Chapter 351 - Zhou Qingling’s Identity I (2/2)
Senior Zhou paused by the door for a moment, then walked back to focus on Jiang Ruolan's face and her calm expression.
He went straight to the point and his gaze was bright. Senior Zhou and Old Man Xian were the same type of people who showed their might without anger.
Even though Senior Zhou was old, he still looked full of spirit when he stood on the side of the bed.
”Miss Jiang once planned to do business reporting on my family. I was afraid before I returned to my homeland, you had already taken control of some of my Zhou Family.” Senior Zhou lightly said.
Jiang Ruolan pursed her lips, ”This is the first time you have returned to H City after more than a few years. Some information needs to be known by the domestic business media to avoid any mistakes occurred in the exchange.”
”You know I only have one son who died young? And Zhou Shufen is my only granddaughter?”
”I know.”
Although Jiang Ruolan knew, she still hesitated for a moment.
Senior Zhou turned around and walked to the window not far away from her bed. He looked outside and after a moment of silence, he slowly said, ”I have a suspicious nature and I was always very careful when I was young. Although my personality is very orderly, but also because I am too careful and full of suspicion, I have made the biggest mistake in my life.”
”My wife gave me two children and my eldest son, Zhou Deming is Zhou Shufen's father. Unfortunately, he passed away when he was still very young. As for the other child …” Senior Zhou paused before sighing, ”It was a daughter, but my wife was pregnant with this daughter at the time when I was working abroad. At that time, I was still in the Ministry and my wife's relationship with some politicians was very good. Then one day, news of my wife having dinner with one of them spread to me and when I returned from public service, my wife became pregnant. The time the doctor said she became pregnant happened to be during the month I wasn't there.”
Jiang Ruolan frowned as she heard that. She looked at Senior Zhou's straight figure with some doubts.
”Maybe it was because I was still young back then, so my mentality was different. When I heard about it, I was so furious and hated her. A woman who dared to betray me and even more so, I hated the fact that she, who had slept with me for so many years, had fallen in love with another man.”
”At that time, she didn't say a single word, and only continued to stare at me with tears in her eyes as I continued to beat her. I was so angry that I hit her until she bled from her groin. I was able to recover some of my wits when I saw her lying there weak. I rushed her to the hospital. The doctor said that I had lost the child and as for my wife, she was very weak.”
”I didn't want to see her so I decided to report to the military directly and sign a divorce agreement. From then on, I would no longer care about her life or death.”
”This is the biggest humiliation I've ever felt in my entire life, and I don't want to talk about it to anyone.”
”I also said to the outside world that I only have one son. I had been busy with work for a few years and had no mood to coax some troublesome women. I didn't remarry after the divorce. That matter was also sealed in the past and was never mentioned again.”
Senior Zhou suddenly sighed, as if all the energy in his body was depleted for a moment, ”Twenty-five years ago, I was physically and mentally exhausted due to some very difficult and troublesome cases. Then my son died. I left this country and no longer bother about politics. I focused on raising Zhou Shufen. Since then, my whole mind has been focused on her, my precious granddaughter.”
”Then, about ten years ago, I met a doctor at a Chinese hospital in the United States. The doctor knew me and he told me that my wife was still alive when she was sent to the hospital that year, but since she was too weak, she had to recover in the hospital.”
”Then he told me that my wife was misdiagnosed due to her undeveloped internal medicine and her special physical condition. She was pregnant for two months, not one month.”
After saying that, Senior Zhou raised his hand and rubbed his forehead. He said tiredly, ”From then on, I paid the price for my suspicion. She didn't lose the child and the daughter that she gave birth to was never found.”
”That doctor told me that on the day my wife gave birth to my daughter, she called some of her friends and entrusted my daughter to one of the young women. I knew that her friends came from prominent families, so after learning the truth, I specially went to investigate. Unfortunately, when I find out the truth, it was already too late.”
”In the first few years, finding my daughter had always been the biggest thing on my mind. I wanted to find her, atone for my past mistakes, and make up for the harm that had been caused by her mother and me, but those people hid her too deeply. I only found out later on that her name was Zhou Qingling.”