SFS Chapter 269: The bombshell that has been buried for many years
Chapter 269: The bombshell that has been buried for many years
Zhao Xiaojing only took a glance and immediately understood what Dong Mei meant. She was asking her whether the photo of Zhou Jianye when he was a child looked like the child Zhou Jianye was holding in the phone.
More than just similar, they are simply carved from the same mold.
"Resemble." said Zhao Xiaojing.
Dong Mei opened her mouth, as if she wanted to laugh or cry. After making a few breathy sounds, her expression visibly cracked. She pulled Zhao Xiaojing and wanted to speak, but then she closed her mouth tightly. She seemed to be trying hard to remain calm, but strong sobs came out of her throat, making her whole body tremble.
After a few sobs, Dong Mei could no longer hold back and opened her mouth. She gasped for breath while snot, tears, and uncontrollable crying began to burst out.
Zhao Xiaojing hurriedly took the tissues and kept stuffing them into Dong Mei's hands. She patted Dong Mei's back to comfort her and couldn't stop crying when she saw her like this.
"I won't run away, I won't run away." Dong Mei cried for a long time, and the sobbing gradually stopped, leaving only tears flowing out. She repeated this sentence intermittently.
"Aunt San, what didn't run away?" Zhao Xiaojing asked with red eyes.
"That child is definitely Zhou Jianye's son. Zhou Jianye has been lying to me from the beginning!" Dong Mei's voice became hoarse as she spoke, and she burst into tears again.
After Zhao Xiaojing brought tea, water and towels again, and Dong Mei covered her eyes with the hot towel for a long time, Zhao Xiaojing slowly figured out the reason.
It turns out that this woman was not only Zhou Jianye’s junior high school classmate, but also Zhou Jianye’s ex-girlfriend. They had been together before.
When Dong Mei met Zhou Jianye, they were both in the factory. At that time, Dong Mei had been working in the production post for two years. Because she was good at writing news drafts, she was deeply loved by the secretary. The secretary repeatedly asked their team leader for people and also introduced a handsome young man who had just been assigned to the factory to her. That man was Zhou Jianye.
Dong Mei had never been in a relationship at that time. Her longing for love all came from the romance novels and martial arts novels of the time. She was completely attracted to cool, macho boys. As soon as she saw Zhou Jianye with thick eyebrows and big eyes, tall stature, and a low profile when they met, she agreed halfway.
In addition, when the secretary introduced him to her, he repeatedly told her that the other party was a good candidate and was very steady and experienced in dealing with people. If the two of them worked hard together in the future, they would surely be able to rise to great heights.
Dong Mei was moved by what she heard, so she directly expressed her willingness to date the secretary. Soon after, she heard from the secretary that Zhou Jianye was also willing, so the two officially confirmed their relationship. A winter later, with the secretary's matchmaking, the parents of both parties met, visited each other, and decided on the marriage.
It was not until the marriage was arranged that Dong Mei found out that the secretary was actually related to Zhou Jianye's family. He was Zhou Jianye's uncle, and it was because of his relationship that Zhou Jianye was able to join the factory. Dong Mei suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the secretary had promised the young man that he had a future when introducing him to the young man. It turned out that he was a relative of his.
After the marriage was decided, the two sides invited the matchmaker, Zhou Jianye's uncle, to have a drink together at home. On the day of preparing the feast, Dong Mei was helping in the kitchen when Zhou Jianye's uncle suddenly came over and called her to go to the door and call Zhou Jianye back.
Dong Mei went out of the door inexplicably, and saw Zhou Jianye standing at the door, talking to a girl with his head down. Both of their eyes were red. When the girl saw her, she just nodded at her and hurried away with tears in her eyes.
Dong Mei noticed something was wrong and pulled Zhou Jianye to ask him. Zhou Jianye just said that the girl was his classmate and wanted to go back to the room. Dong Mei refused to give in. Seeing that the two were about to have a quarrel, Zhou Jianye's uncle came out to smooth things over and explained to Dong Mei that the girl was Zhou Jianye's ex-girlfriend, but her family situation was complicated, and the two had not been together for long and did not have much affection. His family did not agree, so Zhou Jianye took the initiative to break up.
He also said that the girl had been engaged and was getting married ahead of them, and that he came here just to send an invitation to Zhou Jianye.
Dong Mei was half-believing and half-doubting. Although she didn't quite believe that the two of them had no feelings for each other just because their eyes were red from talking at the door for a few minutes, but she heard that the girl was about to get married, and she did see Zhou Jianye holding a red invitation card in his hand, and with his uncle's repeated assurances, she let the matter go.
Later, Dong Mei never saw her again. She only recognized her when she was moving and sorting out photo albums. She even had a big quarrel with Zhou Jianye over the photos. Zhou Jianye again refused to admit that they were back together. He said that Dong Mei was too suspicious. They were just ordinary classmates. He went to congratulate them on their wedding. There was no way she would cry or have red eyes. The photos were just group photos of classmates. Who would keep them specially? He said that Dong Mei was just looking for trouble.
Dong Mei was extremely angry, but Zhou Chuyan had just been born at that time and there were a lot of things waiting for her at home. After arguing twice, she lost interest in the argument and was too lazy to continue. She just stuffed the photo album into the cabinet and was done with it.
Unexpectedly, so much time had passed in a flash, and what she thought was a small episode turned out to be a blockbuster bomb that had been buried for many years. She immediately thought of this woman when she saw the photo for the first time. When she recalled and compared it with the previous one, she was suddenly shocked and terrified.
Dong Mei was still in a trance and in disbelief. After hearing the story, Zhao Xiaojing was shocked that three people had been entangled for decades, but she also breathed a sigh of relief.
This cancer is buried too deeply. It will be a relief if it is exposed one day earlier. Dong Mei can live her own life earlier if it is exposed earlier.
Although she couldn't accept the truth now that she suddenly knew it, being truly trapped in it would be a disaster. Dong Mei's weight was no match for those two people.
Although she said that she was about to retire and had time to spend in Mingcheng, in fact, she had never been idle in her previous life until Zhao Xiaojing's death.
Zhou Jianye's parents had not been in good health to begin with, and in the following years they were constantly hospitalized due to serious illnesses. They were all left to Dong Mei's care, and Zhou Jianye rarely came back.
Although he was past retirement age, he went back to work at the construction site under the pretext of earning money for his parents' medical treatment and stayed in Mingcheng. He did get more money at that time, but it was all used to fill the hole of his parents' serious illness and hospitalization. Not only did Dong Mei not get a penny, but she was exhausted by the end of taking care of them, and even her own health was not very good.
Zhao Xiaojing looked at Dong Mei, who was crying heartbroken again, but did not do anything impulsively. She called Zhou Jianye to question him, and went to Zhou Jianye's parents' house to throw things and lose her temper. She secretly sighed that she didn't know whether she had grown up or her edges had been worn down. She learned to be calm after such a big thing. After all, these decades have changed the person who used to be intolerant of the slightest sand in his eyes and shouted for killing.
"Third Aunt, you may be sad, but he will be back tomorrow. What do you want to do?"
"What should I do? I want him to die!" Dong Mei gritted her teeth with red eyes.