Volume 1 Chapter 21 Zhang Family

  The Zhang family's enclosure and garden were different from those of the Fang family. Due to Mr. Zhang's identity, the Zhang family was a red-brick small building located in a heavily guarded semi-mountainous courtyard, without the grandeur of the Fang family, but with a unique dignity and quietness.

  "Dad just went out fishing, and when he left, he kept mentioning you, why did you come over at this time?" Zhang Yun's sister-in-law, Cheng Li, came out of the house as soon as she saw their car, and after saying a few words, she noticed that Zhang Yun's expression was not quite right, with red and swollen eyes like she had cried a lot. Then she looked at Fang Zi Xuan's indifferent expression, and Fang Zi Peng was also sniffling on the side, looking very unhappy. She quickly pulled over her younger sister-in-law, "What's wrong? Did you have another fight with the kids?"

  Zhang Yun is the youngest daughter of the Zhang family, and has always been doted on by Old Master Zhang. Her several older brothers also all love her dearly. Cheng Li is a clever person, and since marrying into the family has known how to grasp the measure of things. Her relationship with this younger sister-in-law has also always been good. After Zhang Yun got married, she would often return to her parents' home to complain about her troubles, and it was always her older sister-in-law who mediated between them. The two sisters-in-law get along extremely well.

  Zhang Yun's eyes turned red, and she didn't know where to start with a thousand words, "Never mind, it's all my bad luck..."

  The marriage between the Fang and Zhang families was not entirely a political alliance. Old Master Zhang loved his daughter dearly and would never ignore her wishes by marrying her off to Fang Jianlin, that rogue. It was Zhang Yun herself who had taken a liking to the elegant and refined Fang Jianlin. From the Zhang family's perspective, the two could be considered to have married for love. Old Master Zhang was initially reluctant, but eventually gave in to his daughter's persistence. He also trusted Fang Lao Ye's character, thinking that although Fang Jianlin had been somewhat of a rogue before marriage, with Fang Lao Ye keeping an eye on him, his daughter would not suffer any hardship after marrying into the Fang family.

  Zhang Yun and Fang Jianlin had a good honeymoon after marriage, but Fang Jianlin's nature was hard to change. He couldn't stay with one woman for long, no matter what. Before long, he started to develop outside, hiding it from Zhang Yun for a while before she discovered it. At that time, she went crazy and made a scene, especially when she found out that Fang Jianlin had an illegitimate daughter outside before marrying her, which almost made her collapse.

  She was originally a violent temper, where would she easily give up, making the two families shake and unable to rest, but couldn't bear to really divorce, Mr. Fang gave her some of the Fang family's shares to comfort her, repeatedly assuring that he wouldn't let those women outside threaten her status, only then did he calm her down.

  Fang Jianlin is still the same, after a few days of calmness, he returns to his old ways, Zhang Yun and him are always quarreling every day, their feelings have been worn out, now Fang Jianlin rarely comes home, she has completely lost interest in this husband.

  Disheartened and disappointed, Zhang Yun didn't think of divorce. She still had a pair of children to consider. If she gave up her position voluntarily, wouldn't that be letting the outsider get away with it? As a mother, she was strong-willed. For the sake of her own children, she would fight tooth and nail to secure Fang's position as the wife. Since marriage couldn't bring her happiness, she could only find some joy for herself. She hadn't picked up the habit of keeping a young lover like those wealthy women, but instead had developed a passion for playing cards and shopping. She was often away from home every other day, and despite her efforts to control herself, she couldn't resist the temptation.

  "I was wholeheartedly for the two of them, but didn't think that these two were heartless......" Zhang Yun's thoughts became more and more sorrowful, and before he even entered the house, tears began to fall "patter patter".

  "Children are all here to ask for debts, Zixuan and Zipeng are still young, they will understand when they grow up. What do you have to calculate with your own children?" Cheng Li smiled and said, "Look at my rascal son, isn't he also making me worry every day."

  "They can't compare to Songwen." Zhang Yun sighed, wiping his face, with a look of envy and melancholy in his eyes. "If I had half of Songwen's understanding, why would I have to suffer all this?"

  In recent years, she has also cooled down towards Fang Jianlin. With her family background, even if she remarries, it's not necessarily a bad thing, but what about these two children?

  The Fang family is deep in water, with thin human feelings. In such a large family, who is truly kind to them? The two children are also easy to be manipulated, if they didn't have their mother's care, the siblings would probably be taken advantage of and left with nothing. Not to mention that Fang Jianlin has many women and children outside, as soon as she leaves voluntarily, he will bring a new person into the house. What kind of life will these two children live then?

  A thread of bitter intention seeped out from the bottom of her heart, and the tears on her face seemed to be impossible to wipe away.

  "Don't be like this, when your father and brother come back later, they will be heartbroken again." Cheng Li put her arm around Zhang Yun's shoulder, and she also secretly sighed in her heart. This young woman was indeed spoiled and reckless, didn't know how to discipline her children, but she was still a mother who would think of her children, willing to suffer herself, trying her best to keep the two children safe. "Zi Xuan, take Zi Peng upstairs first, you are the older sister, now also considered a big girl, take care of your younger brother more."

  "Who wants to take care of her?" Fang Zipeng rolled his eyes in distaste, while Fang Zixuan nodded and dragged him upstairs by the hand without another word.

  Fang Zikong has now vaguely understood the sister's eccentric personality after today's commotion. These days, she has become exceptionally gentle and obedient, plus a bit of a pushover. Whatever adults say is what it is, absolutely implementing it to the end without any discount, no different from a robot that has been given instructions.

  Once he resisted, she could do anything, although he was a tyrannical person, but facing such a violent and strange person, he still had some fear, plus just now he had made a big fuss and was indeed tired, although unwilling, he didn't struggle excessively.

  "Fang Zixuan, you didn't get hit by a car and turn into a car person or something?" Fang Zipeng always felt that after the car accident, Fang Zixuan's personality had changed greatly. Although he had never paid much attention to this sister of his, he still felt that she was completely different from before. After all, she was still just a kid, and her imagination was indeed all over the place. No matter how rich his imagination was, he couldn't have guessed who Fang Zixuan was today.

  "I'm not a car person, I'm your sister." Fang Zi Xuan was indeed a single-minded person, referring to her past life self, which wasn't exactly a lie. That half-sister of Fang Zi Peng's, who shared the same father but different mother, how would he know about these twists and turns? It was just like speaking chicken language to ducks.

  "What's with the nonsense?" The flat and uninteresting response from her made Fang Zikai feel very bored, he rolled his eyes, thinking that it was impossible to communicate with this increasingly strange sister.

  "Rolling your eyes too much is bad for your body." She glanced at him lightly.

  Fang Zikong glared at her, "Big sister, apart from giving you a cold shoulder, I really don't have the energy to communicate with you in a normal way."