Chapter 335: Eradication
Zhou Zongzheng only felt the temperature of his palms was burning, as if there was fire burning.
He picked up the jade pendant, placed it under the light, and looked at it carefully. A hint of disbelief flashed across his eyes, and he looked at Xie Shiyuan.
"What did you say?"
"Congratulations, you have finally avenged yourself." There was nothing wrong with Xie Shiyuan's smile.
"Previous sentence." Zhou Zongzheng said.
Xie Shiyuan hesitated for a moment, "I read the diary in the secret room, and I found your lost jade pendant, so I'll give it to you..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhou Zongzheng planned, "One more sentence."
Xie Shiyuan was silent for a moment, and suddenly stopped talking, looking at Zhou Zongzheng.
The man had a very masculine face, with outlines that seemed to be carved by a knife. His deep brows and pupils seemed to be focused into a vortex, rapidly flowing with complex and intertwined emotions.
The jade pendant with excellent gloss hung in the man's palm, forming a graceful arc.
"Happy birthday to you, Mr. Zhou." Xie Shiyuan still said.
Zhou Zongzheng was finally sure that he had heard correctly. He didn't know whether to laugh or to make a mocking expression, but he clenched the jade pendant in his hand and asked, "Did you write down my birthday in that diary?"
Of course, Xie Shiyuan has a pair of eyes that are good at discovering details. The key to conquering people’s hearts is not routine, but details.
The clever use of details is suitable for every different person in life.
Her silence was an admission.
Zhou Zongzheng clenched the jade pendant in his hand again, "I haven't celebrated my birthday for a long time... I don't celebrate my birthday."
So a very ordinary blessing actually made him feel for the first time that... he was just a drop in the ocean among the countless living beings.
He is cold-blooded and vicious, and what he gets the most is curses and hatred. Blessing this thing...
So strange.
It was so strange that when he suddenly faced the blessing, he didn't know how to react. He could only stare at her every facial expression with his ruthless and cruel eyes.
Like a machine, examining her.
She raised her lips and laughed.
That extremely gorgeous smile is dazzling.
Zhou Zongzheng couldn't help but turn his head away, still holding the jade pendant tightly in his hand.
Only he knows what this means...
The expensive jade pendant was a gift from his mother, but it was more like his mother's instructions and advice to him.
Because this was the last and only gift his mother gave him.
The mother is not a woman who possesses much maternal love, but she loves them and nurtures them. They are more like the mother's works, the crystallization of her wisdom, and the continuation of her excellent genes.
Their mother tailored an education and path for them. When they were young, their mother didn't mind asking them to sit in on important company matters.
Their mother respected them and protected them... But Zhou Zongzhen felt more that... his birth was a perfect work in the heart of the deceased Mrs. Zhou.
Therefore, he inherited Mrs. Zhou's will and her ruthless and cold-blooded character.
This was the only gift that Mrs. Zhou had given her when she was about to fall from power. She suddenly remembered that before her death came, she wanted to give her child a shot in the arm, to give him something to rely on and to remember, so that he could continue on his unfinished journey of life.
No matter what the cost, Zhou Zongzhen must win.
The word "win" runs through his entire life.
Not long after Madam Zhou's death, Zhou Zongzhen immediately became a jade pendant. It was not because he wanted to forget Madam Zhou's last wish, but when Madam Zhou fell from power, he immediately fell from being a popular young master to a poor little guy who could be bullied by everyone and was not loved by his father or mother.
Everyone wanted to step on him. Even the servants in the Zhou family were scrambling to turn his face away, flattering the powerful and bullying the weak, and deducting his money.
He and his brothers completed a course at the same time, and even though his grades were obviously better, he would only receive ridicule from everyone and scolding from his father.
From then on, he knew...his excellence, like his mother's, was original sin.
In the eyes of some people, excellence is a capital crime and one deserves to die.
I would rather be an unknown ugly duckling, a clown that everyone can bully, than expose my ambition before I have grown strong.
He gave all the light to his brothers.
In order to get their father's praise, the brothers would steal his achievements and snatch his results.
He can bear it all.
"Tsk..." Zhou Zongzheng let out a long sigh, and thought about those things again. It was just a blessing.
"I pawned this jade pendant because I had no money," he said.
Xie Shiyuan believed this reason.
From Zhou Zongzheng's attitude towards Xie Tingke, it can be seen that he certainly doesn't live as well as Xie Tingke, at least he won't meet someone like Old Lady Xie who can protect him.
"I actually have days when I am broke..." Zhou Zongzheng couldn't believe it. "After my mother died, my life went from heaven to hell. My father said he was training me, but he didn't give me any extra money except for tuition. When I grew up and wanted to participate in the company's business, I had to find a way out and raise funds on my own."
“But my brothers were able to receive his unconditional sponsorship.”
"So I can only pawn this jade pendant in exchange for some start-up capital."
"What happened next?" Xie Shiyuan asked.
Zhou Zongzheng sneered, "I became successful later. How can a successful person be willing to look back at the hardships he had along the way? This jade pendant carries the memory of my mother's death, her instructions to me, and also my father's attempt to obliterate me."
"Like you, I also have a past that I don't want to talk about."
"You don't look like you share the same suffering as me at all." Xie Shiyuan held up his chin.
"Why should I sympathize with you?" Zhou Zongzheng sneered, "Seek common ground while reserving differences, find common ground and resonate with you."
"My experience is unique and special. It has shaped me. No one can replicate my experience. I am successful."
Xie Shiyuan nodded. He was indeed very successful. He planned every step carefully and seized every opportunity. He took advantage of Bai Jiashu, Xie Tingke, and even someone as shrewd as Old Mrs. Xie.
And now the Bai family...
Zhou Zongzhen has built so many research institutes around the world, and he knows exactly how to treat Bai Jiashu's illness. At first, he could have used the request to help Bai Jiashu cure his illness in exchange for something in Bai Jiashu's hands.
But he didn't.
He is always confident and waits for opportunities to come.
She was the opportunity he had been waiting for.
"You want to be the most powerful person in the world." Xie Shiyuan's fox-like eyes curved slightly, "You eliminated all your competitors."
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