Chapter 370: Chapter 371: Must Take Back Everything That Belongs to the Zhang Family

Uncle Zhou nodded, then exchanged a look with Second Uncle Zhou, and called Huo Chen aside.

“It’s time to settle some matters,” Uncle Zhou said, looking at Huo Chen’s weary face. “Your dad visited you, didn’t he? Your mom was the pillar of that family. Without her, your dad would never have enjoyed such a good life back then.

Yet, less than half a year after your mom’s passing, he brought your mom’s good sister, Zhang Yuhua, into the family. Within half a year, she gave birth to your younger brother. Your Uncle and I have suspicions that your mother’s death wasn’t due to childbirth complications.

There may be other reasons, and whatever they are, your Uncle and I will find out the truth.

You must return to that home and take back what belongs to you. Only then will your mother rest in peace.”

Huo Chen listened without much surprise. He had heard these things before, which was why he didn’t want to go back.

But now, hearing there could be hidden circumstances around his mother’s death, Huo Chen’s heart churned with emotion. He nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Uncle Zhou breathed a sigh of relief. The fact that this young man was willing to return for Yue Lian showed that he acknowledged her in his heart, without holding a grudge for her not raising him.

“If your mother knew you don’t blame her, she would be very happy,” Second Uncle Zhou said through tears, his face hidden in his hands, mourning how such a kind-hearted person could have been so unfortunate in who she met.

“I don’t blame her. If she were alive, she would surely have loved me dearly,” Huo Chen stated.

Uncle Zhou nodded, then took out the only photo he had and handed it to Huo Chen. “Your mom, like your wife, was beautiful, lively in personality, but she was too kind and easily deceived.

You have to treat your wife well and protect her.”

Huo Chen nodded and took the photo. This was his first time seeing what his mother looked like. As a child, he had only imagined her, but now that he really saw her, the walls he had built up inside him crumbled in an instant. He stared at the photo, overcome with emotion.

In the photo, a woman sat in a chair with tenderness in her eyes, one hand lovingly touching her belly, her lips curved in a blissful smile.

He saw the woman’s affection for the child in her belly, her anticipation for the unborn baby.

When Huo Chen came out with the photo, Xu Ying approached him and took his hand.

“I and our child will be here for you.”

With those words, Huo Chen could no longer hold back his tears, which streamed down his cheeks.

Xu Ying embraced him with sympathy.

However, the moment she hugged him, a rumbling sound came from her belly.

Xu Ying suddenly blushed deeply.

Old Lady Zhou laughed with a nasal tone, “It must be my great-granddaughter who’s hungry. Come on, let grandma take you out to eat.”

The whole family made their way to a restaurant outside.

After dinner, when the streets were nearly empty, Old Lady Zhou and her family settled for the night in a hotel.

Early the next morning, Huo Chen sent the Zhou family away.

As soon as the Zhou family left, Zhang Yanlin hurriedly called the restaurant to check on Huo Chen, hinting repeatedly about when he would return home.

Huo Chen didn’t refuse, but said he would when he had time. Zhang Yanlin was elated to hear it.

The fact that the Zhou family rushed to meet him as soon as they heard that Huo Chen was their grandson showed how important he was to the Zhou Family.

Although the Zhou family had their property confiscated, they would receive some compensation from the state for their loss, and the Zhou family’s connections were not to be underestimated.

With such connections and wealth, the Zhang Family would only become richer.

Zhang Yuhua saw the smug look on his face, and jealousy overwhelmed her heart, “Zhang Yanlin, don’t you forget that Zhiguo is our biological son.

Even if that boy comes back, the Zhang Family’s wealth could only belong to our son Zhiguo.”

Zhang Yanlin smiled and hugged his wife, “You just stay reassured, even if that boy comes back, he’s only paving the way for our Zhiguo. Can I not differentiate who is closer or farther?

Our Zhiguo is the child I have watched grow up from a young age; would I not consider him?”

Zhang Yuhua, upon hearing these words, wore pride all over her face. She had defeated Zhou Yuelian in the beginning, and after so many years, her son was still bound to lose to her own son.

“You’re so bad, always plotting one thing after another!”

“I’m bad, but don’t you like it?” Zhang Yanlin teased while looking at her.

Zhang Yuhua blushed with a coy smile and nestled into his embrace, “I like it.”

Zhang Zhiguo finally took a day off and came home, only to hear that he now had an older brother, which angered him greatly. As soon as he entered the house, he began to smash things in a fit of rage.

Zhang Yuhua had been just pampered by her man, still feeling startled by her son, quickly got dressed with him. Zhang Yanlin was even more furious as he left the bedroom, glaring at his son, “What are you doing, throwing a tantrum the moment you come back?”

Zhang Zhiguo confronted his father, full of anger, “Do I have an older brother or not? And is my mother a mistress?”

Just as Zhang Yuhua had tidied her clothes and walked out, she heard her son cursing her as a mistress, and almost choked with rage.

“Zhiguo, who’s been talking nonsense to you? I’m your father’s rightfully wedded wife.”

Zhang Zhiguo, with fury in his belly, retorted, “Everyone in our team says that I am just half a year younger than my brother, and his mother wasn’t even dead at that time.

You entered our house only after my brother’s mother died. If you weren’t being a mistress, then what were you doing?You’re really shameless!”

Thinking of his mother engaging in such acts, Zhang Zhiguo’s face lost all its luster.

Zhang Yuhua, hearing her son’s words, sat on the side, crying pitifully. When she first married into the family, the neighbors all berated her as shameless, seducing the husband of a friend.

Back then, she didn’t care at all, but now, being directly accused by her son of being shameless, Zhang Yuhua’s heart shattered.

Slumped on the sofa, with tearful eyes, she whimpered, “Zhiguo, how could you say such things? Your father and I truly loved each other. It was Zhou Yuelian who was shameless.

She used her family’s wealth to threaten your father into being with her, and that’s how she forcefully separated me from your father. Woo woo woo~

Just because your father was poor back then, just because I couldn’t help your father, I gave my man up to her. It was her own fault for not being able to enjoy that fortune; how can she blame me?”

Zhang Zhiguo, watching his mother cry her heart out, suddenly felt a pang of compassion. After listening to her explanation, he hesitated, “Is what you’re saying true?”

Zhang Yuhua wiped her tears, looking sorrowfully, “If you don’t believe me, you can ask Huimin’s mother, or you can ask Su Qin’s mother; they all know.”

Zhang Zhiguo turned to look at Zhang Yanlin, “Dad, is this true?”

Zhang Yanlin nodded, vaguely explaining, “Your mother and I grew up together, childhood sweethearts; we were already a couple in high school.

But both your mother and I were from rural areas, without good family backgrounds. Zhou Yuelian, on the other hand, came from a wealthy capitalist family. She offered to support me through university if I was with her. Sigh…”

Zhang Zhiguo, after hearing this, looked at Zhang Yuhua with a sense of guilt. He apologized with his head down, “Mom, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have listened to others and cursed at you.”

Zhang Yuhua sat on the sofa silently, just shedding tears.