"Shouldn't I blame you?" Zhou Jiyun asked back, "Zhou Zhihong is not only your son, he is also Lu Wen's husband and my father."
"You favor the murderer, yet in turn ask the victim to sympathize with you. Isn't that a bit too much? Even though you lost your eldest son, you are also a victim. But when you chose to shield Zhou Zhida, you transformed from an innocent and pitiful victim into a perpetrator."
Mr. Zhou didn't expect Zhou Jiyun to be so blunt. He trembled. Zhou Jiwen hurried over to support him: "Brother, what you said... is too much."
"Grandpa is old, he can't stand this."
Zhou Jiyun just chuckled softly: "What happened yesterday has its consequences today. What you owe others must be repaid. My parents are gone, but I am still here. Zhou Zhida's biggest mistake was keeping me. As long as I am here, he will have to pay back the debt he owes."
"Grandpa, you are too greedy. You can't ask me to let the perpetrator go just because I was hurt. Has Zhou Zhida let me go all these years? He harbored evil intentions towards me. You can see it."
"But have you ever stood by me even once? No, otherwise why wouldn't you take the papers out of the safe in your study?"
Mr. Zhou didn't look at Zhou Jiyun: "So you didn't tell me anything, and you just did this quietly? Aren't you afraid...aren't you afraid that I will hand the company over to someone else?"
"It's up to you," Zhou Jiyun laughed. "It's up to you to hand the company over to whomever you want. My goal has been achieved. If you take the company back, it will give me a lot of free time."
The old man didn't expect that the company couldn't control Zhou Jiyun. He frowned and looked at Xie Jing: "Jiyun did all this, do you know?"
Xie Jing didn't evade, "I know. I think Jiyun is right. Mr. Zhou, you have your point of view, but Jiyun is also very pitiful. No one has ever stood in his shoes and considered him."
"Husband and wife are one, and they should advance and retreat together. Even if it means making the whole world their enemy, I agree with Jiyun's approach. My parents have suffered enough for so many years, and they can't continue to suffer just because they are gone."
"As a son, it's only natural for me to seek justice for my parents. It's also a good thing for them to give birth to and raise me."
Mr. Zhou was stunned. "You...you are on his side?"
Xie Jing laughed: "Of course I stand on his side. Grandpa, you are not a purely bad person. You also have a kind heart towards Jiyun. Over the years, you have protected him and given him many things. I know all this."
"But it is precisely because of these things, because of some tenderness, that Jiyun is suffering even more. You stood on Zhou Zhida's side, protecting him and backing him up, knowing that he was trying to trip Jiyun up, but you didn't completely stand up for Jiyun."
"On the other hand, I tried to comfort Jiyun, hoping that he would be tolerant of Zhou Zhida. But how could that be possible? Jiyun and Zhou Zhida were separated by the blood feud between my parents. It was a debt of life and death, and naturally, it could only be repaid with life and death."
"No matter what others say or do, Zhou Zhida will fight back with his life."
"It's precisely because you're wavering, wanting to favor Zhou Zhida while also wanting Jiyun and Zhou Zhida to live in peace, that Jiyun feels like he's never been firmly chosen. I think anyone with a sense of justice and conscience would choose to sacrifice their own son for the greater good, even if he makes a mistake."
"Instead of asking Jiyun to give the victim a chance to live for so many years, Zhou Zhida and his men never gave Jiyun a chance to live either."
Fang Qin looked at Xie Jing and was about to tickle her: "This is the Zhou family's affair, what qualifications do you have..."
Yun Xu gently pushed Fang Qin's hand away. "Just talk, why resort to violence? What did my sister say wrong? As Zhou Zhida's bedmate, how can you clear yourself so cleanly?"
Fang Qin's weakness was pinched by Yun Xu, and she immediately shut up. She and Zhou Zhida went to jail, and even a fool would know which one to choose.
If Zhou Zhida went to jail, she would just lose face, but if she went to jail herself, she would never be able to get out. Besides, if Zhou Zhida went to jail, she could choose to divorce him. By then, she would have a lot of money and could live a carefree life.
But if you really go in, there will be no good days left.
Captain Lei watched Zhou Jiyun and Xie Jing join forces to fight against Old Man Zhou and couldn't help but sigh, "There are still people with good eyesight in this world. If you ask me, the cause of all this trouble lies with this old man."
"If he had sacrificed his relatives for the sake of justice back then, would he have ended up like this? Now his relatives are no longer his relatives. Alas."
After Xie Jing finished speaking, she took Zhou Jiyun's hand and said, "Let's go back."
Before leaving, she added, "Grandpa, you value family harmony and have been very kind to me in the past. I know that by standing on Jiyun's side, I might have hurt your feelings."
"But you have other grandchildren, and Jiyun only has me. If even I don't stand by him, he will really be all alone. We all have people we want to protect, we just have different standpoints and different values."
"But the harmony of this large family was completely shattered the moment Jiyun's parents passed away. The harmony you painstakingly maintained over the years was nothing but a false illusion. Now that the dream is over, it's time for you, Grandpa, to accept reality."
Mr. Zhou's back quickly hunched over, and after a long while he waved his hand, "Let's go, let's go."
Xie Jing responded softly: "Let's go back."
It was already noon when they left the police station. Looking up at the gloomy sky, Zhou Jiyun sighed for a long time, "When Zhou Zhida's verdict comes, we'll take the verdict to visit our parents."
Xie Jing stood on tiptoe and touched his hair: "Okay, I'll accompany you wherever you go."
Yun Xu and Yun Zhao followed behind Xie Jing. Yun Xu nudged Yun Zhao with his shoulder and said, "Sister, your values are right. I'm a little envious of Zhou Jiyun for being with our Jingjing."
Yun Zhao curled his lips: "Is it because Jingjing has always firmly chosen him?"
"Hmm, being firm is so hard." Yun Xu sighed: "When will I meet such a good girl?"
Yun Zhao rolled his eyes: "Go to bed early tonight, you can dream about anything."
Yun Xu put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Are you still my real brother? Do you hurt my heart like this?"
Yun Zhao: "Yes, brother, but seeing Jiyun and Jingjing like this, I am both sad and happy. Sad that he has had such painful experiences, but happy that he and Jingjing have a harmonious relationship."
"Having someone who understands his feelings, his joys and sorrows, who never gives up on him and who always stands by him through thick and thin—that is the most precious thing."
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