and did not come to the company today."
"Please have Secretary Li sign the contract. Chairman Ji said that Secretary Li doesn't need to come to the company starting tomorrow."
"Secretary Li, this may not be a bad thing for you."
Li Mai thought that she was originally going to resign, but Ji Wangyu was delaying it.
It's not bad to get severance pay when you're fired from your job.
She didn't hesitate for long before returning to the HR department and signing the contract.
She signed the contract and returned to her office.
Assistant Liu called to her, "Secretary Li, President Ji wants you to come back to his office."
"……good."
She was fired; I wonder if Ji Wangyu knows.
I knocked on the door.
"Enter."
Li Mai pushed open the door and went in.
When Ji Wangyu saw her, his expression became slightly unnatural.
Li Mai remained calm and did not mention what happened at the Nord Hotel that night.
"Mr. Ji, you wanted to see me."
Ji Wangyu was silent for a while before apologizing for what happened that night: "I'm sorry, I almost dragged you into this."
Li Mai pursed her lips: "No need to apologize, you're a victim too. By the way, where's Ji Yunshan? She's a lunatic, she needs to be taught a lesson for this."
"Mr. Ji, have you found any evidence that she drugged me? If so, let's call the police."
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