Chapter 348 The Most Damned Person in the Zhou Family
On the way back to the Zhou family, Zhou Zhili said to Ye Lanxin, "Madam, Yu Xiu is a filial child. I wanted to teach him a lesson today, but after learning why he got into a fight, I suddenly couldn't bring myself to do it. You won't blame me, will you?"
Ye Lanxin was in a good mood. She had saved face for the Ye family and also had a way out for herself, so she naturally didn't care.
"Don't worry, Master. How could I bother with the children I've watched grow up? Over the years, I've often told them not to forget that their sister is their biological mother. I've always hoped they could understand. How could they really mind..."
Ye Lanxin said this with a hint of tenderness and expectation in her eyes: "Yu Xiu's performance today has lived up to my expectations. Although he was impulsive, he still has Ling Yue in his heart. As long as they can live a good life, what does it matter if I suffer a little injustice?"
Zhou Zhili was filled with emotion when he heard this. He held Ye Lanxin's hand and said softly, "Madam, you have worked so hard over the years. You have sacrificed so much for this family."
Ye Lanxin smiled slightly and shook her head: "Master, what are you talking about? We are a family, why should we be so formal? As long as our family can live in harmony, I will be satisfied. If it weren't for you back then, Qin Zhu and I would have been bullied to death long ago."
As the night deepened, the Zhou family's carriage slowly moved forward in the darkness.
In the car, Zhou Zhili and Ye Lanxin smiled at each other, but they could no longer find the feeling they had before.
Zhou Yuzhi prepared a hangover soup for Zhou Yuxiu at home. Perhaps the effect was too good, as Zhou Yuxiu woke up in the middle of the night.
He went straight to Zhou Yuzhi's yard and said he had something to say to him.
Zhou Yuzhi was half asleep and was somewhat reluctant to be picked up by his elder brother.
However, seeing that his elder brother was in a bad mood recently, he reluctantly sat up, yawned, and asked him what he wanted to talk about.
"Second brother, I'll give you the throne of the crown prince..."
Zhou Yuxiu's opening remarks instantly perked up Zhou Yuzhi.
"Brother, what did you say?"
Zhou Yuxiu looked at his brother's shocked expression, a mixture of emotions welling up in his heart. He took a deep breath and spoke slowly, "Second brother, I know you've never been interested in the position of Crown Prince, but you're more suited to it than I am. For years, I've always felt I could shoulder the responsibility of elevating the Zhou family to a higher level, but after Gu Ruanci's return, I realized my own incompetence, and now I just want to escape. Furthermore, I can't be fair and just in dealing with Mother. I don't want to be obsessed with right and wrong while forcing myself to put on a forced smile while sitting on the throne..."
Zhou Yuzhi stood there in a daze, not knowing how to answer for a moment.
He never thought that his elder brother would voluntarily give up the position of crown prince.
"Brother, you are crazy. I only have medical skills in my heart. I have never thought of taking this position from you."
Zhou Yuxiu nodded and said, "I know, but you didn't snatch this position away from me. I wanted to give it to you."
Zhou Yuxiu's eyes were firm as he continued, "Second brother, you are intelligent and talented enough. If you can master medicine, you will surely be able to apply it to other things. If you take this position, you will surely make the Zhou family more prosperous. As for me, I want to leave the Zhou family for a while and find my own way."
Zhou Yuzhi looked at his elder brother, with mixed emotions in his heart.
He was somewhat shocked by his elder brother's decision. After all, the position of Crown Prince was of great significance to the Zhou family.
It really makes him uncomfortable that his elder brother has such a problem.
"Brother, I cannot accept this. This position is yours, and you deserve it. My pursuit of medical skills does not mean I will abandon my family responsibilities, but I prefer to contribute to the family in my own way. Let's not continue this topic. If you think that escaping can solve the problem, then you are completely wrong. I will not agree to it, and I will not let you leave the Zhou family."
Zhou Yuxiu sighed helplessly. In the moonlight, Zhou Yuzhi could see two lines of tears on his face.
"Second brother, since you learned the truth of that year, have you ever thought about Mother? Do you feel that we were the ones who wronged Mother back then, and that we were the ones who hurt her the most?"
Zhou Yuzhi's expression grew solemn upon hearing this. He was silent for a moment, as if recalling something, then he slowly spoke, "Brother, how could I not have thought about it? But it's been so many years, what can we do? Now that Mother is gone, no matter how much we feel guilty, we can't change the past."
Zhou Yuxiu shook his head, his voice choking with sobs: "No, second brother, we can do a lot. These days, every time I think of what mother and little sister went through, I feel guilty... I want to walk the path mother and little sister walked again, knowing how hard they worked..."
Zhou Yuzhi looked at his brother's pained expression, and an inexplicable sadness welled up in his heart. He patted Zhou Yuxiu's shoulder and said firmly, "Brother, we can't dwell on the pain of the past. If our mother were in heaven, seeing you like this, she would surely forgive you and hope you can cheer up. You are her first son. What parent would blame their own children?"
Zhou Yuxiu always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
His emotions were still playing tricks on him. "But my little sister said today that even if our whole family died in front of her, she would never forgive us..."
Hearing that his elder brother was so seriously upset by Gu Ruanci's words, Zhou Yuzhi became even more angry towards Gu Ruanci.
He clenched his fists, a cold look flashing in his eyes. "Brother, how dare Gu Ruanci do this! Why doesn't she forgive us? We were also victims back then! Her attitude now is simply too much!"
Zhou Yuxiu remained silent, his expression complicated. He knew that Gu Ruanci's resentment was difficult to appease, but he had never expected his second brother to be so extreme.
Seeing that his eldest brother was silent, Zhou Yuzhi continued, "Brother, she did choose mother back then, and we are sorry for her. But without this experience, how could she have met that powerful master? She is truly a blessing in disguise. Now that she has this ability, she has put our Zhou family under great pressure. What else is she not satisfied with? As for mother's death, it has been found that it was Wen Zimei who did it. Now that the Wen sisters are dead, what do we need her to forgive? Shouldn't she thank us? I haven't blamed her for getting mother into trouble. I have done my best. If it weren't for her, wouldn't it be easy for mother to hide her whereabouts? She is the one who dragged mother down. She doesn't forgive us because she doesn't want to admit that she killed mother."
His words made Zhou Yuxiu feel terrified.
As a younger brother, how could he still treat his own sister like this?
"Yuzhi, are you crazy? She was only six years old at the time. What did you want her to do?"
Zhou Yuzhi asked back, "Brother, how old were we back then? Why should we bear all the brunt of this? Her hatred should have died with the death of the Wen sisters. Why is she still hounding us? I think she's just jealous. Back in the Zhou family, we were all valued children, but she was the only one who wasn't... This Gu Ruanci has a flawed personality and is not even as good as Qin Zhu..."
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