Something happened. This is not going to be bloody.

Zhou Leng's life in the junior class is simple yet busy. He spends all his spare time and winter and summer vacations participating in Jincheng's projects, and of course the income is considerable.

After graduation, Zhou Leng was recommended by Jin Cheng to work in a related research institute. After all, he was young, and even if he had a good resume in the past, he was blocked by the number of papers he had published, the number of positions he had, and the size of his background.

The well-fitting work clothes and high spirits cannot hide the immaturity on his face. Coupled with the fact that he does not want to be high-profile or shout slogans, marginalization is his current situation.

"Son, you're back. You got off work early today."

Zhou Leng put his backpack on the ground and said with a smile:

"I'll leave when the time comes. Anyway, they say I'm young, so I just don't know much. It's better than having nothing to do, sitting on the bench in the office, and then competing with each other to see who gets off work later. I can go home early and spend time with you."

Tao Yan took her son's backpack to the sofa. Her hair was now permed into big brown curls and she was wearing an apron with a cute pattern. She said in a gentle tone:

"As long as you are happy at work, our family is not short of money now. It is enough for you to buy a house and a car when you get married. Your mother will save all the money you earn for you. The housekeeping company that Aunt Wang and I have jointly run is also profitable. Your generation of young people is just lazy. We have too many orders."

The Aunt Wang that Tao Yan mentioned was her first employer when she was a confinement nanny. Knowing that Tao Yan was a hard-working and down-to-earth person, she planned to have her work as a door-to-door cleaner in her own housekeeping company. However, who would have thought that the former confinement nanny would become rich in just a few years, so the two of them directly partnered to expand the scale of their business.

The two companies each hold a 50% stake in the housekeeping company. Tao Yan is not in charge of the business operations and is only responsible for finding clients and distributing dividends.

After washing his hands, Zhou Leng went to the kitchen to help get the dishes and chopsticks. Seeing the gentle and happy smile on the other person's face, he joked, "Now that your business is on the right track, you don't have to run business every day. I'll just lie down and go home to live off my parents."

"You are called a parasite. Other people of your age won't be able to survive. Today, your grandparents came at noon and asked you to help with your sister's lessons. I refused on the grounds that you were busy. They were very unhappy and said that I had forgotten my roots."

The mother and son sat at the dining table to eat. The simple two dishes and one soup revealed the warmth of home.

Tao Yan swallowed her food and couldn't help but continue to complain:

"Look, blood relatives are so snobbish. When we just divorced your father, your grandparents treated us like a dog-skin plaster. They were afraid that we would stick to them. They ignored us for two or three years. In recent years, seeing that we are doing well, they came back. Even parents can be like this to their daughter. They don't care about mom as much as your Aunt Wang does. But after all, they are blood relatives. Mom can't just stop contacting us forever."

Zhou Leng raised his eyes to look at his mother, and seeing that she only had emotion but no sadness on her face, he said, "Mom, you still have me."

"I'm just telling you. When I was pregnant, I thought that no matter whether you are a boy or a girl, I will always love you. No matter whether you are successful or not, whether you are excellent or ordinary, I will never treat my child like your grandparents. But to be honest, I'd be happier if you were successful."

Zhou Leng laughed at the other party's frankness. She said: "This is human nature. Who doesn't want their children to have a bright future?"

The conversation between mother and son was interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Open the door, I'm coming."

Zhou Leng turned his head to look outside the door. He asked Tao Yan, "Why is my dad here?"

Tao Yan shook her head to indicate that she didn't know.

So many years have passed, Liu Changli has remarried and had a daughter, and the old couple of the Liu family often give Liu Zimo some homemade meat and pickles, so both parties know each other's addresses and visit each other as relatives.

Zhou Leng opened the door and saw a man with a suitcase.

"Dad, why are you here so late? Aunt Ling will misunderstand if she knows. Why didn't you tell her in advance?"

Liu Changli looked back frequently, as if someone was chasing him. The man with an anxious face seemed not to hear his son's question. He tried to push his son away to no avail and quickly said:

"If you have anything to say, go in and I'll talk to you guys slowly. Now let dad go in first. That tigress won't dare to act here."

Zhou Leng looked back at his mother, and only made room after she nodded.

Liu Changli changed his shoes and put his luggage at the door. He sat on the sofa and just took a breath when Tao Yan at the dining table took a photo of him and sent the message to his current wife.

Speaking of this, I have to explain that Liu Changli’s current wife is not the stepmother in Liu Zimo’s memory.

It all started when Zhou Leng was studying in the junior class. Liu Changli felt that his family had excellent genes, so he no longer looked down on that ordinary partner and chose to break up.

After Zhou Leng learned that his stepmother had broken up with Liu Changli, he felt happy for that woman for a minute.

Liu Changli is a divorced, greasy middle-aged man with a son. His original family is not wealthy. His second marriage partner is a 30-year-old first-married woman who is rich and beautiful. This matter has caused a lot of discussion in the Liu family's social circle. People really can't figure out whether the woman is crazy or Liu Changli has drugged her.

Tao Yan asked casually: "Have you eaten? Do you want to eat something together?"

"I can't eat it, just let me get comfortable on your sofa for a while!"

Tao Yan rolled her eyes.

"Son, come and eat."

The mother and son ate quietly. Liu Changli was alone on the sofa, looking at his phone. No one knew what he was looking at.

After dinner, Tao Yan saw that it was almost time, so she walked to the opposite side of her ex-husband, looked down at the man who was slumped on the sofa and said:

"I told Ling Bing that you came to my place. Your wife and children are waiting for you at home. Why are you running away from home at your age?"

Liu Chang pointed at Tao Yan vigorously, but he didn't dare to say those insulting words. He looked at Zhou Leng with a miserable look and said in a sad tone:

"Son, you have to save daddy. Daddy is already old. Ling Bing forces me to have a baby with her every day. I am a human, not an animal, let alone a reproductive tool. Don't you know that?"

Liu Changli seemed to have touched upon something sad. He said quickly, with a look of desperation:

"When Ling Bing approached me, she had no good intentions. She wasn't looking for a husband for herself, she was looking for a father for her child. She had no feelings for me at all and just treated me as a reproductive machine. She hoped to have a child with the same high IQ as you. She found out that your sister was quite ordinary, so she forced me to have a child. She was really forcing me. I..."

"Shut up, the child is so young, how can you say such things to him? We are embarrassed to listen to you. Solve your own family problems by yourselves. If you can't solve them, call the police."

Liu Changli looked at the mother and son with despair, then quickly stood up and prepared to escape with his luggage. At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Tao Yan went to open the door. Liu Changli looked frightened but then quickly adjusted his expression.