Chapter 86: Old Times
After Boss Zhong left, he kept thinking over Qi Yue's words. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Qi Yue should have known the truth a long time ago, but he was still so cold and distant. He was afraid that he still blamed them, and the so-called reporting to the Special Management Bureau was just an excuse for him not wanting to get involved.
The more he thought about it, the colder his heart became. He couldn't help but feel resentful. How could he blame them for what happened back then? They hadn't deliberately ignored Qi Yue, but they had always believed that the child had died before he was born.
Or when he saw Qi Yue's appearance, and saw that he looked so similar to his sister Zhong Yingying and Xue Zhao, and their ages matched, he felt that it was a bit too much of a coincidence, and he became suspicious and couldn't help but tell Mrs. Zhong.
When Mrs. Zhong heard that the boy's surname was Qi, that he had no parents and was raised by his grandfather, she immediately confirmed that this was the child that Zhong Yingying had been pregnant with.
Zhong Yingying is the only girl in their family. She has been beautiful, smart and cute since she was a child. She has always been the darling of the family. Although she is the stepdaughter brought by Old Mrs. Zhong, no one in the Zhong family treats her as a burden. Instead, they sincerely accept her.
In order to prevent her from being ostracized by the Zhong family's relatives and to relieve her from the restraint of living under someone else's roof, Mr. Zhong even acquiesced in the rumors that he and Mrs. Zhong had an affair in their early years and that Zhong Yingying was his illegitimate daughter. He also moved Zhong Yingying into his household register, changed her surname to Zhong, and treated her completely as his own daughter. Zhong Yingying also always believed that she was Mr. Zhong's biological daughter.
So no one outside knew that Zhong Yingying was not Mr. Zhong’s biological daughter.
It turned out that their family was very harmonious. Although Mr. Zhong was not a successful businessman in his early years, he had some wealth and could be considered wealthy. His business was getting more and more prosperous until Zhong Yingying met Xue Zhao in college.
Xue Zhao fell in love with Zhong Yingying at first sight and began pursuing her vigorously. The two soon got together. The Zhong family felt that Zhong Yingying deserved the best and often viewed her suitors with a critical eye, but they had to admit that Xue Zhao was a very good candidate.
He is handsome and wealthy, gentle and cultured, gentle and considerate, and devoted and loyal. He is young and promising. He is not a rich second generation who can only rely on his family for food, drink and fun. He joined the Xue family's company early to help and was carefully trained by Mr. Xue. He is the future successor of the Xue family and has no bad habits.
What's more, Zhong Yingying loves him very much, and the Zhong family is becoming more and more satisfied with him, and they all regard him as Zhong Yingying's husband. Who knew that Wang Yao, Xue Zhao's childhood sweetheart and fiancée who grew up together, would suddenly appear.
Wang Wangyao was studying abroad. When she heard that Xue Zhao had a girlfriend, she rushed back to China immediately. As soon as she got off the plane, she ran to Zhong Yingying's university to make a scene, letting everyone know that she was the mistress who seduced someone else's fiancé.
That day, Zhong Yingying's face was swollen and she cried all the way home.
The Zhong family was furious. Before they could even confront Xue Zhao and Wang Yao, the Zhong family's business was severely suppressed by the Wang and Xue families. They then realized that Wang Yao was Mr. Xue's preferred daughter-in-law. He hadn't stopped her before because he thought Xue Zhao was just playing around and didn't take Zhong Yingying, a woman with no background, seriously. In his opinion, it was normal for men to be unfaithful.
But now Wang Yao and the Wang family both care about it, and Xue Zhao actually wants to break off the engagement with Wang Yao and be with Zhong Yingying. This is something he cannot tolerate.
The Zhong family was very angry, but they were powerless and could not compete with the two giants, the Wang family and the Xue family. They were ready to swallow their anger and persuade Zhong Yingying and Xue Zhao to break up.
But Xue Zhao came to their house and knelt at the door begging them to let him be with Zhong Yingying. He explained to them that he did not intend to hide it, but the marriage was his family's idea. He had never liked Wang Yao and had always regarded Wang Yao as a sister. He would make it clear to Wang Yao and persuade Mr. Xue to agree to cancel the engagement and accept Zhong Yingying.
Despite Xue Zhao's humble demeanor and apparent sincerity, the Zhong family remained furious and deeply disappointed. They weren't fools. If Xue Zhao truly had no romantic feelings for Wang Yao, why had he engaged her in the first place? And if he hadn't wanted to, would the Xue and Wang families have forced him to attend the engagement banquet?
If he had a little bit of responsibility, he would not have been provoking Zhong Yingying before breaking off the engagement with Wang Yao, causing Zhong Yingying to be triple-betrayed.
But Zhong Yingying believed his words, easily forgave him, and insisted on staying with him, which made everyone in the Zhong family very angry.
Afterwards, Wang Yao bit Zhong Yingying like a mad dog and she was forced to drop out of school. Everyone pointed at her and called her a shameless mistress. The Zhong family was suppressed by the Wang and Xue families and their business went bankrupt. All other relatives and friends of the Zhong family, anyone who was related to them, were greatly implicated. However, Zhong Yingying and Xue Zhao still insisted that they were true love and no one could stop them from being together.
It wasn't until Mr. Xue was hit by a drunk driver and his leg was broken, nearly killing him, that Zhong Yingying finally gave up and agreed to break up with Xue Zhao. The Zhong family also felt they couldn't stay in China anymore and decided to move abroad as a family.
But just before they boarded the plane, Xue Zhao caught up with them again. He finally persuaded Old Master Xue to let him and Wang Yao cancel their engagement, on the condition that he sever ties with the Xue family and leave the house with nothing.
Zhong Yingying was deeply moved by his willingness to go to such lengths for her. She refused to leave at all costs, which nearly gave Old Master Zhong a heart attack. In the end, the Zhong family lost their heart and left Zhong Yingying behind to go abroad.
After that, even though they were abroad, they couldn't help but ask about Zhong Yingying's recent situation. They heard that Zhong Yingying and Xue Zhao were married, and Xue Zhao left the Xue family and took the civil service exam. Zhong Yingying didn't have a job and was a housewife at home.
Although they no longer had the wealth to squander, they were still a well-off family. As long as they were frugal, they could still live a carefree life. Wang Yao did not bother them again, and seemed to have completely given up on Xue Zhao. It was said that the Wang family had already started looking for a partner for her.
This sounded like things were getting better. The Zhong family members breathed a sigh of relief for Zhong Yingying.
But he didn't expect that the next time he heard news about Zhong Yingying, it was that Xue Zhao had divorced Zhong Yingying and was preparing to marry Wang Yao.
Everyone in the Zhong family was very surprised, but they felt that it was expected to be like this, and they were also very worried about Zhong Yingying.
In the end, they still couldn't let go of Zhong Yingying, so they asked the third brother Zhong Zhuoyu to return to China to take a look, and it would be best if they could bring Zhong Yingying abroad with them as well.
Unexpectedly, Zhong Zhuoyu learned that Zhong Yingying had jumped into the river as soon as he returned to China.
He found his sister in the hospital morgue, seven months pregnant, her belly bulging and lifeless. The doctor said she had committed suicide by jumping into the river. Because she and Xue Zhao were divorced, Xue Zhao was even unwilling to handle her funeral.
Zhong Zhuoyu didn't believe her sister would commit suicide, but the police confirmed that she had. She wanted to use her death to threaten Xue Zhao to remarry her and sever ties with Wang Yao, but Xue Zhao was adamant and refused to change his mind and refused to see her. She cried so hard that she fainted and fell off the bridge. By the time she was rescued and taken to the hospital, she was already dead.
Her story with Xue Zhao was also very simple. A rich young man fell from heaven to earth. For a short time, he could still regard it as an experience of life, but after a long time, he could not stand the daily life of ordinary people.
The young couple began to quarrel over trivial matters in life, a small quarrel every two days and a big quarrel every three days. All their romance and true love were worn away.
Especially when he saw that his younger brother, whom he once looked down upon the most, became the quasi-heir of the Xue family, took his place, and acted superior to him, and those who he once looked down upon rushed to curry favor with him, and those who had conflicts with him, all came to show off their power in front of him, and anyone of them could be stepped on, Xue Zhao could not bear it even more.
No one knew who took the initiative first, but Xue Zhao and Wang Yao got together again. In order to return to the Xue family, he agreed to divorce Zhong Yingying and marry Wang Yao.
But Zhong Yingying was pregnant, and as long as she didn't want to divorce, Xue Zhao couldn't divorce her. So he tricked Zhong Yingying into divorcing her by saying he wanted to buy a house. When Zhong Yingying found out she had been tricked, she had nothing left.
She couldn't believe that Xue Zhao, who loved her so deeply, would betray her. In order to win back Xue Zhao, she made a lot of farces and became a joke in the eyes of everyone. Xue Zhao still loved her and was still in contact with her, which made her unable to give up.
Until Wang Yao and the Wang family could no longer tolerate it and issued an ultimatum to Xue Zhao, Xue Zhao finally became completely cruel and stopped seeing Zhong Yingying in order to return to the Xue family and continue to be his heir. Zhong Yingying was so instigated that she climbed over the bridge railing and threatened Xue Zhao with the death of herself and her child to come to see her, thinking that she and the child in her belly would definitely be more important than Wang Yao in Xue Zhao's heart. However, Xue Zhao was so cruel that he didn't even come to deal with her funeral.
Zhong Zhuoyu took care of Zhong Yingying's funeral and then left. This is what Zhong Zhuoyu told them.
It wasn't until Boss Zhong returned to China and met Qi Yue that they questioned Zhong Zhuoyu, who finally revealed what she had been hiding. It turned out that Zhong Yingying died on the 14th day of the seventh lunar month, and that he had intended to take the body to the funeral home that day, but a strange old man suddenly showed up and stopped him. The man's name was Qi, and he claimed to be a celestial master and Zhong Yingying's biological father.
He claimed that the baby in Zhong Yingying's belly was not completely dead yet and could still be saved. Zhong Zhuoyu did not believe him and called Old Lady Zhong to verify his identity. The old lady also opened Zhong Zhuoyu's Yin-Yang eyes, allowing him to reunite with Zhong Yingying one last time. However, to Zhong Zhuoyu's great disappointment, even after death, Zhong Yingying still missed Xue Zhao.
In the early morning of that night, the old man cast a spell on Zhong Yingying, and actually made the dead Zhong Yingying give birth to a living baby boy. However, the child's body was blue and purple, and his breathing was almost non-existent. If he could not cry and move, anyone would have thought it was just a baby corpse.
The old man told Zhong Zhuoyu that the child had a strange origin and it was best not to let anyone else know of his existence. He was born with a special physique and a heavy yin energy. If he was too closely involved with the Zhong family, it would bring bad luck to them. So the child would be taken away and raised by him. Zhong Zhuoyu should not tell anyone else about his existence. Just treat him and Zhong Yingying as if they were cremated together. If they are destined to meet again in the future, they will have a chance to meet again.
So in the past 23 years, Zhong Zhuoyu never revealed Qi Yue's existence. They still felt sorry and sad for the child. He was already seven months old, but because he had such an unreliable pair of parents, he was gone before he even had a chance to see the world.
It was not until he was pressed by other members of the Zhong family and learned that Qi Yue had become a powerful celestial master that Zhong Zhuoyu finally told the truth.
Old Mrs. Zhong and Old Mr. Zhong were very happy and immediately advanced their plan to return home, but they wanted to meet Qi Yue, but they didn't know what Qi Yue's attitude was.
Seeing that Old Mrs. Zhong's face was full of resentment and she didn't want to say anything more when she mentioned her ex-husband, it seemed that they had a very unpleasant quarrel back then. Who knows what Old Man Qi would say to Qi Yue, and whether Qi Yue would have any prejudice against the Zhong family.
So Boss Zhong came to send the invitation in order to test Qi Yue's attitude. But after this test, his heart was chilled.
When Boss Zhong returned to the Zhong family, it was rare that everyone was there.
Old Master Zhong was the most impatient. Seeing him come back, he hurriedly asked, "Boss, you're back. Tell me how you're doing? What's your attitude? Do you know your relationship with our family?"
Boss Zhong hesitated, seemed to be about to speak, and couldn't utter a word for a long time.
When everyone saw him like this, they couldn't help but feel disappointed.
Mr. Zhong covered his chest and wanted to faint.
Everyone was busy supporting him, helping him to breathe smoothly, giving him medicine and water.
Boss Zhong then recounted his conversation with Qi Yue in detail.
Zhong Kaiwen was skinny and sullen, and he said in a gloomy tone, "I told him he must have some grievance against our family. Otherwise, why wouldn't he help me when dealing with my affairs, but instead support that evil bastard?"
Boss Zhong was so angry that he kicked him: "You knew that it was a harmful filth, but you still took the initiative to provoke it? Don't blame Qi Yue. If you hadn't provoked him, would you be like this now? He was originally going to become an immortal, but he was made to have no hope of becoming an immortal. The only reason he didn't kill you was because Qi Yue intervened on your behalf. And you still have the nerve to blame him?"
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