Chapter 21
"Why are you doing this?" Cheng Cheng looked at him and threw a stack of documents in front of him.
Papers fell like snowflakes and landed on the ground.
Zhou Yue was confused at first, but after grabbing a piece of paper and taking a look, he understood.
Damn, how could I forget about this.
Cheng Cheng looked disappointed.
No answer was needed, the man's expression said it all.
Zhou Yue:........
The evidence was irrefutable; no matter how much he tried to make amends, it would be of no avail.
Deathly silence.
Cheng Cheng blurted out, "Maybe we're really not suitable."
Hearing these words, Zhou Yue was shocked.
"What did you say?" He raised his voice.
Cheng Cheng repeated it again.
Zhou Yue originally felt a little guilty, but that feeling vanished in an instant, replaced by anger: "Just because of this?"
"Can't you feel how good I am to you? Can this little thing offset it?"
"Do you think this is just a small matter?" Cheng Cheng became even more angry. He thought his values were flawed. "You did this behind my back without my permission. If I hadn't discovered it, when would you have told me?"
Zhou Yue: “…”
"Then I apologize, that's all."
"......" Cheng Cheng was completely disappointed.
She didn't want to waste any more time talking to this person, so she picked up the gift she had prepared for him and prepared to leave.
"Stop!" Zhou Yue strode forward and held her wrist tightly.
"Are you really going to leave me?"
"We've never been together, so how can we talk about leaving?" Cheng Cheng said lightly.
"Good, good, good——" Zhou Yue said three good words in a row.
"Go away, I don't want to see you again." He lowered his head and his voice was hoarse.
Zhou Yue felt sad. His sincere heart, which he had shown out of self-conceit, was discarded like a worn-out shoe.
"Remember, this time, it's me who doesn't want you."
When Cheng Cheng heard this, he paused and left resolutely.
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The crowd in the dance floor danced to the music, and the colorful spotlights above their heads kept changing colors, as if to illuminate every person who was twisting their body with ecstasy.
The music in the disco area in the middle of the bar was deafening, while in a secluded booth on the side, a handsome man with a frustrated look on his face was drinking strong liquor without saying a word.
Zhou Yue poured another glass of whiskey. The hot liquor burned his throat, but it couldn't extinguish the dull pain in his heart.
After a few drinks, the world started to blur. The neon lights of the bar blurred into a hazy mess, and the noisy voices seemed to be separated by a layer of frosted glass. However, the memories of the past became clearer and clearer.
He and Cheng Cheng met when they were young, and all those beautiful fragments and the sweet moments when they met again came to his mind one by one.
And the last words she said were "We are not suitable."
Zhou Yue drank one glass after another to get drunk. Occasionally, a woman with a hot body and a charming face came up to chat with him, but they were scared away by his cold face.
Perhaps because he drank too much, Zhou Yue's stomach churned. He stood up and a familiar hand pressed on his shoulder.
His good friend Lu Jinyu appeared at the table with a frown on his face: "That's enough, stop drinking." He snatched the wine glass from his hand.
Smelling the strong smell of alcohol on his friend, Lu Jinyu frowned even tighter: "How much did you drink?"
He knew that Zhou Yue was always self-disciplined, and it was rare to see him like this.
He leaned over the table with his hands on it and asked, "Are you heartbroken?"
"Who could have made you like this?" Lu Jinyu was very curious.
I want to see this woman with amazing skills.
Lu Jinyu has been hanging out with women for years and has seen too many women. He is very skilled at cheating rich second-generations who are stupid and have a lot of money.
Although this brother looks like a calm and self-possessed elite, he actually has very little emotional experience.
Apart from his first love in his youth, there has been no other woman.
"Don't ask anything else, just drink with me." Zhou Yue said with a serious face.
He called Lu Jinyu to relieve his worries, not to add to them.
Lu Jinyu: "It's boring to drink too much with just two people. I'll call a few girls over to drink together." She picked up the phone and sent a text message.
Zhou Yue disagreed, but Lu Jinyu deliberately provoked him: "No way, big brother, you've been dumped by someone, why are you still so noble? If you leave today, I will look down on you."
Lu Jinyu felt sorry for his brother.
After a while, several girls wearing suspender shorts came to the booth.
A beautiful woman with long curly hair saw a handsome guy like Zhou Yue, her heart skipped a beat, and she took the initiative to sit next to him.
Zhou Yue drank the wine from the curly-haired beauty, but did nothing else.
He was so drunk that he didn't know someone had quietly raised their phone to take a picture of the scene.
The next day, a video casually posted by a passerby went viral. The title was: I went to a bar with friends and ran into a handsome guy. Upon closer inspection, I found out that he was the president of Galaxy Technology.
Since the last Starlight Awards Ceremony, Zhou Yue has become popular online because of his extremely high net worth and good looks. He has millions of followers on social media, which he hardly uses, even though he rarely posts on Weibo.
The news that Zhou Yue was drinking with a sexy beauty in a bar was widely circulated.
To the general public, it is normal for a president worth tens of billions to have some gossip.
Zhou Yue had a splitting headache after a hangover.
He didn't care when he learned that his scandal was on the headlines in the newspaper.
At this moment, his heart was filled with the sadness of falling in love again.
The sadness did not last long before he was hit by even more devastating news.
The mother suddenly said she wanted to stay in S City for a while, because she missed her son.
However, Zhou Yue was keenly aware that things were not that simple.
Zhou Yue drove to the airport to pick up his mother in person.
Zhou Yue's mother, Xie Gufang, came with a nanny and a driver, and it looked like they were going to stay permanently.
Zhou Yue had an empty villa, which was perfect for his mother to live in.
The villa is in the suburbs, and Zhou Yue rarely goes there. He usually lives in an apartment in the city center.
"You can come and live with me. While I'm here, your aunt can help you recuperate." Xie's mother said as she arranged for the nanny to pack her luggage.
"No, this place is too remote and it's not convenient for me to go back to the company." Zhou Yue refused.
The villa is far from the company, but there is another more important reason -
He is an adult and has not lived with his mother for many years. It is okay to visit his mother occasionally, but he always feels a little uncomfortable living together.
He has become accustomed to living alone.
Mother Xie was a little unhappy, but when she thought about the purpose of her visit, she didn't get angry and said, "Okay, whatever you want. You have to stay for dinner tonight. I remember you loved the fish soup I made when you were a child. Mom will make it for you, okay?"
Zhou Yue felt a warm feeling in his heart, and recalled the time when he and his mother depended on each other as a child. His expression softened and he readily agreed.
Maybe my mother had no purpose in coming this time, she just missed me. Zhou Yue blamed himself for thinking too much.
Xie's mother walked into the spacious kitchen, picked up a kitchen knife, and chopped the expensive deep-sea fish into fish paste.
She had been a wealthy wife for many years and hadn't been in the kitchen for a long time, so her movements were a little rusty.
Fortunately, the nanny was perceptive and quickly took the kitchen knife, allowing my wife to just help out.
The water in the enamel pot boiled, and the steam obscured the view in front of her eyes. Xie's mother had a deep expression.
The meal is ready, a simple meal of three dishes and one soup.
Zhou Yue picked up the chopsticks and took the lead in picking up a piece and putting it in his mother's bowl.
Mother Xie looked at him with a smile and said, "Try it quickly and see if it tastes the same as before."
Zhou Yue scooped a spoonful of fish soup and tasted it carefully, saying, "Hmm."
Xie's mother finally let go of the worry she had been holding.
Thinking about how to start the next sentence.
Before she could figure out how to start the conversation, Zhou Yue opened his mouth first. He looked at his mother hesitantly: "Mom...did something happen to you?"
It's no wonder he's suspicious. Since marrying into Hong Kong City, Xie's mother has never set foot on this land. Her sudden visit this time is really suspicious.
Xie's mother was touched by the words and covered half of her face with her well-maintained hands, crying.
"What happened?" Zhou Yue saw his mother's pained expression, put down his spoon, and stood up suddenly: "What happened? Could it be that...Chen bullied you?"
.......
Mother Xie sighed, and her radiant face suddenly looked much older.
She calmed herself down, covered her face with her hands, and slowly told the truth.
The nanny had wisely gone to the servants' room to rest. At the moment, there were only the mother and son here, so there was nothing to be embarrassed about.
Her current husband's mistress is pregnant and he wants to give birth to the baby.
She could turn a blind eye to her man having affairs outside, but she would absolutely not agree to give birth to that little bastard!
But this time, the husband was like a possessed man, and treated the child in the belly as a treasure, even though he didn't know whether it was his.
She and her stepson share the same stance on the issue of children.
Her stepson was worried that he would give birth to another brother who would steal the family property, while she was worried that some little devil outside would use her son's status to gain power.
After all, she has been married to her husband for all these years but has never been able to give birth to a child.
As she grew older, her appearance was no longer the same as before, and she and her husband no longer had the same deep affection as before.
......The more his mother spoke, the tighter Zhou Yue clenched his fists on the dining table.
"Divorce!" Zhou Yue said angrily with veins on his forehead exposed.
Anyway, my mother is still young. At worst, I can find another one. Can I continue to suffer in the Chen family? Zhou Yue thought so.
But Xie's mother said, "Who said I want a divorce?"
"I won't get a divorce. It'll give that little devil out there a chance!"
Zhou Yue: "........Then what do you want?"
Mother Xie looked at her only son with pleading eyes: "Mom needs you to support me."
Zhou Yue felt a swelling and pain in his solar plexus. He pressed his forehead helplessly, puzzled: "Do you want me to find someone to beat up Chen? Or to attack a pregnant woman? No, that's illegal!"
He didn't understand why his mother had to compromise. He could give her a good life, but why did she have to rely on that man?
Xie's mother then revealed her plan: "You know Rongchang Bio, right?"
Zhou Yue nodded. How could such a famous pharmaceutical company in Hong Kong not know about it?
"He...has always wanted to cooperate with Rongchang, but he could never find the opportunity." Xie's mother's current husband runs a medical device company. If he can get on board Rongchang's big ship, his career is bound to reach a higher level.
"The chairman of Rongchang Pharmaceutical's youngest daughter...is your age. If you date the daughter of Rongchang Pharmaceutical, coupled with the pressure from his eldest son within the company, your uncle Chen will definitely be wary and agree to let that woman have an abortion."
Zhou Yue was shocked: "........"
In order to make her second husband have an abortion while having an affair with his mistress, she chose to sacrifice her son's happiness?
This outrageous train of thought almost caused Zhou Yue's brain to short-circuit.
Zhou Yue was speechless and just looked at his mother as if she were a mental patient.
Xie's mother was a little embarrassed: "She is beautiful and likes you, so I am not sorry for you."
.......Next, no matter how his mother tried to persuade him, Zhou Yue refused to agree.
It was as if he were meeting his mother for the first time.
Is this woman in front of him who is always talking about profit the same person who held him and coaxed him to sleep when he was a child? Zhou Yue thought with some sadness.
Xie's mother's persuasion was fruitless, so she resorted to her trump card, a trick that worked every time and she would not use it easily: "Don't forget, Mom didn't have a child with your Uncle Chen for you. If I had been willing to give birth to a brother for you, I wouldn't be in such a passive position today -"
"Enough!" Zhou Yue interrupted her with a roar.
Xie's mother was frightened and looked at her son who suddenly got angry in horror.
Zhou Yue looked at his mother with clear eyes and told her the truth he had known for a long time: "For me, really?"
"Of course." Xie's mother said tremblingly.
"So, that year you spent in the United States...was it just for traveling?"
This sentence was like a bolt from the blue, piercing through her motherly mask. Mother Xie opened her mouth but could not utter a word:...
After leaving these words, Zhou Yue turned and left, without touching the food on the table.
......For a long time, Xie's mother was the only one in the huge villa. She looked at the leftovers on the table and felt sad.
It turns out he...had known it all along.
Xie's mother was filled with regret, but it was too late.
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