Sole decision

When Zhou Ce was discharged from the hospital, he went to see Zhou Xiangyun. He was still the same, neither getting better nor worse.It was chaotic outside, everything started from him, but it had nothing to do with him.

In order to welcome Zhou Ce to be discharged from the hospital, the chef at home deliberately cooked a few more delicious dishes.When the brothers sat down, Zhou Ling sat on the main seat naturally.Zhou Ce can't drink alcohol yet, so he toasted them with tea instead of wine, which was a joy.

After drinking for three rounds, Zhou Ling lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, tapped the cigarette butt lightly with his fingers, and said, "Everyone is here today, I have something to announce."

Everyone looked at him in unison, waiting for the content behind him.

"I plan to cooperate with the Wang family on that project."

"I don't agree." Zhou Jian didn't even think about it, "If Dad sat here, he wouldn't agree."

"How do you know? Dad didn't say anything dead at that time, he needed time to think." Zhou Ling said, "I have a professional team evaluate them, and the risk can be minimized. Brother, we are all businessmen, right?"

Zhou Jian whispered, "You should know, this is not a business."

Zhou Ling smiled, picked up a cigarette, and puffed out: "I know you have always had a hard time getting over Dad's selection of me as heir, and every yard is worth every penny. Don't let this kind of resentment affect your business judgment."

Zhou Jian said, "Have you ever thought about how Dad would feel if he woke up and found out about this?"

"He can only support me, because I was chosen by him." Zhou Ling said, "Could it be that the Zhou family will stop doing business if Dad doesn't wake up? It's not like you don't know what's going on outside now, everyone They are all staring at the position of the president of the union. Several other families have reached a preliminary intention with the Wang family. If we don't enter the game, do you want to be besieged by them? Do you still want to use that set of fire and fight? way to solve the problem?"

Zhou Jian looked at Zhou Ling: "Then why do you have the final say?"

"Just because I am in charge now." Zhou Ling replied firmly.

"Are you in charge?" Zhou Jian sneered, "Then... where is the knife?"

Zhou Ling slapped the table and stood up, glaring.Zhou Jian looked up at Zhou Ling, still smiling.The family carnival atmosphere at the dinner table took a turn for the worse and became tense.

"Big brother and second brother, peace is the most important thing between brothers." Zhou Ang came out to smooth things over, "Today is the day Ah Ce is discharged from the hospital, so let's stop talking about these unpleasant things."

Zhou Jian said, "I don't find anything unpleasant."

"Talk, let him talk." Zhou Ling said, "If he can't understand this matter, I don't think he can swallow it for the rest of his life!"

The "knife" mentioned in the Zhou Jian is the law knife handed down by the head of the Zhou family - the mantra law knife.Generally, after formally accepting family affairs, they are passed on by the previous generation of family members, and everyone uses this as a real transfer of power.Now Zhou Ling only has a name, but Zhou Xiangyun had an accident before handing over to him, which makes Zhou Ling's current status a bit embarrassing, and it is also the real reason for Zhou Jian's dissatisfaction.

"Dad is still recovering from his injury, so you have to cooperate with the Wang family in a hurry. Zhou Ling, what are you thinking?" Zhou Jian said, "Are you sure that the Wang family did not interfere with Dad's assassination?"

"What do you mean?" Zhou Ling snapped.

"You two..." Zhou Ang stood up.

"Cough!" Zhou Ce coughed suddenly. No matter how loud the noise was, he wiped his mouth as if he hadn't seen it. Zhou Jian and Zhou Ling seemed to be taking this opportunity to clarify some things.They would always be like this when they were young, and they would turn the world upside down while the adults were not at home.Zhou Ang was very timid, he wanted to fight but didn't dare, so he could only hide aside, often Zhou Jian and Zhou Ling fought fiercely, and it was Zhou Ang who cried the most.

Zhou Ce would not interfere with their affairs, so he asked Zhou Ang to ignore them, and Zhou Ang was very embarrassed.Later Zhou Ce would not try to persuade Zhou Ang on this matter anymore, he didn't like Zhou Ang's hesitation to care or not.

"Brother Pei." Zhou Ce looked at Pei Zhaoxue, "Can you help me with some work later? It's not convenient for me now, can you help me?"

"I……"

"How did you wake up Axue?" Zhou Jian asked, freeing herself from the confrontation with Zhou Ling.

"Brother, I'm already like this, can't I ask Brother Pei to help me?" Zhou Ce smiled and talked to Zhou Jian, a bit like acting like a baby when he was a child. Zhou Jian said, "What do you want to do?"

Zhou Ce said, "A little personal matter."

"Can you have any personal matters?" Zhou Jian asked Pei Zhaoxue in a tone very similar to Zhou Xiangyun, "Is Axue willing?"

Pei Zhaoxue thought for a while in silence, then nodded.

Zhou Jian waved helplessly and let them go.Zhou Ce left the table first, and Zhou Ang whispered, "A Ce is still a child with a temper, it seems that he hasn't changed at all." He was not satirizing Zhou Ce, but with a little sigh and feeling.Zhou Jian looked at the cold-faced Zhou Ling after hearing this, hesitated again and again, and then said some soft words to Zhou Ling, to the effect that he just rushed to the point where he just said, he didn't intend to cause trouble for Zhou Ling, brothers should It's his fault as a big brother to talk well and make trouble like this.

Someone stepped down the steps, and Zhou Ling naturally went down, explaining that he was too busy and tired recently, and wanted to do something to stabilize the situation, but he couldn't control his emotions and choked with Zhou Jian, which was really wrong.

Zhou Ang said a few more words as a peacemaker, the atmosphere at the dinner table melted, and Pei Zhaoxue listened to the whole process with a blank expression.

After dinner, he went to Zhou Ce's bedroom to look for Zhou Ce, thinking that Zhou Ce was looking for him to do some manual work of moving things, but unexpectedly Zhou Ce pulled him into the bathroom, and then began to unbutton his shirt.

"What are you doing?" Pei Zhaoxue's expression was a little dazed.

"Take a bath." Zhou Ce didn't mind, and his voice was not small.He closed the bathroom door, poured hot water into the bathtub, and said, "It's really inconvenient for me, Brother Pei, wipe my back for me."

Pei Zhaoxue lowered her head slightly, as if unwilling.

"You didn't care about me in the hospital." Obviously Zhou Ce ignored Pei Zhaoxue when he was in the hospital, but now he can act as if nothing happened.

"There are nurses in the hospital."

"Then I saved your life, so you have to repay me?" Zhou Ce laughed.

Now, Pei Zhaoxue had no reason to refute, and the bathroom started to heat up, so he had no choice but to take off his coat, and neatly rolled up the sleeves of his shirt.

"Some things seem to have to give you a reason before you are willing to do it." Zhou Ce said suddenly, "The moral cleanliness is so high, why do you still do things that run counter to it? How can God forgive you? Don't you feel bad?"

"I haven't." Pei Zhaoxue said, "Don't you want to take a bath?"

"I lied to you." Zhou Ce stretched his upper body, "I'm fine and don't need help from others."

"then you……"

"I want to whisper to you, can't I?"

"..."

"After all, you are close to my elder brother. The elder brother and the second elder brother have such a strange look, quarreling for a while and then reconciling. I feel annoyed when I look at it."

Pei Zhaoxue just wanted to ask Zhou Ce how he knew, seeing Zhou Ce's smiling face, he probably guessed that he would do that kind of eavesdropping thing.He looked around and said, "Then there's no need to act like a thief in your own home."

Zhou Ce leaned on the sink, tilted his head and said, "That was before Dad's accident." He didn't hide his inquisitive eyes when he looked directly at Pei Zhaoxue, "And..." He stretched out his hand to stroke Pei Zhaoxue's hair, his eyes were smooth As the lock of hair slowly slipped to the tip of her fingertips, she suddenly raised her eyes.

The sudden sight caught Pei Zhaoxue off guard, and Zhou Ce said meaningfully, "What do you know?"

Pei Zhaoxue didn't speak, and looked at Zhou Ce motionlessly.

Zhou Ce shook his head, and his hair slipped through his fingers: "Brother Pei, don't pretend to be an honest person. An honest person can't survive in Lucheng."