Chapter 708: 704. I'm Willing to Be a Piece of Trash (Please Subscribe and Vote for Monthly Tickets)

What Zhou Jia Laotaitai wants right now is for her grandson to settle down and start a family, so that he can stabilize his life and stop fooling around outside all day long.

Zhang Ran was in no hurry to leave, so he just sat in the shop and chatted with the old lady and the others.

Having come here to resolve a knot in his heart, his mood had also relaxed quite a bit.

After thinking for a moment, the old lady asked, "That Mr. Zhang, have you found the person who made my Xiao Fei betray you?"

The people who came to pick them up back then only said a few things; the Big Boss behind it all never had any contact with them, and since they were unfamiliar with the place and the people, they had no idea who it was.

Zhang Ran said indifferently, "I know."

The old lady nodded; since that was the case, she didn't need to ask further, nor was it her place to ask, and she lacked the ability to inquire about it anyway.

By dinnertime, Zhang Ran finished his meal there and took his leave, not staying any longer.

However, he had already arranged for the old lady's hospital visit tomorrow.

But just before leaving, Zhang Ran said, "Xiao Fei's remains have actually been buried in your hometown all along. I originally thought I would wait a few years until you were mentally prepared before having someone tell you, but I didn't expect to run into something like this."

Back then, Zhang Ran had silently had someone bury Zhou Fei's remains in his hometown, without erecting a tombstone or telling the old lady.

Of course, the main reason was that he didn't know how to tell the old lady at the time. To be honest, he believed the old lady would understand, but he didn't know how to bring it up.

Before he could figure out how to broach the subject, he encountered the incident with the Goddess of Destiny.

The old lady froze for a moment, then said wistfully, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang. He can finally be considered to have returned to his roots."

She had wanted to ask before, but she hadn't had the face to do so.

Zhang Ran said nothing more and walked straight away.

After seeing Zhang Ran leave, the expression on Zhou Gang's face suddenly became very dejected, and he complained, "Grandma, why didn't you let me speak? That's the Big Boss! If I could follow him, I wouldn't have to worry for the rest of my life."

"Never mind getting a wife for you, even getting eight or ten wouldn't be a problem."

He was still being as unreliable as ever with his words.

Zhou Jia Laotaitai sneered, "Eight or ten? Go to sleep."

"Grandma, why won't you let me follow this Mr. Zhang? Isn't this a great opportunity?" Zhou Gang ignored his grandmother's mockery.

During the meal, he had tried to ask several times, but his grandmother had interrupted him each time, and even stopped him with a stern look.

This left him very confused; didn't his grandmother want him to make something of himself?

Surely following such a Big Boss would be a path to success, and since he was the boss of his late father, he should take care of him a bit, right?

The old lady said calmly, "Did you not understand what I said earlier?"

"What do you mean?" Zhou Gang was confused.

The old lady sighed and spoke slowly, "Let me tell you about your father and this Mr. Zhang first."

Zhou Gang was curious, and even Xu Meijuan stopped what she was doing. There weren't many customers at the moment, and it was late, so few people would come by; she sat down on the side as well.

The old lady had wanted to close the shop to specifically host Zhang Ran and his group, but Zhang Ran had refused.

With a look of reminiscence, the old lady said, "Your father was a very good swimmer back then and often went into the river to swim."

"Once, when a child in the village was playing in the river, he suddenly started drowning, and your father went to save him."

"But he overestimated himself, and having no experience in saving people in the water, he almost lost his own life in the process."

"It was at that moment that this Mr. Zhang stepped in to save him. From that time on, your father owed him his life."

This was how Zhang Ran and Zhou Fei met.

"Afterward, I let Zhou Fei follow Mr. Zhang. I could tell that Mr. Zhang was a man destined for great things. Although nominally I let your father follow him to repay the debt, in reality, I mainly did it for your father's own good."

"And over these many years, Mr. Zhang treated your father very well indeed. Given the situation back then, just by being a bodyguard at Mr. Zhang's side, your father was able to save up such a large family fortune."

As the old lady recounted the story, Zhou Gang began to get a concrete sense of it.

It seemed that was indeed the case; one had to know that the house and shop they owned were all bought with his father's money, and that was back in that era. From this, one could see that Zhang Ran was truly generous.

Just then, the old lady's tone suddenly turned sorrowful, "But what did your father do? He was ungrateful and betrayed Mr. Zhang. Although he made some amends in the end, betrayal is still betrayal."

Calming her emotions slightly, the old lady continued, "Your father betrayed Mr. Zhang and caused him such great losses. Even though Mr. Zhang has already forgiven your father, betrayal is still betrayal."

"But that was my father, not me." Zhou Gang was a bit unconvinced. Someone as face-conscious and loyal as him would never do such a thing.

The old lady saw through his thoughts at a glance and said disdainfully, "Don't use your little bit of character as your foundation. How much experience do you have?"

"Do you know how much the stake was that those people used to make your father betray him?"

Zhou Gang was also curious. Logically speaking, this Mr. Zhang had saved his father's life and treated him well—no, not just well, it should be said he was extremely generous.

No matter what, his father shouldn't have betrayed him. Just how big was the stake?

The old lady said calmly, "Two hundred million US dollars. And even after he died, he had defected at the last minute, and the other party would still pay this money."

Zhou Gang was stunned, completely dumbfounded!

Two hundred million US dollars?

You have to know that was the late eighties; to offer a sky-high price of two hundred million US dollars?

No wonder his father betrayed him; even today, that is an astronomical figure, let alone back then!

Xu Meijuan was also stunned; she hadn't expected it to be so much. However, thinking that her mother-in-law had actually refused such a sky-high fortune, her admiration for her mother-in-law grew even deeper.

"Do you dare say that you could still keep your integrity if you were faced with this money now?" Zhou Jia Laotaitai asked.

Zhou Gang was dazed and didn't know how to answer. This time, he really didn't dare to pat his chest and guarantee anything.

Such a stake would truly make a person lose their way!

"Furthermore, if you were to follow Mr. Zhang, do you think Mr. Zhang would trust you or not? If he doesn't trust you, he would just be keeping you as a piece of trash. Although that's nothing to Mr. Zhang, are you willing to be like that?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Gang muttered to himself, "Of course I'm willing! I'm willing to be a piece of trash!"

But he didn't dare to say this out loud.