Chapter 398: All Gather in Shencheng

Zheng Dongqing shook her head, "My son is right; you are first an individual, selfishness is normal. In this situation, why is it you who are selfish, and not Xu Jia's maternal grandparents being selfish?"

"They could have gone to Shencheng with you; they didn't go—could it be because you can't arrange work, they worry they won't have a good life, and you won't support them later, so they didn't go?"

Zheng Dongqing actually thought that Xu Mingyue was already so generous—providing a house, a position, and living expenses—if the two elders took good care of Xu Jia, Xu Mingyue would certainly give them retirement support.

However, it is understandable that the two elders don't trust Xu Mingyue. Their own children can abandon them, let alone someone like Xu Mingyue who only owes them a single favor.

Zheng Dongqing was consoling them; she kept some thoughts to herself.

"Thank you, your words make me feel much better."

Xu Mingyue has always felt that separating her daughter from people she knows is cruel.

Zheng Dongqing, having heard the mother‑in‑law and son speak, understands Xu Mingyue's concerns well.

"To be honest, my view is a bit extreme, but it's my view. Separating your daughter from her maternal grandparents early on is also a good thing."

Young children don't remember; when they grow up they'll forget events from one or two years old, and she'll only remember that you are her mother.

Those past memories aren't good at all; keeping them in her mind will only make her unhappy.

I have forgotten everything, and I am actually happy. Because I know I cannot face those memories; I pray I will never think of them again! I want to stay forever with my two sons and the mother‑in‑law who treats me well!

She is kinder to me than my own mother!

If the amnesia hadn't hit that badly, I would hope my mother‑in‑law were my mother, my son remain my son, I was just deceived by a scumbag, and my family would still be my family!

Xu Mingyue actually also wants to forget. These two years of life have truly been torturous!

"Ms. Yang?"

"There, the little separated space up front, they're discussing matters with the father‑in‑law and the others."

Zheng Dongqing didn't understand.

"My eldest son and youngest son are both inside. Your daughter is still well‑behaved; my youngest son must be coaxed by the eldest, otherwise he won't sleep!"

Zheng Dongqing's face turned fierce! Being a mother is truly hard, especially being the mother of a mischievous child! Xu Mingyue nudged her daughter's little cheek, her face full of smile, "Cheer up, at least you have a sensible eldest son."

Zheng Dongqing shook her head, "Being too sensible isn't good either; I feel sorry for my precious Xiao Xi, he's overly perfect—at his age he should be a bit mischievous!"

"You, truly contradictory."

Zheng Dongqing agreed, "Indeed! Ah, that's what being a mother is like—wanting the child happy, yet hoping the child isn't too mischievous, trying to balance."

The two rookie mothers exchanged experiences all the way, and the plane carried them toward different futures!

……

"Hey, Comrade Gu, you're here so early, buying so many things? Is this to entertain your son‑in‑law?"

Gu Yang glanced at Ji Tianlin and smiled. Under Ji Tianlin's expectant gaze, she uttered words as sharp as winter, "No, it's to celebrate my daughter escaping the sea of suffering, finally getting divorced!"

The person who teased froze his face! She couldn't think of how to answer for a moment.

People around who heard this, holding bowls, came out.

Gu Yang's daughter‑in‑law also came out smilingly to receive.

"Mom, didn't you say I should go buy? Xu Mingyue left money for the family, but specifically asked us to take good care of you two elders!"

"Isn't this fresh meat bought early this morning? There are several children at home!"

"You're right! Mom, later we'll make some jerky and send it over, ask Xu Mingyue what's lacking, we'll replenish it! Jia Jia just got home, we can't let her be wronged!"

Ji Tianlin's eyes widened, his eyes moist, "Jia Jia came back?"

The mother‑in‑law and daughter‑in‑law ignored Ji Tianlin, holding things as they headed into the house.

Ji Tianlin stopped Gu Yang, "Mom, did you really find Jia Jia?"

Gu Yang, impatient to enter, Ji Tianlin knelt, "Mom, I want to see her!"

He feels sorry for his daughter!

But he wants to see the child! People nearby started heckling, "At least he's the child's dad, let him see her, right?"

Gu Yang trembled with anger, Gu Yang's daughter‑in‑law handed the vegetables to her own daughter‑in‑law, supporting the mother‑in‑law.

"Mr. Ji, what a funny thing to say! Kneeling just to see the child's appearance, then later letting your family abduct and discard her again, right?"

Ji Tianlin looked up, his eyes shocked!

The surrounding households also wore surprised expressions.

"Impossible, right?"

The Xu family's granddaughter is a golden doll for the Ji family! Gu Yang turned her face away without speaking, and Gu Yang's daughter‑in‑law calmly said, "How can it be impossible? The child is so young, can't walk or jump, so someone just picked her up and threw her away?"

In these days, a single little baby surviving is considered good luck; when she fell ill and was discarded by traffickers, two childless elders took her in.

Gu Yang's daughter‑in‑law shook her head while speaking, and everyone present could imagine; if any link fails, the baby wouldn't survive!

"What kind of place does the Ji family live in that a stranger could break in, steal a baby, and get it exactly right!"

This matter is indeed strange! At that time, only Ji Tianlin and his mother were there; no one else was home.

Everyone present looked at Ji Tianlin with strange eyes; this case makes his family a strong suspect!

"It's only been two years; our Xu Mingyue isn't infertile, yet his family is hurrying to adopt, and they even sent his mother to the unit to find Xu Mingyue's superior; if it were any other family's daughter, they couldn't tolerate this!"

Everyone, our Xu Mingyue has already escaped the sea of suffering; let's celebrate today, and later I'll send some candies so we can share the joy!

"Good!"

The residents here are certainly siding with the Xu family! When they think about it, they feel the Ji family's actions are full of conspiratorial scheming.

Every family has a daughter, and every family worries their daughter will be plotted against! Once the matter is clarified, Gu Yang's daughter‑in‑law helped Gu Yang into the house, and nearby households also went back inside to discuss.

Especially those with daughters at home, they repeatedly caution and advise, fearing their daughters might encounter such a painful situation again!

Ji Tianlin knelt on the ground, gave a few emphatic nods to the Xu family, "Dad, Mom, it's my fault; I will get to the bottom of this, I'm sorry!"

Ji Tianlin stood up, took leave from his workplace, and stormed back home.

The family had just finished breakfast, and seeing the disheveled Ji Tianlin, they were somewhat surprised.

Ji Tianlin's mother stepped forward, "Tianlin, what's going on?"

Ji Tianlin rushed forward and punched the boss, "You threw away my daughter, watched my marriage fall apart, you're happy, right?"

Ji Tianci's eyes widened in shock and a hint of guilt, "What nonsense are you spouting?"

Ji Tianlin's mother screamed, "Third son, what are you doing?"

Xiao Fang, who was clearing dishes in the kitchen, heard the commotion and came out to see her husband being beaten.

"Ji Tianlin, what are you doing?"

"You don't understand what I'm doing; you threw away my daughter and ask me what I'm doing?"

"Clang!" The bowl in Xiao Fang's hand fell to the floor.

Ji Tianlin's suspicion was confirmed; his trembling hand said, "You destroyed my family, and I destroyed yours!"

Ji Tianlin punched Ji Tianci's face again!

Xiao Fang let out a howl, about to intervene!

Ji Shouguo swung his cane forward, "Let go! Let go, you little brat, it's fitting if you die!"

Ji Tianlin, seeing his father and mother trying to stop him, couldn't hold back and burst into tears on the spot! He fled to his room, grabbed valuable items quickly, and shouted, "I won't let you get away!"

"You bastard!"

Ji Shouguo chased after him, intent on striking, while Ji Tianlin ran and shouted, "Ji Tianci's family threw away my daughter and let me adopt his daughter; my father Ji Shouguo says my daughter was a little brat and deserved to die!"

"Ji Tianlin, you'll make your father die of anger!"

Ji Tianlin ignored Ji Shouguo, who chased him with a cane, and kept shouting, running around the entire residential area!

"Ji Tianci, your whole family don't think you can get away just because there's no surveillance or evidence; I won't let you off!"

After spitting out the threat, Ji Tianlin went to Xu Mingyue's office to inquire where she had been transferred, intending to follow.

Some people still didn't know Ji Tianlin and Xu Mingyue had filed for divorce, so he mentioned it.

He asked two or three people and got the same answer; Ji Tianlin gave them some candy in thanks, then returned to his own department to submit a resignation.

Ji Tianlin's superior had already heard the rumors of his divorce from Xu Mingyue, and his expression was unusually complex. "You, no one in the office likes to gossip; once the rumors pass, things will improve!"

Ji Tianlin truly has talent, and his superior doesn't want to lose a capable worker.

Ji Tianlin shook his head, "I'm going to find my wife and daughter!"

They deny it, and he doesn't care. He just wants to see. They've come this far, and he bears great responsibility! He even suspects his mother was faking! The purpose was to trick him into taking the child back!

The superior had no recourse. He didn't want to abandon Ji Tianlin, who was no longer the Xu family's son‑in‑law, by sending him elsewhere.

The Xu family cut off their support to Ji Tianlin that morning. If Xu Mingyue were willing to forgive him, this matter couldn't become widely known!

"Once the bow is drawn there's no turning back! Tianlin, have you thought it through?"

Ji Tianlin replied gravely, "I've thought it through!"

"Fine, the paperwork will take a few days!"

Everything that needed to be issued to Ji Tianlin was issued, and the person to take over his duties was sorted; now he could leave. "Thank you, superior!"

Ji Tianlin left, then turned back to leverage connections, printing flyers with a printer.

"For your own good, Ji Tianci threw away your child and then adopted his child to you!"

"Ji Tianci's little brat can be adopted, your daughter deserved to die!"

"Ji Shouguo coveted your family's power, threw away your child, and then adopted Ji Tianci's!"

With similar words, Ji Tianlin filled a large basket, took candy, and went to the offices of Ji Shouguo and Ji Tianci to scatter it among the children! His resignation paperwork took a few days, and he let the kids scatter for a few days.

Ji Shouguo was so angry he placed a newspaper announcement cutting off father‑son ties with Ji Tianlin! Ji Tianlin kept the paper, packed his luggage, and headed for Shencheng.

……

Su Zeyan sat at the empty manor's gate, uneasy and bewildered.

All these years of home, all these years of parents, really abandoned him!

Having lost the status of the Su family's young master, Su Zeyan finally realized how hard it is to earn money! The jobs he could find paid wages and benefits that even his household staff earned more than.

Those he had offended used every trick to make his life difficult, adding chaos. When he spent money to rent a place, he paid a hundred, while others were charged two hundred. He still has no home, forced to stay in expensive hotels.

Zheng Dongping was exposed by her step‑brother; she grabbed everything they had openly and fled, only to be caught while smuggling herself.

Those items, under the interference of those who despised Su Zeyan, became stolen goods.

After finalizing his divorce from Zheng Dongping, Su Zeyan hesitated for a few days, returned to the manor to apologize to his parents and sons, but everyone had already left.

The people at the manor clearly recognized his identity yet refused him entry.

They also didn't tell him where his family had gone.

Su Zeyan sat for a while, then decided to leave with the bank card that Zheng Dongping hadn't taken, heading to another city to start anew.

The Zhijiang area is prosperous, but old‑established forces are many, and Su Zeyan would gain little in resources there.

Su Zeyan ultimately chose the southernmost city, Shencheng, which receives national development support.

As Shencheng developed, Su Zeyan studied maps, bought two large courtyards, and invested in real estate.

Later, he used his two courtyards as warehouses, began selling various goods at razor‑thin margins, becoming a food wholesaler.

During this time, he sold information to second‑generation entrepreneurs he knew from Jingdu who wanted to start businesses, leveraging school connections to acquire a large plot near a new K‑12 school, creating a residential complex rented to parents who accompany their children.

The complex had single rooms and double rooms; shortly after completion, occupancy reached eighty percent!

With capital recovered, Su Zeyan didn't abandon his food‑wholesale business.

While wholesaling food, he set his sights on fruit.

He recruited a team of veterans, leading them to remote areas to collect fruit. He had already won over second‑generation entrepreneurs in Shencheng, and through their contacts secured railway contracts to ship fruit to major cities.

Over three years, Su Zeyan continuously expanded, earning a fortune from price differentials, becoming the region's top fruit wholesaler and a new elite of Shencheng!

At a gathering, he heard a familiar name.

"Su Clan? General Yang?"

"Yes, you all share the Su surname, all came from Jingdu; perhaps you're even relatives!"

The speaker made a joke, because of company interests, the two people who renewed friendship with Su Zeyan exchanged a glance, ignoring the clueless Su Zeyan, and continued to probe the speaker.

There are not a few people coming from Jingdu, this surname is really familiar, I don't know what background they have.

When mentioning the Su Family and Chief Yang's people, he shook his head, "I don't know the specifics, I also heard it from my dad, letting me look for an opportunity to curry favor!"

Those two were even more puzzled, "Curry favor?"

Yes!

I heard Chief Yang's son is a jerk, his daughter-in-law brings her son and is still single, they have close ties with that family, and the esteemed Xu Family eldest miss is also single. My dad's meaning is, whoever takes a liking to me will strike it rich!

The Xu Family eldest miss is indeed divorced and single, but...

The two second-generation heirs who started a business with Su Zeyan stared at him curiously, "Isn't his wife Zheng Dongping? She should be serving time in prison now!" In a flash, Su Zeyan recalled what his parents told him to say in that room.

Where do they live?

Previously promised update~