Chapter 4747【VIP】
Xu Shanshan was more puzzled by Zhou Yun's arrival. Because of Zhou Kai, the two of them had virtually no interactions. Even if they did, their relationship was far from friendly. Zhou Yun even frowned and snorted whenever she saw her. Xu Shanshan couldn't understand her purpose in visiting.
Zhou Yun made a bitter face and turned around to look downstairs. Her husband, parents-in-law and brother-in-law were hiding in the corner.
"Is there something wrong?" The door was half open, and Xu Shanshan blocked it with her body, not allowing Zhou Yun to enter her room freely.
Zhou Yun paused, her hand holding the gift box retracted, her face flushed with embarrassment, and she stammered, "Shan, Sister Shanshan."
"Comrade Zhou Yun, if you have something to say, just say it. There's no need to force yourself to get close to me." Even Zhou Yun, who always disliked me, came to visit with gifts. It seemed like she had big plans this time.
This is exactly the fact. Xu Shanshan was speechless when she heard what Zhou Yun asked.
"I just rented the land from the state. How can I be in charge of demolition? How can I have the ability to falsify data for you?" It turned out that the industrial park where Xu Shanshan's factory was located was in the village of Zhou Yun's mother-in-law. However, her family had nothing to do with the previous rounds of demolition. This time, she was lucky and her house was also included in the line.
Who knew who had the idea, but actually urged Zhou Yun to ask Xu Shanshan for help. He wanted to use Xu Shanshan's connections to expand his house by ten meters, and also include the relatives' children in his household registration.
Xu Shanshan laughed at what she heard. Seeing Zhou Yun stuttering, she said directly, "Did your in-laws ask you to come to me? Didn't you say that our relationship is bad?"
"No, I've always boasted about our close relationship." Zhou Yun lowered her head and glanced cautiously at Xu Shanshan, then said pitifully, "Sister Shanshan, can't you please help me? Can I apologize to you? If you don't help me, they'll definitely turn their backs on me when they get home."
"no!"
Zhou Yun's request was simply ridiculous. Xu Shanshan refused coldly and then closed the door in front of Zhou Yun. After returning to the room, she became more and more speechless and called Fang Zhiwen to tell him. Fang Zhiwen immediately said anxiously: "Shanshan, lock the door. No matter who knocks, don't open it."
"What's wrong?"
"Zhou Yun's husband has a younger brother who is mentally ill. No, I'm not insulting him, he's really mentally ill. In his previous life, Zhou Yun's husband had a conflict with someone and he attacked them with a knife, but nothing happened."
As Fang Zhiwen spoke anxiously, someone knocked on the door downstairs. Xu Shanshan was startled and broke into a sweat. She whispered, "Someone's banging on the door."
"Be good, hide upstairs, lock the door, and use the cabinet to prop it up. I'll call my brother right now."
Outside, Zhou Yun urged her parents-in-law to leave quickly. "Dad, Mom, let's go," she said anxiously. "I told you not to. You don't know Fang Zhiwen. He's a ruthless person. If it weren't for him, my brother would have become rich long ago."
"How could he be as cruel as your uncle?"
"My younger brother came here openly, but Fang Zhiwen came here secretly. Zhixiong, please try to persuade our parents." Zhou Yun really couldn't stand it anymore. She didn't know why she had to come here today.
If she had known this would happen, she wouldn't have boasted so much just to save face. She knew her in-laws were strong-willed and had the final say within the family, but she hadn't expected them to be so assertive outside the family. If they were just ordinary people, it would be fine, but who were the Fang family? Could they just let them mess around?
Zhou Yun was so angry, but her parents-in-law refused to believe it.
"Alright, look at you, you're such a loser. What did we do? Were we just knocking on the door? Is that illegal? Even if the police come, our family will have something to say."
As soon as Aunt Lin finished speaking, Fang Zheng, dressed in his uniform, hurried over. Seeing five adults gathered at his brother's door, he immediately scolded them, "Who are you? Gathering here to cause trouble?"
"Leader, we are relatives to this family. We are just knocking on the door and calling for help. We are not causing any trouble!"
"Relatives? What kind of relatives are you? How come I don't know?"
Zhou Yun called out softly to Fang Zheng, "Brother Fang Zheng."
"Dad, Mom, this is Director Xu's eldest uncle." Zhou Yun shrank her neck again and explained to her parents-in-law.
When they heard that the police officer was a relative of Xu Shanshan, Zhou Yun's parents-in-law didn't dare to argue anymore. They pulled each other and fled from Fang's house with their necks shrunk. They didn't go home, but turned to Zhou Yun's parents' home. Now Qian Fang and Zhou Liguo are retired and cook and take care of the children at home every day. Seeing her in-laws coming to the door, Qian Fang hurriedly broke some melon seeds from the cupboard and ate them, and asked, "Why do you have time to come here today?"
Zhou Yun whispered the story, and Qian Fang immediately sighed, "My dear relatives, how dare you set your sights on that family? They are all ruthless people, you can't offend them."
"It's your daughter who keeps bragging about her close relationship with Xu Shanshan. Isn't this just an attempt to get close to her?"
Qian Fang was speechless. Her daughter had no choice but to marry Lin Zhixiong. Who could have imagined that Zhao Jian would be so cruel?
Zhao Jian had concealed his medical condition, but Zhou Kai, with his extensive connections, had uncovered the truth. They had followed the proper procedures to call off the engagement, but even if the matter was perfectly reasonable, someone had actually held a grudge against the girl and schemed to harm her reputation. Ultimately, they had no choice but to...
But my daughter is lucky. Although she suffered for a few years, good days came as soon as the house was demolished.
Qian Fang said, "My dear, that family is used to pretending to be honest. It's useless to ask them for help. My second son knows many people. I will ask him to do it later."
"Oh, mother-in-law, this is too much trouble for you." Upon hearing this, I thought, as long as the matter is done.
Zhou Yun knew that although her second brother always failed in his business ventures, he had a lot of connections and might be able to solve the problem.
"What nonsense! We're a family, what's the big deal? Loosen the ruler, what?"
Xu Shanshan naturally didn't know that Qian Fang had found such a good job for Zhou Kai. At this moment, she was pouring tea for her uncle Fang Zheng.
"Brother, thank you for taking this trip. I hope it didn't interfere with your work."
"I happened to be having a meeting near you, so I stopped by. But the TV factory's residential complex is really old. In recent years, your neighbors have gradually moved into commercial housing. There are too many strangers in the compound now, and there's no regulation on who comes and goes. I suggest you move out."
After today's two events, Xu Shanshan decided to move. She refused to do so because she was deeply attached to this house. She got married here, had a daughter here, and every corner of the house was filled with the sweet and happy moments she and Fang Zhiwen had shared.
This home gives her a strong sense of security.
"Zhiwen always says that the smell of paint is poisonous, so the newly bought house is still being ventilated. We will ventilate it for a while this summer and we can move in in the fall." As for the house, Xu Shanshan and Fang Zhiwen also bought it, but they have not made up their minds to move.
"You two always do big things without saying anything. Where did you buy the house?"
"Qiu Shui Ya Yuan."
"Oh, that's a nice house. I heard it has an elevator."
"Yeah, thinking that climbing the stairs would be tiring for my parents, I decided to do it all at once. I heard from my eldest sister-in-law that my eldest brother is also planning to buy a house?"
Fang Zheng immediately waved his hand and said, "Don't listen to your sister-in-law's nonsense. She always has her mind on the line. Seeing you go abroad, she wants to go abroad too. Seeing you buy a house, she wants to buy a house too. We who earn a fixed salary can't compare to you who work in the enterprise. How can we afford an apartment with an elevator? Besides, the house allocated by our company is pretty good and close to work. There's no need to buy so many houses."
Xu Shanshan thought about what Fang Zhiwen said about the house price going up, so she advised: "You can buy Zimo a house for the wedding."
"It's still too early. Besides, when he passes the exam, his company will allocate him a house, so there's no need to buy one. By the time he gets married and can use the house, the house will be too old to be in a good condition. One should be down-to-earth in life and take one step at a time. Your sister-in-law is distracted." Fang Zheng took a sip of tea and sighed deeply.
Ever since he was demobilized, he and Zhang Meng had always been in conflict. They had a big fight every three days and a small fight every two days. Fang Zheng felt that he was tired of the quarrels.
In the final analysis, Zhang Meng had seen his younger brother's family making money, and his thoughts were drawn to it. But every family's circumstances were different, so there was no need to compare. Besides, Fang Zheng felt his own family wasn't bad either, with plenty of food and clothing to eat. What on earth could Zhang Meng be dissatisfied with?
"Brother, have you ever thought about continuing to look for Ziyu?"
When Fang Zheng mentioned his lost son, he couldn't help but take out a cigarette. Just as he put it in his mouth, he suddenly remembered that his sister-in-law couldn't smell the smell of cigarettes, so he hung the cigarette between his ears and kept twirling the lighter in his hand. The blue flame flickered with the movement of his hand.
"Is this what your sister-in-law thinks?" He knew that Zhang Meng had never given up looking for Zi Yu, but it was too difficult.
People always have to move forward.
"Brother, wait a moment." Xu Shanshan went upstairs to the study and took out a missing person notice. There were two photos on the notice, one of Ziyu as a child and the other of Zimo.
"This is what my sister-in-law asked us to take with us when we went to the United States. Last time Fang Zhiwen and I went to Suzhou for a drink, my sister-in-law also asked us to give this missing person notice to the local police. Youyou's grandparents also took this missing person notice with them when they went to Beijing on a business trip this time."
After hearing this, Fang Zheng couldn't help but take the cigarette off his ear again. Xu Shanshan said, "Brother, you can smoke it. It's okay." Fang Zheng shook his head and didn't light the cigarette. Instead, he silently crushed the cigarette bit by bit with his fingers.
"So, what does this have to do with buying a house?"
After Fang Zheng said this, Xu Shanshan suddenly understood what her sister-in-law had said: "Sister-in-law, it's impossible to reason with your eldest brother. He is a rational person. He looks forward and walks forward, but I am a mother. I can't help but look back twice after taking three steps. Sister-in-law, I miss that child. I want to find him and tell him that I am sorry for not taking good care of him and letting him suffer. I also want to tell him that I love him very much."
Xu Shanshan put the missing person notice back and said slowly, "Brother, sister-in-law just wants to give the child better conditions. All mothers are like this."
A house is another home that a mother gives to her adult children.
"Sister-in-law, I still say the same thing. A person should serve according to his ability. Do you think that going into debt is for the good of the child? That kind of maternal love is too superficial."
Xu Shanshan shut up completely. No wonder her sister-in-law was so dejected every day, she thought. Her uncle was so stubborn and unyielding.
Fortunately, Fang Zhiwen hurried back at this time. After confirming the number of people from the Lin family with his eldest brother, his eyes turned cold at first, and then he thanked Fang Zheng.
Fang Zheng waved his hand and stood up to leave. Fang Zhiwen invited him to dinner, but he declined. However, after going downstairs, he didn't leave immediately. Instead, he smoked three cigarettes in a row downstairs, which made him feel a little better.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Fang Zhiwen looked at the broken cigarette on the coffee table and asked, "What kind of trouble has my brother encountered?"
Xu Shanshan handed the missing person notice to Fang Zhiwen and sighed, "Brother is so hard to communicate with."
"He's been a good student since he was young, so he believes he can never be wrong."
"I just feel sorry for my sister-in-law as a mother. Zhiwen, did my sister-in-law never find Ziyu in her previous life?"
Fang Zhiwen held his wife in his arms and whispered, "I didn't find it before I was reborn."
Xu Shanshan couldn't help but feel sad. She muttered, "You always say that rebirth will have a butterfly effect. Do you think there will be a butterfly effect in Ziyu's case?"
"Yes."
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