Transmigration: The Evil Mother-In-Law Is Actually Innocent!-Chapter 572: No Longer Planning to Recycle Waste_1

Yao Yao laughed softly, "In this family, it seems that you’re the only one who has never grown a brain."

How foolish, so foolish that she didn’t even want to look anymore. Her father was actually avoiding the Fifth Prince, and he didn’t even plan to make use of her, a useless person. This showed that he didn’t want to get entangled with the Fifth Prince.

Yao Xin’s face flushed with anger, but she didn’t dare to erupt. Circumstances had changed. Clenching her lips, she believed she should have been the one to marry the Fifth Prince.

After her cheap little sister left, Yao Yao took a sheet of paper and prepared to write a family letter to her brother. Her father was becoming more and more difficult to predict, and she always felt he was plotting something. This family was truly oppressive, and with the irony weighing on her heart, she had become the one people fawned over again.

In the Zhou Residence, in Zhou Shuren’s study, Zhou Shuren was holding his youngest son while Yuguang watched Chang Zhi on the side, writing his reading reflections.

Chang Zhi felt his father’s gaze on him and focused extra hard. Ever since he had gotten used to being hit with the paddle, his father’s methods of teaching had changed. Yuguang looked at the corner stone brick in the study; he didn’t want to stand on the stone brick in horse stance, his legs trembling unbearably.

As Chang Zhi thought of his wife laughing and falling onto the bed, he clenched his teeth; he certainly didn’t enjoy his legs shaking either. He was truly afraid of his stern father.

Jinyan entered, "Third Young Master and Mr. He are waiting outside the study."

Zhou Shuren handed the seal in his hand to his youngest son, "Let them in."

Zhou Changlian came in, already accustomed to seeing his father holding his little brother in the study. After the New Year, his father would take his break and then play with his little brother. Initially terrified, he eventually became numb to it.

He Shu was somewhat stunned; he didn’t think that Master Zhou was the type to take care of children, but the reality was that Master Zhou was indeed caring for his child, even if his clothes were stained with ink. Still, he continued to protectively hold the child in his arms cheerfully.

Chang Lian approached, "Father, let me hold my brother."

Zhou Shuren saw his son reach out for Chang Lian to hold him and smoothly handed him over, "This little guy misses your mother. Take him back to her."

Chang Lian looked at the seal in his brother’s hand, took it, and placed it on the desk, "Father, I’ll take my brother back to the inner courtyard now."

Zhou Shuren restored the seal, "Alright."

In the main courtyard, Zhulan was chatting with Lady Dong. Lady Dong had just come out of her confinement and took the rare opportunity to visit while the child was asleep.

After talking for a while and feeling that the atmosphere was right, Lady Dong finally said, "Mother, Yu Yi’s one-month anniversary has passed, and my brother-in-law sent a generous gift. I feel a bit uneasy; do you think I should return it?"

Zhulan rarely managed the affairs of the different branches of the family, and she really didn’t know what the third branch had received for Yu Yi’s one-month celebration, "What was sent?"

Lady Dong had been holding it in for some days, "A headpiece of pearls, and the pearls are not small in size."

Zhulan understood, it wasn’t just because the one-month gift was valuable but also because Lady Dong was uneasy about the sudden prosperity of the Jiang family. However, from the gift, it was evident that Jiang Ming had obtained quite a lot of money. Once the bow was drawn, there was no turning back; they could only walk down this dark path.

Seeing her mother-in-law silent, Lady Dong grew even more anxious. She had not dared to tell her husband, sensing something was wrong. With her brother-in-law’s family circumstances, since her sister came before the New Year, she had understood a bit. Suddenly, with the lavish spending, she was scared.

Zhulan patted Lady Dong’s hand, "Since it has been sent, you should keep it. It’s just a formality. If you really want to return it, do so in favor of the child in the future."

Hearing her mother-in-law speak so, Lady Dong’s heart sank; clearly, there was a hidden meaning in those words. She forced a smile. Her family couldn’t help her and had even held her back. Looking again at her mother-in-law’s attitude toward the Jiang Residence, she felt somewhat bewildered.

Zhulan saw Lady Dong’s expression, and she had no intention of covering up the truth. Instead of letting Lady Dong make wild guesses, it was better to hint at it indirectly to avoid future schemes and to prepare Lady Dong mentally, "Everyone has different pursuits; we can’t control anyone, only ourselves. Don’t think too much about it, just live a good life with Chang Lian. Everything will be fine with me here." fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

Lady Dong worried about her parents back home, hoping they would not be implicated. Hearing her mother-in-law’s words, she felt much more at ease, "Thank you, Mother."

Chang Lian, who had been standing at the door holding his brother for a while, had heard everything. He understood why Lady Dong had been so troubled after coming out of confinement. After the conversation inside switched to other topics, he then entered with his brother, "Mother, I’ve brought my brother back."

Zhulan saw her youngest son also calling out for mom and took him with a smile, "Look at these cheeks, played with your dad’s brush again, huh?"

Zhou Changlian smiled, "Mom, look at brother’s hands, he’s even gotten into playing with dad’s seal now."

Zhulan pinched her youngest son’s cheeks, "Your dad just spoils you. I suspect sooner or later you’ll be completely out of control."

Zhou Changlian smiled, "He’s still little, a bit of spoiling doesn’t hurt."

Zhulan was very happy that her sons cared for Chang Zhi so much. She and Zhou Shuren would leave sooner or later, and it would be up to the siblings to accompany their youngest brother.

Zhulan asked, "Have you talked with He Shu? What do you think of him?"

Zhou Changlian was teaching his little brother to call him brother, but the little one ignored him, "We chatted a bit on the way back. He has good knowledge. I think He Shu is quite good, mom, does Wu Ning know?"

Zhulan wasn’t surprised Zhou Changlian had guessed it, with Mrs. Xue’s arrival the whole family probably knew, "We still need to wait for Wu Ming’s reply."

Zhou Changlian smiled, "I think Wu Ning and He Shu would make a good match."

As for Shi Qing and Wu Ning, he only noticed later, then mom took action. He didn’t think Wu Ning was suitable for Shi Qing either. Zhou Changlian, in his heart, considered Wu Ning as part of his own family, his little sister, and he truly hoped Wu Ning would find someone suitable.

Lady Dong stood up, "Mom, I’ll head back to the courtyard first. Yu Yi should be waking up."

"Go ahead."

Zhou Changlian also stood up, "Mom, I’ll accompany my wife back."

"Alright."

Zhou Changlian and Lady Dong left the courtyard. Zhou Changlian took Lady Dong’s somewhat chubby hand in his, the two holding an umbrella together. Zhou Changlian lowered his head and said, "Don’t overthink it. You are you, the Dong family is the Dong family. I, Zhou Changlian, won’t punish you because of the Dong family. You’ve married me, so you are my wife. The Zhou family doesn’t care about the family of the wife."

Lady Dong’s eyes reddened, she clutched her husband’s hand tighter. The unease about the future in her heart calmed, leaving only a feeling of warmth, "Mhm."

An hour later, the rain outside stopped, and Zhou Shuren only then finished his questioning. He was internally moved; the He family clan truly lived up to its reputation of having many who were educators – He Shu’s fundamentals were very solid. Zhou Shuren asked about many uncommon texts, and He Shu was able to respond intelligently.

He Shu, however, was dripping with cold sweat on his back, inwardly admiring Zhou Shuren’s extensive reading habits, and feeling regretful that he couldn’t catch Zhou Shuren’s eye, what a great master he would have been!

Zhou Chang Zhi’s eyes sparkled; He Shu wasn’t bad. He kind of wanted to give it a try, but seeing his dad glancing at him, it was over, he hadn’t written a single word in half an hour, "Dad, can you pretend I don’t exist?"

Zhou Shuren sneered coldly, "What do you think?"

Zhou Chang Zhi didn’t care about the presence of outsiders anymore, "Dad, please spare your son this once!"

He Shu was a bit dumbfounded, what was going on? He didn’t quite understand why the fourth young master Zhou was so scared!

Zhou Shuren smiled, "Chang Zhi."

Zhou Chang Zhi shivered, "Dad, please stop smiling."

In the past few months, dad had smiled at him too many times. He could even dream of dad’s smile, and it would scare him awake every time!