I Got Rich in Period Fiction
Chapter 658 - 609: If Time Could Flow Backwards_2

Chapter 658: Chapter 609: If Time Could Flow Backwards_2

"Mum, you can’t speak like that," Zhou Ruoruo frowned, clearly displeased with her mother’s tone. It was as if she treated Dad like a burden.

"Am I wrong to speak like this? It is what it is, and the other two also have the responsibility to take care of your dad. You don’t have to stay in Xichuan to look after him," Liu Ying was very angry.

"Mum, don’t you see how well Xichuan is doing now? We shouldn’t leave, and really, all that’s happened in the past should be left in the past."

As she said this, Zhou Ruoruo couldn’t help but add, "Those two young people from the Zhang Family and the Ye Family are doing quite well in Xichuan now, and they get along with Dad too, often drinking and chatting together."

Liu Ying’s face was cold. "Yes, they seem to have let bygones be bygones now. But Ruoruo, the people from the Zhang Family and Ye Family hate me the most. They won’t let me off the hook, and the same goes for you."

"Mum, are you being paranoid?"

"Ruoruo, have you forgotten what happened that year? If something like that happened again, I wouldn’t want to live."

Liu Ying’s eyes reddened, and tears fell.

Zhou Ruoruo knew that in the eyes of others, her mum wasn’t considered a good woman, but she was genuinely a good mother.

Zhou Ruoruo stepped forward to embrace Liu Ying. "Mum, you’ve made many mistakes in the past, and indeed, because of your selfishness, you’ve changed the lives of several people. Why can’t you admit it?"

"What good will it do if I admit it? Should I go and apologize? How can I make it right? Can I even make amends?" Liu Ying was furiously upset, feeling that she had spoiled her daughter in vain.

Zhou Ruoruo was at a loss for how to ease the situation.

She began to reiterate her stance. "Mum, I don’t want to go to M country; it’s too unfamiliar there. Not to say that it has no good points—I have classmates who have settled there. But we are different, they have relatives and friends there, we would be too lonely."

"What’s wrong with that? Friends are made little by little, and as for family, well, it’s like this, isn’t it? When you’re useful, you’re family; when you’re not, there’s no family to speak of," Liu Ying said with pointed meaning.

Zhou Ruoruo didn’t know how to persuade Liu Ying, but she bravely expressed her opinion. "Mum, with my current field of study, if I return to Tenghai Research Base, it would be most suitable. If I went abroad, life wouldn’t be as good as it is here, and I wouldn’t be happy. Mum, do you really have the heart to see me all alone?"

Liu Ying sat angrily on the sofa, turned her head away, and stopped talking.

There was no resolution to the matter, and it was temporarily put aside, but Zhou Ruoruo knew her mother was not yet ready to give up.

Now her mother’s business was booming, with a net worth of over ten million. She had bought a villa for her in Nangang City and a courtyard house in Beijing as well.

She might have also invested in M country, and today she had come to give Zhou Ruoruo the keys to a car she had bought for her.

Sometimes Zhou Ruoruo just couldn’t understand: if one really wanted to leave, why go through all this trouble? But she couldn’t get a straight answer about her mother’s true intentions.

Zhou Ruoruo could only call Zhou Hai, who was adamantly against Zhou Ruoruo following Liu Ying to M country.

Even if she didn’t return to Tenghai Research, she had to stay in the country. That was Zhou Hai’s final stance. Over the years, he had let Liu Ying do as she pleased, indifferent to whatever she did outside or even if she might have found someone new. He chose to turn a blind eye.

However, in this regard, he had wronged Liu Ying. She would not do anything to betray him before leaving.

But then again, a woman like Liu Ying knew how to use her advantages to get what she wanted.

That was also why Zhou Hai had become increasingly distant from her.

Zhou Ruoruo calmly said to her father, "Dad, I’ll try to persuade Mum, but I don’t want the two of you to fight."

"Don’t worry, Ruoruo, your dad won’t argue with your mum. These years..." Zhou Hai paused, his voice sinking, "These years, she’s had it tough. No matter what others say, and no matter how many mistakes she made in the past, she has been an excellent mother for you."

It was the first time in years that Zhou Hai had said such things in front of his daughter.

He never mentioned it to others, let alone to Liu Ying. Zhou Ruoruo, with mixed emotions, relayed Zhou Hai’s words to Liu Ying.

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