"What did you say? Impossible! You must be lying to me. Are you getting revenge on me? How could I not be my mother's daughter? She was so good to me, she..." But she couldn't finish her sentence.
"Otherwise, how about I let you meet Li Xiuzhu? Then you'll find out, well, you two are actually quite alike," Shen Banxia said, not knowing where her wicked sense of humor came from.
“I don’t believe what you’re saying. You’re just trying to trick me into telling you. You just want to know your mother’s secret, right? But I’m not going to tell you unless you let that Mrs. Zhou come to see me,” Li Hua said, trying to appear calm.
“Li Hua, yes, I do want to know my mother’s secret, but what I told you is also true. I have no reason to lie to you. It’s also true that your mother was arrested. If possible, I’ll see if I can arrange for you two to meet. Then you’ll know what you need to know.”
A sense of panic welled up in Li Hua's heart. For some reason, she refused to believe Shen Banxia's words.
But just as she said, she had no reason to lie to herself. Could it be...?
The thought of that possibility sent chills down Li Hua's spine, and he muttered to himself, "Impossible, definitely impossible, absolutely impossible."
Shen Banxia sighed, "I can't guarantee anything about Madam Zhou, but I've already conveyed what I needed to. Your mother is now at the Gewei Association, and I think those secrets will soon be exposed to the world. So, whether you believe it or not, it really doesn't matter much."
Li Hua remained silent.
Seeing this, Shen Banxia didn't try to persuade her any further. Some people are like that; even if they have doubts in their hearts, they will never believe it until they verify it themselves.
After returning home, Shen Banxia looked at Zhou Mingqian, who hadn't said a word, and asked, "Aren't you curious about what happened in between?"
Zhou Mingqian shook his head. "I'm not interested in Li Hua's matter, but I've made some progress on my mother-in-law's side. She and Li Hua's mother are not biological sisters. According to insiders, they were good friends, but they gradually drifted apart after getting married."
Shen Banxia frowned, "If that's the case, why did Li Hua say that back then? She even lied and said that I was her cousin, and why does my mother have a photo with Li Hua's grandmother?"
"Perhaps it's because of my father." For over twenty years, he had been calling him "father," and even though he now knew the truth, he couldn't change his way of addressing him.
Moreover, people outside don't know this yet.
In particular, when he thought about what his father had said to him in secret, Zhou Mingqian couldn't believe it from the bottom of his heart. He couldn't believe that his grandparents, who loved their motherland, would raise such a son. It was an insult to them.
However, now that he knows exactly what happened, he can only hold back for the time being.
Zhou Mingqian didn't tell his wife about this, not because he didn't believe her.
The main problem is that my wife is pregnant, and thinking too much is exhausting.
Shen Banxia had no idea what Zhou Mingqian was thinking.
“What you said makes sense. However, it seems that Li Hua’s mother is definitely the key. She probably knows more than Li Hua. Now, how do we get her to talk? Besides, it seems that we still have to find Su Yu to solve this problem.”
Upon hearing the name, Zhou Mingqian's face darkened, but he still considered the bigger picture and couldn't help but say sourly, "Wife, when you ask questions, don't just look at faces. Besides, that person isn't a good person."
"Alright, you used to say that people don't discriminate between meat and vegetables, and I actually believed it. But it turns out that's not the case at all." In any case, there are some things that are beyond our control.
Of course, this is a matter of patient privacy, and Shen Banxia wouldn't be so gossipy as to tell everyone.
“Wife, don’t you know he’s a bad person? Look at his reputation outside, it’s terrible. You should stay away from him from now on. After you’ve figured things out, it’s best not to have anything to do with him again. That person is no good.”
Shen Banxia looked at Zhou Mingqian with suspicion.
Zhou Mingqian touched his face. "What's wrong, honey? Do you think I look a little better than yesterday?"
Shen Banxia pushed away the face that was leaning closer, "Are you hiding something from me?"
Zhou Mingqian looked up at the sky and down at the ground, but never at her.
Shen Banxia had only said it casually, "Zhou Mingqian, do you really have something you haven't told me? Who said that husbands and wives can't keep secrets from each other? Are you already starting to have little secrets? Does that mean I don't need to tell you anything anymore?"
Zhou Mingqian panicked, "Wife, please don't say that! How could I possibly be hiding something from you? Well, I haven't figured it out myself yet. I don't know anything about my biological father's side of things, but my ex-father said some nonsense. Anyway, he threatened me that if I don't do things for him, he'll expose everything."
"What exactly is this all about, all this roundabout talk?" Shen Banxia's taut face almost broke down.
Zhou Mingqian was feeling guilty and didn't notice Shen Banxia almost bursting out laughing.
“My ex-father said that my biological father has connections with Taiwan.”
Shen Banxia gasped. Good heavens, this is a life-threatening situation.
If Kagome's family finds out, going to the farm would be the least of their worries.
"Wait a minute, if something really happened, they wouldn't be able to run away, would they? Besides, he's the captain."
Zhou Mingqian scratched his head. "Sigh, I don't know now either. That's what he said when he threatened me."
"What does he want you to do?" Shen Banxia was genuinely curious.
Now that things have escalated to this point, are they planning to squeeze every last drop of value out of Zhou Mingqian?
Did they feel that the debt of gratitude for raising Zhou Mingqian was no longer enough to hold him back, and instead resorted to threats?
“My dad told me to give up my job to Zhou Mingjiao.”
Upon hearing this answer, Shen Banxia realized that she wasn't surprised at all.
Zhou Mingjiao really does have something special about her; she truly deserves to be the beloved female lead in a romance novel.
"So what are your plans now?"
"I definitely won't let him succeed. I'll stall for time as long as I can. Besides, I already have other plans for this job. I'll tell you about it later."
"Okay," Shen Banxia said, trusting Zhou Mingqian.
As for her father-in-law's situation, although it seems like a ticking time bomb, she believes that they are all in the same boat, and she doesn't really believe that Zhou's father would perish with him.
However, we need to figure out exactly what's going on.
Shen Banxia discovered that sometimes, those things all happened at once.
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