1.3.12: Birthday Banquet (VIII)

Meanwhile Zhou Ming and Zhou Elder had taken their place by Zhou Eldress.

"Young man, grandmother is so happy that you're back!" Zhou Eldress warmly smiled and gently scolded, "You should stay home for a while so we wouldn't worry so much about you."

"Absolutely! Your grandson has been unfilial for being away for so long." Zhou Ming enthusiastically replied, his dark eyes glimmering with mischief.

Zhou Elder felt relieved that his wife and his grandson were finally getting along.

For so many years, they had been against each other because Zhou Ming still preferred his ex-wife.

On fact, if it weren't for what his ex-wife did, he did too.

To this day... he still loved his wife.

Unfortunately, she had committed a mistake that he could never forgive.

He suddenly looked and noticed that an old friend of his had arrived. Quickly going to greet him, he left Zhou Eldress and Zhou Ming alone.

A brief silence hung between the two until Zhou Eldress muttered, "Stupid shit, you should've stayed away. The household was doing perfectly fine..."

Despite her harsh words, she maintained her sophisticated smile and looked towards the guests, not even turning her head.

Zhou Ming's mischief didn't cease.

Instead, his charming smile turned cold enough to make Zhou Eldress subconsciously shiver. "My dear grandmother, how could I let you suffer alone? Besides, who knows when grandfather may pass away due to poisons and when a gold-digging bitch may try to take over. It's always best that I'm here."

Zhou Eldress pursed her lips and clenched her fists, her nails digging into her palms.

The brat had clearly insulted her as that gold-digger.

All these years, she couldn't win him over no matter how much she tried to coax him.

"You..."

"Don't dream about the inheritance, Ling Xiu. The moment that the family fortune and rights are mine is the moment that I'll ship you off to a caring place for the ill-minded."

He didn't bother with formalities anymore and directly called her name.

Besides, he knew that she knew exactly what he meant.

Zhou Eldress was sure that he knew what she did all those years ago and planned on sending her to a mental institution for her to rot in.

Before she could retort, he harshly chuckled.

"I got ahold of news that your minion had passed away. Such a tragedy, yet you didn't even bother going. A snake is a snake no matter how many times it tries to shed its skin."

He paused and turned his head while she turned her head to yell at him.

He didn't give her a chance as his cold, desolate obsidian eyes met her snake-like ones.

"I'm sure you'll try to appoint any of your barely-remaining goons to kill me. Or even hire an assassin from the Black Market... But my dear grandmother, I must tell you that I am no longer the boy I was before when you chased me out, forcing me to use the excuse of 'business' all the time. Just like how you left my genuine grandmother helpless and at your mercy... I will do the same. I will show you how bitter the position you stole can be."

He stood up and left her fuming in anger.

All these insults, all these threats...

She couldn't retort because the bastard had the rights to the family.

She had the terrible fate of bearing a daughter instead of her well-desired son.

If she had given birth to a son, he would've been heir.

He would've been her shield of protection.

He would've been the key to having the limitless Zhou fortune for herself.

Even Qiang Luo had a son the year she had her daughter.

Even his fate was lucky, yet hers was cursed with a useless daughter and a granddaughter who was even worse.

But even if she couldn't get the Zhou family fortune permanently, she had destroyed the happiness of Han Mi.

And this was an action she would never regret because it had brought her the well-deserved status that she was in now...