Plunder-Chapter 302: Making Worn-Out Shoes

Zhou Jin’an held a fire in his heart, and instinctively shook her off when Qiao En grabbed his arm.

"What’s the matter?"

Qiao En looked at Zhou Jin’an, puzzled.

That look was inopportune; she immediately noticed something unusual about Zhou Jin’an.

"Did something happen at the company?" Qiao En asked anxiously.

Zhou Jin’an shook his head.

He was a man, and today the media had suddenly published such news. It was tantamount to smearing his reputation, and he minded.

"So what is it? You look unhappy."

Qiao En got up from the bed and wrapped her arms around Zhou Jin’an’s waist.

His heart suddenly chilled, "When did you come back?"

"What time is it now?" Qiao En asked, but she quickly saw the time on the wall.

"Oh, I almost forgot. When Mom left this morning, I said I’d call her."

She found her coat on the coat rack and pulled out her mobile phone from the coat pocket.

"Eh, why is it turned off?"

Qiao En looked confused and quickly turned on her phone.

In her missed calls, besides Zhou Jin’an’s calls, the highest number was from Auntie Jiang.

She had sent Qiao En quite a few messages.

"Yayun, what exactly are you doing?"

"Are the messages online true? Yayun, are you trying to kill me?"

"Yayun, you have really disappointed me."

...

Qiao En looked at these messages, utterly baffled.

"Why did Mom send me a bunch of inexplicable messages?" she muttered, frowning.

Then she called Auntie Jiang, but as soon as the call connected, Auntie Jiang chose to hang up.

"Really strange, why does she keep hanging up on me?"

She muttered again.

Her voice was very quiet, but Zhou Jin’an heard everything.

The post was very popular, and Auntie Jiang must have seen its contents and believed it to be true.

"En’en, listen to me, go back to sleep for a bit."

Zhou Jin’an decided to explain it personally to Auntie Jiang.

"I’m not going to sleep, I need to go and feed Nian’en."

Qiao En said, pushing Zhou Jin’an aside and walking out.

This incident had happened suddenly, and to outsiders, it seemed like a credible scandal.

But in Zhou Jin’an’s eyes, it was an unfounded drama directed against him.

Before Qiao En had even gone downstairs, Auntie Jiang’s shouts could be heard from outside the yard.

"Yayun, come out here."

"Mom, didn’t you go home? What happened?"

Before Qiao En could finish speaking, Auntie Jiang had already appeared in front of her, tremblingly pointing her finger.

"Are you trying to kill me? How could you do such a shameless thing?"

Auntie Jiang roared furiously.

"Mom, what are you talking about?"

Qiao En was still confused.

"Mom, you must be tired. Go back to your room and rest for a while. En’en is just about to feed the child. We can talk after she has finished feeding."

Zhou Jin’an stepped forward to support Auntie Jiang by the arm, trying to lead her away.

However, Auntie Jiang was very stubborn and simply did not understand the hints from Zhou Jin’an.

"Tell me, what exactly is going on between you and Shan Ning? When did you two get together? You have completely disgraced me, how is Jin’an supposed to cope in the future?"

Auntie Jiang went on by herself, and Qiao En’s gaze shifted between Auntie Jiang and Zhou Jin’an.

"What is going on?"

Zhou Jin’an was about to answer, but Auntie Jiang beat him to it.

She pulled out her phone and found the posts she had saved.

"How could you be so thoughtless? How could you do such a thing? And you still ask me what’s going on, tell me what’s going on"

Auntie Jiang angrily clicked on one of the posts, but unexpectedly, it had been deleted.

She went to click on another post, and that too had been thoroughly deleted.

Frantic, Auntie Jiang typed the title of the post. However, she couldn’t find any post related to that content online anymore.

Without explaining, Qiao En had already guessed most of it.

"This is related to Shan Ning, right? Then I’ll call him to clear things up."

Qiao En immediately dialed Shan Ning’s number.

"Sorry, the number you have dialed is switched off."

At the other end of the phone, a professional voice rang out.

"Stop calling, he has already disappeared."

Upon discovering this, Zhou Jin’an immediately instructed his people to search thoroughly for Shan Ning.

But strangely, it was as if he had vanished into thin air.

"Mom, this is definitely a misunderstanding, someone is intentionally trying to smear En’en, to make a joke out of me and En’en. Please don’t believe it."

Zhou Jin’an stepped forward and put his arm around Qiao En’s shoulder.

"How could it be a misunderstanding? I’ve seen all those photos, you and him..."

Auntie Jiang couldn’t continue.

"Mom, I don’t acknowledge things I haven’t done. I will definitely get to the bottom of this."

Qiao En guessed what had happened, and immediately called Detective Wu, asking for his help in uncovering the truth.

Zhou Jin’an gestured for Sister Rong to come over and comfort Auntie Jiang.

Qiao En’s complexion was very poor, and he took her small hand and walked upstairs.

"What exactly is going on?"

Qiao En asked.

Zhou Jin’an let out a slight sigh of relief, "No matter what happens, I will always stand by your side, En’en. I know you well, the whole world might betray me, but you won’t."

These weren’t words of romance, but they were especially moving.

Tears welled up in Qiao En’s eyes, "But why would he do this?"

Shan Ning had always been with Zhou Jin’an and was someone he trusted.

Yet it was such a person who had almost ruined Qiao En and Zhou Jin’an.

"I don’t know, alive he must be seen, dead he must be found. No matter where he is hiding, I will find him."

As soon as Zhou Jin’an’s words fell, Sister Rong’s voice came in.

"Young Master, the old lady is here."

At this, Zhou Jin’an’s eyes immediately dimmed.

"Stay in the bedroom and rest, don’t come out, I’ll send her away."

Zhou Jin’an immediately went downstairs.

In the living room downstairs, Mrs. Zhou sat on the sofa, her face full of anger.

"Where is that shameless wretch?"

Mrs. Zhou adopted a manner of settling scores.

"There is no such wretch here," Zhou Jin’an said.

He did not sit down, and his expression was terribly somber.

Mrs. Zhou, shaking her finger, scolded Zhou Jin’an, "I think you are bewitched. This kind of promiscuous woman cannot be the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family. She got together with the Zhou family’s driver and even let someone take pictures. Is she trying to drive the Zhou family to death?"

Mrs. Zhou was furious, she shouted a lot, but Zhou Jin’an remained calm the entire time.

"This is between me and En’en. Mom, it’s best if you don’t get involved."

Zhou Jin’an struggled to suppress his anger, but Mrs. Zhou, continually unwise, insisted on lighting that fire inside him.

"A woman who cuckolded you and you still defend her? Zhou Jin’an, when did you become so spineless? She cheated, she isn’t qualified to be a woman of the Zhou family."

Mrs. Zhou stood up as she spoke.

"Aunt Liu, take the child and leave," she instructed.

Aunt Liu immediately hurried towards Sister Rong to take the child from her arms.

Zhou Jin’an saw this and dashed over in a flash, standing in front of Sister Rong and scolded Aunt Liu, "If you know what’s good for you, leave. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being rude."

"Zhou Jin’an, what are you doing? Do you want the flesh and blood of the Zhou family to be tainted by that kind of woman too? Do you know how people are ridiculing us outside? I told you before, not to marry a woman of unknown origin, but you just wouldn’t listen..."

"Enough!"

Zhou Jin’an turned around and shouted.

"Don’t forget, you are no longer a part of the Zhou family. Matters of the Zhou family are for the Zhou family to decide. Sister Rong, see the guest out!"

Zhou Jin’an’s voice was like the tolling of a bell.

"Old Madam, please leave," Sister Rong made a gesture inviting Mrs. Zhou to exit.

Mrs. Zhou stood there stunned, taking a good while to recover her senses.

She had almost forgotten that she was a woman driven out by the Zhou family, she actually wasn’t a part of the Zhou family anymore.

But this matter could be reminded by anyone, just not by her own son.

He wielded an invisible blade that brutally stabbed into the sorest spot in her heart.

"You... you rebellious child..."

Mrs. Zhou’s lips trembled, her eyes rimmed red.

Zhou Jin’an was enveloped in cold air, "No matter who tries to slander Qiao En, I will definitely throw it back at them. She is the woman I, Zhou Jin’an, have chosen, and no one is going to tear us apart in this lifetime."

"A woman fooling around outside... is it really worth it?"

"Whether it’s worth it or not, that’s my concern. Even if everyone in the world thinks she has betrayed me, I will never believe it. You are not welcome here, please leave!"

This time, Mrs. Zhou was truly dumbfounded.

She hadn’t expected that her own son would be different from Zhou Zhendong.