Chapter 552: Daughter Reborn (7)
Zhou Zhiyuan was a little nervous. He keenly felt that what his mother said next was not what he wanted to hear.
When Cui Shichu saw the boy, who still had a bit of childishness on his face, looking at him seriously, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't be so nervous. What I want to talk about is not a big deal. It's just that your sister and I had a falling out over marriage, and she wants to cut off all ties with us."
"What, what?" When Zhou Zhiyuan heard her words, he wondered if he had heard it wrong, and asked in a daze.
"I don't agree with Zhou Lizhi marrying Chen Wenya. She thinks I want to use her marriage as a bargaining chip and want to find a son-in-law who is easy to control so that they can support you in the future. Oh, by the way, she also thinks that I am biased and favor boys over girls. I only have you as my son in my heart, not her as my daughter. That's what happened." Cui Shichu told Zhou Zhiyuan everything directly and did not hide it from him as if he were an ignorant child.
"Why does my sister think you favor boys over girls?" Zhou Zhiyuan was very shocked, because in his opinion, the original owner's mother actually favored girls over boys. In the past, when he and Zhou Lizhi quarreled, no matter who was right or wrong, his mother would persuade him to give in to his sister because his sister was a girl; sometimes there were too many houseworks for his mother to finish, so he would help, and his sister would not lend a hand at all...
Take studying for example. The original owner's mother treated them equally and wanted to train them to become college students. However, Zhou Lizhi's academic performance was not very good and she refused to continue studying after junior high school, while Zhou Zhiyuan continued to study until high school and did not give up his studies, so the original owner cannot be blamed for being partial.
Cui Shichu glanced at his adopted son who was stunned and shocked, and said, "I don't know. Maybe she thinks that I am favoring boys over girls by not letting her marry the man she wants to marry."
Cui Shichu had no way of telling Zhou Lizhi what happened in her previous life, so she had to explain it to Zhou Zhiyuan like this. After all, in this life, neither she nor Zhou Zhiyuan showed any sign of favoring boys over girls or forcing Zhou Lizhi to be a brother-supporting demon.
Zhou Zhiyuan still looked confused, unable to understand Zhou Lizhi's train of thought, but - "But, mom, didn't you agree that she would marry your brother-in-law? Why does she still hate you?"
"Your sister is a person who holds grudges but does not remember kindness. If you continue to associate with her in the future, you must be more careful and don't let her deceive you." Cui Shichu reminded him that Zhou Lizhi would definitely regret marrying Chen Wenya. When her life was unhappy, she would think of her family. If she tricked Zhou Zhiyuan into doing something then, it would be troublesome, so Cui Shichu had to give Zhou Zhiyuan a heads-up in advance.
When Zhou Zhiyuan heard her words, he felt uncomfortable. He didn't understand why the family who used to be close and harmonious suddenly became distant and wary of each other. This made him, who was used to the three of them relying on each other, panic and at a loss.
He pulled the corners of his mouth and looked at Cui Shichu with a hint of pleading and expectation: "Mom, are there some misunderstandings between you and my sister?" It seemed as if he really hoped that Cui Shichu would answer him that it was a misunderstanding.
But Cui Shichu ruthlessly broke his extravagant hopes: "It's not a misunderstanding. Your sister really resents you and me. Not only me, but also you."
"Why does my sister hate me?" Zhou Zhiyuan was confused and frightened. He really didn't know how he had offended Zhou Lizhi.
Cui Shichu sighed, looked at him, and said nothing. Could she say that it was because you were disabled in your previous life that she had to come back to take care of you several times? - Although the so-called care was to bring some leftovers from the Sun family to the original owner and her son, or to lend them some money to make ends meet at the original owner's request, in Zhou Lizhi's eyes, this was a manifestation of forcing her to become a brother-supporting demon, so she couldn't wait to sever ties with her biological mother and brother in this life.
Zhou Zhiyuan didn't get an answer from his mother, so he decided to go find Zhou Li and question her himself.
These two days were weekends and the machinery factory was closed. Zhou Zhiyuan realized this when he arrived at the factory gate in a daze. He had no choice but to go to Chen Wenya's house to find Zhou Lizhi.
Zhou Zhiyuan came once when Zhou Lizhi got married, and never came again after that. Only then did he remember that his sister had been married for almost half a year, but he had never seen her return home. Was she really going to cut off contact with her parents' home?
Zhou Zhiyuan, feeling very heavy-hearted, knocked on the Chen family's door.
"Who is it?!" Zhou Zhiyuan was startled by the angry question, and then the door was suddenly opened, and an old woman in her fifties with a ferocious look, a pair of white eyes, walked out.
"Hello, Aunt Chen, have you eaten today?" Zhou Zhiyuan said to Chen's mother politely. He recognized that she was his sister's mother-in-law.
Mother Chen glanced at him sideways, then glanced down at his empty hands, rolled her eyes, turned back and shouted inside: "Zhou Lizhi! Your brother is here to see you!"
She turned around and went back without paying any attention to Zhou Zhiyuan. She even muttered, "You don't even know to bring a gift when you visit. You're still a high school student and you don't know any etiquette..."
Zhou Zhiyuan blushed suddenly, his handsome face turned red like a monkey's buttocks. He felt ashamed and embarrassed. Chen's mother was right. Although he came to see his sister, he was also meeting relatives. How could he not bring some gifts? This was indeed his lack of etiquette.
Zhou Zhiyuan was so ashamed that he almost wanted to dig a hole in the ground. He hesitated and wondered if he should go back and buy some cookies and candies before coming back. He didn't mean to come without a gift, but because he was thinking about the falling out between his sister and his family, he was depressed and absent-minded and forgot the etiquette.
Just as he was hesitating, Zhou Lizhi came out. Seeing Zhou Zhiyuan outside the door, she did not let him in, but came out by herself and closed the door. Then she asked Zhou Zhiyuan expressionlessly: "Why did you come to see me?"
Zhou Zhiyuan's heart sank when he saw her expression. She even closed the door. Did she not intend to invite him in? Zhou Zhiyuan, feeling sad, immediately threw etiquette out of his mind. He pursed his lips and asked Zhou Lizhi, "Do you really want to cut off contact with me and my mother?"
As he spoke, he carefully observed Zhou Lizhi's expression, trying to see a sign of denial on her face, but he was disappointed.
"Really." Zhou Lizhi nodded ruthlessly. She said to Zhou Zhiyuan indifferently, "I hope you won't come to see me again in the future."
"Why? Aren't we a family? Why did it come to this? What misunderstanding was there between you and mom? And me, I don't think I've ever done anything to let you down, why are you denying me too?" Zhou Zhiyuan couldn't stand it anymore and questioned her with red eyes.
Zhou Lizhi, however, was hard-hearted. Seeing her brother's sad look, she did not empathize with him. Instead, she felt very happy. As if she wanted to make her brother even sadder, she said to him maliciously, "Of course it's because you will be poor and destitute in the future, and you will become a useless person and a burden to me!"
(End of this chapter)
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