novelden Chapter 148 The Cat Returns 32
Chapter 148 The Cat Returns 32
Despite Zhou Mengqi's struggles, she was no match for the strength of the two burly men and was dragged and thrown out the door.
With a bang, the door slammed shut, leaving Zhou Mengqi kneeling alone outside the Yi family's gate. The chill of the night made her shiver.
Zhou Mengqi cried bitterly, tears and snot streaming down her face.
She pounded on the door with both hands. Why? Why was Yi Zeyu so cruel to her after all these years of trying to please him?
In their hearts, she was not even as important as one of their pets. Zhou Mengqi's eyes were filled with anger and resentment.
Not long after, the door opened again, and two suitcases were thrown out, containing all of Zhou Mengqi's belongings. Zhou Mengqi was truly kicked out this time.
Zhou Mengqi sat outside the gate until late at night before finally accepting reality and leaving with her suitcase.
As night fell, the Yi family home was unusually quiet. Yi Changfan lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. Finally, he got up and went out alone to sit in the garden pavilion.
He sat in the garden pavilion, the night breeze gently blowing, yet unable to calm the turmoil in his heart. He recalled every moment he had known Zhou Mengqi; the laughter and interactions of the past seemed still vivid in his mind, but now everything had changed.
Yi Changfan had always considered Zhou Mengqi a friend. Even though he later learned that Zhou Mengqi might not be as kind as he had imagined, he never thought that Zhou Mengqi would become so vicious.
She hated Momo, and instead of throwing Momo away or giving her away, she chose to kill Momo. This shocked Yi Changfan, who felt as if he had never truly known Zhou Mengqi.
Even Yi Zeyu was the same; he had never truly understood Yi Zeyu.
The click of a lighter came from behind him. Yi Changfan turned around and saw Yi Zeyu looking at him with a half-smile, a cigarette dangling from his mouth. "What's wrong, can't sleep either?"
Yi Changfan nodded. "You can't sleep either?"
Yi Zeyu sat down in the chair next to Yi Changfan, crossed his legs, and said meaningfully, "No, it's because I know someone won't be able to sleep tonight."
Yi Changfan was slightly taken aback, then understood what Yi Zeyu meant. He smiled helplessly, "Yi Zeyu, do you think you understand me very well?"
Yi Zeyu shrugged. "Do you have some kind of misunderstanding about yourself? Your thoughts are written all over your face."
Yi Changfan said calmly, "Indeed, I am no match for you when it comes to disguise."
Yi Zeyu exhaled a puff of smoke and chuckled in a low voice, "That old bastard Yi Hong was just looking for fun. He didn't care whether you lived or died after you were born. Your mother abandoned you for money and hasn't seen you once in twenty years. Do you really not have any resentment towards them at all?"
Yi Changfan gazed at the dark night sky and remained silent for a long time.
Then he slowly opened his mouth and said, "Resentment? Maybe I used to, but I don't want to waste my life resenting someone. What good will it do to resent them? Will they feel guilty? Will they be sad?"
No, harboring resentment towards someone only hurts yourself. Letting go is the best way to protect yourself.
Yi Zeyu blurted out, "Then what about me? I... I really didn't treat you well. What... did you think about that?" Yi Zeyu was unusually nervous.
Yi Changfan smiled. "You mean those childish things you did? That's all in the past. At first, I did feel wronged and didn't understand why you treated me that way."
But then I realized, you were just a child back then, and suddenly having a younger brother was bound to cause some resistance.
Yi Zeyu was silent for a while before saying, "At that time, I was actually jealous of you. I was jealous that even though we both suffered from being abandoned by our parents, you were still able to live so happily."
Yi Changfan looked at Yi Zeyu in surprise.
“Back then, I would always hide in a corner and secretly observe you. I wanted to see if you were unhappy or if you were suffering from the torment of life. But you always had a smile on your face, as if nothing could defeat you.”
"So I found Zhou Mengqi and asked her to be my girlfriend. I thought you liked her, so I thought I'd steal the person you like and let you experience the taste of betrayal. But you can still smile and bless her."
I felt cheated and broke up with Zhou Mengqi, but she didn't want to. So she suggested a deal: we would pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend.
She was responsible for helping me gauge your emotions and, incidentally, gathering information about you to report back to me, so I agreed.
Yi Changfan looked at Yi Zeyu in disbelief, "So you mean this is the deal you made with Zhou Mengqi?"
Yi Zeyu nodded, and Yi Changfan burst out laughing.
"Yi Zeyu, aren't you being a bit too naive? If you really wanted to make me suffer, you, the dignified President Yi, had thousands of ways to do it, but you're going to risk your own life."
Yi Zeyu turned his head away somewhat awkwardly, "I was just being naive back then. Looking back now, it really is quite ridiculous."
"Then you wouldn't feel the same way about Mo Mo either..." Yi Changfan looked at Yi Zeyu suspiciously.
"No!" Yi Zeyu denied decisively, "Mo Mo really doesn't, I really like Mo Mo."
Yi Changfan snorted, "That had to be the case."
Yi Zeyu laughed and said, "But it's also because of Mo Mo that I've discovered another side of you. I didn't know you could care so much about something."
Yi Changfan laughed and said, "You're the same way. If it weren't for Mo Mo, I wouldn't have known you were such an awkward person."
Yi Zeyu and Yi Changfan smiled at each other. The night breeze gently blew by, making the atmosphere exceptionally warm.
Shen Chumo lay on the grass watching the two brothers chatting happily. The male lead and the second male lead had finally resolved their differences and become good brothers; the plot should change completely now, right?
However, the mission has not yet been declared complete. It seems that Mengqi, who was kicked out of the Yi family this week, is still a ticking time bomb.
Shen Chumo suddenly realized that if Yi Zeyu and Zhou Mengqi's relationship was a transaction, then whose child was Zhou Mengqi's? So, while Zhou Mengqi maintained a nominal boyfriend-girlfriend relationship with Yi Zeyu...
He was using Yi Changfan to provide emotional support while simultaneously completing his deal with Yi Zeyu.
In the end, she secretly started hanging out with other men? This week, Mengqi is quite something.
When people across the country learned that Mo Mo had been found, they breathed a sigh of relief. The Yi Group also received unprecedented attention because of Shen Chu Mo, and even its stock price rose by two points.
Taking advantage of the momentum, Yi Zeyu announced the upcoming development of a cat resort project and promised that all profits from the project would be used for pet charity.
When Grandma Zhao's other two children returned to China, they discovered that they had been deceived all along. When they returned to their hometown and saw their grandmother living alone in the old house, a wave of guilt washed over them.
They stood in the courtyard, watching Grandma Zhao's faltering figure, tears blurring their vision.
The eldest son stepped forward, grasped Grandma Zhao's hand tightly, and said in a trembling voice, "Mom, we're back. I'm sorry for making you suffer."
Grandma Zhao looked at her children, whom she hadn't seen in a long time, with a mixture of surprise and a hint of resentment in her eyes.
"So you guys actually came back? I thought you'd all forgotten about me."