"Dad, please have some tea!"
"Mom, please have some tea!"
"Brother, please have some tea!"
"Sister-in-law Yingying, please have some tea!"
Zhou Tao stood there dumbfounded beside her. After Li Li finished serving the tea, she gently nudged him. Zhou Tao quickly took a teacup from the tray she was holding and served it to her as well.
Zhou Cangsong and Jin Xiumei drank it all earnestly, but Zhou Xuan said, "We're all family, why bother with so many rules? No..."
Jin Xiumei interrupted him abruptly, saying, "Who said that? Even in our rural village, this rule must be followed. It's a once-in-a-lifetime event. You are the eldest brother and the eldest son, so it's only right that your younger brother and sister-in-law show you respect. Now!"
Zhou Xuan could only awkwardly accept it, then took a small sip. After thinking for a moment, he quickly pulled out his bank card from his pocket, gave one to Li Wei and one to Li Li, and said, "Take this, it's pocket money from your brother!"
Li Li hesitated, glancing at Zhou Tao, reluctant to accept the money, but Li Wei took it without hesitation and finally smiled, saying, "I have to accept the money from my brother, I'm really short on cash right now... Oh dear!"
With a cry of "Oh dear!", it turned out that Zhou Ying had snatched the bank card away and snorted, "This is from my brother. I need to save it for emergencies. What are you laughing at? If you give this money to your cronies, it'll be gone in two days. I can't give it to you. I'll keep it for myself!"
Li Wei was stunned!
Who would have thought that the card would disappear after just one touch? I don't even know how much money was on it. But I figure Zhou Xuan wouldn't only give me a few hundred thousand. Given Zhou Xuan's generosity, it should be at least a few million. But I won't care if it's less, I'll only care if it's more!
Li Wei thought for a moment, then turned to Zhou Xuan and whispered, "Brother, how much money is in the card?"
Zhou Xuan, both angry and amused, said, "How much could it be? Only two hundred million!"
"Two...two hundred million?" Li Wei's mouth dropped open in astonishment. Judging from Zhou Xuan's expression, it was definitely not fake. Moreover, Zhou Xuan never lied. Two hundred million!
Two hundred million in cash had only been in his hands for a few seconds before it was transferred to someone else's hands in the blink of an eye. Li Wei was extremely annoyed. He didn't have much money to begin with, and it was never enough. Fortunately, now that he was with Zhou Ying every day, his extravagant expenses had been greatly reduced. However, what was unsatisfactory was that Zhou Xuan gave him an annual salary of 1.5 million, and Zhou Ying managed all of his monthly salary, clearly stipulating that Li Wei: "Give me 5,000 yuan for pocket money every month, and save the rest!"
Volume 1, Chapter 624: Anger Attacks the Heart (Second Update, 10,000 Words, Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Li Wei looked pitifully at Zhou Ying and said, "...Xiao Ying, you've taken away my entire salary, and you've even taken away the allowance my brother gave me. I think we should raise my monthly allowance a bit, how about 10,000 yuan a month?" Zhou Ying pouted and snorted, "No way! You're asking for too much. I might consider raising it by 300 or 200 yuan, but 5,000 yuan at once? Are you out of your mind?"
Li Wei said with a bitter face, "You... you confiscated the two hundred million my brother gave me, and now you're asking me to give you an extra five thousand, and you're still unwilling!"
Upon hearing that there were two hundred million in the card, Li Li was taken aback. She quickly handed the bank card back to Zhou Xuan, timidly saying, "Brother, this...this is too much. The house is already very luxurious. I can't accept this money!" Zhou Xuan retorted, "What are you saying? You are my family, my relatives. I only give this money because I have it. If I didn't have it, would I be able to give it? Take it. I've told you before, your brother doesn't lack money, so take it!"
As Zhou Xuan spoke, he handed the other two cards to his parents, saying, "Dad, Mom, there's some change in these two cards. You can take them. I have a bad memory and haven't given you any money for household expenses in a long time, so I'll give you a little more this time!"
When Zhou Xuan said he would give more, Zhou Cangsong guessed that there was a lot of money in the card. After thinking about it, he didn't refuse and put the card away. His son wasn't good at managing money, so he put the money away. If there was an emergency in the future, he could take it out for emergencies.
After breakfast, Zhou Tao and Li Li went back to their parents' home, and Li Wei and Zhou Ying also went back to Li's home. The villa given by Zhou Xuan was just a temporary residence, and they had to go back to their own homes most of the time.
After Zhou Ying made a scene, Li Wei finally gave in and she complied with his words. Although her words were harsh, she was still thinking of Li Wei. Her parents had also said that now that she was married, she belonged to someone else's family and couldn't be as willful as before. At home, her parents couldn't bear to see her suffer, and her older brothers doted on her. But now that she was married, her family couldn't treat her so casually. Just from what her mother said yesterday about siding with Li Wei, she could tell that if she ever argued with Li Wei in the future, her parents would definitely side with Li Wei and blame her.
After finishing up with my brother and sister-in-law's wedding preparations, it took almost another week for my brother and sister-in-law to return to work, and the family's life finally returned to normal.
Fu Ying is seven months pregnant and her figure is bloated. Thinking about her previous figure, she doesn't even want to leave the house.
Since Zhou Xuan had nothing else to do, he would stay home and coax her to go fishing or stroll in the park. One day, after breakfast, the two drove to the fish farm at Dongling Reservoir to fish. In reality, Zhou Xuan didn't know much about fishing, but the scenery was so relaxing. He didn't actually catch any big fish, but a few old men nearby caught two carp weighing four or five pounds each.
When they arrived, Zhou Xuan brought a folding recliner specifically for Fu Ying to use, while he himself sat by the water chatting and fishing with a group of old men.
The water in this fishing area is about eight or nine meters deep, and it gets even deeper further in. In the area that Zhou Xuan could detect, the deepest part was about twenty meters. There were quite a few fish in there, but not many big ones. Of course, Zhou Xuan could only detect up to two hundred meters away. In such a large reservoir, with mountains stretching for more than ten miles, there must be big fish in it, but the largest ones would probably only weigh a few dozen kilograms. After all, this is an inland lake, unlike the sea, so there couldn't be fish as big as those in the sea.
Just to relax and have some fun, Zhou Xuan didn't use his superpowers to catch fish at all. He could use his superpowers to detect them, but he didn't use them to deal with them. After fishing for several hours, he only caught one mantis fish weighing three or four ounces.
Worried that Fu Ying might be hungry, Zhou Xuan glanced at the sky; it was noon. He packed up his fishing rod and said to Fu Ying, who was staring blankly at the reservoir, "Yingying, let's go. I'll take you to get something to eat first!"
Fu Ying shook her head and said, "It's too hot, I don't want to eat!"
"How about we go get some cold drinks?" Zhou Xuan said with a smile, helping Fu Ying to her feet and taking her hand as they slowly walked towards the parking lot.
Fu Ying felt both happy and troubled. "Daughter, daughter, it's so hard for Mommy to walk!"
Looking at Fu Ying, who was still as beautiful as a flower, with a face full of maternal tenderness, Zhou Xuan felt truly happy. In this life, he really didn't want to ask for any more wealth or status. As long as he was with Yingying, with elderly parents and young children, and living happily, that was better than anything else!
When they arrived at the parking lot, Zhou Xuan drove the car out, turned it around, opened the car door, helped Fu Ying into the car, closed the door, got in from the other side, and slowly drove back along the road. When they reached the bottom of the mountain, his phone rang. He picked it up and saw that the caller ID was Zhang Lei. He was surprised and his face flushed. He didn't know whether he should answer the call.
With Fu Ying by my side, I really don't know how to respond if Zhang Lei says anything. I still don't dare to see Zhang Lei again because I inexplicably got drunk with her and slept together that night.
I haven't seen Zhang Lei since I went south to arrest drug dealers. More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye. Why did she suddenly call me?
Seeing Zhou Xuan pick up the phone, glance at it, and then put it back, Fu Ying couldn't help but ask, "Why aren't you answering the phone?"
"I'm driving, it's inconvenient for me to pick you up!" Zhou Xuan casually brushed it off.
Fu Ying wasn't surprised. Zhou Xuan's driving skills were only so-so, and with her in the car, he drove very slowly. So, Fu Ying wasn't surprised at all by his comment. She simply reached for her phone, saw the name "Zhang Lei" on the screen, and exclaimed in surprise, "Why is it Zhang Lei? I haven't seen her in so long!" She pressed the answer button, making Zhou Xuan's heart skip a beat!
After answering the phone, Fu Ying said "Hello" and then said, "Is this Zhang Lei?" Oh, he's driving, um...what..."
When Zhou Xuan saw Fu Ying exclaim in surprise, he was startled and quickly stepped on the brakes to stop the car. He stared at Fu Ying, feeling a little guilty. Just now, because of his guilty conscience, he had forgotten to use his supernatural ability to listen to the voice on the phone, so he didn't know what Zhang Lei had said to Fu Ying. But seeing Fu Ying's surprised look, could it be that Zhang Lei really told Fu Ying about what happened that night?
Seeing Zhou Xuan's surprised and uncertain look, Fu Ying bit her lip, hesitated for a moment, and then said to Zhou Xuan, "Zhou Xuan, I'm telling you something, but don't be in a hurry, okay?"
Zhou Xuan grew increasingly worried and asked guiltily, "I... why am I in such a hurry? What... what is it?"
Fu Ying frowned, then said, "Zhang Lei said that Brother Fu has been placed under investigation!"
Zhou Xuan was taken aback and asked, "Which Brother Fu?" He then trembled, sat bolt upright, and exclaimed in surprise, "Is...is it Director Fu?" Fu Ying slowly nodded, then continued, "Zhang Lei said that Brother Fu was taken away for questioning by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection this afternoon and hasn't returned. She heard he's being held under house arrest at the municipal government's official hotel. She doesn't know exactly what happened, but it's all over the city—they say Brother Fu embezzled over a thousand yuan..."
"Nonsense!" Zhou Xuan immediately blurted out, then said with a red face and thick neck, "What do you mean by 'more than ten million'? If Brother Fu is really short of money, he would never embezzle if he came to me. Even if I gave him a billion, it would be a small matter. Why would he embezzle? It must be a frame-up, absolutely a frame-up!"
Fu Ying quickly comforted Zhou Xuan, "Don't worry, let's find out what happened first, figure out the situation, and then we'll think of a solution. We still have Grandpa Li and Grandpa Wei, and Secretary Wei too. There's no need to worry. I think with such a big incident, he's the municipal party secretary; he can't possibly not know, right? He'll definitely find a way!" Fu Ying's words reassured Zhou Xuan somewhat. Indeed, Fu Yuanshan was practically Wei Haihe's right-hand man; if someone wanted to touch him, they'd have to consider Wei Haihe and the Wei family's feelings.
After catching his breath, Zhou Xuan quickly started the car, drove to the Municipal Bureau, parked the car at the entrance, and then called Zhang Lei to ask her to come out.