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When he received Chen Muli's call, Zhuang Shaodong was sitting behind his desk eating his staff meal.

He just hung up a call to Xu You, and heard him complain that the beef stew in the cafeteria chewed like tree bark, and chatted for a while about the recipe for dinner. A phone call came in from Mu Li, the bereaved star.

"What's the matter?" Zhuang Shaodong dropped the chopsticks in his hand, and asked Chen Muli in a disturbed manner, "What's wrong with her this time?" If I remember correctly, the last time he called and said that Zhuang Li Yunxin had passed out; The last time I called to say that Zhuang Liyunxin had a heart attack; the last time...

When he rushed home in a hurry, Zhuang Li Yunxin sat there drinking her afternoon tea in a decent manner, with an expression of "I knew it, otherwise you would never come back".So every time he received a call from Assistant Chen, he would be full of will-o'-the-wisps.

"Ma'am today..."

"Madam must not have heard the story of the wolf coming today." Zhuang Shaodong interrupted him angrily, "Chen Muli, don't you find it boring to talk nonsense all the time?"

Chen Muli's voice was very flat, "It's not boring, thank you, young master, for your concern."

Zhuang Shaodong rubbed his painful forehead, "What happened to her?"

"Madam fainted during the meeting, and is now in Ward 408, Building A, inpatient building of Union Medical College Hospital." Chen Muli hung up the phone simply after finishing speaking.

Zhuang Shaodong cursed a foul word, walked around the office twice in a state of distraught, took his keys and wallet, and resigned himself to go out to visit a doctor.

At the very beginning when he received the call, Zhuang Shaodong always wished he could get on the rocket and run home. Later...no matter what Chen Muli said, Zhuang Shaodong would automatically synthesize a sentence in his mind: The Queen Mother summons.As for the location of the summons, most of them are old houses, a small part is in the office, and occasionally a cameo scene in the hospital.

So Zhuang Shaodong walked two streets reluctantly, roughly sorting out what he planned to say to her in his mind, and then bought a bouquet of perfumed lilies at the flower shop on the roadside according to the occasion.This thing looks good, but it's just a decoration.Although Zhuang Liyunxin doesn't like flowering plants very much, she likes to be given flowers to her.Zhuang Shaodong felt that what she liked was that kind of vain thing: the feeling of being taken seriously.

Zhuang Shaodong disapproved of this hobby.In his opinion, whether a person cares about another person has nothing to do with whether he expresses it in this fancy way.Just like Zhuang Shiwen, he would send gifts to Zhuang Liyunxin's mother and son every year on their birthdays. What does this mean?It was just giving him a legitimate opportunity to disgust himself.At least that's what Zhuang Shaodong thought. The things he received were all thrown into the attic without being opened.

When Zhuang Shaodong walked to the door of the ward, he was still thinking: Do you want to find a chance to have a good talk with Zhuang Shiwen?No matter how you look at it, the root of these troubles is Zhuang Shiwen's irresponsible abandonment of his wife and son.But going to see that person... just thinking about it, I feel that I have lost my appetite.

A burst of crisp laughter came from the half-closed door.

Zhuang Shaodong paused when he was about to push the door, and knocked lightly on the door twice.

"Come in." Zhuang Liyunxin's voice sounded full of energy, as if the visitor in the ward made her feel happy, and there was a slight hint of laughter in her voice.

Zhuang Shaodong pushed open the door, and saw Zhuang Li Yunxin sitting leaning against the head of the bed, with an infusion needle stuck on one arm.She was wearing a hospital gown, and her hair was pulled back in a loose bun.Although there is light makeup on his face, it can be seen that his complexion is not very good-looking, but he looks quite energetic.

A young lady in a light-colored suit was sitting on the chair beside the bed. When she saw someone push the door open, a big smile appeared on her face, "Hi, Shaodong, long time no see."

Zhuang Shaodong suddenly realized that he had been fooled again.He glanced at Zhuang Li Yunxin on the hospital bed, she was looking at him slightly with squinted eyes and a smile.Zhuang Shaodong thought sarcastically: Today, do you intend to continue to play the role of a business elite and instead play the role of a kind mother?

"Long time no see, Zuo Yan." Zhuang Shaodong walked over slowly, and casually threw the bouquet in his hand on the low cabinet beside the bed, "Thank you for coming all the way to chat with Ms. Li, aren't you busy recently?"

"It's okay." Zuo Yan didn't seem to hear the sarcasm in his words, and said with a smile: "Bonnie had her birthday last weekend, I thought I could see you, why didn't I go?"

"Bonnie?" Zhuang Shaodong tilted his head and thought for a while, then asked her a little uncertainly, "That silly girl with red hair from the Chen family?"

"Shaodong, why are you talking?" Zhuang Li Yunxin was slightly annoyed, then she turned to Zuo Yan and explained with a smile, "Miss Zuo, don't mind, Shaodong has always disliked girls who are too trendy."

"It's okay." Zuo Yan pursed her lips and smiled, "I don't know Bonnie very well either."

Zhuang Shaodong said in his heart that I don't know you very well either.However, the island city is only so big, and there are more or less big families who have some business contacts. Naturally, the children of the clan often meet.Even if there is no deep friendship, at least they are familiar with each other.This is the case with him and Zuo Yan.

The grandparents of the Zuo family seem to have started their business with catering, and the dealer's business focus is not on this aspect, so the two families have no business contacts.But judging from what Zhuang Li Yunxin meant, did he want to continue to expand the dealer's business field?Thinking of this, Zhuang Shaodong felt more and more that he couldn't let her know that he already had a sky garden in his hand.

Zhuang Shaodong sat down on the sofa by the door, looked Zhuang Li Yunxin up and down, "Chen Moli said you passed out during the meeting, I just asked the doctor, she said you need to rest, what's going on?"

Zhuang Shaodong already had preconceived notions, and the doctor spoke vaguely, so he felt a little unhappy.I feel that Zhuang Liyunxin is also an elderly person who always makes up lies about her health, as if she is cursing herself, which makes him feel very unlucky.

Zhuang Liyunxin could naturally hear the complaints in her son's words, so she smiled and said: "It's just that I didn't have a good rest, and I suffered from hypoglycemia. It's nothing serious, and Lao Chen didn't worry too much."

Zhuang Shaodong pursed his lips, and said expressionlessly: "Let's put down the company's affairs and have a good rest."

Zhuang Li Yunxin smiled and nodded, "I'm fine, I'll sleep for a while. You can take Miss Zuo back."

Zhuang Shaodong glanced at her indifferently, then turned his head and said to Zuo Yan: "You wait for me downstairs, I will come down after I have a few words to say."

Zuo Yan nodded, bid farewell to Zhuang Li Yunxin obediently, and retreated first by herself.

Zhuang Li Yunxin watched Zuo Yan walk out of the ward, the smile on her face faded a little, "What do you want to say?"

Zhuang Shaodong looked directly at her, with a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, "You have always told me that I am your emotional support, and I have always thought so. But now I suddenly realize that I am just a pawn in your hand That's all. Mother, you are such a disappointment."

Zhuang Li Yunxin looked away, "Shaodong, I know you don't appreciate it, but you have to know that I did this for your own good."

"For my own good? Really?" Zhuang Shaodong slowly shook his head, "Look, you've been acting for so long that you can't even tell the truth to your own son."

Zhuang Liyunxin's face changed, "Shaodong..."

"When Zhuang Shiwen left home, did you redeem it?" Zhuang Shaodong paid attention to the slightest expression on her face, and the disappointment in his heart gradually deepened, "No. I used to think that he left you, and you were a victim until Now I realize that you are the winner when he leaves. Because only when he leaves, the banker will fall into your hands, not in the hands of him, the eldest son of the banker's family. Maybe you forced him It’s not certain to go.”

Zhuang Li Yunxin's expression changed suddenly, and she flicked the water glass on the low cabinet to the ground.The glass shattered with a bang, and the water droplets splashed onto Zhuang Shaodong's trousers, but he did not move, and continued to say indifferently: "The dealer is in your hands, but your daughter-in-law's identity is not justified. So you still need a puppet to take the lead for you. So you think that I am your son, so I should let you rub it round and flat to match your endless desire, is that right?"

"Shaodong," Zhuang Li Yunxin stroked her chest and panted slightly, "You are the eldest grandson of the eldest house, and you should be the head of the Zhuang family. Don't be confused..."

"You think I'm a weak puppet, so you recruited the Zuo family to consolidate your power." Zhuang Shaodong smiled wryly, "Mother, what do you think of me?"

Zhuang Liyunxin tried to appease her agitated son, "Shaodong, listen to me, Zuoyan is very sensible and smart. She promised me that she would not interfere with your life too much even after marriage. She Knowing the necessity of family marriage, and the position of her family in the Zuo family is very important..."

Zhuang Shaodong laughed loudly, "It seems that you are satisfied with the price of selling your son."

Zhuang Li Yunxin was stunned, and then a somewhat disheartened look appeared on her face, "I have planned so much for you, why do you always not appreciate it?"

Zhuang Shaodong shook his head, "I'm sorry, the plans I feel are all for you. I don't think there is a single thing that you really do for me."

There was a gleam of water in Zhuang Li Yunxin's eyes, "Shaodong, in this family, if even you don't believe me..."

Zhuang Shaodong looked away in annoyance, "Please don't do this."

Zhuang Li Yunxin quickly put away her weeping expression, "What are you going to do?"

Zhuang Shaodong stood up and looked at her without blinking, "Two plans. One, you give up the dealer, and I will support you."

Zhuang Li Yunxin was stunned, and then a sneer appeared on his face, "You support me?"

Zhuang Shaodong nodded, "I take care of you. It's like a mother and child in an ordinary family. We can live together, and occasionally go out to travel together. When I'm not working, I'll accompany you shopping and sit in a cafe on the street drinking coffee. , basking in the sun."

Zhuang Liyunxin was silent.

"I remember you used to like swimming, but you haven't been in the water in recent years. We can build a swimming pool in the yard, and we can swim for two hours every day when the weather is good. You can grow some beautiful plants by the pool, leaves The kind that hangs all the way to the pool. I remember seeing a picture like that when I was a kid, and you said you liked it..."

Zhuang Liyunxin interrupted him, "What's the second plan?"

Zhuang Shaodong pursed his lips, and what he was going to say next made him feel extremely difficult.However, he couldn't help but say that if she gave her the illusion that she might be shaken, if she believed that she would be persuaded by her performance, then the days to come would really be difficult.

"Second, you should continue to stay in the dealership to achieve your career. Just pretend...just pretend you never gave birth to a son with no ambitions like me."

Zhuang Li Yunxin suspected that she had heard it wrong, "You want to sever ties with me...?!"

Zhuang Shaodong didn't want to say such a decisive word of severing the relationship, what's more, what he said about living their own lives didn't mean that he would stand idly by if something happened to Zhuang Liyunxin.He just didn't want to be pinched by her again to justify her ambition.

Zhuang Liyunxin closed her eyes, "You really think so?"

Zhuang Shaodong didn't make a sound.

"You go back." Zhuang Li Yunxin waved her hand wearily, "I will seriously consider what you said."