The sudden slap stopped Qin Junhong from explaining. The maids who were standing in the living room exited the villa one after another and closed the door of the villa tightly.
Qin Junhong was stunned for a while. He then turned to look at Zhu Shoushan, and said in disbelief, “Uncle Zhu?”
Zhu Shoushan slapped him and was still not relieved of his ire. Qin Junhong was just about to be berated, but there was a flutter of footsteps on the stairs, and a woman rushed down.
“What’s going on here?”
Qin Manwen saw Zhu Shoushan’s face full of anger. She quickly ran over to stop this conflict between “father and son”.
Seeing the bright red slap print on Qin Junhong’s face, Qin Manwen’s heart skipped a beat. She tentatively held Zhu Shoushan’s arm, asking, “Shoushan, what’s wrong? Is there anything you can’t say?”
Zhu Shoushan shouted, “You ask what good thing your son has done?!”
Qin Manwen looked at Qin Junhong again.
Qin Junhong was resentful when he was slapped, so his tone clearly reflected his state of mind. “I just found someone I know in Tongtong’s school to take care of him.”
Qin Manwen was stunned for a moment.
Looking for someone to take care of Zhu Tong?
Although Zhu Shoushan has always forbidden them to intervene in Zhu Tong’s transfer, such a trivial matter should not cause such an intense anger, right?
She was about to persuade her, but Zhu Shoushan scoffed. “Take care? You call that taking good care? You found someone with a bad character, who is riddled with gambling debts, to take care of Tongtong! You even brought the matter to his grandfather, you…”
As it was clear that Zhu Shoushan was going to go into another rant, Qin Manwen stopped with her gentle demeanor, and hurriedly reprimanded her son to placate him. “Junhong, what’s going on?”
‘Gambling debt? Bad character? He asked such a person to take care of Zhu Tong?’
‘How could my son do such a stupid thing?’
Qin Junhong felt a buzzing sound in his head when he heard “gambling debts”.
How did Zhu Shoushan know about Zhou Sui’s family situation?
How did he know so soon?
On top of that, he told it to Zhu Tong’s grandfather?
‘Grandfather…’
He thought of that old man, who he had only met once. He had an elegant and dignified appearance despite his advanced age. Qin Junhong suddenly felt a chill down his spine.
How could he forget about Mr. Cheng?
‘But didn’t Cheng Qingsong ignore Zhu Tong and his sister for so many years? Although he helped arrange Zhu Tong’s transfer, since when did he become so concerned about Zhu Tong’s affairs?’
Qin Junhong was terrified, but he was able to respond quickly, “What gambling debt? He has a bad character? Uncle Zhu, what are you talking about? The person I am asking for help is from Tongtong’s school basketball team. I met him on the basketball court. He was a nice young man…”
“A nice young man?” Zhu Shoushan was so angry that his eyes almost popped out of his sockets. He suddenly opened his briefcase and took out a stack of photos, which he slammed into Qin Junhong’s face, “You called him a nice young man? Take a good look at yourself!”
A stack of photos slammed into Qin Junhong’s face. Then the images slipped off his face and scattered on the ground.
Qin Manwen lowered her gaze, and her face turned pale instantly.
In the photo is a scene of a young man interacting with different girls, and in another one is where he was clearly gambling and smoking with a group of people.
‘How could Junhong know such a person?’ she shrieked in her heart.
Qin Junhong had already guessed which photos Zhu Shoushan would throw over. He looked down, pretended to be absolutely shocked. “How could it be…”
Zhu Shoushan continued, “He is pursuing Tongtong under your name in his school. He kept saying that he’s entrusted by you to take care of him. Do you still want to say that you don’t know this person?”
Qin Junhong raised his head quickly and said in a panic, “No, Uncle Zhu, he… I really don’t know him that well. When he went to play in E City, he was clearly…”
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Shoushan suddenly raised his foot and kicked him violently.
“Ah, Junhong!”
Qin Manwen did not expect that Qin Junhong would directly be kicked. His face twisted in pain.
But Qin Manwen didn’t dare to help. Instead, she turned her head and pleaded, “Shoushan…”
Zhu Shoushan pointed at him and said, “You don’t even know who he actually is, but you dared to ask him to take care of Tongtong. What kind of heart do you have!”
“How dare you ask someone like him to go after Tongtong in school!”
“How dare you be so incompetent!”
–Such were the accusations thrown at Zhu Shoushan when Cheng Qingsong called him.
From the time Cheng Lan married him, Cheng Qingsong had always looked down at him. He might’ve helped him in business matters from time to time, but he much more often scolded him.
Until now, if it wasn’t necessary, he would never speak to the Cheng family again when he encountered any trouble.
He married Qin Manwen and let her become the newest Mrs. Zhu, was mostly so she could take care of Zhu Tong and Zhu Xin. This was done so that old man could not pick fault with him.
As a result, what did Qin Junhong do?
That old man called him to his office today and reprimanded him in front of his subordinates, trampling his dignity!
Zhu Shoushan became even more furious the more he thought of it. He wanted to kick Qin Junhong again!
Qin Junhong had already got up and sat on the ground, but he didn’t stand up again. He lowered his head and said, “This is my fault, Uncle Zhu, I will go and apologize to Tongtong.”
He did not say that he was blocked by Zhu Tong.
Thinking about it now, it’s very likely that Zhu Tong also knew about Zhou Sui’s family situation, so he blocked him.
Now that Zhu Tong already knew, it was impossible for him to pay attention to Zhou Sui. Zhou Sui didn’t tell him about such an important matter? If it wasn’t for that, how could he be so passive today?
‘Still want to make money from me? Go dream!’ He sneered in his heart.
Qin Junhong gritted his teeth secretly, wishing he could tear Zhou Sui into eight pieces immediately!
But it doesn’t matter, he really “doesn’t know” about Zhou Sui’s secret dealings.
The chat records have been cleared. Even if Mr. Cheng wants to hold him accountable, he has no evidence. He will go to Zhu Tong to apologize, but if it doesn’t work, he will go to Zhu Xin and ask her to intercede for him. She will definitely help him!
Qin Junhong already had a plan in his heart, however, Zhu Shoushan immediately interjected, “From today, don’t you dare ask someone to go to Tongtong and Xiao Xin’s school! Don’t go to see them either, if you dare to contact them secretly, I will kick you out of this house!”
Qin Junhong was startled and raised his head sharply.
‘I can’t see Zhu Tong and Zhu Xin?’
‘How could that be!’
It’s just that he hasn’t spoken yet, Qin Manwen has already said in his stead, “Don’t worry, Junhong will definitely never do that again. Don’t worry, I will take good care of him and won’t let him disturb Tongtong and Xiao Xin’s study.”
Qin Junhong: “…”
Zhu Shoushan gave Qin Junhong a condescending look, as if he was just a piece of dross. Then, he scoffed and went upstairs.
On the ground, Qin Junhong rested his hands on the floor, his knuckles turning white.
Seeing that there was no one in the living room, Qin Manwen immediately lowered her body to help him, but was thrown away by Qin Junhong.
Qin Manwen also froze. “I know that you are angry, but what else can you do now? You let the Cheng family know everything. It was your carelessness, your fault. Do you think you still have a chance to get close to the twins?”
“…”
“…”
“I’ll say it again, calm down and wait for Xiao Xin to come back. Don’t do anything else for the meantime, do you hear me?”
Qin Junhong didn’t speak, his eyes looked at the direction of Zhu Shoushan, his pupils were dark, emotions turbulent.
He doesn’t understand.
Zhu Shoushan only has two blood-related children: one of which is Zhu Tong, who is destined to be short-lived, and he has almost died several times; another is Zhu Xin, who is destined to be married off and cannot inherit the family. In the end, he is the person who can best help Zhu Shoushan manage and control the company. Why is Zhu Shoushan’s attitude towards him so horrible?
Why despise him?
One day, he will make Zhu Shoushan pay for today’s contempt and insult!
His eyes were full of resentment and unwillingness, but his emotions quickly subsided, and he stood up with Qin Manwen’s help.
Meanwhile, in the Cheng family’s villa.
Cheng Qingsong quickly got the information about what happened in the Zhu family’s villa.
Hearing the result of Zhu Shoushan’s handling, he frowned and said, “He just beat Qin Jinhong and scolded him? Nothing else?”
The housekeeper nodded. “Nothing else.”
Cheng Qingsong: “…”
He took several breaths, as it became unsteady. He sounded disappointed. “He truly cannot be relied upon.”
Zhu Tong didn’t know what happened in the Zhu family’s villa. He was immersed in the monthly exam for the past two days. After the monthly exam was completed the next day, he felt at ease both physically and mentally.
“It seems that the tutoring results are good.”
Zhu Tong just stretched out in his seat when someone spoke next to him.
After the exam, the seats that were separated were re-joined.
Zhu Tong was really lucky in this exam. Not his seat was owned by a hygiene-conscious girl, but the same type of person also took his seat, and she kept it as clean as possible.
Hearing Shao Ming’s voice, he turned his head to look over. With a faint smile on his face, he nodded and said, “Well, this time I left a lot fewer blank answers than the last time. My total score should be at least 500. “
Shao Ming: “…”
Suddenly realizing something, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. “Blank answers?”
Zhu Tong nodded. “Yes.”
Shao Ming: “…”
He was careless. He forgot the way Zhu Tong answered the questions on the exam.
“You…”
“Ming-ge! The exam is over, do you want to celebrate this afternoon?”
As soon as Shao Ming spoke, he was interrupted by Luo Suo who rushed over.
He paused and glanced at Zhu Tong. Since the exam has passed, it would be useless for him to say it now. It’s better to wait until the result comes out.
He smiled and looked at Luo Suo again, “This is just a monthly exam. How do you want to celebrate?”
Luo Suo also knew what he was worried about, and vowed, “Don’t worry. I know a full-flavored shrimp gourmet shop this time, and there are shrimps in all flavors… By the way, Zhu Tong, you’re not allergic to seafood, are you?”
Zhu Tong nodded and said, “I’m not allergic.”
Luo Suo looked at Shao Ming again, “Ming-ge, how about that?”
Shao Ming said: “Okay, let’s go.”
Luo Suo immediately fist pumped and jumped back to his seat happily.
Zhu Tong watched him jump back and couldn’t help but smile. Luo Suo always seemed so unbothered, as if nothing could upset him.
He turned to look at Shao Ming again… He couldn’t understand anything.
This young man is so good at hiding his true feelings.
He took another look at the favorability meter on the system interface. The two days of tutoring increased it by a few percentage points, and now it sat at a comfortable 40%.
He inexplicably thought of what Shao Ming had just said: “The tutoring results were good.”
Well, it does work.
Other students in the classroom were busy bringing back the books that had been packed under the table for the exam. Originally, the school had arranged a self-study class after the exam, but Shi Wenshu knew that after finishing an exam, they would be too tired to actually study. So, he let them get out of class 20 minutes early.
In Quanwei Shrimp Restaurant, Zhu Tong took a picture of the private room and sent it to Zhu Xin before the waiter served the food.
At first, taking pictures was just to “report his safety”, but now, it seems to have become a habit.
He sent the photo without waiting for a reply, then he turned off his phone.
On the other side, Zhu Xin was also eating. She was cutting a piece of steak gracefully, but when she heard her phone beep, she put aside the tableware and looked at it.
Seeing the photo sent by her brother, she subconsciously smiled. She suddenly saw another person with half of his body in the photo.
She was no stranger to this person. In all the photos her brother has sent her, this person has a high appearance rate. Sometimes it’s his side-profile, sometimes it’s from the front. Other times he was cut off, but there’s also the occasional full-body photos too.
–Almost every photo of him not showing his full face is because… he is very close to the person taking the photo.
Zhu Xin stared at the handsome guy in the photo for a while, then decisively called her brother.
Inside the restaurant’s private room, the waiter brought in several plates of shrimp with different flavors. As Zhu Tong put on plastic gloves, the screen of his mobile phone suddenly lit up.
When he saw the caller ID, he was slightly startled. ‘Why did Xiao Xin call me? Is she not angry anymore?”
Zhu Tong’s eyes flashed with joy, and he took off the gloves he just put on as he stood up. “Sorry, I’m going out to answer the call.”
His tone was a little eager. Luo Suo already had a spicy crayfish in his hand, and said strangely, “Who called him? He seems very happy.”
Shao Ming took a five-spice shrimp tail. He peeled the shrimp, put it on Zhu Tong’s plate, and said softly, “I don’t know.”
Luo Suo was still looking at the door of the private room and joked, “Could it be… his girlfriend?”
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a chill on his back. He turned his head, and met Ming-ge’s half-smiling gaze.
Luo Suo’s body defense mechanism instinctively warned him, so he hurriedly said, “Just kidding, haha.”
Shao Ming no longer looked at him.
Luo Suo: “…”
He concentrated on peeling the shrimp, and suddenly realized something.
‘Wait, I just joked that the call was from Zhu Tong’s girlfriend. So why did Ming-ge ‘threaten’ me?’
‘Eh, forget it. I’m not brave enough to ask.’
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