Chapter 106: 2/2

Zhou Siguy kept saying it was his uncle who told him to do it, and he also claimed he had no ill intentions towards Feng Yi.

Zhou Zhongcheng didn’t know whether to believe him or not.

After much thought… Zhou Zhongcheng decided to have a good talk with Feng Yi and clarify his situation.

He didn’t intentionally neglect Feng Yi’s father and grandmother.

But… Feng Yi wanted to buy breakfast for Jiang Liyun.

According to what Zhou Siguy said, Feng Yi was promised to marry Jiang Liyun in the Hongxing Township, then depended on Jiang Liyun for support.

He’s Zhou Zhongcheng’s grandson; how could he become someone’s son-in-law? And Jiang Liyun is just a countryside girl!

Zhou Zhongcheng wanted Feng Yi to change his surname to Zhou and wanted to cultivate him well.

After learning that his wife and son had deceived him, he even thought about letting Feng Yi inherit his company.

But when he wanted to talk to Feng Yi, Feng Yi was actually thinking about buying breakfast for Jiang Liyun. Zhou Zhongcheng felt uneasy.

But he wasn’t close to Feng Yi yet. Zhou Zhongcheng said, “I’ll go with you.”

Feng Yi didn’t refuse.

He didn’t have a good impression of the Zhou family, but he didn’t dislike them either.

Moreover, he wanted to know what was going on between his father and Zhou Zhongcheng.

Only by knowing what was going on could he ensure his safety in the future.

What Feng Yi bought for Jiang Liyun wasn’t anything fancy, just meat buns and soy milk from a nearby baozi shop.

He bought enough for him and Jiang Liyun to eat, then asked Zhou Zhongcheng, “What do you want?”

Zhou Zhongcheng usually didn’t eat from such shops, but after some thought, he also ordered buns and soy milk.

After buying them, the two walked back together.

It wasn’t suitable to talk on the road, so Zhou Zhongcheng didn’t say much.

Feng Yi didn’t speak either, until Zhou Zhongcheng followed him back to his place. Then he asked, “What do you want to talk to me about?”

At this time, the layout of the house was different from that of the future, with many of them not having a large living room.

The two houses bought by Jiang Liyun were both over a hundred square metres, with two large bedrooms facing south, a smaller dining room in between, slightly smaller than the bedrooms facing south, and two rooms facing north, one being the kitchen and the other a small bedroom.

There wasn’t much furniture in the house, especially in the dining room, where there was only a small wooden table and four chairs.

When they arrived, Jiang Liyun was reading a newspaper at the table.

Zhou Zhongcheng didn’t quite like this house and wasn’t very fond of Jiang Liyun either.

He already knew that Chelsea Burger was owned by Jiang Liyun, but it was just a burger joint, nothing special to him.

Of course, if Feng Yi liked it, then letting Feng Yi marry Jiang Liyun would be fine, even if it meant marrying into her family.

Zhou Zhongcheng thought about various things and spoke up: “Feng Yi, I want to talk to you about me, your grandmother, and your father.”

Zhou Zhongcheng didn’t conceal anything and told Feng Yi everything that happened back then, then added, “I didn’t expect them to deceive me.”

After listening to Zhou Zhongcheng, Jiang Liyun finally understood why Zhou Zhongcheng never came to find Feng Yi in his previous life.

He was probably deceived his whole life.

At the same time, she realised that Zhou Siguy’s sending someone to follow Feng Yi definitely wasn’t for good intentions.

In his previous life, Feng Yi never had the chance to meet Zhou Zhongcheng, so Zhou Siguy didn’t do anything. But in this life, Feng Yi and Zhou Zhongcheng met…

Zhou Siguy is fighting with his brother over family assets, and now with Feng Yi in the picture, what might he do?

The person who followed Feng Yi for so long—could they be seeking an opportunity to harm him?

In this era without surveillance, if something happens to Feng Yi…

Concerned about Feng Yi’s safety, Jiang Liyun suddenly interjected, “So what’s your plan? Feng Yi’s father and grandmother’s deaths are closely related to your current wife. Zhou Siguy sending someone to track Feng Yi is definitely not for good intentions. Are you considering divorce? And how do you plan to punish Zhou Siguy?”

Zhou Zhongcheng was momentarily speechless.

Betrayed by his family, Zhou Zhongcheng was undoubtedly angry, but truthfully, divorce was not something he had considered. He had lived with his current wife for three or four decades, getting along well, and they had three children together. He didn’t want to see his wife for a while and planned to cut off financial support for her family, but divorce wasn’t on his mind.

Divorce would entail too much.

As for Zhou Siguy, he certainly knew that Zhou Siguy tracking Feng Yi wasn’t for a good cause…

Zhou Zhongcheng said, “I will strip Zhou Siguy of his position in the company and make him reflect on his actions.”

Hearing Zhou Zhongcheng’s words, Jiang Liyun found it a bit amusing.

So Zhou Zhongcheng wasn’t planning to divorce, and the punishment for Zhou Siguy was just making him reflect.

After Zhou Siguy goes back, he will still be the young master of the Zhou family, and his life won’t change much.

As for Feng Yi? Feng Yi had endured a lot since childhood…

Thinking like this, Jiang Liyun realised Feng Yi probably had similar thoughts.

Feng Yi knew that for Zhou Zhongcheng, the family he had carefully built over forty years was obviously more important than a suddenly emerging grandson.

But he didn’t care.

For him, Zhou Zhongcheng wasn’t that important.

“Can you guarantee that I won’t face danger in the future?” Feng Yi looked at Zhou Zhongcheng.

“I can guarantee it!” Zhou Zhongcheng had already learned about Feng Yi’s identity and trusted his family; they wouldn’t dare harm Feng Yi.

“That’s good. I’ve heard everything you wanted to say. I need to go to school now,” Feng Yi said.

Today is Monday, and he has classes.

Zhou Zhongcheng was momentarily bewildered. After all the talk, Feng Yi’s concern was about going to class.

After some thought, Zhou Zhongcheng said, “Do you want to take a leave? I plan to visit Lutongxiang again. Would you like to come with me and see?”

Feng Yi thought for a moment and said, “Sure.”

He had never experienced family affection since childhood and had invested all his emotions in Jiang Liyun. He didn’t particularly miss his deceased father.

But now, thinking about it… It seemed reasonable to go back and take a look.

“I’ll make arrangements,” Zhou Zhongcheng said.

However, Feng Yi looked at Jiang Liyun and asked, “Li Yun, do you have time? I hope you can come with me.”

Jiang Liyun replied, “I won’t go. There are things here that need my attention.”

Feng Yi also knew that Jiang Liyun couldn’t leave and accepted the situation.

However, Zhou Zhongcheng glanced at Jiang Liyun—this girl was quite sensible. He wanted to cultivate a relationship with Feng Yi and didn’t want outsiders to tag along.

Zhou Zhongcheng drove Feng Yi back to H University to take a leave and then headed straight to Lutongxiang.

During the journey, Zhou Zhongcheng talked about many things from Zhou Chengzhi’s childhood. He even took out pictures of Zhou Chengzhi as a child and said to Feng Yi, “You look a lot like your father.”

Feng Yi looked at the photos attentively and felt a different kind of emotion.

This was his father…

If his father hadn’t died…

Well, assuming was meaningless.

Feng Yi could tell that Zhou Zhongcheng cared about his father.

He and Zhou Zhongcheng couldn’t be particularly close, but since Zhou Zhongcheng cared about his father, he would treat Zhou Zhongcheng as a grandfather and have ordinary interactions.

As for being extremely close… Their relationship hadn’t reached that level.

“Feng Yi, come to my company after you graduate. I’ll teach you how to manage a company,” Zhou Zhongcheng said.

“No, I’m majoring in electronic computing and planning to work in that field in the future,” Feng Yi replied.

After hearing Feng Yi’s words, Zhou Zhongcheng thought Feng Yi was a bit too naive.

How much money could he earn working in the field of electronic computing? If he joined his company, after learning well and taking over the company, he could become wealthy instantly!

But he didn’t rush to tell Feng Yi about this.

Zhou Zhongcheng continued, “This time, when you go back, consider changing your name. The name Zhou Yi clashes with ‘I Ching.’ I’ll give you another name.”

“I don’t plan to change my name,” Feng Yi said. “I think my current name is good.”

The Feng family treated him poorly, and he didn’t want to bear the Feng surname. But there was no need to take the Zhou surname either.

Zhou Qiaoxia also had the Zhou surname. He had always thought he had the Zhou surname when he was a child, following Zhou Qiaoxia. That’s why he didn’t like his own name.

Zhou Zhongcheng didn’t know what to say to Feng Yi.

His children and grandchildren always followed his requests immediately, but Feng Yi was completely different.

Well, they weren’t familiar yet. They could take it slowly.

The drive from Shanghai to Lutongxiang would take about half a day.

When they arrived in Lutongxiang, it was already afternoon.

As the car stopped near the township government again, Zhou Zhongcheng felt a mix of emotions.

The last time he came here, he met his cousin and old friends, only to be deceived by them.

This time… Zhou Zhongcheng went straight into the township government.

He told the township government officials that he wanted to donate one million yuan to support the road construction in Lutongxiang. The township head and secretary became enthusiastic about him.

Then, Zhou Zhongcheng revealed his identity.

After some enquiries, the township officials realised Zhou Zhongcheng’s situation and felt a bit embarrassed.

Actually, over the years, the corruption in their area wasn’t that serious. Zhou Chengzhi was a native of Lutongxiang, and the locals didn’t dislike him.

However, unearthing a lot of silver coins from the Zhou family still angered some people, leading to harsh actions.

Well, those who fled back then, forcing the common people to exchange all their gold and silver for gold yuan notes, plundering their possessions… Who wouldn’t hate them?

The gold yuan notes were practically worthless, and at that time, some people here starved holding a pile of gold yuan notes!

Their money was looted, but the Zhou family’s wealth remained, and Zhou Chengzhi’s father enjoyed a comfortable life outside. Those people couldn’t help but be indignant.

Zhou Chengzhi had some bad luck and ended up like this.

However, after that, they didn’t trouble Zhou Qiaoxia.

Now times have changed, and the oppression they faced decades ago, with Zhou Zhongcheng working at the embassy back then, didn’t have much relevance…

The people in the township didn’t hold grudges and continued talking with Zhou Zhongcheng with forced laughter.

Zhou Zhongcheng was reluctant to “return in glory,” and it was also a sense of guilt for the past.

He was well aware that Zhou Chengzhi’s death was a result of his involvement.

Fortunately, he had long accepted this fact and could face it calmly.

Zhou Zhongcheng mentioned that he wanted to donate some money for hometown development. He also hoped that his house could be returned to him, or rather, returned to his grandson.

Furthermore, he wanted to repair the graves of his son, his ex-wife, and his parents.

These were reasonable requests, and the township immediately agreed, informing relevant parties.

Zhou Zhongcheng didn’t go to find Shen Dahe, but that night, the village head went to Shen Dahe’s house and said, “Old Shen, you’re in luck! The Zhou family has returned!”

While having dinner, Shen Dahe’s hands trembled, and he dropped the bowl he was holding.