"Making friends? Whether it's making friends or gambling, you know the difference in your own mind! Let me tell you, Zhou Chufei, don't think you can act all high and mighty just because your father has some money! There are only losses, no wins, when it comes to gambling! Otherwise, why are there so many junket operators in Macau? They're all luring rich people to gamble so they can make a fortune! You're young now, and you can gamble so much. What will you be like when you get older? Once you get hooked on this stuff, you can't quit. Your life will be over!"
Zhou Chufei found it amusing that Zhou Jian'an would actually care about him.
This man is quite old, and suddenly he wants to be a good and responsible father?
"Alright, stop pretending! Aren't you just afraid I'll drag you down?" Zhou Chufei pouted. "You don't need to worry about me. I've been gambling for so long and I've always won money. I don't know what happened today, but I lost money for the first time in history."
He believed he had a talent for gambling, and that losing money was just a coincidence.
Zhou Jian'an suddenly stood up, his face grim:
"Why do you think you won money? Wasn't it because they set a trap for you, trying to give you a little taste of success so you'd come back to gamble more often? Let me tell you, Zhou Chufei, gambling never ends well! You'd better quit! Otherwise, you can go back to the mainland and find your grandma, and don't stay in Hong Kong and bother me!"
Zhou Chufei was unhappy. Zhou Jian'an disregarded his own niece's life and death and wanted to swindle Mao Xia out of her entire fortune.
What right does this bastard have to lecture him?
Zhou Chufei was full of resentment, but he couldn't afford to fall out with Zhou Jian'an if he had to ask someone else for money.
Zhou Chufei could only feign agreement, "Okay, I won't go anymore!"
"You better keep your word!" Zhou Jian'an said, hands on his hips, his anger rising. He sneered, "Don't think you're so great just because you're my son! Let me tell you, I can get rid of you anytime! I'm young and rich, I can easily find another woman and have another son. I can just raise my second son properly, and I don't even need your son!"
Zhou Jian'an's words hurt Zhou Chufei.
Zhou Chufei is 17 years old (by Chinese reckoning), and he has already stepped into adulthood with one foot in the door. He has his own thoughts and understanding.
He came to Hong Kong with Zhou Jian'an. Even if he was dissatisfied with Zhou Jian'an, Zhou Jian'an was, after all, his only relative.
He abandoned his mother and broke off his friendship with his sister for Dai Qinxue. If even Zhou Jian'an doesn't care about him, he really doesn't know what to do!
He always thought he and Zhou Jian'an were each other's only support, and he never knew that Zhou Jian'an could say such a thing.
He also wants to have other children, a well-behaved and sensible boy to take his place, and he will also start a family with someone else.
Once he has a wife and children, will he still care about his good-for-nothing son from his ex-wife?
Zhou Chufei felt hurt.
Seeing that he remained silent, Zhou Jian'an thought he had touched a sore spot and sneered:
"You'd better quit gambling, or I mean it! I can have different women have my children until I give birth to a son! If this one isn't a good match, I'll replace her, and if that's not good enough, I'll have another one. I'm still young, and I have plenty of time to choose an heir. If you don't do your job properly, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
After Zhou Jian'an finished speaking, he closed the door with a cold face, not even glancing at Zhou Chufei.
Zhou Chufei sat in a dark corner, feeling deeply hurt.
He no longer has a home, nor does he have anyone who loves him. Zhou Jian'an is his father, but Zhou Jian'an doesn't love him.
Jiang Meifeng loved him very much, but she wasn't by his side.
If Jiang Meifeng were here, she would definitely protect me and wouldn't let Zhou Jian'an say such things about me.
But she was gone. Zhou Chufei had been in Hong Kong for so long, and this was the first time he had ever truly missed his grandmother.
He even thought of Shu Hui, who was very strict with him. Jiang Meifeng often spoke ill of Shu Hui in front of him. Influenced by what he heard, Zhou Chufei hated Shu Hui and always felt that Shu Hui was his enemy, regardless of whether it was because she disliked him or wanted to harm him.
But as he grew older, Zhou Chufei was no longer the 12-year-old boy he once was.
As he grew up and became more sensible, he began to understand reason and realized that Shu Hui's strictness towards him was for his own good. Unfortunately, Zhou Chufei did not understand this principle before.
He felt regret and fear. Moonlight streamed through the window, and he spoke his innermost thoughts to his own shadow.
He said he wanted to go back to the mainland; he missed home and his grandmother.
He said that Zhou Jian'an treated him badly, that Zhou Jian'an didn't love him, that Zhou Jian'an wanted to start a family and have another son, and that his future life would be very difficult.
He also said he would gamble less so that Zhou Jian'an wouldn't have any leverage over him.
He also told himself that if Zhou Jian'an was unrighteous, he could be unjust; if Zhou Jian'an could swindle money from Mao Xia, he could swindle money from Zhou Jian'an; if Zhou Jian'an didn't care about the lives of his own mother and sister, he couldn't ignore the lives of his own father.
He learned everything from Zhou Jian'an. He is Zhou Jian'an's good son. He has learned Zhou Jian'an's hypocrisy. He has Zhou Jian'an's cold and selfish blood flowing in his veins. He will eventually follow the same path as Zhou Jian'an.
Therefore, Zhou Jian'an's warning was not intimidation; he simply pushed himself onto a different path.
He made himself realize that if he didn't fight and compete, he would never have a future.
He made himself realize that his father could abandon him at any time.
Zhou Chufei also realized that only by holding his father's money in his own hands could he stand tall and gain a voice in the family.
Seventeen-year-old Zhou Chufei matured overnight. He saw clearly how fragile the fortress Zhou Jian'an had built was, and he also saw his own future situation clearly. One day in the future, when other children are born and Zhou Jian'an forms a new family, it will be too late for him to compete with that baby!
He can only make plans as early as possible.
Zhou Chufei seemed like a different person. He not only actively learned how to do business from Zhou Jian'an, but also helped the factory repair machines and helped Zhou Jian'an contact customers.
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