Zhou Ziming nodded. It seemed like this woman was not unreliable. She knew when to retreat and when to advance. He turned to look at his nephew, who looked like a little child even though he was already so old, and sighed. "Are you happy now?" The two of them were just a few years apart; why was it that Han Ruochen was like an adult in her sixties, but Zhai Heng was acting like he was still sixteen? In the end, the fault lies with his sister. She never paid any attention to her children and caused them to grow up crooked like this. Even if Old Master Zhai was taking care of the children, he was already old at that time.

How much energy could he pour into taking care of three children at a time?

However, it was a good thing that Zhai Heng ran into Han Ruochen; at least he had a good friend who was willing to take care of him and teach him the ways of the world or else he would have been schemed to death by Yun Tao.

Thinking about Yun Tao, Zhou Ziming had a headache. He never expected that this boy from the Yun family had so many thoughts in his head. He always thought that even if Yun Tao was not related to him in any way, as long as the child was sensible and obedient and did not have any bad intentions, he would take care of him and his family in the future. Because no matter what, Madam Yun had indeed taken care of his nephews and niece when he joined the army.

Who would have thought that Yun Tao did not inherit any skill or ability from the Zhai family; instead, he inherited all the bad habits as well as the temperament of the Yun family. Zhou Ziming sighed. Many years ago, when Madam Yun wanted to marry the young master of the Yun family, the Zhai family had strongly opposed her. They did not want to let her get married into a family like the Yun family.

It seemed like even though his brother-in-law had not paid much attention to his children, he was right in stopping his sister from marrying into the Yun family.

"Humph!" What was there to feel happy about? In the end, it was all the fault of his family members. If they had believed him instead of Yun Tao, then this stupid incident would have never occurred, and Han Ruochen would not have gotten angry with him. In the end, it was all their fault that he was being treated in such a manner. So what was there to feel great about?

Seeing him like this, Zhou Ziming knew that if the matter of Yun Tao hiring someone to beat him came to light, Zhai Heng might go crazy and start fighting with the man on the spot. He turned to look at Han Ruochen and gave her a look. He did not say anything, but Han Ruochen was smart enough to realise what he meant. She nodded.

She was not a fool. Zhai Heng was already quite upset with Yun Tao because of what happened at the meeting the day before. If she told him the truth about the day when he was beaten up and cornered by the thugs, he might do something that could gravely hurt him. How could Han Ruochen let Zhai Heng harm himself like that? So she was never going to tell the truth to Zhai Heng lest the man cause trouble for himself.

Anyway, Yun Tao and Zhai Heng were relatives; unless the two of them ended their relationship, there was no point in telling the truth to Zhai Heng. Look at what happened just now? Even though Yun Tao harmed him like this, he was still fine, was he not? It was all because the two of them were related and the families could not shake off their relationship.

"Ah Heng, should we go back home now?" Zhou Ziming was no longer worried. With Han Ruochen taking care of Zhai Heng, he would subsequently grow up slowly. No wonder people often said that women would grow up and become more mature than boys sooner.

When he came here, he did not have many expectations despite hearing that Han Ruochen was really good from his two nephews. It was not that he looked down on Han Ruochen; the woman was, after all, from the fishing village and she might have never seen the world. How could she know so many things? It must be someone behind her who was guiding her. But what he never expected was that not only was Han Ruochen calm and collected, but she was also straightforward and honest. It allowed him to have a rather smooth conversation that he liked. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Usually, he did not like talking with others, but as long as they were as smart as Han Ruochen, he could always share a point or two with them.

Zhai Heng looked at Han Ruochen. He saw that she was looking a bit tired and knew that the woman did not want to deal with them at the moment, so he nodded and went along with his uncle. The two of them returned along the path they came from. Soon, Zhou Ziming said to his nephew, "This little friend of yours is really something. You should learn more from her; she has the ability to decipher something that even your grandfather could not find out. It seemed like your brother is quite smart to leave you in her care."

Naturally, Zhou Ziming knew that it was Zhai Muchen who allowed Han Ruochen and Zhai Heng to interact.

"Of course, she is really smart. She used to work as an English teacher in the county; do you even know how hard it is to clinch that job? But she did it anyway. If not for her wretched and rotten fiance as well as her adopted sister, she would still be working as a teacher and wouldn’t have to go to the sea." Thinking about Yang Jianming and Han Ziyan, Zhai Heng was furious.