The Crematorium 9
Xie Wenzhi had been busy for two days and finally had some free time, so he happily ran to the apartment at Z University.
As usual, Zhou Xiao did not respond to him in the past two days. Xie Wenjie was used to it and did not think there was anything wrong.
But after all, he hadn't been home for several days, and Xie Wenji thought to himself that he should apologize to his wife.
He took the initiative to buy a bunch of vegetables and ordered a large bouquet of flowers from the flower shop.
Originally, Xie Wenjie wanted to buy some expensive gifts, but he always felt that they were too tacky, just like the people he had found before to confuse outsiders, and it felt a bit perfunctory.
Xie Wenji planned to draw a picture for Zhou Xiao. The gift was not expensive but the friendship was valuable.
He felt that Zhou Xiao would like it... maybe he would be moved by his paintings and be willing to give him a status?
Xie Wenjie got out of the car, carrying bags, and walked out of the garage happily, but at the corner in front of the elevator, he saw a familiar figure.
"Young Master, the master asked me to pick you up." The old butler who had followed the old man for most of his life walked up to him, followed by four bodyguards in black.
"...Uncle Li." Xie Wenji's smile suddenly faded, his expression becoming stiff. "I'm just going home, and you're bothering me with all this trip. Isn't that a bit too much of a fuss?"
Butler Li just smiled and said nothing.
Xie Wenjie knew that he had to go back tonight.
He lowered his head, glanced at the things in his hands, and a carefree smile appeared on his face. "Uncle Li, look at me, I'm carrying so many things, it's so inconvenient... How about you wait for me for a moment, I'll put something up and come back down?"
Butler Li waved his hand, and a bodyguard walked to the front, "Ah Kuan, go and release it. Don't waste the young master's time."
Xie Wenji stared at him for a long time and had a rough guess in his mind.
It seems that the old man is planning to do something stupid again.
However, he didn't have the strength to challenge the old man yet, so he could only endure it temporarily... It would be soon, he only needed the last bit of shares. When he took full control of the power, he wouldn't have to look after anyone else's mood anymore.
After weighing the pros and cons, Xie Wenji nodded and handed over the thing in his hand.
I'll find a chance to explain it to Zhou Xiao on the phone later.
Xie Wenji followed Butler Li into the car. He stared at the bodyguard named A Kuan as he got into the elevator, and then he looked away... No matter what, at least the flowers were given to him, and he hoped Zhou Xiao would like them.
What he didn't know was that A Kuan didn't deliver the things to the apartment.
They understood Mr. Xie's attitude before they came. After going upstairs, A Kuan looked around in the corridor and quickly found the trash can set up for the convenience of the owners. He threw everything in his hands into it.
…
On the way back to the Xie family's old house, Butler Li sat opposite Xie Wenji, looking at him with a smile the whole time.
In fact, Xie Wenji had no fear of Butler Li. He was only on guard against him from telling tales to the old man.
After getting in the car, seeing that Butler Li was determined to keep an eye on him, Xie Wenji's last bit of patience ran out. He took out his cell phone and wanted to contact Zhou Xiao in front of him to explain the situation.
Butler Li interrupted at the right time, "Master, there is a signal jammer in the car... This is not directed at you, you should understand."
Xie Wenji put down his phone and ignored him.
The old house is as heavily guarded as ever, and the old man is as afraid of death as ever.
Xie Wenji sneered in his heart, then went straight to the study upstairs. Sure enough, Old Man Xie was drinking tea in the tea room. It seemed that Butler Li had reported his itinerary to him and had been waiting here for a while.
Without waiting for the old man to speak, Xie Wenji walked over to the other side and sat down on the sofa without hesitation - he didn't like those flowery things, he just felt that the sofa was comfortable to sit on.
The old man glanced at Xie Wenjie and didn't care.
Xie Wenji is his late-born son. Even though he has a large group of sons and daughters outside, he still prefers this youngest son.
Moreover, Xie Wenji did not disappoint his expectations. He had all the means and strategies, and all he lacked was some accumulation... His brothers and sisters were nearly ten years older than him, so they had this advantage.
All in all, he was very optimistic about his youngest son and was quite tolerant of some of his behaviors.
But this time, he still planned to give his youngest son a lesson...
The old man poured himself a cup of tea and drank it. After finishing the whole cup, he spoke slowly, "Why don't you stay a few more days when you come back this time? Keep an old man like me company?"
"I'm busy." Xie Wenji refused without thinking.
"What are you busy doing?"
It sounded like an ordinary conversation between a father and son. In fact, Xie Wenjie knew that most of the things about him had already been figured out by the old man.
This is not a question, but a test.
Since that was the case, Xie Wenji no longer had any unnecessary concerns. He leaned back against the chair, his posture indescribably lazy and unrestrained. "You're busy falling in love, you can't be busy dealing with your group of dragon sons, right? I heard that your dragon son gave birth to another dragon grandson. Why did you think of me instead of caring about that?"
His words and deeds showed that he was trying to compete with Old Man Xie. He wanted to tell him that he knew a lot of information and that he should stop interfering in his business.
Besides, it also has a bit of a threatening tone.
Mr. Xie smiled.
He was naturally happy that his son was capable, but this smile had some other meaning.
"Wen Ji, you should be old enough to get married."
Xie Wenji said nonchalantly, "Yeah, so this isn't a relationship?"
"Don't be so joking." Old Master Xie stood up and took out an agreement and handed it to Xie Wenji. "Go and get engaged to that kid from the Zhou family, and I'll give you the shares you want."
Xie Wenji froze for a moment, then pretended to be relaxed and said, "Okay, I like his eldest son too."
Mr. Xie looked at him again, "You know, I'm not talking about the one you like."
“…”
This time, Xie Wenji was silent for a long time, "Why?"
Aren’t Zhou Xiao and Zhou Yao both sons of the Zhou family?
He had previously investigated and found that Zhou Xuecheng's preferred heir was Zhou Yao. He skipped his eldest son and focused on training his youngest son.
At that time, Xie Wenjie didn't think there was anything wrong. His father was the same. Besides, he didn't have the energy to think about other people's family situations. He just wanted to know who was the person who was beneficial to him.
But now... he sincerely felt sorry for Zhou Xiao, and he really couldn't understand why Zhou Xiao was worse than Zhou Yao, and why he was directly given up by Zhou Xuecheng.
It was Mr. Xie who cleared up his confusion for him.
"Zhou Xiao is an adopted child of the Zhou family. His status is there, so he's destined to receive at most a small share of the company's dividends in the future... Wen Ji, he can't help you at all. You're a smart child, you should know who to choose."
Xie Wenji was surprised.
Is it... an adopted child?
Does Zhou Xiao know about this?
When Xie Wenji first heard the news, he didn't weigh the pros and cons for himself, but was worried about Zhou Xiao's mood.
When he came to his senses, he suddenly laughed, and for the first time realized that he was completely screwed.
Xie Wenji said, "Whoever wants to get engaged can do it. It has nothing to do with me."
Mr. Xie looked at him with a gloomy expression, and finally left without saying a word.
Xie Wenji was imprisoned in the old house and couldn't even get his hands on a cell phone.
On the other hand, Zhou Xiao was already full of worries, and he had completely lost contact with Xie Wenji, so his heart sank to the bottom.
Seeing him worried every day, the system had no choice but to comfort him with an electronic voice, "Host, don't be sad. Xie Wenji is a scumbag. Don't waste your feelings on him. It's not worth it."
Although the plot is different from what it accepts, the world is still running and there is nothing to say about the system.
Besides, they're more concerned with the host's health and well-being than the world's plotline. [Host, your mental strength is strong. If you explode, it will affect neighboring worlds... You may not know this, but a host in a previous strategy group died dozens of times in a single world before suffering a mental breakdown and blowing up a series of worlds. It was a terrifying accident!]
X talked to the system in his mind, [I’m not sad.]
The system says it doesn’t believe it.
X is cold and ruthless, [believe it or not.]
system,[……]
Its host is really cool, which often makes it silent and confused...
It's obvious that it's sad, and its emotion detection program won't be wrong!
Unfortunately, it can't help the host in any way, it can only provide some information, suggestions and opinions.
It sighed, "Don't do unnecessary things. This is for the host's own good."
After all, there are precedents.
X, [Hmm…]
The next day was the day Zhou Xuecheng asked Zhou Xiao to go home. Zhou Xiao stayed up for half the night and took a taxi back to Zhou's house the next day looking haggard.
Zhou Xuecheng and his wife and Zhou Yao were already in the living room. When Zhou Xiao came in, Zhou Yao leaned in Wang Youling's arms and acted coquettishly.
Zhou Yao is only nineteen years old, so he is indeed just a child.
The three of them are a family...
The living room, which was originally filled with laughter, suddenly became silent when Zhou Xiao stepped in.
Zhou Xuecheng's attitude towards Zhou Xiao was actually not bad, just a little strict and he didn't like to pay much attention to him, but he didn't have a bad temper either.
Wang Youling really disliked Zhou Xiao. When she saw him coming back, she immediately put away her smile, stood up and walked out, "I'm going to put on a facial mask. You two can chat by yourselves."
"Dad." Zhou Xiao walked over and stood in front of Zhou Xuecheng.
"Sit down."
Only after Zhou Xuecheng's signal did Zhou Xiao dare to sit down in front of him.
After Zhou Xiao sat down, Zhou Yao came over affectionately and said, "Brother, you haven't been home for a long time."
Zhou Xiao sometimes felt that Zhou Yao was quite strange. He clearly had no feelings for him and was lukewarm towards him when he saw him outside. But as soon as he returned to the Zhou family, he acted like a cute and clingy younger brother.
"Yeah." Zhou Xiao nodded.
Zhou Yao leaned on his shoulder intimately, speaking sweetly, "Brother, I'm getting engaged to the son of the Xie family... You're a few years older than me, so it's time to get settled, right? Is there anyone you like?"
Someone you like?
The first thing that flashed through Zhou Xiao’s mind was Xie Wenji’s face.
After realizing what this meant, Zhou Xiao's expression went blank for a moment, and at this moment, he realized his own feelings.
He quickly lowered his head and denied, "No."
'Young Master Xie', is it Xie Wenji...
He was about to get engaged to Zhou Yao, and it turned out that he had been lying when he said before that they had broken up.
Well, it’s just a circle of friends. It can be set so that only he can see it. He lied just to trick him.
He was also stupid, and he really fell for his trick, eagerly offering himself up, and willingly lying on his bed again...
Zhou Xiao felt his heart bleeding. Perhaps, during those days of love and affection, Xie Wenji had always been mocking him for being cheap and free.
After hearing Zhou Yao talk about his fiancée, Zhou Xiao was destined to deny it.
His heart felt like it was being gripped by something, it felt sore and painful. He couldn't bear it anymore and immediately wanted to escape and hide.
Zhou Xiao lowered his head and stood up hurriedly, "Dad, Xiaoyao, it's okay. I'll go back to my room first."
Zhou Xuecheng stopped him and said, "I told you to come back, but you're hiding in your room. Can't you pay more attention to your brother?"
Zhou Xiao sat down with a bitter expression and began to listen absentmindedly to them discussing the details of the engagement.
Since Zhou Xiao had completed his studies and didn't have to stay in school all the time, Zhou Xuecheng asked him to stay at home and not run around. He also asked him to go to the company with him during this period so that he could help his younger brother in the future.
Zhou Xiao’s idea of finding a job and going out for an internship was completely dispelled.
But he didn't expect that Zhou Xuecheng's purpose was far more than that...
He took over some of the company's affairs, which were hard work that did not involve important information. In addition, Zhou Xuecheng would occasionally ask him to go out for social events with several departments of the company.
Zhou Xiao himself is socially anxious, and he is most afraid of such occasions. "Dad, I don't want to learn this."
Zhou Xuecheng, however, remained resolute. "No one is truly free. Zhou Xiao, you must learn to contribute to this family. You can't always be supported by your family..."
These words were a bit harsh, and Zhou Xiao's face turned pale, but he finally nodded helplessly.
But Zhou Xuecheng's purpose was not limited to this. In the second week, Zhou Xuecheng found Zhou Xiao and took him to a commercial charity dinner.
As Zhou Xuecheng introduced Zhou Xiao to many people, Zhou Xiao gradually realized that Zhou Xuecheng intended to introduce him to a marriage alliance.
Zhou Xuecheng called Zhou Xiao and walked towards a place with dim light.
Zhou Xiao's eyesight was too poor, and he couldn't see people clearly in this environment. It was not until he arrived in front of those people that Zhou Xiao saw that there were four people in total, with the same configuration as him, all fathers and their sons.
One of them looked somewhat familiar to Zhou Xiao.
Zhou Xuecheng took the initiative to go up and say hello, "Mr. Wu, Mr. Wang, how are you?"
The four people over there turned back together.
Zhou Xiao immediately felt a little uncomfortable and took a step back, trying to reduce his presence. However, he didn't expect someone to speak up and call his name.
The handsome young man who looked familiar tilted his head and spoke with a smile, "Zhou Xiao? Long time no see."
Zhou Xiao raised his head and glanced at him again, then lowered his head and spoke softly, "Hello, hello, long time no see..."
It was the guy he had met in the bar before, who said he was Xie Wenjie’s childhood friend...but he couldn’t remember his name.
Zhou Xuecheng's eyes lit up, and he eagerly went to meet him, even pulling Zhou Xiao aside. "Mr. Wu, you know my Xiao Xiao? What a coincidence."
Wu Shengxue instantly sensed something from Zhou Xuecheng's attitude. She glanced at Zhou Xiao thoughtfully, her smile growing even wider. "What a coincidence."
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