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"Bingyi."

Seeing Zhou Bingyi coming back, Hao Dongmei could no longer control herself and threw herself into Zhou Bingyi's arms, crying bitterly.

Zhou Bingyi comforted her repeatedly: "I'm back, it's okay, don't be afraid."

Jin Yueji sat beside Hao Gaoguan's bed. She raised her head and nodded at Zhou Bingyi: "Bingyi, you're back."

"mom."

Zhou Bingyi shouted, then looked at his father-in-law on the hospital bed.

During the summer vacation, he came back to Jichun and lived for a while. Although Hao Gaoguan did not look very good at that time, he was still in good spirits.

It's only been a few months, but Hao, lying on the hospital bed, has become as pale as paper, with sunken eye sockets, and is relying on an oxygen tank to survive.

The sleeping senior official Hao knew nothing about Zhou Bingyi's arrival.

"How long has Dad been like this?"

Hao Dongmei choked up and said, "It's been several days. The doctor said, said..."

She couldn't say the following words. If a senior official like Hao could be saved, the province and the country would naturally do their best to treat him.

But unfortunately, Hao's body could no longer withstand the torture. If his oxygen supply was disconnected, he might not survive more than two hours.

Jin Yueji was more open-minded than her daughter. She said slowly, "Old Hao is dying. In the next two days, the hospital asked us to prepare for his funeral. But Dongmei and I have no time to take care of those things, and we can't leave here. Bingyi, you are our son-in-law, our half son. You will be responsible for handling Old Hao's funeral."

Making Zhou Bingyi the consul was tantamount to recognizing Zhou Bingyi's status. This was not only her idea, but also the idea of ​​senior official Hao.

"mom."

Zhou Bingyi was speechless.

Jin Yueji waved her hand and said, "It's okay. Old Hao and I have lived through that era and have seen all kinds of things. It's just birth, aging, sickness and death. Sooner or later, there will be such a day. Old Hao has been tired in the past few years and it's time to take a break."

Only as his bedmate did she know how much energy and pressure Hao had spent in recent years to develop the economy.

"Old Hao's greatest wish is to see Jiang Liao develop. Before he closes his eyes, the people he wants to see most are you and your brother Zhou Bingkun. It's a pity that you are here, but your brother Zhou Bingkun is not. Alas, it's expected."

Zhou Bingyi looked guilty. His father-in-law wanted to meet Zhou Bingkun one last time, but he was unable to help him.

"I'm sorry, Mom. I'm useless."

Hao Dongmei retorted: "Bingyi, this has nothing to do with you. You put aside your grudges and invited him, but he still didn't want to come back. How can you blame you? If you want to blame someone, blame your brother. Why didn't I realize before that he was such an impolite and uneducated person?"

It sounds like this is a scolding of Zhou Chen, to vent Zhou Bingyi's anger, but it doesn't sound right. Saying that Zhou Chen is uneducated is just scolding Zhou Zhigang and Li Suhua again, right?

So Zhou Bingyi had a dark face and remained silent.

Hao Dongmei didn't notice anything wrong with her husband, or perhaps she was just used to speaking without restraint.

Having grown up in such a wealthy environment as the Hao family, Hao Dongmei has always spoken directly. However, during the years she spent in the countryside, she suffered a lot and became cautious.

But as the Hao couple were reinstated, she became the second generation again, and her temperament returned to her original character. Most of the time, she spoke directly and without caring about others.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with a girl with this kind of personality. On the contrary, she is easier to get along with. However, Hao Dongmei's emotional intelligence is not very high, so she often hurts others by mistake.

She used to think Zhou Chen was a very nice person, but ever since Zhou Chen had a quarrel with his parents, which led to his father falling ill, her good impression of Zhou Chen immediately dropped to zero.

Now her father is dying, and he just wants to meet Zhou Chen, but Zhou Chen is unwilling to meet him, which makes her impression of Zhou Chen even worse.

"Dongmei, how can you talk like that?"

Hao Dongmei did not notice anything unusual about Zhou Bingyi, but Jin Yueji saw it clearly. Although the couple had a bad relationship with Zhou Chen that time, she did not want her daughter to be influenced by them.

As a mother, she could naturally feel clearly the situation of her daughter and son-in-law at the Zhou family. Because of them, Zhou Bingyi and his wife were unable to return to the Zhou family to celebrate the New Year and other holidays, and she felt guilty.

Her daughter is different from her. She doesn't have many years left to live, but Hao Dongmei can still live for decades. If she quarrels with the Zhou family and ends all ties with them, Hao Dongmei will be the one who gets hurt in the end.

After all, their daughter and son-in-law have an unsolvable problem, which is infertility. If they no longer have the help of the Zhou family, they will have no one to discuss problems with when they encounter them in the future. At that time, Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei will be a truly lonely couple.

Why did Senior Official Hao insist on meeting Zhou Chen before he died? In addition to his own frustration, he also wanted to resolve the conflict between brothers Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Bingkun.

But unfortunately, Zhou Chen did not come.

Hao Dongmei, who was scolded by her mother, turned her face away, but her face was still full of indignation.

Seeing her daughter's attitude, Jin Yueji shook her head helplessly. She knew very well what kind of person her daughter was like.

What the couple is most worried about is Hao Dongmei, but fortunately they still have Zhou Bingyi.

The couple both saw clearly what kind of person Zhou Bingyi was. Although he was utilitarian, he was still reliable and worthy of Hao Dongmei's support. They were not afraid that Zhou Bingyi would treat Hao Dongmei badly, but they were worried that Hao Dongmei would do something bad on her own.

Official Hao didn't wake up until the evening. He was still confused when he first woke up, and it took him a while to regain his senses.

"Bingyi, you're back, that's great."

Zhou Bingyi raised his hand with difficulty, took a look, and immediately reached out and held the hand of Hao Gaoguan.

"Dad, I'm late."

Senior official Hao forced a smile and said, "No, it's not too late. It's just right."

Zhou Bingyi said with a guilty look on his face: "Dad, I'm useless. I didn't bring Bingkun back. I disappointed you."

A hint of disappointment flashed across Hao's eyes, but he quickly recovered.

"It doesn't matter. This is fine. This is fine."

He wanted to meet Zhou Chen, not to apologize for what happened in the past, nor did he want Zhou Chen to apologize. He just wanted to tell Zhou Chen that he was not just sitting there doing nothing, and everything he did was for the country and for all the people of Jiangliao Province.

It’s a pity that this wish cannot be realized.

The three members of the Hao family, plus Zhou Bingyi, talked for a long time, and then the senior official Hao couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep.

Two more days passed like this. Hao's condition became worse and worse, and he woke up less and less often. The doctor also notified him that he didn't have much time left.

At the last moment, the only people who stayed by Hao's side were his wife, daughter and son-in-law. He first talked to his daughter for a while, and then gave Zhou Bingyi some instructions.

"I'm entrusting Bing, Yi, Dongmei and the others to you. If you have any problems in the future, please ask your mother more often."

"I know, Dad, I know."

"Also, your brother, Zhou, Zhou Bingkun, you should make peace with him. He is very capable. If you encounter any problems in the future, you can ask him for advice."

It seemed as if he had used up all his strength to say these words, and after he finished speaking, Hao's breath weakened even more.

Although Zhou Bingyi didn't understand why his father-in-law said that, he couldn't think too much about it at this time and just kept nodding in agreement.

Ten minutes later, cries of grief were heard in the hospital.

When Zhou Chen got home from get off work, he saw Li Suhua and Zheng Juan sitting in the living room. Li Suhua's face looked very serious.

"Mom, you look so bad, what's wrong?"

Li Suhua didn't say anything. Zheng Juan said, "Uncle Ma called to look for you just now, but you weren't at home. He said that my eldest brother's father-in-law passed away this morning."

Zhou Chen said "Oh", sat down, and looked at Li Suhua.

"Mom, you are waiting for Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei to call you, right?"

"Humph."

Li Suhua snorted in annoyance. Although she no longer had any intention of becoming relatives with the Hao family, now that they had passed away, it was common sense that she should at least notify them.

But she waited from morning till night, but never received any call from Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei. What this meant was obvious.

Even if the person died, even at the funeral, they never thought of letting the Zhou family go. What kind of in-laws are they?

Zhou Chen understood his mother's anger. She didn't want to recognize her relatives when she was alive, and she didn't even notify anyone after her death. It would have been fine if Hao Dongmei didn't say anything, but her son Zhou Bingyi didn't say anything either.

Even if the Hao family didn't want them to attend the funeral, they still had to notify you. In the end, they still heard the news from other people.

"mom……"

Zhou Chen was about to say something to persuade her, but Li Suhua suddenly stood up, walked into the room expressionlessly, and closed the door heavily.

"Hey, this old lady, this is the first time I see her slam the door."

Zhou Chen couldn't help laughing. Even Li Suhua, who had such a good temper, was like this. You can imagine how angry she was.

Zheng Juan whispered, "Bingkun, Mom didn't even have dinner today."

Zhou Chen held Zheng Juan's hand and stroked it gently: "It's okay, the old lady rarely gets angry, let's accommodate her for once, put the rice in the pot to heat up, I will go and persuade her later, but you, you take care of the children and our mother, you have worked hard."

The sudden concern made Zheng Juan feel very sweet.

"This is what I should do. I'm useless and can't help you. I can only stay at home and take care of the children."

Zhou Chen held her in his arms and said softly, "No, you are not useless, you are the most useful. Without you, I would not know what to wear every day. Our family can live without me, but not without you."

"Nonsense, you are the head of the family. If you hadn't worked hard to make money, our family wouldn't have the good life we ​​have now."

Thinking about the life she had lived over the years, Zheng Juan felt extremely satisfied, and all this was brought by Zhou Chen.

There is one thing Wu Qian said that she agrees with very much, which is that she married the right person.

The two of them were affectionate for a while, and the worried Zheng Juan asked worriedly: "Bingkun, you should go and comfort Mom as soon as possible."

Zhou Chen said calmly: "My consolation won't work for this kind of thing. The key is for our mother to figure it out herself. She is competing with herself now."

Zheng Juan asked in confusion: "Bingkun, why didn't Big Brother inform Mom? He knows our home phone number."

Zhou Chen sneered and said, "It's easy. He has no say over there. The Hao family doesn't plan to notify our parents. Do you think he dares to notify them?"

Perhaps Zhou Bingyi also thought about notifying his parents, but Jin Yueji did not plan to let the Zhou family go to pay their respects, so he certainly did not dare to make the decision on his own.

"Okay, let's not think about these unhappy things. I have to work the night shift next week, plus two days off, so I have three days of free time. I want to take you around Yanjing City. What do you think, Juan'er?"

"Are you going with Ruirui and the others?"

"No, we haven't had some time alone for a while. We won't take them these days. It's just the two of us. We can go out early and come back late."

"what?"

Zheng Juan looked very surprised. Since having a child, the two of them had only rarely gone out alone. Now when she heard that Zhou Chen wanted to take her out to play alone, she was a little uncomfortable for a moment.

"Ah, what? It's settled. Life is only a few decades long. We are already in our thirties. We can't live our whole lives for the children. We should have some time for ourselves. After all, we are the two who are going to spend our whole lives together."

Zheng Juan was a little hesitant, but more moved, she nodded vigorously: "Okay, I'll listen to you, whatever you say, I'll listen to you."

It's not that she doesn't have her own opinions. When she lived with her mother and brother, she chose everything in the house.

The reason why she married into the Zhou family was that she was willing to be the woman behind Zhou Chen, because she knew that Zhou Chen would support the family and she didn't need to worry about it.

"Then it's settled."

Li Suhua's anger came and went quickly. More than an hour later, when Zhou Chen came to her with the cooked meal, he quickly persuaded her to eat.

More than a week passed quickly. When the three children heard that their parents were going out to play without them, they were all very unhappy. Who doesn't want to go out to play?

Unfortunately, Zhou Chen easily dealt with them and took Zheng Juan out for some fun.

In order to enjoy the trip to the fullest, Zhou Chen borrowed a jeep from a friend. In three days, he visited many tourist attractions in Yanjing and took Zheng Juan to eat many delicious foods.

At the end of the year, Zhou Zhigang wrote a letter saying that he would not have time to come back for the New Year in the next few years. He was supposed to retire in 85, but in response to the country's call, he planned to stay for another two or three years and might not be able to retire until around 88.

After Li Suhua found out, although she was a little disappointed, she still supported her husband's decision. She was just a little woman and fully supported her husband's career. After all, they would just be reunited a few years later, so it wouldn't be a big deal.

In Zhou Zhigang's letter, he also mentioned the matter of Zhou Bingyi and the Hao family, but it was just a few words, advising Li Suhua not to think too much about it. He also said that Zhou Bingyi had written him a letter to apologize, etc.

Time flies and it is already 87.

In the past few years, because Zhou Zhigang did not go home for the New Year, Zhou Chen and his family did not return to Jichun, but stayed in Yanjing for the New Year.

Zhou Rong and Zhou Bingyi also graduated from graduate school. More than three years ago, after Zhou Bingyi graduated from graduate school, he returned to Jichun and went to work in a government agency.

At the beginning, he was only the deputy director of the comprehensive department of the research room. After more than three years, relying on his own efforts, he became the director of the provincial research room and was promoted from the department level to the deputy director level.

The speed of promotion was quite fast, but because Zhou Bingyi himself was a graduate student and was once the son-in-law of senior official Hao, and at that time senior official Hao had just left, there was still some favoritism, so he was able to be promoted so quickly.

However, although his rank was very high, his position was awkward and he did not have much real power, which was not what he had imagined.

Because he had relatively little time at work, he accepted the invitation of his old friend Yao Lisong and went to Pengcheng for a chat.

Yao Lisong was Zhou Bingyi’s comrade-in-arms and old friend in the Construction Corps more than ten years ago.

Later, he transferred from the army to work in the Transportation Department of Jiangliao Province. However, various changes happened later, which made Yao Lisong give up his official career and choose to enter the business world, becoming the chairman of the large state-owned enterprise Shangneng Group.

Yao Lisong is an ambitious and greedy man. After becoming the chairman of Shangneng Group, he abused his power to make money crazily.

In just a few years, he amassed a huge fortune and became a famous tycoon in Pengcheng by relying on his identity as the chairman of Shangneng Group.

But at the same time, we have to admit that Yao Lisong is very greedy, but he is indeed very capable. The Shangneng Group is becoming increasingly stronger in his hands, so his position is very stable.

He has been in contact with Zhou Bingyi over the years and maintained a good relationship. This time he took the initiative to invite Zhou Bingyi over, and he actually had his own purpose.

Yao Lisong first took Zhou Bingyi to a famous dance hall in Pengcheng to have some fun, and then found a secluded place to talk to Zhou Bingyi.