Such a capable woman is clearly beyond her reach.
Who told her that she wouldn't let Zhou Ziwei touch her even once during their more than one year of marriage? So when Zhou Ziwei had an affair with Wang Xuewei, she had no say in the matter.
Although Zhou Ziwei hadn't brought up the topic of divorce since returning from the pilot plane, Wang Xuewei couldn't guarantee that if she really tried to drive Liu Xiaofei away from Zhou Ziwei, he wouldn't bring up this heartbreaking topic again.
Wang Xuewei really didn't want to share her husband with others, but... she had no confidence whatsoever that she could defeat Liu Xiaofei, her competitor.
Not to mention Chu Qiutang... she was the one who personally arranged the match between her and her husband.
What should she do if Zhou Ziwei goes to be intimate with Chu Qiutang again? Should she slap Chu Qiutang and call her shameless for seducing her husband? But... wasn't it she who pushed her husband into Chu Qiutang's arms in the first place? Besides... Wang Xuewei is somewhat aloof and well-educated; she would never do something like that.
Wang Xuewei had also considered whether she could actually get a divorce from Zhou Ziwei, then walk far away, to a place where she would never see Zhou Ziwei again, just like the song says—
"I want to forget the vows we made, and try to get used to life without you. I'm about to say goodbye to this heartbreaking city, and everything will start anew..."
But could Wang Xuewei really let go? The thought of the adventures she had shared with Zhou Ziwei, and the thought that she might never be able to be with him again, and that she would spend her life alone in loneliness and desolation... sent chills down Wang Xuewei's spine.
Oh well... let everything take its course.
Wang Xuewei could only sigh helplessly in the end, thinking: If she had been a dutiful and good wife from beginning to end, then of course she could ask her husband to love only her. But who told her to almost miss out on such a good husband... Now she had no right to blame him, so let him decide everything himself!
Although Zhou Ziwei has supernatural abilities, he does not have the ability to read other people's minds. Otherwise, if he knew what Wang Xuewei was thinking, he would probably be overjoyed and wouldn't be so anxious and worried as he is now.
Zhou Ziwei was actually troubled by something similar to Wang Xuewei's. On the surface, he was resting with his eyes closed, but in reality, he was also thinking about how to handle his relationship with Wang Xuewei and Liu Xiaofei.
Oh... there's also Chu Qiutang, but it seems that Chu Qiutang has already been accepted by Wang Xuewei, so now it depends on whether Wang Xuewei and Liu Xiaofei can get along peacefully.
If they can coexist peacefully and not invade each other's territory, that would be the best outcome. But if they can't do that and insist on competing to see who is better... then what should he do?
Zhou Ziwei had a headache the whole way, and even when the plane landed on the roof of a building in Dangyang City, he still couldn't come up with a clue.
When he saw that the city had changed so much in such a short time, he immediately put aside his worries and shifted his focus.
Zhou Ziwei felt like he had only been away for a few days, but when he came back, he found that he no longer recognized the city. Especially the building where the helicopter landed. Looking down from the top of the building, the cars on the street looked like ants. This height... must be at least fifty or sixty stories high.
Zhou Ziwei remembered that the tallest building in Dangyang City used to be only twenty-two stories high. But in the blink of an eye, a skyscraper had appeared in Dangyang. In addition to the building they were standing on, there were four or five other unfinished high-rise buildings in the city. All of them looked much taller than the original tallest building in Dangyang.
The propeller on the top of the plane was still slowly turning. Zhou Ziwei and Wang Xuewei couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions as they faced this city that was both strange and familiar. They didn't rush to get off the plane. At this moment, a group of more than ten people hurriedly ran over from the back of the helicopter.
Zhou Ziwei didn't use his soul power to scan, nor did he deliberately enhance his hearing to pay attention to the surrounding movements. However, amidst the roar of the helicopter rotors, he seemed to sense something as if by telepathy. He suddenly turned around and immediately saw those familiar faces...
Liu Xiaofei, Luan Yuqing, Zhou Zixu, Yelü Huage, Yelü Xiaosu, A'da, A'er...
Although Zhou Ziwei felt he hadn't been separated from these people for long, seeing their faces, almost crying with excitement at his return, still moved him deeply. He even recalled the life-or-death situations they faced in the pilot dimension, and how, when Robot 006 asked if he wanted to open the dimensional portal, if he had acted impulsively and wanted to stay in that world longer to gain more benefits, he would never have had the chance to see these people again… Zhou Ziwei felt as if he had been reborn.
He and Wang Xuewei jumped off the helicopter hand in hand, and walked slowly towards the people who rushed over. He had a faint smile on his face and his eyes were misty. Then he hugged Liu Xiaofei and Luan Yuqing, who were walking at the front, tightly.
Both women looked like children who had been abandoned by their mothers for many years and had finally found their families again. They hugged Zhou Ziwei with resentment on their faces, holding him tightly around the waist and back, and wiping the tears they couldn't hold back onto Zhou Ziwei's clothes.
Zhou Ziwei's clothes were a bit strange. They felt soft and smooth, but for some reason, they also gave people a feeling that they were hard.
The tears smeared on it, like water droplets falling on waxy oilcloth, without even wetting the silver-white suit. They all froze together, sliding down Zhou Ziwei's lapel and finally dripping onto the ground, leaving not a trace on his clothes.
Liu Xiaofei paused slightly. She instinctively sensed that Zhou Ziwei's clothes seemed somewhat unusual, but this was clearly not the time to concern herself with the fabric. She couldn't help but pinch Zhou Ziwei's waist hard, sobbing softly as she questioned him in a low voice, "You liar! Didn't you say... you were only going out to play with Sister Wang for a few days and would be back? But... why have you been gone for three years... Huh... what kind of clothes are these... why are they so strange, I can't even pinch your soft flesh."
It turned out that Liu Xiaofei was furious that Zhou Ziwei had disappeared without a trace, so she pinched him very hard. However, the soft suit jacket she was wearing suddenly tightened and became as hard as steel, making Liu Xiaofei's hand hurt. She couldn't pinch any of Zhou Ziwei's flesh.
Zhou Ziwei gave a wry smile and said, "If you want to pinch me, I'll let you pinch me as much as you want when we're alone later, okay? Hmm... I didn't expect it to take so long this time. If I had known it would be like this, I definitely wouldn't have gone no matter what... Sigh... You have no idea, this time I almost never saw you again."
"Ah... how could this happen? Then... are you... alright?" Liu Xiaofei originally wanted to ask Zhou Ziwei if anything had happened or if he was injured, but seeing that Zhou Ziwei was healthy and had all his limbs intact, she didn't ask that pointless question. However, because of her worry for Zhou Ziwei, she couldn't muster any more resentment.
“Boss… I’ve never seen such an irresponsible boss as you… If it weren’t for President Liu, that business genius, running this group company in your place, I don’t know what the Zhou family would be like now, and I don’t know if I would still be able to receive my million-dollar annual salary…”
Luan Yuqing, who was also nestled in Zhou Ziwei's arms, said with a hint of sourness, "And... I'm your personal secretary and assistant! But why don't you take me with you when you go on trips? People think I'm just a freeloader! Humph! No way, you're now the richest man in the country, I have to give you a good beating. You have to compensate me for emotional distress! One million a year, isn't that a lot?"
Zhou Ziwei reached out and gently pinched Luan Yuqing's little nose, saying, "You money-grubber, you always ask for money in front of the boss... Hehe... It's only three million, your appetite is nothing special. Go to the finance department and collect the money yourself! How about I give you five million? The remaining two million will be your dowry. How about it? Have any handsome guys managed to win you over these past few years?"
Upon hearing this, Luan Yuqing's expression faltered slightly, and then she became somewhat disheartened.
How could she not understand that Zhou Ziwei meant for her to stop focusing on him?
In fact, Luan Yuqing had long known that it was unlikely that she and Zhou Ziwei would be together, but she still harbored a small hope in her heart. Even if she could not become Zhou Ziwei's wife, she would not feel wronged at all if she were his mistress.
But now it seems... even this small hope is destined to remain unfulfilled.
Luan Yuqing is no longer a child. Although she was very disappointed, she quickly adjusted her mindset. After a slight change in her expression, she immediately regained her sweet smile and chuckled, saying, "You stingy little brat, you think you can marry me off for two million? Humph... And you little brat, you actually called yourself 'brother' in front of your older sister."
Zhou Ziwei laughed and didn't linger with Luan Yuqing any longer. He then released the two women in his arms, walked over and gave Zhou Zixu a tight hug. He patted his younger brother's shoulder and said, "You've worked hard these past few days. I heard you've done a good job. The Zhou family is now stronger than when Father was alive, isn't it?"
Zhou Zixu chuckled and said, "Brother, the Zhou family is now one of the top five companies in the country, which is naturally much better than when Dad was alive. However... this is all thanks to Sister Xiaofei, and has nothing to do with me... Of course, the recipe for the Life Spring beverage that you left behind also deserves credit. Without such a magical product to develop, the Zhou family would not have reached such a large scale today!"
Zhou Ziwei didn't say much upon hearing this, but simply patted Zhou Zixu's shoulder again, then turned back to Liu Xiaofei with a gentle smile. Given his relationship with Liu Xiaofei, there was naturally no need for him to say any words of thanks.
"Sister-in-law..." After exchanging a few words with his brother, Zhou Zixu immediately greeted Wang Xuewei politely, but then seemed to hesitate.
"What's wrong, Zixu? Is there something you want to tell your sister-in-law?" Wang Xuewei asked with a natural smile.
Although Zhou Zixu had always called her "sister-in-law," she had never taken the initiative to call herself "sister-in-law" in front of him, which surprised Zhou Zixu slightly.
“Well, it’s like this…” Zhou Zixu didn’t want to say it at first, but thinking that Wang Xuewei would find out sooner or later anyway, he had no choice but to say under Wang Xuewei’s questioning: “After my sister-in-law and brother went missing, Xinda Daily Chemicals also received support from the Japanese company Mita Co., Ltd., and it has developed quite well in the past three years. Although it has not been able to operate to this scale as our Zhou Group, it is still considered a well-known daily chemical company in China. Its total assets have increased more than tenfold compared to before. However… something happened to Xinda Daily Chemicals about half a year ago…”
Volume 2 The Assassin's Nightmare Chapter 437 What are the Japanese up to?
After walking from the rooftop into the building, Zhou Ziwei realized that this 66-story skyscraper was actually the current headquarters of the Zhou Group in Dangyang.
To think that the Zhou Group's office building was only six stories high before, but in just three years it has grown ten times taller... it really feels like a complete transformation...
As the group walked, Zhou Zixu recounted what had happened at Xinda Chemicals some time ago.
It turns out that Wang Xuewei's father, Wang Guohui, was a middle-aged widower and had not remarried for many years because he was busy with his career. However, he suddenly remarried to a woman from an island country half a year ago.
In the past two years, with the help of Zhou Ziwei's formula for vaporized laundry detergent powder and the overseas agency of Mita Co., Ltd., Xinda Daily Chemical has become a hit in the overseas market and has become a promising emerging enterprise in China.
However, Xinda Daily Chemicals lacked talent like Liu Xiaofei and failed to capitalize on the domestic market. Relying entirely on the support of Mita Corporation, it only gained some profits in the overseas market due to the novelty of its products. In China, due to inadequate publicity and marketing, no one had even heard of Xinda's vaporized laundry detergent powder.
Despite this, in just two or three years, Xinda Daily Chemical's total assets have increased several dozen times. Wang Guohui, the chairman of Xinda Daily Chemical, has naturally become a hot commodity. It is said that this big boss is now single, and no one knows how many beautiful women have taken the initiative to pursue him.
Having achieved success in his career, it's understandable to reconsider one's personal life. However, for some reason, Wang Guohui took a fancy to a woman from an island nation.
It wouldn't be a problem if Wang Xuewei fell for a Japanese woman, but the problem is that the Japanese woman Wang Xuewei fell for was actually a third-rate actress, and it was even revealed by the media that she had once starred in a nude art film...
The Wang family is no longer the humble household it once was. Wang Guohui's desire to marry such a woman naturally drew fierce opposition from his children.
However, the woman named Ono Yuko lived up to her reputation as an actress. She took matters into her own hands and managed to win over both Wang Guohui's son and son-in-law in just a few days.
These two not only stopped opposing Wang Guohui's marriage to Ono Yuko, but even did their best to make it happen.
Although Wang Guohui's son-in-law usually doesn't have much say in the Wang family, what he said this time was something his father-in-law liked to hear, so it naturally won Wang Guohui's favor immediately. He even promised to let his son-in-law try to learn management at Xinda Daily Chemicals.
Wang Guohui's eldest daughter was furious. She suspected that her husband had had some kind of relationship with that porn star. Otherwise, how could this usually cowardly man dare to disobey her and stand up for that Japanese woman?
So Wang Guohui's eldest daughter started playing the "one cry, two tantrums, three suicide attempts" game with her husband, and she actually managed to find a rope and hang herself amidst her husband's sarcastic remarks.
Of course, she didn't really want to die, so this time she hanged herself in front of her husband. However, what she never expected was that the man could be so ruthless. After seeing his wife hang herself, he just sat there sipping tea and watching her with a cold smile, without making any attempt to save her.
The foolish woman finally panicked, realizing she held a 9% stake in Xinda Daily Chemicals. When Xinda Daily Chemicals was down on its luck, those 9% were worthless, practically worthless even if thrown away. But now… they were worth over a billion yuan. If she died, those 9% would naturally be inherited by her husband. She had always been very harsh on her husband, strictly controlling even the pocket money he carried. Now… for such a large sum of money, her husband would obviously want her dead immediately; why would he come to save her?
Poor Wang Guohui's eldest daughter tried to call for help, but the rope had already strangled her so much that she couldn't breathe, and her limbs had lost all strength. After struggling weakly for a few moments, she breathed her last...
These things were originally unknown to anyone. After his wife's death, Wang Guohui's eldest son-in-law even successfully inherited 9% of the shares of Xinda Daily Chemicals. However, after this man killed his wife, he began to do whatever he wanted, indulging in a life of debauchery. He slept with the family's former maid and then kicked her out of the house. Unexpectedly, the scene of him watching his wife commit suicide without helping her was witnessed by the maid who had just returned from buying groceries. She secretly turned on the video recording function on her phone and filmed the entire scene.
The nanny had had several affairs with the male master. She was an ambitious woman. When she saw that the male master had killed the female master, she didn't expose the affair because she was afraid that the male master would kill her to silence her. However, she also wondered if the male master would marry her after the female master was gone. So she decided to record this so that she could use it to threaten the male master if necessary.
Unexpectedly, the male homeowner was ruthless enough that after the female homeowner died, the two of them engaged in unrestrained and debauched acts in the homeowner's room for several days. However, as soon as the nanny suggested that the male homeowner marry her, he immediately turned hostile. Without allowing the nanny to say another word, he grabbed a baseball bat hanging on the wall and beat her mercilessly out of the house, not even giving her a chance to use the video to threaten him.
The nanny secretly resented the male homeowner's heartlessness, so she simply sent the video directly to Wang Guohui.
Upon learning the truth, Wang Guohui was furious and immediately called the police to arrest his son-in-law. He also exerted some influence with the police to solidify the son-in-law's murder charge, resulting in a life sentence.
As for the nine percent of shares, they were naturally taken back by Wang Guohui.
It's unclear whether it was the shares held by his eldest daughter that fueled Wang Guohui's greed, but the old man then used the excuse that his youngest daughter had been missing for more than two years to request the police to cancel Wang Xuewei's household registration and apply to have all the shares under the names of Wang Xuewei and Zhou Ziwei reclaimed.
It was only at this point that Zhou Zixu and the others realized that Zhou Ziwei actually held a full 49 percent of the shares in Xinda Daily Chemicals.
However, Zhou Zixu didn't think his brother would die like that. Even if his brother did die, the shares of Xinda Daily Chemicals originally held by Zhou Ziwei should rightfully be inherited by him, the only younger brother. It was not up to his father-in-law, Wang Guohui, to take back the shares. So the two families started a muddled lawsuit.
As a result, the lawsuit lasted for several months. Wang Xuewei's household registration was successfully cancelled, but the original nine percent of shares in Wang Xuewei's hands were split in two. One half was taken back by Wang Guohui, while the other half... was temporarily registered under Zhou Ziwei's name and remained unclaimed.
The case has been temporarily put on hold because Zhou Ziwei's fate is unknown and Zhou Zixu is unwilling to apply for the cancellation of Zhou Ziwei's household registration in the name of his family.
The Mita family, which had always paid special attention to and taken good care of the Zhou family, did not participate in the dispute between the Zhou and Wang families this time. They simply watched from the sidelines. Moreover, Zhou Zixu had a feeling that after that lawsuit, the Mita family's support for both families had greatly diminished.
A while ago, they even proposed to the Zhou family a plan to invest in and take a stake in the Zhou family in order to benefit the Zhou family's development, and suggested that the Zhou Group's headquarters be moved to an island nation...
This incident once attracted the attention of the media and society, and was attacked by a lot of angry young people on the Internet. Some even directly changed the name of the Zhou Group to the traitor group. A photo of Zhou Ziwei that once circulated on the Internet was also parodied by netizens in countless versions, and he was also called the number one traitor.
Zhou Zixu didn't dare bring these things up with Zhou Ziwei at first, because he was worried that Zhou Ziwei would act impulsively and offend the Mita family. If the Mita family got angry, the matter would be difficult to resolve.
So Zhou Zixu initially only talked about Wang Xuewei's family matters, but later... considering that the internet was full of heated discussions about the Zhou Group's relocation to Japan, and that Zhou Ziwei would immediately see such news whenever he turned on a computer, it was impossible to hide it from him. Helpless, he could only mention it to Zhou Ziwei in a rather tactful way.
"Oh...I see."
The more Zhou Ziwei listened, the more horribly gloomy his face became, and the more furious he grew.
Unexpectedly, the Wang family went so far as to legally render Wang Xuewei a dead person and even strip her of half of her shares.
What is that old bastard Masao Mita trying to do? The Zhou Group and Xinda Daily Chemicals have been able to develop to this extent in the past two years, which is definitely inseparable from the support of the Mita family. However... I originally thought that this old bastard was very good at handling things, and I was thinking about whether to slightly improve his status as a servant... but who knew that this guy would start to make trouble while I was away.
Zhou Ziwei could guess the details without even asking. He had once given Mita Masao a drop of the Water of Reincarnation, and it was the kind that hadn't been diluted with tea; he had just poured it down Mita Masao's throat. Back then, it had tormented that little Japanese soldier to the point of ecstasy and unbearable pain.
Moreover, Zhou Ziwei later lied to him, saying that the food he gave him could strengthen his body and prolong his life, but he needed to have his meridians cleared once a year in order to survive, otherwise he would surely die.
Now that Zhou Ziwei has been gone for three years, the lie he told back then has naturally fallen apart. It seems that Mita Masao's concerns about him have lessened considerably, and seeing that he hasn't returned for so long, he might even be wondering if he's really dead... Especially since the Zhou family and the Wang family fought a lawsuit for quite some time recently over whether Zhou Ziwei and his wife were alive or dead. If Zhou Ziwei wasn't dead, there was really no reason for them not to intervene. So... Mita Masao is probably at least 60-70% sure that Zhou Ziwei might be dead.
However, the fear that Zhou Ziwei instilled in Mita Masao was too strong. Even though he knew that the chances of Zhou Ziwei surviving were extremely slim, he still dared not do anything too obvious to the Zhou family.
Investing, taking shares, participating in management... this seems like nothing more than a peaceful invasion! Even if Zhou Ziwei returns, Masao Mita will probably be able to find a reasonable excuse to explain it away.
As for wanting the Zhou Group to move its headquarters to Japan... that was naturally to facilitate the Zhou Group being swallowed up by the Mita family. However, this was absolutely a foolish move, provoking the patriotic sentiments of the Chinese people. This has created a huge uproar on the internet, and it's unlikely to end well.
Thankfully, Zhou Ziwei returned at this crucial moment; otherwise, who knows what other tricks that little devil would have pulled next...
Zhou Ziwei saw Wang Xuewei hear about what had happened at home: her sister was dead, her brother-in-law was sentenced to life imprisonment, her father married an actress to be her stepmother, and she... was now a dead person whose household registration had been cancelled...
Wang Xuewei felt waves of dizziness and her heart clenching. Finally, she could no longer bear such a heavy blow, and her body went limp... and she collapsed.
Zhou Ziwei glared at Zhou Zixu with a hint of reproach, implying that he shouldn't have told Wang Xuewei so much nonsense so quickly. Anyone would find it hard to accept hearing so much bad news all at once...
Zhou Ziwei caught Wang Xuewei as she fell and told Zhou Zixu to find him a room immediately so he could carry her inside to rest.
Seeing that this had happened, Liu Xiaofei and the others didn't say anything more. They then led Zhou Ziwei to a beautifully decorated lounge, served him a pot of hot tea and several plates of delicate snacks, and then everyone left.
Zhou Ziwei gently rubbed his forehead, quickly calming his mind.