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The journey back to Central China was quite long, and Yuan Ning made all the plans for the next semester along the way, especially the arrangements for the holidays.Although he had just separated from Zhang Xiuyan, Yuan Ning had already started to miss Zhang Xiuyan who stayed in Huaiqing, and wished that he would graduate soon, and he would follow Zhang Xiuyan wherever he went.Anyway, he had something to do wherever he went.

When Yuan Ning arrived home, the atmosphere was a bit weird.Both Zhang Xiuwen and Zhang Xiuling were there, and they were still the ones who went to accompany Mr. Zhang at the old house of the Zhang family this summer, and they should have just returned not long ago.

Yuan Ning carried large and small bags of fresh mountain goods, and put them away with Aunt Shen in the large refrigerator in the kitchen.While carrying things, Yuan Ning quietly asked Aunt Shen what happened and why Mr. Zhang's face was so ugly.

Aunt Shen sighed and shook her head.Facing Yuan Ning's eyes waiting for her answer, Aunt Shen finally said, "It's about your sister and your third brother."

Yuan Ning was stunned.Sister and third brother?Yuan Ning suddenly realized that he had overlooked many things.He has been close to his eldest brother since he was a child, and his elder sister is always inseparable from his third brother!So the third brother and sister are also the same as them?

Yuan Ning did not continue to ask, but silently helped Aunt Shen prepare dinner.At dinner time, everyone sat down neatly at the table, and the atmosphere was still so stagnant that Yuan Ning was sad.Father can accept his relationship with his eldest brother, but can't he accept that his sister and third brother are together?

As soon as this thought came up, Yuan Ning felt a little guilty.He seemed to be relying on his father's love for them to boldly come back with his eldest brother to confess!

Everyone ate poorly at one meal.

Mr. Zhang waited for Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuwen to finish eating, then put down the bowls and chopsticks, finished the soup that Aunt Shen brought up, and looked up at Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuwen: "You two come to my study."

Yuan Ning quietly glanced at Zhang Xiuwen, and obediently followed Mr. Zhang upstairs.

Mr. Zhang's study is still so solemn, exuding a depressing atmosphere, which is the same as that of Mr. Zhang himself.Mr. Zhang didn't speak, Zhang Xiuwen and Yuan Ning looked at each other, but didn't dare to speak.

Mr. Zhang rolled his name: "Yuan Ning."

Yuan Ning immediately shouted: "Father!"

Mr. Zhang said, "What did you and your elder brother tell us when you came back last fall?"

Yuan Ning was taken aback.Although they have confessed to Mr. Zhang, both Mr. Zhang and Ms. Xue tacitly kept the secret for them, and did not let Zhang Xiuwen and the others know.Yuan Ning didn't know why Mr. Zhang did this, but he answered honestly: "My eldest brother and I went home and told our father and mother that we want to be together."

Zhang Xiuwen was both shocked and astonished.

Ever since Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan watched a movie together, Zhang Xiuwen had vaguely guessed the weirdness between Zhang Xiuyan and Yuan Ning.Later, he carefully observed the relationship between Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan, and he was basically sure that Zhang Xiuyan and Yuan Ning had an extraordinary brotherly relationship.But what he didn't expect was that Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan had confessed to Mr. Zhang last autumn.

Zhang Xiuwen opened his mouth, feeling the bitterness in his throat tightening his throat continuously, making him unable to utter a word.Finally, Zhang Xiuwen lowered his head: "I was wrong."

Mr. Zhang looked at Zhang Xiuwen.In fact, his wife has already seen some clues about the two children. He originally planned to talk to Zhang Xiuwen last fall, but it happened that several troubles happened one after another during that time, and Zhang Xiuyan and Yuan Ning were in trouble again. Confessing to them after what happened, she put aside the matter of Zhang Xiuwen and Zhang Xiuling.

After Zhang Xiuyan and Yuan Ning confessed, Zhang Xiuyan changed his mind to take the initiative to talk to Zhang Xiuwen, waiting for when the two of them mustered up the courage to tell them everything—whether it was to express their determination or seek support, As long as they open their mouths, he, the father, will help them take care of everything.

But Zhang Xiuwen and Zhang Xiuling didn't say anything.

But this time when they went back to the old house during the summer vacation, they boldly ran out for a date, were seen by other members of the Zhang family, and made a fuss in front of Mr. Zhang.Mr. Zhang was so angry that he fell ill and drove Zhang Xiuling and Zhang Xiuwen back.

No need for Mr. Zhang to say anything, Zhang Xiuwen also knew that this was the worst situation.If they get through with their family in advance, they won't be exposed to Mr. Zhang by others.Compared with Mr. Zhang and Ms. Xue, Mr. Zhang is definitely a diehard, and this kind of thing is no different from "family scandal" to Mr. Zhang.

Zhang Xiuwen didn't know what to say other than "I was wrong".He and Zhang Xiuling really didn't have the courage to confess to Mr. Zhang. Since childhood, Mr. Zhang valued Zhang Xiuyan the most, and Yuan Ning loved him the most. He and Zhang Xiuling were afraid of Mr. Zhang and Zhang Xiuyan. This was almost left behind when they were young tiny shadows.Even though they knew that Mr. Zhang and Zhang Xiuyan were doing it for their own good, they still subconsciously wanted to escape.

Seeing that the eloquent Zhang Xiuwen couldn't get out a word, Mr. Zhang looked at the study door that was slightly open and said, "Come in."

Ms. Xue pressed Zhang Xiuling's shoulders and walked in, and said softly to Mr. Zhang, "Huaixing, it's all like this, so don't be so serious, let them get together."

Zhang Xiuling still didn't dare to meet Mr. Zhang's eyes.

Mr. Zhang knocked on the table, and said to Ms. Xue: "You can manipulate them, and see what they look like." Then Mr. Zhang turned to Zhang Xiuwen and Zhang Xiuling, and criticized them from head to toe.

Yuan Ning stood aside and listened, feeling that Mr. Zhang's words might not mean hitting him by the way, so he immediately listened to Mr. Zhang's words seriously, without daring to utter a word.

The three children obediently listened to the training. No matter how hard Mr. Zhang could criticize, he would be finished.After more than half an hour, he stopped and seriously asked how determined Zhang Xiuwen and Zhang Xiuling were to be together.

Zhang Xiuwen and Zhang Xiuling naturally expressed their determination.

Mr. Zhang left Zhang Xiuwen alone.In the afternoon, Mr. Zhang took Zhang Xiuwen out, removed Zhang Xiuwen from the Zhang family, changed Zhang Xiuwen's mother's surname to Shao, and terminated the legal adoption relationship.Then Mr. Zhang took Zhang Xiuwen to the old house, talked to Mr. Zhang in person, and officially announced to the outside world that the two children would be engaged.

Mr. Zhang was already ill, but Mr. Zhang's anger made his condition worse.Mr. Zhang still stated his meaning straightforwardly: "The times have changed, and love and marriage are no longer the words of parents' order and matchmaker. Let alone Xiuwen and Xiuling, even Yuan Ning and Xiu Yan will not be opposed to."

Mr. Zhang was telling the truth. Mr. Zhang didn't notice the second part, he just coughed twice and said, "How do you make outsiders think of our Zhang family?"

Mr. Zhang said: "The Zhang family is the Zhang family, and our family is our family." He looked directly into Mr. Zhang's heavy eyes, "I said that as long as Zhang Xinghong is here, you don't have to treat me as a member of the Zhang family in Huazhong. I I won't let my children and grandchildren not recognize you, but I have nothing to do with the Zhang family." Mr. Zhang has clearly stated such a position.

Mr. Zhang said: "Even if your elder brother—"

Mr. Zhang said: "I don't have a big brother." He quickly interrupted Mr. Zhang's words, "You feel that you have lost your mother and sister, and there is no one in your group, so you can't let your group wither. ——Then you should take good care of him, and you can worry about my family affairs."

Mr. Zhang can forget that Zhang Xinghong killed his mother and sister, but he can't forget—he will never forget, the mother who loves them so much and the outstanding sister, because Zhang Xinghong's greed for life and death and greed for fame and fortune have turned into two The cold corpse.

Zhang Xiuwen pretended that he didn't exist.No matter how much Mr. Zhang showed his concern for himself, after the people over there secretly reported about him and Zhang Xiuling, they still pointed at him and scolded him as a white-eyed wolf, saying that the Zhang family raised him as a heartless guy for nothing.

He knew that Mr. Zhang had already made up his mind, and in the past few years, he arranged a few well-matched marriages for them, and then suppressed Uncle Zhang's family to relieve the knot in Mr. Zhang's heart a little bit, and let Mr. Zhang inherit the Zhang family and keep their branch. The status of the Zhang family in Central China.

But Mr. Zhang has never relied on his family from the very beginning. On the contrary, the uncle of the Zhang family has hindered Mr. Zhang many times in the dark.Why does Mr. Zhang think that Mr. Zhang will come back to support their team?

Just because of the belated "processing" that I don't know if it's true or not?

Mr. Zhang called the doctor for Mr. Zhang, who was in a hurry. He didn't stay long, turned around and walked out.

Zhang Xiuwen turned around without thinking, and strode after Mr. Zhang.

The sun is just right outside, and it is a good autumn weather.What Mr. Zhang said this day was almost equal to the past year. He poured out all the things hidden in his heart, and felt that the last bit of hesitation and boredom were gone.No matter which child was raised by them, if they hadn't been wronged here, how could they not dare to say a word when they returned home.

If you still can't let go of some things, then don't let them go.

On this day, the provincial capital of Central China was filled with a strange and tense atmosphere, as if a bottle that was already full of cracks couldn't stand the last light knock, and it shattered completely with a click, and the pieces fell to the ground.

Zhang Xiuyan learned about everything that happened at home only after the matter was settled.Not only the matter of Zhang Xiuwen and Zhang Xiuling was officially settled, but the Huazhong Zhang family also experienced a major reshuffle.

After a sudden turmoil, Uncle Zhang's family, who was about to get rid of Mr. Zhang's suppression, was completely knocked down this time, and a large number of people were imprisoned. A batch of talents from the branch took over the ancestral property and some positions of the Zhang family in Central China.

So everyone understood one thing: Mr. Zhang is Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang is Mr. Zhang, and the two sides finally separated completely.

Yuan Ning had never been close to Mr. Zhang, nor had he ever thought of relying on the Zhang family in Central China. From the beginning to the end, he basically only noticed one sentence: "Brother, third brother said that at that time his father said to his grandfather, 'Even if Yuan Ning and Xiu Strictly, I will not even object'. Brother, do you think there will be a day when we can openly tell everyone that we are together?"

Listening to the expectant voice from the other end of the phone, Zhang Xiuyan suddenly took back the words "unlikely", and said seriously: "There will be such a day."