Chapter 706: 702. Because of your father, I lost tens of billions back then (Please subscribe and vote for monthly tickets)

Seeing that Zhang Ran did not speak, Zhou Jia Laotaitai let out a great sigh of relief, her eyes filled with gratitude.

Because this meant that Zhang Ran was willing to let go of all past grievances, including the matter of Zhou Fei betraying him.

"What are you still standing there for?" The old lady looked at Zhou Gang's hesitant and awkward appearance, and her anger flared up instantly.

For all these years, her heart had been suppressed by this matter, and now that she had finally waited for the time when it could be resolved, she could die in peace.

She thought about how she had never done anything against her conscience in her life, and in educating her children, she had also done her utmost to ensure they stood upright and did not do anything shameful.

But her son had ultimately chosen to betray his benefactor, just because of money!

This made the old lady feel miserable in her heart, and she also questioned her own upbringing, which was why she had been so hesitant in educating her grandson all these years.

However, even so, Zhou Gang could still be considered a person with a conscience, and he had basically never done anything that would make people point at his spine and curse him.

When she found out about Zhou Fei's affair, Zhou Jia Laotaitai had collapsed at the time; no matter what hardships or obstacles she had faced before, even when she was about to starve to death, she had never collapsed like this.

She felt she had let down her late husband!

That man in a green shirt, gentle and refined, although he died young, had left an indelible impression in her heart.

And the words her husband had always kept on his lips throughout his life were that one must stand upright; even if one could not serve the country and the people, at the very least, one should not harm society, and certainly not be ungrateful.

But her son had been taught by her to be an ungrateful person, which was an unforgivable mistake in the old lady's heart.

Now that there was finally an opportunity to apologize to the person involved and obtain his forgiveness, the heavy stone that had been pressing on the old lady's heart had finally been lifted a little.

Zhou Gang looked at his angry grandmother; although he felt uneasy, he was still somewhat reluctant, after all, Zhang Ran looked much younger than him.

"Grandma, what exactly is going on? Can't we just talk about it properly?" Zhou Gang said very awkwardly.

Just as the old lady was about to get angry, she heard Zhang Ran say with a smile, "Old lady, how did you know?"

The old lady glared at her grandson, then sighed and said, "It was the person who brought us here who told me."

"Would they be that kind?" Zhang Ran was somewhat puzzled.

Zhou Jia Grandmother said calmly, "Although I don't have much education, I know some principles. Little Fei went out with you, and these people are not your people.

And Little Fei is dead, so something must have happened."

As she spoke, the old lady said with a bit of self-mockery, "Besides, now that Little Fei is dead, we have no value to them, so they just told us when we asked a little."

In fact, at the time, Jiasen and the others had originally wanted to hide it, as such a thing was not a good thing after all.

But in the end, Jiasen decided to confess; firstly, because Zhang Ran had disappeared for a long time, and secondly, there was really no need to hide it anymore. Of course, the most important point was that the old lady had threatened them with her own life.

Jiasen could have let those who were in contact with the old lady fool her, but as the old lady herself said, although she did not have much education, her insight into human nature and worldly affairs was quite good.

So in the end, Jiasen let the people in contact with the old lady tell her the truth of the matter.

"Do you not hate me for not bringing Little Fei back? After all, he came out with me," Zhang Ran said softly.

The old lady said calmly, "I don't hate you; this is what he deserved."

"But he was only doing it for the three of you," Zhang Ran said again.

This matter was actually easy to guess, which was that Xu Meijuan was pregnant, causing Zhou Fei's mind to start wavering.

Following Zhang Ran, he had seen too much of the upper class and had also seen the lives of people in the upper class.

So he wanted his children to be able to have such a life, and he wanted his family to be able to be like that too.

Under such thoughts, coupled with the very, very high price offered by Luode Xiongmei, Zhou Fei was tempted.

"Wrong is wrong; there is no reason for it, and such a mistake will not be covered up because of some reason," the old lady's tone remained calm.

This was her true thought, although she was also heartbroken to the point of being unable to bear it; after all, this was her own son, the crystallization of the love between her and her husband.

But she would not allow her son to tarnish the family reputation; this was her promise to that man in her life, and it was also the last thing she had promised her husband.

Zhang Ran stopped talking, looked at the old lady, sighed, and then looked at Zhou Gang.

As long as Zhou Gang kowtowed, then the grievances between him and Zhou Fei would be completely resolved.

This was actually a good thing for Zhang Ran as well; he could also completely let go of this matter.

The impact of the Zhou Fei incident on Zhang Ran was not small; the final outcome for people like Tian Yaohui, to put it bluntly, actually had some reasons related to the Zhou Fei incident.

It was not just the old lady who had a heavy stone pressing on her heart regarding this matter; Zhang Ran was actually the same.

Xu Meijuan finally understood what had happened back then, and also understood why her mother-in-law rarely mentioned Zhou Fei, and would lose her temper every time she did.

So the reason for the matter was like this, and the Mr. Zhang in front of her was Zhou Fei's boss back then, and it was also this boss whom Zhou Fei had betrayed.

Zhou Gang had an unreadable expression; he felt he could understand what Zhang Ran and the old lady were saying, but when summarized together, it was somewhat inexplicable.

And they seemed to be talking about his late father, that deadbeat dad he had never met once.

Zhang Ran's knot in his heart was untied, and seeing Zhou Gang still being awkward, he suddenly laughed, "You won't lose anything by kneeling; if we talk about the money I lost because of your father back then in terms of the current situation, it would be in the tens of billions."

Zhang Ran was talking about US dollars; if those previous investments were still there, then it would be hard to say who the world's richest person would be now.

Of course, even now, Zhang Ran's wealth was still a mystery; no one really dared to say they knew the full extent of Zhang Ran's wealth.

Hearing Zhang Ran's words, Zhou Gang certainly didn't believe it. "Just keep bragging; tens of billions? Why don't you say trillions? That would be more impressive."

Zhang Ran saw his expression and knew what he was thinking, but he didn't care about it.

He Yong, who had been silent on the side, suddenly spoke, "Brother Zhang is telling the truth. Brother Zhang is now one of the top ten richest people in the world; there is no need to lie to a kid like you."

Zhou Jia Laotaitai was also looking at Zhang Ran with some shock at this time; she had always known that Zhang Ran was not a simple person, but she hadn't expected Zhang Ran to be so wealthy.