After the replacement of the military officer, the soft stepmother won

"Zhang Yuanyuan was very pitiful in the orphanage. Her big watery eyes looked very pitiful. What touched me most at the time was the way she looked at me... It was just like the kittens and puppies your mother took in at the time. So I adopted her."

"Zhang Yuanyuan was still very young at the time. In order to protect her, I lied and said she was my biological daughter. Your eldest brother also kept this a secret, so that the neighbors around didn't know Zhang Yuanyuan's background. In this way, I raised Zhang Yuanyuan as my own daughter."

"It's just that I was usually busy with work and neglected the education of my child. As a result, Zhang Yuanyuan was spoiled from childhood and developed this protective and arrogant personality. She even bullied you... I feel very uncomfortable when I think about this."

"It was my fault that I failed to protect Qiu Rong." Zhang Chengping sighed.

Shen Li is the daughter that Qiu Rong has always wanted to give birth to.

If Qiu Rong knew in the afterlife that her biological daughter was framed and treated like this by an adopted daughter, and that her eldest son was the adopted daughter's accomplice, she would feel so heartbroken.

I am the one who has let Qiu Rong down. I can only wait until I am buried a hundred years later and then confess and apologize to Qiu Rong in the underworld.

"Uncle Zhang, don't be too sad. No one could have controlled what happened back then." Shen Li sighed softly and comforted him.

Hearing Shen Li's address, Zhang Chengping knew that Shen Li had not let go of the grudge in her heart and she still refused to call him dad. But it didn't matter, he had plenty of time. He would double make up for the grievances and pain Shen Li had suffered over the years and repay her everything that originally belonged to Shen Li.

Zhang Chengping raised his face and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"Have you been doing well these years?" Zhang Chengping choked up a little. He looked at Shen Li sitting in the back seat of the car through the rearview mirror.

"My childhood was not very good. My stepmother treated me harshly and my adoptive father either beat or scolded me. But fortunately, I was lucky to meet Lu Jingchuan. I have been married to Lu Jingchuan and I live a happy life every day. It can be said that all the hardships have paid off." As Shen Li spoke, she looked into Lu Jingchuan's eyes and their fingers were tightly clasped.

"You are a miserable child." Zhang Chengping sighed and said, "When we return to Beijing, I will hold a big banquet for you and invite all your relatives and friends to come and recognize you as your relative. I will make up for all that you have deserved since you were a child."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhang, but there's no need to be so extravagant." Shen Li said.

"How can I not use it? You are my daughter. I must make sure that my daughter is happy every day and lives a happy life every day. Only in this way can I, as a father, fulfill my responsibilities and feel better." Zhang Chengping said.

Three days later, we finally arrived in Beijing.

Zhang Chengping took Shen Li and Lu Jingchuan to a restaurant of the highest standards with a private chef to have dinner. They went to a very private box.

The decoration inside the box is extremely luxurious, with a different view at every step, and it has a very European retro style.

"Xiao Li, take a look at what you want to eat?" Zhang Chengping handed the thick menu to Shen Li.

This menu has two versions, Chinese and English. Every dish on it is very exquisite and looks very good, and of course the prices are also very expensive.

"Uncle Zhang, aren't the dishes here a little too expensive?" Shen Li said as she flipped through the menu.

"Why is it expensive? It's not expensive at all! This restaurant is the best in the city, with a good reputation and good service! The chef of this restaurant is a returned overseas chef, so you can eat with confidence, I'll pay for everything." Zhang Chengping looked at Shen Li in front of him lovingly.

The more I look at her, the more I feel that Shen Li and Qiu Rong when she was young are very similar in their features.

How nice it would be if Qiu Rong were still alive, she would be able to see her precious daughter, who has grown up so big and become such a beautiful young lady.

He really wanted to tell Qiu Rong that his precious daughter was truly outstanding. She was a great military wife, outstanding and dazzling in every aspect.

If Qiu Rong could be alive, how happy she would be to see such a wonderful daughter.

Thinking of Qiu Rong, Zhang Chengping wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and quickly suppressed the bitterness.

Now is the auspicious day to find his daughter, he has to be happy.

"Okay then, I'll order French foie gras, Italian beef brisket stew, and sirloin black pepper steak." Shen Li handed the menu to Lu Jingchuan, "Jingchuan, is there anything you want to eat?"

"I'll just order the same as you." Lu Jingchuan said.

"Uncle Zhang, this is for you." Shen Li handed the menu to Zhang Chengping.

Zhang Chengping flipped through the menu and tapped on it with his slender fingers, "Give me one portion of this, this, this, and this."

The waiter in a waiter uniform beside him quickly took note of it. He said respectfully, "Okay, I'll notify the kitchen right away."

"Uncle Zhang, we can't finish all the food you ordered." Shen Li felt a little distressed.

This meal costs one thousand yuan.

According to the prices of this era, some ordinary workers cannot earn 1000 yuan even if they work diligently for a year without eating or drinking.

This meal was truly extravagant.

For Shen Li, the ingredients for these dishes are not expensive. What is expensive is the decoration style and presentation of the restaurant. The meals she makes herself taste very good.

"It's okay. If you can't finish it, just try every dish." Zhang Chengping looked at Shen Li lovingly.

"But that would be such a waste." Shen Li frowned.

Realizing that his behavior had upset his daughter, Zhang Chengping quickly explained, "It won't be wasted. We can pack up the rest and take it away. Then we can heat it up at home and continue to eat it."

"Of course, I am usually very frugal. I usually pack up what I can't finish at a restaurant."

Shen Li nodded, and she curled the corners of her lips into a faint smile.

Zhang Chengping finally breathed a sigh of relief, and at this moment there was a knock on the door of the box.

"Dad, are you in there?" Zhang Haibo's voice came from outside the door.

"Xiao Li, your elder brother is here. Today is the time for you to get to know your elder brother." Zhang Haibo stood up and went to open the door.

The moment the door opened, Shen Li saw Zhang Haibo outside the door.

This person also looks familiar, as if I have seen him somewhere before...

"It's you?" Zhang Haibo looked at Shen Li in surprise.

"Dad, you said you found your sister..." Zhang Haibo turned and looked at Zhang Chengping again.

"Yes, this is your sister, Shen Li." Zhang Chengping introduced her to him with a loving smile.

"What..." Zhang Haibo looked at Shen Li in astonishment. He didn't react for a moment. "Dad, could you be mistaken? How could she be my sister?"

"What's wrong with you, kid? You didn't recognize your own sister even when she was standing in front of you, right?" Zhang Haibo patted his head heavily. His face turned cold and he said seriously, "I have investigated countless times during this period and the result is that this is your mother's biological daughter, Shen Li!"

For a moment, Zhang Haibo was a little unsteady and his mind went blank.

If Shen Li is his biological sister, then he is helping his adopted sister Zhang Yuanyuan to bully his biological sister... What a stupid thing has he done?