Right in front of everyone, he urinated on the table!
“Ah… What are you doing?”
“Ahhh!”
“Ah! Dad… what are you doing?”
Zhou Ye, sitting in the corner, naturally remained unaffected!
Unlike the others who were panicking, she slowly stood to the side and lowered her head!
Aunt Yu Wen was the most flustered, pointing at Uncle Zhou Yuanyao and screaming: “You… Old Zhou, what are you doing?”
Uncle seemed still immersed in the relief from moments before, his pupils slightly dilated, brows relaxed, breathing rapid…
“Zhou Yuanyao!”
Yu Wen’s sharp shout made Uncle tremble all over…
Suddenly snapping back to reality and realizing what he was doing, he frantically pulled up his pants, face full of disbelief!
“I… I…”
Zhou Zijiao and Zhou Ziyue hid behind their mother, not daring to look at their father!
What had just happened was too frightening!
Zhou Zijun, as the eldest son, reacted fastest: “Dad, why don’t you go upstairs to rest? We’ll clean up here!”
Zhou Yuanyao went upstairs with an ugly expression, not even daring to look anyone in the eye!
Zhou Ye glanced at the mess on the table and, while her uncle was still on the stairs, stood up and said softly: “Aunt, although Uncle isn’t my biological father, I should be the one to clean this up. My sisters probably shouldn’t have to handle this. After all, this is…”
Yu Wen’s expression turned grim as she glanced subtly at Zhou Yuanyao’s retreating back. If she really didn’t let her children help, her husband would likely take offense!
“No need. Children should be filial! Zijiao, Ziyue, go get the rags!” Yu Wen ordered.
Zhou Ye looked at the relieved figure on the stairs…
Leaning against the wall, she curled her lips slightly: “Aunt, my sisters might be afraid of getting dirty. I should do it!”
Saying this, she almost competitively grabbed the rag and prepared to clean.
“They won’t be afraid!”
But as soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Zijiao screamed: “I’m afraid, of course I’m afraid! That’s urine! Zhou Ye, you clean it!”
Zhou Ziyue reacted even more strongly, hopping disgustedly on the spot and shouting: “Mom, just let Zhou Ye clean it! I won’t do this kind of servant’s work!”
Immediately, Yu Wen could clearly feel her husband’s angry footsteps on the stairs. All these years, he had been the absolute authority at home – when had he ever been looked down upon like this?
And now, by his own daughters no less.
Zhou Yuanyao turned around furiously: “You ungrateful wretches!”
Yu Wen, startled, immediately snatched the rag from Zhou Ye’s hands and wiped a few times herself. Just as Zhou Yuanyao’s expression began to improve…
“Urgh…”
Yu Wen vomited directly!
Well, that made the smell on the dining table even more bizarre.
“You… all of you!”
The sound of a door slamming “Bang!” left everyone downstairs in silence.
Zhou Ye tilted her head, suppressing her inner turmoil, calmly watching everyone. This was only the beginning!
Yu Wen wiped haphazardly a couple more times before dry heaving until she could barely breathe. Even so, she sternly made Zhou Zijiao and Zhou Ziyue help clean the dining table completely!
When Zhou Yuanyao came downstairs and saw this, his expression improved considerably.
After all, how could the head of the household be looked down upon!
“Uncle is going to work now. Zhou Ye, you must go shopping today and buy some clothes. What a good child you are!”
Uncle was very satisfied with Zhou Ye’s performance earlier.
Zhou Ye took the hundred yuan from her uncle, saying gratefully, “Thank you, Uncle. You’re so kind to me!”
Zhou Yuanyao nodded and left.
Yu Wen looked displeased, but before she could say anything, Zhou Ye directly handed the money to her: “Aunt, this is for you!”
Then she gazed at Yu Wen with admiration.
The reprimand Yu Wen had been about to utter died on her lips.
“Keep it yourself. Go buy some clothes!”
With that, she too left.
Zhou Ye stood rooted to the spot, looking helplessly at the others: “Brother, sister, what should I do with this money?”
Zhou Zijiao snatched it away: “How can you have the nerve to take my dad’s money?”
Zhou Ye hung her head, appearing weak and incompetent.
“Tch, whatever. My dad told me to take you clothes shopping. Follow me! Don’t say our family mistreats you!”
Zhou Ye trailed closely behind Zhou Zijiao as they left.
At the mall, Zhou Zijiao casually spent twenty yuan to buy Zhou Ye two shirts and called it done, spending the rest on herself.
Just after leaving the mall…
“Sister… do you think this necklace looks nice?”
A silver chain suddenly dangled before Zhou Zijiao’s eyes, swaying back and forth…
“It… it looks nice…”
Zhou Ye’s eyes were cold as she stared at Zhou Zijiao, a strange smile curling her lips.
Avoiding others, Zhou Ye returned to the Zhou house. Only Zhou Ziyue was inside, sleeping lazily. Zhou Ye blew a little medicinal powder, and Zhou Ziyue fell into an even deeper slumber.
Rifling through drawers and cabinets, Zhou Ye finally found a loose brick under Zhou Yuanyao and his wife’s bed. Lifting it, she discovered a bankbook registered under Zhou Ye’s name.
A full hundred thousand yuan!
Hah…
How dare Uncle’s family do this!
Not only was there a bankbook, but there were also five gold bars in the cavity!
Zhou Ye couldn’t figure out where the gold bars came from. Could they have been left by her father? Or perhaps her grandfather?
No! In her previous life, only the bankbooks were mentioned. Zhou Yuanyao wouldn’t have hidden anything in his extreme excitement.
Then… where did these gold bars come from?
Setting aside her doubts, she stored both the bankbook and the gold bars in her dimension. Zhou Ye continued searching the house for a long time…
Valuable nanmu chests, huanghuali tables, thick winter quilts, pork in the kitchen…
To ensure she could continue living there, Zhou Ye only took a small portion.
After all, this was the legacy her parents had built!
Glancing toward Zhou Ziyue’s room, Zhou Ye turned and left.
“Sister… Sister Zijiao, what are you thinking about?”
Zhou Ye waved her hand, startling Zhou Zijiao: “What are you doing?”
Zhou Ye said pitifully and timidly, “Sister was spacing out. What were you thinking about? I called you several times!”
Zhou Zijiao was about to retort but found herself at a loss. What had she been thinking about just now? It seemed like she saw a necklace?
Puzzled, she asked, “Do you have a necklace?”
Zhou Ye looked blank: “Huh? What necklace?”
Zhou Zijiao thought again—right, when Zhou Ye first arrived, she didn’t bring so much as a thread with her. How could she possibly have a necklace?
She must have imagined it.
“Tch, what a hassle! We’ve bought the clothes. Let’s go. It’s getting late. Don’t you have to go back and cook lunch?”
“Yes, sister. Let’s hurry back!”
“Zijiao! What took you so long? Something’s happened at your house!” Neighbor Aunt Li urgently stopped the two, who had been walking along absentmindedly.
Zhou Zijiao was greatly alarmed, wondering, “Could it be that Father’s affairs have been leaked? Who could it be? Zhou Ye is with me, and the only outsider in the house had no opportunity. Then who could it be?”
Panic-stricken, the two approached and saw Yu Wen weeping bitterly at the door!
Meanwhile, Zhou Yuanyao was frantically shouting and searching inside the house, as if looking for something crucial.
Upon seeing Zhou Ye return, he rushed out like a madman, raising his hand high…