Yue Ling opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. A grown man being sold off by his family for money—if it were him, he would rather die than lose!
Zhou Kunran took a sip of water: "It's easy to fight to the death, but I'm not all alone. I have younger brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces. They can't pay the price for my willfulness."
“I negotiated with the clan. After I leave this time, I will only have the surname Zhou, and I will have no other connection with the Zhou family, regardless of whether I go begging or if other miracles happen.”
“I am who I am, I am just Zhou Kunran. That woman also agreed that if she has no feelings for me, she will not force me to do anything.”
"Actually, that woman is against marriage, but she needs to marry a Chinese person to inherit everything in her family. She had already investigated everything."
"She knows me very well, which is why she specifically asked me to go abroad and marry her!"
That woman was also a smart person. She knew the shamelessness of the Zhou family and that Zhou Kunran would definitely not agree at first, but would eventually compromise.
After making her request, she kept Zhou Kunran waiting for more than two years before coming to negotiate, and in doing so, she revealed her hand. As expected, Zhou Kunran quickly agreed.
Afterwards, Zhou Kunran thought about it again and again. If it weren't for the long delay, he definitely wouldn't have agreed. Going to a foreign country and starting over really takes a lot of courage.
That's good too. It's better to marry a smart person than a fool. Yue Ling advised, "If she's willing to live a good life with you, then don't refuse!"
What Yue Ling didn't say next was: Anyway, Xiao Yan has a lover now, so there's no point in you being single!
Zhou Kunran nodded: "I will live a good life. Let's not talk about me anymore. What about you? Are you planning to find someone else?"
Yue Ling shook her head: "Look at my hair, I look like an old man. There's no need for me to get married again. I'll just focus on my work from now on!"
Zhou Kunran nodded: "Let's go out to eat, and I'll leave after we finish eating!"
"So soon?" Yue Ling said with some reluctance, "Stay for two days!"
Zhou Kunran shook his head: "There are still some formalities to complete. I've received the plane tickets; I'm leaving in half a month!"
Yue Ling joked, "It's true that being good-looking has its advantages; there are even women eager to marry you!"
Zhou Kunran said frankly, "I married into their family, otherwise the Zhou family wouldn't have let me go so readily. They even gave me a betrothal gift!"
"How much are you really worth?" Yue Ling was genuinely curious. In a wealthy family like theirs, how much was a child worth?
"I don't know the exact amount, but it's probably a few million, right?" Yue Ling saw that Zhou Kunran spoke so frankly, guessing that he didn't care, and immediately exclaimed, "Wow! Brother, you're so wealthy, and you're a divorcee!"
"Yes! With such a high net worth, he should be happy to marry into the family!" After more than two years of back and forth, Zhou Kunran had resigned himself to his fate and could now speak frankly about it!
"There must be another reason why you went to such lengths to get you to marry into the family, right?"
"Of course there is. There is definitely cooperation between the two families. The Zhou family will make the prescription into related medicines and sell them there. I haven't paid attention to the profit sharing or anything like that."
Because the Zhou family is arrogant and their fees are beyond the reach of ordinary people, very few people in Beijing now seek medical treatment from them.
Zhou Kunran had visited the clan elder's residence twice in the past two and a half years, and the two years between visits witnessed the decline of the Zhou family. The clan elder's house was noticeably less filled with valuable decorations.
Now he has no choice but to use his own prescriptions to make medicine, and he no longer dares to be as arrogant as before!
The two went to Yue Ling's favorite restaurant, and Yue Ling wiped the table himself: "Don't be fooled by the less-than-ideal environment, the food the proprietress makes is really delicious."
"The key is that it's not expensive. My salary can support me eating out often. Otherwise, if I ate the same food in the cafeteria every day, my hair would definitely turn even whiter!"
Zhou Kunran laughed: "No matter how delicious it is, it can't be as delicious as that New Year's Eve dinner, right?"
Yue Ling nodded in agreement: "That New Year's Eve dinner will become a part of our memories. We definitely won't have the chance to eat something so delicious again!"
Zhou Kunran nodded. Before that New Year's Eve dinner, the two of them had been eating the food in the canteen until they were sick of it. Suddenly, someone made so many delicious dishes.
It was like finding water in the desert; the water was absolutely sweet, and I will never taste such sweet water again.
The memory of that New Year's Eve dinner flashed through Zhou Kunran's mind. Everyone was happily eating, except for one pitiful Xiao Gengwu watching from the side. That scene would forever remain in his heart.
After finishing his meal, Zhou Kunran didn't go to the hospital. Instead, he hugged Yue Ling at the restaurant entrance and said, "Take good care of yourself. Maybe I'll come looking for you when I'm old. You have to live a good life!"
A wave of bittersweetness washed over her, and Yue Ling nodded and hugged Zhou Kunran back: "Take care of yourself too. Come back when you have the chance. If you don't want to go to Beijing, you can come to my place!"
Guangzhou and Beijing are so far apart, who knows if Zhou Kunran has come back or not?
Zhou Kunran nodded: "I couldn't make it on the outside, so I came to you!"
"Okay, I'll keep a portion of my salary for you. If you can't make a living in the future, we'll retire together!"
"Okay, thank you, I'm leaving!" Zhou Kunran left without looking back. He would have to rely on himself from now on, and there would be no one to accompany him anymore.
Yue Ling knew that Zhou Kunran didn't like him seeing him off, so he stood there and watched Zhou Kunran until his figure disappeared. The two of them didn't know if they would ever have the chance to meet again!
In Beijing, Xiao Yan reported Zhang Min's actions to the dean. The dean frowned and looked at her, saying, "You're not injured here. Can I give you a reprimand?"
Xiao Yan looked at the dean who was trying to smooth things over: "Dean, sure, I'll go to the place you passed by tomorrow and trip you up!"
The dean's lips twitched. He was already getting on in years; if he tripped over something, he'd be crippled if not killed.
Xiao Yan continued, "If you think there's no problem, I'll go outside and talk to them now. I reckon there will be many more accidents like this in the future!"
"Dean, from now on, when you see someone who isn't injured, just say that you're fine anyway. But when you see someone who is injured, what should you say? Say that you can only blame your bad luck."
"Everyone else didn't trip, but you did! Sigh! You should go back and pray to the gods that you'll have three eyes when you walk!"
The dean frowned. He could imagine that his workload would definitely increase dramatically in the future, which was absolutely unacceptable. He stood up and said, "I'll take care of it right away. Let's go together!"
When I arrived at Zhang Min's office, it seemed quite lively. Several people had brought meat and vegetables for her, ostensibly to share with her.
But look at Zhang Min's aluminum lunchbox, it's piled high with braised pork and braised fish, while other people's lunchboxes only have a little bit of vegetables.
This made the dean frown even more!
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