Chapter 1243: Chapter 1243: Zou Yi

Su Qing wanted to say something but hesitated for a moment and ultimately did not speak.

The brother-in-law rarely spoke much at home, but anyone who paid attention would realize that whenever he did speak, his words carried immense weight. Even Big Sister wouldn’t refute them.

Forget it!

Su Qing suppressed the unease in her heart and nodded in agreement.

Su Xue didn’t know Zhou Hengguang, only having heard that he was her brother-in-law’s brother. Since the brother-in-law had arranged for his brother to accompany them back home, it couldn’t be more suitable. Hearing this, she also nodded and thanked him, “Thank you, brother-in-law.”

“You’re welcome.”

Once they had agreed, Su Qing and the others went to change their clothes. The temperature in their hometown was colder than in the city, and the wind was very strong. A cashmere coat definitely wouldn’t do; they had to change into warm down jackets. Their shoes were also switched to high-top Doc Martens boots suitable for walking.

Fearing they wouldn’t make it back in time the same day, they also packed their luggage and some essential travel items.

The sisters finished packing quickly, and Zhou Hengyang immediately made travel arrangements. He first called the youngest brother’s home, and when no one answered, he called the office.

The person answering the phone wasn’t Ji Fang but was also very familiar.

“Zou Yi?”

“Zhou Hengyang!” The person on the phone was also pleasantly surprised to hear Zhou Hengyang’s voice and immediately laughed, “It’s been so long since I’ve seen you, I’m so happy to hear your voice. How have you been recently? Every time I call the Third Brother, he seems impatient.”

After speaking, he chuckled foolishly.

Zhou Hengyang also unconsciously smiled, “Quite well, when did you come back?”

Speaking of Zou Yi, the Zhou family was very familiar with him. He was the childhood friend of the third brother, Zhou Hengguang. Back then, when the three brothers were small, the eldest and the second brother got along well, but the third one was always tagging along unwanted. Whenever Zhou Hengguang felt annoyed, he would go out on the streets and pick up a buddy for himself.

That person was Zou Yi.

Zou Yi, an orphan on the verge of starvation, was picked up by Zhou Hengguang and brought home. Luckily, no one in the Zhou family opposed it, and from then on, they raised him as their own son, providing him with education no different from their own children.

Zou Yi was very grateful and devoted all his attention to Zhou Hengguang, who had saved him. Ever since he was young, he was like a little tail following Zhou Hengguang. Whenever Zhou Hengguang was ill and hospitalized, Zou Yi would silently shed tears, crying like a child bride who had been bullied.

The second brother even teased him about it, saying that he must be afraid that if Hengguang died, he’d go hungry.

At first, it was indeed like that. However, as time went by, Zou Yi realized that since he had been accepted by the Zhou family, they wouldn’t just send him away, but he was still anxious whenever Zhou Hengguang fell ill.

Zhou Hengguang couldn’t do without him in whatever he did, including when he went to college to study architecture. But grown-up Zhou Hengguang was more of a scoundrel than he was as a child, which was off-putting. Unwilling to have Zou Yi following him, after graduating from college, he sent him abroad.

That was ostensibly for further studies.

Although Zou Yi wasn’t as intellectually gifted as Zhou Hengguang, he was countless times more hardworking and diligent. Together, Zou Yi was invariably seen as the good man and good kid in the eyes of their elders, peers, and teachers.

It’s no wonder Zhou Hengguang found Zou Yi annoying.

With such a person around to contrast with, it made him seem more like a refined good-for-nothing.

“Zhou Hengyang, I returned to the country yesterday. I heard the young master was sick again, and I couldn’t rest easy, so I hurried back,” Zou Yi said like a worried old mother, launching into a non-stop tirade.

“The Third Brother has it tough, with so much to manage. I had no idea. He was transferred from the Capital back to the Province and didn’t even bring his two secretaries with him. The one he has now is so inadequate; I don’t even know what to say. I don’t understand what the Third Brother was thinking. Such a secretary is just a burden to him.”

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